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The HWGC Calendar of Events appears on this page, below.
To view the GCFM Calendar, click here.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009             6:30 pm

food, friends and photos – members only

St. Paul's Church, Union Street, Hamilton, MA 01982

 

Enjoy a potluck dinner with old and new friends.  Bring photos to share of your garden(s) and flowers.  Details to follow in the September/October newsletter.  Bring your own place setting. 

 


Wednesday, october 21, 2009                 7:00 pm

everything vegetable gardening -
open to the community - no guest fee

BUKER SCHOOL MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, ONE SCHOOL ST., WENHAM, MA 01984 

 

Cathy Felton, Jeanne Whitman, and Pauline Moroney will talk about siting, preparing, planning, planting, and harvesting a vegetable garden.  Come learn tonight and start yours tomorrow!  Cathy is the National Garden Clubs, Inc. Horticulture Chairman and North Shore Horticulture Society Member as well as a member of our Club and the North Shore Garden Club.

 


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009                     7:00 PM
HOLIDAY DECORATIONS DEMONSTRATED - 

open to the community - no guest fee

MILES RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, RTE 1A, BAY ROAD, HAMILTON, MA 01982

 

Our club members, Judy Radcliff, Maura Hession, Ann Ricker, and Pat Fleming will demonstrate how to make your favorite holiday decorations – swags and bows, decorative wreaths,  holiday centerpieces, and embellished boxwood trees.  All pieces will be raffled at the end of the evening. 
 
 
saturday, december 2, 2009                    7:00 pm

greens workshop - members only

Buker School Multi-purpose Room, One School Street, Wenham, MA 01984


Our popular holiday workshop is back.  Come and make something for your holiday decorating – a wreath, swag, boxwood tree, candle decoration, centerpiece, or just come and visit while you watch.  Please bring greens to share.  Details to follow in the November/December newsletter.

 


saturday, january 23, 2010                     1:00 - 2:30 pm

pruning galore and a glorious tea - members only

long hill, essex street, beverly, ma 01915 

 

This is a Saturday workshop.  We will begin in the farmhouse and learn about pruning tools and techniques, and then head outside to try our hands at pruning caning, tree-like, and mounding types of plant material.  Following the workshop, those who are interested can join up at the Wenham Teahouse for tea on your own.

 


Wednesday, february 10, 2010               11:30 am

just cook - lecture and luncheon by paul split
members only - no cost to members

st. paul's church, hamilton, ma 01982 

 

What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon.  Paul will teach us about the best herbs to grow in our zone, inter- and companion planting, and the many ways to harvest, preserve, and use herbs – all while making us lunch!  We will receive recipes and Paul will have a gift basket to raffle.

 


Wednesday, march 24, 2010                   7:00 pm

growing organic -
open to the community - no guest fee

Buker School Multi-purpose Room, One School Street, Wenham, MA 01984

 

Come hear Andrew Rogers of Green Meadows Farm talk about organic farming.  Andrew is the Farm Manager of this certified organic farm in Hamilton, MA and he will share his picks for the best products to use and how to organically rid our gardens of those pesky garden pests.  

 


Wednesday, april 28, 2010                       7:00 pm

window box design:  one for shade and one for sun
open to the community - no guest fee

MILES RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, RTE 1A, BAY ROAD, HAMILTON, MA 01982 

 

Barbara Prietz, owner of Greenskeepers, Inc. in Newburyport, MA.  She is responsible for the designs, plantings, and care of all window boxes in the downtown areas of Newburyport and Amesbury.  Enjoy this interactive presentation watching Barbara plant boxes for shade and sun as you ask her your many container gardening questions.  The boxes will be raffled at the end of the meeting.

 


Wednesday, may 26, 2010                        7:00 pm

plant swap/annual meeting - members only

Buker School Multi-purpose Room, One School Street, Wenham, MA 01984

 

Come learn about the 2009-2010 year and share your ideas for 2010-2011.  Help the club be the best it can be!


June, 2010

end of year event

 

Stay tuned for date, time, and place for end of year celebration.  Will we have dinner, workshop, field trip or something else entirely different?