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On October 17 the Garden Club met for its annual meeting. Officers and committee chairs provided reports on the great activities we had throughout the year. Member Anne Marie Meehan was recognized with the club’s 2024 Outstanding Service Award and member Betty Ziegler was presented with a lifetime membership to the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut. Following the meeting, members engaged in a ‘botanical arts’ craft activity transferring images of leaves from our gardens onto muslin in pretty autumn colors.

The September general meeting of the Garden Club began with a presention on Putting Your Garden to Bed – the Pollinator Friendly Way given by Michele MacKinnon, UCONN Advanced Master Gardener with a certificate in Organic Land Care. We learned lots of great tips to apply to our fall garden work.

This month’s general meeting of the Garden Club included a presentation on Identifying Native Trees and Shrubs in Connecticut by Felicia Millet, Plant Diagnostician at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

On July 18, members of the Garden Club took a field trip to the Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy in Litchfield, CT.

The Garden Club of Brookfield’s June general meeting began with a presentation by David Beers titled “A History of Connecticut Forests”. David is a State Forester with the State of Connecticut. We learned so many new facts about the forests and woodlands in Brookfield and throughout the state.

On Tuesday, June 18, the Garden Club held a flower arranging session at the Brookfield Senior Center. Colors of red, white and blue as we look forward to celebrating the Fourth of July. The group had lots of fun answering trivia questions about Independence Day.

The Garden Club kicked off a celebration of National Garden Week by hosting a table at Brookfield’s fourth annual Spring into Summer Block Party. Residents who stopped by our table were able to purchase a bouquet of flowers. All proceeds from our table supported the gardening activities of the club. Thank you, Brookfield!

The Garden Club of Brookfield’s May meeting included a presentation by Karen Brown titled “Companion Planting”. Karen is a Brookfield resident, a member of the club, and a 2019 UCONN Master Garden with the Fairfield Extension Office in Bethel.

Nothing daunts a gardener from being outdoors. Thirteen members of the Garden Club braved the chill and drizzle to visit New Pond Farm Education Center in Redding on Thursday, April 18. Decked out in rain gear with some of us carrying umbrellas, we traversed the trails in the woods and meadows to seek out spring ephemerals. We did manage to find such specimens as: mayapple, gill over the ground, trout lily, rue anemone, and red trillium.