Program on orchids planned at Kellogg Center in Derby

DERBY - The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has announced an April program on orchids at Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave. 

Orchid care and history

Add some dramatic spring color to your home with orchids.  
Join Dave Tognalli from the Connecticut Orchid Society at 10:30 a.m. April 18 to learn all about orchid care and history. 
The program is open to all ages and will include live examples of orchids, explanation of their adaptations, basic care and maintenance, and the tools to care for them.  
Following the program there will be time for questions and answers to assist participants with specific issues and concerns.

Tognalli will share his knowledge of orchid care and windowsill and outdoor growing methods.
Orchids are very showy and not hard to care for but do have some special requirements.  
Expand your understanding of this beautiful flower and house plant and perhaps begin a new hobby. 

The Connecticut Orchid Society is an incorporated, non-profit association for the preservation and extension of knowledge concerning the conservation, ecology, and cultivation of orchids.
The program is free; donations welcome.

Registration is requested. For further information, directions, or to register call 203-734-2513 or email donna.kingston@ct.gov.

This is a press release from Kellogg Environmental Center.