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Newsletter of the Sandy Spring Museum Garden Club
March 2025
Sunday, April 13, 2:00-4:00 pm
Come learn about The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) and its goal - to develop a blight-resistant American chestnut tree through scientific research and breeding, and to restore the tree to its native forests along the eastern United States.
• What is the history of chestnut trees in the US and what was their role in the prosperity of our country?
• What has contributed to its demise and what can individuals do to help?
Speaker Bruce Levine is a board member with the Maryland Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation, and serves on the board of directors and the science and technology committee of the American Chestnut Foundation’s national organization. He is a PhD student at the University of Maryland, researching the genetics of the fungal pathogen Cryphonectria parastica, which causes chestnut blight. Bruce served 26 years as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State; he retired in 2016 to pursue his interest in plant science, particularly the restoration of the American chestnut. Bruce is a resident of Takoma Park, MD.
Light refreshments will be served. Hosted by the Sandy Spring Museum Garden Club, a plant sale will be held concurrently.
Museum members Register with discount code-memberssm.
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Bow Making Workshop
March 15 from 3-5
As part of our preparation for our annual Greens Sale, we plan on holding a bow workshop on Saturday, March 15 from 3 to 5 pm in the Sandy Spring Museum basement (entrance is on the side towards the back). We will have some of our experienced bow makers available to demonstrate how to make bows and assist you throughout the workshop. We will concentrate on our red velvet bows that we use on our boxwood wreaths and the larger bows we use to decorate our mixed green wreaths and sprays. We are hoping to get some of our bows made for next fall but this is also your opportunity to learn how to make them from our experts, for your own use later on. We will also potentially be making bows at our Christmas in July (7/20) and Spooky (10/19) workshops held later in the year if you can not attend this workshop.
2025 Strawberry Festival
As we plan for the June 7th Strawberry Festival, we would like members to think about contributing plants they have started from seed as well as divisions of perennials, shrubs and trees. Most of our vegetables and annuals are grown in Century High School with the assistance of the Horticulture teacher and students. However, in April we need to transfer these plants to local greenhouses, sunrooms and hoophouses. If you have a greenhouse where you could care for our little plants, please contact the Garden Club. 𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋𑁋
2026 Garden Tour
We are searching for gardens to showcase in our biennial Garden Tour in May 2026. If you know of any local gardens or would like to have your home garden be on the Garden Tour, please contact: gardenclub@sandyspringmuseum.org
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Local Garden Events
Discover the World of Orchids
February 17-April 20
The 27th annual joint orchid exhibit between the United States Botanic Garden (USBG) and Smithsonian Gardens is “Discover the World of Orchids,” on display in the USBG Conservatory from February 17 through April 30, 2023. The exhibit shares stories of the diversity of orchids and how technology advances their conservation.
One of the largest plant families in the world, orchid shapes, sizes, colors, and scents vary greatly! Throughout the Conservatory, thousands of orchid blooms showcase the USBG and Smithsonian Gardens’ extensive orchid collections. From growing orchids via tissue culture to tools that let us see the hidden parts of orchid lives, technological advancement has changed our relationship with orchids over time. Come explore stories of how technology contributes to how we conserve, grow, and understand orchids.
In the Tropics house, hundreds of orchids will provide vibrant bursts of color at ground level and suspended in the air, and two 9-foot-tall tree sculptures covered with hundreds of epiphytic orchids will be a colorful photo opportunity. Visitors will find Dendrobium and Paphiopedilum orchids throughout the Plant Adaptations and Plant Conservation houses, including large, 8-foot-high curtains of orchids. A special display showcasing pollination and pollinators will feature showy slipper orchids and strikingly fragrant Bulbophyllum orchids.
The Garden will offer orchid-themed educational opportunities including online programs about orchid care and cultivation, lectures on orchid conservation, in-person experts answering visitors’ orchid questions, and more.
The gift shop offered by Friends of the U.S. Botanic Garden and ReWild will feature offerings such as live orchid plants and other educational and botanical gift items and will be open daily in the Conservatory. Proceeds from the gift shop benefit USBG education programs. Learn more and plan a visit at
www.USBG.gov.
The
PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is the nation’s largest and longest-running
horticultural event and fundraiser featuring stunning displays by the
world’s premier floral, garden, and landscape designers.
March
1 - 9, 2025
Pennsylvania Convention
Center
1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
19107 TICKETS
Saturday, May 3, 2025
8 am - 4 pm
the Mid-Atlantic’s Premier Plant and Garden Antique Festival
Now in its 17th year, Ladew’s annual Garden Festival has become the most anticipated specialty plant, garden ornaments, and antiques sale in the region. Shop from a curated collection of 40 exclusive vendors from across the eastern seaboard offering hard to find perennials, specialty annuals, unique small trees, unusual exotics, container specialties, decorative garden furniture, urns, and architectural treasures.
Tickets go on sale:
Tuesday, March 4 at 9:00 am for Members
Tuesday, March 11 at 9:00 am for Non-members
| $65 Members | $75 Non-members |
| 8 am | Early Bird |
| $40 Members | $50 Non-members |
| 10 am Mid Morning |
| $25 Members | $35 Non-members |
| 12 noon |
| $15 Members | $20 Non-members |
| 12 noon |
Ticket proceeds from Garden Festival, Ladew’s longest running fundraising event of the year, go directly to the preservation of the 22-acre historic topiary gardens, historic Manor House, the native Butterfly House, the Children’s Environmental Education Program that serves nearly 4,000 children each year, and the array of over 100 events and educational programs offered to the community.
