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!
FAIR SET-UP: Please bring plant material and other supplies as per the club email between 6:00 & 6:30 pm Tuesday, September 3rd, at the back entrance of the Roundhouse. Club members will be there to help you unload. Please email the club with any questions: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com.
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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? Have you paid your dues for 2019? 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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2019 Schedule of Monthly Meetings and Events of Interest to Members
January 20, 2019 - 1:00 PM Annual Meeting at French King Restaurant. POSTPONED TO MARCH 10 due to snow.
February 2 10 am-1pm Winter Farmers Market, Discovery School at Four Corners, 21 Ferrante St, Greenfield.
February 21-24 - 38th Annual CT Flower & Garden Show at CT Convention Center, Hartford, CT.
March 2 10-1 Winter Farmers Market, Discovery School at Four Corners, 21 Ferrante St, Greenfield.
March 4-March 29 - Berkshire Botanical Bulb Show
March 3-10 - Philadelphia Flower Show - Flower Power
March 2-17 - Smith College Spring Bulb Show.
March 2-17 - Mount Holyoke College 48th Spring Flower Show: Seasons of Change.
March 3 - Sunday at midnight. Grant Proposal deadline.
March 4 - Grant Committee meets at Taylor's Tavern.
March 10 1:00 - 4:00 pm - Annual Meeting - John Zon Community Center. POSTPONED TO MARCH 17.
March 13-17 - Boston Flower Show, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA. This year's Theme: "The Beauty of Balance."
March 17 1:00 - 4:00 pm - Annual Meeting - John Zon Community Center. Facilitator: Phyllis Labanowski. Refreshments available. Reinvigorate, Reignite, Reimagine.
March 23 8:45 am-2:15pm WMMGA Spring Symposium at Frontier High School, South Deerfield. Healthy Gardens, Healthy Gardeners! $35
March 23 - Copake, NY - Seedy Saturday at Margaret Roach's with Turtle Tree Seeds
March 30 9-12:30 Arnold Arboretum Weld Hill Research Center - The American Chestnut - When Will It Flourish Again?
March 30 - Lower Valley Master Gardener Symposium at Holyoke High School, Holyoke, MA. Bees, Butterflies and Bounty. The latest Buzz in Gardening. $35 thru March 15, $40 late registration.
April 4-7: 7th Annual Festival of Flowers, Springfield Museums.
April 4 5:00 - 8:00pm - Culture & Cocktails at the Festival of Flowers Springfield Museums $10 members $20 non-members.
April 6 - 8:15 am-2:30 pm Berkshires Master Gardener Symposium at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School, Lenox, MA. Strengthen Your Garden Skills $40 thru 3/31, then $45. Single sessions $15
April 13 10-4 Tower Hill. Opening Day of Wind, Waves and Light, an installation by George Sherwood. Runs April 13 - Oct 14, 2019. Field Trip? Email the club with your interest!
April 27 - 8-12:30 Opening Day for the Greenfield Farmers Market at Court Square.
May 5 -9 -5 Berkshire Botanical Roy Boutard Day with Lenox Garden Club Daffodil Show. Start of the 85th Season for Berkshire Botanical Gardens.
May 10-11 - Berkshire Botanical 42nd Annual Plant Sale
Sunday May 12 Lilac Sunday at Arnold Arboretum. Picnicking is allowed today only! Tours from 10 - 3.
May 16 - 6 pm - Bridge of Flowers talk and tour.
May 24 - 5:30 to 7 pm: drop off labelled plants for the Extravaganza at 252 Davis St., Greenfield.
Extravaganza is May 25, 2019 - 8:30 AM-12:30 PM at the John Zon Community Center, corner of Davis and Pleasant Streets in Greenfield.
June 20 - 6:00 pm - Come learn about Just Roots/Greenfield Community Farm through a guided tour.
June 29 & 30 - 10 - 4 daily; 16th Annual Lavender Festival, Johnson Hill Farm.
July 13 - 9 to 4 - Silver Gardens Daylily and Arts Festival. 23 Pickett Lane, Greenfield. Thousands of daylilies to choose from!
July 18 - 5:30 PM Potluck at Norm and Marsha's home, 41 Meadow Lane, Greenfield. A short business meeting will include voting on the new club bylaws.
July 20 - 9 to 4 - Daylily Festival at Silver Garden Daylilies, 23 Pickett Lane in Greenfield.
August 15 - 5:00 PM carpool to Three Sister's Sanctuary in Goshen MA. If it's not busy, the owner will give us a personal tour.
August 9-11 NOFA Summer Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA "Nutrition Matters" (Soil Health)
September 6-9 - Franklin County Fair
September 18 - 6:30 pm - Fall Planting of Native Trees and Shrubs with Steve Jackson. First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St, Greenfield, MA
September 19 - 5:30 pm- visit Quonquont Farm in Whately
September 28 & 29 - 21st Annual Garlic and Arts Festival in Orange, MA
October 17 - Apples! Apples! Apples! Come and make applesauce or an apple cake, and swap apple recipes.
November 2-17 Smith College Fall Chrysanthemum Show.
November 1-3 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings. 25th year!
November 21 - 6 pm - Wreaths/Kissing Balls - what's your fancy? Chapley Gardens, South Deerfield, MA. (fee)
December 6 - 6 pm - Annual Holiday Party
For more information on this month's or any other listed club-sponsored event, please contact the club at: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com
February 2 10 am-1pm Winter Farmers Market, Discovery School at Four Corners, 21 Ferrante St, Greenfield.
February 21-24 - 38th Annual CT Flower & Garden Show at CT Convention Center, Hartford, CT.
March 2 10-1 Winter Farmers Market, Discovery School at Four Corners, 21 Ferrante St, Greenfield.
March 4-March 29 - Berkshire Botanical Bulb Show
March 3-10 - Philadelphia Flower Show - Flower Power
March 2-17 - Smith College Spring Bulb Show.
March 2-17 - Mount Holyoke College 48th Spring Flower Show: Seasons of Change.
March 3 - Sunday at midnight. Grant Proposal deadline.
March 4 - Grant Committee meets at Taylor's Tavern.
March 10 1:00 - 4:00 pm - Annual Meeting - John Zon Community Center. POSTPONED TO MARCH 17.
March 13-17 - Boston Flower Show, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA. This year's Theme: "The Beauty of Balance."
March 17 1:00 - 4:00 pm - Annual Meeting - John Zon Community Center. Facilitator: Phyllis Labanowski. Refreshments available. Reinvigorate, Reignite, Reimagine.
March 23 8:45 am-2:15pm WMMGA Spring Symposium at Frontier High School, South Deerfield. Healthy Gardens, Healthy Gardeners! $35
March 23 - Copake, NY - Seedy Saturday at Margaret Roach's with Turtle Tree Seeds
March 30 9-12:30 Arnold Arboretum Weld Hill Research Center - The American Chestnut - When Will It Flourish Again?
March 30 - Lower Valley Master Gardener Symposium at Holyoke High School, Holyoke, MA. Bees, Butterflies and Bounty. The latest Buzz in Gardening. $35 thru March 15, $40 late registration.
April 4-7: 7th Annual Festival of Flowers, Springfield Museums.
April 4 5:00 - 8:00pm - Culture & Cocktails at the Festival of Flowers Springfield Museums $10 members $20 non-members.
April 6 - 8:15 am-2:30 pm Berkshires Master Gardener Symposium at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School, Lenox, MA. Strengthen Your Garden Skills $40 thru 3/31, then $45. Single sessions $15
April 13 10-4 Tower Hill. Opening Day of Wind, Waves and Light, an installation by George Sherwood. Runs April 13 - Oct 14, 2019. Field Trip? Email the club with your interest!
April 27 - 8-12:30 Opening Day for the Greenfield Farmers Market at Court Square.
May 5 -9 -5 Berkshire Botanical Roy Boutard Day with Lenox Garden Club Daffodil Show. Start of the 85th Season for Berkshire Botanical Gardens.
May 10-11 - Berkshire Botanical 42nd Annual Plant Sale
Sunday May 12 Lilac Sunday at Arnold Arboretum. Picnicking is allowed today only! Tours from 10 - 3.
May 16 - 6 pm - Bridge of Flowers talk and tour.
May 24 - 5:30 to 7 pm: drop off labelled plants for the Extravaganza at 252 Davis St., Greenfield.
Extravaganza is May 25, 2019 - 8:30 AM-12:30 PM at the John Zon Community Center, corner of Davis and Pleasant Streets in Greenfield.
June 20 - 6:00 pm - Come learn about Just Roots/Greenfield Community Farm through a guided tour.
June 29 & 30 - 10 - 4 daily; 16th Annual Lavender Festival, Johnson Hill Farm.
July 13 - 9 to 4 - Silver Gardens Daylily and Arts Festival. 23 Pickett Lane, Greenfield. Thousands of daylilies to choose from!
July 18 - 5:30 PM Potluck at Norm and Marsha's home, 41 Meadow Lane, Greenfield. A short business meeting will include voting on the new club bylaws.
July 20 - 9 to 4 - Daylily Festival at Silver Garden Daylilies, 23 Pickett Lane in Greenfield.
August 15 - 5:00 PM carpool to Three Sister's Sanctuary in Goshen MA. If it's not busy, the owner will give us a personal tour.
August 9-11 NOFA Summer Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA "Nutrition Matters" (Soil Health)
September 6-9 - Franklin County Fair
September 18 - 6:30 pm - Fall Planting of Native Trees and Shrubs with Steve Jackson. First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St, Greenfield, MA
September 19 - 5:30 pm- visit Quonquont Farm in Whately
September 28 & 29 - 21st Annual Garlic and Arts Festival in Orange, MA
October 17 - Apples! Apples! Apples! Come and make applesauce or an apple cake, and swap apple recipes.
November 2-17 Smith College Fall Chrysanthemum Show.
November 1-3 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings. 25th year!
November 21 - 6 pm - Wreaths/Kissing Balls - what's your fancy? Chapley Gardens, South Deerfield, MA. (fee)
December 6 - 6 pm - Annual Holiday Party
For more information on this month's or any other listed club-sponsored event, please contact the club at: greenfieldgardenclub@yahoo.com
