Somerville Garden Club

September 18, 2013
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SGC Annual Perennial and House Plant Sale – September 21, 2013

The annual Perennial and House Plant Sale, organized by the Somerville Garden Club, will be on Saturday, September 21 from 9 am to 1 pm.

Look for the hundreds of plants for sale in the heart of Davis Square at the intersection of College Ave. and Holland St., across from the Somerville Theater.

Garden Club members and friends of the club have donated perennials for sun and shade, plus trees, shrubs, herbs and other edibles, all ready to be added to your home landscape. And for the strictly indoor gardener there will be a wide selection of house plants perfect for your living room or dorm room. Horticultural books, tools, and garden décor will also be for sale. Garden club members will be available to answer questions and assist with choosing the right plant for your growing conditions.

Proceeds benefit the non-profit Somerville Garden Club and support its citywide public plantings, free lectures, and in-club scholarship program.

September 7, 2013
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Meeting – September 11, 7-9pm

Design-less Gardening: An Ecological Approach

Dan Jaffe will discuss his ideas on disregarding traditional design rules and adopting a new approach to garden design by looking to nature for inspiration. He will share his expertise on creating a design-less, low maintenance garden with an ecological approach; a garden that does not require many inputs in the way of watering, fertilizing, or extra coddling on your part.

Dan Jaffe is a propagator and stock bed grower at the New England Wild Flower Society. He earned a degree in botany from the University of Maine, Orono, ME. He is a previous intern at Garden in the Woods, followed by a year at the Garden as Plant Sales Coordinator. Before Garden in the Woods, he had four years nursery experience including management responsibilities. Native plants and ecology are his strongest passions.