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Maplewood Garden Club at 98 Years and Still Growing Strong!
Since 1927, the Maplewood Garden Club has been a hands-on garden club, open to the people of Maplewood, NJ and the surrounding communities. Meetings are held September through May at The Woodland in Maplewood at 7:30 p.m. and are open to the public.
2025-26 MGC Season
Our 2025-26 Garden Club year kicked off on September 8th 2025. We’ve had a great year, an exciting Design Exhibit theme, club trips and our usual club events. All of it cumulating in the 89th Annual Plant Sale in May. We hope to see you around and about this Summer.
September Club Meeting
Monday, September 8, at 7:30 PM
Subject: Trees Through The Seasons
Speaker: Jan Godek
“Trees Through The Seasons” is an inspired look, through the eyes of a landscape designer, of how trees change through the four seasons of the year in our area. You will see a variety of trees and how different they appear from season to season. The program has a special emphasis on small ornamental trees suitable for homeowners who have smaller properties or spaces. Its educational component focuses on the many differentiating features of trees, including leaves, shapes, branching habits, flowers and fruits, bark, sun/shade preference and level of disease resistance. Many of the slides were taken at arboretums and public gardens in the tri-state area. These places are mentioned in the presentation to encourage viewers to plan day trips to enjoy/learn more about trees.
For information about our programs visit our Monthly Programs page.
GARDEN CLUB EXHIBITS THEME 2025-2026
THEME: Expressing Weather Forecasts Through Floral Design
Each month we will explore potential weather forecasts and express our interpretation through floral design. Delve into your inner creative genius and channel your emotions regarding good or bad weather forecasts by creating pleasing floral designs.
September
Theme: Hot Days of Summer: Bright & Light Colored Flowers
Challenge: Tapestry Design
Intermediate: Creative Line Design
Novice: American Traditional Mass Design
Please see our Design Exhibits page for more details!
Show us your horticultural and creative talents by participating in the horticultural and floral design exhibits. It’s up to you to accept the challenge and join the fun by participating in the Artistic Design and/or Horticultural Exhibits each month! We are looking forward to seeing your exhibits this season!
Greenhouse Signup!
Maplewood Township residents have the unique opportunity to utilize a public greenhouse space for overwintering their plants. The Rahner Greenhouse was donated to the Township by the Maplewood Garden Club in 1974 and they continue to manage it. All rental fees go to the Township to help offset utilities and maintenance. There are 160 bench spaces available, each being approximately 9sq. feet with the same in area underneath and 3sq. feet on a shelf above. Greenhouse spaces are available to Maplewood residents only.
The Signup process all starts on 4-September. For complete details please visit our Greenhouse page.
Gardening Tips – September
September brings the cooler weather with it which is a great time to start planning for next year’s garden, prepping plants for the coming winter, and reorganizing your garden for next Spring.
It’s time to divide & transplant perennials; later this month you want to start planting next season’s bulbs; and this is an important time for lawn care.
For lots of information, tips and help please see our September Tips webpage.
Kicking Off 2026 Plant Sale
It might be September 2025, but one of the first acts of preparation for the 2026 Plant Sale has already occurred. On a rainy Sunday Jesse, Peter, Jennie, Kris and Ray shoveled our compost delivery from outside into the soil prep bins inside the greenhouse, ready for sifting and refining.
