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The Fayette Garden Club is in Connersville, IN. We meet the 3rd Friday of the month & welcome guests!

10/24/2026

The Club met at Central Christian Church in Connersville on Friday, October 23 for our monthly meeting. A lovely lunch was served by interim President Peggy Lykins. Member Dave Caldwell gave an interesting presentation after his tour of Starr Farms, with help from owner, Brad Starr. We all learned a great deal about the Starr Farms pumpkin/vegetable harvesting plant, the number of workers it takes to handle the huge amount of produce, and generally gained a greater appreciation for this Fayette County operation! Mary Dalton also gave a short presentation about how to prepare your flower gardens for winter.

10/09/2026

A group of 6 club members participated in the annual Fayette County "Day of Sharing" on October 7. Always a great way to volunteer and help our community!

09/28/2026

The Club met at the home of Dave and Marti Caldwell on Friday, September 25. Member Diane Stanley helped us create our own "hypertufa" birdbaths/planters using a mixture of Portland cement, Vermiculite, Sphagnum Peat Moss and water. Diane and her sister Debra were very patient teachers! Our next meeting will be on Friday, October 23 for a tour of the Starr Farms pumpkin harvesting facility.

09/24/2026

A group of 8 club members traveled to Whittington's Barn in Bartholomew County for the 2026 Southeast District Fall Meeting. The theme was "Secrets of the Night: What Happens in Your Garden After Dark". We enjoyed coffee and muffins for breakfast, bought raffle tickets for various gift baskets and plants, and listened to presentations by Kirsten Carlson ("Creating Habitat for Night Pollinators") and Ro Whittington ("Bats: More Than an Old Horror Movie"). We also held our Southeast District Annual Meeting led by President Diane Hurless, enjoyed a box lunch, and also appreciated the attendance of TGCI President Wanda Zahrt and her husband David. Our next monthly meeting is this Friday, September 25, 1 pm at the home of members Marti and Dave Caldwell, where Diane Stanley will teach us how to make a hypertufa container.

07/24/2026

The Club met on Friday, June 24th at the home of members Dave and Marti Caldwell for an interesting presentation about herbs and native plants. Dawn Slack, well-known local botanist/restoration ecologist, (and also Dave and Marti's niece!) presented an enthusiastic and very informative program about her passion for native plants and the multitude of ways they can be used in our everyday lives. After sampling her pine needle tea and elderberry apple cobbler, she gave a brief tour of some of the native plants on the Caldwell property.

07/13/2026

The Fayette Garden Club met at the Virginia Avenue home of Donna and Mike Gansert to present them with this year's beautification award. This award is given every year to those who add beauty to our community. Members present were Phyllis Young, Linda Young, Peggy Lykins, Vice President, Mike and Donna Gansert, Nancy Bowen, President, Mary Dalton, and Patricia O'Leary, Treasurer.

07/01/2026

The Club met at the home of member Barb Self for a light lunch and a brief meeting. 14 members were in attendance, as well as 2 prospective new members! A brief tour of her flower gardens ended the meeting followed by several members touring additional gardens (Donna Gansert on Virginia Ave, Brian Edgecomb on Grand, and member Mary Dalton on Waterloo.) Very hot day!

06/29/2026

Check out The Oasis in downtown Connersville and see our patriotic raised flower bed featuring the red, white and blue....Happy 250th America!

06/10/2026

A group of eight members enjoyed the pizza buffet at Chicago Pizza in Cambridge City Friday. June 5. We then traveled up the road to the Huddleston Farm for a presentation from the owners, Tyler and Gentry Gough, who are preservationists and organic farmers who purchased the 18-acre property from Indiana Landmarks. They were very informative about what they do and showed us around the property. A very interesting outing!

05/11/2026

The Club has been busy! We held our annual Plant Sale on May 2...thanks to the community for making it our most successful sale ever! We also helped plant flowers in the 17 pots on Central Avenue in Connersville on May 11, and planted new flowers in our raised bed at The Oasis. Thanks to all our nembers who volunteered their time!

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