14th Annual Scarecrows on the Green

October 11th thru November 5th

There is limitless appeal to this fun event! Businesses, schools, non-profits, organizations, individuals/families, churches--everyone can have fun creating and building a scarecrow display. Create a seasonal display highlighting your business, interests, passions or sense of humor. (Exceptions: nothing offensive or political.) No limit to size – No nails in trees or deep/large holes in the ground please.

-Setup: Anywhere on the main Green – Friday, October 11th

-Take down: MUST be done by Tuesday evening, November 5th. (Please note, BGC is not responsible for any displays not removed by the deadline.)

Participation increases every year towards our goal of filling the Branford Green! It is great advertising for participants over two weeks and three weekends. Registration is requested. The event is FREE to attend. Participants are asked to consider making a donation to the Club supporting our Mission and volunteers work.

Registration: Scarecrows 2024 Mail-in form or Donations also accepted via Square at https://square.link/u/9dt2CYVc

PAST EVENTS

Books & Blooms - Sept 2024

The Branford Garden Club thanks the following individuals, businesses, and guests for their generous support in helping to make our Books & Blooms fundraiser on September 27th, 2024, such a great success. We encourage you to frequent the following businesses as a way of thanking them for their generosity, support and community giving! View some photos from this spectacular event below.

We also want to thank the authors whose books inspired the florists and members of the Club to design such creative and spectacular floral arrangements. Wonderful Job! Many, many thanks go to the generosity of the Branford Garden Club’s friends, family members, and volunteers. We couldn’t have done it without you! For everyone involved, we are deeply appreciative of your time and generosity! Thank you! View photos from this spectacular event below.

Bringing the Harvest Home

Thursday, October 5, 2023 12:00 – 2:00 PM

Joe Trapasso Community House (during the clubs regular October Daytime Meeting)

ONLINE REGISTRATION OF ALL HORTICULTURE ENTRIES IS REQUIRED.

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY OCTOBER 1, 2023. NO WALK-IN OR LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.

ENTER AS MANY CHOICES AS YOU WISH. ON THE DAY YOU WILL SELECT ONLY YOUR BEST FIVE.

Specimen drop-off: Thursday, 10/5 10:45 - 11:30 AM

Click here for FLOWER SHOW SCHEDULE and ENTRY FORM for more information.

BACA in Bloom

The Branford Arts & Cultural Alliance, BACA, and the Branford Garden Club joined their creative forces in an event on August 11-13.
Fifteen designers displayed floral arrangements that took their inspiration from fifteen works of art displayed in the gallery. The theme was to suggest the synergy between art forms, in this case, floral and paintings. The arrangements were testaments to the emotional impact that a work of art is capable of creating for the viewer.
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GARDENS AROUND THE WORLD - The Greater Perfection

Sat, Sept. 24 & Sun, Sept. 25 2022

A Standard Flower Show presented by the Branford Garden Club. The full Flower Show Schedule is available here. Our Featured Gardens - the history, size, & complexity of these gardens is highlighted here just in case you are curious but may not have the opportunity to visit in person. Enjoy!

The Branford Garden club wishes to extend a big Thank You 👏! to the Branford Parks & Recreation Department Community House Staff, the Federated Garden Clubs of CT Judges, the Vendors in our Marketplace, Van Wilgen's Garden Center for loaned shrubs, the public for their support, and lastly our members who worked long hours not only this past weekend but the past year+ planning this successful show. To view Photos from our show click here.

PETALS, PAINT AND POLLINATORS - An Artistic Garden Tour, 2021

The Branford Garden Club in conjunction with the Branford Arts and Cultural Alliance hosted "Petals, Paint and Pollinators" - an artistic Garden tour. Each of the 12 distinctive gardens selected for the tour was paired with a local featured artist and medium.

BACK TO SCHOOL - Breaking all the Rules! 2019

An In-House Horticulture Flower Show. Click FLOWER SHOW SCHEDULE for more information.

THE SOUND & THE FLORA OF STONY CREEK, 2018

The Branford Garden Club presented a Standard Flower Show. This flower show was inside three private homes and six historic buildings throughout the village of Stony Creek. Click FLOWER SHOW SCHEDULE for more information.

A Gardener’s Wedding 2014

Flower Show 2014 - Program

Flower Show 2014 - Newspaper article

Farmer's Market 2010

Flower Show Schedule this is a large file, please allow time to download)