Fairfield Forestry Committee

04/22/2025

The UConn Master Gardener Program has a chance to win $10,000 for this amazing program. When you call the Extension Office to ask for help, its a UConn Master Gardener is helping you! Please help them get this funding by donating just $5 to this fundraiser. The more support they get the more chance they have of getting these funds.
You can donate here: https://s.uconn.edu/GiveToGardeners.

05/10/2024

Come Hug a Tree at the 87th Annual Dogwood Festival this weekend, 5/11, 10am-5pm and 5/12 11am-5pm at the Greenfield Hill Congregational Church, 1045 Old Academy Road, Fairfield.
Follow the instructions on the QR code on how you can send your pix of you / your loved one(s) showing their love for trees so we can post them. And while you're there, be sure to enjoy all that the Dogwood Festival has to offer!

04/25/2024

Have you hugged a tree today? These folks have!

04/24/2024

04/22/2024

Arbor Day, the last day in April, is April 26 this year. In celebration of Arbor Day the Fairfield Forestry Committee is placing lawn signs around town near trees that say “Hug a Tree!” with a ! There is a QR code on the sign that takes you to a webpage which has information about Arbor Day. All Fairfield Public Schools, Town Hall, all three libraries and open spaces have signs.

Please send a picture of you, alone or with your friends, of hugging a tree and send it to [email protected].

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04/16/2024

Fairfield's Earth Day Celebration / Healthy Kids Day / Drive Electric Earth Day
Sat, 4/20, 10am-1pm, Fairfield YMCA, 840 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT

Join Families and Children of All Ages to Celebrate Earth Day and get our kids moving, learning and creating healthy habits. Plant and seed give-aways, food scrap & glass recycling drop-off, invasive plant & pest, pollinator pathway information as well as energy efficiency, EV display, Fire Safety trailer, Touch-a-Truck, hands-on recycling activities for the kids, Sustainable Warde Bake Sale, and so much more! FREE! No registration required. Rain or Shine.

https://sustainablefairfield.org/earth-day-celebration-2024/

12/18/2023

*Ends TOMORROW, Tuesday, 12/19/2023* Please Vote for New Potential State Insect

Voting for Final Candidates for New State Insect - 18+yrs
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScT2Y5uFPgauJIRWve1wx3lXj3Lz0hmqjj83OXdwj_vwOWoAQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Voting for Final Candidates for New State Insect - Under 18yrs
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWdtUGQkKEkgcksPN8TZri0VYv8VE6ea3tEkYNaV-d3dU7uA/viewform
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Here’s to hoping you pick the Blue Azure butterfly, the official mascot of the Pollinator Pathway!

10/12/2023

THIS Sunday, 10/15, 12:30-2pm Environmental Legislator Panel, Fairfield Museum & History Center, 307 Beach Road
Please join us for the FREE forum where you ask questions, raise issues and hear from Fairfield's State Delegation: Senator Tony Hwang, Representatives Cristin McCarthy Vahey, Jennifer Leeper and Sarah Keitt. They want to hear from you!
Register at https://bit.ly/20231015EnviroForum. Drop ins welcome!

09/18/2023

Please help Fairfield Public Schools expand composting in their schools! Food waste is over 20% of our waste stream. It is truly a waste to throw this resource away when it could be turned into nutritious compost. It also means our waste to energy incinerators have to burn wet organics instead of removing it to become a resource for gardeners and farmers.

The current fundraiser already matched funds 150%.

RIGHT NOW, for every $1 you donate it will turn into $5 towards this fundraiser. Thank you Becker Landscaping!

We only have 13 days left to raise almost $4k. LET'S GET IT DONE!!!

https://www.patronicity.com/project/fairfield_public_schools_cafeteria_composting #!/

05/09/2023

Interested in purchasing a Mow Less May sign? Sustainable Fairfield has a few. They are $20 for one, $35 for two. Please email [email protected] for more information.