APRIL 2025 NEWSLETTER
NEWS YOU CAN USE - IF YOU CHOOSE
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NEWS YOU CAN USE - IF YOU CHOOSE
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GARDEN CLUB NEWS
The Membership Committee is delighted to welcome Terri Allegrucci as a new member of the Garden Club.
Photographs of the recent six new members have been uploaded to the Member Photo Directory on the website.
Scroll down on the Photo Gallery page of the website to see the pictures from the spring-like Spotlight on Horticulture from the April Business Meeting.
Garden Club members turned out for the Town Spring Clean Up on a cold but bright day last week. Photographs can be seen on the Community Care and Engagement page of the website.
A group of Club members joined Kim Reilly Stafford and Patty York to make gourd birdhouses for this year's
Garden Gifts booth at May Market. See the pictures on the May Market page of the website.
The Scholarship Committee is still accepting applications from students who are residents of Essex. If you know anyone who would meet the requirements, please let Deb Carreau know.
The Membership Committee is delighted to welcome Terri Allegrucci as a new member of the Garden Club.
Photographs of the recent six new members have been uploaded to the Member Photo Directory on the website.
Scroll down on the Photo Gallery page of the website to see the pictures from the spring-like Spotlight on Horticulture from the April Business Meeting.
Garden Club members turned out for the Town Spring Clean Up on a cold but bright day last week. Photographs can be seen on the Community Care and Engagement page of the website.
A group of Club members joined Kim Reilly Stafford and Patty York to make gourd birdhouses for this year's
Garden Gifts booth at May Market. See the pictures on the May Market page of the website.
The Scholarship Committee is still accepting applications from students who are residents of Essex. If you know anyone who would meet the requirements, please let Deb Carreau know.
GARDEN CLUB ACTIVITIES
The activities below are REQUIRED for Active Members but Sustaining Members are always welcome to participate.
Garlic Salt Production:
Monday, April 14: 9:00 am - 11:00 am - Garlic Salt Production Session 1 (John Winthrop Jr High School)
Monday, April 14: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Garlic Salt Production Session 2 (John Winthrop Jr High School)
Tuesday, April 15: Between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:00 pm (choose your own time) - Garlic Salt Production Session 3 (John Winthrop Jr High School)
Sign up via VSP
May Market Digs/Divide and Pot:
Monday - Friday, April 21 - 25: 9:00 - 11:00 am - May Market Digs (note Divide & Pot can immediately follow digs if desired)
Sign up via VSP
Monday - Friday, April 21 - 25: 11:00 am-2:00 pm - Divide and Pot
Sign up via VSP
Monday/Tuesday, April 28/29: 9:00 am-2:00 pm - May Market Digs/Divide and Pot RAIN DATES
The activities below are REQUIRED for Active Members but Sustaining Members are always welcome to participate.
Garlic Salt Production:
Monday, April 14: 9:00 am - 11:00 am - Garlic Salt Production Session 1 (John Winthrop Jr High School)
Monday, April 14: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Garlic Salt Production Session 2 (John Winthrop Jr High School)
Tuesday, April 15: Between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:00 pm (choose your own time) - Garlic Salt Production Session 3 (John Winthrop Jr High School)
Sign up via VSP
May Market Digs/Divide and Pot:
Monday - Friday, April 21 - 25: 9:00 - 11:00 am - May Market Digs (note Divide & Pot can immediately follow digs if desired)
Sign up via VSP
Monday - Friday, April 21 - 25: 11:00 am-2:00 pm - Divide and Pot
Sign up via VSP
Monday/Tuesday, April 28/29: 9:00 am-2:00 pm - May Market Digs/Divide and Pot RAIN DATES
(Reminder: Friday, May 2, 9:00am - 12:00pm Perky Plant Drop Off
Monday, May 5, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Perky Plant Drop Off (prior to Business Meeting)
Monday, May 5, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Perky Plant Drop Off (prior to Business Meeting)
MAY MARKET
The Essex Garden Club is the Essex Savings Bank's Business of the Month, which is excellent advertising for May Market.
The Essex Garden Club is the Essex Savings Bank's Business of the Month, which is excellent advertising for May Market.
Click here to be taken to the May Market page on the website, listing the dates for all the activities related to May Market plus the Leads and Co-Leads
MAY MARKET REQUESTS
In an effort to keep expenses for May Market as low as possible, the Club is asking members to donate pots which can be used for Members Plants. These can be brought to the Cross Lots corral (thrown over the fence)
before April 21.
Last call for donations to Boutique and Fashion Accessories for May Market. Boutique: higher end jewelry, china, paintings. Fashion Accessories: jewelry, handbags and scarves. Fresh flowers is also looking for vases for their flower arrangments.
MAY MARKET REQUESTS
In an effort to keep expenses for May Market as low as possible, the Club is asking members to donate pots which can be used for Members Plants. These can be brought to the Cross Lots corral (thrown over the fence)
before April 21.
Last call for donations to Boutique and Fashion Accessories for May Market. Boutique: higher end jewelry, china, paintings. Fashion Accessories: jewelry, handbags and scarves. Fresh flowers is also looking for vases for their flower arrangments.
OTHER INFORMATION OF INTEREST TO GARDENERS
Acer Gardens Spring Newsletter
Pick Your Own Daffodils at Halfinger Farms, Higganum
Pick your Own Tulips at Wicked Tulips Farms (3 locations)
Thursday, April 24, 2:00 - 3:00 pm: The Garden Conservancy Virtual Program "Sleepy Cat Farm - The Making of a Garden", Part 1
Saturday, May 3: Garden Conservancy Open House at Goin' to the Dogs, Cheshire, CT
Sunday, May 4: Garden Conservancy Open House at Cobble Pond Farm, Sharon CT
Saturday, May 17/Saturday, September 13: Garden Conservancy Open House at Sleepy Cat Gardens, Greenwich, CT
Beginning Thursday, June 12: The Blue Garden, Newport, RI. Open on Thursdays with reservations
Friday - Sunday, June 27-29: Secret Gardens Tour, Newport, RI.
Acer Gardens Spring Newsletter
Pick Your Own Daffodils at Halfinger Farms, Higganum
Pick your Own Tulips at Wicked Tulips Farms (3 locations)
Thursday, April 24, 2:00 - 3:00 pm: The Garden Conservancy Virtual Program "Sleepy Cat Farm - The Making of a Garden", Part 1
Saturday, May 3: Garden Conservancy Open House at Goin' to the Dogs, Cheshire, CT
Sunday, May 4: Garden Conservancy Open House at Cobble Pond Farm, Sharon CT
Saturday, May 17/Saturday, September 13: Garden Conservancy Open House at Sleepy Cat Gardens, Greenwich, CT
Beginning Thursday, June 12: The Blue Garden, Newport, RI. Open on Thursdays with reservations
Friday - Sunday, June 27-29: Secret Gardens Tour, Newport, RI.
A LITTLE GARDENING HUMOR
