Events

What we’re planting: 13 mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) shrubs — picked up from the North Central Conservation District Earth Day Native Plant Sale. We’ll install these opposite the Bird Sanctuary Garden, where we’ve removed many invasives. 19 native trees — from the West Hartford Tree Project (our order plus a few extras they generously offered): 1 White…

Field Trip to Wicked Tulips Flower Farm at 382 Route 164, Preston, CT. The cost is $20 per ticket, which includes entrance and 10 pick-your-own tulips. You can sign up at our March and April general meetings. Please send a $20 check made out to the "West Hartford Garden Club"…

Seed sorting for the 2026 Seed Library Opening is a fun weekly event from November through April. Sessions are held most Tuesdays from 12:30 pm - 3 pm in the Story Time Room at the Noah Webster Memorial Library Children’s Department, beginning on November 4, 2025. Parking is available at…

1.  Shifts are scheduled from 8:30 am to 10:30 am. 2.  Please bring your favorite tools for weeding and pruning. 3.  Anyone who would like to work alone and enjoy the garden as it begins to grow is certainly welcome to do so! 4.  If it is raining on your…

On Thursday we’ll be at Charter Oak International Academy from 12:00–2:00 PM for a native pollinator planting work session—hope you can join us! 4th and 5th graders will help! What we’re planting: 15 Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uca-ursi), 4 Creeping Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis), and 4 Dwarf Larkspur (Delphinium tricorne). Where: Please head for the big parking lot behind the building…

Please plan to give us at least one hour of your time during the morning. Please bring your favorite tools for weeding and pruning. A co-chair will arrive at the garden by 8:30 a.m. PARKING: Parking will be in the paved lot next to the Amos Bull House on South…

Time: 11:30 am - 2:00 pm (Speaker may extend until 3:00 pm) Local Bees, Local Gardens, and Local Honey: presented by Ann Sagalyn, a hobbyist beekeeper. The interplay of bees, flowers, shrubs, and trees is crucial because it affects the taste and quality of honey. Ann will discuss how the…

1.  Shifts are scheduled from 8:30 am to 10:30 am. 2.  Please bring your favorite tools for weeding and pruning. 3.  Anyone who would like to work alone and enjoy the garden as it begins to grow is certainly welcome to do so! 4.  If it is raining on your…

Please plan to give us at least one hour of your time during the morning. Please bring your favorite tools for weeding and pruning. A co-chair will arrive at the garden by 8:30 a.m. PARKING: Parking will be in the paved lot next to the Amos Bull House on South…

This program may be of particular interest to many of you, given our Seed Library work and our collaboration with the Town and Sustainability Commission on the new meadow at Wolcott Road Hill. Co-hosted by our local land trust and project partner, Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy, the event promises to be both informative…

1.  Shifts are scheduled from 8:30 am to 10:30 am. 2.  Please bring your favorite tools for weeding and pruning. 3.  Anyone who would like to work alone and enjoy the garden as it begins to grow is certainly welcome to do so! 4.  If it is raining on your…