Member Education

Community Ed. Classes

Sep 41 min read

Sept 7th: Classes with Dr. Armitage

There are two (quickly) approaching educational opportunities available to GCW members. As part of our Member Education initiative,...

Sep 21 min read

Landscape Design School (LDS) Course 2

The Garden Club Federation of Maine is offering Course 2 of the National Garden Club's Landscape Design School (LDS) curriculum on...

Feb 271 min read

Mentoring Program Feb '23 Update

A crew of hardy GCW members and guests—Jan and Larry Flowers, Ann and Mark Light, Sheila Scott, and Canny Cahn—visited the one-of-a-kind...

Oct 3, 20232 min read

Reviewing the GCW Mentorship Program ~ One Year Later

Can you believe our Mentoring pilot project is a now a GCW Standing Committee? Wow, can you believe Canny got this idea of a club...

Sep 1, 20231 min read

Mentees "Mentor" the Mentor

By Canny Cahn It’s so much fun when students “teach” their teachers! Our Mentoring Program was designed help members share gardening...

May 14 min read

Understanding Enabling Gardens

by Geneie Everett We, as gardeners, appreciate that all gardening is beneficial. However, when a garden is designed with the intention of...

Mar 23 min read

Restorative Gardens

by Geneie Everett The last few months have been hard in our household. In addition to the world’s stress, climate change, politics, and...

Dec 4, 20232 min read

The Sensory Gardens

by Geneie Everett This month, our ongoing series on Therapeutic Gardening features a second sub-type of Restorative Gardens: the Sensory...