Making Connecticut more beautiful

Volunteers are the heart and soul of the Connecticut Horticultural Society. Without you, we could not support a display and booth at the Connecticut Flower and Garden Show, offer the depth and richness of our education programs, conduct our semi-annual auctions that underwrite our scholarship fund, host the holiday potluck dinner and ice-cream social, present the annual CHS Garden Tour and biennial Spring into the Garden symposium, and much more.

Could you

* Help set out refreshments at our meetings?

* Greet people as they enter the meeting room?

* Call out raffle numbers?

* Staff the flower show display...

* ...or help with the plantings and hardscape?

* Dig plants for the auction and plant sale?

* Help price plants at the auction?

* Help plan or conduct an education workshop?

* Write a newsletter article?

Please consider adding your talents and time to the mix, whether on a one-time or ongoing basis. Your board of directors and fellow CHS members welcome your efforts and thank you in advance. Please contact Office Administrator Bonnie Penders at 860-529-8713 or connhort@gmail.com.

Interested in volunteering?

Some ongoing needs:

* Fundraising. Some special CHS programs benefit from finding sponsors to help defray the costs to the society of hosting the event. Call Elaine Widmer, 860-231-0015.

* Newsletter articles. The monthly newsletter is written for, and often by, CHS members. Ideas and articles are always welcome. Email them and/or queries to Colleen Fitzpatrick Michelson at news@cthort.org.

* Spring plant auction, April 19, 2013. Arrive early to help set up tables and chairs or stay late to help put them away. Also, plant gurus are needed to help label plants. Tolland County Agricultural Center, 24 Hyde Ave., Vernon, starting at 5 p.m.

If you can help out on a one-time or ongoing basis with any of the above or other tasks, please contact CHS Office Administrator Bonnie Penders, 860-529-8713 or connhort@gmail.com.