Garden Club of Mansfield

11/01/2026

Getting your Thanksgiving cactus ready to bloom for the holidays? 🌺✨
Check out this quick guide for the best tips on watering, soil, and getting those vibrant winter blooms!
🌿 Garden Club of Mansfield
Our membership is open year-round and includes novice to master gardeners, with men and women residents from Mansfield, Attleboro, and Norton. 🌸🏡
👇 Check out our website for more info:
gardenclubofmansfield.com

10/17/2026

10/17/2026

🛍️ Supporting Local: Chalk Paint Workshop at 1829 Country Store! 🛍️
The Garden Club of Mansfield wants to extend a huge shoutout and thank you to our neighbors at the 1829 Country Store (located at 26 Otis Street in West Mansfield)! 🏡✨
If you attended our Annual Plant Sale last year, you might remember the wonderful donation they made to our Raffle table. 🎟️🎁 We truly appreciate their generosity and love supporting the local businesses that support us!
They host fantastic DIY and craft events in their studio room, and their next session is right around the corner. 👇
🎨 Chalk Paint for Beginners Workshop 🎨
• 🗓️ When: Wednesday, October 21st
• ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• 📍 Where: In the studio room at 1829 Country Store
Learn how to complete a chalk paint project from start to finish! It's a wonderful way to learn how to transform and upcycle old furniture.
🎟️ How to Register:
Spaces are limited, so make sure to secure your spot ahead of time! You can sign up in person at the store, or register online directly through the official event page here: 1829 Country Store Website 🌐🍂

10/17/2026

🌸 New Blooms at the Middle Common! 🌸
The Garden Club of Mansfield crew has been hard at work brightening up our town for the season! 🌿 Our dedicated volunteers just added some gorgeous new plantings to the Middle Common. 🏡✨
Next time you drive by or pass through the center of town, keep an eye out for these wonderful new additions:
• Russian Sage 💜 – bringing beautiful, airy purple texture.
• 'Little Miss Sunshine' Stonecrop ☀️ – adding a bright splash of yellow and tough, vibrant foliage.
• Fall Mums 🍁 – delivering those classic, rich autumn colors we all love.
A huge thank you to our amazing Middle Common crew for their time, dirty hands, and green thumbs! 👨‍🌾👩‍🌾🌻 👍
Want to learn more or get involved?
We love welcoming new members! For info about our club, upcoming events, and how you can join our gardening community, visit our official website at gardenclubofmansfield.com. 🌐🍂

10/11/2026

Winter Food for Wildlife 🐿️🐦
Those fuzzy little galls you might be seeing on the ground or on the underside of some oak leaves are actually home to an insect’s larvae: the oak gall wasp. The larvae will safely overwinter inside that little gall until spring arrives.
While these wasps aren't pollinators, they still play an important role in our local ecosystem by providing a valuable winter food source for birds and small mammals. 🍂
Like and share this post with your gardening friends. 🪏

10/10/2026

An update from our new Pollinator Garden at the exit of the Mansfield Town Hall! 🌸🐝🚗🏛️
If you’ve driven by recently, you might have noticed the garden is still bustling with life!
The pollinators are happily enjoying the fall asters, the White & Gray goldenrods, and the other annuals that are still blooming beautifully. 🦋🌼🍁
The local birds & critters will get to enjoy the seeds of the Little Bluestems, alongside the other seed heads left by the Black-Eyed Susans, Tall Phlox, Monarda, Butterfly Milkweed, Sedums, and NY & Showy asters all Fall and Winter long! 🌾🐦🐿️❄️ In addition to providing a safe winter haven, those hollow stems left standing will give our native bees and other helpful insects a safe, cozy place to lay their eggs for next spring.
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We truly hope you have enjoyed watching this garden grow! 💚 For more information about the Garden Club of Mansfield, please visit our website at www.gardenclubofmansfield.org.

09/24/2026

09/23/2026

🌀 Mansfield Yard & Garden: Nor'Easter Prep 🍂🌧️
With a Nor'Easter heading to Mansfield this week, take these quick steps now to protect your yard from heavy rain and high winds! 🌧️💨⛈️
1. Secure Yard Decor & Pots 🏡🪴
Bring in Birdfeeders & Shepherds Hooks: High winds can bend hooks and break feeders. 🦜🪝

💨Move Potted Plants: Scooch containers indoors. 🌿🚶‍♂️🚪

2. Protect Dahlias & High-Risk Flowers 🌸🌻Stake and Tie: Add extra support to heavy-blooming stalks.
Cut Heavy Blooms: Bring open flowers inside now to enjoy in a vase before the wind snaps them.
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Shelter Tubers: Move younger potted dahlias to a protected area or basement. 🏡

3. Cut Back Perennials for Winter 🍂⛄
Prune plants, hostas, peonies, and daylilies down to 2–3 inches to prevent disease over winter. ✂️🌱💤
Leave Wildlife Stems Standing: Leave sturdy seed-bearers like coneflowers and ornamental grasses for winter birds. 🐦🌾❄️
Stay safe and secure your yards!