Old Homestead Garden Club

09/25/2026

Six members of our club enjoyed the NHFGC annual fall meeting  held at The Gardens of Uncanoonuc Mountains. It was a wonderful day with beautiful gardens and weather. We enjoyed garden talk as we enjoyed admiring the many flowers and plants.
The keynote presentation was Marie of . She designed an arrangement on a smashing pumpkin. Our spring meeting will be held next May at River Walk at Loon mountain. 

09/11/2026

Our members spent time this morning weeding the "Triangle" at Sawyers Crossing Road in Swanzey. We're making plans to bring it back to beautiful for next year. One of our club missions is planting public spaces for beautification and attracting pollinators and other wildlife. This is just one of the public spaces our club members help maintain in the area.
Message us if you'd like to help our efforts

09/04/2026

When I moved in a few years ago, the garden consisted of hostas, moss and a lawn. Since then, I have been slowly replacing the hosta with a variety of other plants and flowers to match what I had in my previous garden. The first thing I added were three hibiscus so I could see color when looking outside from my kitchen. This year, I also planted bareroot roses as I really miss having them from my time in California.

09/04/2026

Our guest speaker in June owns a flower farm who prepared flower arrangements and spoke about growing her flowers. She also sells flower subscriptions which I ordered late season. Some of the flowers are from the previous week.

09/04/2026

Hello, Meteorological Autumn!

Garden friends, September 1st marks the beginning of meteorological autumn!

But wait… isn’t fall officially on September 22nd? Well, yes… and no! There are actually two ways we mark the beginning of autumn.

Meteorological Autumn begins September 1st and runs through November 30th. Meteorologists divide the seasons into neat three-month blocks based on the calendar, which makes it easier to track weather and climate patterns.

Astronomical Autumn begins with the autumnal equinox, which falls around September 22nd. That’s when the Sun crosses the equator and day and night are nearly equal in length.

So while our gardens may still be bursting with summer blooms, meteorologically speaking… we’re officially heading into fall (insert excited Jazz hands!)

We’re not complaining. Cooler mornings, changing leaves, chrysanthemums, asters, pumpkins, and that unmistakable crispness in the air are just around the corner.

Which autumn do you celebrate, the meteorological one, the astronomical one, or both?

Growing in Friendship, While Beautifying Our Town

09/04/2026

Safe travels 🪽

HUMMINGBIRD LOVERS GET READY! The great hummingbird migration has just started and is currently underway across Minnesota, southern Canada and Maine. You'll start to see even more heading south across the country in the weeks ahead. Get those hummingbird feeders out!