The Greenfield Garden Club
Bringing together gardeners in Franklin County, MA, and beyond. Please join us at our next event - Everyone is welcome!
Date: Sunday, February 23rd
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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!!
2025 Dates in process!
(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.
Feb/March - Smith College Spring Bulb Show. (Dates not available yet)
March 1-9 Philadelphia Flower Show. The 2025 theme is "Gardens of Tomorrow"
March, 10-4 - 53rd Annual Spring Flower Show at Mount Holyoke College (Dates not available yet)
March 8, 10-1 - Winter Farmer's Market at Greenfield Public Library
March 16 or 23, an afternoon at the UMass Seed Library and Special Exhibits with Paulina Borrego.
March 28-30, 2025 - Capital Region Flower & Garden Expo (formerly the Capital District Garden and Flower Show) Troy, NY.
April - May: Naumkeag annual Daffodil and Bulb Show (Dates for 2025 unavaiable)
April : 12th Annual Festival of Flowers, Springfield Museums. (2025 dates not available 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 GGC event
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 - Extravaganza
May 18 - Mass Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
May 18, 9:00am - 12:30pm - 14th Bee Fest - 2nd Congregational Church, downtown Greenfield
May 18, 10:00am-2:00pm Spring Festival at Just Roots.
June 1 & 29- 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 GGC event
June 8, 10 - 4 - The 30th Northampton Garden Tour. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 on the day of the tour.
June 15 - New England Rose Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
July 6 & 7, 2024 - Westminster Cares 21st Anniversary Garden Tour featuring the Gardens of Gordon and Mary Hayward along with 3 other gardens.
July 13, 2024 - New England Daylily Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
July 13 & 14, 2024 - 9 to 4 - Silver Gardens Daylily and Arts Festival. 23 Pickett Lane, Greenfield. Thousands of daylilies to choose from! (dates not confirmed yet for 2024)
July GGC event
July 20-21, 2024 - New England Lily Society Show at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
July - NOFA Summer Conference
July 27, 2024 - field trip to St Gaudens National Historic Site, lunch at Harpoon Brewery, visit Path of Life Sculpture Garden (rain date 7/28).
August - Plan the Fair Booth meeting.
September 4-7, 2025 - 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
September 21-22, 2024 - Gesneriad and Begonia Society's Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
September 28-29, 2024 - New England Dahlia Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
September 28-29, 2024 - 26th Annual Garlic and Arts Festival in Orange, MA.
October 5-6, 2024 - New England Carnivorous Plant Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
November 1-3, 2024 - Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Show at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
October - Annual Oktoberfest
October 31 - November 2 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings.
November 28 - Happy Thanksgiving!
December: Wreath-making
December: Annual Holiday Potluck with optional Yankee Swap
For more information on this month's or any other listed club-sponsored event, please contact the club at: [email protected]
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.
Feb/March - Smith College Spring Bulb Show. (Dates not available yet)
March 1-9 Philadelphia Flower Show. The 2025 theme is "Gardens of Tomorrow"
March, 10-4 - 53rd Annual Spring Flower Show at Mount Holyoke College (Dates not available yet)
March 8, 10-1 - Winter Farmer's Market at Greenfield Public Library
March 16 or 23, an afternoon at the UMass Seed Library and Special Exhibits with Paulina Borrego.
March 28-30, 2025 - Capital Region Flower & Garden Expo (formerly the Capital District Garden and Flower Show) Troy, NY.
April - May: Naumkeag annual Daffodil and Bulb Show (Dates for 2025 unavaiable)
April : 12th Annual Festival of Flowers, Springfield Museums. (2025 dates not available 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 GGC event
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 - Extravaganza
May 18 - Mass Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
May 18, 9:00am - 12:30pm - 14th Bee Fest - 2nd Congregational Church, downtown Greenfield
May 18, 10:00am-2:00pm Spring Festival at Just Roots.
June 1 & 29- 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 GGC event
June 8, 10 - 4 - The 30th Northampton Garden Tour. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 on the day of the tour.
June 15 - New England Rose Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
July 6 & 7, 2024 - Westminster Cares 21st Anniversary Garden Tour featuring the Gardens of Gordon and Mary Hayward along with 3 other gardens.
July 13, 2024 - New England Daylily Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
July 13 & 14, 2024 - 9 to 4 - Silver Gardens Daylily and Arts Festival. 23 Pickett Lane, Greenfield. Thousands of daylilies to choose from! (dates not confirmed yet for 2024)
July GGC event
July 20-21, 2024 - New England Lily Society Show at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
July - NOFA Summer Conference
July 27, 2024 - field trip to St Gaudens National Historic Site, lunch at Harpoon Brewery, visit Path of Life Sculpture Garden (rain date 7/28).
August - Plan the Fair Booth meeting.
September 4-7, 2025 - 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
September 21-22, 2024 - Gesneriad and Begonia Society's Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
September 28-29, 2024 - New England Dahlia Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
September 28-29, 2024 - 26th Annual Garlic and Arts Festival in Orange, MA.
October 5-6, 2024 - New England Carnivorous Plant Society Show and Sale at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
November 1-3, 2024 - Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Show at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
October - Annual Oktoberfest
October 31 - November 2 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings.
November 28 - Happy Thanksgiving!
December: Wreath-making
December: Annual Holiday Potluck with optional Yankee Swap
For more information on this month's or any other listed club-sponsored event, please contact the club at: [email protected]
