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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.
November Club Meeting
Monday, November 3, at 7:30 PM
Subject: New Ideas from English Gardeners
Speaker: Marta McDowell
This lecture takes a peek at design techniques and plant combinations from contemporary gardens as different as the Eden Project and the Thames Barrier Park. Take inspiration from new designers at the Chelsea Flower Show as well as the horticulturists responsible for breathing new life into historic gardens like Great Dixter.Marta is a frequent MGC speaker. She teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and is a popular lecturer and writer. Her latest book is Gardening Can Be Murder, about the horticultural connections to crime fiction. She was the 2019 recipient of the Garden Club of America’s Sarah Chapman Francis Medal for outstanding literary achievement.
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.
November
Theme: Threatening Skies Ahead: Dark Colored Flowers
Challenge: Multi-Rhythmic Design, see Handbook, p. 75.
Intermediate: Assemblage Design, see Handbook, p.77.
Novice: American Traditional Line Design – Crescent Shape, see Handbook, pp. 70-71.
Open: Designer’s choice (one entry per member).
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!
THANK YOU, TROOP 20869!
We extend our heartfelt thanks to Girl Scout Troop 20869 for their hard work during our annual fall clean-out of the Community Greenhouse. The eight girls did a fantastic job pulling weeds and tidying up the space, making it fresh and welcoming for everyone renting a bench this year. We truly appreciate your effort, teamwork, and community spirit!
Thank you Annie G, Annie S, Rose, Elizabeth, Lilli, Adelai, Luna & Eleanor!
MGC’S MEMORIAL BED!
The renovation of our Memorial Bed alongside the greenhouse is making good strides: a retaining wall has been installed, many noxious weeds have been removed and the foundation of the rental greenhouse has been protected!
We are now improving the soil and removing upstart weeds that are trying to come back. Planting will start next year – if you’d like to propose a favorite plant, please let us know.
The wall is fieldstone with cement on its backside so the individual character of rocks is kept, and yet there’s strength to provide a footpath on top at a later stage.
Gardening Tips – November
There is still plenty of good weather in November for Zone 7A. The soil is not yet frozen and very workable. It’s time to dig up Dahlia tubers for winter storage out of the severe cold. There’s still time to plant bulbs for Spring’s flowers. Time to start thinking about winterizing your Fig trees. Also a good time to clean and sharpen your garden tools.
For lots of information, tips and help please see our November Tips webpage.
