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The Garden Club of Wiscasset fosters community through educational programs, conservation efforts, social gatherings, fundraising events, and the beautification and preservation of local gardens.

Some behind the scenes of potting and prep for our biggest fundraiser of the year. 🌷🌸🌹🌻

Rain or Shine!🌦️ If it’s rainy, come find us in the main Town Hall Room in the town offices.

Looking forward to seeing you! 😁

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🌸 Plant Sale! �🌺

It’s our biggest fundraiser of the year, the GCW Plant Sale! Saturday, May 10th 8:30am to Noon.

Wiscasset Town Office front lawn. See you there!

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Several members gathered for a “Decorate a cap” flower design workshop in late March.
Here are photos of some of the Garden Hat designs, as displayed at our April 3rd meeting.

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*This event, originally scheduled for Thurs, Feb 6th has been postponed to Thursday, Feb 13th due to predicted inclement weather.*

“Vernal Pools” presented by The Chewonki Foundation Traveling Natural History Programs at 1:00 PM on February 13th, 2025. The meeting is in Fellowship Hall at the First Congregational Church, 28 High Street, Wiscasset.
This program will help us understand how a wetland that has water for only a few months can have such an important impact on amphibian and invertebrate life cycles.

This event is free to attend and open to the public.

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Maine’s Frogs and Toads – January 2, 2025

For our first program of the season, Science Educator Bryce Hach (North Yarmouth Academy) introduced GCW members to Maine’s diverse frogs and toads. Attendees learned to identify their calls and winter survival strategies. A major highlight—Bryce brought live frogs for an up-close look, making the session an unforgettable hands-on experience!

This event was open to the public and free to attend. Check out our website Events Page to learn about similar upcoming events.

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The Flower Design Theme for January 2nd, our first meeting of 2025, was “A Design Inspired by Your Occupation”. These beautiful submissions did not disappoint!

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On December 5th GCW members gathered for our annual tradition of spreading holiday cheer!
Members decorated baskets of fresh greens to spruce up local spaces, as well as 70 mugs for Meals-on-Wheels recipients, and an additional 14 mugs for the volunteer drivers!

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Many hands makes for light work, and cheerful conversation makes for a good time.

Fall cleanup at the Sunken Garden.

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The Garden Club of Wiscasset invites you to attend:
“Garden Design: A New England Lens”
Thursday, November 7th, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Free to the public!

Geography and cultural history are pertinent when making garden design decisions, particularly in New England’s unique and diverse landscapes, from river valleys to
rolling fields to narrow, rocky corridors. We will learn how to establish a sense of place and belonging in our Maine gardens. No matter what cultural elements and influences you want to incorporate, this presentation will help you get creative while staying true to a sense of place.

Presented by Irene Brady Barber
Irene is a Registered Horticultural Therapist (HTR), landscape designer, and, horticulturist. Irene managed the Adult Education Program for Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens for more than a decade before moving to private practice and consulting.

The Garden Club of Wiscasset’s 2024 entry for the Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce Scarecrow Contest can be found at the corner of Morton st & Federal St.

We are entry #8

Vote at the @wiscasset_area_chamber of Commerce website: https://wiscassetchamber.com/vote-here-for-best-scarecrow/

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Event open to the public - Free to attend!

Oct 03, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
First Congregational Church, 28 High St, Wiscasset, ME

“Coastal Birds Project” - Each spring, endangered Piping Plovers and Least Terns return to nest and raise their young on southern Maine beaches. For more than 35 years, Maine Audubon and their partners have worked with local residents, landowners, and visitors to ensure that endangered birds, wildlife, and people can safely share the beach. We will learn about Maine Audubon’s efforts to protect these birds and their habitat.

Hosted by the Garden Club of Wiscasset
Presented by @maineaudubon Coastal Birds Project Staff

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Join us on Thursday, September 5th, 1-2pm, for this open-to-the-public educational event presented by Wiscasset Garden Club members Peter Arnold.

Enjoy fresh greens all year by growing your own indoor micro-greens garden. Peter will provide information about containers, growing medium, seed-starting, lighting and maintenance of your micro-green garden.

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Wiscasset Artwalk today, 4-7pm!
We’ll be in front of Treat’s Bakery on Main st.
Come say hello 👋 and check out the flower bouquets 💐 we have for sale. Proceeds fund scholarships for local high school graduates.

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August late afternoon in The Coastal Cancer Treatment Center Garden

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The Pownalborough Court House Garden

Garden Design Background (text from plaque)
“The Pownalborough Court House Period Garden was designed utilizing a format and plant material commonly found here from 1761 to 1800. Settlers of this period usually patterned their garden after the Tudor style in England, which was based on a medieval plan. The shape was often square or rectangular, with some aspects of symmetry present. Alleys or paths divided the space allowing easy access for planting, weeding and harvesting. Ornamentation was kept to a minimum, and if utilized at all, the form might be a sundial or bee skep. Traditionally, four plant groups were cultivated: vegetables, herbs, flowers (mostly medicinal with perhaps a few ornamentals), and fruit. Before the Revolution, there were not many nurseries as we know them today, so plant material was exchanged from one gardener/farmer to another.
Garden Description
The garden overall is approximately 20’ x 30’ and it incorporates a grape arbor which was commonly found during this time period. At the center of the main section (20’ x 20’) is a 6’ circular area featuring a sundial surrounded by a mix of flowers.
In keeping with the time period, the specific plants initially chosen for this project are primarily utilitarian in nature, with only a few ornamentals that would have been introduced after the Revolution.”

If you would like to help with the planting or maintenance of this garden, consider joining the Garden Club of Wiscasset. Link to website in our bio.

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Despite the momentary showers passing through, our first #artwalk of the season was a great success!
Next ArtWalk will be on July 25th. We hope to see you there!

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Happy 40th Anniversary GCW!

On June 19th, 1984, just a few weeks after it was organized, the Garden Club of Wiscasset became a member of the Garden Club Federation of Maine!

Forty years later, two of the original Charter Members are still members of GCW. Here’s a special shout-out of gratitude to those members for their leadership, hard work, and inspiration for sticking with us from the beginning to today!

Here’s more! Including pioneers Esther and Patti, a total of six more remaining members joined GCW between 1984-1994. Ten more of our current members joined in our 2nd decade between 1994-2004. Furthermore, between 2004-2014, in our 3rd decade as a club, another fourteen of our remaining members joined. Finally, during our 4th and current decade, 2014-2024, forty-seven more gardeners joined GCW, the vast majority joining after COVID.

This lovely combination of newer members and others bridging decades of experience is very much a part of the magic of the Garden Club of Wiscasset and its growing energy. Let’s take a moment to celebrate the Garden Club of Wiscasset’s 40th anniversary and to thank every one of us for choosing to share the love of gardens and gardening with each other and our community.

In addition to dreaming up the next great things to come, milestones like these provide a wonderful opportunity to reflect on our past endeavors and achievements. With this in mind, the GCW Historian sub-committee aims to research and document notable moments of GCW’s history for posterity.

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Behind the scenes in “The Prettiest Village in Maine”
Garden Club of Wiscasset members tending to the Sunken Garden.

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We’re thrilled to be back on Instagram!
Follow for inspiring images of our enchanting gardens and to learn about the educational events we host here in Wiscasset.

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Meetings

Rear entrance of a church with handicapped parking and a ramp.

Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month (Sept-May) at:

The First Congregational Church

28 High St, Wiscasset, ME 04578

View our events page for meeting times and guest presentation topics.

Upcoming Events

Tue, Jul 15
A~Picnic~By~the~River
PCH Garden
RSVP Now
Jul 15, 2025, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
PCH Garden, Dresden, ME 04342, USA
The PCH Garden Team is hosting “A~Picnic~By~the~River” at the Pownalborough Courthouse Garden & Grounds on Tuesday, July 15th from 4-7pm. We’ll send more information as we get closer but be thinking about what you want to bring in your picnic basket along with your lawn chairs.
Multiple Dates
Thu, Jul 31
Art Walk
Terry's Porch & Downtown Wiscasset
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Jul 31, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Terry's Porch & Downtown Wiscasset, 2 Morton St, Wiscasset, ME 04578, USA
Multiple Dates
Thu, Aug 28
Art Walk
Terry's Porch & Downtown Wiscasset
RSVP Now
Aug 28, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Terry's Porch & Downtown Wiscasset, 2 Morton St, Wiscasset, ME 04578, USA