Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Program
2024-10-22 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Join us for a presentation on Montgomery County’s Recycling Program with guest speaker Barbara Fonseca, a program specialist in Montgomery County’s Department of Environmental Protection Recycling and Resource Management Division. In this presentation, we will learn about the latest information and programs aimed to reduce waste in our county.
We invite you to join us and learn more about this program and hopefully be inspired to help make our county a little more GREEN!

FREE
Light Refreshments provided

RSVP: info@mctgardenclub.org
Please do NOT attend this event if you are or have been experiencing symptoms of illness.
THIS EVENT IS FREE, BUT DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS 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 Extreme Clean Up - Saturday, April 19
2025-04-19 09:00 - 12:00
Please join the Mill Creek Towne Garden Club, Rock Creek Conservancy, and Montgomery Parks for our 2025 EXTREME CLEANUP of Mill Creek Stream on Saturday, April 19, 2025 for a litter removal restoration event in Rock Creek Park. Trash is the visible form of stormwater pollution, a major threat to water quality and park health and its removal makes the parklands cleaner, safer, and more beautiful for all. Event location, directions, and information will be sent prior to the event. 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. Information is included in this link:

https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/extreme-cleanup

We will update you the week of April 13, 2025 with instruction and locations of where you can pick up supplies and leave your trash. It’s a campaign clean up event, so go with your children, family or friends, pick out a point in the creek area where you can pick up trash, and spend as much time as you want. Every little bit helps.

We hope you’ll join us!

Registration required. See below for registration link for this event.

Sign Up for Mill Creek Stream Cleanup

Why You Need to Add Water to Your Garden
2026-03-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
7pm
Mill Creek Parish United Methodist
7101 Horizon Terrace
Derwood, MD 20855
Join us for a special presentation on an “Why You Need to Add Water to Your Garden”, by guest speaker, Mike Coan, Oasis Water Gardens, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 7pm.

FREE
Light Refreshments provided

Most of us spend a lot of time thinking about plants, color, and structure in our gardens — but water is often the piece that’s missing.
In this talk, we take a practical look at what water actually brings to a garden. Not just how it looks, but how it changes the way a space feels and how people use it every day.
We’ll talk about why ponds and waterfalls naturally become focal points, how they create movement and sound, and why so many people find themselves drawn to sit near water without even realizing it.
We’ll also spend time on the ecological side of things. Even small water features can make a big difference for birds, pollinators, frogs, and other local wildlife. Adding water often turns a garden into a living, active ecosystem rather than something that’s just nice to look at.
We’ll wrap up by walking through the core principles behind building a water feature, starting with small, simple waterfalls and then showing how those same ideas carry through to larger ponds and more complex designs. The goal is to help people understand how water features work at a fundamental level and to demystify some of the questions we hear all the time.
RSVP: info@mctgardenclub.org
Please do NOT attend this event if you are or have been experiencing symptoms of illness.
THIS EVENT IS FREE, BUT DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS 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.

Get the Biggest Bang for Your Sweat with Smart Garden Practices
2026-10-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Monday, October 26
7:00 pm
Mill Creek Parish United Methodist Church
7101 Horizon Terrace
Derwood, MD 20855
Guest Speaker: Meipo Martin, Master Gardener
Join us for a special presentation on an “Get the Biggest Bang for Your Sweat with Smart Garden Practices”, by guest speaker, Meipo Martin, Master Gardener on Monday, October 26, 2026 at 7pm.

FREE
Light Refreshments provided

Ever wonder why your garden is not looking its best despite all the effort and resources you have poured in? Maybe it is time to rethink the way you garden. Come learn better ways to improve your soil, suppress weed, help your plants grow stronger and healthier with less water, less garden products and, most importantly, less work!
Meipo Martin bio:
Meipo Martin was born in Hong Kong, where she started growing houseplants and herbs on the apartment windowsill. In 1998, she moved to the United States. In her new garden, her love for plants came into full bloom and she became a Montgomery County Master Gardener in 2015. Meipo believes gardening should be accessible to all, and it does not have to be expensive or hard. To share her knowledge, Meipo gives a variety of presentations on gardening methods for the master gardener organization. When she is not gardening, Meipo is a wife, an Aikido instructor, a woodcarver, a blogger and a sewist.
RSVP: info@mctgardenclub.org
Please do NOT attend this event if you are or have been experiencing symptoms of illness.
THIS EVENT IS FREE, BUT DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS 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.
