Garden Calendar
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Nov. 3
Larchmont: Garden Club of Larchmont 95th Anniversary Fundraiser. Luncheon, fashion show sponsored by Ann Taylor, silent auction. $25. 11:30 a.m. Larchmont Avenue Presbyterian Church, 60 Forest Park Ave. 914-834-8769.
Nov. 5
Ossining: “Greening†Your Backyard. Instructor: Linsay Cochran, Teatown environmental leaders learning alliance coordinator. Topic: Learn why and how, with an overview of green lawn care, native plants, composting, watering, mulching, seed-starting, natural pest control and soil amending for an organic home vegetable, flower and herb garden. Registration. $20. 7 p.m. Teatown Lake Reservation, 1600 Spring Valley Road. 914-762-2912.
Nov. 6
Bronx: Garden Walk. Showy Fall Natives: Enjoy the peak fall foliage of colorful plants. Horticultural Interpreter Charles Day shares favorite native plants in their fall finery. Meet at Perkins Visitor Center. Free with admission to grounds. 1 p.m. Wave Hill, 675 W. 252 St. 718-549-3200.
Nov. 7
Congers: Rockland Audubon Society. Topic: NY State Breeding Bird Atlas. Free. 8 p.m. Rockland Country Day School, 34 Kings Highway. 845-639-9216.
Nov. 11
White Plains: Greater Westchester Orchid Society Meeting. $25 membership. 7 p.m. Ethical Culture Society of Westchester, 7 Saxon Woods Road. 973-420-4966.
Nov. 12
New City: Garden Club of Clarkstown. Speaker: A member of the Rockland Audubon Society. Topic: How to enhance your garden with a variety of bird life. Learn which plants attract particular birds and what birds you want in your garden to help control pests. Free. 7 p.m. New City Library, 220 N. Main St. 845-634-4997.
Chappaqua: Color Your Winter Garden Lecture. Speaker: Bob Hyland, plantsman and co-owner of Loomis Creek Nursery in Hudson, N.Y. Topic: design tips, plant recommendations, and rationale for extending your garden’s color punch from November through March. Sponsor: Garden Conservancy and Rocky Hills. Free. 7:30 p.m. Chappaqua Public Library, 195 S. Greeley Ave. 914-238-4779.
New Rochelle: Garden Club of New Rochelle. Speaker: Irene Schindler. Topic: Flower tales and other folklore. Free. 1 p.m. Elks Lodge, 19 The Boulevard. 914-632-5411.



Bill Cary grew up in Louisville, Ky. His gardening was limited to growing parsley and impatiens on the windowsill of Manhattan walkups until the mid-1990s when he bought a rundown old chicken farm on 8 acres in the Hudson Valley. Now he spends his weekends chasing deer, hacking away at invasive shrubs and vines and wondering why he doesn`t have more meadow and less lawn.






