Saturday May 19, 2012. The Simsbury Garden Club is sponsoring its Annual Plant Sale at 1313 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury (Former Wagner Nissan Sales site, across from Kane's Market) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please note new location.
At the sale customers will find everything from locally grown annual flowers, grasses and herbs to hanging baskets. Our own member Master Gardeners will be available all day to help with expert advice selecting plants or offering garden tips and answering questions. There will also be free soil test kits available. One of Simsbury's best kept secrets is the Member Plant Section: these are member grown garden perennials and house plants from Simsbury, donated to sell at remarkable prices.
This annual Plant Sale supports the clubs' mission and is its major fundraiser. The Simsbury Garden Club has been a nonprofit and charitable organization for over 75 years.
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At the Board of Selectmen meeting on March 26, 2012, the Simsbury Garden Club gave the Town of Simsbury a gift of $1,600 to be used for replacing the decorated bracing and posts and for repairs to the roof of the gazebo in Schultz Park. Members of the Simsbury Garden Club have been active in the upkeep of the Anne E. Schultz Memorial Park, better known as, Schultz Park, for over three decades.
Another major accomplishment was the design and installation of the Circle Garden, gracing the entrance of the Simsbury Performing Arts Center, summer home of the Hartford Symphony Talcott Mountain Music Festival. The Garden Club installed and maintains several other gardens on the grounds of the Historical Society as well as supporting others in the community as far reaching as Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton, to Elizabeth Park and the Governor's Residence in Hartford. Other community outreach includes annual member garden tours, flower arranging demonstrations, affiliation with The Federated Garden Club of CT. and over a dozen local nonprofit organizations, and sponsorship of two scholarships for local students pursuing an education in a horticulture related field. The Club also graces our library with floral arrangements bi-weekly, and decorates public buildings with handmade wreaths during the holidays.
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The sale will be held, rain or shine.
Please contact Marlene Snecinski for more details at 860 658-5061 or visit www.simsburygardenclub.org
