Most garden club meetings, unless noted are held at Lockwood Cottage, Lockwood Farm 890 Evergreen Ave., Hamden,  Meetings begin at 11:45 am, bring lunch dessert and beverage will be provided.  The speaker will begin at 1pm, after a short business meeting. Donation $5.

       The Spring Glen Garden Club a  fixture in the Community since 1925, a chartered member of the The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc. and National Garden Clubs, Inc. since 1929. 

      The Garden Club’s ongoing projects include The Historical Herb Garden at the Jonathan Dickerman and the plants at the Government Center Legislative Council Chambers.  The Garden Club has donated 10 American Elm hybrid trees to the Hamden Center Park as a result of its successful Wreath for Trees program.

      The Spring Glen Garden Club is looking for new members, who are not only interested in horticultural pursuits but civic beautification and preservation of our natural resources.  There are no residency requirements to belong, our members are as local as Hamden, North Haven, Branford, or as far flung as Goshen.  For further information please call Grace 203.288.1422

     

     The Spring Glen Garden Club is planning an exciting 2017-2017 season.

     The following is a list of the meeting dates, speakers and their topics.  All speakers begin at 1pm.  Please join us.

     Monday Oct. 16, 2017,  Pat McNiells “Ikebana-the art of flowers”

     Monday Nov. 13, 2017, Thomas Rathier “Container gardening”

     Monday Dec. 11, 2017,  Michael Russo “The Holiday table”

     Monday Mar. 12, 2018, Margery Winters “Changing Land”, joint meeting with the Woodbridge Garden Club.

     Monday Apr. 9, 2018, Jude Hsaing “Spring flowers”

     The Spring Glen Garden Club will begin its 2017-2018 season on Monday Sept. 18, 2017.  The meeting will take place at Lockwood Cottage, 890 Evergreen Ave., Hamden. 

     There will be a light luncheon beginning at 11:45 am, bring your lunch dessert and beverage will be provided.  After a short business meeting, the program will begin at 1 pm.  The speaker is Ruth Bennett whose topic will be “Iris in New England”.  Please join us for what will be the beginning of an exciting new season. 

     Donation $5.  For further information please contact Dorothy at 475.434.8017.

     

Sunflower grown from seeds given out at Hamden's Earth Day

The other garden club project is taking care of the plants a Hamden's Government Center. Pictured Judy O'Neill and Theresa McCabe.

One of the clubs' project is the Jonathan Dickerman's house herb garden. The members work in the garden once a month from spring to late fall.

The installation of the new officers of The Spring Glen Garden Club. New officers top from left to right Theresa McCabe, Vice-President, Dorothy Johnson, President, Inga Venus, President of The Federated Garden Clubs of Ct. Inc., Anne O'Brien, Secretary, and Delice Feinn Treasurer. Missing from picture Carmen McKee Asst. Treasurer

Ronnie showing club members how to grow and groom plants for showing at flower shows

The Club planted a Quercus rubra "Northern Red Oak" in the Eli Whitney Park. The Hamden Parks Dept helped. In the picture with finished tree is from left to right Shelby Poe-Argentino, Theresa McCabe, Anthony Green and Dorothy Johnson

Tova Martin creating a terrarium at the Spring Glen Garden Club joint meeting with The Woodbridge Garden Club