Garden Club
of
Harrington Park
Harrington Park, New Jersey
The Garden Club of Harrington Park welcomes you to our website. Please browse around the site - we've got lots of good information including our monthly newsletter, what to do monthly in your garden, and pictures of the barrels the Garden Club plants each year under the "Downtown Beautification" button.
Just to tell you a little bit about us; the Garden Club of Harrington Park holds General Meetings the first Thursday of every month (except when otherwise noted) September through June in the Harrington Park Library (second floor). The meetings begin at 7:30 P.M. and include a lecture by a guest speaker on various gardening topics. Each meeting we have a floral contest, whereby members interpret a given theme (see below). We have a Field Trip at the end of our Club year, along with a luncheon. Our meetings are open to everyone who loves a garden and gardening. Please check out our activities and events for the Club year by clicking on the "2023-2024 Calendar" button. This is a tri-fold calendar listing our activities. Please print it and keep it handy!
To learn more about the Club, please click on the "About Us" where you will find information on membership and what we do as a Garden Club. Mostly, we have a lot of fun as a group of folks who share a common interest -- the love of gardening!
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UPCOMING EVENTS YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS!
All general meetings are held at the Harrington Park Library
10 Herring Street, Harrington Park, NJ 07640
7:30 P.M. in the Upstairs Meeting Room
We need your help for our May meeting – we need a hostess. If you have never done it before, don’t be alarmed, our Refreshment Chair, Dale Muto, is here to help you with all the details of what to do and bring. If you’ve been around awhile, you know the drill. Either way it is a fun way to help make our meetings very special. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Dale at 201 693-6149.
LAST CHANCE TO BECOME A MEMBER” - NEED DUES BY APRIL 28TH! That’s right, we need your dues NOW! Please send your check payable to the Garden Club of Harrington Park, to Beverly Murray, 363 High Street, Closter, New Jersey 07624. Questions, contact Bev at 201 768-5651. The form to send your dues is in the link box at the top of this page.
May 2, 2024 – 7:30 P.M. – Library – Meeting
Speaker: John Beirne
Topic: Flowering Trees
John will be talking about Flowering Trees that add beauty to all the seasons of the year. John will cover both native and non-native but well-behaved flowering and other ornamental trees that are well suited for private home garden applications. John will speak on some of his favorite flowering tree species and cultivars and offer gained knowledge on cultivation practices, landscape uses and maintenance.
OUR PLANT SALE IS FAST APPROACHING — SATURDAY, MAY 11TH!
10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
START CHECKING YOUR GARDEN TO SEE WHAT PLANTS YOU CAN DIVIDE AND POT UP
AND, ANY GARDEN RELATED ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE FOR OUR
GARDEN TREASURE TABLE!
PLANT SALE INFORMATION
We need your help in providing perennials, houseplants, or garden stuff for our garden treasure table all of which we will sell at our May 11th plant sale. Please label all plants. The Club will be providing annuals for the sale. Our sale is at Bev Murray’s home at 363 High Street, Closter. We start at 10:00 A.M. and go until 1:00 P.M. If we sell out earlier than 1:00 P.M. we’ll start cleaning up. We can also use your assistance at the sale, so if you would like to be a part of the activity, come for the duration, or whatever time you can spend.
If you are donating plants or garden treasures, please drop them off in the morning at Bev’s home on Wednesday, May 8th. Give Bev a call at
551-265-5022 to let her know if you need a special time to drop off your plants.
If you would like to help pick up the annual flowers in Upper Saddle River, we will be doing this on Thursday at 10:00 A.M., please call Gerri at 201 768-2615 to let her know you will be driving, or email; themerchantmouse@aol.com. We will meet at Bev’s home, drive to Upper Saddle River, and bring them back to Bev’s home where we will unload them and price them. Also, we need folding tables, if you have one or more, please let Gerri know.
Here’s the schedule for the PLANT SALE:
Wednesday, May 8th – Drop off folding tables, homegrown plants, and garden treasures to Bev Murray’s home. (Phone: 201 768-5651)
Thursday, May 9th – Meet at Bev Murray’s home at 10:00 A.M. and go to Upper Saddle River to pick up plants. After pick-up, we’ll go back to Bev’s home, and price all the plants.
Friday, May 10th – If we have not finished pricing all items, we will meet again at Bev’s to complete the job. Time to be determined, if necessary.
Saturday, May 11th – Meet at 9:00 A.M. at Bev’s home and get ready for the sale!
Saturday, June 8th – Depart 10:00 A.M. (This is a member only event.)
TOUR OF JANET SCHULTZ' GARDEN, WYCKOFF, NJ AND GARDEN CLUB POT LUCK PICNIC AT CARLA BRAJKOVIC’S HOME
At the pot luck picnic, Carla will supply the main course and the beverages. The rest is up to you, please bring an appetizer, a side, or a dessert. This is strictly pot luck, which means we don’t need to know what you are bringing. We would appreciate, however, that if you bring something hot, it does not need to be re-heated. Also, throw a folding chair in the trunk, we want to be sure everyone can sit down for our delicious lunch. Please let Carla know if you are coming, her phone number is 201-394-7187.
The last floral contest of the Club year is the famous “Dead or Alive Poinsettia.” If you have a poinsettia that has made it to June, bring it along to enter into the contest at the pot luck picnic. There will be a prize.
We go rain or shine, so pray for the shine part!
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"The love of gardening is a seed
that once sown never dies."
Gertrude Jekyll
Willowwood Arboretum
Monthly Meeting Floral Contests
Themes by Month
FLORAL CONTESTS
2023 - 2024
GARDEN CLUB OF HARRINGTON PARK
September 7, 2023 – Last of Summer…
October 5, 2023 – Falling Leaves
November 2, 2023 – We Give Thanks
December 7, 2023 – Holiday Whimsy
January 4, 2024 – Happy New Year!
February 1, 2024 – Hearts and Flowers
March 7, 2024 – Erin Go Brach
April 4, 2024 – Spring is Here!
May 2, 2024 – Bloom Time!
June 8, 2024 – Dead or Alive Poinsettia Contest
Let your imagination fly! Create a floral masterpiece and bring to our meeting - we love them all! - Fresh Flowers Only!
Garden Club
of
Harrington Park
John Beirne
John Beirne is the Curatorial Director of Horticulture at Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit NJ. John was formerly the Superintendent of Horticulture at Willowwood Arboretum and Bamboo Brook Nature Center both in Gladstone NJ and part of the Morris County Park System. John worked for twenty years as the developer and manager of project Enrich, a Horticultural Therapy program at NewBridge Services, a Behavioral Health center in Pompton Plains NJ, John has also worked as a Horticultural Therapist at The Childrens Institute in Verona, NJ a school for children with special needs. John has been an instructor at the NYBG Continuing Education Program in Bronx NY for over twenty years and currently is an Instructor of Horticulture at Sussex Community College in Newton N.J.
Early in his career John interned at Wave Hill a public garden in Bronx NY and as an assistant Garden Editor at Martha Stewart Omnimedia in NYC and Westport Connecticut. John lives in Sussex County with his wife Hilary and children where he enjoys gardening, photography and being the steward of a 5-acre woodland on his property.
Memories of Past Hostesses and Their Refreshment Tables!
