Earth Day Festival 2025

Join The Framingham Garden Club at the Earth Day Festival on the Framingham Common  

Save The Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.  

Visit with The Framingham Garden Club at The Earth Day Festival and explore educational programs perfect families and children.  We’ll be providing Pollinator Education and kicking off our annual Community Giving Garden program!

Community Giving Garden:

Don’t miss your chance to register for a free vegetable garden starter kit!  Kits are limited, so please register in advance by completing this form.  

Pollinator Education: 

Stop by and learn about the role of pollinators in helping native plants to thrive and survive. 

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SAVING SEEDS

Late Fall is Time for Seed Saving!

 

Why?

You can preserve specific varieties of garden plants…..

that you enjoy …. that do well for you…. that are becoming rare.

You can easily pass these varieties along to friends.

And – you can save money: you won’t need to buy as many seeds next spring!

 

What?

Many garden flowers and vegetables have seeds that are very easy to save,

Some of the easiest flowers include….

    Cleome (spider plant)                     marigolds                    hollyhocks                   poppies

    morning glories                               Cosmos                       Zinnia              Nasturtium

….and anything that has a nice dry seed head or pod, such as Lunaria (money plant/silver dollar/honesty)

 

You can also save the seeds of a variety of herbs and vegetables (note: these must be ripe or the seeds will be immature and will not germinate), such as…..…

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