First meeting come and join by paying annual dues of $15.
Program: Small hands on project and planting sweet pea seeds
May 9 Club Meeting 10 a.m.
Program: Mushroom Propagation Demonstration with Club Treasurer Heather Tooker
May 15 Workshop for the Plant Sale
May 17 St. Croix District Meeting and Luncheon Hosted by the Bar Harbor Garden Club
LOCATION: Northeast Harbor Neighborhood House 1 Kimball Road Northeast Harbor, ME
SPEAKER: David Yarborough, PhD, Wild Blueberry Specialist & Professor of Horticulture, University of Maine.
Topic: A Sweet Story: Maine’s Wild Blueberry Industry
May TBA Library Cleanup 9 a.m.
Buck Memorial Library
May 26 Plant, Bake and Book Sale, Main Street, Bucksport
June 13 Club Meeting 10 a.m.
Program: Clay Kirby, PhD speaks on “Insects in the garden and landscape: friends and foes”
June 18 - 20
The 87th Annual Garden Club Federation of Maine Convention
June 30 Orland River Days
Pie/bake sale on Narramissic Dr., Orland
July 11 Garden Tea Party at Kimball’s Pavillion, Narramissic Dr., Orland
July 25 Food on Main beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Main Street Eat & Mingle! Bucksport’s Finest Police & Firefighters as “Guns & Hoses” Fabulous Food plus Bucksport Garden Club will be selling pie slices on Main Street.
August 8 Club Meeting 10 a.m.
Program: Lisa Colburn speaks on “whimsy in the garden”
Aug. 22-23: Mystery Tour to St. Andrews, N.B.
Sept 7: Trip to tour Lisa Colburn’s gardens in Orono
September 12 Club Meeting 10:00 a.m.
Program: Cassie Banning, Garden Manager for Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Gardens will speak on the garden design and maintenance of the A.A. Rockefeller Gardens
October 6 Fall Plant Sale
Main St., Bucksport
October 10 Club Meeting 10 a.m.
Installation of new President and Vice President
Program: Lynette Gaslin will speak about horticulture and experiences in this field.
October TBA Library Cleanup 9 a.m.
Buck Memorial Library
October 29
87th Fall Conference Garden Club Federation of Maine, Inc.
Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive, Augusta, ME
Nov. TBA: Decorating at Woodlawn, Black House, Ellsworth