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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.
Meetings are held the third Thursday of most months at 7 p.m. at the Millers River Environmental Center, 100 Main St., Athol. Take a look at our upcoming programs, which are free to members, $5 for nonmembers:
2008
- Thursday, February 28, 7 p.m.: Containers North, South, East and a Little West
Member Deborah Kent will share pictures of beautiful and unusual container gardens. See how you can spice up your own containers and the public ones you help to make.
- Thursday, March 20, 7 p.m.: Garden Design with Unusual Native Plants
Landscape designer Tysh Tilt McGrail seeks out nature’s best vignettes and will show us new ways to design with native materials.
- Thursday, April 17 p.m.: Rain Gardens
Learn about the design and benefits of rain gardens from Rachel Cabero, of the Massachusetts Riverways Coalition.
- Tuesday, April 22, 7 p.m.: Book Group on Radical Simplicity
Buy or borrow a copy of Radical Simplicity, by Jim Merkel, and join us for a discussion.
- Thursday, May 15, 7 p.m.: Color in the Garden
The ever-popular M.L. Altobelli will give hints on how to make the garden more colorful than ever.
- Saturday, May 17, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.: 3rd Annual Plant Sale
Come out to buy beauties from members’ gardens right here in the North Quabbin!
- Thursday, June 5, 6:30 p.m.: Container Garden Demonstration (members only)
Learn from nursery owner and member Nola Shepardson how to create an interesting and well-designed container garden for porch or patio.
- Saturday, July 19, 1:30 p.m.: Members’ Gardens & Potluck (members only)
First visit the fairyland garden of member Carole Moisan and then go with your potluck item to the garden of member Warren Pratt. Bring a spouse or guest if you like.
- Sunday, July 20, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.: North Quabbin Garden Tour
Visit a number of gardens in Warwick and West Royalston, including those of some of our members. This event is sponsored by the Athol Bird and Nature Club, with assistance from the NQGC. Tickets will be available at a number of local venues.
- Thursday, September 18, 7 p.m.: Edible Wild Plants of the Northeast
Naturalist John Root will show us how to identify and use native plants for food and beverage and distribute an illustrated pamphlet. This is a joint meeting with the Athol Bird & Nature Club.
- Thursday, October 16, 7 p.m.: Give ‘n’ Take with Members
Questions about herbs, perennials, lawns, native plants? Great garden tips to share? Bring them to the forum, along with pictures of your garden successes and garden failures.
- Tuesday, October 28, 7 p.m.: Book Group on Brother Cadfel
Buy or borrow a copy of any of the Brother Cadfel “medieval herbal mysteries” by Ellis Peters and join the discussion.
- Thursday, November 20, 7 p.m.: Obligations on the Edge
Landscape consultant Frances Clark will discuss how we can quilt together suburban plantings in ways to enhance habitats for wildlife and native plants.
- Thursday, December 18, 7 p.m.: NQGC Annual Meeting (members only)
We’ll conduct our annual business and share a potluck dinner and Yankee swap.
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 print out a copy of the registration form and mail it to us.
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