You're invited to a Garden Party on Saturday, July 22nd from 1pm to 3pm on the grounds of the Chaffee Art Center!
It's Free with lots of fun activities, demos and speakers, light refreshments, garden tours, Castleton Ukulele Group will play some old favorites and more. Artisans will be set up selling their affordable, handmade items. Explore the 100 x 9 foot Pollinator Garden with native plantings, growing Sculpture Garden, beautiful outdoor area with expanded grass section, and over a dozen gardens on our historic property. Be sure to come inside our 1890s Queen Anne Victorian Mansion full of art, gift ideas and stunning architecture.

Speakers/Demos to date:

1:15pm...Rutland Garden Club flower arranging demo using perennial flowers. Learn about perennial flower utilization beds.

1:45pm...Bee the Change will present and give out a FREE native plant to attendees (while supplies last)

2pm...Vermont Center for Ecostudies will present a talk on native bees in VT with a show & tell

2:30pm...Rutland County Audubon Society "Wildlife habitat protection and connection"

Ongoing...Pollinator Garden Tours by gardener and Board member, Michelle Hartline.

Event Info

Oct 5, 10 AM to 5 PM, Oct 6, 2024

Oct 5, 2024, 11 AM to 12 PM

Oct 5, 2024, 11 AM to 1 PM