Welcome to the Greenfield Garden Club - 
Serving all of Franklin County, Massachusetts, and beyond.
Please join us at one of our many meetings - and bring a friend!

HOLD THE DATE!

Date: Sunday, March 10th
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Location:  John Zon Community Center, 35 Pleasant St, Greenfield

Invitations are in the works for this important meeting, as we will be discussing the future of the club. We need to see how we can Reinvigorate, Reignite interest, and Reimagine the club.

Our special guest will be Phyllis Labanowski, whom we have invited to help us in this discerning process. We will have both small group and full group discussions. We need to discover how to keep the club viable as well as relevant, and how to raise money in ways that are not as labor intensive as the annual Garden Tour and the Extravaganza. We know we can make a blue-ribbon Fair Booth, but $150 is not enough to keep us going!

At the end of the meeting, we will either be nominating club officers from the floor, collecting dues and issuing membership cards for 2019, and scheduling another meeting to discuss bylaw changes, or we will be scheduling a meeting to dissolve the club and disburse any remaining funds. The current officers sincerely hope it will be the former, but it can only happen with your participation. We hope you will roll up your sleeves and join us in this important endeavor.

Light refreshments will be provided, both sweet and savory.

The current and proposed bylaws are attached below for your perusal.

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Dues for 2019: Dues will be discussed at the Annual Meeting on January 20th. They are currently $18 per single person, and $24 for a household. Please send membership requests to Jean Wall, 40 High St, Greenfield, Massachusetts.

​​As always, please email the club with any questions: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com ​

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2018 Schedule of Monthly Meetings and Events of Interest to Members

January 24 - 1:00-5:00 pm - Annual Meeting at the French King Restaurant. Dr. Bill Benner featured speaker on butterfly gardening.

February 3 10 am-1pm Winter Farmers Market, Discovery School at Four Corners, Greenfield.

February 19 Field Trip to Logee's Greenhouses in CT 

February 22-25 - 37th Annual CT Flower & Garden Show at CT Convention Center, Hartford, CT.

February 25 - 2:00-4:00 PM Wildflowers in Winter; lecture by Dawn Marvin Ward, Leverett Library
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February 26-March 16 - Berkshire Botanical Bulb Show

March 3 10-1 Winter Farmers Market, Discovery School at Four Corners, Greenfield.

March 3-11 - Philadelphia Flower Show - Wonders of Water

March 3-18 - Smith College Spring Bulb Show.

March 3-18 - Mount Holyoke College Spring Flower Show.

March 24 - Lower Valley Master Gardener Symposium at Holyoke High School, Holyoke, MA. $30 early reg

March 10 - Saturday (rain date Sunday the 11th): Field Trip to the Lyman Estate Greenhouses, Waltham MA

March 17 8:45 am-2:15pm  WMMGA Spring Symposium at Frontier High School, South Deerfield. Your Living Landscape featuring Henry Homeyer. $35

March 14-18 - Boston Flower Show, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA. This year's Theme: "Savor Spring."

March 24 - Seedy Saturday at Margaret Roach's with Turtle Tree Seeds
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​April 1 - Sunday at midnight. Grant Proposal deadline.

April 4 - Grant Committee meets at Taylor's Tavern

April 5 - Festival of Flowers Culture & Cocktails Springfield Museums $10 members $20 non-members

April 7 - 7:45 am-2:30 pm Berkshires Master Gardener Symposium at Lenox  Memorial Middle and High School, Lenox, MA. $40 thru 3/31, then $45. Single sessions $15

April 28 - Field Trip to Tower Hill to see the swaths of daffodils. Rain date Sunday April 29.
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April 28 - Saturday - 9 am - 2 pm - Garden Expo at Five Acre Farm in Northfield. Tours of the greenhouses, lots of vendors, and your member discount on purchases.

May 5-6 - Berkshire Botanical Daffodil Show

May 11-12 - Berkshire Botanical 41st Annual Plant Sale

May 12 - Field Trip to Arnold Arboretum to see the lilacs in bloom. Rain date Sunday May 13.

May 18 - 6 to 7pm: drop off plants for the Extravaganza at Sts. James and Andrews Church, 8 Church St, Gnfld.

Extravaganza is May 19, 2018 - 9:00 AM-3:00 PM Note the date. Note the time. Same date and location as Handmade Crafter's Mart

June 16 - Field Trip to Elizabeth's Garden and O'Briens Nursery in CT. Rain date Sunday the 17th.

June 23 & 24 - 10 - 4 daily; Lavender Festival, Johnson Hill Farm.

July 14 - 9 to 4 -  Silver Gardens Daylily and Arts Festival. 23 Pickett Lane, Greenfield. Thousands of daylilies to choose from!

July 7 - Greenfield Garden Club Experience: Gill Garden Stroll and Garden Party. Rain date Sunday the 8th.

July 19-20 - WMMGA bus trip to Maine - visit 3 gardens

August 11 - Vacation Month!!

August 10-12 NOFA Summer Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

September 6-9 - Franklin County Fair

September 22 - Field Trip to Art in the Orchard. Rain date Sunday the 23rd.
 
October 13 - Field trip to Mt Auburn Cemetery. Rain date Sunday the 14th.
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November 3-18 Smith College Fall Chrysanthemum Show.

November 2-4 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings.
 
November 19 - 6 pm - Wreaths/Kissing Balls - what's your fancy? Chapley Gardens, South Deerfield. (fee)

December 7 (Friday) 6 pm - Annual Holiday Party at 40 High Street. (Date changed from the 14th to the 7th)

January 20, 2019 - 1:00 PM Annual Meeting at French King Restaurant.

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