Photos of Mill Creek Towne Entrance Walls before damage occurred
Hello Mill Creek Towne Neighbors,
Your help is greatly needed with a community problem. The original entrance walls that identify our community as Mill Creek Towne are in a state of deterioration. One entrance wall, consisting of a center wall and two side walls, is located at Roslyn Avenue and Redland Road and is on Montgomery County property. The other entrance wall, consisting of two side walls, is located at Miller Fall Road and Muncaster Mill Road and is on Maryland State property. Both the county and the state have been approached and have declined to provide the much needed repairs and maintenance, stating that this is the responsibility of the community.
These entrance walls are more than fifty years old and, for all of that time, The Mill Creek Towne Garden Club (MCTGC) has been the caretakers of the entrances. We provide annual care with plantings either by doing regular maintenance work ourselves or engaging the assistance of professional workers.
The MCTGC has employed stonemasons at a few different times over the years to do small repair jobs on the entrance walls as needed; however, the MCTGC cannot bear the financial burden required to do the major repair work that is needed at this time.
The MCTGC is willing to head up the project and has begun the process of gathering estimates. There is an estimate of $1,300 for a temporary fix, as we have done in the past. This will still leave the entrance walls vulnerable to the elements. Other estimates range from $4,000, to upwards of $6,500, for a more complete and long-term fix. We will continue to entertain other estimates and are open to recommendations from the community. We cannot commit to any one of the estimates at this time because we must wait until we see how much the community will support.
This, of course, is where contributions from community members are essential. There is a need for 100% participation in this project, as we will all benefit from maintaining our community. If our entrances begin to fall into decay and neglect, this will adversely affect the appearance of our community and lower our property values. Please contribute, as you are able, to fund the repair of the community entrance walls. MCTGC will set up a separate fund for the contributions.
Contributions may be made in the form below:
Mill Creek Towne Entrance Walls Repair Fundraiser
Online Donations
Offline Check Donations
If you would like to mail a check, you can make it out to Mill Creek Towne Garden Club. Please specify that it is for the entrance walls.
You may send it to:
MCTGC
7612 Warbler Lane
Derwood, MD 20855
If you have questions, ideas or concerns, please contact the MCTGC at: mctgc@mctgardenclub.org.
Happy Summer! Now is the time to enjoy the outdoors and our gardens! Here are some garden tips, educational opportunities, and events for June. Events include Wings of Fancy at Brookside Gardens South Conservatory,Summer Twilight Concert Series, Soleado Lavender Day, Heritage Days, Champion Trees Tour and Walk, and more! Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Mill Creek Village Walk Around the Towne! See pictures from this event below.
Support our local farmers! Visit a local farmers’ market near you. Download Montgomery County’s Office of Agriculture 2019 Farmers Market Flyer to find a farmer’s market near you.
Flowers and Groundcovers:
Provide stake supports for tall plants.
Deadhead spent blooms on your annuals and perennials to encourage re-flowering.
Check for black spot on your roses – remove and discard any affected leaves in the trash, never back in your garden or in your compost – apply a fungicide with Neem oil every two weeks during the growing season.
Fertilize spring blooming bulbs after flowering.
Check on your container plants daily and keep them well-watered.
Plant warm-season annuals and tender bulbs (calla lilies, dahlias, gladiolus) in the ground and in containers.
Pinch out tips of leggy plants.
Remove last of spring flowers, replacing with transplants or seeds.
Be vigilant for mosquito breeding spots – any standing water from a bottle cap to blocked gutters- and clean them out immediately. Ask your neighbors to do the same. Put Mosquito Dunks in any areas that accumulate water.
Source: University of Maryland’s Home and Garden Information Center (HGIC) and the Washington Gardener.
May 2019 Walk Around the Towne | Sponsored by Mill Creek Village & Mill Creek Towne Garden Club
Here are some pictures from our Mill Creek Village and Mill Creek Towne Garden Cub Walk Around the Towne and Garden Tour. We plan to have another walk/garden tour in the fall. Let us know if you would like to show your garden for our future walks. Special Thanks to Joan Reynolds and Jean Durscher for letting us tour your beautiful gardens! #millcreekvillage#gardentour#walkaroundtowne
Please Support the Mill Creek Towne Garden Club
Hello Friends, Neighbors,
Please support the Mill Creek Towne Garden Club! Your donations will help us continue to provide garden-related programs to the community and pay for maintaining and landscaping the Mill Creek Towne main entrances.
We accept donations throughout the year. Thanks to all of you that have recently donated as well as those of you who have supported us in the past years! Thanks for your continued support of the Mill Creek Towne Garden Club and our community programs!
Save the dates for these upcoming events! Events include Wings of Fancy at Brookside Gardens South Conservatory,Summer Twilight Concert Series, Soleado Lavender Day, Heritage Days, Champion Trees Tour and Walk, and more!
Montgomery County MD Food and Beverage Guide
The third edition of the MoCo Made Food & Beverage Guide is available!
The Guide features more than 60 local producers and farmers offering local-made products. Find the online version here:
Plant Clinics are held at several sites in the county on a weekly basis and at special events such as garden festivals and the county fair. Regularly scheduled Plant Clinics are located at public libraries and farmers’ markets throughout the county as well as at the Audubon Naturalist Society in Chevy Chase. There are also clinics three days per week at Brookside Gardens. The busiest season is April through September, but some clinics are open year-round. Bring your plant samples and questions to one of these locations in Montgomery County, MD (see link below to find a location near you):
CSAs can take many forms, but essentially they are community supported farms in which members contribute to farming projects, usually by way of membership fees, in exchange for fresh, local produce. The concept came to the United States from Europe in the 1980s. They are a great way to take advantage of fresh, locally grown fruit, vegetables, herbs, and more while supporting nearby farms. Each one is different, some offer pickup locations in urban areas, some offer only farm-based pickups.
There are multiple CSAs located around the County offering a wide variety of products. CSAs begin taking sign-ups for spring and summer seasons in the early part of the year, and they tend to fill up FAST! Know of another CSA not on our list? Let us know! Montgomery Countryside Alliance also maintains a list: http://www.mocoalliance.org/community-supported-agriculture.html
2019 Dates: April 27 to October 26 on Saturdays
By popular request: Early Hours in 2019 9 am until 1 pm
Support Our Local Farmers: Visit the Derwood Farmers Market!
A community farmers’ market featuring fresh local farm fruits, veggies, meats, baked goodies, arts, live music and more. Meet sustainable local farmers and from-scratch makers of edibles!
Located at the parking lot in the front yard of Derwood Alliance Church 16501 Redland Road, Rockville, MD 20855
Heritage Montgomery in celebrating the 22nd annual Heritage Days with a weekend packed with fun, family-friendly, free events all across the county. You can explore the agricultural heritage of Montgomery County at Agricultural History Farm Park as part of Heritage Days 2019.
Montgomery County is home to international, national, state, and county champion trees. Join us with guests Joe Howard of the Montgomery County Forestry Board and Carole Bergman, Forest Ecologist, as we visit several champions in the North Bethesda area. We?ll hear about each tree?s story and what makes it a champion. Van transportation included in fee; meet at Meadowside. Bring a snack and drink and plan to do some walking. Registration required.
