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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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The club meets once a month, at 7:30 pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month (except for May, July, November, and December).
Rockville Strawberry Day is coming to Derwood this Saturday, May 30 🍓
Join us at Derwood Farmers Market for a sweet celebration of the season. We’ll have extra strawberries for sale, along with fresh local food, baked goods, ready-to-eat favorites, and all the good market energy that makes Saturday mornings feel so special.
Derwood Farmers Market
16501 Redland Rd.
Rockville, MD 20855
Saturday, May 30
9 am to 1 pm
Come early, bring a friend, and enjoy a beautiful market day with us.
@mocomainstreet Neighborhood Church – Rockville MD
#MilkLadyMarkets #DerwoodMarket #StrawberryDay #RockvilleMD #ShopLocal — at Neighborhood Church – Rockville MD.
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Join Wildr Places for a conversation with Dr. John Kartesz, founder of BONAP, the county-level native plant mapping system behind many of the tools gardeners, nurseries, and conservationists use today.
Wednesday, May 27 at 12:30 PM ET
WATCH LINK: www.joinwildr.com/events/llml-nativity
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Five plants most people pull out of the yard are the only nursery for the caterpillars that become the butterflies you want to see.
Adult butterflies drink from many flowers. Their caterpillars often feed on one plant only.
🦋 Pipevine — heart-shaped climbing vine. The only food pipevine swallowtail caterpillars can eat. The toxins carry into the adult butterfly, making it poisonous to birds for life.
Spicebush — woodland shrub, leaves smell like citrus when crushed. Spicebush swallowtail caterpillars live here disguised as tiny green snakes with fake eyespots.
Pawpaw — small understory tree with tropical-looking leaves. The only host for zebra swallowtail caterpillars in the eastern states.
Hackberry — rough bark, asymmetrical leaves. Hosts caterpillars for four butterfly species at once — hackberry emperor, tawny emperor, question mark, and mourning cloak.
Wild cherry — fast-growing, peeling bark, white spring blossoms. Hosts eastern tiger swallowtail, cecropia moth, promethea moth, and hundreds of other species. One of the most productive caterpillar trees in North America.
The butterfly is the announcement. The caterpillar is the years of work 🌿
Shared from the Guardians of Nature
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