Somerville Garden Club

NOTE: Due to extreme weather predictions, tonight’s meeting will be online-only

Groundcovers: What are They and How to Use Them

This presentation provides a definition for “groundcover,” which is a broader category than most realize. The focus is on advantages of using plants to conserve water, keep weeds at bay, and create plant communities with common growing conditions. Examples of perennial and shrubs that may successfully be used for groundcovers in sun, shade, and part sun/shade are included. 

Kathie Skinner is a Lifetime Master Gardener, the past Education Coordinator and past Master Gardener Training Coordinator for the MMGA. She is a retired educator with over 40 years teaching and administering in K-12. She currently does education policy research and writing for various state and national education organizations.

All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and open to the public. 7-9pm.

In-person meetings are held the at the Tufts Administration Building, (TAB), 167 Holland Street, second floor, wheelchair accessible. Parking is available for a small fee, and the building is a ten-minute walk from the Davis Square MBTA stop.

If you are interested in attending virtually, but have not received the meeting link via email, or are not a SGC member, you can email info@somervillegardenclub.org for the link.

SGC Members Travel Around the World

Four club members will show photos and talk about their visits to gardens and horticultural venues around the world and the United States.

Dorothy Gilman will show images of house plants she photographed in Tuscany, Italy. Dawn Burau will talk about images she took in Japan in March 2024 of gardens, temples, and plum trees in bloom. Danielle Morgan will present photos from a trip she took to India in 2023. Judy Eisenberg will show photos from SGC’s June 2024 field trip to Sakonnet Gardens in Little Compton, Rhode Island. Additional Sakonnet Gardens photos contributed by John Hallam, Evelyn Persoff, Kris Piatt, Jeffrey Quilter and Sarah Quilter.

All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and open to the public. 7-9pm.

In-person meetings are held the at the Tufts Administration Building, (TAB), 167 Holland Street, second floor, wheelchair accessible. Parking is available for a small fee, and the building is a ten-minute walk from the Davis Square MBTA stop.

If you are interested in attending virtually, but have not received the meeting link via email, or are not a SGC member, you can email info@somervillegardenclub.org for the link.