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  • 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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  • 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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  • Wednesday, February 13, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Chinese Gardens

    Landscape designer Lynette Tsiang will give a presentation on Chinese gardens with an emphasis on historical context and design principles. She will cover the many versions of the Chinese garden, from urban renewal and contemporary parks to classical Scholar Gardens. The presentation will be the centerpiece of the Somerville Garden Club February meeting on Wednesday, February 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 plant 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 Red Line T stop. Meetings are on the second floor, wheelchair accessible.

  • Wednesday, November 14, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Growing and Care of Begonias

    On Wednesday, November 14, from 7 – 9, Wanda McNair, horticulturist, columnist and educator, will discuss the different types of Begonias, and demonstrate the propagation of such along with discussing and demonstrating the growing of high humidity plants in enclosed containers. She will bring live material to the meeting for her demo. The free program is sponsored by the Somerville Garden Club and will be held at the Tufts Administration Building, 167 Holland Street in Somerville.  For information on the Somerville Garden Club, visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.

  • Wednesday, November 9, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Four Garden-Related Demonstrations

    Somerville Garden Club members will speak and give demonstrations on four garden related topics: raising and re-potting orchids, planting a terrarium or glass Wardian case, making greeting cards with horticultural photos, and creating a garden journal, on Wednesday, November 9, from 7 – 9 pm at the Tufts Administration Building, 167 Holland Street in Somerville.  All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and the public is invited to attend. Parking is available on site, and the building is a ten-minute walk from the Davis Square MBTA station.  For more information, please visit somervillegardenclub.org.  Image from www.ravengrrl.blogspot.com