Things to Do, Places to Go

Founded 1934. Celebrating our 85th year!

Things to do, places to go......

Topsham Garden Club Programs & Activities

Click here for a list of programs for the current year. Typically, we meet on the second Wednesday of the month. We welcome the public at most of our programs, including field trips.

Master Gardener Training

Maine Cooperative Extension in Androscoggin & Sagadahoc is accepting applications for the 2020 Master Gardener Volunteer Course. Classes will be held primarily at the Topsham Public Library on Mondays afternoons, March 30-June 8 and August 24-October 26. The application deadline is February 15, 2020. For more information, click here.

Lecture Series

1st Wednesdays at 10:00 AM, March 4-April 1, 2020 - Judges' Council of Maine Floral Design classes at St. Mary's Church, Falmouth
Saturdays - Free classes at Skillins in Brunswick, Cumberland and/or Falmouth
Selected Sundays at 1:30 , January 26-March 22 - Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Winter Garden Workshops at Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick
Various dates - Estabrook's Workshops, generally in Yarmouth

Events (Plant Sales, Garden Tours, Shows, and more)

Check back periodically for updates.....

February 12-16, 2020 - "Art in Bloom" exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
February 20-23, 2020 - Connecticut Flower Show: "Spring Into Connecticut" at the Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT
Saturday, February 29, 2020, 9:00 AM-Noon - "Garden Design 101 and Remarkable Plants" workshop with Kerry Ann Mendez at the Freeport Public Library, Freeport, ME
February 29-March 8, 2020 - Philadelphia Flower Show: "Riviera Holiday" at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
March 11-15, 2020 - Boston Flower Show: “Garden Party: Celebrating Friends and Family” at the Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA
Saturday, March 14, 2020, 8:15 AM-4:00 PM - Maine Garden Day at the Lewiston High School, Lewiston, ME
March 25-29, 2020 - Maine Flower Show : “A Cascade of Color” at Thompson’s Point, Portland, ME
Monday, May 4, 2020 - Medomak District Annual Meeting hosted by the Boothbay Region Garden Club at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME
May 11-16, 2020 - National Garden Clubs, Inc. Convention: "Perfect Vision 2020" at the Potawatomi Hotel, Milwaukee, WI
May 12 & 13, 2020 - "Perfect Vision 2020," a Petite Horticulture Specialty Flower Show, presented by National Garden Clubs, Inc. at the Potawatomi Hotel, Milwaukee, WI
June 6, 2020 - Topsham Garden Club Annual Plant Sale at the
Topsham Town Hall, Topsham, ME
June 15-17, 2020 - 89th Annual GCFM Convention: "Gardens at First Light!" hosted by the St. Croix District at the Atlantic Oceanside Hotel, Bar Harbor, ME
August 4-9, 2020 - Topsham Fair
October 13-14, 2020 - Annual Meeting of the New England Garden Clubs at the Village by the Sea, Wells, ME
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - GCFM Fall Conference at the Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, ME
May 17-20, 2021 - 92nd Annual Convention of the National Garden Clubs at the Hilton Meadowland Hotel, East Rutherford, NJ
June 16-17, 2021 - 90th Annual GCFM Convention at the Sheraton Hotel, Portland, ME

Sites to Check for Local Area Programs & Activities

Maine Gardens to Visit

Augusta - Blaine House Gardens
Augusta - Viles Arboretum
Bar Harbor - College of the Atlantic Gardens (including Beatrix Farrand Garden)
Bar Harbor - Wild Gardens of Acadia
Boothbay - Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Camden - Merryspring Nature Center
Castine - Castine Inn Garden
Ellsworth - Woodlawn Garden and Park
Falmouth - University of Maine Gardens at Tidewater Farm
Freeport - Shady Glen Nursery Gardens
Hermon - Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum
Kennebunkport - St. Anthony's Monastery Grounds and Gardens
New Gloucester - Garden at Pineland Farms
Northeast Harbor - Asticou Azalea Garden
Northeast Harbor - Thuya Garden
Ogunquit - Ogunquit Museum of American Art Sculpture Gardens
Orono - Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden (at the University of Maine)
Orono - Roger Clapp Greenhouses (at the University of Maine)
Portland - Rose Garden in Deering Oaks Park
Portland - Wadsworth-Longfellow House Garden
Seal Harbor - Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden
South Berwick - Hamilton House Gardens
South Paris - McLaughlin Garden & Homestead
Standish - Marrett House Garden
Waterville - Perkins Arboretum (at Colby College)
Wiscasset - Nickels-Sortwell House Gardens & Sunken Garden