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Seed Conservation Safari with the Seed Huntress

It’s Seed Season at Hill-Stead! Join Sefra Alexandra on a wild tour of wild seeds and how they are saved globally, nationally, and locally. Learn about the importance of growing truly local native plants in the living seed bank -our soil- to save our pollinators and rewild our landscapes! Together we can put the right plants in the right place. Sponsored by the Connecticut Valley Garden Club. The event is free and open to the public but we kindly as…

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November 7, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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It’s Seed Season at Hill-Stead!
Join Sefra Alexandra on a wild tour of wild seeds and how they are saved globally, nationally, and locally. Learn about the importance of growing truly local native plants in the living seed bank -our soil- to save our pollinators and rewild our landscapes! Together we can put the right plants in the right place.
Sponsored by the Connecticut Valley Garden Club.
The event is free and open to the public but we kindly as that you register by November 1 by emailing RSVP.CVGC@gmail.com.
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5 pm        Gathering
5:30 pm   Program

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Bruce Presents: Alaskan Dinosaurs: New Discoveries from an Ancient Arctic Ecosystem

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Bruce Museum

Nights Out: Maple Boildown

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Sugarhouse + Cidery

All In This Together: Highlights from our Printmaking Programs

All In This Together: Highlights from our Printmaking Programs Exhibition Dates: March 4-30, 2025 Over the past 12 months, the Center for Contemporary Printmaking has facilitated the printmaking projects of dozens of artists. We’ve hosted Artists-in-Residence, conducted collaboration and editioning services, offered workshops across a spectrum of printmaking processes, and mentored high school students through our Grace Ross Shanley Fellowship Program. Our March 2025 Exhibition highlights some of the prints that have been produced at CCP through our suite of…

Center for Contemporary Printmaking

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