The Acton Garden Club

Business Meeting (Members Only)
2025-12-09 09:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, 435 Central St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Social Time 9:00 am
Business Meeting 10:00 am
Holiday Greens Workshop 10:30 am
Luncheon 12:00 pm
Hostesses : Light Lunch provided by the Executive Board
Matthew’s United Methodist Church

Members Only - Holiday Greens Workshop
2025-12-02 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, 435 Central St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Holiday Greens Workshop
Candlestick or Swag
with Cathy Fochtman and Thelma Shoneman
Bring your favorite taper candle holder and we’ll provide an O’dapter to insert a small round of floral foam to elevate and arrange your greens.
Alternate option is a rectangular cage for a swag. Bring your pruners and a selection of greens. If you have extra greens, please bring them to share.
Cost $10.
sSocial Time 9:00 am
Business Meeting 10:00 am
Holiday Greens Workshop 10:30 am
Luncheon 12:00 pm
Hostesses
Light Lunch provided by the Executive Board

Board Meeting
2025-11-18 09:00 - 12:00
Location: Home of Heather Makris
Refreshments: Linda O’Neil

Horticulture Study Group
2025-11-11 09:00 - 12:00 | Public Safety Building, 371 Main Street, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Horticulture Study Group
Plant Mutations
Program Leader: Derek Lowe
Refreshments: Anne Sterling

What is Horticulture?
Horticulture is the science and art of growing plants for human consumption or enjoyment. It can be divided into several sub-disciplines. Environmental horticulture deals with the production of plants for indoor and outdoor ornamental use. It can be further divided into:
Landscape horticulture – the design, installation, and maintenance of both outdoor and indoor environments.
Public horticulture – public gardens, parks, arboreta, and athletic facilities open to all.
Horticultural therapy – the use of plants to improve the condition of people with physical, intellectual or emotional disabilities.
Floriculture addresses field or greenhouse plants grown for their flowers or showy leaves.
Olericulture deals with growing vegetables and herbs.
Pomology is the branch of horticulture associated with fruit and tree nut production.
Home horticulture is gardening usually done by nonprofessionals. It is the most popular hobby in the United States with a commercial value of over $75 billion in 2023.

Marvelous Mushrooms with Elizabeth Almeida
2025-11-04 10:30 - 12:00 | Acton Town Hall, Room 204, 472 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Speaker Elizabeth Almeida, Fat Moon Farm founder

Topic Marvelous Mushrooms
Description Farmer Elizabeth will share her mycological expertise with us. In this program, we will learn more about this fascinating food and the important role it plays in our diet, our environment, and the economy.
Social Time 9:00 am
Business Meeting 9:30 am
Program 10:30 am
Light Refreshments • Bring your own beverage
Hostess: Dia Chigas
Committee:
Kelly Clayton • Tanaz Hashemi • Mary Hurley-O’Neil • Diane Williams

Business Meeting (Members Only)
2025-11-04 09:00 - 10:30 | Acton Town Hall, Room 204, 472 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Hostess
Dia Chigas
Committee
Kelly Clayton • Tanaz Hashemi • Mary Hurley-O’Neil • Diane Williams
November 4, 2025
Acton Town Hall, Room 204, and Zoom
Social Time 9:00 am
Business Meeting 9:30 am
Program 10:30 am
Light Refreshments • Bring your own beverage

Board Meeting
2025-10-28 09:00 - 12:00
Board Meeting
Location: Home of Janet Irons
Refreshments: Fran Hearn

Floral Design Study Group
2025-10-21 09:00 - 12:00 | St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, 435 Central St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Floral Design Study Group
“Envision” – Peaceful Underwater Design
Leaders: Cathy Fochtman and Thelma Shoneman
Location: St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church
We’ll imagine a leafy paradise by arranging manipulated foliage in an underwater design. Glass vase and plant material provided. Bring floral shears, wire cutters and tool box.
Cost $25.

Business Meeting (Members Only)
2025-10-20 09:00 - 10:30 | St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, 435 Central St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Hostess : Lora Maloney
Committee : Nancy Dickinson • Shalini Lobo • Joy Madden • Lori Weissberg
St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church (no Zoom)
Social Time 9:00 am
Business Meeting 9:30 am
Light Refreshments • Bring your own beverage

Horticulture Study Group
2025-10-14 09:00 - 12:00
Horticulture Study Group
Hypertufa Workshop
Program Leaders: Anne Sterling and Janet Irons
Location: Home of Susanne Fuller
Refreshments: Noreen Rowe

All About Cranberries with Deb Kanady, Cranberry Tour Guide
2025-10-07 10:30 - 12:00 | Acton Town Hall, Room 204, 472 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
We won’t travel to Cape Cod for a tour, but this is the next best thing. How are cranberries grown and harvested? What makes them such a special New England crop?
Deb Kanady is a retired cancer center mental health counselor and researcher who moved to South Plymouth and lives in the cranberry bogs. She is a trained cranberry tour guide for Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association and several local farms and an avid birder and trekker. We look forward to learning about about cranberries!
October 7, 2025
Acton Town Hall, Room 204, and Zoom
Social Time 9:00 am
Acton’s Looking Good Winners 9:30 am
Business Meeting 9:45 am
Program 10:30 am
Light Refreshments • Bring your own beverage
Hostess
Kara Osselmann
Committee
Melissa Coucke • Susan Harrigan • Janet Irons • Mary Nadwairski

Board Meeting
2025-09-30 09:00 - 12:00
Location: Home of Jodi MacDonald
Refreshments: Eileen Ryan

Oktoberfest
2025-09-27 10:00 - 15:00 | Gardner Playground, acton, ma, Gardner field, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
The Club will have an exhibit and will sell spring flowering bulbs.
Location: Gardner Playground, West Acton

Book Talk: The Trees are Speaking
2025-09-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Acton Town Hall, Room 204, 472 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Book Talk: The Trees are Speaking

Acton Town Hall, Room 204
The Acton Garden Club is pleased to announce The Shirley Towle lecture will take place on Thursday evening Sept 25th at Acton Town Hall, Room 204 from 6:30pm-8:30pm
Lynda Mapes, journalist, nature writer, and author based in Seattle, will discuss topics from her new book, “The Trees Are Speaking”. Lynda is the author of six books of natural and cultural history of the Pacific Northwest. She has been awarded the Washington State Book Award, the National Outdoor Book Award, and twice been honored with the international Kavli Gold Award for Science Writing by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the world’s most prestigious science writing awards. In 2025, Lynda was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in local reporting with a team of journalists at the Seattle Times, where she has specialized in covering environmental news, nature and Native cultures and governments for 27 years.
Schedule:
6:30pm Refreshments/Book Signing
7pm Presentation
There will be door prizes after the presentation.
This lecture is sponsored by the Acton Garden Club in its third year of collaboration with Acton Conservation Trust and Energize Acton. Silver Unicorn Bookstore in Acton is also a co-sponsor.
if you would like to read the book prior to the event, it is available at the The Silver Unicorn Bookstore Lynda will be happy to sign books purchased in advance. Books will also be available for purchase at the event.
Please register if you plan to attend. A zoom link will be emailed to people who register and would like to attend virtually. Register here: Book Talk: The Trees are Speaking

Horticulture Study Group
2025-09-16 09:00 - 12:00
Growing Vegetables and Herbs in Containers
Program Leaders: Eileen Ryan &Jodi MacDonald
Location: Home of Jodi MacDonald
Refreshments: Susanne Fuller

Start of Horticulture Study Group
In addition to the regular monthly Acton Garden Club meetings, the Club has a Horticulture Study Group which consists of those members who ‘like to play in the dirt’. Over the years, this group has explored all the various subdivisions of Horticulture within the Club. The Horticulture Study Group started in 1950. In the beginning, it was a small group, but over the years the group has grown to as many as 25 members at some of the meetings.

Board Meeting
2025-09-04 09:00 - 12:00
Location: Home of Sue Bricker
Refreshments: Rheta Roeber
