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Advocating for Our Environment – Zero Waste Solutions
Speaker: Kevin Budris, Deputy Director of Just Zero
Waste is Not Inevitable – Solutions for Our Waste Crisis
Just Zero’s mission is to implement equitable solutions to our waste disposal dilemma. Without the right laws, policies, and solutions in place, we’ll never escape the damaging impacts of our outdated waste systems. But we don’t have to choose between burning and burying waste. Instead, we can redesign, reduce, reuse, divert, and compost our way to a just and equitable world.
2:00 Thursday, November 13, 2025
Open to the Public
The Manchester Community Library
138 Cemetery Ave.
Manchester, VT
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Floral Workshop for the Holidays
10:00 Monday, November 24, 2025
Guests of Members Welcome – Fee $
Hildene Beckwith Room
Manchester, VT
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Holiday Luncheon
11:30 Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Guests of Members Welcome – Fee $
Mount Anthony Country Club
Bennington, VT
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Winter Business Meeting
11:00 Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Brown Bag Lunch
Location TBD
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Seed Sowing Workshop
Presenter: Megan Schwarzkopf
2:00 Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Guests Welcome
Old First Church Barn
Old Bennington, VT
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Seeds of Innovation: Models for Community Engagement & Farming
Presenters: Skidmore College Students
TBD March, 2026
Public Welcome
Manchester Community Library
Manchester, VT
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Harnessing Plants to Solve Problems
The Bennington Garden Club in collaboration with The Garden Club of Manchester is hosting
Guest Speaker: Tovah Martin
Horticulturalist, author, freelance writer, photographer and lecturer, Tovah Martin is one of this country’s best-known garden writers
1:00 Saturday, April 25, 2026
Public Welcome
Manchester Community Library
Manchester, VT
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Spring Ephemeral Walks
With Christy Nevius and Erin Labovitz
8:30 Every Tuesday in April and May
Public Welcome
Park McCullough Mile Around Woods
N. Bennington, VT
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Annual Meeting
10:00 Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Meeting Followed by Lunch
Member’s Home TBD