We will meet with the students and assist them in planting flowers. The children will help with the watering. Garden club members will provide the tools for planting. Please bring a watering container if possible.
Please RSVP to Margaret at mpulito@gmail.com or call her at 860 521-1026.
Perennial Garden Tour with Horticulturist Rosemary Aldridge
Join us for a tour of the Elizabeth Park Perennial Garden led by Horticulturist Rosemary Aldridge.
Tour is FREE and begins at the flagpole outside the green Cottage.
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.
This is a night to “showcase sustainability in our community.”
Because of the ongoing Boulevard paving project and its impact on Mountain Road traffic, the meeting will be changed to Margaret Pulito’s home at 17 Owing Rd, West Hartford.
Please follow the usual protocol for arrival at a board meeting.
Please email Mpulito@gmail.com if you plan to attend.
Helping residents fill planters so being gardening tools.
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
Join Rosarian Stephen Scanniello for tours of the Helen S Kaman Rose Garden and the Heritage Rose Garden on June 6 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The Helen S Kaman Rose Garden is the oldest public rose garden in the United States and the third-largest Rose Garden in the country. The Heritage Rose Garden is Elizabeth Park’s garden of exceptionally old varieties of roses, some of which predate 1867.
No registration is required. The tours are FREE and begin at the flagpole outside the Cottage (the green building across from the Helen S Kaman Rose Garden).
Annual Meeting & Luncheon
Location: Wampanoag Country Club
We gather for a delicious luncheon to celebrate another year of accomplishments by the West Hartford Garden Club.
CLOSED MEETING, RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
LUNCHEON COST: TBD
Program: Rachel Desmond
Flower arrangements: Floral Design Committee
You are invited to attend the Elizabeth Park Conservancy’s Annual Fundraiser on Friday, June 9, 2023, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Pond House Café at Elizabeth Park.
Space is limited.
No tickets will be sold at the door.
Honorary Chair: Speaker of the House Matt Ritter
- Tickets $150 per person
- Patron $250 per person
- Garden Sponsor $1,000 (4 tickets)
Click HERE to Purchase Tickets