The Greenfield Garden Club
Bringing together gardeners in Franklin County, MA, and beyond. Please join us at our next event - Everyone is welcome!

National Month of Thanksgiving

There are no official events this month.

We hope you are able to find a quiet time to reflect on the year so far, and look for the blessings in your lives, and be thankful for them.

We hope to see you at the annual Holiday Party with Yankee Swap on December 5th from 5-8pm, and the holiday centerpiece workshop on Saturday, December 6th at Floral Affairs from 3-4:30pm ($40 pp). Both events need an RSVP so we hope you will do that sooner rather than later!

Floral Arranging: RSVP to the club: [email protected]. Spaces are limited

Holiday Party: RSVP by November 24th to Marsha Stone, 413-773-0201 or [email protected]

The club is also sponsoring an event with Stone Soup: Bazinga! Flavor Bombs for your Meals. Wednesday, December 10 from 5-7pm at Franklin Technical School in Turners Falls. $75pp
For more information and to register: thestonesoupcafe.org/p/2085/culinary-workshops

Email the club with any questions: [email protected]
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A hearty welcome to all new GGC members!

REMINDER: a perk of membership is that every GGC member has access to all Garden Conservancy programming, and a free digital subscription to Better Homes and Gardens. Contact Laura at the club email to purchase tickets at the member rate. Follow them on Instagram and Facebook.
 
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CLUB MEMBERSHIP:

Have you remembered to renew your membership to the club for another year of activities and discounts? Memberships also make a thoughtful gift. The Greenfield Garden Club is always accepting new members. You do not have to live in Greenfield or be an avid gardener to join. Have you attended a meeting recently? Come and 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 Becky George, 91 Smith St #111, 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 event!

Business partners offering members a discount:

Baystate Perennial Farm, Whately. 10% of regularly-priced plants
Chapley Gardens, Deerfield. 10% off regularly-priced plants and pond supplies
Floral Affairs, Greenfield. 10% off everything.
Greenfield Farmer's Cooperative, Greenfield. 10% off anything garden-related.
LaSalle Florist, Whately. 10% off regularly-priced plants.
Mill River Farm Market, Deerfield. 10% off plants in Spring and Fall.
O'Brien Nurserymen, Granby, CT. 10 % off plants.
Shelburne Farm and Garden, Shelburne. Ask at desk what is included.
Silver Garden Daylilies, Greenfield. 10% off daylilies.
Warm Colors Apiary, S. Deerfield. 10% off honey.
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​​As always, please email the club with any questions: [email protected] ​

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​2025 Schedule of Monthly Events  Including some events that
​may be 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 11, 10-1 - Winter Farmer's Market at Greenfield Public Library

February 5th, 6:00pm - Untermyer Gardens 2025 Winter Lecture: Alhambra: A Moorish Paradise. Explore a Magical and Ethereal World. (In person in NYC on the 5th, but $25  for the recording after February 6th)

February 8 - March 16 "Pixels and Petals" at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill - Pixels + Petals combines the vibrant world of retro video games with the delicate beauty of orchids in a one-of-a-kind experience. Thousands of living orchids in bloom will be artfully showcased throughout the Garden’s two subtropical conservatories. Rewind, flash back, and immerse yourself in pixelated charm as nostalgia and nature unite.  Special events during the show - check website for details.

February 8, 10-1 - Winter Farmer's Market at Greenfield Public Library

Feb 16 - 2 PM: The Berkshire Botanical Winter Lecture: Jacqueline van der Kloet will share bulb basics, color combinations, seasonal care for bulbs including naturalizing them to become independent, layering bulbs, growing bulbs on a larger scale, and integration for constant blooms in the garden. Lenox, MA (fee)

February 20-23, 2025: 42nd Annual CT Flower & Garden Show at CT Convention Center, Hartford, CT.

​February ?? - March ??: Berkshire Botanical Annual Bulb Show Daily 9-4. (free)

February 23, 12 - 3 pm. GGC Annual Meeting at The Barn at Kringle Candle, Bernardston. Speaker: Wisty Rorabacher.

February 27 - March 2: Flora in Winter at Worcester Art Museum

February 28th - 7-9pm Smith Bulb Show Lecture. In person at Weinstein Auditorium.

March 1-16: Smith College Spring Bulb Show.

March 1-9 Philadelphia Flower Show. The 2025 theme is "Gardens of Tomorrow"

March 1-16: 53rd Annual Spring Flower Show at Mount Holyoke College

March 8, 10-1 - Winter Farmer's Market at Greenfield Public Library

March 23, 3-5pm - an afternoon at the UMass Seed Library and Special Exhibits with Paulina Borrego.

March 22, 8:45-12 noon. Western MA Master Gardener Symposium. S Deerfield. Branching Out in Your Garden

March 29, 9-1; Western MA Master Gardeners Symposium. Westfield, MA. Let's Get Growing!

March 28-30, 2025 - Capital Region Flower & Garden Expo (formerly the Capital ​District Garden and Flower Show) Troy, NY.

April 5, 8-12:15; Western MA Master Gardener Symposium. Lenox, MA. Spring Into Gardening

April - May:  Naumkeag annual Daffodil and Bulb Show (Dates for 2025 not announced yet)

April : 12th Annual Festival of Flowers, Springfield Museums. (2025 dates not announced yet)

April : 5-8 pm: Festival of Flowers After Hours. $25

April 27 - Baystate African Violet Society Exhibit and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill

April 17, 5:30pm - Tour and talk with Dan & Bonita Conlon of Warm Colors Apiary

April 29 - 8:00am - 12:30pm. Opening Day for the Greenfield Farmers Market at Court Square. 

May 5 - 9am -5pm. Berkshire Botanical Roy Boutard Day. Start of the 90th Season for Berkshire Botanical Gardens. Free admission

May 6 - Seven States Daffodil Society Show at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.

May 11-12, 9-5 - annual Mother's Day weekend plant sale at Wilder Hill Gardens in Conway, MA

May 12-13, 9:00am - 5:00 pm Berkshire Botanical 46th Annual Plant Sale 

May 12, 10-3 - Lilac Sunday at Arnold Arboretum. Lilac bloom from late April - mid/late May. They have 400 varieties of lilacs. (Picnicking on the grounds permitted today only.)

May 24th, 8:30am - 12:30pm - Extravaganza!
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May 18 - Mass Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.

May 17, 9:00am - 12:30pm - 15th Bee Fest - 2nd Congregational Church, downtown Greenfield

May 17, 10:00am-2:00pm Spring Festival at Just Roots.

June 7 & 14 - The Garden Conservancy Open Garden Days in Franklin, Hampshire and Hamden Counties. Several GGC club members are on this year's calendar! More dates later in the summer.

June 10, 4:30/5:30 - garden tour of Carol Pope's incredible garden in Amherst, MA

June 14, 10 - 4 - The 31st Northampton Garden Tour. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 on the day of the tour.

June 21 - New England Rose Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.

July 5 & 6 - Westminster Cares 22nd Anniversary Garden Tour featuring the Gardens of Gordon and Mary Hayward along with 3 other gardens.

July 26 - New England Daylily Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.

July 12 & 13 - 9 to 4 - Silver Gardens Daylily and Arts Festival. 23 Pickett Lane, Greenfield. Thousands of daylilies to choose from!

July 27, 3:00pm - Sunday visit to Patten Hill Flower Farm in Shelburne, MA (rescheduled from the 20th)
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July 19-20 - New England Lily Society Show at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
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July - NOFA Summer Conference 

​August 6, 2pm - Plan the Fair Booth meeting. Meet at Greenfield Public Library Conference Room.
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September 4-7 - 176th Franklin County Fair (set-up for the club's booth is 9/2 & 9/3). This year's theme: "A Blue Ribbon Affair"

September GGC event - Tour of Four Star Farms

September 20-21 - Gesneriad and Begonia Society's Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
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September 27-28 - New England Dahlia Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.

September 27-28 - 26th Annual Garlic and Arts Festival in Orange, MA. 

October 4-5 - New England Carnivorous Plant Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
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October 24-25 - Boston Chapter of Ikebana International Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
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October 26 - Annual Oktoberfest with speaker Peter Mitchell of Headwater Cider. 

October 31 - November 2 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings. 
 
November 28 - Happy Thanksgiving!
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December 5, 5-8pm: Annual Holiday Potluck with optional Yankee Swap

December 6 at 3pm: Holiday centerpiece workshop at Floral Affairs in Greenfield. $40 pp.

December 10, 5-7pm. GGC is sponsoring the Stone Soup "Bazinga! Flavor Bombs for Your Meals" Culinary Workshop at FCTS. This is a fundraiser for Stone Soup Cafe. $75pp.


For more information on this month's, or any other listed club-sponsored event, please contact the club at: [email protected]