January 10, 2018


Shelburne Farms garden tour 2017




Programs for 2018

January:  Epimediums: Jewels of the Shade.  Saturday, 1/20, at 1:30pm.  Talk by Karen Perkins of 
Garden Vision Nursery in Templeton, Massachusetts.  Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street, Montpelier, VT.  Open to the public.

February:  Botanizing Across Northern England.  Saturday, 2/24, at 1:30pm.  Talk by UVM botany professors Cathy Paris and Dave Barrington.  Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street, Montpelier, VT.  Open to the public.

March:  Whitetails and Woodlands: Seeking the Right Balance.  Deer Overabundance, Native Plants and Forest Regeneration in the Northeast.  Saturday, 3/31, at 1:30pm (note the date change).  Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street, Montpelier, VT.  Talk by botanist Tom Rawinski of the U.S. Forest Service.  Free and open to the public.  More information is in the Articles of Interest: Whitetails and Woodlands.

May:  Late-spring tour of two gardens in Montpelier.

June:  Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park outing in Hubbardton.

July: Herb Farm tour in Hyde Park.

August: Early August botany paddle on Clyde River in Charleston.  Late August botanical outing at
Mississiquoi National Wildlife Refuge.  Annual Plant and Book Sale.

September: Garden tour in Tunbridge.

October:  Annual Meeting with guest speaker.


Grass-of-parnassus and Kalm's Lobelia
at White River Ledges outing



        To take part in these horticultural and botanical adventures join the


   Hardy Plant Club of Northern Vermont


   by e-mailing Robin at hardyplantclubvt@gmail.com


  Our dues are $10.00 per year