SATURDAY JUNE 15

  • Bonsai Society of Greater Hartford 38th Annual Show, Demo & Sale - Big Greenhouse (10 am to 4 pm). Member trees on display, bonsai technique demonstrations, bonsai trees and supplies for sale.
  • Painters in the Park (10 am to 4 pm)

POETRY IN THE PARK -  Rose Garden Lawn, Under the Tent                          

  • Frederick-Douglass Knowles, Hartford Poet Laureate  (11:30 to 11:45 am)
  • John Stanizzi (11:45 am to 12 noon)
  • CT Coalition of Poets Laureate Ginny Connors (12 to 1 pm)
  • Two CT Poets sponsored by the Friends and Enemies of Wallace Stevens (1 to 2:30 pm)
  • West Hartford Poet Laureate Julie Choffel (2:30 to 3 pm)
  • Rose Garden Tour by Stephen Scanniello  (1:30 pm)

SUNDAY JUNE 16

COMMUNITY DAY - Rose Garden Lawn

  • Community, Cultural & Art Groups - Under the Tent (10 am to 4 pm)
  • Scavenger Hunt for Kids (10 am to 4 pm)
  • Bonsai Society of Greater Hartford 38th Annual Show, Demo & Sale - Big Greenhouse (10 am to 4 pm). Member trees on display, bonsai technique demonstrations, bonsai trees and supplies for sale.
  • CT Iris Society Iris Rhizomes Sale (10 am to 4 pm). Free iris for each child accompanied by adult.
  • Rose Garden Tours by Rosarian Stephen Scanniello (10:30 am, 1:30 pm)
  • Pond House Food Court (11 am to 4 pm)
  • Falun Dafa Qigong Exercises Workshop (11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm)
  • USJ, School of Pharmacy Medicine Garden Tour  (12:30 pm)
  • CT Rose Society, 38th Annual Rose Show - Pond House  (1:30 to 4 pm)

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC