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Plant Sale is May 24

Plant Sale is May 24

It’s spring! The trees are leafing out. The forsythia’s in bloom, and the rhododendrons, and the apple trees are beginning to bud. This can only mean one thing: It’s almost time for the Belfast Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale! Scheduled for Saturday, May 24 from 9 a.m. until noon at the Belfast Boathouse and Steamboat Landing, the plant sale will feature hundreds of plants donated by BGC members and local plant purveyors. Annuals, perennials, herbs, shrubs, trees: We’ll have them all. The Gardener-to-Gardener table will be back, stocked with useful tools and garden items, including pots (no plastic). This year,…

Anchors

Anchors

Exuding “the massive / Mysticism of stone, / Which failure cannot cast down / Nor success make proud,” boulders appeared this week in the Belfast post office garden. The foundation of the new planting going on this spring, these boulders will do a lot of work in a small space. They’ll help stabilize the soil and prevent erosion, provide shelter and shade for pollinators, and define the pedestrian path that leads from sidewalk to parking lot. To quote Robinson Jeffers, they will also add a touch of “massive mysticism” to the garden situated at one of the town’s busiest points.

Public Gardens Committee Springs Back Into Action!

Public Gardens Committee Springs Back Into Action!

For many visitors, the thirteen public gardens maintained by the Belfast Garden Club are their first inkling that Belfast is a very special place. Go to the post office, the library, the public landing at the harbor, the police station, the city park, the cemetery, the city hall, the Coast Guard station, or to the loo* and you’ll find the handiwork of some very adept and dedicated club members who don’t mind getting their hands dirty. Although summer will be the time to showcase each garden individually, now’s the time to give a shout-out to some of the hardest-working members…