What is a Transition Town?
Find out March 22nd 6:00pm-7:00pm
Presented by Emery Forest
Are you concerned about the sustainability of our energy supply? About the impact of climate change? Would you like to learn about a positive grassroots response to the coming changes and challenges?
Come to the NETC Education Center to learn about the Transition Town movement that is sweeping across Europe and the United States. Transition Teams are forming all over Vermont, including here in Bennington County. Walloomsac Transition Forum co-founder, Emery Forest, will give a presentation on how the Transition Town movement got started, what the goals are of the Walloomsac Transition Forum, and how you can get involved.
This program is free and open to the public. Please join us for refreshments and conversation. For more information please call 802-447-7419 or visit www.walloomsactransition.org
Starting Seeds for Your Home Garden
Presented by Sadie Pulgisi, NETC
April 3rd 9:00am-11:00am
This class is for beginner seed starters. We’ll cover the basics on when to start your plants, when to transplant and when to put out in the garden. Tips will be provided on how to choose the varieties to start, watering and fertilizing young plants. Each participant will seed 50 plants to bring home and grow for their own garden. Registration includes plug flat for planting in, soil, seeds and other tools. Some seeds will not be planted, but taken home to plant at a later date.
Cost:$25 per registrant or $21 for Friends of NETC.
Please pre-register one week prior to the class online or by calling 802-447-7419.
Backyard Poultry: The Chick the Chicken and the Egg
Presented by Alan Baker
April 10th 10:00am-12:00pm
Learn the basics about raising birds including housing options, nutrition, behavior to expect, and a bit on breeds. We’ll have live chicks for you to learn from and a chance to win a raffle prize from Whitman’s Feed Store. You will go home with a free packet of references.
Cost: $8 per registrant or $6 for Friends of NETC.
Please pre-register one week prior to the class online or by calling 802-447-7419.
Birding Class and Nature Walk
Presented by Randy Schmidt, The Vermont Bird Place and Sky Watch
May 1st 8:00am- 10:00am
This class will begin inside the NETC Education Center where participants will learn how to identify migrating birds by call, site and habitat. After the indoor workshop, we will go outdoors to the Greenberg Reserve to exercise our new skills.
Cost: $5 per registrant or $4 for Friends of NETC.
Please pre-register one week prior to the class online or by calling 802-447-7419.
Rain Gardens and Stormwater Management
Presented by NETC, Bennington County Conservation District, Bennington County Regional Commission and Vermont League of Cities and Towns
in collaboration with the
Bennington Garden Club
June 28th 5:00pm-7:00pm
Rian date June 29th same time
Tour the rain gardens at the NETC Education Center. Learn the fundamentals of improving water quality in your region, town, and backyard. Registration fee includes a copy of The Vermont Rain Garden Manual and other helpful handouts.
Cost: $10 per registrant or $9 for Friends of NETC.
Please pre-register one week before the program online or by calling 802-447-7419
Using Native Plants in the Landscape
with Project Native, Housatonic MA.
Co-sponsored by the Bennington Garden Club
July 18, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Project Native began propagating native plants on a half acre of land in 2000. At its start, the organization only grew 25 varieties of plants native to the Berkshires. Today, thanks to support from individuals, the Berkshires Natural Resources Council, The Nature Conservancy and the Massachusetts Environmental Fund, Project Native has its own farm in Housatonic Massachusetts and grows over 170 varieties of native plants. Executive Director, Judith Sullivan, will talk to us about the history and mission of Project Native and teach us what it means to call a plant native. She will discuss the benefits of using native plants in the landscape and share with us some of her favorite native plants and the characteristics she enjoys about these plants including blooms, color, texture and style.
Cost: $15/$13 for Friends of NETC
Please pre-register one week before the program online or by calling 802-447-7419