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Extreme Clean Up: Mill Creek Stream
Thank you for your commitment to Rock Creek! By now you may well have heard that, following CDC and local public health guidelines, the Conservancy has cancelled all group events until future notice, including next month’s Rock Creek Extreme Cleanup. While group cleanup events are cancelled, there are still ways to get outside and make a difference! You can host an Individual Cleanup—it’s just … Continue reading Extreme Clean Up: Mill Creek Stream
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2021 7:00pm ET Online Event featuring iNaturalist.org App
Join us and learn how to use the iNaturalist app in this informative talk by Guest Speaker, Deborah Barber, member of the Maryland Native Plant Society and Director of Land Management for the Maryland/D.C. Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Get a kick out of learning about the iNaturalist app. Use the Compare function to find out what’s … Continue reading Tuesday, Jan 26, 2021 7:00pm ET Online Event featuring iNaturalist.org App
Tue, Feb. 23, 2021 7pm ET Butterbee Farm – Cut Flowers Arrangements Online Event
Top Annuals for your Cutting Garden Join us to learn how to make flower arrangements with cut flowers with Guest Speaker Laura Beth Resnick from the Butterbee Farm! You can have an abundance of blooms in your cutting garden all season long! You'll learn Butterbee Farm's favorite flowers to grow, from classics like zinnias and … Continue reading Tue, Feb. 23, 2021 7pm ET Butterbee Farm – Cut Flowers Arrangements Online Event
Tue, Mar. 23, 2021 7pm ET Susan Bell, Master Gardener “Adding WOW to Small Garden Spaces” Online Event
Join us on Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2021 7pm ET with our Guest Speaker Susan Bell, Master Gardener and learn how to “Add WOW to Small Garden Spaces”! About Our Guest Speaker, Susan Bell Susan Bell created Hilltop Gardens in 2002. Her formal education was through George Washington University, Montgomery College, and is ongoing with the … Continue reading Tue, Mar. 23, 2021 7pm ET Susan Bell, Master Gardener “Adding WOW to Small Garden Spaces” Online Event
FREE Native Trees and Shrubs Giveaway!
7825 Rydal Terrace, Derwood, MD 20855 7825 Rydal Terrace, Derwood, MD, United StatesThe Mill Creek Towne Garden Club is pleased to offer FREE native trees and shrubs provided to us by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. We are giving away 25 native Pawpaw trees and 25 native Winterberry Holly Shrubs starting at 1PM and ending at 5PM on Tuesday, March 30th. First come, first serve. The … Continue reading FREE Native Trees and Shrubs Giveaway!
Tue, Apr 27, 2021 7pm ET Online Event: Lauren Hubbard, Master Gardener – Native Plants for Sun and Shade
Please join us for a Native By Design, LLC presentation by Lauren Hubbard, Derwood resident, Master Gardener, and Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional, on “Native Plants for Sun and Shade”. Native plants make your garden beautiful and bring in the bees and butterflies too! Learn which plants native to our region grow best here. About Native … Continue reading Tue, Apr 27, 2021 7pm ET Online Event: Lauren Hubbard, Master Gardener – Native Plants for Sun and Shade
Essential Herbs – Beyond Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
Mill Creek Parish United Methodist 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MDTuesday, March 22, 2022 Topic: Essential Herbs - Beyond Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Mill Creek Parish United Methodist Fellowship Hall 7101 Horizon Terrace Derwood, MD 20855 Speaker: Heather Whirley, Master Gardener Cost: FREE, Donations gratefully appreciated! Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Beyond Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. Heather … Continue reading Essential Herbs – Beyond Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
Mill Creek Stream Extreme Clean Up
Please join Rock Creek Conservancy, Montgomery Parks, and the Mill Creek Towne Garden Club for our 2022 EXTREME CLEANUP of Mill Creek Stream! This annual event is a watershed-wide cleanup movement with the goal of total trash removal throughout Rock Creek, its tributaries, and surrounding neighborhoods and parklands. We hope you'll join us! Montgomery Parks … Continue reading Mill Creek Stream Extreme Clean Up
Backyard Beekeeping
Mill Creek Parish United Methodist 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MDJoin us for our May meeting featuring Karen Henderson, beekeeper. Karen Henderson, co-owner of Glass Bee Apiary, has been a beekeeper since 2013. She will talk about the practical aspects of backyard beekeeping using a real hive (no live bees) and assorted equipment. Before retiring in 2016, she worked at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission … Continue reading Backyard Beekeeping
Save the Monarchs – Go Native!
Mill Creek Parish United Methodist 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MDTuesday, October 25, 2022 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: Dr. Lauren Hubbard, Certified Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional and Master Gardener Free Light Refreshments Free Butterfly Milkweed Seeds Giveaway (while supplies last)! The Monarch Butterfly … Continue reading Save the Monarchs – Go Native!