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The North Quabbin Garden Club exists to encourage interest in all phases of home gardening, to promote better horticultural practices, and to foster civic beauty, all with an emphasis on native plants, organic gardening, and the conservation of natural resources.
We offer programs, field trips, workshops, and reading groups on a variety of gardening topics and plan to engage in civic beautification projects. Our initial project is to create a backyard habitat garden at the Millers River Environmental Center in Athol, but we also hope to develop or support projects in all our member towns.
Come help us invent ourselves!
Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Millers River Environmental Center, 100 Main St., Athol. The programs are free to members, $5 for nonmembers.
Garden Club Events 2010 - 2011
- Thursday, September 16, 7 p.m.: The Buzz on Bees
Dan Conlon, president of the Massachusetts Beekeepers Association and former Beekeeper of the Year, will explore bees and beekeeping and how they impact consumers, our food supply, and our native plants.
- Thursday, October 21, 7 p.m.: House Plant Seminar
Member Jan Dexter will lead a forum on the care of common and not-so-common successful houseplants. Bring one of your favorites with information or questions, and bring plants to exchange if you have some. Don’t have any? Come find out where to start!
- Thursday, November 18, 7 p.m.: Permaculture: Ecological Gardening for Food, Habitat, and Health
Jono Neiger, a faculty member at the Conway School of Landscape Design, will explore this whole-systems perspective on gardening and garden design that aims to create a more sustainable society.
- Thursday, December 16, 7 p.m.: Boxwood Tree Workshop & Annual Pot-luck
A members-only event – if you join, you’re invited! (see below)
- Thursday, February 17, 7 p.m.: Tomatoes Etc.
Plump, juicy tomatoes from our own gardens – what could be better? And what are the secrets? John Howell of the UMass Extension Service will share some of his.
- Thursday, March 17, 7 p.m.: Backyard Botanical Sanctuary
Community herbalist Carol Joyce of White Buffalo Herbs in Warwick will help you get started on envisioning your own private space filled with native plants and creating your own backyard botanical sanctuary.
- Thursday, April 21, 7 p.m.: Outdoor Digital Photography
At this meeting, open to the public Phillipston photographer Norm Eggert will introduce techniques to take memorable garden and flower photographs.
Two follow-up workshops are for members only.
- Thursday, May 19, 7 p.m.: Confessions of a Garden Writer
Award-winning author Carol Stocker will tell us how she went from reporting on murders to writing about gardens for the Boston Glbe. She will also talk about her book The Boston Globe Illustrated New England Gardening Almanac, copies of which will be available for purchase.
- Sunday, July 18, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: The Gardens of Petersham
Visit area gardens in this benefit for the Millers River Environmental Center, presented with assistance from the North Quabbin Garden Club.
Tickets ($5/person or $15/carload) will be available at least a week in advance at local venues.
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North Quabbin Garden Club Membership
Membership in the North Quabbin Garden Club is open to anyone with an interest in any form of gardening. You can fill out a printable copy of our registration form and mail it to us.
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