Club Calendar
Meetings, Special Events, Volunteering
Welcome! Guests are welcome at most meetings and events. Unless otherwise noted, meetings and events are at the Hillcrest Recreation Center, Scarborough.
We are an active and busy club, celebrating nearly 50 years of flowers, friendships, and fun. >>Click here for a few of our projects and opportunities to lend a hand, meet new friends, celebrate the love of all things gardening.
Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.“ – Rudyard Kipling All Scarborough Garden Club meetings are at the Hillcrest Recreation Center, 108 Hillcrest Avenue, Scarborough, Maine, unless otherwise noted.
2023 September 21st, 2023, at 12:30pm “Building a Better Blueberry” Lecture Presented by Jim Hancock, consultant in directing and advising in blueberry breeding with MGB Marketing. October 10th and 11th, 2023 New England Garden Clubs Annual Meeting, Hotel 1620 on Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, Massachusetts October 19th, 2023, at 12:30pm “The Future of Conservation in Scarborough” Lecture Presented by Andrew Mackie, Executive Director of the Scarborough Land trust. He has 25 years of experience in conservation, including community-engaged conservation. October 24th 2023 GCFM Fall Conference, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta Maine. November 16th, 2023, at 12:30pm “The Magic of Trees” Lecture Presented by Amy Witt – naturalist, garden coach, educator, director of Earth Walkers. December 21st, 2023, at 12:30 Holiday Party Members only 2024 January 18th, 2024, at 12:30pm “Secret Lives of Fireflies” Lecture Presented by Don Salvatore, science educator for 35 years at the Museum of Science in Boston February 15th, 2024, at 12:30pm Flower arranging by SGC members, a hands on clinic March 21st, 2024, at 12:30pm “Rain in Maine – Friend or Foe?” Lecture Presented by Kristin Ness, environmental compliance coordinator with Portland Water District. April 4th, 2024 Stroudwater District Meeting, Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland Maine. April 18th, 2024, at 12:30pm “A Gardener Tours the Baltic States” Lecture Presented by Patrice Kastenholz – Scarborough Garden Club Member May 15th, 2024, at 11:30 AM Annual Meeting and Luncheon The Black Point Inn, 510 Black Point Road, Scarborough Maine Members only June 1st, 2024 Annual Plant Sale Sale is 8:00am-11:00 am, club members helping should arrive by 7:00am. Hunnewell House, 82 Blackpoint Road, Scarborough Maine (At corner of Black Point Road and Winnock’s Neck Road) June 2-5th, 2024 National Garden Club Convention Denver Colorado June 17th, 2024, 11:00AM - 1:00PM Annual Picnic Location TBD June 20th and 21st, 2024 GCFM 2024 Convention University of Maine Buchanan Alumni House, 60 College Ave, Orono Maine Scarborough Garden Club is a member of: Stroudwater District, Garden Club Federation of Maine, National Garden Clubs, Inc., and New England Garden Clubs, Inc.
October 10th and 11th, 2023 New England Garden Clubs Annual Meeting, Hotel 1620 on Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, Massachusetts October 24th 2023 GCFM Fall Conference, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta Maine. Mark your calendars for these upcoming regional and national meetings and conventions:
April 4th, 2024 Stroudwater District Meeting, Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland Maine June 2nd-5th, 2024 National Garden Club Convention, Denver Colorado June 20th and 21st, 2024 GCFM 2024 Convention at the University of Maine Buchanan Alumni House 60 College Ave, Orono Maine |