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!

Monthly Meeting
Date: Thursday, June 24th
​Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Nasami Farm. 128 North St, Whately, MA
Carpool: leaves Big Y at 4:30pm sharp
Topic: Tour and Discussion with plant sales

Set on 75 acres in the Connecticut River Valley, Nasami Farm grows New England native plants from seed that are harvested sustainably from healthy, well-established wild populations throughout the region. Nasami Farm’s goal is ensuring genetic diversity to offset the clones sold by traditional nurseries and to build resilience into a landscape facing change. They feed their plants with organic fertilizer,
and use biological controls rather than chemicals as their first line of defense against pests. They do not use any systemic pesticides, such as neonic-otinoids. Nasami Farm focuses on propagation and research to bring different and hard-to-grow native plants into production. In addition to propagating plants for their two Garden Shops, they also work with the Conservation staff and contract with other organizations to cultivate plants for the restoration of wild habitats. And, in their classroom at Nasami Farm, they also offer year-round classes in native plant horticulture and botany.

Nursery Manager, Alexis Doshas, will be our personal guide for our first in-person monthly meeting in a long time. We are very excited! Alexis will give us some background information about Nasami Farm for those who are unfamiliar with the Native Plant Trust, and will describe their work and answer our questions. We will also have the opportunity to purchase plants. We will meet at 5:00pm at the farm, located at 128 North St in Whately (exit 36 off I-91 south – old exit 25).
​Carpool option: Meet at the Greenfield Big Y Plaza in the parking spaces facing Route 2 between 4:15-4:30pm. We will leave promptly at 4:30. (Plan ahead for purchasing. Their 2021 Native Plants Price List NATIVE PLANT PRICE LIST PDF includes availability information. Download the list of plants and prices and check the growing conditions they require with the online Garden Plant Finder.)

Please email the club with any questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

It's 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 - Planning a visit to Bug Hill Farm, when the currants should be in bloom!

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 - 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/Wednesday 9/7 & 9/8)

September Monthly Meeting TBD

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

October Monthly Meeting - TBD

November 2021 Smith College Fall Chrysanthemum Show. (Not sure if this will run - check website closer to the date.)

November 2021 - Cider Days! Celebrate all things apple with special events and tastings. Planning in progress.
 
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