2023 Dates and Programs (Subject to change)
Questions: contact us at OrchardValleyGC@gmail.com
All meetings take place at the American Legion Hall, 64 Main Street, Southington.
We gather at 9:45 am and the meeting presentation begins at 10:00 am.
If Southington schools are cancelled, the meeting is cancelled. If there is a school delay, the meeting will take place as planned.
All meetings take place at the American Legion Hall, 64 Main Street, Southington.
We gather at 9:45 am and the meeting presentation begins at 10:00 am.
If Southington schools are cancelled, the meeting is cancelled. If there is a school delay, the meeting will take place as planned.
January 24 (Tuesday) What's Ahead for the OVGC? Planning meeting: Year in review, Preview of 2023 programs and activities, gathering your ideas and suggestions.
February 28 (Tuesday) Starting Seeds and Growing Gardeners
Joey Listro, Executive Director New Britain Roots
March 28 (Tuesday) 9:45 AM Recycle Reboot: What’s the Same and What’s Changed with Recycling, Hear Emma MacDonald and Sherill Baldwin from CT DEEP explain the latest on recycling.
April 25 (Tuesday) 9:45 AM What's New??
Plantsman Sebby Milano from Winterberry Gardens will present What’s New in the Garden 2023? Always an interesting presentation.
Plant Sale- DATE-Saturday, May 20 Calendar House, 388 Pleasant Street, Southington, 8:30-noon
ANNUAL PLANT SALE AND FUNDRAISER
Sale of Plants / Crafts / Baked Goods / Scholarship Raffle
Rain or shine
Featuring Club members’ plants that grow well in New England (Zone 6), crafts, homemade baked items, and the scholarship raffle. This event is a Club fundraiser for civic activities, scholarships, and programs. Invite your family, friends and neighbors!
MAY 23, (Tuesday) 9:45 AM Success With Hydrangeas, Lorraine Ballato, Lorraine’s love affair with plants comes through in her lectures, social media writings, magazine articles and photographs, which you can find in Connecticut Gardener, Edible Nutmeg, and elsewhere. She is an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and in the Connecticut Master Gardener Program as well as for the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut.
June 27 (Tuesday) 9:45 AM The Horticultural Heritage of Leila and Bradley Barnes, Christina Volpe, MA, Curator The Barnes Museum The Barnes Museum was built in 1836 for Amon and Sylvia Bradley and was lived in by the Bradley/Barnes family for 137 years. Bradley Barnes, Amon's grandson, inherited the homestead and lived in the house till his death in 1973. He bequeathed his family homestead, as well as all of its contents, to the Town of Southington
July 25 (Tuesday) 9:45 AM CT’s Current Insect Invaders, What They Do and What You Can Do to Help, Claire Rutledge, CT Agricultural Experimental Station
August 22 (Tuesday):
Southington Community Pavilion (located on the Southington Drive-In property)
Potluck luncheon for members and their guests. This is a "green" picnic, so please remember to bring your plates/drinking glasses.
September 26 (Tuesday) 9:45 AM Nature’s Wonders Right in Our Surroundings, Peter Picone, Wildlife Biologist, Sessions Woods
October 24 (Tuesday) 9:45 AM Cacti and Succulents for Connecticut Gardeners, Matthew Opel
UConn Botanical Conservatory
DATE: November 14 Luncheon: Members and Guests: More details to come.
December - Holiday Hiatus
February 28 (Tuesday) Starting Seeds and Growing Gardeners
Joey Listro, Executive Director New Britain Roots
March 28 (Tuesday) 9:45 AM Recycle Reboot: What’s the Same and What’s Changed with Recycling, Hear Emma MacDonald and Sherill Baldwin from CT DEEP explain the latest on recycling.
April 25 (Tuesday) 9:45 AM What's New??
Plantsman Sebby Milano from Winterberry Gardens will present What’s New in the Garden 2023? Always an interesting presentation.
Plant Sale- DATE-Saturday, May 20 Calendar House, 388 Pleasant Street, Southington, 8:30-noon
ANNUAL PLANT SALE AND FUNDRAISER
Sale of Plants / Crafts / Baked Goods / Scholarship Raffle
Rain or shine
Featuring Club members’ plants that grow well in New England (Zone 6), crafts, homemade baked items, and the scholarship raffle. This event is a Club fundraiser for civic activities, scholarships, and programs. Invite your family, friends and neighbors!
MAY 23, (Tuesday) 9:45 AM Success With Hydrangeas, Lorraine Ballato, Lorraine’s love affair with plants comes through in her lectures, social media writings, magazine articles and photographs, which you can find in Connecticut Gardener, Edible Nutmeg, and elsewhere. She is an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and in the Connecticut Master Gardener Program as well as for the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut.
June 27 (Tuesday) 9:45 AM The Horticultural Heritage of Leila and Bradley Barnes, Christina Volpe, MA, Curator The Barnes Museum The Barnes Museum was built in 1836 for Amon and Sylvia Bradley and was lived in by the Bradley/Barnes family for 137 years. Bradley Barnes, Amon's grandson, inherited the homestead and lived in the house till his death in 1973. He bequeathed his family homestead, as well as all of its contents, to the Town of Southington
July 25 (Tuesday) 9:45 AM CT’s Current Insect Invaders, What They Do and What You Can Do to Help, Claire Rutledge, CT Agricultural Experimental Station
August 22 (Tuesday):
Southington Community Pavilion (located on the Southington Drive-In property)
Potluck luncheon for members and their guests. This is a "green" picnic, so please remember to bring your plates/drinking glasses.
September 26 (Tuesday) 9:45 AM Nature’s Wonders Right in Our Surroundings, Peter Picone, Wildlife Biologist, Sessions Woods
October 24 (Tuesday) 9:45 AM Cacti and Succulents for Connecticut Gardeners, Matthew Opel
UConn Botanical Conservatory
DATE: November 14 Luncheon: Members and Guests: More details to come.
December - Holiday Hiatus
