Springfield Garden Club

🌿🏆 Dr. Seuss’s childhood home has a garden worth celebrating!

Springfield Garden Club ’s years of volunteer care at the historic Fairfield Street property have earned two 2026 honors!

🌱 Landscaping of Historic Areas Award from National Garden Clubs Inc. .

🌸 Cornelia Williamson Watson Award for Historic Preservation from The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc.

Since the Springfield Museums acquired the property, Garden Club members have generously shared their time, knowledge, tools, and resources to restore and care for its grounds. Their work has included removing invasive growth, improving the soil, and creating gardens filled with native and pollinator-friendly plants.

The Club’s year of recognition also included individual awards for floral design, horticulture, and educational exhibits—including Best of Show honors for Beate Bolen and Blue Ribbons for projects highlighting native plants and monarch butterflies.

Please join us in congratulating the Springfield Garden Club and thanking its dedicated volunteers for helping care for this special piece of Springfield history. 💚

Read the full story: https://www.masslive.com/living/2026/08/springfield-garden-club-honored-for-work-on-dr-seuss-childhood-home.html

Kudos to the SGC Annual Plant Sale committee for even planning the perfect weather! The plant sale is inside the Monkey House at Forest Park so don't let a little rain stop you from coming and buying some beautiful plants. Then, go home and plant them on a cool showery day - you and your plants will both be less stressed than on a hot sunny day 🤗

Saturday, May 30 from 9AM to noon at the Monkey House in Forest Park. The Trafton Road gate will be open. Cash, debit/credit cards and Venmo accepted.

Western Mass Master Gardeners will be testing soil at our annual plant sale this Saturday at the Monkey House in Forest Park. Follow this link to learn more about what to bring....

http://www.wmassmastergardeners.org/0406.htm

It's this coming Saturday! At the Monkey House in Forest park. The Trafton Street gate will be open for easy access to the sale.

Many perennials from area gardens, native plants to attract beneficial insects and help the birds and annuals to fill in those gaps you always end up with.

We take cash, credit/debit cards and Venmo.

“Children’s Books in Bloom” event presented by the Springfield Garden Club at Forest Park’s Monkey House, May 1-3, 2026. Books were interpreted by individual members on tabletops set up around the room.

Springfield Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale (Mass Appeal) – It’s a great way to grow your garden and give back at the same time. The Springfield Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale returns later this month, with proceeds helpin…

The BOF will open on Wednesday, April 1!

A very successful Springfield Garden Club Floral Design Class yesterday at Forest Park. 18 particiants, some new, many returning! And a beautiful Spring day!!!