A Community Organization – PO Box 2902, Plainfield, NJ 07062
The Plainfield Garden Club celebrates its century mark this year! The Plainfield Garden Club was founded in the spring of 1915. At the invitation of Mrs. Henrietta B. Herring, nineteen women met with her at the Plainfield Library in April of that year to discuss organizing a garden club. It was the wish of a Read More …
The Plainfield Garden Club’s Shakespeare-in-Bloom event will take place tomorrow, beginning at 10:00 AM. A bevy of things will be going on! Guided tours of the garden will be available by members of the Garden Club duCret School of Art will have artists on site Actors from the Edison Valley Playhouse will be performing works Read More …
Shakespeare In Bloom Seeking Volunteer Actors to participate in a unique event The historic Edison Valley Playhouse is partnering with the Plainfield Garden Club to hold a unique event titled “Shakespeare In Bloom”. The theater will be providing entertainment for this event at the Cedar Brook Park in Plainfield, NJ. For more information on this Read More …
How fun! A bit of history we just learned about from the Plainfield Garden Club… —————– 98 years ago today, 39 Plainfield women gathered in a beautiful home on Hillside Avenue to learn more about horticulture. And every year since, they have continued to meet, have fun and learn about the natural world around them. Read More …
We received the following email about tomorrow’s festivities, and wanted to share the news with you: ————– We are so excited for “Opening Day of the Shakespeare Garden” tomorrow, Saturday, April 27th!! It is to be a lovely day and the garden is looking beautiful. If you are planning to join us, please bring Read More …
Here we are, nearing the beginning of Spring and what is the most important thing on everyone’s mind? Why, their gardens of course! Well, starting a garden of my own this year, it is definitely on my mind. But, for so many beginner gardeners, well… we just do not know what to do or where Read More …
On Sunday, March 24th at 2:30 PM, Kathleen Galop , an expert in the historic landscapes of the Essex and Union County Park Systems in NJ, will lecture on the Olmsted Brothers’ contributions to New Jersey at the historic Drake House in Plainfield. Plainfield is the home of the famed historic Shakespeare Garden which was designed Read More …