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Dahlias talk April 6 at Sherman Library

Kathryn Boughton

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SHERMAN—The Sherman Library will present a program on dahlias April 6 at 11 a.m. with presenter Michele Mackinnon, a UConn certified Advanced Master Gardener.

This is an in-person program at the library, 1 Sherman Center. Click here to register or call 860-354-2455.

There are 50,000 cultivars of dahlias with colors ranging from white to the deepest jewel tones and a panoply of petal styles.  Mackinnon will give tips for selecting varieties and growing technique’s that increase vigor and multiply bloom quantity.

Mackinnon is a CT NOFA-accredited organic land care professional and a member of the Sherman Conservation Commission.

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Kathryn Boughton
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Kathryn Boughton, a native of Canaan, Conn., has been a regional journalist for more than 50 years, having been employed by both the Lakeville Journal and Litchfield County Times as managing editor. While with the LCT, she was also editor of the former Kent Good Times Dispatch from 2005 until 2009. She has been editor of the Kent Dispatch since its digital reincarnation in October 2023 as a nonprofit online publication.

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