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The Mill Creek Towne Garden Club in Derwood, Maryland was established in 1968 with the mission to stimulate and increase knowledge and interest in all facets of gardening among amateurs, establish an active community beautification program and to encourage civic beautification, and foster group activities for the benefit of the members and the community. The garden club also landscapes and maintains the Mill Creek Towne entrances and common areas.
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Mill Creek Towne Garden Club
The club meets once a month, at 7:30 pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month (except for May, July, November, and December).
Birding in the Garden
Sunday, June 14 at 9:00 to 9:45 a.m.
Fee: $7 / Ages 3 to 9 with an adult
Location: Meet at Visitor Center Entrance
Take a bird walk with an expert instructor and learn the basics of using binoculars, listening for bird calls, using field guides and digital tools, and looking carefully in all directions. Stop at the spots in the garden that are most attractive for local birds and learn more about them. Borrow a pair of our binoculars or bring your own (optional). Meet in the Visitor Center and dress for the weather.
Register:
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Maryland House & Garden Tour
Frederick County
The Frederick County Tour will take place on Saturday, June 13, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., rain or shine. This self-guided special event features access to exclusive properties that are open only on the day of the tour.
Learn More/Buy Tickets:
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You went to the garden center. You bought flowers to
help the bees. The tag said "Pollinator Friendly!"
You planted them. A bee visited.
The bee died.
Most plants sold at big-box garden centers and
nurseries are pre-treated with neonicotinoid
insecticides. These are systemic — they're absorbed
into every cell of the plant. The roots. The stems.
The leaves. The pollen. The nectar.
When a bee feeds on the nectar of a neonicotinoid-
treated flower, it ingests the insecticide. The effect
isn't always instant death. It's worse.
Neonicotinoids disrupt bee navigation. The bee can't
find its way back to the hive. It flies in circles
until it's exhausted. It dies alone, lost, in your
neighbor's yard.
A sub-lethal dose causes the colony to slowly
collapse. Workers forage less efficiently. The queen
lays fewer eggs. Larvae develop poorly. Over weeks,
the hive dies.
Your "pollinator-friendly" plant was pre-loaded with
the #1 chemical linked to pollinator collapse.
How to buy truly bee-safe plants:
Ask the garden center directly: "Were these treated
with neonicotinoids or systemic insecticides?"
Buy from local native plant nurseries — they rarely
use systemics.
Look for "neonicotinoid-free" labels — some nurseries
are now advertising this.
Grow from seed — guaranteed untreated.
After purchasing treated plants: wait 1 full growing
season before allowing pollinators to visit — the
chemicals can persist in the plant for 1-3 years.
The bee on the label was a marketing graphic.
The chemical inside the pot was the real product.
Ask before you buy. Or grow from seed.
#gardeningtipsandtricks
#Neonicotinoids #BeeSafe #PollinatorFriendly
#DidYouKnow #FakeBeeLabels #NativePlants #SaveBees
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