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Date/Time |
Description |
| September 03, 2009 Time: 2:00p.m.-6:00p.m. |
Event Description: The Grafton Garden Club will be in the non-profit tent at the Farmers Market on the Grafton Common talking about the upcoming year and the benefits of being in the Club. Come and help spread the word about the Club or stop by and visit with us and shop for fresh produce and plants. |
September 08, 2009 Time: 7:00p.m. |
Collecting and Identifying Mushrooms
Event Description: In cooperation with the Grafton Land Trust, the Grafton Garden Club is presenting a slide show with George, past president and current Identification Committee Chair of the Boston Mycological Club. Learn how to recognize the good, the bad, and the ugly in the mushroom world. This will help you for the Mushroom Foray on September 13, 2009. |
| September 12, 2009 Time: 8:30a.m. |
Whitehorne House and Rough Point Mansion Event Description: The Whitehorne House features some of the best examples of Newport furniture, including the Doris Duke collection, from the late 18th century. One of the highlights of the Whitehorne House is its beautiful garden. Despite its refined geometry, the Federal period garden still maintains a rustic quality. From the precious balloon flower to the flamboyant castor plant, this garden will delight you.
Enjoy Rough Point, the magnificent oceanfront estate of philanthropist Doris Duke, still decorated as she left it. Rough Point provides a sweeping ocean view and expansive grounds designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. Call Helen for more information and to let us know if you will drive or need a ride. To reserve a space in the carpool, send your $30 check to the Grafton Garden Club. |
| September 13, 2009 Time: 2:00p.m. |
Mushroom Foray: Fun for the Entire Family
Event Description: In cooperation with the Grafton Land Trust, the Grafton Garden Club presents the second half of the Mushroom Story. Join us for a walk through the Woods with George Davis of the Boston Mycological Club. Wear comfortable walking shoes, DEET, and sunscreen. Bring a shallow, wide basket to hold the mushrooms you'll collect and a mushroom field guide, if you have one. Following the Foray, all the mushrooms will be spread out on a table and identified by Mr. Davis.
Children of all ages are welcome. |
| October 13, 2009 Time: 7p.m. |
Period Gardens
Event Description: Cynthia will present a slide show on "Planning, Planting, and Maintaining a Period-Appropriate Garden". Learn how our forefathers (and foremothers) grew their own food and what types of plants they considered essential to have on hand. |
| November 10, 2009 Time: 7p.m. |
Christmas in Williamsburg
Event Description: Janice, Second Place winner of the 2009 Grafton Gardens Tour, will present a slide show on how Christmas is celebrated in Williamsburg. Come and get psyched for the Holidays! |
| December 01, 2009 Time: 10a.m. |
Decorating the Willard House for the Holidays Event Description: Please join us for a workshop to create Victorian decorations as we bring an "updated" look to the Willard House and Clock Museum in time for Grafton Celebrates the Holidays and the Holiday Party. |
| December 01, 2009 Time: 7p.m. |
A Williamsburg Christmas Centerpiece Workshop
Event Description: Janice will lead a workshop where we will create a Williamsburg Fruit Arrangement using fresh and artificial fruit purchased directly from Williamsburg. Space is limited; reserve your space by sending a check by November 1, 2009 to Grafton Garden Club, PO Box 453, Grafton, MA 01519-0453. After that date, any remaining space will be available to non-members. |
| December 06, 2009 Time: 12-4p.m. |
Grafton Celebrates the Holidays
Event Description: Williamsburg Centerpieces made by Club members will be on display at the Community Harvest Barn and some will be available for purchase. This project aligns with Grafton Celebrates the Holidays. Also, we will be downstairs again with a kid's workshop to make reusable birdfeeders out of flora and fauna shapes created by Tom Knapp. Please join us at the Barn if you can volunteer to help. |
| December 13, 2009 Time: 2p.m. |
Christmas Victorian Tea
Event Description: In cooperation with the Willard House and Clock Museum, the Grafton Garden Club invites you to enjoy High Tea and delectable delights. Learn the artistry of creating a Victorian arrangement that even the Queen would have appreciated. Wear either your best Victorian outfit or an outrageously cunning hat. Space is limited, so reserve your space by sending a check by November 10, 2009 to Grafton Garden Club, PO Box 453, Grafton, MA 01519-0453. |
| February 09, 2010 Time: 7p.m. |
Gardening with Native Plants
Event Description: Due to Speaker cancellation we will be talking about the plans for Grafton's 275th Anniversary, Founder's Weekend, including the Founder's Ball at Highfields, Community Day's 5th Anniversary, and the Plant Sale and Raffle. |
| March 02, 2010 Time: 7p.m. |
Xeriscape Gardens
Event Description: Xeriscape? Literally, the word xeriscaping comes from a combination of two other words: "xeri" derived from the Greek word "xeros" for dry; and "scape", meaning a kind of view or scene. Xeriscaping simply means landscaping with slow-growing, drought-tolerant plants to conserve water and reduce yard trimmings.Kristin Orr from Fort Hill Farms will talk to us about drought-tolerant and low-maintenance planting. |
| April 13, 2010 Time: 7p.m. |
Vegetable Gardening
Event Description: Are you interested in starting your own Victory Garden? Do you need answers to why you just can't grow certain varieties of vegetables in your garden? Do you want to learn about pests and disease prevention? Or do you have years of experience and would welcome an opportunity to help new gardeners? Get these and other questions answered at this insightful meeting. |
| April 24, 2010 Time: 9a.m.-2p.m. |
Grafton Garden Club Presents: Grafton Community Day
Event Description: Help clean up Grafton! This is the 5th year of this community-wide event hosted by the Grafton Garden Club and it is a great way to come together for the good of our community. Help coordinate the effort of the cleanup teams, or help get the word out. There are plenty of jobs to be done even before the big day. Create a team and clean up the neighborhood. Then come to the Common at noon and enjoy the thank you lunch and activities for the kids. The Grafton Land Trust will be working with us to make this another fantastic Grafton Community Day. Call Dawn for details, to help on the Common, or to form a cleanup team. |
| May 15, 2010 Time: 9a.m.-noon |
Annual Plant Sale and Raffle
Event Description: The Grafton Garden Club Annual Plant Sale and Raffle provides the majority of the available scholarship and grant money. All members are encouraged to help out, either before the sale or on the day of the sale. Call Deb for details or to volunteer. We are always looking for new ways to help increase the scholarship and grant funds, so please send along any suggestions. |
| June 12, 2010 Time: 5p.m. |
Annual Meeting & Potluck
Event Description: Tour the exquisite gardens of Dorothy and partake of a sumptuous Potluck Supper and see a presentation on the past year and look foward to the 80th year for the Grafton Garden Club. Register with the co-chairs your choice of appetizer, entrée, or dessert. Bring a lawn chair. |