From the Garden
The Art of Mixology
Thank you to everyone who entered Sasqua’s In-Club Floral Design and Photography Show, The Art of Mixology.
Spring At Birdcraft
Please sign up via SignUpGenius to work at Birdcraft- it looks wonderful! Have you seen Birdcraft lately? It looks wonderful. As one bloom fades another begins, what a fabulous place to spend two hours in the morning!I want to thank all the dedicated gardeners who...
‘Goldilocks’ and Garden Flowers Needed for Zone II Show June 17
For the Zone II show in Hartford, Sasqua needs one Rudbeckia 'Goldilocks' and flowers from members' gardens for a cut arrangement. Coming soon – the Zone II meeting and Flower Show on June 18 and June 19 at Hill-stead Museum in Farmington, CT. On Monday, June 17 we...
Pollinator Pathway Comes to Fairfield
The Pollinator Pathway, a pesticide-free corridor of public and private properties providing native plant habitat and nutrition for pollinators- is coming to Fairfield! I recently attended The Town of Fairfield’s kick-off meeting for the Pollinator Pathway. Fairfield...
Tips To Make Your Garden Bee-utiful
The Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Gardens, with support from the GCA, has worked to preserve thousands of gardens that these pollinators rely upon. There are some simple steps that can be taken to support pollinators in our own gardens. There is a...
Photography Awards
Sasqua photographers take home ribbons at Darien and In-Club shows! June Eichbaum and Charlotte Stone entered photographs in Darien’s flower show, “Persephone". June won a second place in the creative category. The Photography portion of Sasqua’s In-Club show, “The...
Visiting Gardens Trip June 26
Farms, Barns, and Pottery - a Visiting Gardens trip to The Hickories, Dirt Road Farm, & Francis Palmer Studio VISITING GARDENS MAY NEWSLETTER A “POP UP TRIP" FARMS, BARNS AND POTTERY ----------- Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 8:30 depart for the Hickories 10:00 tour...
2018-2019 Provisionals
Congratulations to our 2018-2019 Provisional/New Members- what a wonderful year! The 2019 Provisionals have been a smart, talented, enthusiastic and fun group. I have loved every minute of our year together. You will hear more about them at our June Annual Lunch at...