Gina Mita gave an very informative presentation on starting seeds saying it is a less expensive than buying plants and a way to keep your heirloom seeds. Gina also gave hints on using newspaper to make seed starting pots, and other hints for keeping your costs low.
Members of The Spring Glen Garden Club plant and maintain the planters in Spring Glen Center and the gardens in front of the municipal parking lot.
Pictured members of The Spring Glen Garden Club working in the herb gardens at the Jonathan Dickerman House.
Cathy Ritch a recent gave a recent presentation at a Spring Glen Garden Club meeting.
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.
The Garden
Club ongoing projects include gardens and planters in Spring Glen, Poppy’s
Garden on the Farmington Canal Trail and the Historical Herb Garden at The
Jonathan Dickerman House.
The Club
donated 10 American Elm hybrid trees to the Hamden Center Park as a result of
its successful Wreaths for Trees program.
Other
projects of the Club are a Rhododendron Garden at the entry to Lockwood
Cottage and the Red Oak tree (Quercus rubra) affectionately known as
“Annie Oakley” planted in the Eli Whitney Park.
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 membership information, please
call Dorothy at 203.934.5975
Benefits of Membership
The Spring Glen Garden Club
Fellowship with other garden and flower
enthusiasts
Educational opportunities through the
CT Federation of Garden Clubs
Flower Show School
Environmental Studies School
Landscape Design Study School
Gardening Study School
Monthly meetings featuring Professional Speakers on a wide range of
topics
Contribute to your community through civic involvement in the following
areas:
Dickerman House Herb and Shade Gardens
Town Center lobby planters
Hamden Earth Day Celebration
Tending Plants in the Miller Library
Tending Poppy’s Garden at the Lockkeepers
House on the Farmington Canal Trail
Maintaining the Planters in Spring Glen
Center
Tending the gardens at the Spring Glen
Municipal Parking lot
Club members also host informational teas, man booths at the and the
annual Brooksvale Park Fair.
The next
meeting of The Spring Glen Garden Club will be Monday May 11, 2026, at Lockwood
Cottage 890 Evergreen Ave. After
luncheon beginning at 11:30 am (bring a sandwich, dessert and beverage will be
served) and a short business meeting the speaker will begin at 1pm. The speaker will be Pat Sabosik and her
subject will be “Pollinators”.
Pat is an
advanced master gardener, maintaining current certification since 2017. In her master gardener role, she manages a
pollinator garden at the Hill-Stead Museum, a research and educational garden,
and teaches new master gardeners about native plants and the insects who depend
on them.
Pat is the
owner of Silver Spade Garden Design, a small design and consulting business.
To
complement the perennial garden at Hill-Stead, Pat’s own garden is a shady
woodland garden with a mix of native and non-native plants and a refuge for
birds and small animals.
Pat’s
garden, participates in the Garden Conservancy Open Days program.
Members of The Spring Glen Garden Club will be at
Hamden’s Earth Day Celebration. The
Celebration will be held at the Thorton Wilder Auditorium at the Miller Library
on this Saturday, April 25th from 10a to 3 pm. Pictured plants will be available for a
donation to The Spring Glen Garden Club. The Club will also be giveaways: bookmarks,
seed paper, seeds and mini greenhouse in honor of Earth Day.
