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: 03/26/2025
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March 2025
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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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The Bolton Hill Garden Club will be holding its Annual Plant Swap on Saturday, April 5, from 1:00-4:00 pm in Rutter's Mill Park (on Rutter St., between Mosher and W. Lafayette). Come to this fun and free event and trade your extra plants and cuttings, swap your rare, heirloom, native or favorite seed packets with other community gardeners, and learn how to repot your plants! University of Maryland Extension Master Gardeners will be available to share their gardening expertise. For more information and to register to attend, go to https://boltonhillgardenclub.org/plantswap/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJKoFdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSGIBFfGKaIbQwzgG_k2skc7mXDSOR5MEUdVjjLyaIeoDrhIarzKOmCa1g_aem_5DBzStwqgdWXJxIGNsUBIQ.
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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 19 Bolton Hill Garden Club will be holding its annual Spring Plant and Shed Sales and Silent Auction on Saturday, April 19, at F. Scott Fitzgerald Park, 1627 Bolton Street, from 10:00 am-3:00 pm. This is a wonderful opportunity to take care of your spring planting needs, as well as to pick up some new and gently used gardening tools and high-end decorative garden items. Our online store is now open for pre-orders of annuals, perennials, hanging baskets and herbs: https://boltonhillgardenclub.org/bhgcstore/. We have some old favorites but also many new selections. Purchases can be picked up at Fitzgerald Park on April 19, the day of the Spring Plant Sale. While a limited quantity and variety of plants will be available for purchase on sale day, we encourage pre-ordering for the best selection.For further information about the Plant Sale, please contact Christine Delise, christinedelise@yahoo.com, and for more information about the Shed Sale and Silent Auction, please contact Lisa Johnson, flora.bhgc@gmail.com. 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 at Divinity Lutheran Church, 1220 Providence Rd, Towson, Md 21286. 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 1 pm - 4 pmFinksburg Library, 2265 Old Westminster Pike, Finksburg 21048 17 Secret Gardens of Oxford Tour Information 18-212025 National Garden Clubs Annual Convention more information to follow The Embassy Suites Hotel 5055 International Blvd North Charleston, 29418
26 Memorial Day 31MARYLAND HOUSE & GARDEN PILGRIMAGE Hosted by: St. Mary’s County Garden Club 10 am – 5 pm Visit www.mhgp.org for tickets and information or contact: Beth Bonifant, SMCGC President, MHGP Central Committee #301-861-6112, Lbethbonifant@gmail.com. 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. July 2025 August 2025 8-10 Art Blooms at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center Details September 2025 9FGCMD Board Meeting hosted by District I October 2025 9 District V Semi-annual meeting, Holly Hills Country Club 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 March 2026 5 District V Annual Meeting, Holly Hills Country Club October 2026 8 District V Semi-annual Meeting, Holly Hills Country Club 2026 CAR-SGC Conference hosted by the Garden Club of Ohio March 2027 4 District V Annual Meeting, Holly Hills Country Club
17Course 2 ADS Judging School Greenhouse Classroom, Cylburn Arboretum, 4915 Greenspring Ave. Baltimore, MD 21209 Click here to contact Julie Minch, Registrar 19 Bolton Hill Garden Club will be holding its annual Spring Plant and Shed Sales and Silent Auction on Saturday, April 19, at F. Scott Fitzgerald Park, 1627 Bolton Street, from 10:00 am-3:00 pm. This is a wonderful opportunity to take care of your spring planting needs, as well as to pick up some new and gently used gardening tools and high-end decorative garden items. Our online store is now open for pre-orders of annuals, perennials, hanging baskets and herbs: https://boltonhillgardenclub.org/bhgcstore/. We have some old favorites but also many new selections. Purchases can be picked up at Fitzgerald Park on April 19, the day of the Spring Plant Sale. While a limited quantity and variety of plants will be available for purchase on sale day, we encourage pre-ordering for the best selection.For further information about the Plant Sale, please contact Christine Delise, christinedelise@yahoo.com, and for more information about the Shed Sale and Silent Auction, please contact Lisa Johnson, flora.bhgc@gmail.com. 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 at Divinity Lutheran Church, 1220 Providence Rd, Towson, Md 21286. 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 1 pm - 4 pmFinksburg Library, 2265 Old Westminster Pike, Finksburg 21048 17 Secret Gardens of Oxford Tour Information 18-212025 National Garden Clubs Annual Convention more information to follow The Embassy Suites Hotel 5055 International Blvd North Charleston, 29418
26 Memorial Day 31MARYLAND HOUSE & GARDEN PILGRIMAGE Hosted by: St. Mary’s County Garden Club 10 am – 5 pm Visit www.mhgp.org for tickets and information or contact: Beth Bonifant, SMCGC President, MHGP Central Committee #301-861-6112, Lbethbonifant@gmail.com. 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. July 2025 August 2025 8-10 Art Blooms at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center Details September 2025 9FGCMD Board Meeting hosted by District I October 2025 9 District V Semi-annual meeting, Holly Hills Country Club 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 March 2026 5 District V Annual Meeting, Holly Hills Country Club October 2026 8 District V Semi-annual Meeting, Holly Hills Country Club 2026 CAR-SGC Conference hosted by the Garden Club of Ohio March 2027 4 District V Annual Meeting, Holly Hills Country Club