Welcome to the Taunton Garden Club!

We only meet 8 times a year and this year is full of wonderful programs:

SEPT 6: Seed Selection lecture by Master Gardener Gretel Anspach

OCT 3: Fall porch pot workshop presented by the Garden Patch in Raynham

NOV 7: What’s wrong with my house plant ? Presented by Andrew of Briggs Nursery .

DEC 5: Holiday Gathering and greens workshop. This is to prepare for our winter greens sale in Plymouth on Dec 8th

MAR 6: My Special Memory of our Special City. Member’s Design Challenge

APR 3: How to clean and sharpen your tools. Presentef by Cathy Rooney of Designer of Greens.

MAY 1: Teacups for Seniors . Memebers make fresh arrangements for residents of the local Nursing Homes

JUN 5: Banquet and induction of new officers.

Here is a list of what types of community outreach our club engages in . Contact the TGC for more information on any of service programs

We are proud to announce that our members raised enough money to donate to the Penny Pines Reforestation program by literally collecting loose change. This program helps plant pine trees in America together the National Forrest Service.

During our Sept meeting, members were treated to a lecture by Master Gardener Gretel Anspach. She educated us on Seed Acquisition and Selection including understanding how a plant produces seeds , interesting and useful terms and how to read and select a seed packet.

During our business meeting we mapped our upcoming years, got our yearbooks and enjoyed food and fellowship. We met at the Memorial United Methodist Church with is a new meeting site for us. The church memebers were very welcoming.

More wonderful programming during our 90th year! March had our members making arrangements around Vintage items (oh the storys these pieces told ). Mayor Shaunna O’Connell and the city of Taunton honored and recognized our contributions to the Community. We welcomed new members too.

The April meeting celebrated our past Presidents and we welcomed Marjorie Dienhart, President of the Federation Garden of Massachusetts as well as other area club’s presidents. Our own Jim Watkins gave an informative and hands on lecture entitled “Fun-gi in the Mulch”.

Our 90th Year is off to a Great Start!! In September we welcomed our members back and our President Mary Heim introduced her Presidency’s theme ” The 5 Bs” . October had a slight change in programing but since we are a club that takes everything in stride, one of our members Teresa Mello presented a slide show on Fall Gardens.

We hosted a lecture in November by Master Gardener Janet Weathers entitled ” Winter Pruning “. What a wonderful and informative program.

And of course our December winter greens sale at Pine Hills in Plymouth not only was a successful fundraiser (despite the rain) but showcased the talents of our members .

This fall also gave us the opertunity to reach out to the community through area town events and our service focused Senior and Junior gardening programs.

We are looking forward to a great 2024 ! Please consider joining us . Our programs will include vintage arrangements by our memebers, a lecture on earth friendly mulch alternatives and much much more.

We honored our past and present Presidents for thier hard work and dedication to our club. Our speaker was our own Teresa Mello who spoke on making Garden Oraments out of recycled items.

For more information, please email us at tauntongardenclub@yahoo.com

Happy 89th birthday to us! our meeting was led by Elaine K. The members were challenged to design arrangements for certain mile stone celebration. We also inducted 2 new members , honored Valerie F as a life time member as well as officially welcomed our new President Mary H.

We all gave our thanks to our out-going president Mary T for all her hard work and dedication.