Calendar of Events

Calendar postings should be emailed to website@fgcofmd.org. Include the sponsor of the event, date, time, location and type of event along with any contact information. Please place all your information in a word document, not in the text of your email. Plan on it taking a week before your information is posted. PLEASE NOTE: Due to copyright issues, postings are limited to text only on our website calendar. Please, no art or photographs unless permission has been granted. You may add "For more information, contact_______________." Major religious and secular holidays have been added to the calendar as an aid to clubs for planning activities and events. Click here for complete FGCMD Guidelines for Publications and Social Media 06/12/2023Last calendar update: 11/18/2024

2024

November 2024 2Maryland Daffodil Society Fall Meeting and Bulb Sale 1:30pm Program speaker: Kathy Welsh Greenhouse Classroom, Cylburn Arboretum, 4915 Greenspring Ave. Baltimore, MD 21209 6 Judges Council Meeting Our Shepherd Lutheran Church 400 Benfield Road, Severna Park, MD 21146 Coffee at 9:30 am. Business meeting to follow at 10 am. 7-19 Japan’s Magical Gardens, Culture and More Tour Information 10 Gold Star Memorial Dedication and Ceremony sponsored by Crofton Village and Crofton Greenery Garden Clubs Save the date 10Crossroads Garden Club will host their annual fundraiser, The Greens Show, at 2:00 pm Prospect Hall of the Women's Club, 31 South Prospect Street, Hagerstown, MD 21740 11 Veterans Day 12 FGCMD Board meeting hosted by District III, Divinity Lutheran Church 1220 Providence Rd, Baltimore, MD 21286 21District III Board meeting at 1:00 pm 25 - 26 Installation of Holiday Exhibits at the State House. Times to be assigned. 28 Thanksgiving December 2024 3District III wreath/porch pot workshop. Contact Claire Jones for more information 7York Manor Garden Club will hold their annual Greens Sale fundraiser from 10 am to 1 pmMercy Ridge Retirement Community, 2525 Pot Spring Road, Lutherville, MD 21093 Information: yorkmanorgardenclub@gmail.com 7 Bolton Hill Garden Club annual Holiday Greens Sale Click here for pre order information 25 Hanukkah begins at sundown 25 Christmas Day 31 Youth Contest Entries due to District Awards Chairmen

2025

January 2025 1 New Year's Day 10. Gardenews deadline for club submissions to District Rep 14 ZOOM FGCMD Board Meeting 15 District Youth Contest winners due to State Awards Chairman 20Gardenews deadline for submissions from District Reps and State Board members. 20 Martin Luther King Day 22 CAC Zoom 4:00 pm. Details to be announced. February 2025 6 District V Executive Board Meeting 14 District II Board Meeting 17 Presidents Day 20 Judges Council Meeting Our Shepherd Lutheran Church 400 Benfield Road, Severna Park, MD 21146 Coffee at 9:30 am. Business meeting to follow at 10 am. March 2025 6 District V Annual Meeting 7 District III Annual Meeting 14 District II Annual Meeting 17 set - up for District IV Annual Meeting L'Hirondelle Club 18 District IV Annual Meeting L'Hirondelle Club 24 Annual Meeting PreGala dinner 25 FGCMD Annual Meeting hosted by District V April 2025 March 31 - 2 District II Daffodil Show, Our Shepherd Lutheran Church 400 Benfield Road, Severna Park, MD 21146 Click here to contact Liz Williams 12 Passover begins at sundown 16-17Maryland Daffodil Society Daffodil Show (entries accepted afternoon April 15) Vollmer Center, Cylburn Arboretum 4915 Greenspring Ave. Baltimore, MD 21209 Click here to contact Muffin McAfee
17Course 2 ADS Judging School Greenhouse Classroom, Cylburn Arboretum, 4915 Greenspring Ave. Baltimore, MD 21209 Click here to contact Julie Minch, Registrar 20 Easter 22 SAVE THE DATE! Talbot County Garden Club's Symposium, A much-anticipated bi-annual event of fun and learning at The Oaks, an Eastern Shore Waterfront Venue. Watch for Speakers, Theme & Ticketing Info! Contact Paige Connelly connellypaige@gmail.com / Tracy Garrett traci.montri@gmail.com 24 FGCMD Celebrates the Earth at the Vollmer Center, 4915 Greenspring Ave. Baltimore, MD 21209. Engaging speakers, vendors. More details and registration TBA. May 2025 7-8 Landscape Design School, Course 1 to be held at DoubleTree Hotel in Columbia, MD. Contact Linda Harris lindaharris355@aol.com 8 "A Garden Walk in Guilford" sponsored by District IV and The Garden Workshop 11 Mothers Day 13 FGCMD Board Meeting hosted by District V 15 Judges Council Meeting Our Shepherd Lutheran Church 400 Benfield Road, Severna Park, MD 21146 Coffee at 9:30 am. Business meeting to follow at 10 am. 16Carroll Garden Club NGC Standard Flower Show Finksburg Library, 2265 Old Westminster Pike, Finksburg 21048 18-212025 National Garden Clubs Annual Convention more information to follow The Embassy Suites Hotel 5055 International Blvd North Charleston, 29418
26 Memorial Day June 2025 1 - 7 National Garden Week click here for poster 10Gardenews deadline for club submissions to District Rep 13 District II Board Meeting 15 Fathers Day 19Juneteenth Day 20Gardenews deadline for submissions from District Reps and State Board members. October 2025 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 CAR-SGC Annual Conference and Tri-Refresher Hosted by FGCMDHyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay, 100 Heron Blvd. at Rt. 50, Cambridge, Md. 21613 Check in on October 19, 2025; attend Conference Events October 20-21, 2025; Tri-Refresher Bus Trip October 22, 2025.Chair Susie Middleton, Co-Chair Diana Bonner