2016-2017 Programs
Unless otherwise noted, programs are open to the public and begin at 1:30 PM on Wednesdays at the Topsham Public Library (25 Foreside Road). The public is welcome to join members beforehand at 12:00 noon at the bring-your-own lunch and business meeting. Desserts and coffee are provided by the Club.
Details of off-site programs, including arrangements for car pooling, will be announced closer to the program date.
For more information, please send us a message by clicking here.
Details of off-site programs, including arrangements for car pooling, will be announced closer to the program date.
For more information, please send us a message by clicking here.
2016 Programs
April 13 – Annual Meeting & Pot Luck Lunch (no guest speaker). For more information, click here.
May 18 - (Note: Third Wednesday, not second) Field trip to McLaughlin Garden & Homestead in South Paris, Maine, with optional lunch at Maurice's. Guided tour begins at 10:00 AM. For more information, click here.
June 8 - "Bats of Maine" with Logan Parker, Engagement Coordinator for Maine Lakes Resource Center in Belgrade Lakes, Maine. For more information, click here.
July 13 - Tour of members' gardens in Brunswick for members and their guests, starting at 10:00 AM, with brown-bag lunch and business meeting on Cumberland Street.
August 10 - Field trip to Rex Beisel's & Craig Cote's Barred Owl Daylilies in Otisfield, Maine, with optional self guided visit to Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine. For more information, click here.
September 14 - "Heirloom Apples" with John Bunker of Fedco Seeds. For more information, click here.
October 12 -"Vermiculture: What, Where, How and Why" with Jock Robie of Mainely Worm Bins. Door Prize of a worm bin with worms. For more information, click here.
November 9 - "A walk through the Maine State Museum with a botanist’s eye” with
Dr. Paula Work & Jennifer Dube of the Maine State Museum in Augusta. For more information, click here.
December 14 - Members-only Christmas Pot-luck Party and Auction
May 18 - (Note: Third Wednesday, not second) Field trip to McLaughlin Garden & Homestead in South Paris, Maine, with optional lunch at Maurice's. Guided tour begins at 10:00 AM. For more information, click here.
June 8 - "Bats of Maine" with Logan Parker, Engagement Coordinator for Maine Lakes Resource Center in Belgrade Lakes, Maine. For more information, click here.
July 13 - Tour of members' gardens in Brunswick for members and their guests, starting at 10:00 AM, with brown-bag lunch and business meeting on Cumberland Street.
August 10 - Field trip to Rex Beisel's & Craig Cote's Barred Owl Daylilies in Otisfield, Maine, with optional self guided visit to Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine. For more information, click here.
September 14 - "Heirloom Apples" with John Bunker of Fedco Seeds. For more information, click here.
October 12 -"Vermiculture: What, Where, How and Why" with Jock Robie of Mainely Worm Bins. Door Prize of a worm bin with worms. For more information, click here.
November 9 - "A walk through the Maine State Museum with a botanist’s eye” with
Dr. Paula Work & Jennifer Dube of the Maine State Museum in Augusta. For more information, click here.
December 14 - Members-only Christmas Pot-luck Party and Auction
2017 Programs
January 11 - "Cathance River Education Alliance" with CREA Executive Director, Matt Dubel. For more information, click here.
February 8 - "Lyme Disease Prevention" with Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (MLDSE) co-founders, Paula Jackson Jones & Angele Rice. Click here for more information about the program and click here for a Lyme Disease fact sheet.
March 8 - "Hardy Succulents and Rock Garden Plants" with Mark Brandhorst of Halls Pond Gardens in South Paris, Maine. For more information, click here.
April 5 (Note: First Wednesday, not second Wednesday) (Also, program will begin at Noon; followed by light refreshments and Annual Meeting from 1:00-2:00)
"Multiple Strategies for Organizing Gardening Information" with Jean Potuchek, followed by Annual Meeting with Installation of Officers and Business Meeting. For more information, click here.
May - Medomak District Annual Meeting on May 1, so no monthly program meeting
June 14 - "18th Century Landscaping at 'Montpelier,' the Knox Museum in Thomaston, Maine" (Program starts at 12:00 Noon. Please check back for details.)
February 8 - "Lyme Disease Prevention" with Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (MLDSE) co-founders, Paula Jackson Jones & Angele Rice. Click here for more information about the program and click here for a Lyme Disease fact sheet.
March 8 - "Hardy Succulents and Rock Garden Plants" with Mark Brandhorst of Halls Pond Gardens in South Paris, Maine. For more information, click here.
April 5 (Note: First Wednesday, not second Wednesday) (Also, program will begin at Noon; followed by light refreshments and Annual Meeting from 1:00-2:00)
"Multiple Strategies for Organizing Gardening Information" with Jean Potuchek, followed by Annual Meeting with Installation of Officers and Business Meeting. For more information, click here.
May - Medomak District Annual Meeting on May 1, so no monthly program meeting
June 14 - "18th Century Landscaping at 'Montpelier,' the Knox Museum in Thomaston, Maine" (Program starts at 12:00 Noon. Please check back for details.)