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“Autumn is a second Spring where every leaf is a flower” ~Albert Camus September 1, 2026 Dear Evergreen Garden Club Members, Summers’s end has arrived. While I can be quite nostalgic about the magic of those golden days and the wonder of small discoveries – the buzz of a pollinator at work, harvesting something grown with my own hands, the first flower breaking

May 3, 2026 “The Earth laughs in flowers” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Dear Evergreen Garden Club Members, This is our last meeting of the year, and it is an important one! Enjoy a special brunch hosted by program presenter Ann Reid – and perhaps get inspired to capture the beauty of your own garden on canvas; one of Ann’s paintings is at the end of this let

April 1, 2026 “The Earth laughs in flowers” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Dear Evergreen Garden Club Members, Refresh, renew, inspire. With morning’s bright sunshine and blue skies, I am overflowing with April Garden thoughts! Don’t you delight in Spring? There is so much on our garden to-do lists; but I propose we take time to ponder these softer days and di

March 1, 2026 “March is the month of expectation” ~Emily Dickinson Dear Evergreen Garden Club Members, March is a real transition month. Whatever the weather does, Spring cannot be denied! April is on the horizon and with it our trip to Bunny Mellon’s beautiful estate Oak Springs and gardens in Upperville. Please respond to Survey Monkey sent by Do

Program Meeting: Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 10:00am “Honey Bees – Show me the honey” Presenter: Christopher Lewis, Beekeeper and Certified Professional Horticulturist Location: Home of Doris Dixon, hospitality: Fran Usher & Rosa Wallach 3809 East West Highway, Chevy Chase, Maryland We will sample honey from the local hives of our presenter longtime beekeeper, Chris Lewis, and learn about landscaping, pollination and how honey bees help maintain the balance in nature. Honey b

February 6, 2026 “Every gardener knows under the cloak of February winter lies a miracle” ~Old House Gardens Dear Evergreen Garden Club Members, As I write this, February rages on with a vengeance, snowy, cold and brilliant. When the sun is out, there still is a glimmer of warmer days ahead. Although winter still lingers, February offers quiet reminders - like

Evergreen Garden Club Program Meeting: 10:00 am 1) First Vice President Donna Roberts will introduce meeting presenter Sara Marlo, Director of the United States National Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. Location: home of Donna Roberts, 9413 Brooke Drive Bethesda, MD. *Based on the weather the meeting may be on Zoom. Members will be provided updates. 2) Presentation – Tuesday, February 17, 2026 10:00am . National Cemeteries - A Sacred Place of Peace and Remembrance

A few early March photos from our President's garden show that, even with all the snow this winter, spring will soon be on its way.

I am pleased to share that there are two openings for new members. Here is the process. ” The Membership Committee requires a proposal and two seconding letters for any person to be considered for membership. Letters of proposal and seconding letters must be written by members who have been active for more than one year. Any such member is limited to either proposing one candidate and seconding one candidate or seconding two candidates each year. At present there are two o

This is a test blog post. Please disregard. No action required. Jane and Cathy are preparing this system for future voting. Evergreen Garden Club Members, welcome to our Spring 2026 Election season! This year, members will be voting to elect two new members to join the club as well as the Executive Board for Spring 2026 . Voting is simple, confidential, and takes place right here in this blog post using easy-to-use polls. Below, you will see several polls, each listing the

January 9, 2026 “In a way Winter is the real Spring, the time when the inner things happen, the resurgence of nature” ~Henry David Thoreau Dear Evergreen Garden Club Members, I do like January because it is a beginning and I like most beginnings - the first sip of a delicious wine, the first sentence in a book I have not read or the first blooms in April. January is a month for plannin

Evergreen Garden Club Presentation (Zoom): British Isles Garden Tour with Claire Jones Program Meeting: 1) First Vice President Donna Roberts will introduce meeting presenter Claire Jones a recognized garden tour leader and author who will lead members in a travelogue of public and private gardens of note in England, Scotland, and Ireland. 2) Presentation : British Isles Garden Tour with Claire Jones. The program will be the “Best of the Best” of classic iconic pu

Evergreen Garden Club Presentation: Holiday Floral Arrangement Workshop Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church 6601 Bradley Boulevard, Bethesda, Maryland 20817 Business Meeting: 1) Presidents welcome. 2) Thank you to First Vice President Donna Roberts for arranging today’s meeting. A special thank you to Susan Vanderver for arranging the use of the church facility and to Susan and Dolly McKenna for providing hospitality. 3) Call for a motion to approve the minute

“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn” -Elizabeth Lawrence “ The gloomy month of November when the people of England hang and drown themselves” - Joseph Addison 1712 (I just couldn’t resist ET) October 30, 2025 Dear Evergreen Garden Club Members, Do you love the sound of crunching leaves underfo

EGC Volunteers spent a fun and productive morning at Tregaron chiseling through the dry and compacted soil to plant in the garden area that EGC maintains. Volunteers enjoyed the opportunity to work together and enjoy the beauty of Tregaron on a gorgeous fall day. Thanks to all who were able to help: Susie Taylor, Colet Mitchell, Catherine Farrell, Ann Reid, Frances Usher and Sarah Vilms.

Would you please keep an eye out for a lost 15 inch Russian tortoise? (Photo below) My neighbor lost her tortoise and is heartbroken. There were a few sightings near 32nd Street and Klingle Road. And most recently 2 girls saw the tortoise and, thinking it was lost from its home in the woods, put the tortoise under the fence by Twin Oaks and Tregaron. I know it’s a long shot but if you see the tortoise please call me 202-365-9330 and I will come and pick him up. There is a r

Chris Mickey, our speaker at our meeting on Tuesday October 21, mentioned two events that might be of interest to members. Information about these events, as well as her contact information, is below. Chris will be participating in 2 Poolesville events this fall: The Mid-Atlantic Antiques Festival takes place the weekend of Oct. 25-26 at Aix La Chapelle Farm in Poolesville MD https://www.midatlanticantiquesfestival.com/ And the Old-Line Market is the following weekend a

Note from our President Ellen Thrasher: Thanks to all of you who raised your hands at yesterday’s meeting! Here’s another Tregaron opportunity to perform community service with one of our long time partners and to be together in the great outdoors! Evergreen Volunteers needed for Tregaron on Tuesday, October 28th at 10:00 AM . Please join us for another volunteer clean-up morning at Tregaron. It’s fun, chatty, earthy and our help and fellowship are appreciated. Tuesday

For those attending the meeting on Oct. 21, carpooling is recommended. Street parking is available, but often limited, especially with several nearby renovation projects The National Cathedral parking garage is about a block from Jane's house, and the Giant parking garage (considerably less expensive) is about 2 blocks from Jane's house.

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers” - -Anne of Green Gables October 7, 2025 Dear Evergreen Garden Club Members, Do you have a favorite month? October may just be mine! The air is cool (always appreciated by a girl who grew up in Phoenix, Arizona) and the garden is filled with the earthy scent of Autumn. This time of year, a garden may remind us of both the fragility of life and its abundanc

As seen in the letters below, the organizations that received grants from EGC in 2025 expressed their thanks for our support and detailed...

September 11, 2025 2025-2026 Evergreen Garden Club Dues Active and Associate Members Dear Evergreen Garden Club member, I hope that you...

Evergreen Garden Club 2025-2026 Program Overview Note: The format for all meetings in member homes is as follows: Coffee and snacks at...

“My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece” – Claude Monet ...

On Earth Day 2025, a small but mighty group of EGC volunteers ( Winkie Crigler, Mary Jane Glass, Sara Maner and Susie Taylor) had a...

Below is the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting, and attached are the minutes from the September meeting, as well as the poster advertising...

October 24, 2024 Hello, all, Over the summer, we updated our website evergreengc.org to make it more fun, easier to use, and...

Dear Ladies: Wasn’t our tour of Tudor Place and the gardens amazing? And, our brown bag lunch under the ginormous pecan tree? Here’s...

Evergreen Garden Club 2024-2025 Program Overview Note: The format for all meetings in member homes is as follows: Coffee and snacks at...

September 3, 2024 2024-2025 Evergreen Garden Club Dues Active and Associate Members Dear Evergreen Garden Club member, I hope that...

“If you are not killing plants, you are not really stretching yourself as a gardener.” – J.C. Raulston ...