Helpful Links

The following links may provide helpful information and resources for Connecticut gardening enthusiasts. The Litchfield Garden Club is not responsible for the content of any site to which we provide links.

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Connecticut Garden Clubs

• Long Hill Garden Club of Trumbull, Inc.
• Mystic Garden Club 
• Southbury Garden Club 
• Stonington Garden Club 

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State and Regional Horticultural Sites and Resources

• Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• Connecticut Cactus and Succulent Society
• Connecticut Horticultural Society 
• Connecticut Orchid Society
• Connecticut Rose Society
• Friends of Elizabeth Park
• New England Invasive Plant Atlas 
• New England Wild Flower Society
• Natural Resources Council of Connecticut
• UConn Home & Garden Education Center (A list of informational fact sheets available for downloading. Soil testing instructions and forms.  Information about the Master Gardener Program.)
• White Flower Farm

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National Horticultural Resources

• American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta
• American Hemerocallis Society
• American Horticultural Society
• American Orchid Society
• American Rose Society 
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
• Garden Club of America, Inc.
• National Garden Clubs, Inc.
• New York Botanic Garden
• US National Arboretum 

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Conservation Resources

LAND PRESERVATION IN LITCHFIELD CONNECTICUT

• Highlands Conservation Act:
  • Map showing portion of Connecticut included in the Highlands area (small map)
  • The Highlands Conservation Act
    
    
• The Litchfield Hills Greenprint Project

ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN CONNECTICUT

• Connecticut League of Conservation Voters
  • Connecticut League of Conservation Voters State Legislature Legislative score card
• National League of Conservation Voters
  • U.S. Congress Legislative score card
    
• Housatonic Valley Association
• Trust for Public Land in Connecticut
• White Memorial
• Rivers Alliance of Connecticut
• Connecticut Fund for the Environment
• Audubon Connecticut
• Connecticut Farmland Trust

NATIONAL CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS

• American Land Conservancy
• The Cultural Landscape Foundation
• National Wildlife Federation
• Nature Conservancy

ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS

• Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

CONTACT OUR AREA'S LEGISLATORS

Connecticut State Assembly:

• Senator Andrew Roraback
• Representative Craig Miner
• Representative Roberta Willis

Follow legislation in the General Assembly

U.S. Congress:

• Senator Chris Dodd
• Senator Joe Lieberman
• Representative Chris Murphy

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