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!

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ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDENS

March Monthly Meeting
Date: Thursday, March 25th
​Time: 7:00 pm
Speaker: Deb Loomer
Program: An armchair voyage through slides and commentary on botanical gardens that Deb has visited.
RSVP to the club email in order to receive the zoom link.

Deb Loomer is a seasoned traveler, and has visited and photographed many gardens over the years. Deb is putting together a special show for us, bringing us along to some of her favorite gardens. We will visit Longwood Gardens in  Pennsylvania, Winterthur in Delaware, Heritage Gardens in Sandwich, MA, Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Atlanta Botanical Garden, New York Botanical Garden, Duke Gardens (Durham, NC), Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and a few more. She will include Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, the Gardens at the Palace of Versailles in France, and Kirstenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. Deb will provide commentary along with the photos, and will no doubt take questions from the group as we go along. Feel free to click on the links to each garden to learn more about them before we get together.

Please RSVP to the club in order to receive the zoom link: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com
We will send the link about a week before the event.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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LONGWOOD GARDENS
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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW
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CALLOWAY GARDENS, GA
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 Monthly Meeting TBD

June 26 & 27 - 10 - 4 daily; 17th Annual Lavender Festival, Johnson Hill Farm. (Not certain this will happen.)

July 15 - Planning a visit to Bug Hill Farm, when the currants should be in bloom!

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

August 2021 TBD - 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