Events for 2021

March 23rd - Open to the Public Charlie Nardozzi will be Zooming with us as we will learn about Vegetable Gardening. He is a nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, radio and television personality based in Vermont. He loves making gardening information simple, easy, fun and accessible to everyone. Registration for Charlie’s talk began on February 24. It is limited to 100 people with our members receiving preference. Invite friends to go to: merrimackgardenclub@gmail.com and leave their names and email addresses so that they can be sent a link to the Zoom meeting. '

March 30th - Members only Our March "Field trip" will be an online spring floral workshop with Marie St.Onge, owner of Paisley Floral Design Studio. The live ZOOM presentation will be on March 30, from 6-7pm. To sign up, contact Linda Lojko at 785-5781 or lojkolinda@gmail.com before March 20th. Then mail a check for $20 to: Merrimack Garden Club P.O. Box 426 Merrimack, NH 03054 as soon as possible (no later than 20th) --probably too late to sign up by the time the newsletter posts. Marie will drop off everyone's floral kit to Linda Lojko's house @ 10 Kittredge Dr, Merrimack and you'll need to pick it up between 11-12pm on March 30th. Please call Linda if you need to set up a different pick-up time ,785-5781. We can arrange for delivery of your kit, if you absolutely cannot make it out. To access the workshop you will have to go to the Paisley Floral Design Facebook page. Contact Linda Lojko if you have any questions. The video will be available until Saturday if you can't make the live presentation.

April 27th- Nancy Capen's Plant sale organizational meeting @ St James Methodist church. Nancy will need helpers who can harden off some plants in the spring. You will need an area that you can bring the plants in and out for at least a week to harden them off. Nancy would like your name if you are available to help with this. This meeting will also be Zoomed, if you cannot make the meeting or do not feel comfortable coming, please notify Diana Greenleaf so that she can send you a Zoom link. Hope to see you there.

May 25th- Teresa Mosher's talk on roses June 22nd- Betsey Golon - the administrator of the gardens at Mount Vernon

July 20th- Kate Mortimer - Using plants and natural object for natural dyes Plant Sale is August 7th ~ St James has approved our plant sale! It will be located on the grassy area under the trees as we were last year. More information to come.

August 21 - Summer social - Travel to Bedrock Gardens in the morning, have lunch somewhere, then go to Coppal Farm in Lee to see sunflowers (plans subject to change) More information to follow.

Sept 28th - John Forti -Author of the Heirloom Gardener. We may Zoom this event.

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