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!

Early October Event, sponsored by our friends at Greening Greenfield:

Date: Wednesday, October 2
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St, Greenfield, MA
Speaker: Larri Cochran, Master Gardener, Pollinator Advocate, and Photographer
Topic: Fall Gardening for Pollinators: Helping Bees and Butterflies Survive Winter

Do you want to learn how to put your garden to bed in a way that creates winter homes for pollinators, and ensures they have food in the spring? This free talk, offered by Greening Greenfield’s Planting for Pollinators campaign, will be held at the First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St, Greenfield, at 6:30 pm. The talk will be followed by questions, and refresh-ments will be served. “Having pollen and nectar-providing plants growing right up until hard frost is important to ensure pollinators can load up on food before the winter,” says Cochran. “They also need shelter throughout the year, and food in the early spring.” Cochran is bringing lots of images that demon-strate how to achieve these goals. Cochran is a sought-after speaker who offers pollinator garden workshops throughout the region. She is a Master Gardener, vice-president of the Western Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, and certified as a horticulturist through Berkshire Botanical Garden. Her current garden work supports her passion for pollinators. She is a member of the core team of Western Mass Pollinator Networks, and co-director of the management team for the Northampton Community Garden, where she tends three plots dedicated to pollinator habitat. In her gardens, she cultivates a diversity of plants that provide food and shelter for pollinators in all life stages—host plants for larvae, undisturbed areas for pupae (chrysalis), nectar and pollen producing flowers for adults, and shelter throughout the year. “Pollinators need winter habitat and things like downed tree branches provide decaying wood where many native bees nest,” notes Cochran. “I am always careful to use plants and seeds that are free of the pesticide neo-nicotinoid, which is harmful to pollinators.” Greening Greenfield’s Planting for Pollinators Campaign is dedicated to education and the restoration of healthy habitats and people. For more information on neonicotinoids, where to find clean plants, and more, go to: https://greeninggreenfieldma.org​

Hope to see you there!

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Larri Cochran watering her garden.
The Greenfield Garden Club is always accepting new members. Have you attended a meeting recently? Will you bring a friend to the next meeting? Have you paid your dues for 2019? 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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2019 Schedule of Monthly Meetings and Events of Interest to Members
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​January 20, 2019 - 1:00 PM Annual Meeting at French King Restaurant. POSTPONED TO MARCH 10 due to snow.

February 2 10 am-1pm Winter Farmers Market, Discovery School at Four Corners, 21 Ferrante St, Greenfield.

February 21-24 - 38th Annual CT Flower & Garden Show at CT Convention Center, Hartford, CT.

March 2 10-1 Winter Farmers Market, Discovery School at Four Corners, 21 Ferrante St, Greenfield.

March 4-March 29 - Berkshire Botanical Bulb Show

March 3-10 - Philadelphia Flower Show - Flower Power

March 2-17 - Smith College Spring Bulb Show.

March 2-17 - Mount Holyoke College 48th Spring Flower Show: Seasons of Change.

​March 3 - Sunday at midnight. Grant Proposal deadline.

March 4 - Grant Committee meets at Taylor's Tavern.

March 10 1:00 - 4:00 pm - Annual Meeting - John Zon Community Center. POSTPONED TO MARCH 17.

March 13-17 - Boston Flower Show, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA. This year's Theme: "The Beauty of Balance."

March 17 1:00 - 4:00 pm - Annual Meeting - John Zon Community Center. Facilitator: Phyllis Labanowski. Refreshments available. Reinvigorate, Reignite, Reimagine.

March 23 8:45 am-2:15pm  WMMGA Spring Symposium at Frontier High School, South Deerfield. Healthy Gardens, Healthy Gardeners! $35

March 23 - Copake, NY - Seedy Saturday at Margaret Roach's with Turtle Tree Seeds

March 30 9-12:30 Arnold Arboretum Weld Hill Research Center - The American Chestnut - When Will It Flourish Again?

March 30 - Lower Valley Master Gardener Symposium at Holyoke High School, Holyoke, MA. Bees, Butterflies and Bounty. The latest Buzz in Gardening. $35 thru March 15, $40 late registration.

April 4-7: 7th Annual Festival of Flowers, Springfield Museums.

April 4 5:00 - 8:00pm - Culture & Cocktails at the Festival of Flowers Springfield Museums $10 members $20 non-members.

April 6 - 8:15 am-2:30 pm Berkshires Master Gardener Symposium at Lenox  Memorial Middle and High School, Lenox, MA. Strengthen Your Garden Skills $40 thru 3/31, then $45. Single sessions $15

April 13 10-4 Tower Hill. Opening Day of Wind, Waves and Light, an installation by George Sherwood. Runs April 13 - Oct 14, 2019. Field Trip? Email the club with your interest!
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April 27 - 8-12:30 Opening Day for the Greenfield Farmers Market at Court Square. 

May 5 -9 -5 Berkshire Botanical Roy Boutard Day with  Lenox Garden Club Daffodil Show. Start of the 85th Season for Berkshire Botanical Gardens.

May 10-11 - Berkshire Botanical 42nd Annual Plant Sale

Sunday May 12 Lilac Sunday at Arnold Arboretum. Picnicking is allowed today only! Tours from 10 - 3.

May 16 - 6 pm - Bridge of Flowers talk and tour.

May 24 - 5:30 to 7 pm: drop off labelled plants for the Extravaganza at 252 Davis St., Greenfield.

Extravaganza is May 25, 2019 - 8:30 AM-12:30 PM at the John Zon Community Center, corner of Davis and Pleasant Streets in Greenfield. 

June 20 - 6:00 pm - Come learn about Just Roots/Greenfield Community Farm through a guided tour.

June 29 & 30 - 10 - 4 daily; 16th Annual Lavender Festival, Johnson Hill Farm.

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

July 18 - 5:30 PM Potluck at Norm and Marsha's home, 41 Meadow Lane, Greenfield. A short business meeting will include voting on the new club bylaws.

July 20 - 9 to 4 - Daylily Festival at Silver Garden Daylilies, 23 Pickett Lane in Greenfield.

August 15 - 5:00 PM carpool to Three Sister's Sanctuary in Goshen MA. If it's not busy, the owner will give us a personal tour.

August 9-11 NOFA Summer Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA "Nutrition Matters" (Soil Health)

September 6-9 - Franklin County Fair

September 18 - 6:30 pm - Fall Planting of Native Trees and Shrubs with Steve Jackson. First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St, Greenfield, MA

September 19 - 5:30 pm- visit Quonquont Farm in Whately

September 28 & 29 - 21st Annual Garlic and Arts  Festival in Orange, MA

October 2 - 6:30 pm  - Fall Gardening for Pollinators with Larri Cochran. First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St.

October 17 - Apples! Apples! Apples! Come and make applesauce or an apple cake, and swap apple recipes. 
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November 2-17 Smith College Fall Chrysanthemum Show.

November 1-3 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings. 25th year!
 
November 21 - 6 pm - Wreaths/Kissing Balls - what's your fancy? Chapley Gardens, South Deerfield, MA. (fee)

December 6 - 6 pm - Annual Holiday Party 


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