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!

Date: Sunday, October 18th
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: 41 Meadow Ln, Greenfield
Speaker: Charlie Olchowski
Event: Our club version of Oktoberfest with heirloom apple tasting, cider tasting and cheese and crackers around a nice cozy fire pit!

The club will hold the October meeting outdoors in the interest of member’s health. Since darkness is descending earlier, the meeting will be Sunday, October 18th, from 3-5 pm. Please join us as we gather outside around the fire pit at the home of Marsha and Norm, 41 Meadow Lane in Greenfield. We encourage the wearing of your best seasonal mask (think fall, Halloween, leaves, apples etc.). Please do dress for the weather!

Joining us will be club member Charlie Olchowski for part 2 of the cider tasting we offered last fall. Are you missing Cider Days this year? Here is your chance to learn more about local ciders and heirloom apples. You can choose to bring your own tasting glass, or plastic ones will be available. We will sample apples from Pine Hill Orchards, and local ciders, while listening to Charlie explain their various qualities, flavors and pairings.  Crackers and cheese provided.

Please RSVP to the club email so we can purchase accordingly (greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com).

​Bad weather (rain/snow) cancels this event.  Bring a folding chair if you have one.

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Please remember to re-join the club, even though we must be socially distant for a while. We need your support! Information on where to send annual dues (January - December) is listed below.

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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) CANCELLED

March TBD - Mount Holyoke College 49th Spring Flower Show CANCELLED

​March 15 - Sunday at midnight. Grant Proposal deadline.

March 19 - Grant Committee meets at Taylor's Tavern. CANCELLED - moved online

March 27-29 - Capitol District Garden and Flower Show. Troy, NY ($12 online or $14 after 3/26/20) CANCELLED

March 28 8:00-2:30pm WMMGA Berkshire Symposium "Spring Into Gardening." Lenox Memorial Middle/High School. $40 CANCELLED
 
March 29 - 1:00 - 4:00 pm - GGC Annual Meeting, Whately Inn, with Jack Manix from Walker Farm CANCELLED

March 11-15 - Boston Flower Show, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA. This year's Theme: "Garden Party: Celebrating Friends and Family." CLOSED MARCH 13th

March 21 8:45 am-2:15pm  WMMGA Spring Symposium at Frontier High School, South Deerfield. Gardening in Changing Times. $35 CANCELLED

March 28 - Copake, NY - 10th annual Seedy Saturday with Margaret Roach' at Turtle Tree Seeds. Tix on sale 2/1/20 CANCELLED

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

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. CANCELLED

April 2-5: 8th Annual Festival of Flowers, Springfield Museums. CANCELLED

April 2: 5:00 - 8:00pm - Culture & Cocktails at the Festival of Flowers Springfield Museums $10 members $20 non-members. CANCELLED

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. POSTPONED

May 2 - 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. CANCELLED

May 8-9 - Berkshire Botanical 43rd Annual Plant Sale CANCELLED

May 9 10-4 - Garden Conservancy Day - Margaret Roach - Copake Falls, NY (garden tour and plant sale with Broken Arrow) CANCELLED

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

May - no scheduled meeting due to Extravaganza

May 22 - 5:30 to 7 pm: drop off labelled plants for the Extravaganza at TBD, 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) CANCELLED

June 18 - 5:30 pm - Bug Hill Farm tour CANCELLED

June 27 & 28 - 10 - 4 daily; 17th Annual Lavender Festival, Johnson Hill Farm. CANCELLED

July 11 - 9:30 to 4 - 26th Garden Tour 2020 (volunteers needed) ***GOING WITH RAIN DATE OF SUNDAY, JULY 12th.***

July 18 & 19 - 10-4 - Garden Conservancy Open Garden Day at Gordon Hayward's. CANCELLED

July 11 & 12 - 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) CANCELLED

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.

August 12 - 6:00 pm - Planting for Pollinators with Pat Leuchtman. Email: librarian@greenfieldpubliclibrary.org to register and get the zoom link.

August 20 - prepare for the 172nd Franklin County Fair, whose theme for 2020 is "It's the Bees Knees." CANCELLED

September 10-13 - Franklin County Fair (set-up for our booth is Tuesday/Wednesday 9/8 & 9/9) CANCELLED

September 17 - 5:30 pm - visit to member Elise's gardens and labyrinth in Greenfield.

September 19 - 1:00 pm - Edible Wild Plant Walk with naturalist John Root 404 Glen Rd, Leyden, MA. Free - all ages welcome. Songbird and pollinator plants will also be for sale. info@johnroot.net

September 24 - 4:00pm - Site visit at the Montague Plains sponsored by MassWildlife.

October 3 & 4 - 22nd Annual Garlic and Arts  Festival in Orange, MA. No Live event. Check their website for further info.

October 18 - 3:00 to 5:00 pm - Club version of Oktoberfest with heirloom apple and cider tasting around the fire pit.

November 7-22 Smith College Fall Chrysanthemum Show. (Not sure if this will run - check website closer to the date.)

November 6-8 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings. 26th year! CANCELLED AS AN IN-PERSON EVENT
 
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 (Not sure we can run this - stay tuned!)


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