UPCOMING EVENTS:
[Click for a listing of upcoming SGC events for members.]
PHOTOS of Holiday Events are in the SGC Gallery.
PAST EVENTS:
August 2024: OLALLIE'S DAYLILY GARDEN
We were hosted by barefooted Chris Darrow, the grandson of the founder. It was a beautiful, sunny day and we grabbed lunch afterward from the Newfane Store which we ate outside of the courthouse across the street.
June 2023: POLLINATOR HABITAT
Speaker, Patrick Kitchen discussed why pollinator habitat is so important. His organization, "Bee the Change" has created pollinator habitat throughout Vermont.
April 2023: NATIVE PLANTS SUPPORT NATIVE BIRD POPULATIONS (An OLLI presentation)
April 2022: MINDFULNESS IN OUR GARDENS
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The Springfield Garden Club hosted VT Extension Master Gardener and author Cheryl Wilfong from Putney, VT. Cheryl teaches mindfulness meditation at Vermont Insight Meditation Center when she isn’t rearranging one of her 28 flower beds or tending her out-of-control vegetable garden. She spoke about mindfulness in our gardens year around.
December 2021: CHRISTMAS SHOP at 39 Main Street, Springfield (More Info)
August 2021: HYPERTUFA WORKSHOP at the home of SGC member Lynn Likus (PHOTOS)
September 2020: "CHESTNUT TREES"
Springfield Garden Club members and guests attended a program on September 9 at the home of Dr. Randy and Grace Knight in Perkinsville, VT. The program was outdoors as we toured Grace’s and Randy’s American Chestnut tree grove. The Knights are part of a national effort to bring back this magnificent tree after a blight fungus killed an estimated four billion trees in the eastern U.S. in the early 1900s. The trees are valued for their beauty, the nuts they produce and for their straight-grained hardwood. Thank you to both of the Knights for letting us view this important and fascinating project.
March 2020: "ALL ABOUT AZALEAS" - Doug Switzer (PHOTOS)
February 2020: “EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES” - Henry Homeyer; Cosponsored with OLLI.
Watch the Video on SAPA TV Online.
FESTIVAL of TREES: November 2019 at 100 River Street, Springfield.
October 2019: NEW ENGLAND GARDEN CLUBS Annual Meeeting was hosted at the Woodstock Inn.
March 2019: FLOWER ARRANGING PRESENTATION
FESTIVAL of TREES: November 2018 at 100 River Street, Springfield.
June 2018: THE SPRINGFIELD GARDEN CLUB HOSTED CHARLIE NARDOZZI.
Nardozzi is a nationally recognized garden writer, radio and TV show host, consultant, and speaker. Charlie is a guest on VPR's Vermont Edition during the growing season. He also offers garden tips on local television and is a frequent guest on national programs. Charlie Nardozzi's topic was "Gardening in New England" with a focus on perennials, shrubs, vines and trees. He described many familiar as well as unfamiliar plants and their use in Vermont gardens with varying light and moisture conditions. Examples are plants best for slopes, full sun and various degrees of shade including "wet shade" and "dry shade" environments. Some in the audience were feverishly taking notes, and Charlie adeptly answered all of the many questions posed. After the presentation, he was available to autograph his book on month-by-month gardening in New England for those purchasing a copy.