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September:
1 Tree and Shrub Pre-Order - contact Steve Hojnowski
8 & 9 Suffield on the Green - Visit our Club's booth and learn more about
Green Cleaning, Pick up green recipes for your home.
Saturday: 10:00 - 5:00; Sunday: 11:00 - 4:00
15 Tree & Shrub Sale - Suffield Middle School, 9:00-2:00
October:
1 Monthly Meeting - 11:45 Luncheon and Program
Enhancing Wildlife Habitat with Native Plants for Four Seasons of the Year - Peter Picone, Wildlife Biologist
Artistic Exhibit: Create an arrangement for an entry hall table,
using fresh or dried material.
Horticultural Exhibit: Fall Harvest: The biggest, boldest, or
tastiest varieties from your kitchen garden.
Workshop
Topiaries
First Church of Christ - 81 High Street
Create and grow an ivy topiary for your home. Build a classic form - wreath, ball or cone; or design your own form with materials provided. Plants are in 4" to 6" plastic pots. You may choose to bring your own 6" decorative pot. Save and bring the paper-covered wire ties used for plastic bags.
Limit 15. Time, date and fee: TBA
November:
5 Monthly Meeting - 11:45 Luncheon and Program
Orchids 101 - Julia Massolin-Walas
Orchids will be for sale at the end of the program.
Artistic Exhibit: A line design using branches, and only one
flower.
Horticultural Exhibit: Wintering over. Bring a plant that thrives
outdoors in the summer, but is brought in for the winter.
Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Suffield Emergency Aid.
December:
1 & 2 Hatheway Holidayfest
Phelps-Hatheway House, 55 South Main Street
This year the Club will be participating in Holidayfest by decorating one room in the Phelps-Hatheway House. Other town organizations will also be invited to sponsor a room for the event to be held the first weekend in December
3 Monthly Meeting - 11:45 Luncheon, Program and raffle
$10.00 guest fee
Home for the Holidays - Constance V. McCausland
Artistic Exhibit: Decorate a hostess gift (cookie tin, wine bottle,
homemade bread, etc.) using fresh materials. Accessories and
ribbons are allowed.
Horticultural Exhibit: Display three evergreens or berried
branches, tied as a swag.
Workshop - Flowers for your Holiday Table
First Church of Christ Congregational
Bring your choice of fresh flowers, your container and any other decorative accents (glass balls, ribbon, etc.). Some themes for your arrangements will be provided in advance. Holiday greens and fillers will be provided. Instructor will provide techniques and guidance.
Limit 18, Time, date, and fee: TBA
January
19 Workshop - Green Cleaning
First Church of Christ Congregational
Time and fee: TBA
Workshop - Terrariums
First Church of Christ Congregational
Plant a terrarium. Inside a closed glass container, plants function in their own little ecosystem which is self-maintaining. Participants must provide their own glass container (fishbowls, large brandy snifter with a glass plate cover, large glass vases and cylinders. Michaels sell terrarium containers; Marshalls has had glass vessels with covers. Plants and all other materials will be provided. Limit 15, Time, date, and fee: TBA
February:
4 Monthly Meeting - 11:45 Luncheon and Program
Grandmother's Favorites - Anita Gelston Ballek
Artistic Exhibit: Posies-to-Go: Create a small valentine
arrangement for the Suffield Meals on Wheels recipients.
Make your arrangement in a basket.
Horticultural Exhibit: Bring in the topiary you created at our
October workshop or another you've been nurturing.
21-24 State Flower Show, CT Convention Center, Hartford, CT
March:
1 Workshop - Gardening Basics
First Church of Christ Congregational
This course will take you from seed catalogs to planting seedlings. There is no charge for this workshop. It is open to the public. Time: 9:30 - 10:30
3 Monthly Meeting - 11:45 Luncheon and Program
Effects of Pesticides on Children - Hilary Branch, M.D.
Artistic Exhibit: Do something dramatic. Be bold with color
Horticultural Exhibit: Time to check the progress of the
terrariums we started in January. Or if you missed the
workshop, bring a potted arrangement of three or more
plants.
15 Cleaning Green Workshop - First Church of Suffield, 81 High St.
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. -- $5.00 per person
Take home samples. Learn how to make safe alternative cleaning supplies with readily available ingredients. Please register by calling Anita Wardell
April:
5 Hazardous Waste Day - 8:00-12:00 - Town Garage/Ffyler Place
7 Monthly Meeting - 11:45 Luncheon and Program
Gardening in Victorian America 1850-1900 - Martha H. Lyon
Artistic Exhibit: An arrangement of roses in an antique container
(vase or other).
Horticultural Exhibit: A spring branch, forced or ready to burst.
23 Arbor Day Program - McAlister Intermediate School
24-27 Fine Art & Flowers, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
26 Workshop - Responsible Gardening for the 21st Century
The Sustainable Land
First Church - High Street
9:30 - 11:30
May:
5 Monthly Meeting - 10:00 a.m. Budget Vote
"President's Treat"
Pruning Basics - Ron Vidal, Suffield Tree Warden
Club goal setting and plans
Artistic Exhibit: A green and white arrangement. Use foliage
of varying colors and contrasts, from evergreens,
perennials, annuals or tropicals.
Horticultural Exhibit: Do you love orchids? Bring in your
best to show.
9 May Market Set Up - 9:00 - 1:00 - Phelps-Hatheway House
10 May Market - 9:00 - 3:00 - Phelps-Hatheway House
June:
2 Annual Meeting and Luncheon - Location: TBA
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