Sutton Garden Club

REMINDER: WINTER 2023 UPCOMING MEETINGS

Thursday, February 16 at 7 pm: What Are Your Favorite Garden Tools? 
This evening is a time for all of our members to share our favorite garden tools with each other. We are the presenters! Over the years many members have requested this topic but we have not been able to find a presenter. Tonight will be our chance to "show and tell" about the tools we love and use most often in our own gardens. Please bring along up to three of your favorites to share with the group. We'll also discuss the care and storage of our tools and where to buy them.

Thursday, March 16 at 7 pm: Peonies: Love of My Life
Presenter: Christine Paxhia, Massachusetts Master Gardener
Go back in time to the origin of peonies and learn a bit about their history. The "how to" part of this presentation will teach you to select, install, care for and divide these beautiful and much-loved plants. Then sit back and feast your eyes on a colorful photographic showcase of the many different varieties and types of peonies.

REMINDER: Fall 2022 Upcoming Meetings

 

Thursday, October 20 at 7pm: a talk on Raised Bed Gardening.

 

Thursday, November 17 at 7 pm: annual Bemis workshop. Reservations required; limited to 30 participants.

 

Thursday, December 1, time tbd: annual club dinner at Alicante Restaurant. 

 

2021 Plant Sale A Success!

For our 2021 Plant Sale, SGC had a lot of plants, a lot of sunshine and good weather, and a lot of people, making the Sale a success on many levels. It seemed we were all happy to be there, enjoying the plants and each other.
Certainly, SGC members who hadn’t seen other members for over a year were glad to catch up with each other as well as with friends who had stopped by. And, we have a number of new members from the Plant Sale - welcome to all of you!
Thank you to all of you who helped make the Sale such a success. 

2021 Plant Sale Dedication & Update

SGC’s 2021 Plant Sale will be held this Sunday, May 16th and is dedicated to Anne Holzwarth, a member who was one of the founding members of SGC in 1997 when the original group first met at Kari Beaton’s home and formed the Sutton Garden Club.
Anne has been an active SGC member, as long-time Corresponding Secretary and, for many years, Cashier and Membership rep at the Plant Sale. Many SGC Members recall the pleasure Anne took in “ringing the bell” to open the Plant Sale and here’s a photo of Anne with the bell in 2019. Anne is experiencing some serious health issues right now. We send Anne much gratitude for all that she has done for SGC over the years and we certainly wish her and her family all the best.

Some last minute reminders/updates to our customers...the Plant Sale will begin promptly at 12Noon when the “Start” bell is rung; prior to this, please keep interaction with the plants  to just looking. We are still planning that all members and attendees will wear masks since it is difficult to social distance in this situation. We will monitor for any additional CDC/State updates meanwhile. We will have masks available, as needed, and hand sanitizer stations. New this year, SGC will have a monitored holding area where customers can leave their plants if they wish to do additional plant browsing. Finally, this year, all plants will remain at full price till the end of the Plant Sale; any remaining plants will be donated. And, perhaps bring your rain jacket just in case. As one of our amazing gardening members said, “grey, rainy days are the best days for planting.” See you Sunday!

SGC Plant Sale Sunday, May 16th

Mark your calendar, please. We are thrilled to announce that our Annual Plant Sale will happen this year! Please note that, in coordination with the Town of Sutton, that this year our Plant Sale will be held on The Common, Sutton Center Sunday, May 16th, 12Noon - 3pm.All appropriate COVID safety precautions will be observed.

Also, we do have a rain date this year, Sunday, May 23rd, 12Noon - 3pm. As needed, check back here and/or our FB page for any further updates.

Our Club members are busy dividing and potting up hundreds of plants from our gardens and the Bandstand that we want to share with our customers. Frequently, we are invited to do “digs” in other private gardens and these plants are also included in the Plant Sale. 

Proceeds from our Plant Sale help fund “Summer” and “Christmas” Bandstand maintenance as well as Manchaug Square plantings and other community projects, primarily our Scholarship Fund, and our educational and other programs.

We’re looking forward to seeing old & new friends at our May 16th sale.