Garden Club Programs, Trips and Workshops
What's Wrong with My Plants?
Sunday April 10, 2016
The Garden Club can help you with that in more ways than one! Join us in April as we get our minds and gardens ready for the busy outdoor season ahead. We will begin with a deep dive into the world of plant diseases and pests and will make home remedies to cure and manage our plant problems. Want to boost your garden's variety and have a back-up plan in case the pests win? Join in our Garden Club Annual Plant and Seed wap by bringing one or more of your own selections to trade in. To help others, please label pots and seed packets with the plant name and seed collection date/growing year. Please assist our planning by sending an RSVP to us at gardenclub@sandyspringmuseum.org or call (301) 774-0022 ext. 145 and leave a message by April 3rd.
Trip to Ladew Gardens, Jarrettsville MD
Saturday May 21,2016
Join the Garden Club as we visit the lovely Ladew Gardens and Manor House this Spring. The 22 acres of formal Gardens and the stately Manor House were created at the Pleasant Valley Farm by Harvey S. Ladew (1887-1976). They are a living legacy reflecting Ladew’s style, elegance and sense of humor. The extraordinary topiary gardens are known throughout the world and include more than 100 larger than-life topiary forms. The luxurious country home contains many treasured antiques and the Oval Library has been noted by one author to be one of the One Hundred Most Beautiful Rooms in America. You may visit http://www.ladewgardens.com/ to learn more about the property
We will carpool and leave the Sandy Spring Museum at 8:30am and return between 3 &4 pm. Everyone pitches in for gas except the drivers. Fee for the tour of the house and gardens is $18.00 for adults & $15.00 for Senior 62 and over and we will pay individually at the Gardens. We plan to have lunch at The New Manor Tavern in Monkton, MD on the way home. Please assist our planning by sending an RSVP to us at gardenclub@sandyspringmuseum.org or call (301) 774-0022 ext. 145 and leave a message by May 14th.
Saturday April 23, 2016, 9 am till Noon, – Rain date April 30th
Beat those winter blues and join the Garden Club as we celebrate the return of the growing season by getting our hands dirty! There is something for everyone at our Courtyard Gardening Day on April 23 from 9 am to Noon. Bring your gloves, trowel, pruners, a hat and sunscreen and dig in as we clean, divide and plant. Get ready to add something special to your own garden. Bring a bag to carry home cuttings from our garden cleanup. To help with planting, please RSVP to us at gardenclub@sandyspringmuseum.org or call (301) 774-0022 ext. 145 and leave a message. Students looking for SSL hours are welcome but must contact us by April 16th with their Name, Grade and area of interest. The rain date for this event is April 30th. Notifications of a change in date will be sent out via email.
Working in the soil is not for you? Then join us for the Fairy Garden workshop from 9 am to Noon on April 23rd as we get ready for the Strawberry Festival. No fairy's garden home is complete without mini furniture, glittery decor and floral inspiration. Lend your crafting skills as we create tiny delights for our fairy garden builders. Donations of champagne corks, beads, marbles, trinkets and small figurines are all welcome. To help with planning, please RSVP to us at gardenclub@sandyspringmuseum.org or call (301) 774-0022 ext. 145 and leave a message. The rain date for this event is April 30th. Notifications of a change in date will be sent out via email.
Strawberry Festival Plant Booth
Friday, June 3 and Saturday June 4, 2016
Volunteer sign up is now open, and we’re really looking forward to working together to make this year’s Garden Club Plant Booth a success. Even if you have never volunteered at the Plant Booth before, we’d love to have you! We can assure you it is a fun place to be the day of the Festival! We have opportunities on Friday, June 3 from 9 am – 2 pm for booth set up, and pricing of plants. You may come for an hour or two anytime during that time frame. There are also shifts at the booth on Saturday, June 4 from 8 am – 6 pm. These shifts run in two hour increments. The 8 am – 10 am shift is final booth set up, and the 4 o’clock shift is organizing and cleaning up leftovers. We usually finish by 6 o’clock. There will also be opportunities to help out at the 3rd Annual Fairy Garden Table. Gardeners of all ages will choose plants, a container and decorations to build a miniature landscape for the fairies and gnomes back home.
Christmas in July Workshop
Sunday July 24, 2016, 1pm-4pm
Have you ever wondered what goes on under the Kissing Ball? Come to our workshops and learn all about the under structure of the Kissing Ball, Boxwood Christmas Tree, Hurricane and Greens Centerpieces and Arrangements. You will learn all this and more as you help in the preparation for our fresh greens workshops on November 29th to December 4th. We will also start making the festive bows that adorn our beautiful arrangements and wreaths which we sell at the Sandy Spring Museum Holiday Green Sale. Come join us, learn, laugh and enjoy delicious refreshments. Please contact gardenclub@sandyspringmuseum.org if you have any questions.
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