In this interactive demonstration/workshop, participants will learn how to incorporate seasonal produce into their floral designs. This will be a fun, adventurous workshop where you’ll leave with a new perspective on late summer floral design. Participants should bring a container to arrange in, seasonal cut flowers from your garden, seasonal produce, a pair of snips, and an open mind!

9:30 am Coffee social, 10:00 am Program (open to guests), 11:15 am Business Meeting

Viles Arboretum comprises 224 acres of gardens, trails, and natural habitats, offering visitors the unique opportunity to explore and learn about nature right in the heart of Augusta.

10 AM Guided tour of the Viles Arboretum

11 AM Annual Meeting and Luncheon

8:30 AM Pre-sale set-up

9:00 AM - 11 AM Plant Sale

11AM Clean up

9:30 Coffee social

10 AM Hypertufa are containers such as troughs that are excellent for container gardening, to grow small plants such as edelweiss and sedum. Troughs were originally made from tufa (a naturally occurring lightweight volcanic rock); however, since Maine has no local source of tufa, hypertufa fits the need for a container that drains well. Marianne will show how it’s done and explain why they can be so useful.

11:15 Business Meeting

Meet at the Blue Star Memorial Garden at the intersection of Route 1 and Foreside Road in Falmouth. Please bring whatever garden tools you have, dress for active gardening, and expect to have fun!

Please bring whatever garden tools you have, dress for active gardening, and expect to have fun!

Specific details to be announced at the January meeting

9:30 AM Coffee social

10AM With all that is happening around us, our nervous systems can become overwhelmed with stress. Learn about herbs that can help to calm and relax the nervous system, support the body’s ability to better manage stressors, and learn how to integrate them in fun ways into a daily routine to bring balance to body and mind. Taste test various teas, and take home recipes that support the nervous system.

11:15 Business Meeting

9:30 AM Coffee social

10 AM Jessica Zander is a garden coach and consultant based in Boston, and started “You Can Do It Gardening” in 2022 to help more people feel confident in doing it themselves. Jessica may cover topics on how to improve your garden yourself such as: shrub care, spring cleanup and good soil, and a wide range of general tips including pruning and hydrangea care.

11:15 Business Meeting

SMGC members, Melissa Kane and Sabrina Warner will lead us in a workshop to learn how to make a “living” moss-covered wreath, and decorate it with small plants and/or succulents that you can choose and purchase at Skillins.

9:30 AM Coffee social

10 AM Every spring, when the ground thaws, nighttime temperatures exceedforty degrees, and rain begins to fall, amphibians can make massive migrations. On these nights, known as “big nights”, one may find dozens or even hundreds of frogs and salamanders moving about as they move toward their breeding grounds.

SMGC and Longfellow Garden Club will join together for this Zoom presentation.

11:15 AM Business Meeting

Join your SMGC friends for festivities of the season! Please bring a small wrapped gift to be delivered to the Falmouth Food Pantry for distribution to elderly clients.

Please bring greens and a container. Members’ designs will be used for the Holiday Gathering tables and then donated to local health-care facilities.

10 AM We will re-group to discuss the movie: our thoughts, reactions and more. After the discussion and business meeting, anyone interested can join Susan Carter for a hands-on demonstration on pruning for aesthetics as we walk through the St. Mary’s gardens and clip some of the overgrown shrubs and bushes before their winter sleep.

Come together on Sunday afternoon from 1-3 in the St. Mary’s auditorium for an afternoon screening of the International Green Film Award 2024 winning documentary, “Common Ground,” which explores the growing regenerative agriculture movement. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. We will discuss the film at the monthly meeting on November 11.

9:30 AM Coffee social

10 AM Maureen Goronson and her husband own and manage MOFGA and The REAL Organic certified Goronson Farm. Maureen runs a Floristry Studio in her Flower Shop on the farm, where she designs wedding & event flowers, and hand-tied bouquets. She has been designing/creating floral arrangements for special events for over 25 years specializing in Woodland Design. She will present a workshop on how to build a woodland centerpiece of natural found materials to usher in the Fall Holidays.

11:15 AM Business Meeting

Meet at the Blue Star Memorial Garden at the intersection of Route 1 and Foreside Road in Falmouth. Please bring whatever garden tools you have, dress for active gardening, and expect to have fun!