Mill Creek Towne Garden Club

January Meeting Topic: Healing Herbs
2017-01-24 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Mill Creek Towne Elementary, 17700 Park Mill Dr, Derwood, 20855, United States
Hello Neighbors, Fellow Gardeners, and Friends!
Happy New Year to you! To help us battle any health issues this winter, our January program will be on “Healing Herbs”. Montgomery County Master Gardener Heather Whirley will be sharing her knowledge on the use of herbs. We hope you can join us. Below are the meeting details.
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Mill Creek Towne Elementary School Teacher’s Lounge
17700 Park Mill Dr.
Derwood, MD 20855
Speaker: Heather Whirley
Topic: Healing Herbs
Hostesses: Sandy Ceely and Cathy Freel

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

February Meeting Topic: Art Night
2017-02-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Mill Creek Towne Elementary, 17700 Park Mill Dr, Derwood, 20855, United States
Join us for a special art night as Claire Peterson shows us how to make your own creation to give as a gift or keep as your own keepsake! Please wear washable clothes or bring a large tee shirt or apron to cover up. We will have lots of pictures and still life arrangements set up. If anyone wishes to bring pictures of your favorite still life that is perfectly fine. Please note that we will be meeting in the Art room this month so we won’t have to worry about any spills.

Date: Tuesday, February 28th at 7:30pm
Location: Mill Creek Towne Elementary School (Art Room)
Speaker: Claire Peterson
Topic: Art Night—Still Life with Conte Crayons or Pastels
Hostesses: Betty Laffan and Sue Kay

Please RSVP so we can have enough supplies for everyone.

March Meeting Topic: Orchid Care
2017-03-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Mill Creek Towne Elementary, 17700 Park Mill Dr, Derwood, 20855, United States
Hello Fellow Gardeners, Neighbors, and Friends!
What crazy weather for March—cold one day, warm the next!! Our plants and animals are all getting confused!
At the March Mill Creek Towne Garden Club meeting, Montgomery County Master Gardener, Steve Robinson, will deliver a presentation on “Orchids.” Please plan to join us to learn more about these lovely plants. Look below for more information.
Date: March 28, 2017 @ 7:30 p.m.
Location: Mill Creek Towne Elementary School Teacher’s Lounge
Speaker: Steve Robinson
Topic: Orchid Care
Hostesses: Cathy Freel & Kathy Landkrohn

April MCT Garden Club Meeting Topic: Garden Critters
2017-04-25 19:30 - 20:30 | Mill Creek Towne Elementary, 17700 Park Mill Dr, Derwood, 20855, United States
Happy April neighbors, friends, and fellow gardeners!
Spring is VERY much in the air with the trees, plants, and bushes all coming into bloom – we hope you are enjoying this lovely time of year! The Mill Creek Towne Garden Club meeting will be hosting Montgomery County Master Gardener, Mary Hagedorn, at our April 25th meeting. Mary will be speaking about Garden Critters – we all have them, so lets learn more about them!! Please plan to join us for a fun and enlightening evening – the meeting details are below.

Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 @ 7:30 p.m.
Location: Mill Creek Towne Elementary School Teacher’s Lounge
Speaker: Mary Hagedorn
Topic: Garden Critters
Hostesses: Carol Hyland, Joan Carpenter

September Mill Creek Towne Garden Club Topic: Preparing Your Gardens for Winter
2017-09-26 19:30 - 20:30 | Mill Creek Towne Elementary, 17700 Park Mill Dr, Derwood, 20855, United States
Mill Creek Towne Garden Club Meeting Topic: Preparing Your Gardens for Winter
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Mill Creek Towne Elementary School
Teacher’s Lounge
17700 Park Mill Dr.
Derwood, MD 20855
Hi Fellow Gardeners and Neighbors!
In September, join us to hear Master Gardener, Bonita Condon talk about “Preparing Your Gardens for Winter” and learn some tips on how to get your garden ready for winter.

About Bonita Condon
Bonita became a Master Gardener in 2014 after retiring from the National Institutes of Health. She is an avid vegetable gardener, love perennials, and combats nonnative invasive species in our parks and grasslands. Her special interests include working with individuals with mobility limitations, raised garden beds, and tools that accommodate special needs. She is a certified Weed Warrior, and an advisor on the Town of Kensington GreenScape committee.

January Mill Creek Towne Garden Club Meeting Topic: Gardening for Wildlife
2018-01-23 19:30 - 20:30 | Mill Creek Towne Elementary, 17700 Park Mill Dr, Derwood, 20855, United States
Hello Neighbors, Fellow Gardeners, and Friends!
Happy New Year to you! This winter, to help us create wildlife-friendly habitats, our January program will be on “Designing a Certified Wildlife Habitat”, presented by Susan Bell, Master Gardener. Susan will describe the four things needed to attract wildlife to our gardens. These are food, water, shelter and nesting sites. She will discuss some of the best of our native plants that supply the fruit and berries food the animals require, also the flowers that attract the most pollinators who sustain our food crops. Since our birds depend on lots of insects for their nestlings. All wildlife augment their diets with insects too, so you will learn the importance of decaying wood/snags and other plant material that support life. She explains the need for restricting the use of fertilizers and toxic chemicals; and returning to the use of natural materials and simple methods to protect the environment.
We hope you can join us. Below are the meeting details.
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Mill Creek Towne Elementary School Teacher’s Lounge
17700 Park Mill Dr.
Derwood, MD 20855
Speaker: Susan Bell
Topic: Gardening for Wildlife
Hostess: Heather Whirley
Cost: FREE, Donations gratefully appreciated!

NOTE: If Montgomery County Schools are closed due to inclement weather, the Garden Club meeting will be cancelled.
Susan Bell
In 2002, Susan Bell followed a life-long passion for gardening to become a licensed landscape contractor. She has helped hundreds of homeowners envision, create and install the gardens they always wanted. Additionally she helps by providing hand pruning and seasonal maintenance services to keep gardens healthy and in tip-top shape. As a Master Gardener speaker, Susan develops design and garden maintenance presentations to pass on knowledge gained through years of hands on experience.

Getting Your Garden Ready for Spring: MCTGC 50th Anniversary Celebration Community Event
2018-03-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Mill Creek Towne Elementary, 17700 Park Mill Dr, Derwood, 20855, United States
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Due to inclement weather, this event is CANCELLED. See note from Montgomery County Public Schools.
Montgomery County Public Schools will have regular, on-time dismissal today, March 20, 2018. However, due to pending weather conditions, all after-school and evening activities are canceled.
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Celebrate the first day of Spring and our 50th Anniversary on Tuesday, March 20th! We will have a special guest speaker, Kathy Jentz, who will present “Getting Your Garden Ready for Spring”. Refreshments and cake will be served. Kathy Jentz will be bringing a limited supply of FREE copies of the Washington Gardener Magazine! We hope you can join us.
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:00pm
Location: Mill Creek Towne Elementary School
All Purpose Room
17700 Park Mill Dr.
Derwood, MD 20855
Speaker: Kathy Jentz, Editor, Washington Gardener Magazine
Topic: Getting Your Garden Ready for Spring
Hostesses: MCT Garden Club members
Cost: FREE, Donations gratefully appreciated!
See our Donations page for online and offline payment options:

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NOTE: If Montgomery County Schools are closed due to inclement weather, the Garden Club meeting will be cancelled.
Kathy Jentz Bio
Kathy Jentz is editor and publisher of Washington Gardener Magazine. A life-long gardener, Kathy believes that growing plants should be stress-free and enjoyable. Her philosophy is inspiration over perspiration.
Kathy’s work has been featured in numerous Washington, DC-area publications and she appears on regular gardening guest spots on television and radio programs in Washington, DC.
She is also the Green Media columnist for the Mid-Atlantic Grower newspaper, where she does a great deal of hand-holding and coaxing to get independent garden centers, plant breeders, and other horticultural businesses to join the social media revolution and maximize their online brands.
RSVP:
Please RSVP to info@mctgardenclub.org.

Brookside Garden's Guided Group Tour
2018-04-21 10:30 - 11:30 | Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton, MD, 20902, United States
Join us for a horticulturally-oriented, guided adult group tour of Brookside Gardens, where we will enjoy the splendors of spring flowers! Tours are led by well-trained volunteer guides and last approximately one hour. We encourage questions from participants.
Registration required.
Deadline for registration is Monday, April 2, 2018.
Registration is available online and offline. Please complete the form below for online payments.
Online Payments

Offline Payments
For offline payments, make checks payable to Mill Creek Towne Garden Club.
Please send checks to:
Betty Laffan
MCTGC Treasurer
7612 Warbler Lane
Derwood, MD 20855
Thank you!
Questions?
For questions, please send an email to: info@mctgardenclub.org or call 240-912-5508.

Mill Creek Towne Garden Club 50th Anniversary Meeting Topic: Regionally Adapted Plants for Montgomery County MD Gardens
2018-04-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Please join us to celebrate our 50th Anniversary Celebration! We have rescheduled this event to Tuesday, April 24th. Please note there is a NEW LOCATION and New Topic: Regionally Adapted Plants for Montgomery County, MD Gardens! We will have a special guest speaker, Kathy Jentz, Washington Gardener Magazine Publisher and Editor. Refreshments and cake will be served. Kathy Jentz will be bringing a limited supply of FREE copies of the Washington Gardener Magazine! We hope you can join us.
Topic: Regionally Adapted Plants for Montgomery County, MD Gardens
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm
NEW Location: Mill Creek Parish United Methodist
Fellowship Hall
7101 Horizon Ct
Derwood, MD 20855
Speaker: Kathy Jentz, Editor, Washington Gardener Magazine
Hostesses: MCT Garden Club members
Cost: FREE, Donations gratefully appreciated!
See our Donations page for online and offline payment options:

Donate
NOTE: If Montgomery County Schools are closed due to inclement weather, the Garden Club meeting will be cancelled.
Regionally-Adapted Plants for Montgomery County, MD Gardens
Plants that have proven themselves in Montgomery County, MD. Low-maintenance gardening is the goal of many of us in our busy lives and the key is planting the right plants got our local climate. We’ll talk about some native plants, of course, but mostly we’ll explore the tried-and-true plants that can take clay soil, deer, and/or periods of drought. Season-by-season, we’ll share our favorite plants that excel in our local gardens.
Kathy Jentz Bio
Kathy Jentz is editor and publisher of Washington Gardener Magazine. A life-long gardener, Kathy believes that growing plants should be stress-free and enjoyable. Her philosophy is inspiration over perspiration.
Kathy’s work has been featured in numerous Washington, DC-area publications and she appears on regular gardening guest spots on television and radio programs in Washington, DC.
She is also the Green Media columnist for the Mid-Atlantic Grower newspaper, where she does a great deal of hand-holding and coaxing to get independent garden centers, plant breeders, and other horticultural businesses to join the social media revolution and maximize their online brands.
RSVP:
Please RSVP to info@mctgardenclub.org.

MCT Garden Club Meeting Program on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: The Key to Soil Health
2019-01-22 19:30 - 20:30 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Please join us for a Maryland Native Plant Society presentation by Michelle Wenisch on composition, needs of healthy soil “Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: The Key to Soil Health”. Refreshments will be provided.
Topic: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: The Key to Soil Health
Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
NEW Location: Mill Creek Parish United Methodist
Fellowship Hall
7101 Horizon Ct
Derwood, MD 20855

Speaker: Michelle Wenisch, Maryland Native Plant Society
Hostesses: MCT Garden Club members
Cost: FREE, Donations gratefully appreciated!
See our Donations page for online and offline payment options:

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

RSVP: info@mctgardenclub.org

MCT Garden Club February 26th Program on Regenerative Small-Scale Vegetable Production
2019-02-26 19:30 - 20:30 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Please join us for a Common Root Farm presentation by Erica Coady and Ryan Kalivretenos on “Regenerative Small-Scale Vegetable Production”. Refreshments will be provided.
Topic: Regenerative Small-Scale Vegetable Production
Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
NEW Location: Mill Creek Parish United Methodist
Fellowship Hall
7101 Horizon Ct
Derwood, MD 20855

Speaker: Erica Coady and Ryan Kalivretenos, Common Root Farm
Hostesses: MCT Garden Club members
About the Speakers:
We are Ryan and Erica, your local farmers! We started Common Root Farm in 2018 to continue our passion for growing the highest quality and most nutritious produce. The name “Common Root” represents our deepest interest in starting the farm–to provide a place for the community as a whole to take part in and benefit from. We have had the fortune of developing our vision at Goondiwindi in Derwood, Maryland.

Cost: FREE, Donations gratefully appreciated!
See our Donations page for online and offline payment options:

Donate

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

Jump On The Butterfly Bandwagon - Easy steps to help you create a beautiful butterfly garden
2019-03-26 19:30 - 20:30 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Please join us for a Native By Design, LLC presentation by Lauren Hubbard, Derwood resident and Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional, on “Jump On The Butterfly Bandwagon – Easy steps to help you create a beautiful butterfly garden”. Refreshments will be provided.
Topic: Jump On The Butterfly Bandwagon – Easy steps to help you create a beautiful butterfly garden
Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
NEW Location: Mill Creek Parish United Methodist
Fellowship Hall
7101 Horizon Ct
Derwood, MD 20855

Speaker: Lauren Hubbard, Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional, Native By Design, LLC
Hostesses: MCT Garden Club members
About Native by Design, LLC:
Native by Design, LLC, founded by Dr. Lauren Hubbard, provides landscape design, consultation and project management with a focus on sustainable approaches that will provide beauty, support the ecosystem and reduce your long term maintenance needs.
About the Speaker:
Laura Hubbard works with not-for-profits, homeowners and municipalities to support their efforts to transition to sustainable landscaping practices. Her services include site assessment, project planning and design, educational workshops and community outreach, and project management. She places an emphasis on approaches that are both beautiful and functional while also reducing long term maintenance, creating sustainable landscapes that serve the client and the environment.
She has extensive experience as a project manager, providing grant writing and implementation services to support education and environmental issues. Dr. Hubbard has a Ph.D. in Plant Biology and has used her advanced training to support efforts to maintain biodiversity within our plant communities. She is a Master Gardener, a certified Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional, a certified Landscape For Life Trainer, and a member of the Maryland Native Plant Society. Dr. Hubbard was formerly a board member with the Long Island Native Plant Society.

Cost: FREE, Donations gratefully appreciated!
See our Donations page for online and offline payment options:

Donate

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

The Safety and Science of Tree Care
2019-04-23 19:30 - 20:30 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Topic: The Safety and Science of Tree Care
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Mill Creek Parish United Methodist
Fellowship Hall
7101 Horizon Terrace
Derwood, MD 20855
Speakers: Tim Zastrow and Riley Smith, certified arborists
Cost: FREE, Donations gratefully appreciated!
Trees, trees, trees! Learn how to maintain beautiful, healthy trees, and shrubs. Please join us for Bartlett Tree Services’ presentation by Tim Zastrow and Riley Smith, certified arborists, on the safety and science of tree care. Refreshments will be provided.

Tim Zastrow is a Commercial Arborist Representative serving the Washington, D.C. area.
Growing up in suburban Maryland, Tim first learned to appreciate trees and the world around him from his maternal grandfather who was an avid gardener and amateur naturalist in Syracuse, New York. When Tim was seven, his grandfather gave the family a Butternut seedling from a tree that he had started from a seedling in the 1930s. The young tree was planted with love and lots of compost on his family’s property in Colesville, Maryland. Tim then watched it grow to maturity. While pursing a degree in Entomology at the University of Maryland, he started working in the field of arboriculture in 1985 for TreeMasters. In 2001, Bartlett acquired this company and Tim got the chance to combine his skill and experience with Bartlett’s advanced technical resources and robust safety and training programs. He is a Board Certified Master Arborist, a Maryland Licensed Tree Expert, a Certified Tree Risk Assessor, a Certified Tree Safety Professional, and a member of the American Society of Consulting Arborists. Tim gets great pleasure every day helping people enjoy and care for their trees.
Riley Smith, Arborist Representative works out of Bartlett Tree Service’s Gaithersburg, MD office.
Riley Smith was born in Washington, D.C. and was raised in the surrounding suburbs. His love for the outdoors was stoked at an early age during numerous outings with his family camping, back country hiking and during adventurous canoe trips navigating many of Maryland’s waterways. He spent three years of his childhood living overseas in Japan. While there his adventures didn’t stop. His family continued their exploration and climbed Mt. Fuji, reaching the 12,389 ft. summit. This collection of life experiences led him to attend the University of Tennessee where he obtained a BS in Forestry Wildlife and Fisheries Science. There he gained a deeper understanding of the natural world around him. Upon graduation he took a position with Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources as a watershed forester and rose to the ranks of Forestry Coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay. To broaden his knowledge of trees in the urban environment he decided to branch out into the arboricultural world. Today, Riley is a Certified Arborist Representative. He is a licensed tree expert, ISA Certified Arborist, Qualified Tree Risk Assessor, and Plant Health Care Specialist. He is proud of his achievements and is ready to utilize his knowledge of the urban forest ecosystem to his friends, clients, and coworkers.
NOTE: If Montgomery County Schools are closed due to inclement weather, the Garden Club meeting will be cancelled.
RSVP: info@mctgardenclub.org

Mill Creek Towne Garden Club Community Meeting: Open House
2019-09-24 19:30 - 20:30 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Mill Creek Towne Garden Club Open House
Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Mill Creek Parish United Methodist
Fellowship Hall
7101 Horizon Terrace
Derwood, MD 20855
Cost: FREE, Donations gratefully appreciated!
Join us for a meeting and get to know the members of the Mill Creek Towne Garden Club. You will find out more about the club and what we do. We’ll be discussing our community projects including restoration of the entrance walls, clean up of Mill Creek, and the Butterfly Bandwagon! Refreshments will be provided.
NOTE: If Montgomery County Schools are closed due to inclement weather, the Garden Club meeting will be cancelled.
RSVP: info@mctgardenclub.org

Fall Tour at Common Root Farm
2019-10-20 15:00 - 18:00 | Common Root Farm, 18101 Bowie Mill Road, Derwood, MD, 20855
LOCAL. FRESH. ORGANICALLY GROWN.LOCAL. FRESH. ORGANICALLY GROWN.

WE ARE HAVING A FARM TOUR!!
Join us October 20 from 3-6pm for a guided farm tour and potluck at Common Root Farm.
Simply stroll through the farm or take some time to explore production driven regenerative agriculture on a small scale suburban farm. Kids are welcome too!
Guided tours will start at 3:30 and 4:30. Potluck will begin at 5:30. No need to RSVP for the tour, but please let us know if you plan to make it to the potluck so we can plan accordingly.
We will provide vegan chili, a salad, bread, and refreshments.
Address is 18021 Bowie Mill Road, Derwood, MD 20855.
We look forward to seeing you all on the farm!
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/536962466848387/

Common Root Farm
www.commonrootfarm.com
18101 Bowie Mill Road, Derwood, MD 20855
(301) 639.8316

Tuesday, October 22nd Meeting Topic: Pruning Your Fall Garden
2019-10-22 19:30 - 20:30 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Topic: Pruning Your Fall Garden
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Mill Creek Parish United Methodist
Fellowship Hall
7101 Horizon Terrace
Derwood, MD 20855
Speaker: Claire Peterson, Master Gardener
Cost: FREE, Donations gratefully appreciated!
Learn basic principles of pruning your fall garden . Please join us for Claire Peterson’s presentation based on the University of Maryland’s Extension Services’ Best Practices for Master Gardeners. Participants will have a chance to try this out during this session. Wear “yard clothes” if you would like to try this hands-on demonstration! Refreshments will be provided.
NOTE: If Montgomery County Schools are closed due to inclement weather, the Garden Club meeting will be cancelled.
RSVP: info@mctgardenclub.org

MCT Garden Club Meeting Topic: Gardening for Bluebirds Tuesday, Jan. 28th @ 7:30pm
2020-01-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Topic: Gardening for Bluebirds
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Mill Creek Parish United Methodist
Fellowship Hall
7101 Horizon Terrace
Derwood, MD 20855
Speaker: Ed Escalante, Maryland Bluebird Society County Coordinator
Cost: FREE, Donations gratefully appreciated!
Join us on Tuesday, January 28th and learn more about bluebirds, including tips on what gardeners can do to attract bluebirds. Refreshments will be provided. Maryland Bluebird Society (MBS) Ed Escalante, MBS County Coordinator for Montgomery County is the boots on the ground person for MC. He’ll give a talk about bluebirds & answer questions.
NOTE: If Montgomery County Schools are closed due to inclement weather, the Garden Club meeting will be cancelled.
RSVP: info@mctgardenclub.org

MCT Garden Club & Rock Creek Conservancy Extreme Cleanup Training – Mill Creek Stream
2020-02-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Topic: Extreme Cleanup – Mill Creek Stream Training for Mill Creek Drive / Warbler Lane, Mill Creek Towne, Derwood, Maryland
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 @ 7:30pm
Mill Creek Parish United Methodist
Fellowship Hall
7101 Horizon Terrace
Derwood, MD 20855
Mill Creek Towne Garden Club has invited Samantha Battersby, of the Alice Ferguson Foundation to provide creek cleanup training at our next meeting on February 25, 2020 7:30 PM. Our meeting is open to the public. Samantha is the Program Coordinator, Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative for the Alice Ferguson Foundation. During the training, we will do a group activity to determine the length of time trash could remain in the environment if left unattended. Even if you can’t make our clean up event, come and learn the process on how to organize a successful community cleanup, whether it’s along a stream, roadside, or park. Refreshments will be provided.

Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the Alice Ferguson Foundation, National Park Service, Mill Creek Towne Garden Club and Stream Team Leader Susan Yu for our Rock Creek Extreme Cleanup! We will be cleaning up trash from the Mill Creek Stream near the corner of Mill Creek Drive and Warbler Lane on Saturday, April 18, 2020 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Trash and pollution are among the biggest threats to this small stream, one of the northern most tributaries of Rock Creek. Our goal is a total cleanup of Rock Creek and its tributaries, including the parks and neighborhoods near the creek where trash originates.
We invite you to join us for Rock Creek Conservancy’s 12th Annual Extreme Cleanup to help remove trash and keep this section of Rock Creek clean and healthy. All necessary supplies will be provided; volunteers should dress appropriately for the weather and wear sturdy closed toe shoes and clothes that can get dirty. We hope to see you there!
Please register to participate here:
Register Today!

Maryland National Park and Planning Commission
The Maryland National Park and Planning Commission, Montgomery Parks, Montgomery County, Maryland manages the county park system to meet needs of current and future generations. https://www.montgomeryparks.org/
Rock Creek Conservancy
Rock Creek Conservancy exists to restore Rock Creek and its parklands as a natural oasis for all people to appreciate and protect. Rock Creek Conservancy is the only organization dedicated solely to Rock Creek and its parks. The creek meanders 33 miles through the Washington metropolitan area, crossing federal lands as well as district, city, county, and state boundaries. Although parkland borders much of the creek, the surrounding development threatens the health and beauty of these natural areas. Rock Creek Conservancy is uniquely positioned to foster outreach, education, and efforts to overcome threats to Rock Creek. https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/
Alice Ferguson Foundation
The Alice Ferguson Foundation’s mission is to connect people to the natural world, sustainable agricultural practices, and the cultural heritage of their local watershed through education, stewardship, and advocacy. The Alice Ferguson Foundation’s educational programs unite students, educators, park rangers, communities, regional organizations, and government agencies throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to promote the environmental sustainability of the Potomac River watershed. https://fergusonfoundation.org/
Earth Day Celebrates 50th Anniversary in 2020!
Although we are not officially in partnership with Earth Day 2020, we honor the worldwide 50th Anniversary of Earth Day on Saturday, April 18, 2020 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, by doing our part to protect and restore our planet, with our cleanup of Mill Creek Stream.
https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/

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

Extreme Clean Up: Mill Creek Stream
2020-04-18 10:00 - 13:00
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 what it sounds like: you, a pair of gloves, a trash bag, and whatever patch of the Rock Creek watershed means the most to you. Sign up here to join the #LoveRockCreek community and care for our Rock Creek and its unique, urban wilderness.
We’d love to hear from you and hope you will share with us the ways you are enjoying and stewarding Rock Creek, stay connected to Rock Creek Conservancy, and take good care of yourself out there!
We look forward to connecting face-to-face just as soon as we can, and via virtual channels until then. Please follow us on social media and watch our events webpage for updates if there are any changes based on CDC and public health guidance.
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CANCELLED: Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the Alice Ferguson Foundation, National Park Service, Mill Creek Towne Garden Club, and Extreme Cleanup Leader Susan Yu for our Rock Creek Extreme Cleanup! We will be cleaning up trash from the Mill Creek Stream near the intersection of Mill Creek Drive and Warbler Lane on Saturday, April 18, 2020 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Trash and pollution are among the biggest threats to this small stream, one of the northern most tributaries of Rock Creek. Our goal is a total cleanup of Rock Creek and its tributaries, including the parks and neighborhoods near the creek where trash originates.
How long does your waste stick around? (Source: Alice Ferguson Foundation)
How to Host a Cleanup Video
This video is an overview of hosting a stream clean up event. Although this video is presented by the Alice Ferguson Foundation, we will doing something similar. If you have some empty detergent containers for sharp objects (as seen in video) please save them up for us. Thanks!

We invite you to join us for our 12th Annual Extreme Cleanup to help remove trash and keep this section of Rock Creek clean.
We hope to see you there!
You MUST register for this event; Early registration is required so we can get an accurate count to provide supplies for everyone.
Register for Our April 18th Mill Creek Extreme Cleanup Today!
https://events.time.ly/8ib56fp?event=37548728
For more details, please visit:
Extreme Cleanup – Mill Creek Stream Training Details

Tuesday, Jan 26, 2021 7:00pm ET Online Event featuring iNaturalist.org App
2021-01-26 19:00 - 20:00
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 in an area based on visual similarity, taxonomy, or occurrences.
Learn to do bulk identifications and precise identifications.
Use the filter to look for…anything in the world.

You will benefit most if you have the iNaturalist app set up with a user account on your laptop or smartphone. This will give you a chance to try some of the tricks Deborah will share. The iNaturalist app is quite easy to download and it’s free.
Registration is required.
About iNaturalist
iNaturalist is a not-for-profit program unlocking the world’s biodiversity for curiosity and conservation. It’s free to use, but not free to operate.

Read about it here and view this nice short video: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/about.

You can download the app here: https://www.inaturalist.org/

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Tue, Feb. 23, 2021 7pm ET Butterbee Farm – Cut Flowers Arrangements Online Event
2021-02-23 19:00 - 20:00
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 celosias to the weird and wonderful monkey balls. You’ll learn varieties to grow, harvest techniques, and tips for success.

Bio
Laura Beth Resnick is the founder and owner of Butterbee Farm, a four acre flower farm in Pikesville, Maryland. Following sustainable, organic practices, Butterbee Farm provides locally grown flowers for florists, flower lovers, and weddings in Maryland and Washington, D.C. A leader in the nationwide flower farming community, she serves as the Secretary of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers and writes for their quarterly magazine. Laura Beth also mentors new growers through Future Harvest’s Beginning Farmer Training Program. She speaks regularly at conferences and arboretums including the United States Botanical Garden, on topics from starting a cutting garden to growing great dahlias.

https://www.butterbeefarm.com/

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Tue, Mar. 23, 2021 7pm ET Susan Bell, Master Gardener “Adding WOW to Small Garden Spaces” Online Event
2021-03-23 19:00 - 20:00
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 Maryland University Montgomery County Extension’s Master Gardener program.

Since 2009 Susan has been sharing her professional expertise as a speaker for Maryland University’s Montgomery County Extension. She develops design talks using her original photographs for the annual Spring Conference, for master gardener training and also speaks at garden clubs, libraries, and civic associations.

Susan joined the Fallsgrove Community Garden in 2009 and serves on the garden board. She promotes ‘no-till’ gardening to protect the natural soil web of micro-organisms. The method dramatically reduced weeding and promotes top dressing the planting beds for fertility with organic ground covers.

The Hilltop Gardens team uses safe, effective and sustainable garden maintenance practices to keep your garden healthy. Plants are carefully selected for each site and exposure, properly installed and cared for.
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FREE Native Trees and Shrubs Giveaway!
2021-03-30 13:00 - 17:00 | 7825 Rydal Terrace, Derwood, MD 20855, 7825 Rydal Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855, United States
The 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 plants will be available for contactless pick up at 7825 Rydal Terrace, Derwood, MD 20855 (Off Briardale). Please limit your selection to four plants per household. The trees and shrubs come bareroot – they need to be planted as soon as possible and you will need to provide deer protection unless they are inside a fenced area that the deer do not frequent. Please bring damp newspaper to wrap the roots up until they are ready for planting.
For more detailed guidance on planting and caring for bare root trees and shrubs visit: https://dnr.maryland.gov/forests/Documents/Planting-Guide-Brochure.pdf

These plants are free to the public but we do welcome donations to the Club to help us continue to beautify our neighborhood and provide quality programming. To donate please visit https://www.mctgardenclub.org/donations/ and consider joining the Mill Creek Towne Garden Club!

Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
A shrub or small tree that tolerates shade, pawpaw produces a fruit that is readily eaten by wildlife and humans. It has a height 15 to 30 feet, a spread of 15 to 30 feet, and prefers full sun to part shade and moist fertile soils. Often spreads by root suckers to form colonies or thickets.

Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
A shrub growing 3 to 12 feet with a spread of 3 to 12 feet. Full sun to part shade. Deciduous and dioecious. Attracts birds. Winterberry will tolerate wet swampy sites. Red berries remain on female plants into the winter.
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Tue, Apr 27, 2021 7pm ET Online Event: Lauren Hubbard, Master Gardener - Native Plants for Sun and Shade
2021-04-27 19:00 - 20:00
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 by Design, LLC:
Native by Design, LLC, founded by Dr. Lauren Hubbard, provides landscape design, consultation and project management with a focus on sustainable approaches that will provide beauty, support the ecosystem and reduce your long-term maintenance needs.
About the Speaker:
Laura Hubbard works with not-for-profits, homeowners and municipalities to support their efforts to transition to sustainable landscaping practices. Her services include site assessment, project planning and design, educational workshops and community outreach, and project management. She places an emphasis on approaches that are both beautiful and functional while also reducing long term maintenance, creating sustainable landscapes that serve the client and the environment.
With a particular interest in the preservation of genetic diversity in native plant populations, Lauren has served on the founding board of the Long Island Native Plant Initiative and has launched a project called Butterfly Bandwagon to promote the use of native plants in home landscaping. She has worked with Howard Ecoworks, Muddy Branch Alliance and Urban Ecosystem Restorations providing program support, community outreach, and grant writing and management services that support ecological restoration and stewardship.
She has extensive experience as a project manager, providing grant writing and implementation services to support education and environmental issues. Dr. Hubbard has a Ph.D. in Plant Biology and has used her advanced training to support efforts to maintain biodiversity within our plant communities. She is a Master Gardener, Weed Warrior, a certified Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional, a certified Landscape-For-Life Trainer, and a board member of the Maryland Native Plant Society. Dr. Hubbard was formerly a board member with the Long Island Native Plant Society.
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Essential Herbs - Beyond Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
2022-03-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Tuesday, 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 Whirley will detail a few of her favorite herbs-those deemed as essential to add calming, relaxing, and aromatic properties to your landscape, with a bonus of attracting pollinators to your yard or patio to maintain a biological balance and not to mention the usefulness in the kitchen! Heather is a member of the Mill Creek Towne Garden Club and a Montgomery County master gardener volunteer since 2014, with studies in education and agriculture. She is also a current member of the Potomac Unit of the Herb Society of America.
In-person event precaution measures: We ask that everyone age 2 and older wear a mask, and offer options for social distancing. Please arrive early to provide contact information with our greeters for contact tracing. This is so we ensure the safety and well-being of all our community and members.
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.
RSVP: info@mctgardenclub.org

Mill Creek Stream Extreme Clean Up
2022-04-22 - 2022-04-24
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 requires all volunteers to be fully vaccinated against covid-19 in order to participate in events. Please adhere to this requirement by confirming your vaccination status when completing this registration. Volunteers ages 5 and up who are fully vaccinated may volunteer for this event.
Please visit this CDC page, which discusses the considerations for gatherings and notes the additional safety when taking place outdoors.
Activity: Volunteers will participate in a socially-distant trash cleanup as part of Extreme Cleanup.
This cleanup will be done individually or with members of the same “bubble.” Grab a trash bag and your mask (if needed), wear some boots or sturdy shoes, and help us pick up trash in Mill Creek Stream, or pick up litter around the creek. Please follow all CDC and county guidelines regarding social distancing and public health precautions.
Complete your cleanup anytime during Friday, April 22nd through Sunday, April 24th.
What to Wear: Please dress appropriately for the work and weather. We recommend wearing long sleeves and sturdy boots or sneakers.
What to Bring: Please bring a water bottle, face mask (if needed), and your own gloves if you can. We will provide trash bags.
Please do NOT attend this event if you are or have been experiencing symptoms of illness.
Leader Contact Information:
Susan Yu <syu9815730@aol.com> and

Ellen McAdams <emmcadams.em@gmail.com>

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After registration and as the time gets closer, we will provide you further instructions and updates.

Backyard Beekeeping
2022-05-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Join 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 for 32 years.
Karen will have Glass Bee Apiary honey and skin care products made with apiary beeswax available for sale after the presentation.
In-person event precaution measures: We ask that everyone age 2 and older wear a mask, and offer options for social distancing. Please arrive early to provide contact information with our greeters for contact tracing. This is so we ensure the safety and well-being of all our community and members.
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.
RSVP: info@mctgardenclub.org

Save the Monarchs – Go Native!
2022-10-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
Tuesday, 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 is on the brink of extinction. Learn how you can help save the monarchs in our short presentation, which includes a video and guest speaker, Dr. Lauren Hubbard, Certified Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional and Master Gardener. Dr. Hubbard will share information on how you can jump on the butterfly bandwagon by landscaping with native Piedmont Region species plants that support out native pollinators.
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.

Birds in Your Garden
2023-01-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Mill Creek Parish United Methodist, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood, MD, 20855
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.

FREE Native Tree & Shrub Giveaway - Mon. Mar 27, 2023
2023-03-27 17:00 - 18:00 | 17509 Beauvoir Blvd, Derwood, MD 20855, 17509 Beauvoir Blvd, Derwood, MD, 20855, United States
Mon, Mar. 27, 2023, 5-6pm
Pick Up Location: 17509 Beauvoir Blvd, Derwood, MD 20855
The 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 100 native trees and shrubs starting at 5PM and ending at 6PM on Monday, March 27th. First come, first serve.
For questions, please use the contact form below. Thank you!
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Trees/Shrubs: White Oak, Cherrybark Oak, PawPaw, American Hazelnut, and American Plum
The trees and shrubs will be available for pick up at 17509 Beauvoir Blvd, Derwood, MD 20855. Please limit your selection to two plants per household. If you want more than two, please provide your name and contact information so we can contact you. The trees come bareroot – they need to be planted as soon as possible and you will need to provide deer protection unless they are inside a fenced area that the deer do not frequent. Please bring damp newspaper to wrap the roots up until they are ready for planting.
For more detailed guidance on planting and caring for bare root trees visit: https://dnr.maryland.gov/forests/Documents/Planting-Guide-Brochure.pdf
These plants are free to the public, but we do welcome donations to the Club to help us continue to beautify our neighborhood and provide quality programming. To donate please visit https://www.mctgardenclub.org/donations/ and consider joining the Mill Creek Towne Garden Club!

White Oak (Quercus alba)
The majestic white oak is Maryland’s official state tree. It prefersmoist to dry woodland areas. The white oak is a large tree that grows to a height of 60 to 100 feet, with a spread of 50 to 80 feet. The trunk is typically 2 to 4 feet in diameter. Grown trees in open areas have widely spreading, rigid, horizontal branches which form a broad, round-topped crown.
White oak grows in moist as well as dry soils, but prefers rich, well-drained uplands, slopes, and terraces. Mature trees occur in full sun to shade, but young white oaks thrive only in full sun. They cannot tolerate shade and therefore do not regenerate in densely shaded forests.
Cherrybark Oak (Quercus pagoda)
The cherrybark oak is one of the most highly valued red oaks in the southern United States. Cherrybark oak is a medium to large tree that grows up to 100 feet tall. It is larger and better formed than southern red oak and commonly grows on more moist sites. It grows best in moist, well-drained bottomland sites, but is adaptable to drier sites in full sun to partial shade. Useful as a shade tree in large areas, street tree or naturalized spaces.
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
A shrub or small tree that tolerates shade, pawpaw produces a fruit that is readily eaten by wildlife and humans. It grows to a height 15 to 30 feet, with a spread of 15 to 30 feet, and prefers full sun to part shade and moist fertile soils. Often spreads by root suckers to form colonies or thickets.
American Hazelnut (Corylus americana)
The American Filbert is a multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded top and an open, often wide-spreading base. The American hazelnut grows to a height of 15–18 feet and a spread of 10–12 feet at maturity. Full sun and partial shade are best for this shrub, meaning it prefers a minimum of 4 hours of direct, unfiltered sunlight each day. Because of its size, it adapts well to naturalizing and other nonformal areas. It bears annual, abundant crops of small, sweet tasting nuts. It will bear in 2-3 years after planting. The nuts are easy to crack and drop free of the husk when mature. (Plant multiple trees with the same flowering time to ensure pollination) (zone 4-9).
American Plum (Prunus americana)
The American plum is a small tree that is native throughout much of the central United States. It grows to the height of 10 – 20 feet, with a spread of 15 – 25 feet. It prefers full to partial sun/shade and clay, loamy, moist, well drained, slightly acidic soil. It produces 1”, reddish-purple plums that are best suited for jams or jellies. Though it does grow fruit, this tree is typically planted for ornamental and wildlife value.
