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 Prospect Street. We encourage you to carpool as space is limited.
We plan to work if the rain is light. If it is pouring, you will get a cancellation call by 8:00 a.m.
• If you are unable to work on your signup date, please let me know so that we can reschedule you and help you find a replacement for your shift.
• Kindly confirm that you have received this message, by replying to ljaldrich@hotmail.com or text 860-227-2730.
Thank you for helping to make the Butler McCook garden such a treasure for the greater Hartford region.
Best regards,
Linda Aldrich, Co-Chair, 860 227-2730
Steve Kovack, Co-Chair, 860 521-6563
Charlotte Massey and I have put together the first Field Trip of the 2023-2024 WHGC year for Tuesday, October 3, with a guided Tour at 11 am at Hollister House Gardens, 300 Nettleton Hollow Road, Washington, CT. The tour will last an hour to an hour and a half of the Gardens and House. Cost is $15 per member.
Please make your check out to West Hartford Garden Club and mail to Billie Reese or Charlotte Massey. Deadline to sign up is September 15. We plan to carpool. RSVP to our emails, billie.reese@cbmoves.com and charmassie@yahoo.com. When you RSVP, please indicate if you would be willing to drive and how many passengers you can take. Ideally, we’d like no more than 4 people per car.
Lunch will be after the tour, at The White Horse Tavern, Route 202, New Preston, CT, a fifteen-minute drive. We will be ordering off the menu.
See below, description of Hollister House
“Beautifully situated on a sloping, terraced site in the rolling hills of Litchfield County in northwestern Connecticut, Hollister House Garden is an American interpretation of such classic English gardens as Sissinghurst, Great Dixter and Hidcote, formal in its structure but informal and rather wild in its style of planting.”
Happy Gardening!
Charlotte Massey and Billie Reese
Field Trip Co-Chairs
Please remember to bring your gardening tools.
If you are unable to work on your signup date, please try to find a replacement and let us know so that we can reschedule you.
Susan Grew at srider56@comcast.net or Maureen Gould at mcgould89@comcast.net.
Check their website for information.
Check their website for information.
OCTOBER 5, Thursday, 12:00 noon
“Orchids”
Speaker: Sandy Myhalik
Nutmeg State Orchid Society
Sandy will discuss the care of orchids and share images of her own orchid collection.
OPEN MEETING, Guest donation $10.00
Program: Peggy Bliss
Flower arrangement: Sharon Mulvey
Tea sandwiches, cookies and beverages will be served.
Check their website for information.