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December 2022 Book Donations

Every year the Belfast Garden Club donates gardening books to the Belfast Free Library. In December 2022 the Club donated the following titles: Books for Children Celia Planted a Garden, Gary D. Schmidt and Phyllis Root Gardening Projects for Kids, Judy Hendy Books for Adults National Geographic Birds, Bees and Butterflies: Bringing Nature into Your Yard and Garden, Nancy Hajeski Iwigara: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science, Enrique Salmon The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control: A Complete Guide to Maintaining a Healthy Garden and Yard the Earth-Friendly Way, Fern Marshall Bradley, ed. The New Shade Garden: Creating a Lush Oasis in…

Belfast Garden Club makes donations to Coastal Mountains Land Trust and the Belfast Free Library

The Belfast Garden Club, among other annual donations this month, contributed 16 new books to the gardening and horticulture collection at the Belfast Free Library. The club has made yearly donations to the library for more than 20 years with the goal of making the library’s selection of gardening-related books one of the strongest in MidCoast Maine, said Barbara Gage, president of the Belfast Garden Club. The donation included three books for children and 13 books for adults—ranging in topic from the aesthetic to the practical, with many addressing gardening in a changing climate with organic and earth-friendly methods. The…

Belfast Garden Club makes donations to Coastal Mountains Land Trust and the Belfast Free Library

Belfast Garden Club makes donations to Coastal Mountains Land Trust and the Belfast Free Library

The Belfast Garden Club, among other annual donations this month, contributed 16 new books to the gardening and horticulture collection at the Belfast Free Library. The club has made yearly donations to the library for more than 20 years with the goal of making the library’s selection of gardening-related books one of the strongest in MidCoast Maine, said Barbara Gage, president of the Belfast Garden Club. The donation included three books for children and 13 books for adults—ranging in topic from the aesthetic to the practical, with many addressing gardening in a changing climate with organic and earth-friendly methods. The…

The Giving Tree at the Belfast Free Library

Thanks to the Waldo Community Action Partners and the Belfast Garden Club, this year’s Giving Tree at the Library is up and ready! Come pick a card, take it upstairs to let the librarian know which card you picked, bring the unwrapped present identified on the back of the card to the library by December 13 and wish some child a Very Merry Christmas!

Meet Catherine Furbish

Meet Catherine Furbish

You can meet Kate, an American botanist who collected, classified and illustrated the native flora of Maine, right in Post Office Square. She’s part of Belfast’s Bootiful Scarecrow exhibition, which also features another BGC entry—still waiting to be named—in the Water-loo garden.   Kate devoted over 60 years of her life, traveling thousands of miles throughout her home state and creating very accurate drawings and watercolor paintings of the plants she found. She discovered two plants, which were named after her: Pedicularis furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) and Aster cordifolius L., var. furbishiae.

BGC Hydroponics wins the People’s Choice Prize!

Thanks to the team of BGC members who created and decorated BGC Hydroponics, the club’s entry in the annual cardboard boat races that are part of the Belfast Harbor Festival. Paula Smith and Chris Munroe were a strong paddling team and BGC Hydroponics was off and away at great speed – so much so they had trouble making the turn around the flag to race back to the beach. Sad to say, the second place boat made a tighter turn and nosed BGC Hydroponics out of first place, but it was a great race! Congratulations one and all! After all that excitement…