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.

August 6-11, 2019 - Topsham Garden Club exhibit in the 165th Topsham Fair at the Topsham Fairgrounds, Topsham, ME

Lecture Series

1st Wednesdays at 10:00 AM, March 6-August 7, 2019 - GCFM Floral Design classes at St. Mary's Church, Falmouth
2nd Wednesdays at 7:30 AM, April 10-September 11, 2019 - "Growing Literacy" series in the Tom Settlemire Community Garden, 90 Maurice Drive, Brunswick
Saturdays - Free classes at Skillins in Brunswick, Cumberland and/or Falmouth

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

Check back periodically for updates.....

July 9 - September 5, 2019 - Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden visits (by reservation only) at the Land & Garden Preserve, Seal Harbor
July 19, 23 & 26; August 2, 9 & 16, 2019 - Celia Thaxter's Garden Tours on Appledore Island leaving from New Castle, NH
Fridays, July 12-August 23, 2019, 10:00-4:00, Open Garden Days, by the Belfast Garden Club
Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 10:00-4:00 - Bremen Library Garden Tour at the Bremen Library
Thursday, July 18, 2019, 9:30-4:00 - Camden Garden Club's 72nd Annual Garden & Home Tour, Camden, ME
Friday, July 19, 2019 - "The Sea Around Us," Boothbay Region Garden Club's Annual Home & Garden Tour
Saturday, July 20, 2019
- 9:00-4:00 - 9th Annual Cape Elizabeth Garden Tour from Fort Williams Park
- 10:00-4:00 - "A Tour of Fine Island Gardens," Bar Harbor Garden Club's tour at the Marketplace near the Northeast Harbor Marina
- 10:00-4:00 - "Secret Gardens of Kennebunkport" to benefit the Graves Memorial Library
Sunday, July 21, 2019, 10:00 - Crystal Spring Farm Bee Tour with beekeeper Ken Faulkner, Brunswick
August 6-11, 2019 - 165th Topsham Fair at the Topsham Fairgrounds, Topsham, ME
Saturday, September 7, 8:30-2:00 - Harpswell Garden Club's "Fun and Fabulous Fall Fest" at Centennial Hall, Harpswell, ME
Saturday, September 14, 2019, 8:30-1:00 - Gorham Garden Club's "Plants, Pies, and Produce Sale" at Baxter Memorial Library, Gorham, ME
October 28 & 29, 2019 - New England Garden Clubs, Inc.'s Annual Meeting at the Woodstock Inn, Woodstock, VT
Thursday, October 31, 2019 - GCFM Fall Conference at the Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, ME
November-December, 2019 (dates TBA) - Gardens Aglow at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
December 6-8, 2019 - Boothbay Region Garden Club's Annual Festival of Trees at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor, 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
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