Photo provided by the Suffield Garden Club
Peggy Robards and Anita Wardell, left and right, are pictured at the Suffield Garden Club’s booth during a previous May Market.
Spring is a busy time for all of us, but the Suffield Garden Club is especially busy this April. We are getting ready for our annual May Market at the Hatheway Barn on Saturday of Mother’s Day weekend. Members are making unique garden ornaments, casting tufa planters, and digging and potting up plants from our perennial gardens. Our artists-in-residence are painting decorative items and planning floral designs for Mother’s Day arrangements. There will be many gifts for Mom to choose from. Succulent planters, tea cup floral arrangements, hanging floral baskets and much more will be offered for sale.
You’ll find some unexpected treasures at our Collectibles Booth. We are expanding our new used Garden and Household Tools Booth where we’ll have just what you need at low bargain prices. New this year: we will be selling the awesome Spear Head Spades in all sizes at our Suffield Garden Club Booth. Every gardener needs this shovel!
Buy pies, cakes and cookies at our Gourmet Foods Booth and look for many new gourmet offerings here. We will offer a select group of hard to find shrubs, perennials and appealing planters at our Specialty Plants Booth. As always, we will offer the best geraniums around, at the lowest prices you will find anywhere. They sell out quickly.
Many local vendors will return this year, and new vendors from our region will be set up in the barn and barnyard. Heirloom garden plants, herbs, honey, preserves, home and garden décor, artwork and crafts will be for sale.
The Suffield Garden Club is a non-profit organization. Proceeds from this event support Suffield civic beautification, high school scholarships, as well as conservation, horticulture, and garden therapy programs. We hope you’ll come out, enjoy the day, and support this event on Saturday, May 13, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Phelps-Hatheway House Barn.