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2021

GARDEN CLUB OF NEWTOWN, CT

Holiday Greens and Gift Sale

December 4, 2021

 

The Garden Club of Newtown will be holding its annual Holiday Gifts and Greens Sale in the Edmond Town Hall gymnasium at 45 Main Street in Newtown on Saturday December 4, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.

 

Items which are hand-crafted by members include decorated wreaths, kissing balls, boxwood trees, swags, candle centerpieces and bags of fresh greens. Proceeds go to support civic and charitable organizations in the community.

 

Parking is available in the rear of the Town Hall with direct access to the gym, and the gym is handicap accessible. Items will be spaced for viewing.  Covid rules will apply. 

 

Friday June 4th, 2021
9:00am

Group Trip to Innisfree
Place: Innisfree Gardens, 362 Tyrrel Rd, Millbrook,
NY 12545
Fee: Free to all Members in good standing. Friends
or new members welcome at $25.
To Car pool, meet at either Newtown library or
Exit 9 commuter lot. We must leave by 9:00am.
This is our 1 st club outing in more than two years. We will
visit the Gardens of Innisfree in Millbrook NY. We will have a
Private Group Guided Tour starting at 10am to 12 noon.
This event will be paid for by member dues. Cost for guests
(non-members) is $25.
Bring your own lunch and beverage for an onsite picnic after
the tour. There are no food or drink facilities, bring in bring out.

 

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 

5:00pm  

Annual Meeting House Planting 

Club Project:  Planting of Annual Flowers 

Place:  In front of the Meeting House 30 Main St. 

Fee:  Members and Friends Event 

 

Each year our club offers our gardening skills to beautify the historic Newtown Meeting House, by planting the annual flowers in front of this historic landmark, where we hold our monthly meetings.  

 

This is a fun activity that guarantees instant results since the addition of bright pink impatiens or begonias never fails to beautify the Meeting House entrance. 

 

Bring your own gardening gloves and trowel. The club provides water, coffee and donuts to all volunteers. 

 

See you there! 

 

Thank you for attending this annual trade and swap.  

What fun, lots of great plants, doughnuts and coffee. Especially loved the canna lily!

Congrats to Dottie for winning the floral canvas bag.

See you next  year at this event. In the meantime, happy gardening.

 

Saturday, May 15th, 2021 

9-10:00 am 

(Rain or Shine) 

 

Annual Gardening Gurus 

Plant Trade & Swap 

 

Place: The Pavilion- at Dickenson Park  

Event: Annual Newtown Horticulture Club, Gardening Gurus and Trinity Productions plant swap. 

Fee: Free to members and non-members  

 

Our 11^th annual Horticulture club and Garden Gurus Plant Swap will start at 9am, please arrive a little early if you have a lot of plants to unload and set up.

  

What to bring: Plant cuttings, rooted or thinned transplants, annual, perennial or bulb plants, annual vegetable and flower seedlings, Hosta, Lilies, Iris, Evergreen's or Native Tree samplings or Ferns from your garden. 

Garden items to trade: Gardening books, tools, pots and planters, whatever you would like to swap for something new or a plant to add to your garden menagerie. 

 

Please label all plant donations and make sure plants are free of disease and pests. No weeds (like Burdock or wild horseradish, Garlic mustard, mallow etc…) and NO Invasive species allowed. 

 

Native plants are highly desirable. (i.e. Asters, Golden Rod, Joe Pie Weed (not a weed) etc.) 

  

Coffee and doughnuts will be available.

 Hope you can join us!

Tammara  

 

2020 

Programming Event Committee Meeting

 Plant Sale held by Find Gardening Magazine,

Saturday, June 1 9-3.    

Attention Gardeners!: Super Cool Plant Sale in Newtown, CT

It can be fun going from nursery to nursery looking for cool and unusual varieties of plants. But wouldn’t it be better if all those varieties were in one place? Fine Gardening, the national magazine for avid gardeners and plant geeks, thinks so, that’s why they are having their first annual Super Cool Plant Sale on Saturday, June 1 from 9 to 3 (Early Birds: 8 a. m., $10) at the Fairfield Hills campus in Newtown, CT.

We are bringing in the interesting, under-the-radar varieties, the hidden gems, the overlooked performers, and the I-didn’t-know-it-was-out-there cultivars avid gardeners go crazy for.  All the plants will be selected by the Fine Gardening staff, who will be on hand to help you find some extraodinary options or just jealously admire what you’ve picked out.

So make the trip to Newtown, but make sure your trunk is empty before you come, because it certainly won’t be when you leave.

Saturday or Sunday

 June 15-16 2019

9:00AM-

Trip to Innisfree Gardens

Place:  Innisfree Gardens and picnic lunch

362 Tyrrel Rd Millbrook, NY 12545

Presenter:  Self-Guided Group Tour

Fee:  $10 per guest donation is required

Recognized as one of the “world’s ten best gardens,”  Innisfree is a powerful icon of mid-twentieth century design. Over fifty years in the making, it is the work of landscape architect Lester Collins, FASLA (1914 – 1993), with important contributions by his clients, artist and teacher Walter Beck and gardener and Heiress Marion Burt Beck.  At its core, Innisfree is about the individual’s experience in nature. Inviting exploration and even contemplation. Collins’ sweeping landscape merges the essence of Modernist and Romantic ideas with traditional Chinese and Japanese garden design principles in a form that evolved through subtle handling of the site and slow manipulation of its ecology. The result is a distinctly American stroll garden — a sublime composition of rock, water, wood, and sky achieved with remarkable economy and grace.

_{*Rory Stuart, What are Gardens For? Experiencing, Making and Thinking about Gardens (2012)}

©2018 Innisfree Gardens

845 677 8000 | email innisfree garden

 Saturday or Sunday

 August 10-11 2019

9:00AM-

Trip to the Highline Gardens –

New York City https://www.thehighline.org/gardens/

Place:  Highline Gardens group self-tour and Chelsea Market for lunch

362 Tyrel Rd Millbrook, NY 12545

Presenter:  Self-Guided Group Tour

Fee:  Cost of travel by car, train and subway required.

The High Line’s planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew wild for 25 years after the trains stopped running. Wandering through our gardens, you’ll find perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees that were chosen for their hardiness, sustainability, and ever-changing textures and colors in all four seasons.

We will meet at the Library parking lot or somewhere in town or meet at the Fairfield train station.

Look for emails on this trip coming soon!

2018

June 2nd, 2018

The Horticulture Club of Newtown will hold a plant sale this Saturday June 2nd at 50 Main Street from 9-1pm. 

Proceeds will go toward our annual high school scholarship fund.

On sale will be lots of plants grown by members, donations from local nurseries, and garden items and seeds.

There will also be a Raffle and free plant information from our experienced gardeners and members, and a table where Children or Adults, can buy a peat pot and select a seed, plant it and take it home to watch it grow.

We hope that you can come! 

May 5^{th, 2018}
Benefit concert being offer for the “Protect our Pollinators” group which will be held on Saturday May 5^th, 7-10 pm at New Morning Market in Woodbury.    Please come to support this great group which was co-founded by Mary Gaudet-Wilson and Holly Kocet.   They are doing very important work and educating as many people as they can about the critical need to protect our pollinators.   


March 2018
David Austin Roses. They are running a 15% coupon until the end of March 2018. Not sure if anyone is interested in roses, but I thought I would pass it along! I have three myself and they are just spectacular!

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Feb 18-April 9, 2017New York Botanical Garden- Orchid Show: Thailand

April 1-2, 2017 
 there is a  Connecticut Cactus and Succulent Society show and sale at Naugatuck Community College, opens at 10 am.

April 22-Oct 29, 2017
New York Botanical Garden- Chihuly

April 30th - Sunday April 30th, 2017
May Day event that is going to be held  from 1-3 pm at the Victory Garden, Newtown, CT.


May 13, 2017 - Sat. 9:00 to 10:30 am
Trinity Production 7th annual Gardening Gurus Trade & Swap in conjunction with the Horticulture Club of Newtown. We will be under the pavilion Dickinson Park, Newtown, CT.  Bring items to trade:  annual or perennials, vegetable seeds, seedling gardening books, tools, pots and planters.  Please label your donation and come away with something new for your home or garden. Coffee, doughnuts and bagels will be available     Non members $5.00 

May 13, 2017 -
The Trade Secrets Rare Plant & Garden Antiques sale is Saturday, May 13, 2017 at Lion Rock Farm, Rt. 41 & Hosier Road, Sharon, CT.  Early buying begins at 8 am, regular admission is 10 am and late bloomer at 1 pm. The sale runs until 3 pm. The Trade Secrets Garden Tour is on Sunday, May 14, 2017 from 10 am - 4 pm

May 14 - Sunday, May 14, 2017
Spend the day taking a self-guided tour of four of the most beautiful and picturesque private gardens, located in Cornwall and Falls Village, CT and nearby Ashley Falls, MA. The Garden Tour starts at 10am and ends at 4pm.
(Be sure to buy your tickets early, for there are limited Garden Tour tickets for sale in advance. No tickets will be sold the day of the tour) http://www.tradesecretsct.com/event-info

May 14th, May 21st and May 28th, 2017 .  Held 2:00 pm to 2:30 This year Cricket Hill Gardens, Thomaston, CT celebrates its 28th Peony Day Festivals with   - Dan Furman will lead a garden walk to discuss what we are growing and what is in bloom. Bring your walking shoes for our hillside garden.Call us at (860) 283-1042 or email us (info@crickethillgarden.com) for bloom updates.

June 11, 2017-
 Elizabeth Park, Hartford-Rose Garden, Sunday

June 25 ( to be confirmed)-
 CT Historic Gardens Days- Roseland Cottage, Bellany-Ferriday House, Butler-Mccook House & Garden, Florence Griswold Museum, Promisek at Three Rivers Farm, Weir Farm

Sept TBD-
The Great Herb Fair at John Jay Homestead, Katonah, NY

Lavender Pond Fa
r318 Roast Meat Hill Road, Killingworth, CT   06419

Sticks and Stones- 201 Huntingtown Road, Newtown, CT 06470

TBD:
The Garden Conservancy Open Garden Days.  Discount tickets available. Open days now through website only: www.gardenconservancy.org.