Folks often mention that it must be nice to be in the garden club and take the winter off. Not true! While our gardens sleep, garden club members are planning their spring planting, browsing through catalogs and magazines for inspiration. … Continue reading →
As 2020 draws to a close, the Harpswell Garden Club has worked to make the holidays brighter. First, a few volunteers put together holiday mugs of greens. We couldn’t meet as a club to assemble these small bits of cheerful … Continue reading →
As October winds down, the gardens get ready for winter. Early this week, a dozen garden club volunteers gathered in front of Harpswell’s Town Office to cut back perennials and get the bed in shape for the cold weather to … Continue reading →
Four of us made quick work of the clean-up of our Gold Star Marker Garden on a beautiful sunny day on the 22nd of October! Thank you to Mary Maroney, Nancy Kinser, Anne Taft and Suzanne Bushnell for getting the … Continue reading →
The days are growing shorter, leaves are falling to the ground, but still, the gardens provide us beauty. This afternoon, I visited the gardens at Centennial Hall. Dahlias, cleome and zinnias still bloom. Winterberry and holly display their bright red … Continue reading →
Harpswell Garden Club members and the community of Harpswell really stepped up to help make this year’s scaled-down fundraiser quite the success! Almost 300 mums and asters were pre-ordered this year — more than doubling the total number of plants … Continue reading →
On a beautiful day in August, a great turnout of members gathered at the HHP Gardens to hear Maine Sunday Telegram food writer Christine Burns Rudalevige talk about the local food movement in Maine. Christine, a resident of Brunswick, has … Continue reading →
On a slightly cool, late afternoon in July, members dropped by the Harpswell Historic Park Gardens to not only enjoy time strolling through the flower gardens, but to also enjoy some donated refreshments of wine, cheese, crackers, popcorn and brownies. … Continue reading →
The day was so beautiful, we took lots of photos, and they did not all fit into one post. So here are more! A bonus for flower lovers!
Continue reading →A group of adventurous garden club members met at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens to enjoy June’s blooms and learn a bit about photographing the flowers. Marty Grassie, a Brunswick photographer, met us at the Welcome Center and guided … Continue reading →
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