Blueberry picking at Aspetuck, Easton, CT + tour by Tom Johnson

What a spectacular way to begin a Sat. morning.  This 1,000 acre preserve is beautiful and the blueberries are a bonus.  There is a view where you can see all the way to Long Island Sound. Can't wait to go back to see the hawks in the fall.
 PS   Even though it was early in the season we were able to harvest so who is making blueberry pie with all those delicious blueberries?

Walk and eat blueberries to stay in shape

Let the picking begin

View of private farm that borders preserve

Hiking down to the blueberry patch

In the distance is the Long Island Sound

Can you guess what animal made this? Hoot, hoot.....

Can you guess what made these prints?

Moss Workshop and Demonstration

Moss Workshop and Demonstration by Theresa Hackworth and her
son Dan Hackworth had us all get inspired as we learned about the
many types of moss and what you can create.

They decorated a fish tank stand (see above) into a work of garden art which
even included a volcano. A slide presentation was given showing her many
moss garden projects.

Theresa displays her work in her garden, offers workshops and sells her
one of a kind designs. She is also able to come to your property
and make a very personal design for you.

Tamarra won a raffle prize and a bonus of having Theresa
make a designer moss garden pot.

What a great night.

Fish tank stand being turned into garden scuplture

A tray of muffins anyone?

Tam brought this piece of pottery now look at it

Dan is a great helper as well as having a great mind for design.

The lucky raffle winner

As always great food

Subscribe to Garden Design Magazine

If you or someone you know loves gardens, plants and design you will love Garden Design Magazine. Through a special offer with Garden Design Magazine,  Newtown Horticulture Club is now offering Club Members and Friends of Newtown Horticulture Club a great deal.  When you subscribe to Garden Design you will receive your first issue FREE! Plus Garden Design will donate $12  to Newtown Horticulture Club for each new subscription!   

Garden Design comes to you in four issues one for each season: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. The Winter 2018 issue is a great one to start off with! But, hurry the Winter Issue will only be availlable until feb 28th, so order now!  

Go online to this SPECIAL LINK or call (855) 624-5110 (Monday - Friday, 8 - 5 PST) and mention this offer.

Horticulture Plant Sale Sat. June 2, 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! 

Lavendar with Sheryl Basford Fatse

Our May speaker was Sheryl Bassford Fatse.  Sheryl is the owner and founder of Yogoinilini Peace Practices for healing and growth.  Her talk was on the benefits of therapeutic grade essential oils and its uses, specifically Lavender oil, and demonstrates with smelling of samples of lavender and other medicinal oils.

Sheryl brought raffles prizes and the club provided gorgeous lavender plants which were raffled off.  There were several winners and we all left smelling and feeling better.

2018 Gardening Gurus trade and swap another success

The 8th annual Gardening Gurus trade and swap with Trinity Productions in conjunction with the Horticulture Club of Newtown was held.  Another fun time with lots of great stuff being shared by everyone.
Thank you for all the wonderful gardening treats!
See you all again next year!

Where: Dickenson Park, 50 Elm Dr.,, Newtown, CT 
Sat. May 5th, 2018 - 9:00 to 10:00 am (under the pavilion rain or shine)
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


Email us trinity@trinityproduction.org

Yearly yearbook

The 2018 year book will be given out at the April 12th meeting.

Sydney Edison "A Lifetime of Gardening"

Thank you Sydney for sharing your so many year's of gardening stories with all of us.
Such an inspiring night and so much more new gardening ideas for us all to  try and enjoy.


Guest Sydney Edison
Place: The Meeting House
Presenter: Sydney Edison "A Lifetime of Gardening"

Sydney Eddison's latest offering, Gardening for a Lifetime:
How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older,  presents the
distilled wisdom of a lifetime of gardening in an entertaining
and logical manner. Each chapter is a narrative followed by a
summary of key points. Eddison, the author of seven books,
speaks with candor and insight.

Victory Garden 2017

It was a great year for our three rows in the Victory Garden.  We planted and harvested over 60lbs of tri color purple, red and white potatoes, Spinach, Carrots, Tomatoes, Beets, Purple and Green Beans and various squash, totalling more than 200lbs of Fresh Organic food for the local food panty.  Thank you to Tammara and all our volunteers for a successful year!