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!

Sunday, October 17th (outdoors)
​3:00 - 5:00 PM
41 Meadow Lane, Greenfield

Our 3rd Annual Cider Tasting with finger foods outside around the fire. Join us as we welcome Charlie Olchowski with his talk "The Cider Scene and new Trends." We will sample some cider varieties to go along with his talk, and finger foods will be available. Come listen, sample, and enjoy a fine autumn afternoon with friends. There will be plenty of time for casual con-versation, and catching up or meeting new friends. There should be plenty of seating, but if you have a favorite folding chair, please feel free to bring it. Please also dress for the weather. We will contact those who RSVP if rain is in the forecast.

RSVP's will be welcome so we can determine the correct quantity of cider and food for the event. Please email the club: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com
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Big E Bio of Charlie for the 2021 Meet the Judges panel:

Charlie Olchowski has been a judge of alcoholic beverages since the inception of the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) in 1985. He is the ninth judge to be certified in this international program that has nearly 8,000 active judges. In organizing one of the competitions for the New England Homebrewer of the Year Award, he and others included ciders and meads in the judging. It was the first real forum for judging ciders in the U.S. Charlie has judged ciders at many local, regional, and national events. He actively works in cider education and his cider writings have appeared in many periodicals. He is a panelist in several forums at Cider Days held in Franklin County, Massachusetts each November, which he co-founded with Paul Correnty in 1994. He was a judge in the 2018 competition at The Big E.

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Thank you to everyone who helped to create the Bees Knees B & B at the fair this year. We won a first place blue ribbon, as well as the coveted Cushman award. Hope to see you all next year in the planning stages for a new booth!

Is it 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 24 - 5pm Visit to Nasami Farm in person (!) Option to buy plants during the tour.

June 26 & 27 - 10 - 4 daily; 17th Annual Lavender Festival, Johnson Hill Farm. (CANCELLED.)

July 15 - 5pm  Tour and Tasting at Bug Hill Farm, when the currants are ready to pick!

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

August 2021 CANCELLED- Westminster Cares Open Garden Day

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

August - Vacation - and 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 9/7 & 9/8)

September 16 - Meet Your Neighbors program featuring the Greenfield Garden Club via zoom with the Greenfield Public Library

October  -  Annual Garlic and Arts  Festival in Orange, MA. Planning still in progress.

October Monthly Meeting - 3-5pm, Sunday, October 17th. Cider Scene and New trends with Charlie Olchowski.

November 6-21 2021 Smith College Fall Chrysanthemum Show. First Saturday in November - runs for 2 weeks, including the 3rd weekend.

November  6 & 7 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings. Twenty stops on this year's covid-friendly Cider Trail.
 
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