The Spring Glen Garden Club Happenings

 

         Pictured above Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at the Hamden Senior Center with centerpieces and goodies supplied by The Spring Glen Garden Club.

     The Spring Glen Garden Club will be holding its April meeting on Monday April 10, 2025, at Lockwood Cottage, 890 Evergreen Ave. Hamden.  Luncheon begins at 11:30 am., bring a sandwich, dessert and beverage will be served. After a short business meeting, the speaker will begin at 1pm.  The speaker will be Kelsey Fisher from the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station and her subject will be “Monarch Butterflies”.  Donation $5.

     The Spring Glen Garden Club is celebrating a hundred years of beautifying the town of Hamden.  Look for our celebratory activities:

1.   Sat April 26, the club will be a part of Hamden’s Earth Day at Town Center Park.

2.   Sat. May 3, 9-2, the club will have tables at the Mount Carmel Congregation Church’s tag sale. We will have seeds, seedlings, and garden related items. You might find a nice gift for Mom.

3.   Week of June 1-7 is National Garden Week.  Stay tuned for activities of that week.

4.   June 14, the Club will have a booth at Hamden Fest, stop by and say hi.

5.   July 1, Founders Day. Our activities are still in the works.

6.   Aug 6, Plant Science Day at Lockwood Farm of The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. The Club will have a booth highlighting our community involvement and our pass role in the lovely Bird and Butterfly Garden.

This promises to be a wonderful year for the Club, please join us in this historical milestone.

     For anyone who is interested in joining our club, please call Dorothy at 203.934.5975 or 475.434.8017

      The Club has been a fixture in the Hamden community since 1925, a chartered member of The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc., and National Garden Clubs, Inc., since 1929. Please stop by our historical display in hall outside the Miller Library in front of the Thorton Wilder Auditorium.