15th Anniversary Garden Tour & Tea
| June 19, 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
Members and guests only. Tour some of our longest-running members’ gardens, followed by a dessert/tea potluck! Help us celebrate 15 years of making Maynard more beautiful together.
Ruah Donnelly: Plant Hunting (Open to the Public)
| May 11, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
This free speaker event will feature Ruah Donnelly discussing plant hunting in the Northeast! The lecture will be held at the Maynard Public Library, 55 Nason Street, and is open to the public.
Topics may include:
- Growers and suppliers in New England offering unusual locally grown plants that will thrive in your garden.
- Specialty nurseries supplying beds and borders, container gardens, rock gardens, grass collections, ponds, woodlands, seashore gardens, shrubberies, and conservatories.
- Picturesque New England nurseries that are destinations in themselves, from family farms to fashionable greenhouses.
- Regional hybridizers of distinctive daylilies, hostas, iris, azaleas, orchids, and other horticultural treasures.
- Nursery locations, Web sites, e-mail addresses, and ordering information; maps and clear directions
- Nearby attractions, from historic sites and roadside diners to local destinations for gardeners
- A comprehensive index to plant sources in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
- A gardener’s guide to locating exotic annuals, dazzling perennials, native wildflowers, romantic roses, contorted conifers, medicinal herbs, rare bulbs, heirloom seeds, plant-hunters’ trophies, and the newest hybrids for gardens in New England.
Ruah Donnelly is a lawyer, garden writer, and well-known lecturer on the pleasures of plant-hunting. She is the author of The Adventurous Gardener: Where to Buy the Best Plants in New England, winner of a 2001 Quill & Trowel Book Award from the Garden Writers’ Association of America.
Dessert Night
| February 26, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Another dessert night to banish the winter blahs… plus we’ll do some seed swapping! Members only.
Spring Brunch Potluck
| March 20, 2010 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
Our annual spring brunch potluck is the much-anticipated event where we vote in our officers and committee chairs for the year and celebrate the exciting start of another gardening season (plus eat a lot of yummy brunch food!). Members only.
Plant Sale
| May 22, 2010 |
Our annual plant sale takes place near the corner of Maple and Summer, behind MapleBrook Park.
In addition to our usual selection of locally grown perennials, we will also have some rarer perennials from a local grower, annual baskets, and herbs. Our prices are lower than you’ll find at any garden center, but the quality is high. As usual, volunteer advisors will be available to help you pick the right plants for your garden.
Sorry, no early birds!
Planning Meeting
| February 4, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
The planning meeting will be held starting at 7pm at the Maynard Public Library, 77 Nason Street.