2024-25 Schedule
We meet September through June. Unless otherwise indicated, all programs are held at 1:30pm at the Sand Hill School Community Center, 16 Dewey Ave.
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UP NEXT!
​​Saturday, April 26, 2025
Field Trip: The Farmer's Daughter 1:30pm
716 Mooresfield Rd., South Kingston, RI
Meet 8am (leaving 8:30am) at Sandwich High School, 365 Quaker Meetinghouse Rd.
Bring a bag lunch and come enjoy the day!​
Carpooling encouraged - if you can drive please click here to let us know!
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POSTPONED due to rain -
watch for new date!​
STILL TO COME...
Check back! Updates and new information will be posted as available.
Monday, April 28, 2025​ (rain date April 29)
Potting Day
9am, check your email for location and other details
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Final Plant Sale Prep​​​​ & General Meeting
1:30pm, check your email for location and other details
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Friday, May 9, 2025
Plan Sale Setup​
9am, Sandwich Town Green, Route 6A
(across from the Sandwich Fish Hatchery)
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Annual Plant Sale​
9am-12pm, Sandwich Town Green, Route 6A
(across from the Sandwich Fish Hatchery)
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Sunday, June 1, 2025
Annual Meeting & Picnic at Fuller Farm (Barnstable Land Trust)
1pm (time tentative), 995 MA-149, Marstons Mills, MA 02648​​
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Here's some early info regarding the 2025-26 season...plans continue to evolve!
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Sunday, September 7, 2025
New Season Kickoff
1:30pm, Oak Crest Cove, 34 Quaker Meetinghouse Rd., Sandwich
Kick-off meeting and garden clean-up followed by a visit to Solidago Native Plants on Farmersville Rd.
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Sunday, October 5, 2025
Plans in the works!
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Sunday, November 2, 2025
Learn About Christmas Cactuses & Decorate Pumpkins
1:30pm, Sand Hill School Community Center, 16 Dewey Ave.​
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Sunday, December 7, 2025
Greens Workshop - With a New Twist!?
1:30pm, Sand Hill School Community Center, 16 Dewey Ave.
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​​EVENTS GONE BY:​
​​Sunday, March 2, 2025
Hydrangea 101
1:30pm
Sand Hill School Community Center
16 Dewey Ave.​
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​​​Presented by ​​Joan Harrison, founding president of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society and creative visionary of Heritage Garden's Hydrangea Garden
Joan is the author of four hydrangea-related books and will answer your Cape and pollinator questions about hydrangeas. She was the keynote speaker at Heritage's "Hydrangea University" last July and we highly recommend you come hear her.
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​​Sunday, April 6, 2025
Growing Vegetables from Seed
1:30pm
Sand Hill School Community Center
16 Dewey Ave.​
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Join Master Gardener Brittany Lord to discover the best practices for growing healthy and productive plants. We’ll explore how to choose appropriate cultivars and address the importance of proper timing. We’ll also look at types of equipment, the germination environment, and how to avoid and address common problems encountered when growing from seed. Come learn how to get your vegetable garden off to a great start this season.
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​Brittany has been a volunteer with the Master Gardeners Association of Cape Cod since 2022. She is primarily involved in overseeing the demonstration garden at the Cape Cod Fairgrounds as well as organizing and presenting propagation workshops for the community. She has a certificate in sustainable food and farming and is currently pursuing a degree in horticulture from UMass Amherst. She has a large vegetable garden at her home in Bourne and loves to propagate all sorts of vegetables and native plants from seed. When she’s not gardening, Brittany enjoys cooking, hiking, and photographing the insects and wildlife that visit her garden.
​​Sunday, January 5, 2025
Growing "Big Box" Orchids
1:30pm
Sand Hill School Community Center
16 Dewey Ave.​
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​​Learn how to revive and care for Phalaenopsis orchids, also known as moth orchids, which are the most common type and widely available at local "big box" stores.
Our presenter will provide instructions, a demonstration, and some tips and tricks to keep them thriving for years to come.
​​We will also have a general club meeting to discuss upcoming events and a book and house plant exchange.
What to bring: Any gardening books, house plants, cuttings, or seeds you would like to share with other club members.​​​
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Presented by ​​Rich Parker​​​
​​Thursday, December 12, 2024
Christmas Party​
​5-8pm​
$25 per person​
This is a private members only event. See your email for location.
We're looking forward to spending time together to celebrate the holidays!
What to expect: A beautifully decorated home, a catered meal complete with punch and dessert, your fellow garden club members to celebrate the holiday with you, and a grab-bag gift to bring home.​​
What you need to do now:
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Payment must be received no later than December 1, so bring $25 (cash or check) to our December 1 meeting.
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Bring a wrapped $10 grab-bag gift. This is a "bring one, take one" event, so if you prefer not to participate, that's fine.
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Due to space considerations this is a "no guest" event (40 person cap).
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Location and parking details will be provided via email.
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​​Sunday, December 1, 2024
Greens Workshop
1:30pm
Sand Hill School Community Center
16 Dewey Ave.​​​​
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​​What do you have in mind for your winter decor? A wreath, a table arrangement, a swag? Do you want to drop off a bit of holiday cheer to a neighbor or friend? Join your fellow Diggers and get elbow deep in winter greens!
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Each person will make a 'greens' item of their choice. It can be a mug filled with greens and decorations, a wreath, a centerpiece -- whatever you like.
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We will also create a dozen or so ‘mug arrangements’ for the residents of Cape Winds Rest Home; it’s become an annual tradition for the club.
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What to bring:
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Any kind of greens, dried flowers, twigs, branches that you want in your piece. Bring as much as you can get. (You can just buy a garland of greens and break it up.)
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Decorations if you have them.
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Vase, bowl, mug, or whatever you want to make yours in. Be creative!
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Dry oasis if you need it (we'll have wet oasis for fresh arrangements).
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Pruners, wire cutters (if you have them), and gloves.
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​​​The Club will provide scissors, sharp knives, floral wire, glue guns & sticks, wire cutters, wire forms for wreaths, wet oasis, pine cones, miscellaneous decorations, ribbons, glitter glue.
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​ALSO - IT'S THE LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARTY! If you haven't yet signed up or paid for the party on December 12, bring $25 cash or check to this meeting. Also, immediately following this worshop, we need a few people to help decorate for the Christmas party. Speak to Jeanne Nichols for details.
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Feel free to arrive at the workshop as early as 1pm to drop off your greens, etc. but please give us a chance to get everything organized and set up before diving into your own project - the meeting actually begins at 1:30.
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​​Sunday, November 3, 2024
Spring Bulb "Lasagna"
1:30pm
Sand Hill School Community Center
16 Dewey Ave.​
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​​Lasagna planting, also known as layered planting, is a technique that involves planting bulbs in layers, one on top of the other, much like making a lasagna! Another fun, hands-on workshop!
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Advance sign-up required to ensure sufficient materials are available.
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Presented by ​​Carolyn Wiedermann​​​
​​Sunday, October 6, 2024*
Make Your Own Hypertufa Planter
1:00pm
​​*Rain date - Mon, Oct 7
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​​Hypertufa is a mixture that mimics the look of stone or concrete but weighs much less. Come and make your own at this fun and informative workshop.
Advance sign-up required to ensure sufficient materials are available.
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Details, including location, will be provided to members at the September meeting and via email.
​​Saturday, October 5, 2024
SandwichFest
10am - 4pm
​​​Water St., Sandwich Village
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We will have a booth promoting the Sandwich Garden Club. We will give out seed packets, so if you have any seeds you would like to donate please see your email for further instructions.
All are welcome to come and visit - hope you can come by!
​​Sunday, September 8, 2024
General Meeting
1:30pm
Sand Hill School Community Center
16 Dewey Ave.​
Welcome back!
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What to bring:
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We'll have a table for a "vegetable swap"so if you have any surplus vegetables from your garden that you would like to share then bring them along!
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If you have not yet renewed your membership, applications and dues will be accepted at the meeting. Applications and committee sign-up sheets will also be available.
Our kick-off agenda includes: ​
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Intro of new executive board and committee chairs
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Recognition of new members
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2023-24 recap
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Intro to hypertufa planters: An overview of the materials needed and the creation process (we'll be making them at our October meeting!)
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Sandwich Fest: When, where, sign-up sheet
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Committees: Discussion and sign-up​​​​​s