Holiday Luncheon – Four Chimneys Inn, Bennington – December 10, 2024

Wreath Making Workshop with Sue Covage – Hildene – November 25, 2024

Finding Solutions to Beat Plastic Pollution with Paul Burns, Executive Director of VPIRG – Bennington Museum – October 22, 2024

Shirley Meneice Horticulture Conference – Chicago, IL – Sept. 15 -18, 2024 – Chicago Botanic Garden

Trip to Maine September 3 – 6, 2024

Sept. 3rd – Airbnb & Hors d’oeuvres at a private home – Edgecomb. Dinner at King Eider’s Pub – Damariscotta

Maine Trip – Sept. 4th – Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens – Boothbay. Dinner at River House – Damariscotta

Maine Trip – Sept. 5th – Farnsworth Museum, Center for Maine Contemporary Art & Bixby Chocolate – Rockland

Pemaquid Point, South Bristol & lobster at the Airbnb

Maine Trip – Sept. 6th – Bedrock Gardens – Lee, NH

Showdown in Flowers – August 15, 2024 – Left Bank Gallery, N. Bennington, VT

The Living Lab at Smokey House Center – July 23, 2024 – Danby, VT

BGC Annual Meeting – May 21, 2024 – Sandgate, VT

Consie West was honored for her 40 years of service to the club.

Spring Ephemeral Walks with Christy and Erin – Tuesdays, May 2024

GCA Annual Meeting – April 26 -29, 2024, Hartford, CT

“Growing for the Gardener” presented by Helen O’Donnell – April 11, 2024

Spring Ephemeral Walks with Christy and Erin – Tuesdays, April 2024

National Affairs and Legislation Conference – Washington, DC – March 17 – 20, 2024

Floral Design for the Holidays Workshop – November 16, 2023

The Perils of Plastic Pollution & What You Can Do to Help

Capturing the Image with Your Camera with Arabella Dane at The Left Bank – September 7, 2023

Farm to Table Workshop & Lunch with Maria Reade and Grateful Hearts of Manchester at Burr & Burton Academy- July 28, 2023

Bennington Cares Work Day at Bennington Elementary School with members of the BGC -July 21, 2023

Ikebana Workshop with Mary Schwartz – July 18, 2023

Trip to Eshqua Bog, Woodstock, VT – June 22,2023

Garden Club of America Annual Meeting – Columbus, Ohio, May 22-24, 2023- “Where the Wild Things Are”

BGC Annual Meeting at The Historic Barns of Nipmoose May 16, 2023 – Buskirk, NY

Celebration of Native Plant month – May 13, 2023 – at the Aiken Wildflower Trail, Bennington Museum

Ephemeral Walks Every Tuesday at 8:00 am Through April & May- The Mile Around Woods, N. Bennington, VT

Gardening for baby boomers: Ten Ways to Garden Smarter as We get Older April 25, 2023 with Chris Ferrero

Not the Weed You Used to Know: The Health Benefits of THC and CBD March 19, 2023 with Benjamin May

Are you curious about THC and CBD? The Bennington Garden Club is hosting an afternoon with Benjamin May of Berkshire Roots at 3:00pm Sunday March 19^th at the East Arlington Fe

derated Church. Benjamin will explain how cannabinoids work within the human body, their use and misuse, and their medicinal effects. He has been a lifelong gardener and breeder of flowers, vegetables and cannabis. Merging his passion for growing all things with a decade of experience in public education to enlighten our community, he will dispel the myths that swirl around the cannabis family of plants and impart useful facts for our health and well-being.

Floral Design Workshop, November 17, 2022 with Jaga Smeichowski

“Growing the Next Generation of Environmental Stewards: A Celebration of The Student Conservation Association”

The Bennington Garden Club has partnered with the SCA to host a special event to be held at the Arlington Common on Wednesday, September 28^th at 2:00pm and is free and open to the public. The event will highlight the transformative power of teamwork for environmental conservation and will celebrate the 100,000 volunteers in the SCA’s 65-year history. It will feature presentations by Kevin Hamilton, SCA’s VP of Communications and Donald Campbell, Regional Director for the Vermont Land Trust and an SCA alumnus.

SCA members protect and restore national parks, marine sanctuaries, cultural landmarks and community green spaces in all 50 states. The SCA encourages volunteers from high school through graduate school level and beyond, and it fosters experiences that strengthen life skills that are crucial to prospering in school, work and home. Volunteers combat climate change and make a positive difference in parks and green spaces throughout the United States. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the SCA, and find out how you or a family member might benefit from a volunteer experience.

“A PotPourri” August 14/2022 at Park McCullough House, N. Bennington

Floral arrangements:

Vendor booth for gardening books, tools and treasures:

Photography exhibition and Patio Pot silent auction:

Day Trip to Distant Hills Gardens, Walpole, NH 7/20/2022

BGC Awards Grant 6/13/2022

The DREAM Program, Inc, represented by team members Francis Bandy, Izzy Freidland, Emily Gutierrez and Annalivia Balaban, was awarded a grant by the Bennington Garden Club Education Fund. Members of the Fund Committee were pleased to present a check to support the construction and planting of raised beds in the communities of Willowbrook, Orchard Village and Beech Court. Side-by-side with the DREAM Program instructors, resident children will experience the joy of hands-on gardening, vegetable preparation and consumption of their harvest.

Bennington garden club awards grant 6/3/2022

The Friends of Hiland Hall Gardens, represented by board members David Kelso and Sandra Magsamen, were awarded a grant by the Bennington Garden Club Education Fund. Members of the BGC Ed Fund Committee were pleased to present a check to support the gardening-to-cooking program during the 2022 Village of North Bennington Summer Camp. Campers will learn how to grow and prepare their own food in the Hiland Hall Gardens and bring produce and delicious recipes home with them.