JANUARY MEETING: MEMBERS' ROUNDTABLE

JOIN THE CONVERSATION ! 
Each January we start the new year with an open-ended conversation about all things Garden Club. Bring your questions, comments, ideas. We'll do our best to help with your gardening issues, and we'll look ahead to our events and plans for the spring season.

When: Tuesday, January 8, 2019, 10"00 AM TO NOON.

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2018 highlights

Proud winners of Carlisle Old Home Day parade trophy

Alison Saylor's Template for land stewardship

2018-2019 Program listing

See our 2018 Debbie Wright Scholarship winner

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Want to learn more about the Carlisle Garden Club? 

Use About Us on the main menu bar to be in touch. Click Contact Us to ask a question or to attend a meeting as our guest. Click Join for more information, or to contact our membership chair.

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A spectacular flower-arranging workshop

Talented Garden Club member and Carlisle resident Judy Blaikie Lane presented four styles of floral arranging at our May, 2018 meeting. The arrangements included a low, all-around arrangement for a dining table; a lush, "Dutch-Master" style creation; a contemporary, layered style; and an informal hand-tied "spiral" bouquet, pictured at left. READ MORE






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​Photos by Nancy Jaysane

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OVER THE MOON ABOUT THE MOON?
If you're one of those wonderful "lunatic" gardeners who believes in planting or harvesting by the phases of the moon, you can click this link for a chart of the moon phases this month.

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OUR 2018 SEED SWAP/EXPO FEATURED SEED BOMBS, PEA SHOOTS, MILK-JUG MINI-GREENHOUSES, ORIGAMI ENVELOPES FROM RECYCLED PAPER,  MASON BEE HOMES AND NEW COMPOSTING IDEAS for gardeners of all ages. Click here to visit the 2018 Seed Swap Resources page. 

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LEARN IN THE OFF-SEASON
​EVENINGS WITH THE EXPERTS @ GROW NATIVE MASSACHUSETTS

Grow Native Massachusetts (www.grownativemass.org) is an excellent local resource for expert lectures -- open to all -- on the latest horticultural thinking. The following talks are recorded: you can view by clicking the appropriate link.

• ​From 2018: Lessons Learned when Field Botany Meets Design  by Uli Lorimer, Curator of the Native Flora Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• From 2018: The Beautiful Adaptations of Native Plants: Inviting the Wild into Our Gardens by Dan Segal, owner of The Plantsmen Nursery
  
• How Native Plant Cultivars Affect Pollinators, Annie White
• Humans and Wildlife: The New Imbalance, Jim Sterba 

•  ​Land Stewardship for Pollinator Conservation, Kelly Gill
• Native Plant Gardens: Learning by Example, Carolyn Summers  
• Nurturing the Liberated Landscape, Larry Weaner 
• Restoring Nature's Relationships at Home, Doug Tallamy 
• Spring Wildflowers: Ephemeral Beauty with a Purpose, Carol Gracie 
• The Art and Science of Growing Native Plants from Seed, Randi Eckel 

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PLEASE SHARE THE RECIPE FOR YOUR FABULOUS DISH 

OUR POTLUCK PARTIES LEAVE US YEARNING FOR ONE MORE TASTE of that amazing salad or casserole, dessert or other special treat you brought to a party this year -- or any year. Though our version won't match your artful preparation, we'd love to share those tasty delights at our own family gatherings. And those who couldn't make it to the event will appreciate a vicarious bite, we're sure.

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Click here to email a recipe or ask a question

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 2018-2019 PROGRAM SCHEDULE AVAILABLE

SAVE THE DATES for upcoming garden club programs and member/public events. 

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CLICK FOR PUBLIC LISTING - NO PASSWORD NEEDED

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THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

CHECK OUT THIS NEW PAGE TO SEE A LIST OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT OUR WORK. Many thanks to all our sponsors, donors and supporters. Please support them in return, whenever possible.

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​What else is new?

DID YOU SAVE SEEDS LAST YEAR? CHECK OUT OUR SEED-SAVING PAGE TO LEARN THE BASICS

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KEEP MOVING, GARDENERS: TRY THE EGOSCUE STRETCHES FOR HEALTH AND REJUVENATION, available for all to download here. 

A WORKOUT ROUTINE FOR GARDENERS WHO WANT TO GET IN SHAPE. Available to all site visitors.

MORE PUBLIC LINKS HAVE BEEN ADDED:  Check out some exciting new addresses on our favorite links page describing an exciting succulent nursery, permaculture resources, over-wintering tender fig trees, and new sources for obtaining native New England shrubs and perennials. These links are available to all site visitors.

MEMBER DOCUMENTS NOW AVAILABLE:  Get a copy of our downloadable 2017-18 member list, as well as recent newsletters, meeting minutes, financial reports, and member reimbursement form here. You'll be asked for the site password.

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HAVE A QUESTION OR SUGGESTION FOR THE CLUB?

​OPEN OUR RESOURCES PAGE TO SEE WHAT'S NEW, ASK A QUESTION, OR SUGGEST A TOPIC. . .

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​LOVE TO GARDEN? JOIN THE CLUB. If you'd  like to be part of the Carlisle Garden Club or if you'd like to attend a meeting as our guest, click the button below to contact our member chair.

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Download presentations, reading lists, resource documents from the 2017 & 2018 Seed Swaps 

​Jointly sponsored by Sweet Autumn Farm Foundation, Inc,
Carlisle Garden Club, and FRS Environmental Action Committee

Click to access the resource list

You can also use this link to find information about follow-on events once they are scheduled.

Bean seeds grown & harvested at Sweet Autumn Farm in 2016. Photo ©​ Leslie Thomas.