2021-2022 Education Programs

​Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Carpool from the Town Hall Parking Lot at 9:00 am
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Garden Horticulture Trip ​to Avant Gardens, Dartmouth, MA. 
Known for their curated selection of uncommon plants and as stone artisans,  Avant Gardens has been a destination nursery for more than 30 years
​www.avantgardensne.com
Monday, October 4, 2021, at 2:00 pm at Town Hall Auditorium

​Program following business meeting:
"Native Plants with a Twist" with Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery

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Thursday, October 21, 2021
Carpool from the Town Hall Parking Lot at 9:30 am
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Garden Horticulture Trip to Wickham Park, Manchester, CT.
​Wickham Park which contains 280 acres of gardens, open fields, woodlands, ponds, picnic areas and is the proud host of garden tours, fundraising walks and tree hours, among other events.
​$7.00 per car entry fee
www.wickhampark.org
​Monday, November 2, 2021, at
2:00 pm at Town Hall Auditorium

Program following business meeting:
Holiday Floral Arrangement Demonstration by Club members DeeDee Charnock and Sheila Gleason, using traditional designs
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​Thursday, December 9, 2021, at
10:00 am at the Town Hall Auditorium

Garden Club Horticultural Workshop:
Creating Boxwood Trees 
Limit: 25 people.  Fee TBA


​Thursday, February 2, 2022, at
10:00 am at the Town Hall Auditorium
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Garden Club Horticultural Workshop:
Creating Pictures and Cards with Pressed Flowers 
Limit: 25 people.  Fee TBA

​Monday, February 7, 2022;
Zoom meeting
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Program following business meeting:
Garden History lecture "Josephine - The Empress Gardened" with Leslie Parness



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Monday, March 7, 2022; at 2:00 pm at the Town Hall Auditorium
​Program co-sponsored Program with the Essex Land Trust following business meeting

Join our presenter, Jane Seymour, to learn about some of the more common invasive species in our area, their impact, how they got here, and how to control them.
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​Thursday, March 17, 2022, at
10:00 am at the Town Hall Auditorium

​Garden Club Horticultural Workshop:
Creating Informal Arrangements on Wood 
Limit: 25 people.  Fee TBA



​Monday, April 4, 2022, at 2:00 pm at the Town Hall Auditorium

Program following business meeting:
"Trees of Essex and Recognizing Disease" with Augie Pampel, ​Essex Tree Warden



​​Thursday, April 14, 2022, at
10:00 am at the Town Hall Auditorium

Garden Club Horticultural Workshop: Creating Kokedama Moss Balls 
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Souvenir de la Malmaison rose named for Empress Josephine
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Carpool from the Town Hall Parking Lot at 9:00 am

​Garden Horticulture Trip to Elizabeth Park, Hartford, CT.
Elizabeth Park is on the National Register of Historic Places, offering just over one hundred acres of formal gardens and green space.
www.elizabethparkct.org