Pinefield Garden Club
Inaugurated in 1960 --- Federated in 1961
The object of our club is to stimulate interest in horticulture and to expand our knowledge of gardening for the benefit of our community.
Programs and Activities
PROGRAMS
Meeting Information
Place: St Andrews Episcopal Church
Location: 3 Francis Street, Framingham, MA
Contact: pinefieldgardenclub@gmail.com
March 13th, 2024
Join the Pinefield Garden Club meeting on Wednesday, March 13th at 7.30 p.m. (refreshments from 7.00 p.m.) to learn the basics on invasive species, weeds, and plant choices for the shade garden with our own Judy Artley. Discover how you may help the environment while adding interest and beauty with native plants and minimizing non-native plants. Judy’s garden is a mix of hosta (a non-native known for its beautiful and varied foliage) and New England native plants. She has managed invasive species in her garden with varying success, and she will share some of her triumphs and mistakes.
For more information contact pinefieldgardenclub@gmail.com
Interested.
April 10th, 2024
Gardening Ergonomics.
Speaker: Nancy Brais
Massachusetts Master Gardeners Association (MGA)
May 8th, 2024
Plant Swap. Members only
May, DTB, 2024
Plant Sale
Sun, Shade, Flowers, perennial and annual, Shrubs and Trees, Groundcover, Herbs, Native Plants,etc.
September 2023 through May 2024
September 13th
Potluck Dinner
October 11th, 2023
How homeowners can manage invasive weeds
Speaker: Jennifer Forman-Orth
(Member of Framingham Conservation Commission,
MA Department of Agricultural Resources)
November 8th, 2023
Card making with dried flowers
Flowers collected and dried by members
December 13th, 2023
Starting Seeds in Winter (in Milk Jugs)
Hands on Activity
February 14th, 2024
Bees
ACTIVITIES
Wayside Inn:
Visit in December or early January to see the Inn decorated for the holidays by area garden clubs. The committee always does a wonderful job.
Fund Raising:
Sat. May 8th Plant Sale on the Framingham Commons. This sale funds all of our club’s activities for the year. The perennials come from the gardens of our members. Members pot and labeling perennials in the fall or spring.
Helping Our Community:
Once a year, our club collects and donates boxes of cereal to the Pearl Street Cupboard & Café at Park, a local food pantry. Also, Hoops and Homework receives a yearly donation from our club, in memory of Jean Bartley. A “Memorial Garden” project underway at Simpson Park will honor late member Maggie Kelber with the donations received in her memory. The Park also honors the memories of the members we have lost over the years.
Projects for the year
Village Hall
Work continues at the Village Hall, our civic development project at the Framingham History Center. Constructed in 1834 on the Commons, the Hall has perennials donated by members and planted in the spring of 2011. Our members provide the upkeep and planting of the all-season beds enjoyed by the many visitors to the Hall.
Simpson Park
In 2013-2014, we added the maintenance of Simpson Park, off Central, Fenwick and Haynes Streets, a projecbegun by Simpson Park Garden Club in 1969. In 1996, an adjacent area known as the Shortiss Memorial site was added. Seasonal weeding, pruning, mulching, planting and fall bulb planting will be continued by the Civic Development Committee and interested members. Please see a more detailed description of this project in the rear of the yearbook.
Garden of Hope
Through garden founder Betty Jost, we are honored to continue with the fall and spring upkeep and cleaning of The Garden of Hope at the Metrowest (Framingham) Hospital. Betty and her late husband started the perennial and shade garden in 1989, in memory of their son, who died of cancer. The garden is so appreciated and is a beautiful place to enjoy spring ephemerals, hostas, flowering shrubs and perennials throughout the year.