Kathy Connelly, far right, led a group of eight to cut Japanese barberry. The group learned to identify burning bush, Japanese knotweed, wineberry, and privet without foliage present.
Robbins Swamp, DEEP Wildlife Management Area, Falls Village, CT, August 2023
Peter Picone led a group of 15 people through a repurposed corn field. Spot herbicide treatments and mowing have taken out the mugwort and Canadian thistle. Seeding native grasses and planting native perennials will make this a meadow that appeals to monarchs, leopard frogs, and the New England cottontail.
The group in the area treated with herbicide to manage mugwort at Robbins Swamp.Peter Picone describes efforts to control invasives in Robbins Swamp.
Invasive Plant Walk and Talk- Storrs CT, August 2022
Mr. Ken Feathers explains the bucket of tools he uses while doing invasive plant management on his property.Twelve participants from conservation commissions, land trusts, pollinator pathway groups and homeowners assembled in the stone circle to listen to Mr. Feathers.We explored open fields as well as stream beds and forested areas.
Hamden Earth Day Celebration, May 2022
Bittersweet Management Events Around Connecticut, March 2022
Bittersweet management event in Ledyard. Photo by Jessica Buhle.
Invasive removal event in Spicebush Swamp Park, West Hartford. Shared from Beth Ann Loveland Sennett.
Bittersweet vine strangling a tree at Spicebush Swamp Park in West Harford. Photo by Ted Goerner.
Volunteers spent 3 hours at Spicebush Swamp Park in West Harford removing oriental bittersweet, multiflora rose, and buckthorn. Photo by Ted Goerner.
CT Flower and Garden Show in Hartford, February 2022
CIPWG table at Plant Science Day CAES Lockwood Farm in Hamden, Summer 2021
