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PSLA Social Media Launch!

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The Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture has launched their social media accounts this fall! Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook!

We want to make sure we're representing our program comprehensively.  This provides a great opportunity for students, clubs, faculty and staff to share opportunities, highlights, and events within PSLA with a greater audience and we want your help to make that happen!

As you are sharing posts on instagram this semester, we want to invite you to use the “Collaborator” function to help spread the word about some great things happening in our department! Instructions on how to use this feature can be found at (https://help.instagram.com/5861247717337470/?cms_platform=android-app&helpref=platform_switcher).

If social media isn't your thing, send pictures, news and events to us at psla@uconn.edu and let us post your content for you!!

 

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9/22: Field Trip to Coventry Farmers Market

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Field Trip to Coventry Farmers Market

FREE for all interested students

Sunday, September 22, 2024
10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Come join students in PSLA’s organic vegetable production course as we go on a pleasant and relaxing visit to one of the best Farmers Markets in all of New England.

Transportation provided:

Pick-up (10:30) and drop-off (12:30) from the gazebo behind W.B. Young Building

Questions?

Contact Dr. Gerry Berkowitz at Gerald.berkowitz@uconn.edu or 860-486-1945.

Please email if you would like to attend as soon as is convenient or at the latest 9/19 to be sure you’ll have a seat in our vans.

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Transportation provided: Pick-up from the parking lot behind W.B. Young building at 10:30, you can stroll through the lines of vendors on your own, with friends, or with students in the veggie course.

Local cheese, wool yarn making, and more. Interested in local agriculture and organic food? Then this might be the trip for you! All students invited – bring a friend! Local food, live music, and no cost! See and taste everything from local veggies to honey making, natural dyes, local cheese, wool yarn making, and more.

Come join students in Dr. Gerry Berkowitz’s organic vegetable production course as we go on a pleasant and relaxing visit to one of the best Farmers Markets in all of New England. The Coventry Farmers Market won an award as ‘best farmers market’ in New England several years ago. Talk to local growers, learn how cheese, wine, and fresh pasta are prepared, and purchase some goodies to bring home, including a bountiful range of fresh vegetables and unique prepared foods.

This Farmers Market has been cited as “One of the top ten things to do in New England this weekend” by The Boston Globe, “America’s Most Celebrated Farmers’ Market” by American Farmland Trust, “New England’s BEST Farmers’ Market” by Yankee Magazine AND selected as one of USA Today’s “Top 10 great places to shop at a farmers market!”

The market is held at the Nathan Hale Homestead, 2299 South Street, Coventry, Connecticut.

Coventry Farmers Market Field Trip Flyer

PSLA Administrative Office Closed 12/25/23 – 1/1/24

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The PSLA Administrative Office will be closed from Monday December 25th, 2023 through January 1st, 2024 for the holiday break. Limited staff will be working remotely on Dec 27-29 and the PSLA mailbox will be monitored, during that time. We will return to the office on January 2nd, 2024. Please plan accordingly.

We hope you have a peaceful and safe holiday season!