THE PORTSMOUTH GARDEN CLUB
Join Us for our September 2022-2023 Season Kick Off meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022.
Social time: 10:00, followed by our Business Meeting at 10:30.
Our speaker Jayne Densmore, Flowers by Leslie will provide a floral arrangement demo from 11:00-noon.
Urban Forestry Center, 43 Elwyn Rd., Portsmouth, NH.
FESTIVAL OF TREES UPDATE
Please mark your calendars for NOV. 18, 19 and 20, 2022 for our next festival. Exhibitor applications are now available. See forms menu.
2021-2022 Programs
All our Portsmouth Garden Club meetings are held at the Urban Forestry Center, Elwyn Dr., Portsmouth unless otherwise noted. We welcome guests at all our meetings. Generally we begin with a social time from 11:00-11:30 followed by a short business meeting until noon. Speakers/programs generally run from noon til 1:00 pm. Please contact us to let us know you are interested in attending. Our January and February 2022 meetings are being held via ZOOM due to increasing COVID transmissions. Our meetings will revert back to IN PERSON, at Urban Forestry Center, effective with our MARCH 16, 2022 meeting.
22 September 2021
Building Awareness of Raptors Through Rehab and Programs
Jane Kelly, On the Wing
47 Prescott Rd.
Epping, NH 03042
20 October 2021
Wood Island Life Saving Station,
Sam Reid,
Wood Island Life Saving Association
THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE PORTSMOUTH SENIOR CENTER, COTTAGE AVE.
17 November 2021
Dig Into Dahlias
Jessica Romano, Omniflora Farm,
Cape Neddick, ME
8 December 2021
Annual Holiday Luncheon
Wentworth Country Club
19 January 2022
Understanding NH’s Coastal Watershed Conservation Plan
Peter Steckler, The Nature Conservancy
This ZOOM program is now available to view. Just click on it.
16 February 2022
New and Unusual Ornamentals
Andy Brand, Director of Horticulture
Coastal Maine Botanical Garden
Our Feb. 16 program is ready to view. Just click on it.
16 March 2022
Patti Elwell of Rolling Green Nurseries will be speaking about “Growing Flavors and Nutrition: Herbs, Sprouts and Shoots. Patti's programs have always been among our favorites. Don't miss it!
20 April 2022
Jaw Dropping, Traffic Stopping, Get Your Neighbors Talking Garden Containers
Deborah Trickett, The Captured Garden
FOT Grant recipients will be honored at this meeting as well
18 May 2022
Literature In Bloom
WHAT will our talented members create?
Due to COVID restrictions, past PGC programs were held via ZOOM. Simply click on the photos to enjoy some of our previously recorded programs.
Jan 20, 2021 9:00 AM via ZOOM
Jamie Colen, Garden Director, Fuller Gardens
“Roses and Common
Sense Gardening Techniques"
Jamie's presentation is now available for viewing. Click rose to watch.
Feb. 17, 2021 9:00 AM via ZOOM
Ronni Freiberger
Portsmouth Garden Club
“Take Me to the River”
Ronni's program is now available for viewing
Click river to watch.
March 17, 2021 9:00 AM via ZOOM
Joan Butler, long time Master Gardener and Flower Show judge, presents a beautiful series of photos that show colorful flowers and interesting foliage for the early spring garden.
Joan help us learn more about our favorites while introducing a few unusual specimens and explains how to combine them for best effect in the garden.
"Stunning Spring Perennials"
This presentation is no longer available.
April 21, 2021 9:00 AM via ZOOM
Andy Brand, Curator of Living Collections,
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
“Shade Gardens”
Wednesday, Sept. 16 9:00am
via ZOOM
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens,
Dan Robarts, PhD, Horticulturalist
“CMBG’s Horticultural Development; The Nuts, Bolts and Aspirations”
Dan's presentation is now available for viewing
Wednesday, Oct. 21 9:00am
via Zoom
David Moore, author of
"Small Town, Big Oil"
David's presention is now available for viewing
Nov. 18, 9:00am
Via ZOOM
Evan Mallett, Owner/Chef
Black Trumpet Restaurant, Portsmouth, NH
"Making lemonade from lemons"
Evan describes the various collaborations between farmers and restaurant owners to help feed the hungry during COVID.
Evan's presentation is now available for viewing
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 9:00am
via ZOOM
A Child's Christmas in Wales
A presentation by Rev. David Phreaner (Ret.)
The presentation is now available for viewing
Our May meeting is always one of our favorites. Members interpret works of Children's Literature with colorful and creative floral arrangements. Because of COVID, we were not able to hold our Lit in Bloom program at the Portsmouth Public Library. Instead we have been posting member arrangements on our PGC Face Book page. The library will soon display our creativity via a slide show on their website. In the meantime, visit our FB page to enjoy what we have done. A small sample of some of our arrangements is shown below.
