Events

The Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG) and the Scotland Invasive Plants Working Group invite you to:

FREE INVASIVE PLANT WALK, TALK and CUT

When: Saturday, August 30, 10 am – 12 noon

  • Lunch provided
  • Cutting of Invasives after lunch (until around 4 pm)

Where: Scotland Library, Scotland, CT

Rain or shine.

What: Rose Hiskes and Charlotte Pyle, CIPWG volunteers, will take us on a 2 hour walk along this trail and discuss the invasive species we find. Identification and management techniques for each species will be discussed. Native plants appropriate for the site will also be discussed. Please wear proper footwear for the walk and bring water. Be prepared for ticks by wearing light colored clothing and tuck your pants into your socks. Bring gloves and a pruner, if you can, help us cut barberry, Oriental bittersweet and burning bush.

Attendance is limited to the first twelve people who register by August 22. 

Please email Rose at Rose.hiskes@ct.gov to register and get directions.