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  • Gardeners of Simsbury Annual Plant Sale Fundraiser

    860 Litchfield Turnpike, New Hartford, CT 860 Litchfield Turnpike, New Hartford, CT, United States

    Support the Gardeners of Simsbury! Bring home something for Mother's Day or get your flats and hanging baskets. Vegetables, herbs, perennials, natives and more!

  • Mother’s Day Plant Sale from the Wilton Garden Club

    Town Green at Wilton Center 101 Old Ridgefield Rd, Wilton, CT

    Continuing its illustrious tradition, on Friday, May 8th from 12:00-6:00pm, and Saturday, May 9th from 10:00am-2:00pm, the Wilton Garden Club will hold its 87th annual Mother’s Day Plant Sale at the Wilton Town Center gazebo. This event will be held rain-or-shine, and this year will be fully tented!  Whether looking for the perfect gift for […]

  • Seeing Red (Why Friends Don’t Let Friends Plant Burning Bush)

    70 Gracey Rd 70 Gracey Road, Canton, CT

    Nationwide, three million acres are lost each year to non-native invasive plants. Removal is expensive & time-consuming. Learn what makes these plants so damaging and how gardeners can restore ecological balance to our neighborhoods. This lecture is part of a series in memory of Marcia Reid Marsted.  The lecture series has been designed by the […]

  • Essex Garden Club May Market

    Essex Garden Club May Market
    Essex Town Park Main Street, Essex, CT

    The Essex Garden Club's May Market has been a major Springtime event in Essex for more than 70 years. This most important fundraising event for the club began as a small plant sale across from the Griswold Inn and has grown into a garden extravaganza now held in the Town Park. It features annuals, members' […]

  • Quiet Corner Garden Club Plant Sale

    Woodstock Fairgrounds, Rte 169 Woodstock CT 281 Rte 169, Woodstock, CT

    Perennials, annuals, herbs, veggies, hanging baskets, natives, fresh flower arrangements, garden-themed gifts and more!  Join us for the largest plant sale in the Quiet Corner in the AG Building at the Woodstock Fairgrounds. Open til noon or sell-out.  All proceeds support Scholarships and Civic projects.  No pets, please.

  • Leete’s Island Garden Club Plant Sale

    Southwest corner of the Guilford Green Whitfield Street, Guilford, CT, United States

    The annual event features member grown annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs and hanging pots. Proceeds fund civic projects and educational events. Event information: 203-453-0780 Rain date, May 10.

  • Essex Garden Club May Market

    Essex Garden Club May Market
    Essex Town Park Main Street, Essex, CT

    The Essex Garden Club's May Market has been a major Springtime event in Essex for more than 70 years. This most important fundraising event for the club began as a small plant sale across from the Griswold Inn and has grown into a garden extravaganza now held in the Town Park. It features annuals, members' […]

  • In-person presentation: The Language of Butterflies

    Cheshire Congregational Church 111 Church Drive, Cheshire, CT, United States

    Butterflies are one of the world’s most beloved insects. Find out more about them and what draws us to these creatures. Journalist Wendy Williams invites you to learn "The Language of Butterflies" and reveal the critical role lepidoptera play in our world.

  • The World of Peonies

    Avon Free Public Library 281 Country Club Rd., Avon, CT, United States

    This talk will cover all the basics of identifying, appreciating and growing peonies. Daniel Furman of Cricket Hill Garden in Thomaston, CT will dive into the diverse world of peonies. From their roots as medicinal plants in China and Europe, to symbols of wealth and presigate in Imperial China, and finally to a perennial suitable […]

  • The History of Salt Haymaking in New England Marshes

    Nathanael Greene Community Center 32 Church Street, Guilford, CT

    Leete's Island Garden Club hosts Shaun Roche, Visitor Services Manager of the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Center, who will present a talk which will include salt marsh ecology and historical photos of haymaking in our local marshes. For more information about this free event and to register, please call 203-453-0780

  • May In Bloom Flower Show presented by the Garden Club of Newtown

    Newtown Community Center 8 Simpson Street, Newtown, CT

    An NGC standard flower show open and free to the public on the following dates in May: Wed, 5/13: 1:00 pm--8:00 pm, Thurs, 5/14: 9:00 am--8:00 pm, Friday, 5/15: 9:00 am --8:00 pm To access more information about this show and to register to enter please see the website as indicated.  

  • CT Hort Spring Annual Plant Sale & Auction

    Bethany Covenant Church 785 Mill Street (Rt. 372), Berlin, CT

    Connecticut Horticultural Society’s annual Plant Sale & Auction returns on Friday, May 16 from 6:30-9pm at Bethany Covenant Church in Berlin, CT, and will include an unusual collection of plants and shrubs. Doors open at 6:00pm with a plant sale and silent auction of perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs, shrubs and silent auction treasures from local […]