Current Happenings
PETALS TO PLATES
Many Club members came together to donate flowers for the latest “Petals to Plates” event where GCM volunteers created lovely bouquets for Meals on Wheels recipients. Laurel Anne Carta and Carolyn Bernard donated from their plots at Bauer Park. Gail Evarts and Laurel Anne donated from their own gardens. Kate Knell brought several varieties of gorgeous sunflowers. Many more flowers also came from the cutting garden at the Bauer Park Education
Garden and the Madison Flower Shop who donated a bucket of red, yellow, and white daisies.
IN THE NEWS
GCM CENTENNIAL BOOK
In June 2025, we printed the Garden Club of Madison Centennial Book which features curated images from the Opening Reception and Historical Exhibit held on October 17, 2024, at Scranton Library. On display was 100 years of the Club’s history. Click the image to view the GCM Centennial Book.
THE CLUB'S MOST SUCCESSFUL PLANT SALE TO DATE
Our shoreline community came together on Saturday May 17th, 2025, for the Club’s most successful plant sale to date. A great big THANK YOU to local businesses, community individuals, and Club members for supporting our annual Plant Sale. Proceeds go to maintaining the numerous civic gardens we tend in Madison. Check out photos from this year’s Plant Sale to the right. And, yes, people really do line up before the Plant Sale opens.
VISIT TO SLEEPY CAT
The Garden Club of Madison visited Sleepy Cat Farm on May 20th, 2025, for a lovely garden tour. Sleepy Cat Farm is a 13 acre garden in Greenwich, Connecticut. See photos of several GCM members touring the farm.
GARDEN GARB FASHION SHOW
At the General Meeting on May 13th, 2025, GCM members were treated to a fabulous “Garden Garb” fashion show in which the models were our very own Club members! The event was chaired by Roberta Velez and Donna Lenkeit, while Tracy Brent of Collections in Guilford, CT, provided the “Garden Garb”. The show opened with a visit from “Poison Ivy” and the the toxic weed killer…two things we do NOT want to see in our gardens! The show quickly turned to what we do want to see: “Garden Garb” for a casual garden get-together, garden cocktail party, or even a garden wedding. Tracy’s collection did not disappoint. Many thanks to Roberta and Donna, as well as to all who helped put this fun show together.
Click here to watch a video of the fashion show.
About Us
GET TO KNOW THE GARDEN CLUB OF MADISON
Founded in 1924, the Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing the art, science and pleasure of gardening, horticulture, artistic design and environmental conservation. Club members attend educational and entertaining meetings, and take part in workshops and civic beautification projects that preserve natural resources and enhance our town.
CO-PRESIDENTS' MESSAGE
This coming year, we are looking forward to an array of speakers and their topics: “Autumn Wildflowers of CT”, “How Trees Communicate”, “Do’s & Don’ts of Recycling”, “Gardening with Frogs and Toads”, “Snipped”– A Creative Floral Design Challenge, “Invasives”, and “Thieves, Charlatans and James Bond: The Murky History of Our Top Ten Plants”.
Warmest regards,
Sue Kelley, Co-President
Marleen Pacelli, Co-President