The Garden Club
of
Harwich
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The Harwich Garden Club
Monthly Calendar & Programs
Try and encroach on your lawn little by little with expanding your gardens, adding native ground covers, native shrubs and trees which feed wildlife and don’t depend on chemicals and water to flourish.
- - - - - - - - - August 26 * TUES. DATE CHANGE*
Board Meeting
1 PM - Harwich Community Center
September 9 ** NOTE DATE CHANGE
General Meeting
Harwich Community Center
1:00 PM
Speaker: Kristen Andres of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod :
"For Peat's Sake and More"
Horticulture: See Horticultural Guidelines
Found on the Standing Committees page under Programs/Horticulture.
September 16
Blooming Bouquets - Co-Chairs Jill McGrath & Cathy Dillon
(Third Tuesday of the Month) 1:30 PM - Harwich Community Center
Volunteers are needed
September 18
Project G-Litter - Chair, Judi Sitkin (Third Thursday of the Month)
1PM, Location TBD - will be sent out by email beforehand.
September 18
Conservation Committee - Co-Chairs, Susan Sajer & Susie Hughes
(Third Thursday of the month) 10 AM - Harwich Community Center
September 24
Board Meeting (Last Wednesday of the Month)
1 PM - Harwich Community Center Room 4
Try accessorizing your gardens with natural materials. Boulders, stones, shells, leaves and pine needles can replace excessive mulch. Use interesting containers and avoid using/buying new plastic pots for your plants.
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October 07
General Meeting
Harwich Community Center
1:00 PM
Tom Evans from the Harwich Conservation Trust will lead a walk around the Robert F. Smith Cold Brook Preserve on Bank Street. Refreshments in the function room in the newly restored fire station (There are only 27 parking spaces so please carpool.)
October 21
Blooming Bouquets (Third Tuesday)
1:30 PM at Harwich Community Center
Volunteers are needed!
October 16
Project G-Litter (Third Thursday)
1PM
Location TBD (will be sent out by email beforehand)
October 16
Conservation Committee (Third Thursday)
10 AM- Harwich Community Center
October 29
Board Meeting
1 PM - Harwich Community Center
“Our task must be to free ourselves…..by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” Albert Einstein - - - - - - - - -
November 5 : DATE CHANGE to Wednesday
General Meeting
Harwich Community Center
1:00 PM
Speaker: Emma Murphy: "Rooted in Nature and Sustainable Design"
November ??
9 to 11 : Pick up wreaths and decorations at the Harwich Chamber of Commerce
November 20
Project G-Litter
1 p.m. Location, TBD, (will be sent out by email beforehand)
November 20
Conservation Committee
10 AM- Harwich Community Center
November ??
9 to 11: Drop off wreaths at Harwich Chamber of Commerce
November 18
Blooming Bouquets
1:30 p.m. at Harwich Community Center
Volunteers are needed!
November 25 - Tues. Date Change
Board Meeting
1 p.m., Harwich Community Center, Room 4
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere….” Vincent Van Gogh
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December 11: NOTE DATE AND TIME CHANGE
HOLIDAY LUNCHEON At WEQUASSETT RESORT : 12PM
This replaces the spring luncheons recently held at Eastward Ho and will be a nice celebration following our Holiday Boutique.
December 4
Holiday Boutique Workshops
Harwich Community Center
Thursday, December 4, Time: 9am - noon & 1pm -4 pm
December 5
Holiday Boutique Set-Up, Time: 1 pm -5 pm
December 6
HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE!!
Harwich Community Center
9 am - noon
December 16
Blooming Bouquets
1:30 p.m. Harwich Community Center
December 18
Project G-Litter
1 p.m.
Location, TBD, will be sent out by email beforehand.
December 18
Conservation Committee
10 AM - Harwich Community Center
December 30 ; TUESDAY DATE CHANGE
Board Meeting : 1 PM
For the winter months, make a list of organic edible and flower seeds to grow. Listen to the songbirds.
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JANUARY 6
General Meeting
Harwich Community Center
Meeting, 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Martha Chiarchiaro - "Women Floral Painters Through the Centuries"
JANUARY 15
Project G-Litter
1 p.m. Location TBD (will be sent out by email beforehand)
January 15
Conservation Committee
10 AM - Harwich Community Center
JANUARY 20
Blooming Bouquets
1:30 p.m. at Harwich Community Center
Volunteers are needed.
JANUARY 28
Board Meeting
1 p.m., Harwich Community Center , Room 4
Feed the birds! In late winter many of their natural food sources begin to thin out. It’s important to keep your bird feeders fully stocked until Spring.
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February 3
General Meeting
Harwich Community Center
Meeting 1:00 pm
Speaker: Jill Mays ~ "Nuturing Nature for OUR Special Needs"
February 17
Blooming Bouquets
1:30 PM at HCC
Volunteers needed!
February 19
Project G-Litter
1 PM Location TBD (will be sent out by email beforehand)
February 19
Conservation Committee
10 AM - Harwich Community Center
February 25
Board Meeting
1 PM, Harwich Community Center, Room 4.
The first job to do for your garden, is to prepare the soil. “ The best tool for this is your neighbors garden tiller. If he/she does not have one, suggest that he buys one!”
- Dave Barry
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March 3
General Meeting
Harwich Community Center
Meeting: 1:00 p.m
Speaker: John Parke ~ "How to Make a Successful and Bountiful Raised Garden Bed"
March 17
Blooming Bouquets
1:30 PM, HCC
Volunteers Needed!
March 19
Project G-Litter
1 PM Location TBD (will be sent out by email beforehand)
March 19
Conservation Committee
10 AM- Harwich Community Center
March 25
Board Meeting
1 PM, Room #4
This month is time to plant roses, clean your garden beds and prune Spring Flowering bulbs
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APRIL 7
General Meeting
1PM, Harwich Community Center, Multipurpose Room
Meeting: 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: IIa Cox ~ "The History of the Tulip and its Tulip Mania Moment"
April 3
Kathy Steves & Pat Watson Co-Chairs
Harwich Gold Pickup from 9 to 1 on 1599 Orleans-Harwich Rd
April 4
Harwich Gold Pickup from 9 to 1 on 1599 Orleans-Harwich Rd.
April 21
Blooming Bouquets
1:30 PM at Harwich Community Center
Volunteers are needed
April 16
Project G-Litter
1 PM Location,TBD (will be sent out by email beforehand)
April 16
Conservation Committee
10 AM - Harwich Community Center
April 29
Board Meeting
1 PM, Harwich Community Center, Room 4
After the Allium plant has stopped blooming and you are left with a brown seed pod, cut off the stalk at the base so the nutrients go back into the bulb. Then take the Allium stalks with the pod and stick them back in the dirt for garden interest.
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May 5
General Meeting
Harwich Community Center
Meeting 1:00 p.m. Speaker: Lisey Good ~ "Removing Invasive Plants"
May 19
Blooming Bouquets
1:30 PM at HCC
Volunteers are needed.
May 14
Project G-Litter
1 p.m. Location TBD (will be sent out beforehand)
May 14
Conservation Committee
10 AM - Harwich Community Center
May 23
“Harwich by the Sea” Plant Sale
Doane Park - 9 a.m. – Noon
Co-Chairs: Diane DiGennaro & Sharon Safferstone
May 29
Board Meeting
1 PM, Harwich Community Center, Room 4.
Conservation Tips: Be sure to register your property as a participant in Pollinator Pathway Cape Cod. Visit https://pollinator-pathway.org/towns/capecod or contact pollinatorpathwaycapecod@gmail.com We can all take part in protecting this official Cape Cod environment .
June 2
The Lonely Bouquet ~ A Club activity. we will make small bouquets and leave them
around town for people to find and take home. We'll attach a postcard to each
one and will reveal the responses at our September meeting. Flowers, greens
and containers will be provided; but, please bring some of your own garden
delights and a small vase or container if you wish.
June 18
Project G-Litter
Location and time TBD (will be sent out by email beforehand)
July 16 and August 20: G-Litter will also meet