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Category: Fall Work / Opportunities

Projects taking place in the fall

9/27/2025 Saturday, Welles-Shipman-Ward House 

Posted on September 11, 2025October 26, 2025

GPIP we will have an information table from 10am-1pm weather permitting. Come help promote GPIP for a bit then find … Read the rest

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10/09/2025 Thursday @9:30am – Food Pantry Garden Close Down 

Posted on September 11, 2025October 26, 2025

The gardens officially close on October 13th (last day). Depending on the weather, the process to breakdown plots #53 & … Read the rest

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10/11/2025 Saturday 11am-2pm Pay it Forward Food Drive at The Historical Society’s Museum on Hubbard Green

Posted on September 11, 2025October 26, 2025

The Indigenous Peoples of the area taught the English settlers ways to increase their food supply by sharing new plants … Read the rest

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10/15/2025 Wednesday @ 9am (rain 10/16) – Town Center Planters 

Posted on September 11, 2025October 26, 2025

Clean out the planters. Bring your gloves, diggers, personal refreshments, and pots/containers if you want to try to overwinter any … Read the rest

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10/16/2025 Thursday @ 10am (rain 10/17) – South Glastonbury Planters 

Posted on September 11, 2025October 26, 2025

Clean out the planters. Bring your gloves, diggers, personal refreshments, and pots/containers if you want to try to overwinter any … Read the rest

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10/23/2025 Thursday @ 10am (rain 10/24) – WTM Library Patio & Front Garden 

Posted on September 11, 2025October 26, 2025

Fall clean up. Bring your gloves, hand digger, snips for trimming back plants and personal refreshment. Location: Welles Turner Memorial … Read the rest

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11/01/2025 Saturday @ 9am (rain 11/2) – Buckingham Gardens 

Posted on September 11, 2025October 26, 2025

Fall clean up. Bring your gloves, hand digger, snips for trimming back plants, rake if you have one and personal … Read the rest

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11/01/2025 Saturday @ 10am (rain 11/8) – The Medians

Posted on September 11, 2025October 26, 2025

Fall Cleanup. Note the later start time. WSW cleanup is at 8:30am that day; maybe help out at both?  Tasks: … Read the rest

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11/01/2025 Saturday @ 8:30am (rain 11/8) – Welles Shipman Ward House 

Posted on September 11, 2025October 26, 2025

Kitchen Garden cleanup before Winter. Bring your gloves and favorite gardening tools to help remove spent plants (loppers, garden spade … Read the rest

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11/05/2025 Wednesday @ 9am (rain 11/6) – Salmon Brook Gardens [East & West gardens] 

Posted on September 11, 2025October 26, 2025

Fall clean up – bring your gloves, hand digger, snips for trimming back plants and personal refreshment. A trash bucket … Read the rest

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Winter Planters – 11/17/25 Monday @9am (Town Center) & 11/18/25 Tuesday @9am (South Glastonbury)

Posted on September 11, 2025October 26, 2025

Help create the Winter Planters. Bring your gloves, snips for cutting small branches, and a smile. This is a really … Read the rest

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11/9/2024 Saturday @9a – Welles Shipman Ward House 

Posted on September 17, 2024April 23, 2025

Kitchen Garden cleanup before Winter. Bring your gloves, a rake if you have one and personal refreshments. Location:  Welles Shipman … Read the rest

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11/9/2024 Saturday @ 10:30a – The Medians – Fall Clean Up

Posted on July 26, 2024January 31, 2025

Cutting back perennials and woody plants for winter. Please bring hedge clippers, loppers, hand pruners, tarp, leaf rake and battery-operated … Read the rest

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11/10/2024 Sunday @ 9a – Winter Planters – Glastonbury Center & South Glastonbury Center. Rain date 11/17/2024

Posted on July 26, 2024January 31, 2025

Help create the Winter Planters. Bring your gloves, snips for cutting small branches, and a smile. This is a really … Read the rest

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9/29 or 9/30 or 10/1 – Date TBD – Food Pantry Garden Close Down 

Posted on April 27, 2024January 31, 2025

9/29 or 9/30 or 10/1 – Date TBD – Food Pantry Garden Close Down- The community gardens will officially close … Read the rest

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10/6/2024 Sunday @ 10a at Village Green – Youth in Mission Group from South Congregational Church 

Posted on April 27, 2024January 31, 2025

GPIP will lead and assist this excellent group that has chosen Village Green as one of their dedicated annual workdays. … Read the rest

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10/13/2024 Sunday@ 11-2pm at the Museum on the Green

Posted on April 27, 2024January 31, 2025

The Historical Society will be celebrating Indigenous People’s Day along with a Food Drive at the Museum on the Green. … Read the rest

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10/16/2024 Wednesday @ 9a (rain date 10/17) – Town Center Planters 

Posted on April 26, 2024January 31, 2025

Clean out the planters. Bring your gloves, diggers, personal refreshments, and pots/containers if you want to try to overwinter any … Read the rest

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10/19/2024 Saturday @ 8:30a – The Medians – Perennial Relocation Day

Posted on April 26, 2024January 31, 2025

Removal and division and replanting of many perennials in both island gardens. Irises (twice blooming) are the primary task to … Read the rest

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CANCELED 10/20/2024 Sunday @ 11a – Village Green

Posted on April 26, 2024January 31, 2025

CANCELED (Planters were cleaned out by Youth in Mission Group from South Congregational Church as part of the group’s annual … Read the rest

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10/22/2024 Tuesday @ 10a (rain date 10/24) – WTM Library Patio & Front Garden 

Posted on April 26, 2024January 31, 2025

Fall clean up. Bring your gloves, hand digger, snips for trimming back plants and personal refreshment. Location: Welles Turner Memorial … Read the rest

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10/24/2024 Thursday @ 10a (rain 10/25) – South Glastonbury Planters 

Posted on April 26, 2024January 31, 2025

Clean out the planters. Bring your gloves, diggers, personal refreshments, and pots/containers if you want to try to overwinter any … Read the rest

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10/28/2024 Monday @ 10a (rain 10/31) – Salmon Brook Gardens [East & West gardens] 

Posted on April 26, 2024January 31, 2025

Fall clean up – bring your gloves, hand digger, snips for trimming back plants and personal refreshment. A trash bucket … Read the rest

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11/02/2024 Saturday @ 9a (rain 11/3) – Buckingham Gardens 

Posted on April 26, 2024January 31, 2025

Fall clean up. Bring your gloves, hand digger, snips for trimming back plants, rake if you have one and personal … Read the rest

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NEWS & EVENTS

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  • 9/27/2025 Saturday, Welles-Shipman-Ward House 
  • 10/06/2025 Monday @6PM – Fall Member Meeting and Educational Presentation at the Riverfront Community Center
  • 10/09/2025 Thursday @9:30am – Food Pantry Garden Close Down 
  • 10/11/2025 Saturday 11am-2pm Pay it Forward Food Drive at The Historical Society’s Museum on Hubbard Green
  • 10/11/2025 Saturday, 9am (rain 10/12) Tree Walk Down Main Street – Led by Frank Kaputa 
  • 10/15/2025 Wednesday @ 9am (rain 10/16) – Town Center Planters 
  • 10/16/2025 Thursday @ 10am (rain 10/17) – South Glastonbury Planters 
  • 10/23/2025 Thursday @ 10am (rain 10/24) – WTM Library Patio & Front Garden 
  • 11/01/2025 Saturday @ 9am (rain 11/2) – Buckingham Gardens 
  • 11/01/2025 Saturday @ 10am (rain 11/8) – The Medians
  • 11/01/2025 Saturday @ 8:30am (rain 11/8) – Welles Shipman Ward House 
  • 11/05/2025 Wednesday @ 9am (rain 11/6) – Salmon Brook Gardens [East & West gardens] 
  • Winter Planters – 11/17/25 Monday @9am (Town Center) & 11/18/25 Tuesday @9am (South Glastonbury)
  • 7/26/2025 Saturday @ 8:30AM – Rt 17 Median Gardens Tidying. With a good sized group, will finish in an hour
  • Farmers Market (beginning June 3rd) at 2155 Main Street in Glastonbury – Town Hall
  • 04/14/2025 Monday @6PM – Spring Member Meeting and Educational Presentation at the Riverfront Community Center
  • 4/16/2025 – Wednesday @11AM – Salmon Brook Gardens (East and West) – Main St. near car wash and Best Cleaners

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