I took advantage of a warm, sunny day and an open calendar to visit the McLaughlin Garden and Homestead in South Paris. Upon arrival, I entered a wonderland of blooms–purple, white and lavender lilacs, pink trillium, bleeding heart, and Solomon’s … Continue reading →
Our February speakers, Linton Studdiford and Nancy Curtis, attracted one of our larger crowds to the Curtis Library to learn about building raised bed gardens. Nancy, who has gardened from a wheel chair for more than 30 years, talked about … Continue reading →
Thursday, February 8 arrived with clear skies and roads plowed. The Harpswell Garden Club’s Lunch With Friends volunteer crew was glad to see both. More than a dozen members of the garden club converged on Merriconeag Grange on Harpswell Neck … Continue reading →
Members of the Harpswell Garden Club celebrated the season by planting hypertufa containers with succulents for its December workshop. Planters were made by Cheryl Savage, one of the vendors for this year’s GCFM Convention in Freeport and then dropped off … Continue reading →
The Harpswell Garden Club welcomed Bob Cleveland of the Maine Orchid Society to its November meeting to learn the tips to growing orchids from one of the State’s top experts. Bob, a longtime member of the Maine Orchid Society, brought … Continue reading →
Our garden club took a virtual tour of McLaughlin Garden and Homestead this week, when the garden’s executive director, Donna Anderson, visited our club’s meeting on September 21. Ms Anderson talked about the vision of Bernard McLaughlin, who planted the … Continue reading →
On a beautiful July morning, several members of the Harpswell Garden Club ventured out to Otisfield, Maine to see the gardens of Barred Owl Day Lilies. Our hosts, Rex and Craig, graciously greeted our group, and led us through the … Continue reading →
The Wedding Committee of the Harpswell Garden Club has started the season on a high note as they met to assemble flowers for the first wedding of the season on June 24th! Under the Chairmanship of Jackie Pellerin, nine … Continue reading →
For the third year in a row the Harpswell Garden Club has won a National Garden Club Award — this time for the Harpswell Invasive Plant Partnership and the Club’s participation with other town organizations to rid our town’s byways … Continue reading →
Nineteen members of the Harpswell Garden Club came out in force to support outgoing Garden Club Federation of Maine President and longtime Club member Suzanne Bushnell this week at the 2017 GCFM Convention in Freeport. An outstanding line-up of activities, … Continue reading →
