Events
Boothbay Region Garden Club Annual Holiday Festival
St. Columba's Episcopal Church 32 Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor, ME, United StatesJoin members of the Boothbay Region Garden Club for one of the highlights of the Boothbay Harbor holiday season and get a head start on your holiday shopping! You will find unique, local, handcrafted gifts in FIVE distinct sections:
Homegrown National Park ~ A Talk with Doug Tallamy
Gilsland Farm Audubon Center 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth, ME, United StatesThe Garden Club Federation of Maine and Maine Audubon are partnering to bring Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home, to Maine gardeners. Doug has developed a new program called "Homegrown National Parks", a unique and quantifiable way of measuring
McLaughlin Garden Hybrid Lecture Series ~ Bird Friendly Maple
McLaughlin Garden 97 Main St., South Paris, ME, United StatesCo-sponsored by Foothills Garden Club, enjoy a presentation by Brian and Suzanne Dunham, owners of Velvet Hollow Sugar Works in Greenwood. In person attendees are invited to a tea at 3:30pm, followed by the lecture at 4. A Zoom link
McLaughlin Garden Hybrid Lecture Series ~ The Miracle of Seeds: A Flower Gardener’s Journey
McLaughlin Garden 97 Main St., South Paris, ME, United StatesCo-sponsored by Foothills Garden Club, enjoy a presentation by Michelle Cloutier, owner of Squash Pie Blossom in Norway. In person attendees are invited to a tea at 3:30pm, followed by the lecture at 4. A Zoom link will be available
Lawns Into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape ~ With Owen Wormser
Lawns are the largest irrigated 'crop' in the country and the adverse impact of their ecological footprint is truly staggering. Meadows offer the opposite effect, providing myriad ecological benefits–including ongoing sequestering of carbon and significantly increased biological diversity. Join us
McLaughlin Garden Hybrid Lecture Series ~ Maine Big Night: Amphibians on the Move
McLaughlin Garden 97 Main St., South Paris, ME, United StatesCo-sponsored by Foothills Garden Club, enjoy a presentation by Gregory Leclair, UMaine PhD student in Ecology and Environmental Science and founder and coordinator of Maine Big Night. In person attendees are invited to a tea at 3:30pm, followed by the
McLaughlin Garden Hybrid Lecture Series ~ Gardening in Troughs and the Plants that Thrive in Them
McLaughlin Garden 97 Main St., South Paris, ME, United StatesCo-sponsored by Foothills Garden Club, enjoy a presentation by Marianne Dodge of St Mary's Garden Club. In person attendees are invited to a tea at 3:30pm, followed by the lecture at 4. A Zoom link will be available by contacting
April is Plant America Month!
PLANT AMERICA MONTH incorporates the celebration of Arbor Day, which falls on the last Friday of April, and Earth Day which falls on April 22nd annually. PLANT AMERICA began in 2017 under the leadership of former NGC President Nancy Hargroves. NGC’s
Piscataqua District Meeting
Green Acre Conference Center 61 Green Acre Drive, Eliot, United StatesPiscataqua District clubs will meet at Green Acre Conference Center in Eliot. Kelly Orzel will speak about Creating a Cottage Garden. Check with your club presidents for registration info.
New England Garden Clubs 2024 Photo Contest
GCFM members are eligible to enter the New England Garden Clubs' annual photo contest! This year's theme is, "Trees are the Poems that the Earth Writes upon the Sky" - Kahlil Gibran. For all the details on how to enter
