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: Friday, December 10th
​Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Host: Linda & Harlan Smith
788 Bernardston Rd, Greenfield
RSVP: required
​Carpools: Strongly suggested

A full-club email was sent to the membership with an RSVP deadline of December 2nd. For those who have responded in the affirmative, we will be sending you an email with updates about covid and what we need to do in order to hold this party in-person. If, for any reason, it becomes unsafe to hold the party, we will cancel it. We care deeply about our community, and will do everything we can to protect each other, and lessen the risk involved in meeting.

If you would like to participate in the Yankee Swap, please bring a wrapped gift in the $15 to $20 range. A good place to look for unusual gifts is Innovintage Place on Hope Street in Greenfield. They are open Thursday – Sunday, 10-4. Agway is a good place to find garden-inspired gifts. You may have other favorite local shops in mind for gifts - or you are feeling crafty!

Please bring a plate of cookies or other single-serve sweet to share. (Single-serve snacks = covid-healthy.) The club will provide savory snacks as well as both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Please let the club know if you have a food allergy.  greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com
 
We look forward to seeing you in-person - if at all possible

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Thinking outside the box for a holiday "wreath."

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. 

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:  6-8 pm - Wreaths/Kissing Balls - what's your fancy? Chapley Gardens, South Deerfield, MA. (fee)

December 10:  6-8 pm - 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