The Wayland Garden Club is accepting new members! Whether you’ve been gardening for years or unable to keep a houseplant alive, joining the Garden Club is a great way to connect with other gardeners and add a new layer of purpose to your hobby. The Garden Club offers lectures, workshops and a strong sense of community. Wherever you are in your gardening journey, from planting your first raised bed to landscaping a back yard to a dawning interest in native plants, come share your passion with like-minded people.
Monthly Meetings
On the fourth Tuesday of the month, the Club membership meets for coffee and conversation and to listen to speakers presenting on many topics. Some recent topics have included:
· native plants for shade gardens
· kitchen garden design
· beekeeping
· vertical gardening
· life on a beaver pond
· the sustainable enough garden
· holiday arrangements from your garden
· organic pest and disease management
Workshops
The club also has hands-on workshops where members can meet in small groups and learn new skills. Some recent workshop topics have included:
· container gardening
· holiday centerpieces
· plant your own terrarium
· fairy gardens
· winter seed sowing
Community Service
The Wayland Garden Club maintains gardens and planters throughout Wayland. Members tend gardens at the Wayland Settlement sign on Boston Post Road, the Wayland Free Public Library and a pollinator garden on the Rail Trail. The Club also maintains planters at the Town's public and historic buildings, as well as several traffic islands in town.
Every year, the Club also runs a gardening with seniors program at local assisted living facilities and a Giving Tree event providing gifts for children during the holiday season.
Other Activities
The Club decorates the Wayland Museum and Historical Society's Grout Heard House for their annual open house with flower arrangements and greens. The Club also helps decorate the Wayside Inn for the holidays.
Each May, the Club has a plant sale and each June, a field trip to gardens and arboretums in the area.
Membership Application
The Wayland Garden Club was founded in 1922 by Mrs. Hazen Clement and was one of the earliest established in Massachusetts during the garden club movement that began at the turn of the century. For more information about our history please click here.
MEMBER OF:
The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc.
Sudbury Valley Trustees
PROJECT SUPPORT & DONATIONS:
Civic Beautification Projects
Friends of the Wayland Public Library Garden
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Parmenter Holiday Giving Tree
Senior Center Workshops
Wayland High School Scholarship
Wayland Historical Society's Annual Holiday Open House
Wayland Free Public Library Weekly Flowers
Wayland Town Buildings Holiday Wreaths
Wayside Inn Holiday Decorations