90th Anniversary Celebration

Bee Talk with GGC President

Rosemary Bonaguide, our GGC President, appeared on GREAT DAY @ 9a on WFSB on April 16 to discuss our garden club. The Humble Bee Company owner, Catherine Wolko, will be our guest speaker at September’s meeting. Click the link to watch the segment.

https://www.wfsb.com/video/2024/04/16/humble-bee-2

Monthly Meeting May 2, 2024

Lorraine Ballato ‘Home Grown Harvest’

Lorraine is an expert horticulturist with many magazine articles, social media writings
and books to her credit. She is an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and
in the Connecticut Master Gardener Program.
The topic for this meeting will be “Home Grown Harvest”
The lecture will begin at 1:00p.m. and non-members are welcome at $10 per person.

FGCCT Annual Meeting

Spring Plant Sale – 2024

This years Spring Plant Sale will be Saturday, May 18, 2024

Pre-order

ORDER BY MAY 3rd by filling out the Order Form below, download and mail Order Form, or get a copy of the Order Form available at Goshen Town Hall, Goshen Library or Goshen Wine & Spirit

Pickup

Pick up your order Saturday, May 18 at Camp Cochipianee from 9am to 12pm.

Order form

Name *

Phone *

Email Address *

Street Address

City

Hanging Baskets11 – inch Hanging Baskets. Add your choice(s) of flower, color and quantity of baskets. Includes choice(s) of Geranium, Sunpatiens, Lantana & Heat Lover Comb.

11 – inch Hanging BasketChoice flower, options and quantity of each

Baskets – $30.00 each

Total

$

Shade Lover Proven Winners – 12 – inch Hanging Basket12 inch hanging basket that includes Coleus, Dark Sweet Potato Vine, Licorice Plant. Add your quantity of baskets.

Baskets – $45.00 each

Total

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4 – inch Pots4 – inch Potted Plants. Add your choice(s) of flower, color and quantity. Includes choice(s) of Geranium, Sunpatiens, Scaevola, Wave Petunia and Bacopa.

4 – inch PotChoice flower, options and quantity of each

Pots – $6.00 each

Total

6 – PacksAdd your choice of color and quantity of 6 – packs. Includes choice(s) of Marigold (grows to 16"-18"), Rocket Snapdragon (grows to 18") and Wax Begonia.

6 PacksChoice color and quantity of each

Packs – $4.00 each

Total

$

Herbs – 4 – inch PotAdd your choice of herb(s) and quantity. Includes choice(s) of Basil, Parsley, Oregano, Rosemary and Thyme.

Herbs – 4 – inch PotChoice herb(s) and quantity of each

Plants – $5.00 each

Total

$

PerennialsAdd your choice of perennials and quantity of gallon pots. Includes choice(s) of Salvia Nemorosa (full sun) and Pulmonaria (Lungwort – Partial Shade)

Perennials – Gallon PotChoice of perennial(s) and quantity

Gallon Pot – $18.00 each

Total

$

Your total purchase will be

Total Items

Grand Total

$

Monthly Meeting APRIL 4, 2024 canceled due to weather

Catherine Wolko “Pollinators & Their Effect on our Ecosystem”

Catherine is a second generation Beekeeper and owner of The Humble Bee Honey
Company and The Hive @ The Pin, a Farm Store and Honey House located in
Oakville, Ct. She is a member of The Connecticut Farm Bureau, The American
Beekeepng Federation and the Back Yard Beekeepers Association. She has spoken at
local community schools and libraries, Symposiums and Land Trusts throughout
Connecticut.

The lecture will begin at 1:00p.m. and non-members are welcome at $10 per person.

Monthly Meeting February 1, 2024

February 1st Monthly Meeting and Program at Camp Cochipianee.

10:30 Board Meeting
11:30 Members’ Monthly Meeting –
12:30 Brown Bag Lunch (bring your own)
1:00 Program “The Healing Power of Herbs”
*This program is at 1:00 and is open to the public, the fee for non-members is $10.00.

Andrea Candee MH, MSC is the speaker for our February meeting. She will present “The Healing Power of Herbs.” She specializes in chronic Lyme Disease and its viral co-infections. She is the author of Gentle Healing for Baby and Child (Simon & Schuster) and has been awarded the National Parenting Center’s Seal of Approval. She also has a DVD: The Healing Kitchen.

Monthly Meeting Dec. 7, 2023

Luncheon at AJ’s and Induction of Officers

THE CT STATE FLOWER SHOW IS “BURSTING INTO SPRING”!

February 22-25, 2024
CT Convention Center, 100 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT

Online Horticulture Registration
Deadline for Submitting Online Horticulture Specimens is February 13, 2024

Fashion Show 2023

Fall Fundraiser

Come join us Saturday, November 11th, 2023 from 9:30am to 1pm at the Fairview Country Club for a fashion show and brunch. Chico’s from The Shoppes at Farmington Valley will be presenting fashions Red Hot & Fabulous

Get your tickets for our fabulous raffle baskets!

Tickets $42

Purchase tickets by contacting

Rosemary 860-491-2562

or contact Kathe 860.485.3145

FGCCT Awards Oct 25 Aqua Turf

Bus leaves the Congregational Church at 8:30am
Gina Cain is receiving an Individual Award. Kerwin and Louise are up for awards for their float design.
Register and Pay online at FGCCT

Anniversary Certificate

September GALA

An amazing evening celebrating the GGC’s 90th Anniversary! The event was held at the beautiful Mary Stuart B&B barn with white twinkle lights illuminating the paper flowers we had saved from our Memorial Day float. Yummy finger food provided by AJ’s. Local dignitaries, GGC past presidents and members past and present were in attendance. It was a night filled with laughter, crafts and an impossible garden related word scramble game.