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Wadsworth Atheneum Fine Art & Flowers 11:00 am
Wadsworth Atheneum Fine Art & Flowers @ Wadsworth Atheneum
May 1 @ 11:00 am
Wadsworth Atheneum Fine Art & Flowers @ Wadsworth Atheneum
CHECK THEIR WEBSITE museum admissions FOR EXACT TIMES AS THEY MAY VARY ON CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK. Fine Art & Flowers Florists, garden clubs, and interior designers from across New England create floral arrangements and garden designs inspired by masterworks from the museum’s collection to display during this fundraising…
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Executive Board Meeting 10:00 am
Executive Board Meeting @ Maureen Gould
May 2 @ 10:00 am
Meetings will be via Zoom if we cannot meet in person. Presider – Julie Przybycien
Garden Therapy 1:15 pm
Garden Therapy @ West Hartford Health & Rehab.
May 2 @ 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Two people are needed. You will meet at 1:15 pm to set up and then work with the patients from 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm. Please contact Marj if interested in helping.
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Open Meeting 12:00 pm
Open Meeting @ St. John's Episcopal Church
May 5 @ 12:00 pm
“Spring Flower Arranging Demonstration” Speaker: Bob Dinucci Lane and Lenge Florists Bob will demonstrate flower arranging for Mother’s Day and other spring events. OPEN MEETING, Guest donation $10.00 Presider: Julie Przybycien Program: Beth Ann Sennett Flower Arrangement: Pat Duncan        
Connecticut Valley Garden Club – Spring Fling Fundraiser 4:30 pm
Connecticut Valley Garden Club – Spring Fling Fundraiser @ Hartford Golf Club
May 5 @ 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Featuring Kent Russell, who will entertain us with colorful design ideas.  He will have a wide variety of plants, familiar and different, for you to add to your collections. This will be an evening filled with fun, laughter, good food, drinks, and friends. It is an opportunity to continue to…
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Garden Therapy 1:00 pm
Garden Therapy @ West Hartford Health & Rehab
May 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
You must show proof of vaccination and booster shot.
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Butler-McCook Gardening 8:30 am
Butler-McCook Gardening @ Butler-McCook
May 10 @ 8:30 am – 10:30 am
 
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Garden Therapy 10:00 am
Garden Therapy @ Alfred E. Plant Housing
May 11 @ 10:00 am
Due to Covid, we cannot go into Plant Housing to do the workshop but will continue to bring the donated (discarded) flowers from Whole Foods, Blue Back Square. Contact Chuck or Justin 860-523-8500 at Whole Foods 3 days prior to save flowers with our name WH Garden Club. Contact Gary…
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Field Trip 8:00 am
Field Trip @ Sleepy Cat Farm
May 12 @ 8:00 am – 6:30 pm
Field Trip @ Sleepy Cat Farm
rain date is May 19. Please sign up for the West Hartford Garden Club Field Trip to Sleepy Cat Farm, Greenwich, CT, scheduled for Thursday, May 12, rain date May 19. See details below. We currently have 24 people signed up! We are very excited for the Field Trip to…
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Noah Webster Dooryard Garden 8:00 am
Noah Webster Dooryard Garden @ Noah Webster House
May 18 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
 
Junior Gardeners 3:00 pm
Junior Gardeners @ Hillcrest Avenue Neighborhood Outreah Center
May 18 @ 3:00 pm
The children will be planting annuals around the Outreach facility.  In advance of the planting, the committee will clean and prep the beds a day or so beforehand.
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CT Horticultural Society’s Presentation – “The World of Peonies” 7:30 pm
CT Horticultural Society’s Presentation – “The World of Peonies” @ Emanuel Synagogue
May 19 @ 7:30 pm
Join us Thursday for this in-person and virtual presentation! “The World of Peonies” with Dan Furman 7:30 pm on Zoom – or join us in person at the Emanuel Synagogue  (160 Mohegan Drive, West Hartford) at 7 pm FREE for members, $10 non member donation The World of Peonies covers…
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Set Up/Drop Off for Spring Plant Sale 1:30 pm
Set Up/Drop Off for Spring Plant Sale @ Noah Webster House
May 20 @ 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Set Up/Drop Off for Spring Plant Sale @ Noah Webster House
Please donate your extra garden and house plants.  It will be held outside due to the nice hot weather. Those of you who are helping set up – there has been a time change – anytime after 1:30 until we get done (2-3 hours). There will be canopies to keep…
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Spring Plant Sale 8:30 am
Spring Plant Sale @ Noah Webster House
May 21 @ 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Spring Plant Sale @ Noah Webster House
Perennials, Vegetables, House Plants. Garden Shop, Planters and more. For those who have the first shift on Saturday, originally scheduled for 8:30 am, but it will now be 8:00 am. So you are welcome to arrive anytime after 8 am and then be ready for our customers by 9:00 am. The…
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Civic Projects Committee – Moving Mulch 12:00 pm
Civic Projects Committee – Moving Mulch @ Spice Bush Swamp Park
May 23 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Steve Kovack, Matt Budaj and I plan to meet at Spice Bush Swamp Park to move mulch to our new garden site. If you are available to help, great! If you want to come and simply look at the sites, that’s fine too. If you can bring a wheelbarrow and…
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Butler-McCook Gardening 8:30 am
Butler-McCook Gardening @ Butler-McCook
May 24 @ 8:30 am – 10:30 am
 
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Civic Projects Meeting 2:00 pm
Civic Projects Meeting @ Madeleine Hexter's
May 25 @ 2:00 pm
Please take the time to take a look at our garden sites at Spice Bush Swamp:  both our current Pollinator Pathway Garden (near the parking lot, circled by brownstone rocks) and the new Bird and Pollinator Friendly Garden (over two foot bridges).  If you see any weeds, feel free to…
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Civic Projects – Planting and Watering 9:00 am
Civic Projects – Planting and Watering @ Spice Bush Swamp Park
May 30 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
On Monday, May 30, 9 – 11 am, Madeleine plans to go to Spice Bush to plant.  Please come join her if you can. During the summer, she will keep the new garden cleared of invasives and water the new plantings and our Pollinator Garden. She has a two-week rotation…
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