Propagating Perennials by Joan Butler

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This combination demonstration and Powerpoint presentation illustrates a variety of different propagation techniques, including growing from seeds, cuttings, and divisions of a wide range of perennials. Joan will demonstrate the actual division of perennials and we will have an opportunity drawing for the plants!

 

6:30-7:00 PM Refreshments & Socializing

7:00-8:30 PM Speaker

First Calvary Baptist Church

586 Massachusetts Ave

North Andover

Holiday Decorating with Maureen Christmas

 

Get yourself motivated for the holidays by joining us for internationally renowned floral designer Maureen Christmas as she designs six fabulous holiday arrangements! The arrangements will be given to attendees in an opportunity drawing!

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6:30-7:00 PM Refreshments & Socializing

7:00-8:30 PM Speaker

First Calvary Baptist Church

586 Massachusetts Ave

North Andover

Roses for New England by Mike and Angie Chute
ZOOM Webinar​​

Roses for New England is a special presentation for every rose-lover who wants to grow hardy, healthy, and disease resistant roses in their home gardens. This program specifically addresses the merits and challenges of rose gardening in New England. Novice rose gardeners will find everything they need to know to successfully grow roses and experienced gardeners will utilize this program as a ready reference to enable them to grow better roses. Mike and Angelina Chute’s book, Roses for New England: A Guide to Sustainable Rose Gardening is the companion reference to this program.
This program includes: six easy steps to growing roses in New England; how to select winter hardy and disease resistant varieties for New England gardens; the best way to plant and prune roses; and tips and personal anecdotes from the authors’ twenty-five years of rose gardening experience.

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Virtual program shared with the Library

10:00 AM

Groundcovers: What are They and How to Use Them

by Kathie Skinner

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This presentation provides a definition for “groundcover,” which is a broader category than most realize. The focus is on advantages of using plants to conserve water, keep weeds at bay, and create plant communities with common growing conditions. Examples of perennial and shrubs that may successfully be used for  groundcovers in sun, shade, and part sun/shade are included.

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6:30-7:00 PM Refreshments & Socializing

7:00-8:30 PM Speaker

First Calvary Baptist Church

586 Massachusetts Ave

North Andover

Creating a personal paradise: The Story of Glen Villa

by Patterson Webster

We all want our gardens to be beautiful. But how can we make them distinctly our own? In this inspirational program, Patterson Webster shares how she transformed an attractive but conventional garden into one that uses history, art and horticulture to tell its own unique story. Packed with ideas that you can use, Creating a Personal Paradise: The Story of Glen Villa takes you on a tour of Glen Villa, a 750-acre property in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.Through photographs she's taken over the last twenty years, you will see gardens and art installations that make Glen Villa Art Garden unique. Witness the creation of the China Terrace, a re-imagining of a 19th-century resort hotel that once stood on the property. Learn how a neglected stream became the Aqueduct, a water feature that frames a lawn now morphing into a natural meadow. See how a fern wood became a celebration of loved ones, how an environmental disaster became a favourite destination, how touches of humour enliven the view. Best of all, gain ideas that help you to tell your own garden’s story, in your own personal way.In this program, geared for gardeners at all levels of experience and interest, you will discover: 1.new ideas and new approaches to garden design 2. the importance of ‘listening’ to your site 3. how words help a garden to tell its own story, in its own way​​.​

6:30-7:00 PM Refreshments & Socializing

7:00-8:30 PM Speaker

First Calvary Baptist Church, 586 Massachusetts Ave, North Andover

Like This? Substitute That!  

by Lisey Good

 

Great native plants to take the place of non-natives you love. Struggling to replace that invasive euonymus whose sunning fall foliage you adore? Look no further than this program to get you the impact you love using the native plants you know are best for the environment and our local flora and fauna!

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6:30-7:00 PM Refreshments & Socializing

7:00-8:30 PM Speaker

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First Calvary Baptist Church

586 Massachusetts Ave

North Andover

                       

 Annual Plant Sale - Rain or Shine

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This is our biggest fundraiser of the year.  The proceeds from the sale fund all our programs and activities in addition to two scholarships each year to graduating high school students.

     

Plants are donated by members from their gardens and we supplement member donations by purchasing trays of small perennials from a local grower in March, repotting them, nurturing them and selling them at the sale. Every plant is locally grown and therefore tends to be more successful in people’s gardens.

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10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

North Andover Middle School