{"id":1377,"date":"2026-08-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:28:29","slug":"2026-august-general-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/2026-august-general-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 August General Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IPM or Integrated Pest Management is a process we gardeners can use to solve pest problems while minimizing risks to people and the environment. IPM focuses on how to reduce the use of pesticides through leveraging nature. We\u2019ll focus on improving the health of our gardens using the three key components of IPM: Prevention, Management, and Control. To learn more about this important gardening strategy we will welcomed Patricia Dray, Horticulturalist and UCONN Master Gardener for very informative presentation. Pat is a former President of The Garden Club of Orange and the author of \u201cThe Garden Spot\u201d column published in the Milford Orange Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1382\" src=\"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_135948372_iOS-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_135948372_iOS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_135948372_iOS-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_135948372_iOS-432x576.jpg 432w, 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src=\"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_143714635_iOS-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_143714635_iOS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_143714635_iOS-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_143714635_iOS-432x576.jpg 432w, https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_143714635_iOS-1152x1536-1.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_143714635_iOS-1536x2048-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_143714635_iOS-scaled-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1380\" src=\"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_143721544_iOS-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_143721544_iOS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_143721544_iOS-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_143721544_iOS-432x576.jpg 432w, https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260820_143721544_iOS-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, 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IPM focuses on how to reduce the use of pesticides through leveraging nature. We\u2019ll focus on improving the health of our gardens using the three key components of IPM: Prevention, Management, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/2026-august-general-meeting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2026 August General Meeting&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1383,"href":"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions\/1383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegardenclubofbrookfieldct.org\/ClubMainWP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}