About Us

 

The Plymouth Garden Club objective is to learn about horticulture, flower arranging and our environment and to put our knowledge to use in our homes and our community wherever it is applicable.

Meetings are held in the afternoon of the second Wednesday of the months of September through May, (sign in 12:15 PM) Meeting at 1:00 PM at:

Chiltonville Congregational Church
6 River Street
Plymouth, MA

The June Business Luncheon is held  at the Plymouth Yacht Club (or some other location) at 11:30am (social) and seated at 12-Noon.

Board of Directors meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at 10:15 AM at the Plymouth Public Library or via Zoom.

Club Membership Information:

Annual dues: Payable before July 1st
Active Member Fee: $40.00
Associate Member Fee: $60.00
Guest Fee: $5.00

Every member receives a subscription to the Mayflower, the quarterly news booklet of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts.

All members are invited to participate in the exhibits, either Meeting Exhibit (Flower Arranging) or Horticulture, or both.

Each member is expected to serve on a tea committee for one meeting during the year. A committee member unable to fulfill this obligation is expected to find a replacement and notify the hostess.

Meeting cancellation will be announced early on the meeting day by:

  • WPLM 1390 AM
  • WATD 95.5 FM
  • If school is closed there will not be a meeting

Continuing Club Projects Include:

  • Fund Raising including Ways & Means Table to fund the Scholarship & General Funds
  • Books and Blossoms at the Public Library
  • Library Gardens Maintenance, Bulb planting & Holiday Decorations for the Plymouth Library Foundation
  • Junior Gardeners Environmental Enrichment Program for Plymouth Public Schools 3rd graders
  • Plant, Bake Sale – Fundraisers for Community Projects and Scholarship Funds
  • Crafting Christmas Greens and Decorations to raise money for he Club’s Scholarship Fund and other community projects
  • Arbor Day – Provide tree seedlings to all 3rd grade students in Plymouth Public Schools
  • Maintenance of specific Brewster Garden beds
  • Workshops teaching club members about floral design and horticulture
  • Garden Therapy at Assisted Living and Local Nursing Homes
  • Penny Pines – collecting pennies to purchase an acre of pines for devastated areas in the United States
  • Collection of Tabs from aluminum cans to benefit the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children, Orthopedic and Burn Facilities.
  • Yearly planting of 1000 bulbs at various community facilities, most recently at the American Legion Post 40 Plymouth, Plymouth Municipal Airport and Manomet Library
  • Boston Strong Marathon Daffodils
  • Nathaniel Morton Elementary School’s Tree Project
  • Consulting with environmental groups

We have member entries in the following:

  • Art in Bloom at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
  • The GCFM Southeast District Flower Show
  • The Boston Flower and Garden Show
  • Heritage Museum
  • Marshfield Fair
  • Newport Flower Show
  • Plymouth Art Guild “Art in Bloom”
  • Tower Hill