11 Sep Sweet Scents Garden Club
Sweet Scents Garden Club
2022 Sweet Scents Garden Club
Meeting Schedule: 3rd Thursday of each month (unless otherwise directed, see calendar below)
Time: 4:30pm
Season: March – December
Meeting Locations: Casto House – Northfield Museum, Birch Grove Park Northfield, NJ 08225
(meetings held at Casto House unless otherwise directed, see calendar below) Feel free to stop in at our meeting, all are welcome.
Guest Speakers & Workshops are held at Bayview Garden Nursery 2711 Zion Rd Northfield, NJ 008225 (unless otherwise directed, see calendar below)
About Our Members
Our Garden Club is currently 20 members strong
Joni Cummings, Founder & President
609-641-0648 Ext.10
Garden Club Background
The Sweet Scents Garden Club was founded and named in April 2012
Motto: “Forever Our Gardens Bloom”
Dues: $35 collected yearly
Garden Club Goals:
- To stimulate, encourage and support the love of gardening
- To teach and foster appreciation for all aspects of horticulture and gardening
- To promote community service for the continued beautification of local communities and parks
- Continued beautification at Birch Grove and Veterans Park
- Continued restoration of the Casto House Gardens, Birch Grove Park
- Continued care of the Children’s Memorial, Birch Grove Park
2022 SWEET SENTS GARDEN CLUB ~ 10th Anniversary
JANUARY
No Meeting
FEBRUARY
No Meeting
MARCH
Saturday, March 12, 2022 – Plant a Flower Day
Monday, March 14, 2022 – Bayview Opens
Thursday, March 17, 2022 – St. Patrick’s Day
Sunday, March 20, 2022 – Vernal Spring Equinox
Thursday, March 24, 2022 – Garden Club Meeting – Roy Clark – 4:30pm at Casto House
APRIL
Thursday, April 14, 2022 – National Gardening Day
Thursday, April 14, 2022 – Spring Container Gardening Workshop – 4:30pm at Bayview $25 (Must Register, call Joni 609-641-0648 Ext. 10 )
Sunday, April 17, 2022 – Easter
Thursday, April 21, 2022 – Garden Club Meeting – 4:30pm at Casto House
Friday, April 22, 2022 – Earth Day
Friday, April 29, 2022 – Arbor Day
MAY
Sunday, May 8, 2022 – Mother’s Day
Thursday, May 12, 2022 – Summer Hanging Basket Gardening Workshop – 4:30pm at Bayview $35 (Must Register, call Joni 609-641-0648 Ext. 10 )
Thursday, May 19, 2022 – Garden Club Meeting – 4:30pm at Casto House
Thursday, May 26, 2022 – Garden Club Prepare Containers for Vet Park 4:30pm at Bayview
Friday, May 27, 2022 – Garden Club Deliver Containers to Vet Park
Monday, May 30, 2022 – Memorial Day
JUNE
Thursday, June 9, 2022, Garden Club Meeting; Guest Speakers Vic & Magda Hunt Good Spirit Soap 4:30pm at Bayview Garden Center
Saturday, June 11 – 19, 2022 – The Philadelphia Flower Show
Thursday, June 16, 2022 – Garden Club Project, Landscape Children’s Memorial at Birch Grove, 4:30pm (bring garden gloves & garden tools)
Sunday, June 19, 2022 – Father’s Day
Tuesday, June 21, 2022 – Summer Solstice
Thursday, June 23, 2022, Garden Center Meeting – 4:00pm Greenhouse
Saturday, June 25, 2022 – Green Thumb Garden Club – Garden Tour, 10am – 3pm Call Carol Bennett 609-204-4107, for more information
JULY
Monday, July 4, 2022 – Independence Day
Thursday, July 21, 2022 – Garden Club Meeting – 4:30pm at Casto House
Thursday, July 28, 2022, Garden Center Meeting – 4:00pm Greenhouse
AUGUST
Tuesday, August 2, 2022, Northfield National Night Out
Thursday, August 18, 2022, Garden Club Meeting – 4:30pm at Casto House
Thursday, August 25, 2022, Garden Center Meeting – 4:00pm Greenhouse
SEPTEMBER
Sunday, September 11, 2022 – Grandparent’s Day
Thursday, September 15, 2022 – Garden Club Meeting – 4:30pm at Casto House
Thursday, September 22, 2022 – Autumnal Equinox
Thursday, September 22, 2022, Garden Center Meeting – 4:00pm Greenhouse
OCTOBER
Thursday, October 6, 2022 – Fall Container Gardening Workshop – 4:30pm at Bayview (More information to follow)
Thursday, October 20, 2022 – Garden Club Meeting – 4:30pm at Casto House
October Birch Grove Truck or Treat
Thursday, October 27, 2022, Garden Center Meeting – 4:00pm Greenhouse
Monday, October 31, 2022 – Halloween
NOVEMBER
Friday, November 11, 2022 -Veterans’ Day
Thursday, November 17, 2022 – Garden Club Meeting – 4:30pm at Casto House
Thursday, November 24, 2022 – Thanksgiving Day
Friday, November 25, 2022 – Black Friday
DECEMBER
Thursday, December 8, 2022 – Winter Container Greening Workshop – 4:30pm at Bayview (More information follow)
Thursday, December 15, 2022 – Garden Club Meeting – 4:30pm at Casto House
Sunday, December 18 thru 26 – Hanukkah
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 – Winter Solstice
Thursday, December 22, 2022, Garden Center Meeting – 4:00pm Greenhouse
Saturday, December 24, 2021 – Christmas Eve
Sunday, December 25, 2021 – Christmas
Here’s what we did in 2021
December 8, 2021
Winter Container Greening Workshop
4:30 – 6:00 PM
Create your own festive winter container for your porch or outside entrance area using fresh cut evergreens, cones, berries and bows.
$35 per container
December 4, 2021
Winter Greens Containers for the Veteran’s Park
November 30, 2021
Wreaths & Swags for the Historical Society & City Hall
November 18, 2021
Thanksgiving Centerpieces for Meadowview Nursing Homes
October 14, 2021
Plant Fall Flowers and Plants at Birch Grove Park
October 7, 2021
Guest Speaker: Al Murray Executive Director of NJ Agricultural Society
September 30, 2021
Birch Grove Children’s Memorial Garden – Plant Flowers
Libraries & Veterans Parks – Container Gardens
August 19, 2021
Birch Grove Children’s Memorial Garden – Weeding & Mulching
July 22, 2021
Guest Speaker; Joe Alvarez – Atlantic County Master Gardener
About Atlantic County Masters Gardeners Program
2021 Philadelphia Flower Show Set Up
June 24, 2021
Northfield & Linwood Libraries and Northfield Veteran’s Park – Container Gardening
June 10, 2021
Birch Grove Children’s Memorial Garden 
Plant Flowers, Weed, Mulch
May 20, 2021
We’re back! 2021 Planning Meeting