Welcome to the Greenfield Garden Club - 
Serving all of Franklin County, Massachusetts, and beyond. Please join us at our next meeting, and bring a friend!

Monthly Meeting
Date: Thursday, June 15th
​Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Bug Hill Farm, 502 Bug Hill Rd, Ashfield, MA
Carpool: leaves Big Y at 4:30pm sharp
Topic: Private Tour and Tasting, with an option to pick your own currents
RSVP: please help give us a headcount: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com

Bug Hill Farm is a small, certified organic, berry farm in Ashfield, Massachusetts, growing raspberries, gooseberries, currants, wild and cultivated high-bush blueberries, elderberry, and aronia. Sam and Charlotte bought the property from Kate Kerivan in 2017. When the club last visited, Kate was the owner. Bug Hill Farm is widely known for its fruit shrubs, cordials, and conserves, all of which are available in their farm store.

Our visit will start with a tour of the farm, walking through the various berry fields while Sam will talk a bit about their organic and regenerative agricultural practices. We can choose to walk down to the 3 acre beaver pond, admiring the Elderberry Allée along the way,  and enjoy the beauty of the land.
 After our ramble, we will take a quick look at the farm's small commercial kitchen and store and gather on the back patio for a tasting of their fruit shrubs, black currant cordial and conserves - all of which are available in the store for purchase.

For those who prefer not to take the stroll to the beaver pond (about a 10 minute walk), there is an option to pick black currants.  They have half pint containers, for which they would  charge $3. 

Please RSVP to the club email - greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com, so that we have an idea of how many people to expect.

Please dress for the weather and insects (ticks, mosquitos, etc.). Bring an umbrella and bug spray just in case. Also, in case there is limited seating on the patio, it might be wise to pack extra folding chairs if you have them.

Since there is not a lot of parking, it will be courteous to the owners if we carpool. Please arrive at the Big Y plaza and park in the spaces facing route 2, as we will leave exactly at 4:30 in order to arrive on time.

Please email the club with any questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

It's time to renew your membership to the club!! Memberships also make a thoughtful gift. The Greenfield Garden Club is always accepting new members. Have you attended a meeting recently? Will you bring a friend to the next meeting? Memberships are $20 per person or $25 for a household. Please send your membership check to Club Treasurer Joanne Burns, 14 Freeman Dr, Greenfield, MA 01301. You will receive a membership card that you can present at select local businesses for a 10 percent discount. We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting!

​​As always, please email the club with any questions: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com ​

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2021 Schedule of Monthly Meetings and Events of Interest to Members
Know of an event that should be on our calendar but isn't? Email the club!!​

(Club events are in black; events of interest are in green italics.)
 
January 16 - March 31 Yarnstorm at Tower Hill Botanic Garden - discover graffiti knitting!

February 7 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Annual Meeting via zoom. Featuring slides by Jean Claude Lejeune

February 24-27, 2022 - 39th Annual CT Flower & Garden Show at CT Convention Center, Hartford, CT. There will be no show in 2021.

March 1 - 14 - Berkshire Botanical Bulb Show Daily 9-4.

Spring 2021 - Philadelphia Flower Show - See June 5th

March 4 4:00pm Smith Bulb Show Virtual Lecture. Pre-reg required.

March 6-21 - Smith College Virtual Spring Bulb Show.

March 2021 - There will be no Mount Holyoke College 49th Spring Flower Show this spring.

​March 2022 - Capitol District Garden and Flower Show. Troy, NY  (There will be no show in 2021.)

March 2022  Boston Flower Show, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA. There will be no flower show in 2021.

April 1 - May 21 Hello Spring at Tower Hill Botanic Garden

April 8-11: 8th Annual Festival of Flowers, Springfield Museums.

April 22 7:00 pm Bonsai with GGC club member John Rough via zoom

May 1  8:00am-12:30pm. Opening Day for the Greenfield Farmers Market at Court Square. 

May 2 9am -5pm. Berkshire Botanical Roy Boutard Day. Start of the 87th Season for Berkshire Botanical Gardens.

May 7-8  Berkshire Botanical 44th Annual Plant Sale 10-3

May 2020 Lilac Sunday at Arnold Arboretum. No special events or picnicking this year, and visitors must practice social distancing. Lilac bloom from late April - mid/late May.

May - no scheduled meeting due to Extravaganza

May 28 - 5:30 to 7 pm: drop off labelled plants for the Extravaganza at John ZOn Center, Greenfield.

Extravaganza is May 29, 2021 - 8:30 AM-12:30 PM at the John Zon Community Center, corner of Davis and Pleasant Streets in Greenfield.

June 5-13 Philadelphia Flower Show. Habitat - Nature's Masterpiece. The nation's largest and longest-running horticultural event, will move outdoors for the first time, making the 2021 show a history-making experience that will incorporate the beautiful landscapes of FDR Park in Philadelphia.

June 24 - 5pm Visit to Nasami Farm in person (!) Option to buy plants during the tour.

June 26 & 27 - 10 - 4 daily; 17th Annual Lavender Festival, Johnson Hill Farm. (CANCELLED.)

July 15 - 5pm  Tour and Tasting at Bug Hill Farm, when the currants are ready to pick!

July 10 & 11 - 9 to 4 -  Silver Gardens Daylily and Arts Festival. 23 Pickett Lane, Greenfield. Thousands of daylilies to choose from!

August 2021 CANCELLED- Westminster Cares Open Garden Day

August 6-8 NOFA Summer Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (Planning in progress.)

August - prepare for the 172nd Franklin County Fair, whose theme for 2021 is "Franklin County Fair: It's the Bees Knees."

September 9-12 - Franklin County Fair (set-up for our booth is Tuesday/Wednesday 9/7 & 9/8)

September Monthly Meeting TBD

October  -  Annual Garlic and Arts  Festival in Orange, MA. Planning still in progress.

October Monthly Meeting - TBD

November 2021 Smith College Fall Chrysanthemum Show. (Not sure if this will run - check website closer to the date.)

November 2021 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings. Planning in progress.
 
November 18 - 6 pm - Wreaths/Kissing Balls - what's your fancy? Chapley Gardens, South Deerfield, MA. (fee)

December 3(?) - - 6pm - Annual Holiday Party with optional Yankee Swap (hopefully!!)


For more information on this month's or any other listed club-sponsored event, please contact the club at: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com