The purpose of the Great Island Garden Club shall be to ​stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening and horticulture while ​assisting in community beautification.

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GIGC's  Community Plantings

New Castle Post Office as photographed by Will Zimmermann. Prints available at https://willzimmermann.darkroom.tech/

GIGC Upcoming Meetings

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March 2 – 9:30 AM    Terrarium  Hands on Workshop  **Members only**

Terrarium Kits are available for purchase, please submit a check for $27.00 by Feb. 16th, made out to GIGC and mailed to PO Box 49, New Castle, NH 03854

Attention:  This will be a zoom meeting.  You’ll receive your email invite one week before the program.  The program is 30-40 minutes long followed by a 15-minute question and answer session.  Participants will be muted but are encouraged to ask questions during the presentation.  A GIGC business meeting will begin directly after the Q&A.  


We will be partnering with Natalie from Churchill Gardens to create a beautiful terrarium for your home.  The club will pick up the instructor’s fees.  Members may purchase a kit for $27 or buy the supplies on their own.  The kit will include, a glass container, 3 terrarium plants (check back here in February when plant options will be announced) , rocks, charcoal, soil and moss.  Natalie will demonstrate, via zoom, how to make the terrarium.  Members will follow along from home.   If you are interested in purchasing a kit,  and send a check, made out to GIGC for $27 to PO Box 49 by February 16.  Kits will be available for pickup on March 1, between 2-4pm.  

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Attention:  All meetings until further notice will be Zoom Meetings.

If you are a GIGC member you will receive your email invite one week before the program. 
 If you are not a member and would like to attend please complete the contact form.

The program is 45-50 minutes long followed by a 15-minute question and answer session.  Participants will be muted during the presentation and can either type questions into the chat window or verbally ask questions afterwards. 

​A GIGC business meeting will begin directly after the Q&A.  

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April 6 – Deborah Trickett   “Jaw-dropping, traffic stopping, get your neighbors talking container gardens”  9:30am


Attention:  This will be a zoom meeting.  You’ll receive your email invite one week before the program. The program is 45-50 minutes long followed by a 15-minute question and answer session.  Participants will be muted during the presentation and can either type questions into the chat window or verbally ask questions afterwards.  A GIGC business meeting will begin directly after the Q&A.  


Deborah, owner of The Captured Garden, is an award-winning container garden designer whose work has been featured in The Boston Globe, Garden Gate magazine, New England Home magazine and on the TV show New England Dream Home. She is a Massachusetts Certified Horticulturist.  She will do a hands-on demonstration on how to take your containers from blah to spectacular.  Deborah will start with the basics of appropriate containers, soil mixes and plant preferences for different site condition.  She will proceed to new and unusual plant material and uncommon container choices for exceptionally beautiful results. 
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May 4 – Plant Sale Work Session 9:30am


Location: TBD. 






June 2 – Spring Luncheon – 11:30AM plus Bill Graham,  "Floral Design and the Little Black Dress"


Location: Wentworth by the Sea Country Club.  The luncheon will be held in the club’s new facility and attendance will be capped at 80 to ensure social distancing.  We’re requesting everyone wear a mask before and after the plated lunch and use the hand sanitizer provided when entering the facility.  Thank you.


Bill is the owner of Beautiful Things Ltd in Salem MA and is well known for his entertaining Little Black Dress program.  He is a member of the prestigious Professional Floral Communicators organization.  Bill will not only teach you to be a great floral designer but will help you be the fashion model you may have wanted to be! The program includes eight floral designs and eight changes to the little black dress.  






June 8 – Annual Meeting – 9:30 Location TBD

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