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Horticulture Group

The Horticulture Group is an informal group open to all Garden Club members and provides hands-on experience for members either by field trips to local growers or members homes.  The meetings or events are generally held on the fourth Thursday of the month. For additional information, contact the Horticulture Group Chair.   

Horticulture Group Schedule

March 21, 2009 Raindate:  March 28

Linden Cleanup
Prince Frederick

April 10, 2009

Londontown Daffodil Show
Edgewater, Maryland

May 28, 2009

Lily Ponds/Amish Nursery
St. Mary's County, Maryland

June 27, 2009

Plant Sale at Fay's Bloomers(daylilies)Davidsonville, Maryland

September 24, 2009

Sotterley Plantation
Hollywood, Maryland

October 22, 2009

Brookside/McCrillis Gardens
Wheaton, MD

January 28, 2010

Orchid Exhibit at National Botanical Gardens
Washington, DC

February 25, 2010

Horticulture Planning Meeting
TBD

March, 2010

Philadelphia Flower Show 

* All meetings are subject to change.  Please consult the monthly newsletter for changes to schedule.

Civic Holiday Decorating

November 2009

Project: Hospice Christmas Tree
December 2009  Project: Greening of the Courthouse Square

From an article by Joseph Norris, The Calvert Independent - December-2003

 Every year, the Calvert Garden Club descends on the county courthouse with boxwood, fruit-laden Della Robbia, wreaths, garlands and holiday decorations for the “greening” of the county seat. When the annual event first occurred some 40 years ago, it wasn’t unusual to see Calvert County Circuit Court Judge Perry Bowen Jr. up on a ladder helping to hang Christmas decorations.

“Then the county started paying a county employee to help us,” said Virginia Bowen, wife of the now-retired magistrate, who made the trip from the couple’s home in Jersey, VA Dec. 2 to help. “I guess they felt it wasn’t dignified to have a judge up on a ladder.”

The Calvert Garden Club formed in 1936 and held a flower mart and plant sale on the courthouse lawn. This year, 50 women who are members of that organization participated in the effort. The ladies hung 40 wreaths, 20 sprays on lampposts and hung wreaths on the large signs welcoming motorists into the county.

Bowen said that when the group first started with their holiday decorating efforts, they would assemble the wreaths and garlands in the basement of the courthouse. She added that the group originally made the wreaths from newspaper for the base.

Calvert Garden Club member Mary Ann Harms said it usually takes the members three days to make the decorations which hang on Main Street until the day after New Year’s Day.
   The Club has added decorating the park square across from the Sheriff's office on Church Street to expand the holiday spirit in downtown.

Invasive Plant Brochure from Nature Conservancy

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