2025 - 2026 monthly meeting programs
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When:
Unless noted otherwise, AGC General Meetings are held:
The first Tuesday of the month at 10:00, October through May.
10:00am: coffee, light refreshments and fellowship
10:30am: Andover Garden Club business
Programs begin promptly at the conclusion of AGC business
12:00pm: Meeting Ends
Where:
Unless noted otherwise, AGC General meetings are at:
South Church Fellowship Hall, Central St., Andover, MA, unless otherwise noted. (Click MAP).
Entrance to Fellowship Hall is on the right side of the church, toward the rear of the building.
*Note - Meetings will be cancelled when Andover schools are closed or delayed due to inclement weather.
September 9, 2025
Something new for the AGC - A Tea Party for members only to kick off the new year! Check out the details (time and place) on the Members Only page.
October 7, 2025
Women Floral Painters through the Centuries - Martha Chiarchiaro
Martha Chiarchiaro will explore with us renown women artists such Maria Sibylla Merian and Rachel Ruysch, from the 17th and early 18th centuries. These distinguished women created a legacy in broadening our knowledge of flora and fauna, as well as highlighting the contribution of women, which continued for centuries to come.
Click here to learn more about Martha Chiarchiaro.
November 4, 2025
Design & Demonstration of Autumn Wreaths - Susan Nock of Thistle.
Susan Nock, owner of Thistle in Wellesley, Massachusetts, is an award-winning container garden designer whose work has won Garden Gate Magazine’s 2024 Container Garden Challenge and the “best container gardener” award by the Massachusetts Landscape and Nursery Association in 2022. Her work has been featured in numerous home and garden magazines such as Garden Gate magazine, New England Home magazine, Wellesley Weston Magazine and Gardenista.
Susan’s presentation will include a slideshow that highlights wreaths for each season and a demonstration of how to make a wreath for the Autumn season in New England. She will make 2 seasonal wreaths and bring one holiday wreath with her; these three wreaths will be raffled off towards the end of the meeting.
Click this link if you would like to learn more about Susan Nock and Thistle in Wellesley.
December 9, 2025
Xmas tunnel at Longwood Gardens
Decked Out for the Holidays - Jana Milbocker of Enchanted Gardens.
Jana Milbocker is the principal of Enchanted Gardens, as well as a lecturer and author. Jana loves to visit gardens and historic sites in the U.S. and abroad, and share her trips through her books, photos and blog. December’s monthly meeting program will be a talk and slide show of the holidays at Longwood Gardens, and other gardens nearby to it.
Note: This is the second Tuesday in December
January 6, 2026
Bread and Soup Event
Bread and Soup
Program: Emily Strong will be giving a presentation about the South Church’s Giving Garden organization.
February 3, 2026
Landscape Design - Chris Barboza, nursery manager at Northeast Nursery in Peabody, Ma., will discuss The Basics of Garden Design. Barboza has been with the nursery for more than 20 years. For twice that long, Northeast Nursery has been supplying landscapers and homeowners with plants, bulk goods, and gardening supplies
Northeast Nursery advises both homeowners and contractors on landscaping projects, including those that present complicated challenges. Their staff is comprised of former professional growers, golf-course superintendents, irrigation specialists, and certified arborists. The nursery will send a landscape designer to visit a home and help the owners develop a plan based on their budget and needs.
Gardening Books Swap - During this month’s meeting, the Club will also host a Gardening Books swap. If you are looking for new reading treasures, to exchange inspirations, or dream of new beauties for Spring, we may have something for you. Please bring gently used gardening-related books (on flowers, vegetables, landscaping, organic gardening, design inspiration, etc.) and take-home new favorites. No limits on the numbers to bring or take. This is about conversation and community. Leftovers will be donated to Memorial Hall Library, our Garden Tour or charity.
March 3, 2026
Organic Fertilizers and Plant Food for the Garden - Ann Molloy of Neptune’s Harvest
Ann Molloy, co-owner of Neptune’s Harvest, will discuss a cornerstone of organic gardening – the use of nonchemical fertilizers (and similar products) like those offered by her Gloucester-based company. In 1965, the company created a successful business offering a solution to one of the fishing industry’s most expensive, wasteful and environmentally harmful problems: disposing of the 60-70 percent of the fish – the guts, organs, fins, bones, and scales, known as the “gurry” - left over once a fish is filleted. Neptune’s Harvest turns the gurry into organic fertilizer. Her presentation: Products from the Ocean to Set Your Plants in Motion.
Ann will bring free samples, and Club members attending the meeting will receive a free gift product from Neptune's Harvest.
April 7, 2026
Beyond the Frost Line: Strategies for a Warming Landscape; What Happens When the Zones Move North? - WGBH Meteorologist David Epstein
Andover Garden Club and Memorial Hall Library (MHL) are pleased to host well-known meteorologist and horticulturalist, David Epstein. With more than 35 years of professional experience in New England, he writes for the Boston Globe and is the meteorologist for the local NPR station ’GBH Boston. He has served as on-air meteorologist for various stations, including WBZ CH 4 and WCVB CH 5.
In 2006, Epstein founded Growing Wisdom (www.growingwisdom.org), a business that produces educational and marketing videos, available via a variety of social-media sites. He owns the landscape-design business, Bloomscapes Inc. David’s first job was teaching 8th-grade science, and he’s been an educator ever since, including 17 years teaching meteorology at Colby College.
The public is encouraged to take advantage of this Program, which is free of charge.
We will meet in Memorial Hall (top floor of MHL). Members should arrive by 9:45 a.m. for a business meeting. The Program will begin at 11:00 a.m. Please bring your beverage of choice in a sealed container – no refreshments will be served.
May 5, 2026
Introducing new officers at an AGC annual meeting
Annual Meeting - featuring Delores Ahern and Floral Designs.
June 2026
2024 Directors Special Garden tour at Bedrock Gardens
Directors Special
Open to members and guests, the Directors Special is a garden tour followed by lunch, at a location and date to be determined. Participants pay entrance fee and cost for lunch. The precise date and location will be determined at a later date.