Author: Lory Woods
9/27/2025 Saturday, Welles-Shipman-Ward House
GPIP we will have an information table from 10am-1pm weather permitting. Come help promote GPIP for a bit then find … Read the rest
10/06/2025 Monday @6PM – Fall Member Meeting and Educational Presentation at the Riverfront Community Center
Join us for an enlightening journey through the world of apples in our presentation, “It’s All About the Apples.” Ben … Read the rest
10/09/2025 Thursday @9:30am – Food Pantry Garden Close Down
The gardens officially close on October 13th (last day). Depending on the weather, the process to breakdown plots #53 & … Read the rest
10/11/2025 Saturday 11am-2pm Pay it Forward Food Drive at The Historical Society’s Museum on Hubbard Green
The Indigenous Peoples of the area taught the English settlers ways to increase their food supply by sharing new plants … Read the rest
10/11/2025 Saturday, 9am (rain 10/12) Tree Walk Down Main Street – Led by Frank Kaputa
The walk highlights many of the TREES OF INTEREST ON MAIN STREET IN GLASTONBURY’S HISTORIC DISTRICT that are illustrated in … Read the rest
10/15/2025 Wednesday @ 9am (rain 10/16) – Town Center Planters
Clean out the planters. Bring your gloves, diggers, personal refreshments, and pots/containers if you want to try to overwinter any … Read the rest
10/16/2025 Thursday @ 10am (rain 10/17) – South Glastonbury Planters
Clean out the planters. Bring your gloves, diggers, personal refreshments, and pots/containers if you want to try to overwinter any … Read the rest
10/23/2025 Thursday @ 10am (rain 10/24) – WTM Library Patio & Front Garden
Fall clean up. Bring your gloves, hand digger, snips for trimming back plants and personal refreshment. Location: Welles Turner Memorial … Read the rest
11/01/2025 Saturday @ 9am (rain 11/2) – Buckingham Gardens
Fall clean up. Bring your gloves, hand digger, snips for trimming back plants, rake if you have one and personal … Read the rest
11/01/2025 Saturday @ 10am (rain 11/8) – The Medians
Fall Cleanup. Note the later start time. WSW cleanup is at 8:30am that day; maybe help out at both? Tasks: … Read the rest
11/01/2025 Saturday @ 8:30am (rain 11/8) – Welles Shipman Ward House
Kitchen Garden cleanup before Winter. Bring your gloves and favorite gardening tools to help remove spent plants (loppers, garden spade … Read the rest
11/05/2025 Wednesday @ 9am (rain 11/6) – Salmon Brook Gardens [East & West gardens]
Fall clean up – bring your gloves, hand digger, snips for trimming back plants and personal refreshment. A trash bucket … Read the rest
Winter Planters – 11/17/25 Monday @9am (Town Center) & 11/18/25 Tuesday @9am (South Glastonbury)
Help create the Winter Planters. Bring your gloves, snips for cutting small branches, and a smile. This is a really … Read the rest
7/26/2025 Saturday @ 8:30AM – Rt 17 Median Gardens Tidying. With a good sized group, will finish in an hour
Park off Buttonball lane, Shipman nursery driveway on the right, please do not block the private driveway on the … Read the rest
Farmers Market (beginning June 3rd) at 2155 Main Street in Glastonbury – Town Hall
Once a month GPIP hosts an informational table at the Farmers Market on Tuesdays starting June 3, 2025 and running … Read the rest
04/14/2025 Monday @6PM – Spring Member Meeting and Educational Presentation at the Riverfront Community Center
Our Educational speaker and presentation will be given by Pamela Cooper
from the University of Connecticut Home and Garden Center … Read the rest
4/16/2025 – Wednesday @11AM – Salmon Brook Gardens (East and West) – Main St. near car wash and Best Cleaners
General Spring clean-up: raking, weeding, pruning. We’ll start on the west side in front of the cleaners and cross over … Read the rest
4/19/2025 – Saturday @9AM to 10:30AM – Welles Shipman Ward House – 972 Main St., South Glastonbury
Spring clean-up of the Colonial Kitchen Garden. Plus, we will be planting wheat berry and onions. Some tools provided but … Read the rest
4/26/2025 Saturday @10AM to 1PM – Earth Day Fair at Congregational Church of South Glastonbury
GPIP will have an information table at this event along with some small activities for children. Come join the fun! … Read the rest
5/2/2025 – Opening Day of GPIP’s 2 Food Pantry Gardens
All activities are dependent on weather and are on a week-by-week basis. Please sign up for the volunteer emails via … Read the rest
5/3/2025 – Saturday @9AM – Buckingham Park Garden – 1285 Manchester Rd., Glastonbury next to Fire Station
Spring Clean-up and mulching for this small but beautiful garden that showcases the entrance to Buckingham Park. Tools: shovels, buckets … Read the rest
5/10/2025 – Saturday @8:30AM to 10AM – Rt 17 Median Gardens (intersection of Main St. & Rt. 17)
Spring Clean-up. Please park off Buttonball on drive up to Shipman Nursery (do not block home driveway); please take a safety … Read the rest
5/17/2025 Saturday @2PM – Invasive Plant Walk Welles Shipman Ward House 972 Main St., South Glastonbury 5/17/2025 Saturday @ 2PM
A GPIP member will lead the walk pointing out the invasive plants and answering questions on the various types. Other … Read the rest