GARDEN CLUB ACTIVITIES

Outside of our regular monthly meetings, other activities are scheduled periodically.

2024 – 2025 Workshops

The BGC will be scheduling workshops this year as follows:

December 2 Workshop – Christmas Holiday Wreaths

 Additional workshop programs are currently in the planning stages.  Any ideas and/or suggestions are always welcomed by the members – please contact Arlene Mumson    Additional details will be communicated to the members in advance (at meetings & emails) including workshop fees. 

                                               Gardening Demonstration Series (Education)

2025

Month – April:  Demonstration on how to seed cold crops.  Details to be provided at the March meeting.

Month – April (1^st week):  Demonstration on how to prune a shrub and a small tree.  Details to be provided at the March meeting.   

 

Note:  Handouts will be provided at each demonstration 

Here is a sample of some of previous years workshops

Flower Arrangement Presentation

Dividing Perennials

 
Creating your own Hypertufa

Create a Garden Ornament

 

Here is a sample of field trips from previous years.

Joppa Hill Farm Field Trip

Bedrock Gardens Field Trip

Poinsettia Trials & Open House
McFarland Research Greenhouses at UNH in Durham

The Poinsettia Trials is a collaborative event to bring research trials to breeders, growers, and the public. This research allows breeders and growers to evaluate regional differences in the growth and performance of new cultivars. 

Christmas at The Fells
Newbury, NH
This spectacular Holiday event is held every year at The Fells Historic Estate & Gardens, one of New England’s finest examples of an early 20th-century summer estate. Take the historic guided tour of the 22-room Colonial Revival home grandly decorated for the holidays.

Garden Hops

The Garden Hop is designed to be fun during the summer months.  Volunteers for Garden Hops will be solicited by the Executive Board at the May Meeting. At garden hops we socialize and relax during our growing season with our friends while enjoying our yards.  One day a month during the summer two to three BGC members host a quick tour of their gardens, as members go from one home to the next. At the final home, we relax, visit and have a social hour with refreshments.  Members are welcome to hop or crash the social. An email goes out monthly with the days schedule and addresses for members.  Garden Club members enjoy viewing the different designs and discussing individual plantings. Below is a sample of some of the gardens visited.