GREAT ISLAND GARDEN CLUB

If you are interested in attending one of our meetings please visit the contact page. Generally meetings are held on the first Tuesday morning of the month in the Macomber Room of the New Castle Library. We start with Social time at 9:00 AM, followed by the Business Meeting at 9:30 and the Program at 10:00. We encourage potential members to attend a meeting as a guest prior to joining the Club.

January 8, 2019
Garden Chat/ Deedee Hammer Garden Video

February 5, 2019
Brian Burris “Hydroponic Gardening”
Brian Burris of Two Bees Produce based in Hampton NH has a thriving business growing micro-greens, and distributing to local area restaurants. Two Bees Produce uses a fraction of the water that is normally required for growing greens, thus minimal waste. He grows them vertically to conserve space, and utilizes LED light technology for energy consumption reduction. Brian may also share stories about his visiting hummingbirds.

March 5, 2019 9:30 AM at Rolling Green Nursery Note: Snow Date March 12
Succulent Workshop
Today we are meeting at Rolling Green Nursery, 64 Breakfast Hill Rd,
Greenland. Beth Simpson will host a workshop on Succulents. You are welcome to bring your own containers, they need to be shallow and have drainage. If you need to purchase a container there will be plenty of
options at the nursery to purchase. The potting soil is complimentary and the plants are a la cart. There will be no coffee provided so if you wish to drive through your favorite coffee place please do.

April 2, 2019 at The Music Hall Loft
Marta McDowell
“All The Presidents Gardens: Madison’s Cabbages to Kennedy’s Roses”
Marta McDowell writes and lectures on gardening topics and teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden . Her par- ticular interest is in authors and their gardens, the connection between the pen and the trowel. She is the author of All the Presidents’ Gardens, Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life, and Emily Dickinson’s Gardens.