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Maplewood Garden Club at 97 Years and Still Going Strong!
Since 1927, the Maplewood Garden Club has been a hands-on garden club, open to the people of Maplewood, NJ and the surrounding communities. Meetings are held September through May at The Woodland in Maplewood at 7:30 p.m. and are open to the public.
2024-25 MGC Season
Our 2024-25 Garden Club year kicks off on September 9th. We have some great speakers this year, a new Design Exhibit theme, more trips in the planning stage and our usual club events. We are very excitedly looking forward to this season. We hope you are too and hope to see you at September’s meeting.
Scenes of MGC Members Decking the Halls in ’23
We have a number of Club Activities all centered around ‘Decking the Halls’ of our town for the holidays. Please checkout the ‘Club Activities’ link to the right of this page to find an activity that might tickle your fancy. It’s all in fun with, no experience needed, just a smile.
Mandatory Water Conservation Alert
There hasn’t been any significant rain in our area for over 100 days. Officials are asking us to take caution. Please see MaplewoodNJ Announcement.
As of 13-Nov-24 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP) issued a Drought Warning and a state wide Mandatory Water Conservation alert. Read more about it here.
December Club Meeting
Monday, December 2, at 7:30 PM
Subject: Demonstration of the Art and History of Ikenobo Ikebana
Speaker: Professor Robert Pagan
Professor Roberto Pagan will demonstrate the Shokaand Freestyle methods of Ikenobo Ikebana through instruction and hands-on exhibition of various arrangements. He will also provide a history of the origins of Ikenobo Ikebana. Professor Pagan would like to showcase the beauty and joy of Ikenobo Ikebana through his passion for this century old art form as you immerse yourself in the journey and interpretation the story of flowers can facilitate through arrangement.
Robert has studied on a regular basis with Nobuko Novak, who was trained in Japan, as well as twice yearly visiting professors from Japan for the last 30 years. He has also studied under numerous Ikenobo professors at workshops in New York City, California, Las Vegas and Canada. Roberto holds the KATOKU Certificate, which is one of the highest Ikenobo diplomas and is now actively teaching Ikenobo Ikebana.
See the December Club Meeting Event entry for more details.
GARDEN CLUB EXHIBITS THEME 2024-2025
THEME: Flowers by the Month: Flowers, Buds and Beyond
Each month a different flower or branch, chosen for its availability in local gardens and stores, was selected to be incorporated in the designated floral designs. The flower or branch chosen per month may elicit fond memories associated with each, such as, big chrysanthemums in November for football games, or red roses in February to express our fondness for others. Designers will draw upon their visions of what each flower or branch signifies to them and incorporate them into the scheduled design type for their skill level.
November’s theme is Carnations
Please see our Design Exhibits page for more details!
Gardening Tips – November
October & November continues your pruning and dividing. If you haven’t yet, it’s a great time to start your compost pile (MGC’s Composting Page). Remember to save your leaves, you’ll need them for the right mix.
November is usually your final harvest from the garden (BUT WHO KNOWS THIS YEAR!) and time to start some winterizing.
Also see our Gardening Tips pages for November. You’re sure to find them helpful.
