Chelsea & the English Gardens 2027
May 15–21, 2027 · Join fellow Sheffield Gardeners for a trip to England’s celebrated gardens and the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The $300 deposit deadline is November 9.
About the Sheffield Gardeners
In early 2024, Gillian Hettinger posted a notice at the Bushnell-Sage Library inviting anyone who wanted to bring flowers to Main Street. The room was set up for six. About thirty people came.
Today our email list tops 100 and keeps growing. Nine lamppost baskets and two large troughs on the Town Green change with the seasons, and planters frame the entrance to Town Hall. Our triangle team tends the garden at Main Street and Berkshire School Road, which has been regraded and replanted, with the town’s founding sign moved to a better spot.
We meet monthly, year-round. Past programs have covered jumping worms, ikebana, native plants, putting the garden to bed, and photographing flowers with your phone. We visit gardens near and far, swap plants and seeds, and close the season with a potluck made from our own harvests.
The Sheffield Gardeners is part of the Sheffield Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so gifts are tax-deductible.
Lori Redell
Head Gardener
Events
Talks
In lieu of our November meeting at the Bushnell-Sage Library, we’re planning a potluck supper. Join our mailing list below to get the details.
Tours
Garden tours will resume in the spring. Stay tuned for more information.
Share your garden photos
Help us swap these stock pictures for real Sheffield gardens. Send a photo of your own garden, a Sheffield Gardeners outing, or the Town Green and triangle in bloom.
Email it to sheffieldgardeners@gmail.com with a short caption: what’s in the photo, whose garden, and where.
We can’t use every photo, but we’ll choose from what members send in. If people appear in your photo, please get their permission before you send it.
