TEWKSBURY GARDEN CLUB
Club Meetings are held once a month on Wednesdays at 7pm.
September 11, 2024
Doors open at 6:30 PM, Meeting starts at 7 PM
Tewksbury Senior Center
An Ice Cream Social is a fun way to reconnect with friends after a busy or lazy summer. Let’s share what you grew in your indoor or outdoor garden. If you wish, bring a labeled perennial plant or indoor plant to swap.
October 9, 2024
Doors open at 6:30 PM, Meeting starts at 7 PM
Tewksbury Senior Center
A ‘Trick’ for an Alternative Floral Design ‘Treat’ment. Cathy and Marie will give us an introduction to ecofriendly floral designing. Members will make and take home a fall floral arrangement using one of the demonstrated methods.
November 13, 2024
Doors open at 6 PM, Program begins at 7 PM
Hilton Garden Inn, 4 Highwood Drive, Tewksbury
Floral Fantasy Tour with Lisa Oberholtzer-Gee. Floral design demonstrations by New York City based designer Lisa Oberholzer-Gee. After studying floral design at Longwood Gardens, Oberholzer-Gee started businesses in Cambridge MA & NYC creating displays for events, and private functions. Intrigued with floral design techniques from Europe and Asia, Oberholzer-Gee has incorporated them into her floral art.
December 11, 2024
Meeting starts at 7:00 PM
3 Amigos Bar & Grill, 1777 Main Street, Tewksbury
Felices Fiestas. Tonight, we’ll enjoy fun, laughs and light Mexican appetizers to celebrate the holiday season. Interested members can participate in a Yankee Swap. Maximum gift price $20. Wear your ugly holiday sweater, maybe win a prize! Cash bar.
January 8, 2025
Doors open at 6:30 PM, Meeting starts at 7 PM
Tewksbury Senior Center
We welcome Jane Newhouse, founder of Newhouse Wildlife Rescue. NWR is a rehabilitation facility for injured and orphaned wildlife in Chelmsford. They are dedicated to providing the highest care to local wildlife from our surrounding area. NWR also educates the public on how to co-exist with the wild animals in our community.
February 12, 2025
Doors open at 6:30 PM, Meeting starts at 7:00 PM
Tewksbury Senior Center
Now Where Did I Plant That? Join us in a fun craft to map out your perennial garden. Our artist Marie will help us paint flowers and their botanical names on smooth rocks. The rocks will be clear coated to provide protection from the weather for year-round enjoyment and will be picked up at the March meeting.
March 12, 2025
Doors open at 6:30 PM, Meeting starts at 7 PM
Tewksbury Senior Center
Identifying Common Invasive Plants. Kathy McInnis will share her knowledge of invasive plant species to enlighten members about what to look for in their own backyards. Invasive plants compete with native plants and should be removed. We will learn how to recognize and remove these plants.
April 9, 2025
Doors open at 6:30 PM, Meeting starts at 7 PM
Tewksbury Senior Center
Vegetable Gardening 101. Master Gardener Gretel Anspach will present different types of vegetable gardens and discuss layout, variety choices and various growing techniques.
May 9, 2025
Doors open at 6:30 PM, Meeting starts at 7 PM
Tewksbury Senior Center
Share Your Container Recipe. What’s a container recipe? It’s a list of plants that you use to create your successful, eyepopping home planter! Send a picture of your container creation along with a list of the plants you use to Susan. This will be transformed into a slide presentation to show and showoff to the rest of the club. No picture? Send your combo recipe anyway to include in our night. Judy and Marie will demonstrate how to make the perfect container.
June 11, 2025
Location is being determined
Time – plan for meeting around 5 PM, but time is being determined
June Celebration. We’ll have exciting news as the date gets closer!
Were you able to check out our Art in Bloom displays in April?
Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed… Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.”
Henry David Thoreau
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead