The Spring Glen Garden Club winter sowing workshop

Pictured Dawn, a member of The Spring Glen Garden Club is giving a workshop on winter sowing, a method of starting seeds in milk bottles and leaving them outside for spring germination. This rapidly becoming a popular method uses seeds that need a cold period to germinate. Also members of the club with their projects.

The Spring Glen Garden Club next meeting will be on Monday April 13, 2026, at Lockwood Cottage, 890 Evergreen Ave. Meeting will begin at 11:30 am with a light luncheon, bring a sandwich, dessert and beverage will be served. After a short business meeting the program will begin a 1pm.April’s speaker will be Cathy Ritch and her topic will be “cute, clever, classic: a floral design for every lifestyle” designs will be raffled.

The Club has been a fixture in the Hamden community since 1925, a chartered member of The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc., and National Garden Clubs, Inc., since 1929.

The Garden Club ongoing projects include gardens and planters in Spring Glen, Poppy’s Garden on the Farmington Canal Trail and the Historical Herb Garden at The Jonathan Dickerman House.

The Club donated 10 American Elm hybrid trees to the Hamden Center Park as a result of its successful Wreaths for Trees program.

Other projects of the Club are a Rhododendron Garden at the entry to Lockwood Cottage and the Red Oak tree (Quercus rubra) affectionately known as “Annie Oakley” planted in the Eli Whitney Park.

The Spring Glen Garden Club is looking for new members, who are not only interested in horticultural pursuits but civic beautification and preservation of our natural resources. There are no residency requirements to belong, our members are as local as Hamden, North Haven, Branford, or as far flung as Goshen.For further membership information, please call Dorothy at 203.934.5975

Benefits of Membership

The Spring Glen Garden Club

Fellowship with other garden and flower enthusiasts

Educational opportunities through the

CT Federation of Garden Clubs

 Flower Show School

 Environmental Studies School

 Landscape Design Study School

 Gardening Study School

Monthly meetings featuring Professional Speakers on a wide range of topics

Contribute to your community through civic involvement in the following areas:

Dickerman House Herb and Shade Gardens

Town Center lobby planters

Hamden Earth Day Celebration

Tending Plants in the Miller Library

Tending Poppy’s Garden at the Lockkeepers House on the Farmington Canal Trail

Maintaining the Planters in Spring Glen Center

Tending the gardens at the Spring Glen Municipal Parking lot

Club members also host informational teas, man booths at the and the annual Brooksvale Park Fair.