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: 03/03/2025
2025
March 2025
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District I Annual Meeting Flyer and Registration
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District V Annual Meeting Details
7
District III Annual Meeting
14
District II Annual Meeting
15 Today is the deadline to reserve your spot to join Talbot County Garden Club’s HUDSON RIVER VALLEY GARDEN TOUR (May 27-June 1). Contact: Chloe Pitard: chloe@pitard.com / 610-506-0460. DETAILS.
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set - up for District IV Annual Meeting L'Hirondelle Club
18 District IV Annual Meeting L'Hirondelle Club
24
Annual Meeting PreGala dinner Registration
25
FGCMD Annual Meeting hosted by District V The Call Registration Speaker Information
29
Cylburn in Spring - A Community Fair, The Vollmer Center 10AM - 1PM Flyer
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
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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 21 Glen Arm Garden Club trip to Jenkins Arboretum and Garden Registration Information 22 Tickets may now be purchased online for Talbot County Garden Club’s always-fabulous biennial SYMPOSIUM offering floral inspiration and fun on the waterfront near Easton, : www.talbotcountygc.orgTickets are limited and traditionally sell out well in advance. Questions: talbotcountygc@gmail.com DETAILS 24 “FGCMD Special Earth Day Event” at the Vollmer Center, 4915 Greenspring Ave. Baltimore, MD 21209. 8:00 am - 12 noon. Engaging speakers, vendors. Flyer and Registration May 2025 1 Bus trip sponsored by the Mount Airy Garden Club to Lurgan Greenhouse in Orrstown, PA & Amish homestyle lunch at Homestead Country Kitchen Contact: Barbara Rogers barb.rogers1234567@comcast.net Phone: (301)305-1662 Details 7-8 Landscape Design School, Course 1 to be held at DoubleTree Hotel in Columbia, MD. Contact Linda Harris lindaharris355@aol.comInformation and Registration 8 "A Garden Walk in Guilford" sponsored by District IV and The Garden Workshop 11 Mothers Day 13 FGCMD Board Meeting hosted by District IV 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 7Mountain Laurel Garden Club’s Annual Perennial Plant Sale at Glades Pavilion in Glades Park, 10 Spruce Lane, Oakland, MD 21550 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. 21Mountain Laurel Garden Club’s Garden Tour “Pleasant Gardens in the Valley”; four exceptional farms and gardens in Pleasant Valley, Garrett County, Maryland. Tickets go on sale May 1st online; also available at the tour gardens. September 2025 9FGCMD Board Meeting hosted by District I 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 November 2025 11 FGCMD Board Meeting hosted by District II December 2025
17Course 2 ADS Judging School Greenhouse Classroom, Cylburn Arboretum, 4915 Greenspring Ave. Baltimore, MD 21209 Click here to contact Julie Minch, Registrar 20 Easter 21 Glen Arm Garden Club trip to Jenkins Arboretum and Garden Registration Information 22 Tickets may now be purchased online for Talbot County Garden Club’s always-fabulous biennial SYMPOSIUM offering floral inspiration and fun on the waterfront near Easton, : www.talbotcountygc.orgTickets are limited and traditionally sell out well in advance. Questions: talbotcountygc@gmail.com DETAILS 24 “FGCMD Special Earth Day Event” at the Vollmer Center, 4915 Greenspring Ave. Baltimore, MD 21209. 8:00 am - 12 noon. Engaging speakers, vendors. Flyer and Registration May 2025 1 Bus trip sponsored by the Mount Airy Garden Club to Lurgan Greenhouse in Orrstown, PA & Amish homestyle lunch at Homestead Country Kitchen Contact: Barbara Rogers barb.rogers1234567@comcast.net Phone: (301)305-1662 Details 7-8 Landscape Design School, Course 1 to be held at DoubleTree Hotel in Columbia, MD. Contact Linda Harris lindaharris355@aol.comInformation and Registration 8 "A Garden Walk in Guilford" sponsored by District IV and The Garden Workshop 11 Mothers Day 13 FGCMD Board Meeting hosted by District IV 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 7Mountain Laurel Garden Club’s Annual Perennial Plant Sale at Glades Pavilion in Glades Park, 10 Spruce Lane, Oakland, MD 21550 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. 21Mountain Laurel Garden Club’s Garden Tour “Pleasant Gardens in the Valley”; four exceptional farms and gardens in Pleasant Valley, Garrett County, Maryland. Tickets go on sale May 1st online; also available at the tour gardens. September 2025 9FGCMD Board Meeting hosted by District I 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 November 2025 11 FGCMD Board Meeting hosted by District II December 2025