A lot is going on in our woodlands and our yards in the fall as plants get ready for the upcoming winter. Join Margery Winters of the Roaring Brook Nature Center to find out why leaves turn color, which leaf pigments are involved, what weather conditions make for the idea fall foliage season, and what makes New England an ideal place for some of the best fall leaf color in the world. Also discussed will be why some years have so many acorns and others none, what causes leaves to fall, what happens to all the fallen leaves, and why Americans call it Fall and not Autumn. Learn also which garden plants have the best fall colors and habitat value to wildlife.
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Whale Watch 2021
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