Southwest Conservation District

Southwest Conservation District The mission of the Southwest Conservation District is to provide technical assistance, information,

Invasive Plant Symposium! Mark your calendars for October 28, 2026The Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group’s 2026 sy...
09/01/2026

Invasive Plant Symposium! Mark your calendars for October 28, 2026
The Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group’s 2026 symposium *From Awareness to Action - Strengthening Our Response to Invasive Plants* will be in person at UConn Student Union, Storrs, CT, open to all; Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Sessions include a variety of techniques for management of terrestrial and aquatic invasives, as well as restoration with native alternatives. CEU’s for organizations and Pesticide Recertification Credits are available. $90 General Registration (in person attendance). $80 Recording Only; Student Registration Available.
More info: cipwg.uconn.edu/2026-symposium

Getting silly in the mugwort! SWCD and some high school volunteers supported a large removal of mugwort from a planted m...
07/22/2026

Getting silly in the mugwort! SWCD and some high school volunteers supported a large removal of mugwort from a planted meadow. We loved seeing the ryegrass and other cover crops we planted are thriving 🌼

Our Grant Writing Workshop led by Sovereign Land Trust and hosted in the beautiful space of Neighborhood Housing Service...
07/20/2026

Our Grant Writing Workshop led by Sovereign Land Trust and hosted in the beautiful space of Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven kept a community momentum towards financial resilience! Farmers, growers, artists, business owners and friends gathered to bring small curiosities about grant writing opportunities and larger questions about more secure funding structures for small scale growers in New Haven. Representatives from CT DOAG and CT RC&D provided technical assistance and resources. We aim to keep the conversation going with a living spreadsheet that keeps track of current and future funding opportunities! Please DM us if you’re a CT grower who wants to be involved in our community grant tracker and stay tuned for future skill shares like this one!

We’re back again!! Come and learn about the science and practice of COMPANION PLANTING 🥦🍓🌱🫜🧄 Join us at Love & Care Comm...
06/24/2026

We’re back again!! Come and learn about the science and practice of COMPANION PLANTING 🥦🍓🌱🫜🧄 Join us at Love & Care Community Garden on Saturday, June 27th from 11am to 2pm for a day filled of hands on learning!

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We’re back again!! Come and learn about the science and practice of COMPANION PLANTING 🥦🍓🌱🫜🧄 Join us at Love & Care Comm...
06/16/2026

We’re back again!! Come and learn about the science and practice of COMPANION PLANTING 🥦🍓🌱🫜🧄 Join us at Love & Care Community Garden on Saturday, June 27th from 12 noon to 2pm for a day filled of hands on learning!

Today is the last day to participate in the Great Give and support our work with local farms and conservation organizati...
05/07/2026

Today is the last day to participate in the Great Give and support our work with local farms and conservation organizations!

Yesterday, we attended the 4th Healing By Growing Conference on the theme of Mycelium Trust. We had heartfelt and spirited conversations about the importance of integrating equity and accessibility into our agricultural work. We explored animal-assisted care, land access through land trusts, and leveraging a website to raise funds and save money within our agricultural businesses!

We aim to sustain this work, and invite you to join us with a spirit of service! Please donate at the link in our bio. ✨

Support our mission to conserve natural resources and uplift the work of local farmers in our skill-sharing workshops. Y...
05/06/2026

Support our mission to conserve natural resources and uplift the work of local farmers in our skill-sharing workshops. Yesterday, we help facilitate a workshop with The Sanctuary in New Haven to discuss how to grow food in small spaces. We were introduced to topics such as worm composting, hydroponics, and caring for quails! Today is your chance to support our mission to conserve natural resources throughout Fairfield and New Haven counties through the Great Give!! Donations can be accepted now through May 7th.

05/04/2026

Our work with people and plants would not be possible without the support of donations.

We are awaiting the Great Give, which is a 36-hour donation event put together by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, this year on May 6-7th! The Southwest Conservation District is a wealth of knowledge and valuable resource for environmental change on the local scale. We aim to empower residents, communities, municipalities, local farms, and conservation organizations to make environmentally sustainable choices! We have shown up to provide hands-on assistance, education, and seeds. Help us sustain our mission to provide natural resource protection and accessible education across our 43 municipalities throughout New Haven and Fairfield counties!

See the link in our bio and below for our donation page. Donations can be accepted now through May 7th. We appreciate all the support you can offer.

04/16/2026

A snippet of our conversation with Taylor Shaw and Time Dutcher about urban and suburban landscapes, lawn culture, and the importance of native habitat. Watch to the end to hear a special shout out!

Videography: Black Farmer | Urban Farming

04/16/2026

Pollinators are extremely essential to our environment. They provide ecological services that allow for the reproduction of 80% of the world’s flowering plants, or more than 2/3 of the world’s crop species. We learned from Taylor Shaw about different bee species and how to care for them by creating native plant habitats. We learned from Tim Dutcher about how to stay calm around bees, lighting and using a bee smoker to guide bees, and to make sure to stay out of their flight path as they are working hard to bring their forage back to their hives. While different pollinators have specific needs to support each stage of their life cycle, they all need high quality habitats that provide an abundance of flowers, shelter and nesting sites, and protection from pesticides. The Huneebee Project is one important effort in New Haven that provides education about pollinator habitat restoration and bee hive installation. We partnered with Huneebee to create a on this topic at the Field of Greens garden site and learned about the pollinators growing there.

Videography: Black Farmer | Urban Farming
Info gathered from Xerces Society and workshop leads mentioned above.

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51 Mill Pond Road
Hamden, CT
06514

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Thursday 8am - 4pm
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