Pepperell Garden Club promotes the love of gardening, teaching about gardening through informative programs open to all from all communities and is open to students when accompanied by an adult.
December 11, 2024 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Program
Boxwood Tree Workshop
Dixie Pickard, from the Bronze Bell Florist, will facilitate our program for December by demonstrating the making of a Boxwood Tree. Each member will have the opportunity to make their own Boxwood Tree for decorative use during the holiday season. All materials and supplies will be provided. Members must bring their own scissors, trimers and any other tools they think they will need to complete the project. There is no cost for our members. The cost for Visitors is $15.00. Registration is closed for non-members. Each person will leave with a beautiful , hand-made, holiday decoration.
February 12, 2025 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
What’s Wrong With my House Plant?
Bonnie Power has been a Massachusetts Master Gardener since 2016 (now a Lifetime MG) and member of the MMGA Speakers Bureau since 2018…and a serious outdoor/indoor gardener most of her life. Curious and research-oriented by nature, she has many horticultural interests and areas of expertise. Bonnie holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Zoology, which informs her perspective on the management of garden insects. She is a member of the MGA Soil pH Testing team and also volunteer guide at Garden in the Woods, a Native Plant Trust botanical garden in Framingham. She learned to grow vegetables as a child from her father, and flowers and houseplants from her mother. Early in her marriage her father-in-law provided her first lessons in organic gardening. At home in Marlborough, Bonnie grows a variety of vegetables and ornamentals (with a bias for natives).
What’s Wrong with my House Plant? As with our outdoor gardens, many things can go wrong when you grow plants indoors. Learn the factors that make for happy houseplants, including light, water, and soil…and how to provide them. Common houseplant pests and diseases are also on the agenda, as well as how to treat them.
March 12, 2025 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Program
Sustainable Gardening utilizing Native plants and Invasive species to avoid
Deb Fountain, a Pepperell resident and founding member of the Invasive Plant Advisory Committee in town will be our speaker for this evening. Deb will discuss the invasive species in our area and the harm these plants, shrubs and trees cause our native Species. She will also advise on the Native Plants that enhance the beauty of our yards while also attracting pollinators. The cost for visitors is $5.