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!

        Holiday Potluck Party
Date: Friday, December 9th 
Time: 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: 61 Madison Circle
Potluck: Appetizer finger food
Optional: Yankee Swap
RSVP: on or before Dec 5th

Welcome to the most festive event of the year for the club – the Holiday Party/Potluck. We are encouraging folks to RSVP early (on or before 12/5) so our host, Becky, can have a good sense of how many people to expect and be able to plan accordingly. RSVP to her directly using the contact info from your newsletter. Please let her know the best way to contact you in case we have changes to the event (include your email and phone info).

We are asking people to bring a finger-food style appetizer to the party. We are doing this in order to make sure we have enough savory food to nibble on, and the club will be providing the sweets and the drinks. You don’t have to get fancy, unless you want to!

Since it’s such a fun part of our festivities, we are going to offer the Yankee Swap to those who would like to participate. We will try to start the swap at about 6pm. To participate, please bring a wrapped gift – garden-themed is always appreciated – in the $15 to $20 range. For those who need inspiration, my favorite shop to explore is Innovintage Place on Hope Street in the old F. W. Webb plumbing building. You are sure to find an appropriate gift there. The selection changes all the time.

​Again, please respond directly to Becky on or before 12/5 if possible. She will reach out to those who RSVP with arrival, parking, and any necessary covid information. We will also stay in close touch should the weather start to look questionable. We look forward to a fun evening together!

​Questions? Contact us at: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com
 
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Soon it will be time to renew your membership to the club for another year or activities and discounts. 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 Becky George, 61 Madison Circle, 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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2022 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.)
 
February 12 - March 20 "Prismatic" at Tower Hill Botanic Garden - discover dazzling plant and art displays!

February 19 - 10AM Berkshire Botanical Winter Lecture: "The Eye of the Beholder: Is it Messy, or an Acquired Taste?" (fee)

February 24-27, 2022 - 40th Annual CT Flower & Garden Show at CT Convention Center, Hartford, CT.

February 26-27: New England Camellia Society display - Tower Hill

​March 3-13 - Berkshire Botanical Bulb Show Daily 9-4.

March 20 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Annual Meeting and the first day of spring! Speaker: Dan Bensonoff

March 3rd 4:15pm Smith Bulb Show Virtual Lecture. Pre-reg required. Zoom. Registration is open NOW.

March 5-20 - Smith College Spring Bulb Show. Virtual, and possibly in-person in 2022

March 7-18 2022 - 50th Annual Spring Flower Show - "Brighter Days" Mount Holyoke College Spring Flower Show  Only open to current MHC students, staff and faculty this year.

​March 25-27, 2022 - Capital Region Flower & Garden Expo (formerly the Capital ​District Garden and Flower Show) Troy, NY.

2022 dates unknown for the  Boston Flower Show. The Seaport World Trade Center is being redeveloped into office and retail space. The future of the event is uncertain.

April 30 - May 1 Baystate African Violet Society Show and Sale at Tower Hill Botanic Garden

April 7-10: 9th Annual Festival of Flowers, Springfield Museums.

April 21 5:30 pm - Tour/walk and talk at Laurenitis Farm in Sunderland, with an option to buy plants.

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 6-7  Berkshire Botanical 45th Annual Plant Sale 10-3

May 8  Lilac Sunday at Arnold Arboretum. Lilac bloom from late April - mid/late May. They have 400 varieties of lilacs.

May - Trip to Wendell and Nina Keller's farm.

The Extravaganza would have been May 28, 2022 - 8:30 AM-12:30 PM at the John Zon Community Center, corner of Davis and Pleasant St reets in Greenfield, BUT, we are sadly not holding it this year due to the arrival of the Asian Jumping Worm.

June 11-19 Philadelphia Flower Show. After a successful move outdoors to FDR Park, they are returning in 2022 with "In Full Bloom."

June 16 - visit to Sugarloaf Nurseries in Sunderland with bonus 10% off purchases that night.

July 9/10 - GGC 27th GARDEN TOUR!

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

July 9 & 10, 2022 - Westminster Cares Garden Tour featuring the Gardens of Gordon and Mary Hayward along with 3 other gardens.

July 30 - visit to Olallie Daylily Farm - picnic, buy plants, pick blueberries, private tour @ 5pm

August 6-8 NOFA Summer Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (Planning in progress.)

August 18 - Visit to see the Wendell gardens of Stephen Broll, and hear from Heather Wright and Sara-Evelyn Lane (Broadfork Permaculture), who are helping him keep his wife's garden in shape.

September 8-11 - Franklin County Fair (set-up for our booth is Tuesday 9/6 & 9/7). This year's theme: "Thrills for You in Twenty-Two."

September 15 - visit UMass permaculture gardens in person. Dan Bensonoff will be our guide.

October 1-2 - Annual Garlic and Arts Festival in Orange, MA. 

October 16 (Sunday) - Oktoberfest with 2 guests - Charlie Olchowski and Kyle Bostrom

November 5-20 2022 Smith College Fall Chrysanthemum Show. First Saturday in November - runs for 2 weeks, including the 3rd weekend.

November  5 & 6 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings. 
 
November 17:  6:30-7:30 pm - Winter Sowing presentation with member Pamela Lester

December 9:  5-8 pm - 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: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com