Belfast Garden Club members gathered at the Alden House to build a scarecrow replica of Maine’s first guide, Cornilia “Fly Rod” Crosby. Crosby will soon take up residence in Post Office Square, where she will spend the autumn looking longingly down to Belfast Bay.
We’re excited to announce that the Book Donations Committee, co-chaired by Sharon Davenport and Marcia Ladd-Spears, has purchased and donated twenty-five books to three area libraries. These purchases are made with funds generated by the Belfast Garden Club’s spring plant sale and the summer open gardens days. Belfast Library Book Donations 2024 Adults: Wild: The Naturalistic Garden by Noel Kingsbury The Seasonal Gardener: Creative Planting Combinations by Anna Pavord The Regenerative Garden: 80 Practical Projects for Creating a Self-Sustaining Garden Ecosystem by Stephanie Rose Companion Planting: A Beginner’s Guide to Companion Planting Secrets by Chauncey Cruz Jr. The Forager’s Guide…
Come to Wales Park, at the corner of Lincolnville Avenue and Main Street, to add your muscle and your expertise to the creation of an in-town patch forest. Volunteers are needed beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 9 and Friday, October 11 to work with Belfast Area High School students (under the supervision of teacher David Thomas) and members of the TWiG committee to clear brush and thin trees along the park’s perimeter. The patch forest is a collaborative educational project between the Belfast Garden Club, the City of Belfast, and the Belfast Area High School. Urban patch forests…
Open Gardens 2024 is off to a great start. As with the Plant Sale, many volunteers work to make this a successful event. Committee co-chairs Penny and Barry Hanstein (above) wish to thank everyone involved, from those who found the featured gardens, to the communications committee that helped publicize the events, to the BGC volunteers who work the admissions tables, to the garden owners themselves–everyone’s contributions are necessary! Thanks to all.
Gardeners ready to refresh their landscapes will find more than 1,000 plants to choose from at the Belfast Garden Club’s annual plant sale Memorial Day Weekend.
It’s time for gardeners and gardening-adjacent folks to get ready for the plant sale of the year: the Belfast Garden Club sale, scheduled for Saturday, May 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Steamboat Landing and the Belfast Boathouse, 34 Commercial St.