Blog | Mill Creek Towne Garden Club | Derwood, Maryland

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

7 pm – 8 pm

Provided by: Mill Creek Towne Garden Club

Location:

Mill Creek Parish United Methodist

7101 Horizon Terrace

Derwood, MD 20855

Guest Speaker: Dan Neumann

Free

Light Refreshments

Gardens are not only beautiful, but can provide excellent habitat for birds. In this presentation, Dan will show photographs of some birds that you may see in your garden and provide anecdotes of how they survive in the wild. He will include some things that you can do to attract interesting birds.

Dan has been interested in nature all of his adult life. About a decade ago, he realized that if you want to see interesting animals in the wild, you should look for birds as you always see birds when you are outdoors. This started him on a slow immersion into birding. Because, many birds look quite similar, he started taking photographs which allowed him to look for identifying details later. He took all of the photographs that he’ll show in this talk locally.

RSVP: info@mctgardenclub.org

Please do NOT attend this event if you are or have been experiencing symptoms of illness.

This event is FREE. Donations of $10 or whatever you can afford are appreciated. Donations pay for landscaping, repair and maintenance of the Mill Creek Towne Entrances, and our garden-related programs at our community meetings.

NOTE: If Montgomery County Schools are closed due to inclement weather, the Garden Club meeting will be cancelled.

Mill Creek Towne Garden Club Reflections – 2022

mct garden club thanksgiving greeting 2022 — Happy Thanksgiving from MCT Garden Club! | Painting by Nancy Brady

Happy Thanksgiving! We are grateful to our community for your support!

Although we began our 2021-22 garden club meetings outside, we resorted to Zooming due to rising infection rates. In February, our own master gardener, Lauren Hubbard, showed us how to extend the growing season and harvest year-round. By March, we returned to in-person meetings.

Another member and master gardener, Heather Whirley, not only displayed a variety of herbs, but also explained the importance of these plants. In May, we invited a beekeeper who not only shared her extensive knowledge of beekeeping, but brought many pieces of equipment, samples of honey, and even products she made from beeswax. (Yes, a shopping opportunity!) As a reminder, when we host special
presentations at our meetings, we always invite the community to join us at Mill Creek Parish.

Our garden club also sponsored a “stream-clean-up” in April and appreciated all the additional participants. Two of our members shared their gardens in the Mill Creek Village “Walk Around Towne” event. The three entrances to MCT, Roslyn, Shady Grove, and Miller Fall, as well as the Mill Creek Drive Circle, keep several of our members busy with weeding, transplanting, watering, pruning, and erosion control!

We not only worked, but enjoyed each other’s company at our Happy Hours, a holiday gathering, and an end-of-year celebration at Botanero’s this past June.

Finally, just last month our garden club presented a video entitled “Monarchs and Milkweed” followed by a recap of the Butterfly Bandwagon project. We invite you to jump on “our bandwagon” to get inspired and learn more about nature in our MCT community. As always, thank you for continuing to support the MCT Garden Club.

Beth Giannone
President, MCT Garden Club

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