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Welcome to Day 2 of National Garden Week and our visit to the Brookfield Community Garden at Gurski Farm.

The Brookfield Lions Club runs the Community Gardens at Gurski Farm with 106 plots. Residents can rent one for the season; the fee is $25 for a small plot and $35 for a large plot. Over the years, the Lions Club has made improvements like water spigots and hoses at the bottom, middle and top of the garden, new fencing and a large shed with tools and equipment available to everyone with a plot. There are two picnic tables for gardeners’ use. During the harvest season you will see gardeners picnic together to share crops and farming advice. There are also two plots set aside for the community to share which usually have herbs and flowers. In the gardens you can find rhubarb, pumpkins, garlic, squash asparagus, peas, beans, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes and onions. The vegetable harvest is wonderful! What may even top the harvest is the friendships you can make with the other community gardeners.

Happy National Garden Week!

National Garden Clubs has established June 1 through June 7 as National Garden Week and is urging garden clubs across the country to celebrate the week in our communities.

In Brookfield we are fortunate to have not only our own backyard gardens, but a wonderful bounty of public gardens, parks, trails and preserves.

Each day this week, The Garden Club of Brookfield will post a story and photos of these great green spaces.  We hope our posts will bring joy to your week and encourage you to get out there and experience nature.

Let’s start with a visit to the Museum Garden. In 1979 the garden was planted as an 1800’s Formal Garden. Many of our heirloom plants are blooming now, Dictamnus albus (Gas Plant) flowering pink and white; Heuchera (Coral Bells) flowering pink; Salvia (Sage) flowering blue. Gardens are alive! They evolve and grow and change. The Museum Garden is listed on the Pollinator Pathway; our herbs and plants attract insects, butterflies, bees and birds. Gardening is rewarding. The phlox patch barely covering the ground in April is full in May and will bloom in June. The garden is a respite on a busy throughfare. Stop by and enjoy our unique display of plantings.

Happy National Garden Week!