Meetings are generally held on the 4th Monday at 6:30pm at James Street Mennonite Church, with a half hour for socializing and brief announcements, and presentation at 7pm. Other events (e.g. plant swaps, garden tours) are held in private homes and dates may be adjusted. Details are sent to the email group. To join the email group, fill out the Contact form.
James Street Mennonite Church
323 W. James Street, Lancaster PA
2025
January 27, 2025 : Book discussion: Garden Revolution by Larry Weaner.
February 24, 2025 : Laura Wash of Lancaster County Master Gardener Program - "Alternatives to Lawn".
March 24, 2025 : Strategic planning.
April 28, 2025 : Aiden Fife of RegenAll and Doug & Melissa Snavely of College Park Climate Action Neighborhood.
May 10, 2025 : Plant swap & potluck. See email for details.
June 23, 2025 : Rocky Gleason : "What is a Native Plant?" - Zoom (view from home (see email for details) or with the group at James Street Mennonite Church)
September 6, 2025 : Garden tour: School Lane Hills.
September 22, 2025 : Plant swap & potluck. See email for details.
October 27, 2027 : TBA
Past (2024)
January 22, 2024 : Book discussion: Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape by Jill Jonnes.
Feburary 26, 2024 : Adam Barkafski of Lancaster County Master Gardener Program - "Making Space for Pollinators - part 1".
March 25, 2024 : Adam Barkafski of Lancaster County Master Gardener Program - "Making Space for Pollinators - part 2".
April 22, 2024 : Lamonte Garber of Stroud Water Research Center - "Reforesting Stream Corridors of Lancaster County".
May 20, 2024 : Plant swap & potluck.
September 23, 2024 : Dr. David Denlinger - "Surviving Winter: An Insect Perspective".
October 28 2024 : Leah Robb - Nature Photography.
Past (2023)
January 23, 2023 : Book discussion: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
February 27, 2023 : Lisa Doseff - "An Engaging Garden where Children and Wildlife Thrive".
March 27, 2023 : John Geoghan of York County Master Gardener Program - "Low Maintenance Landscaping".
April 24, 2023 : Nature tour: Kelly Gutshall of LandStudies at Little Conestoga Blue-Green Corridor.
May 20, 2023 : Plant swap & potluck.
May 22, 2023 : Susan Hotham of Lancaster County Master Gardener Program - Pruning.
June 26, 2023 : Michele Pique of Lancaster County Master Gardener Program - Soil Health.
July 24, 2023 : Carter Johnson of Nixon Park Nature Center - "The Ecological History of Pennsylvania".
September 25, 2023 : Garden tour: Lydia Martin at Hidden Valley.
November 6, 2023 : Elyse Jurgen of Waxwing Ecoworks and Linda Ferich of Lancaster Conservancy on Habitat Advocate Certificate, Ecological Gardener Training, PA Native Plant Society.
Past (2022)
January 24, 2022 : Book discussion: The Nature of Oaks by Doug Tallamy.
February 28, 2022 : Adam Barkafski of Lancaster County Master Gardener Program on spotted lanternflies.
March 28, 2022 : Eve Bratman - "Cultivating Ecological Rapprochement".
April 25, 2022 : Connie Schmotzer of Penn State Extension Master Gardener Pollinator Preferences Program on cultivars.
May 21, 2022 : Plant swap and potluck.
June 27, 2022 : Mike Cassidy of Lancaster County Master Gardener Program on Asian jumping worms.
September 11, 2022 (Sunday) 1-4pm: Seed swap and potluck.
Past (2021)
January 25, 2021 : Book discussion: The Forest Unseen by David Haskell and Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemingway.
February 22, 2021 : Elyse Jurgen of Waxwing Ecoworks on green mulch.
March 29, 2021 : Webinar discussion: Creating Habitat for Butterflies (March 24) presented by Deb Carman and Community Conservation Committee (C3)
April 26, 2021 : Tammy Scheurich on incporporating native plants
May 23, 2021 : Plant swap and potluck.
June 28, 2021 : Garden tour: Susan Anderson.
September 12, 2021 : Plant swap and potluck.
October 25, 2021 : Carol Welsh on nature journaling.
Past (2020)
January 27, 2020 : Book discussion: Teaching the Trees by Joan Maloof.
February 24, 2020 : Film: Dare to be Wild
September 13, 2020 : Tour of members' gardens.
October 26, 2020 : Wendy Brister on native sedges.
Past (2019)
January 28, 2019 : Book discussion: The Humane Gardener by Nancy Lawson.
February 25, 2019 : Garrett Book and Tim Seifarth of Earthbound Artisan.
March 25, 2019 : Dyan Eisenberger on native bees.
April 29, 2019 : Garden tour: Greg Wilson.
May 26, 2019 : Plant swap & potluck.
June 24, 2019 : Brenda Sieglitz of Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership.
September 29, 2019 : Plant swap & potluck.
October 28, 2019 : Sharon Agresta-Siekerman on bats.
Past (2018)
January 22, 2018 : Book discussion: The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben.
February 26, 2018 : Tim Eck of American Chestnut Foundation on developing a blight-resistant American chestnut tree.
March 26, 2018 : open discussion.
April 23, 2018 : open discussion.
May 30, 2018 : Garden tour: Judy Bono.
June 25, 2018 : Fred Habegger of Lancaster Butterfly and Entomological Club.
August 27, 2018 : Dean Rust of Bluebird Society of Pennsylvania.
September 24, 2018 : Peter Licona on reptiles and amphibians.
October 28, 2018 : Plant swap & potluck.
Past (2017)
January 23, 2017 : Book discussion: Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy.
February 27, 2017 : Morgan Elmore on composting.
March 27, 2017 : Book discussion: Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv.
April 24, 2017 : Mary Lou Weaver Houser on creating a native plant garden at the Wolf Museum of Music and Art.
May 23, 2017 : Garden tour: Lydia Martin of Hidden Valley.
June 26, 2017 : Linda Ferich and Margie Hall on wildlife habitat certifications.
July 17, 2017 : Fritz Schroeder on waterway restoration and rain garden installation.
July 30, 2017 : Plant swap & potluck.
September 25, 2017 : Steve Houser of Lancaster County Beekeepers Society.
October 22, 2017 : Plant swap & potluck.
Past (2016)
November 10, 2016 : Introduction.