OUR ANNUAL SALE IS YOUR PERENNIAL OPPORTUNITY to purchase winning combinations of locally grown, proven Carlisle favorites from club members and select local gardeners who've lifted choice plants from their established gardens to share with you. We'll have native plants to attract pollinators and birdlife to your property. Come early for best selection of herb and vegetable seedlings, as well as colorful annuals to fill that empty spot or to create inspiring planters. We're still looking for donations to our "tag sale" table of gently used garden tools, pottery and art, as well as special garden and cooking books.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO DROP OFF PLANTS OR TAG SALE ITEMS ON FRIDAY, MAY 18,
FROM 4 TO 6 PM -- OR FROM 8:30-10 AM ON SATURDAY THE 19TH.
Need to offer a special way to appreciate your Mom on her special day? What could be better than giving her a handmade gift certificate so she can pick out her favorites at our one-of-a-kind garden emporium?
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO DROP OFF PLANTS OR TAG SALE ITEMS ON FRIDAY, MAY 18,
FROM 4 TO 6 PM -- OR FROM 8:30-10 AM ON SATURDAY THE 19TH.
Need to offer a special way to appreciate your Mom on her special day? What could be better than giving her a handmade gift certificate so she can pick out her favorites at our one-of-a-kind garden emporium?
Learn Key Design Secrets of British Gardens
C0-sponsored by Gleason Library and Carlisle Garden Club, a leading tour guide/ garden designer / artist will lead a virtual tour in Hollis Room on the evening of February 13
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Check out the startling contrasts of Malverleys (Newbury, Hampshire) a garden developed in the past 6 years and part of a recent tour led by Pat Webster. LEFT: A mix of old & new design in a formal garden pool. RIGHT: Bold statuary, manicured topiary, and lush native plants push the envelope at Malverleys
Where: Home of Peg Gladstone, 1005 Curve Street
Hospitality Volunteers: Jane Williams, Lynn Stuart
DON'T MISS A RARE OPPORTUNITY to “visit” fabulous British gardens with Pat Webster, a dynamic Canadian garden tour leader, designer, and artist, who will present “Design Lessons from British Gardens” at the Hollis Room of Gleason Public Library on Tuesday, February 13, from 7-9 PM. The public is warmly invited. The speaker has led sold-out tours to legendary and little-known garden masterpieces in England, Scotland, and Wales. If you visit her website, you’ll discover she’s both a skilled photographer and a keen-eyed visitor. Pat will use slides and lively commentary to illustrate features that make British gardens world-famous. You’ll gather great design ideas you can adapt and apply to your own landscape.
Take a virtual tour of her own garden, Glen Villa
Linger on her website to see how she has applied design ideas to her own breathtaking 750-acre lakeside property near North Hadley, Quebec: magical forest paths and farm fields restored as wildflower meadows with mown paths -- frequently enhanced by sculpture inspired by sources as diverse as Asia or Abnaki. In addition, repurposed natural elements (wrapped and artfully sited tree trunks, gabion retaining walls stabilized by welded wire mesh, structures that recall the history of the Glen Villa lakefront hotel, or an owner-enhanced waterway that flows from an elevated pond down through a gorge to Lake Massawippi). Glen Villa is a captivating celebration of the cycle of life that artfully blends natural and man-made objects. It’s not a garden to die for – it’s a garden devoutly to live for!
Hospitality Volunteers: Jane Williams, Lynn Stuart
DON'T MISS A RARE OPPORTUNITY to “visit” fabulous British gardens with Pat Webster, a dynamic Canadian garden tour leader, designer, and artist, who will present “Design Lessons from British Gardens” at the Hollis Room of Gleason Public Library on Tuesday, February 13, from 7-9 PM. The public is warmly invited. The speaker has led sold-out tours to legendary and little-known garden masterpieces in England, Scotland, and Wales. If you visit her website, you’ll discover she’s both a skilled photographer and a keen-eyed visitor. Pat will use slides and lively commentary to illustrate features that make British gardens world-famous. You’ll gather great design ideas you can adapt and apply to your own landscape.
Take a virtual tour of her own garden, Glen Villa
Linger on her website to see how she has applied design ideas to her own breathtaking 750-acre lakeside property near North Hadley, Quebec: magical forest paths and farm fields restored as wildflower meadows with mown paths -- frequently enhanced by sculpture inspired by sources as diverse as Asia or Abnaki. In addition, repurposed natural elements (wrapped and artfully sited tree trunks, gabion retaining walls stabilized by welded wire mesh, structures that recall the history of the Glen Villa lakefront hotel, or an owner-enhanced waterway that flows from an elevated pond down through a gorge to Lake Massawippi). Glen Villa is a captivating celebration of the cycle of life that artfully blends natural and man-made objects. It’s not a garden to die for – it’s a garden devoutly to live for!
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PLEASE REGISTER TO JOIN OUR FABULOUS 6-7 PM POTLUCK DINNER
Sharing our favorite foods is the quintessential act of community – and breaking bread together is an important human covenant. After the Swap, we’ll enjoy a community supper, and we ask you to register for planning purposes. To request an online invitation, click the button below. Please join us -- others are nourished by your attendance. We’ll provide basic beverages such as water, tea, and coffee. If you prefer your own beverage, please bring it. Dinner from 6-7 PM for those who have pre-registered. Help with cleanup is appreciated. of $2,000
seed swap 2018 extras
PLEASE REGISTER TO JOIN OUR FABULOUS 6-7 PM POTLUCK DINNER
Sharing our favorite foods is the quintessential act of community – and breaking bread together is an important human covenant. After the Swap, we’ll enjoy a community supper, and we ask you to register for planning purposes. To request an online invitation, click the button below. Please join us -- others are nourished by your attendance. We’ll provide basic beverages such as water, tea, and coffee. If you prefer your own beverage, please bring it. Dinner from 6-7 PM for those who have pre-registered. Help with cleanup is appreciated. of $2,000
Each year the Garden Club awards a college scholarship to a Carlisle secondary school graduate who is planning to concentrate
To Apply
The 2019 award is available to Carlisle residents who attend either public or private high school or are being home-schooled. The current application form can now be downloaded from this website; it can also be picked up at the Carlisle Town Hall or Gleason Library. Applicants interested in studying topics listed at the top of this page are especially encouraged to apply.
The application must be submitted on or before May 1st. Any questions should be directed to Jane Coleman Williams at 978-369-7601. Add click to download application button
To Apply
The 2019 award is available to Carlisle residents who attend either public or private high school or are being home-schooled. The current application form can now be downloaded from this website; it can also be picked up at the Carlisle Town Hall or Gleason Library. Applicants interested in studying topics listed at the top of this page are especially encouraged to apply.
The application must be submitted on or before May 1st. Any questions should be directed to Jane Coleman Williams at 978-369-7601. Add click to download application button
GARDEN BOOK TALKS AVAILABLE FROM TOWER HILL
Important new gardening books are summarized by their authors in a series sponsored jointly by Tower Hill, Berkshire Botanical Garden and Timber Press. $10/Members; $15/Non-Members.
Important new gardening books are summarized by their authors in a series sponsored jointly by Tower Hill, Berkshire Botanical Garden and Timber Press. $10/Members; $15/Non-Members.
The New Gardener's Handbook presented by Daryl Byers; Thursday, July 9, 6:30-7:30PM
Novice or experienced, all gardeners learn something new every time they step into a garden to check on a plant, dig in the soil, or harvest the fruits of their labor. Beyers shares the why-dos of the how-tos that help gardeners grow beautiful and bountiful gardens. The fundamentals of how plants grow, the importance of soil, how to sow seeds, watering and weeding, are some of the topics discussed, giving new gardeners a foundation upon which they can grow, and accomplished gardeners expert insights, tips and tricks. Based on a popular course he teaches at New York Botanic Garden.
Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life presented by Marta McDowell; Thursday, July 23, 6:30-7:30PM
In addition to writing poetry, The Belle of Amherst was a gardener. She cultivated flowers on her father's property and in the glass conservatory that he added to the Homestead. This lecture explores Dickinson's gardens through excerpts of her letters and poems, and historic and modern images of her reconstructed garden, maintained by volunteers.
You Can Garden For Life! presented by Toni Gattone; Thursday, July 30, 6:30-7:30PM
You Can Garden For Life! was the inspiration for her new book The Lifelong Gardener: Garden with Ease and Joy at Any Age. Toni helps gardeners of all abilities grow their resilience by evaluating how and when they garden in spite of physical limitations that may hold them back from gardening with gusto. She discusses how gardens can be modified for increased comfort and safety.
Writing Wild presented by Kathryn Aalto; Thursday, August 13, 6:30-7:30PM
Who are the pioneering and imaginative women who dared to take long walks without the chaperone of men? To pick up a pen and write under their own names? To record their protests, poetry and prose? To change history? In Writing Wild, Kathryn Aalto lyrically profiles 25 women, both historical and current, whose influential nature writing has deepened our connection to and understanding of the natural world. Her previous book was the popular The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood.
Novice or experienced, all gardeners learn something new every time they step into a garden to check on a plant, dig in the soil, or harvest the fruits of their labor. Beyers shares the why-dos of the how-tos that help gardeners grow beautiful and bountiful gardens. The fundamentals of how plants grow, the importance of soil, how to sow seeds, watering and weeding, are some of the topics discussed, giving new gardeners a foundation upon which they can grow, and accomplished gardeners expert insights, tips and tricks. Based on a popular course he teaches at New York Botanic Garden.
Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life presented by Marta McDowell; Thursday, July 23, 6:30-7:30PM
In addition to writing poetry, The Belle of Amherst was a gardener. She cultivated flowers on her father's property and in the glass conservatory that he added to the Homestead. This lecture explores Dickinson's gardens through excerpts of her letters and poems, and historic and modern images of her reconstructed garden, maintained by volunteers.
You Can Garden For Life! presented by Toni Gattone; Thursday, July 30, 6:30-7:30PM
You Can Garden For Life! was the inspiration for her new book The Lifelong Gardener: Garden with Ease and Joy at Any Age. Toni helps gardeners of all abilities grow their resilience by evaluating how and when they garden in spite of physical limitations that may hold them back from gardening with gusto. She discusses how gardens can be modified for increased comfort and safety.
Writing Wild presented by Kathryn Aalto; Thursday, August 13, 6:30-7:30PM
Who are the pioneering and imaginative women who dared to take long walks without the chaperone of men? To pick up a pen and write under their own names? To record their protests, poetry and prose? To change history? In Writing Wild, Kathryn Aalto lyrically profiles 25 women, both historical and current, whose influential nature writing has deepened our connection to and understanding of the natural world. Her previous book was the popular The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood.
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