9:30 AM Coffee social

10 AM Jessica Zander is a garden coach and consultant based in Boston, and started “You Can Do It Gardening” in 2022 to help more people feel confident in doing it themselves. Jessica may cover topics on how to improve your garden yourself such as: shrub care, spring cleanup and good soil, and a wide range of general tips including pruning and hydrangea care.

11:15 Business Meeting

SMGC members, Melissa Kane and Sabrina Warner will lead us in a workshop to learn how to make a “living” moss-covered wreath, and decorate it with small plants and/or succulents that you can choose and purchase at Skillins.

9:30 AM Coffee social

10 AM Every spring, when the ground thaws, nighttime temperatures exceedforty degrees, and rain begins to fall, amphibians can make massive migrations. On these nights, known as “big nights”, one may find dozens or even hundreds of frogs and salamanders moving about as they move toward their breeding grounds.

SMGC and Longfellow Garden Club will join together for this Zoom presentation.

11:15 AM Business Meeting

Join your SMGC friends for festivities of the season! Please bring a small wrapped gift to be delivered to the Falmouth Food Pantry for distribution to elderly clients.

Please bring greens and a container. Members’ designs will be used for the Holiday Gathering tables and then donated to local health-care facilities.

10 AM We will re-group to discuss the movie: our thoughts, reactions and more. After the discussion and business meeting, anyone interested can join Susan Carter for a hands-on demonstration on pruning for aesthetics as we walk through the St. Mary’s gardens and clip some of the overgrown shrubs and bushes before their winter sleep.

Come together on Sunday afternoon from 1-3 in the St. Mary’s auditorium for an afternoon screening of the International Green Film Award 2024 winning documentary, “Common Ground,” which explores the growing regenerative agriculture movement. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. We will discuss the film at the monthly meeting on November 11.

9:30 AM Coffee social

10 AM Maureen Goronson and her husband own and manage MOFGA and The REAL Organic certified Goronson Farm. Maureen runs a Floristry Studio in her Flower Shop on the farm, where she designs wedding & event flowers, and hand-tied bouquets. She has been designing/creating floral arrangements for special events for over 25 years specializing in Woodland Design. She will present a workshop on how to build a woodland centerpiece of natural found materials to usher in the Fall Holidays.

11:15 AM Business Meeting

Meet at the Blue Star Memorial Garden at the intersection of Route 1 and Foreside Road in Falmouth. Please bring whatever garden tools you have, dress for active gardening, and expect to have fun!

Please bring whatever garden tools you have, dress for active gardening, and expect to have fun!

The Fuller Gardens are turn of the 20th century estate gardens with magnificent rose gardens and many perennials. (Carolyn Davis coordinator). Lunch to follow at Wentworth by the Sea, New Castle, NH. Carpool from the church leaving at 9:00AM - return at approximately 3:30. Entrance fee $10.

Join SMGC coordinator Katy Gannon-Janelle for garden maintenance at the Lois Murphy Kindness Garden.

9:30 AM Coffee social

10 AM In celebration of our first meeting of the season, we’ll catch up with each other and share design ideas in a hands-on activity. Members should bring a container, their own snips and shears, and an assortment of flowers, greens, fruits, and vegetables. At the meeting, we’ll work together informally in groups to create centerpieces in the following six color schemes: Blue, white, and yellow; Red, pink, and plum; White, pink, and peach; Green and white, white and citrus, Cream, berry, and russet.

11:15 AM Business Meeting

Please refer to the program for details and times.

Annual Meeting and lunch. The Board Meeting will occur immediately after the Annual Meeting.

8:30 AM Pre-Sale Set-up

9:00 AM - until sold out PLANT SALE

11:00-12:30 PM Clean-up

9 AM - 12 PM Plant Sale set up and pricing

10 am - 12 PM Deliver plants

9 AM - 12 PM Plant Sale set up

Join SMGC coordinator Katy Gannon-Janelle for garden maintenance at the Lois Murphy Kindness Garden.

9:30 AM Coffee Social

10 AM  Bryan Peterson, SMGC grant money recipient, will talk about assessing and preparing Maine native plants for the nursery trade.  He will address on-going research at the Lyle Littlefield Experimental Garden including trials of new Dahlia cultivars.

11:15 Business Meeting

SMGC member Carolyn Davis will be coordinating the field trip. More details to be announced.