Please plan to join your fellow garden club members and their guests on Sunday, September 12, from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm* as we celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the West Hartford Garden Club. Relax and kick up your heels on the day following our Autumn Splendor Garden Tour. The party will be held on Sharon Mulvey’s beautiful lawn.
Period dress is optional.
We hope you will join us for the fun as we celebrate the garden club’s ninety years.
In case of rain on the 12th, we will move indoors to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1080 Boulevard.
Please remember to bring your gardening tools and to wear a mask.
Lunch & Learn Series: From the Ground Up
Butler-McCook House & Garden
This fun and informative program, led by Hartford Properties Site Administrator, Jana Colacino, will survey the gardens and landscape surrounding our historic structure. Travel back in time to hear the history of Hartford’s settlement, and learn how the Butler-McCook landscape and Main Street, Hartford have changed over the last five centuries. Rain or shine. Suggested donation of $5 per person. Registration required at https://mccook-lunch-and-learn.eventbrite.com.
See themdc.org for details.
For information, please see: https://ctgardenclubs.org/education/schools/environmental-school-2/
Please remember to bring your gardening tools and to wear a mask.
If it is raining, the rain date will be the next day.
Build-Your-Own Seasonal Bouquet
Butler-McCook House & Garden
Feeling artistic? Find inspiration in our historic garden and create a seasonal floral arrangement of your own design with a stunning assortment of plant materials, including some from the Butler-McCook Garden. All materials will be provided. $30 per person, including materials. $25 for CTL Members. Registration required by September 17th at https://ctl-bouquet-making.eventbrite.com.
For information, please see: https://ctgardenclubs.org/education/schools/environmental-school-2/
Ghazi Omair & Friends (feat. DJ Z-Rex)
Butler-McCook House & Garden
Hartford Hip-Hop lyricist and poet Ghazi Omair will focus on the musical space between Hip-Hop and Jazz, with an evening of music, rap, poetry and dance. Joined by DJ Z-Rex, jazz musicians Matt Dwonszyk – Bass, Jonathan Barber – Drums, Taber Gable – Piano/Keys, Michael Pallas –Trombone, and Josh Bruneau – Trumpet, and dancers Chantal Edwards Matthews and Savana Jones, Ghazi will interweave his rap/poetry and conversations of social commentary between the songs.
Supported by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, this project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [CAGML-248024-OMLS-20].