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!
Attention! The Annual Meeting has been postponed. When a new date is able to be secured, we will let you know. Fingers crossed we can run the trip to Nasami Farm on April 18th!
GGC Annual Meeting
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| Annual Meeting 2020 Invitation |
Daffodils are coming! Daffodils are coming!
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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2020 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!!
February 1 10:00 am-1:00 pm Winter Farmers Market, Discovery School at Four Corners, 21 Ferrante St, Greenfield.
February 1 - March 31 - Orchid Show at Tower Hill in Boylston, MA
February 5 7:00 pm Trees and Their Roles in the Lives of Native Bees. 1st Congregational Church, 43 Silver St
February 16 3:30 - 5:30 pm Winter Birds at Barton Cove Nature Walk. Pre-reg required.
February 20-23 - 39th Annual CT Flower & Garden Show at CT Convention Center, Hartford, CT.
February 22 2pm - Berkshire Botanical Winter Lecture with Tom Coward, Lenox, MA (fee)
March 7 10-1 Winter Farmers Market, Discovery School at Four Corners, 21 Ferrante St, Greenfield.
March 6-8 How to Design Native Habitats for Pollinators, People and the Planet Design Retreat. Woolman Hill /Greening Greenfield ($210 with sliding scale)
March TBD - Berkshire Botanical Bulb Show
February 29 - March 8 - Philadelphia Flower Show - Riviera Holiday
March 7-22 - Smith College Spring Bulb Show. ($5)
March TBD - Mount Holyoke College 49th Spring Flower Show
March 15 - Sunday at midnight. Grant Proposal deadline.
March 19 - Grant Committee meets at Taylor's Tavern.
March 27-29 - Capitol District Garden and Flower Show. Troy, NY ($12 online or $14 after 3/26/20)
March 28 8:00-2:30pm WMMGA Berkshire Symposium "Spring Into Gardening." Lenox Memorial Middle/High School. $40
March 29 - 1:00 - 4:00 pm - GGC Annual Meeting, Whately Inn, with Jack Manix from Walker Farm
March 11-15 - Boston Flower Show, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA. This year's Theme: "Garden Party: Celebrating Friends and Family."
March 21 8:45 am-2:15pm WMMGA Spring Symposium at Frontier High School, South Deerfield. Gardening in Changing Times. $35
March 28 - Copake, NY - 10th annual Seedy Saturday with Margaret Roach' atTurtle Tree Seeds. Tix on sale 2/1/20
March 30 9-12:30 Arnold Arboretum Weld Hill Research Center - The American Chestnut - When Will It Flourish Again?
April 4 8-2 - Lower Valley Master Gardener Symposium at Holyoke High School, Holyoke, MA. How's It Growing? 2020 Gardening Visions. $35 thru March 20, $40 late; $45 walk-in registration.
April 2-5: 8th Annual Festival of Flowers, Springfield Museums.
April 2: 5:00 - 8:00pm - Culture & Cocktails at the Festival of Flowers Springfield Museums $10 members $20 non-members.
April 18 (SATURDAY) 2:00 pm "Right Plant, Right Place" with Alexis Doshas at Nasami Farm. Followed by a tour of the greenhouses and retail area.
April 25 (?) - 8-12:30 Opening Day for the Greenfield Farmers Market at Court Square.
May 3 -9 -5 Berkshire Botanical Roy Boutard Day with Lenox Garden Club Daffodil Show. Start of the 86th Season for Berkshire Botanical Gardens.
May 8-9 - Berkshire Botanical 43rd Annual Plant Sale
May 9 10-4 - Garden Conservancy Day - Margaret Roach - Copake Falls, NY (garden tour and plant sale with Broken Arrow)
Sunday May 12 Lilac Sunday at Arnold Arboretum. Picnicking is allowed today only! Tours from 10 - 3.
May - no scheduled meeting due to Extravaganza
May 22 - 5:30 to 7 pm: drop off labelled plants for the Extravaganza at 252 Davis St., Greenfield.
Extravaganza is May 23, 2020 - 8:30 AM-12:30 PM at the John Zon Community Center, corner of Davis and Pleasant Streets in Greenfield.
June 6 10-4 - Garden Conservancy Day - Margaret Roach, Copake Falls, NY (garden tour and plant sale with Broken Arrow)
June 18 - 5:30 pm - Bug Hill Farm tour
June 27 & 28 - 10 - 4 daily; 17th Annual Lavender Festival, Johnson Hill Farm.
July 11 - 26th Garden Tour 2020 (volunteers needed)
July 18 & 19 - 10-4 - Garden Conservancy Open Garden Day at Gordon Hayward's.
July 18 (?) - 9 to 4 - Silver Gardens Daylily and Arts Festival. 23 Pickett Lane, Greenfield. Thousands of daylilies to choose from!
August 1 10-4 - Westminster Cares Open Garden day at Gordon Hayward's. (Westminster West, VT)
August 20 - prepare for the 172nd Franklin County Fair, whose theme for 2020 is "It's the Bees Knees."
August 7-9 NOFA Summer Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA "Climate Solutions are Grown in Soil" (Soil Health) Early Bird special thru 1/31/20 only.
September 10-13 - Franklin County Fair (set-up for our booth is Tuesday/Wednesday 9/8 & 9/9)
September 18 - 6:30 pm - Fall Planting of Native Trees and Shrubs with Steve Jackson. First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St, Greenfield, MA
September - an evening of Bonsai with Ed Bajgier in South Deerfield
October 3 & 4 - 22nd Annual Garlic and Arts Festival in Orange, MA
October 22 - 6:00 pm - Halloween Potluck (spooky!!)
November 7-22 Smith College Fall Chrysanthemum Show.
November 6-8 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings. 26th year!
November 19 - 6 pm - Wreaths/Kissing Balls - what's your fancy? Chapley Gardens, South Deerfield, MA. (fee)
December 11 - 6 pm - Annual Holiday Party with optional Yankee Swap
For more information on this month's or any other listed club-sponsored event, please contact the club at: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com
February 1 - March 31 - Orchid Show at Tower Hill in Boylston, MA
February 5 7:00 pm Trees and Their Roles in the Lives of Native Bees. 1st Congregational Church, 43 Silver St
February 16 3:30 - 5:30 pm Winter Birds at Barton Cove Nature Walk. Pre-reg required.
February 20-23 - 39th Annual CT Flower & Garden Show at CT Convention Center, Hartford, CT.
February 22 2pm - Berkshire Botanical Winter Lecture with Tom Coward, Lenox, MA (fee)
March 7 10-1 Winter Farmers Market, Discovery School at Four Corners, 21 Ferrante St, Greenfield.
March 6-8 How to Design Native Habitats for Pollinators, People and the Planet Design Retreat. Woolman Hill /Greening Greenfield ($210 with sliding scale)
March TBD - Berkshire Botanical Bulb Show
February 29 - March 8 - Philadelphia Flower Show - Riviera Holiday
March 7-22 - Smith College Spring Bulb Show. ($5)
March TBD - Mount Holyoke College 49th Spring Flower Show
March 15 - Sunday at midnight. Grant Proposal deadline.
March 19 - Grant Committee meets at Taylor's Tavern.
March 27-29 - Capitol District Garden and Flower Show. Troy, NY ($12 online or $14 after 3/26/20)
March 28 8:00-2:30pm WMMGA Berkshire Symposium "Spring Into Gardening." Lenox Memorial Middle/High School. $40
March 29 - 1:00 - 4:00 pm - GGC Annual Meeting, Whately Inn, with Jack Manix from Walker Farm
March 11-15 - Boston Flower Show, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA. This year's Theme: "Garden Party: Celebrating Friends and Family."
March 21 8:45 am-2:15pm WMMGA Spring Symposium at Frontier High School, South Deerfield. Gardening in Changing Times. $35
March 28 - Copake, NY - 10th annual Seedy Saturday with Margaret Roach' atTurtle Tree Seeds. Tix on sale 2/1/20
March 30 9-12:30 Arnold Arboretum Weld Hill Research Center - The American Chestnut - When Will It Flourish Again?
April 4 8-2 - Lower Valley Master Gardener Symposium at Holyoke High School, Holyoke, MA. How's It Growing? 2020 Gardening Visions. $35 thru March 20, $40 late; $45 walk-in registration.
April 2-5: 8th Annual Festival of Flowers, Springfield Museums.
April 2: 5:00 - 8:00pm - Culture & Cocktails at the Festival of Flowers Springfield Museums $10 members $20 non-members.
April 18 (SATURDAY) 2:00 pm "Right Plant, Right Place" with Alexis Doshas at Nasami Farm. Followed by a tour of the greenhouses and retail area.
April 25 (?) - 8-12:30 Opening Day for the Greenfield Farmers Market at Court Square.
May 3 -9 -5 Berkshire Botanical Roy Boutard Day with Lenox Garden Club Daffodil Show. Start of the 86th Season for Berkshire Botanical Gardens.
May 8-9 - Berkshire Botanical 43rd Annual Plant Sale
May 9 10-4 - Garden Conservancy Day - Margaret Roach - Copake Falls, NY (garden tour and plant sale with Broken Arrow)
Sunday May 12 Lilac Sunday at Arnold Arboretum. Picnicking is allowed today only! Tours from 10 - 3.
May - no scheduled meeting due to Extravaganza
May 22 - 5:30 to 7 pm: drop off labelled plants for the Extravaganza at 252 Davis St., Greenfield.
Extravaganza is May 23, 2020 - 8:30 AM-12:30 PM at the John Zon Community Center, corner of Davis and Pleasant Streets in Greenfield.
June 6 10-4 - Garden Conservancy Day - Margaret Roach, Copake Falls, NY (garden tour and plant sale with Broken Arrow)
June 18 - 5:30 pm - Bug Hill Farm tour
June 27 & 28 - 10 - 4 daily; 17th Annual Lavender Festival, Johnson Hill Farm.
July 11 - 26th Garden Tour 2020 (volunteers needed)
July 18 & 19 - 10-4 - Garden Conservancy Open Garden Day at Gordon Hayward's.
July 18 (?) - 9 to 4 - Silver Gardens Daylily and Arts Festival. 23 Pickett Lane, Greenfield. Thousands of daylilies to choose from!
August 1 10-4 - Westminster Cares Open Garden day at Gordon Hayward's. (Westminster West, VT)
August 20 - prepare for the 172nd Franklin County Fair, whose theme for 2020 is "It's the Bees Knees."
August 7-9 NOFA Summer Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA "Climate Solutions are Grown in Soil" (Soil Health) Early Bird special thru 1/31/20 only.
September 10-13 - Franklin County Fair (set-up for our booth is Tuesday/Wednesday 9/8 & 9/9)
September 18 - 6:30 pm - Fall Planting of Native Trees and Shrubs with Steve Jackson. First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St, Greenfield, MA
September - an evening of Bonsai with Ed Bajgier in South Deerfield
October 3 & 4 - 22nd Annual Garlic and Arts Festival in Orange, MA
October 22 - 6:00 pm - Halloween Potluck (spooky!!)
November 7-22 Smith College Fall Chrysanthemum Show.
November 6-8 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings. 26th year!
November 19 - 6 pm - Wreaths/Kissing Balls - what's your fancy? Chapley Gardens, South Deerfield, MA. (fee)
December 11 - 6 pm - Annual Holiday Party with optional Yankee Swap
For more information on this month's or any other listed club-sponsored event, please contact the club at: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com
