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  • Sunday, June 25, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Big Gardens, Small Spaces

    Sunday, June 25, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Big Gardens, Small Spaces

    The Somerville Garden Club 2017 Garden Tour, Big Gardens, Small Spaces, showcases the creativity and variety of compact gardens. 21 gardens will be open to ticket holders. Walk through gardens of different styles, featuring shady perennials, colorful sun-loving flowers, statuary, vegetable plots, ponds, bee hives, unusual shrubs and trees, native plants and interesting hardscaping surrounding Somerville Garden Club member homes, and our three public garden sites. Gardeners will be welcoming visitors to their yards and will be available to answer questions. This is a rare chance to learn about plants, design, and horticulture from this wonderful array of passionate SGC members. Prepare to be inspired and educated, and don’t be surprised if you come away eager to work on your own urban landscape. Come for fun, leave with inspiration! Gardens provide pleasure for our gardeners, our neighbors, and in many cases, a haven for native plants, birds, and local wildlife. Proceeds from the 2017 Garden Tour support the educational programs and public plantings of the Somerville Garden Club.
    Advance tickets go on sale June 2nd and will also be available online at http://www.somervillegardenclub.org/ The self-guided tour will be held Sunday, June 25 from 11 – 4, rain or shine, and tickets are $18.

  • Saturday, September 17, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Somerville Garden Club Annual Plant Sale

    Discover the perfect plant to enliven your garden or window sill at The Somerville Garden Club Annual Plant Sale on Saturday, September 17 from 9 – 1 at Davis Square, at the intersection of College Avenue and Holland Street. Perennials for sun and shade, plus a wide variety of house plants, will be featured, as well as herbs, shrubs, and ground covers. Choose from hundreds of plants donated by both Somerville Garden Club members and community friends of the Club. Visit the Connoisseur Table for that unique specimen or find a tried-and-true favorite. This year we will also have field-grown hostas from Fox Hollow Farm in Huntington, NY. There’s something for everyone! Horticultural books, decorative containers, and garden tools will also be for sale. Experienced gardeners will be available to answer questions and assist with plant selections. And the littlest gardeners will enjoy the Children’s Table.

    Proceeds benefit the educational programs and public plantings of the all-volunteer, non-profit Somerville Garden Club. For additional information visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.

  • Saturday, September 19, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Somerville Garden Club Plant Sale

    Discover the perfect plant to enliven your garden or windowsill at this popular yearly sale, to be held this Saturday, September 19, from 9 – 1 in Davis Square. Perennials for sun and shade, plus a wide variety of house plants, will be featured, as well as herbs, shrubs, and groundcovers. Choose from hundreds of plants donated by both Somerville Garden Club members and community friends of the Club.

    Visit the Connoisseur Table for that unique specimen or find a tried-and-true favorite. There’s something for everyone! Horticultural books, decorative containers, and garden tools will also be for sale.

    Experienced gardeners will be available to answer questions and assist with plant selections. And the littlest gardener will enjoy the Children’s Table.

    Proceeds benefit the educational programs and public plantings of the all-volunteer, non-profit Somerville Garden Club. For additional information visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.

  • Saturday, September 20, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Somerville Garden Club Annual Plant Sale

    Discover the perfect plant to enliven your garden or windowsill at the Somerville Garden Club Annual Plant Sale on Saturday, September 20 from 9 – 1 at Davis Square, at the intersection of College Avenue and Holland Street. Perennials for sun and shade, plus a wide variety of house plants, will be featured, as well as herbs, shrubs, and groundcovers. Choose from hundreds of plants donated by both Somerville Garden Club members and community friends of the Club. Visit the Connoisseur Table for that unique specimen or find a tried-and-true favorite—there’s something for everyone! Horticultural books, decorative containers, and garden tools will also be for sale. Experienced gardeners will be available to answer questions and assist with plant selections. And the littlest gardener will enjoy the Children’s Table.

    Proceeds benefit the educational programs and public plantings of the all-volunteer, non-profit Somerville Garden Club. For additional information visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.  Thank you www.somervillebeat.com for the image below.

  • Wednesday, November 13, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Creative Winter Flower Arrangements

    The Wednesday, November 13 meeting of the Somerville Garden Club features a demonstration by experienced florist and gardener (and SGC member) Tom Sopko. Using the late-in-the-year plant materials found in our own back yards, Tom will create arrangements for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Winter. While building the arrangements, Tom will discuss texture, color, scale, plus practical considerations for successful, long-lasting floral arrangements. His creations will be added to the raffle that ends every SGC monthly meeting, which takes place at the Tufts Administration Building, 167 Holland Street, Second Floor, Somerville, from 7 – 9.

    The Somerville Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of every month; meetings are free and the public is invited to attend. Each meeting includes club announcements, a horticultural question-and-answer segment, a lecture and/or demonstration, and a raffle of donated plants and garden items.

    Parking is available onsite, and the building is a short walk from the Davis Square Redline T station. Meetings are on the second floor, wheelchair accessible.

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  • Saturday, September 21, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Somerville Garden Club Plant Sale

    The Somerville Garden Club holds one of the best plant sales in the Boston area. Club members divide and donate time-tested favorites as well as plants they have just discovered.

    When: September 21, 2013, 9 am – 1 pm

    Where: Davis Square (at the intersection of College Ave. and Holland St.)

    For more information, visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.

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  • Sunday, June 9, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Backyard Havens of the Somerville Garden Club: A Self Guided Tour

    On Sunday, June 9, from 11 – 4, rain or shine, enjoy the Backyard Havens of the Somerville Garden Club.  Tickets are $15, and you may purchase tickets in advance at the Pemberton Garden Center, 2225 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Porter Square Books, and True Grounds Cafe and Coffeehouse, 717 Broadway, Ball Square in Somerville.  On Sunday June 2, tickets will also be on sale at The Davis Flea Market, Corner of Holland Street and Buena Vista Road in Davis Square.  On the day of the event, there will be a table at Davis Square Statue Park, opposite the MBTA.  Procees from the tour support the educational programs and public plantings of the Somerville Garden Club.  For more information visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.

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  • Wednesday, May 8, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Planting & Growing Vegetable Seedlings

    Join the talented members of the Somerville Garden Club as they share their expertise in four very distinct areas: planting and growing vegetable seedlings, creating long-lasting plant labels for indoor or outdoor use, making May wine from the herb Sweet Woodruff (see below,) and the art of botanical illustration with watercolors.

    Every demonstration will have its own table, allowing attendees to visit each at their own pace.  The Somerville Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of every month at the Tufts Administration Building, 167 Holland Street in Somerville. Each meeting begins with announcements, followed by a horticultural question and answer segment, a featured lecture or demonstration, and concludes with a raffle of donated plants and garden items.

    On site parking is available and the building is a short walk from the Davis Square Redline T station. The club meets on the wheelchair accessible second floor. All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and the public is invited to attend.

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  • Wednesday, April 10, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Urban Beekeeping

    Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D., founder of Best Bees Company in South Boston, will discuss raising bees in the rural, suburban, and urban habitats of eastern Massachusetts. Wilson-Rich does research to improve honey bee health and also sets up hives in schools for educational purposes. This lecture is the centerpiece of the Somerville Garden Club April meeting, to be held Wednesday, April 10 from 7 – 9 at the Tufts Administration Building, 167 Holland Street in Somerville. All SGC meetings are free and the public is invited to attend. Meetings include club announcements, a horticultural question and answer segment, and a raffle of donated plants and garden-related items. Parking is available, and the building is a short walk from the Davis Square Redline T station. Meetings are on the second floor, wheelchair accessible. For more information visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.

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  • Wednesday, March 13, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Easy Composting: How to Turn Garbage Into Gold

    Ann McGovern, Consumer Waste Reduction Coordinator from the Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection will explain how to improve your soil while disposing of nearly half of your household waste at the same time. This lecture is the centerpiece of the Somerville Garden Club March meeting, to be held Wednesday, March 13, from 7 – 9 at the Tufts Administration Building, 167 Holland Street in Somerville.

    All SGC meetings are free and the public is invited to attend. Meetings include club announcements, a horticultural question and answer segment, and a raffle of donated plants and garden-related items.  Onsite parking is available and the building is a short walk from the Davis Square Redline T station. Meetings are held on the second floor, wheelchair accessible.  For more information, visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.

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