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  • Garden Club Plant Sales

    Tis the season. Be on the lookout for plant sales sponsored by local Garden Clubs, and patronize them. Proceeds support neighborhood beautification projects, scholarships, and programming benefiting all. Here is just a sampling:

    Saturday, May 20, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Reading Garden Club will be hosting its Annual Plant Sale at the Reading Town Common on Saturday, May 20th, 2023 (rain or shine). Annuals, perennials, native plants, milkweed, geraniums, herbs and vegetables will be available from Tewksbury Florist and Greenery. Also for sale will be the much sought after members’ perennials.

    Saturday, May 20, 9:00 am – Acton Garden Club Plant Sale. The sale takes place on the grounds of the “Red House” municipal property located at 468 Main Street, between Woodbury Lane and Newtown Road. They emphasize the sale of “Local” plants, approximately 2000 of which are dug and donated from the gardens of Club members. Plants are also dug from the Club-maintained town gardens. Fred Knipple generously provides a variety of bare-root daylilies propagated in his gardens. Annuals, vegetables and pollinator plants are purchased through several local farms: Cucurbit Farm in Acton, Brigham Farm Stand and Greenhouses in Concord and D&D Farms in Stow. Tickets are sold for raffle prizes ranging from gardening treasures to dining experiences.

    Saturday, May 20, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Arlington Garden Club Plant Sale, on the Jason Russell House Lawn, 7 Jason Street in Arlington.

    Saturday, May 20, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – The Sharon Garden Club Annual Plant Sale at the First Congregational Church of Sharon, 29 North Main Street. The annual Plant Sale is an opportunity to purchase beautiful plants, purchase Daffodils for Fall planting, and to support the Club’s activities such as the College Scholarship, Library Arrangements, Holiday Greens Workshop, Civic Beautification, and more. Featuring seedlings from local Copper Kettle Farm, including common and unusual herb varieties, and Dahlias.

    Saturday, May 20, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Garden Club of Norfolk Plant, Bake, and Garden Treasures Sale (rain date Sunday, May 21, noon – 3), at the Town Hill & Gazebo, 2 Liberty Lane in Norfolk. You’ll find plants grown by members of the Garden Club of Norfolk, home baked treats, and treasures to decorate your home or garden. Funds raised support horticultural programs that welcome all to attend as well as a campership to Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary.

    Saturday, May 20, Southbridge Garden Club Spring Plant Sale on the Sturbridge Town Common.

    Saturday, May 27, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Annual Harwich by the Sea Plant Sale, at Doane Park in Harwich Port, featuring hundreds of plants – perennials, annuals, shrubs, hanging baskets – most donated from member gardens.

    Saturday morning, June 10, you will once again be able to find plants in abundance at the Garden Club of Hingham’s popular annual Plant Sale. With hundreds of perennials from Hingham gardens, the plant sale has always attracted a line of eager gardeners awaiting the opening moment. As always, the Garden Club will be offering perennials which thrive on the South Shore such as salvia, astilbe, heuchera, yarrow, columbine, and peonies, and anticipates including drought-resistant plants, as well as some unusual shade plants. The main fundraiser for the Garden Club offers choice plants dug from members’ gardens for sale to the community. Proceeds from the Plant Sale help to underwrite the planting and education programs of the Garden Club of Hingham each year. The time is 9 am – 12 noon in the Hingham Common, 2 Middle Street in Hingham.

  • Wednesday, June 2, 12:00 noon – Rain Garden Virtual Primer: A Good Option for Your Landscape?

    Are you wondering what a rain garden is and whether a rain garden can help your landscape? Join The Ecological Landscape Alliance on June 2 online at noon for a primer on these beautiful and functional gardens that create a more sustainable landscape.

    A rain garden is a garden of native shrubs and perennials planted in a small depression, which is generally located where storm water runoff occurs. It is designed to temporarily hold and soak in rain water that runs off roofs, driveways, patios, or lawns.

    Rain gardens are effective in binding many nutrients and chemicals and trapping many sediments so they do not enter aquifers and water bodies.
    Compared to a conventional lawn, rain gardens allow more water to soak into the ground. The bonus is that the native plants in the rain garden also support pollinators.

    A rain garden is not a water garden. Nor is it a pond or a wetland.  A properly designed rain garden is dry most of the time. It typically holds water only during and following a rainfall event. Because rain gardens will drain within 12-48 hours, they prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.

    Rain gardens, as part of successful rain water management, rely on plant material for soil stabilization, contaminant filtering, nutrient absorption, and to slow rainwater for infiltration. Well designed rain gardens, with the appropriate plant material, can greatly improve the results of rain handling. Selecting appropriate plants for rain gardens is a critical first step to their success. Beyond plant selection, proper site preparation and periodic maintenance are critical components of long-term success of a rain garden. In this webinar, Amanda Sloan describes what rain gardens are, explains the elements that go into a successful rain garden project, and will help you decide if a rain garden is a good option for your landscape.

    Amanda Sloan is a landscape architect with 28 years of experience on a wide variety of projects in landscape design and architecture including native plant gardens, dog parks, accessible trails, school and playground gardens, rain gardens, and environmental design throughout New England. Her experience includes project design and management from conceptual design through bid documents; peer review; presentation illustrations; and writing. Bringing her strong interest in the connections between people and nature to her work, Amanda is well versed in the use of native plants and ecological approaches to design. Before recently forming Raingarden Design Studio and becoming an independent consultant, Amanda worked long-term as a landscape architect for BETA Group, Inc. Previously Amanda was a landscape designer with Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio, and a landscape architect with GLA Landscape Architecture. She was president of the Sharon Garden Club and served for 5 years as an elected member of the Sharon Planning Board. She currently serves on the boards of the Ecological Landscape Alliance, and Rolf Sylvan Gardens in Chatham, MA.

    The webinar is free, but registration is required at www.ecolandscaping.org

  • Saturday, April 20, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – A Garden Forum & Fair

    The Sharon Garden Club will be celebrating the 80th Anniversary of their club with A Garden Forum and Fair on Saturday, April 20, from 10 – 3 at the Sharon Community Center Ballroom, 219 Massapoag Avenue in Sharon. It will be featuring five guest lecturers, hands-on workshops, including a garden workshop for children and numerous vendors selling garden related items as well as food vendors.  Items below from www.hinydesign.com.  Cost: $10. Contact: Sheila Horwitz 781-784-2452 or shdoremi@hotmail.com.

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