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What’s wrong with my houseplant?

Acton Town Hall 472 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

As with our outdoor gardens, many things can go wrong when you grow plants indoors. Learn the factors that make for happy houseplants, including light, water, and soil…and how to provide them. Common houseplant pests and diseases are also on the agenda, as well as how to treat them. Bonnie Power has been a Massachusetts Master Gardener since 2016 (now a Lifetime MG) and member of the MMGA Speakers Bureau since 2018 and a serious outdoor/indoor gardener most of her life. Curious and research-oriented by nature, she has many horticultural interests and areas of expertise. Bonnie holds both a bachelor’s

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How to Build Your Very Own Hometown National Park

Acton Town Hall, Room 204 472 Main Street, Acton, MA

Presented by the Acton Garden Club and Neal Sanders, author. With a style meant to make you chuckle, Neal Sanders, author, will tell us how he and his wife took on the challenge to create a “Hometown National Park” as set forth by ‘Nature’s Best Hope’ author Doug Tallamy.  In his book, Tallamy defines the average American lawn as an 'ecological desert', and puts forth the radical idea that our properties should be suitable both for humans and desirable species; what he calls 'Hometown National Parks.’ Neal and his wife took that challenge to heart when creating their garden. It's almost all native

Library: Annual Plant Swap at West Acton Citizens’ Library

West Acton Citizens Library 21 Windsor Avenue, Acton

Location: West Acton Citizens' Library | 21 Windsor Avenue, Acton MA 01720 Hosted by Acton Garden Club Join fellow plant enthusiasts for the West Acton Citizens' Library 3rd Annual Plant Swap. The Acton Garden Club is hosting and invites everyone to come share and talk about plants! What is a Plant Swap? A Plant Swap is an event where houseplant enthusiasts can come together to swap cuttings, propagations, and their own houseplants with other like-minded green fingered people. - Emma Sibley, Founder London Terrariums Bring one or more healthy, pest-free plants. We will set you up on a table to display

Acton Garden Club: Gardening with Dahlias

St Matthew's United Methodist Church 435 Central Street, Acton, MA

Presentation by Betsy Szymczak - Open to all Someone once said that peonies are the “Show Girls” of the spring garden; with dahlias, it’s all about late summer-early fall “Royalty!" Following a brief history of the discovery of dahlias, you will learn how to select dahlia tubers, where to plant, how to water and fertilize. To stake or not to stake, to dig or not to dig – these are the questions! If you dig tubers, how to store, overwinter, and to wake them up for planting. A discussion of American Dahlia Society Classification and how to make cutting, enter

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Acton Garden Club Plant Sale

The Red House 468 Main Street, Acton, MA

The Acton Garden Club will hold its Annual Plant Sale rain or shine. Come early for the best selections of Annuals, Perennials, Native Plants, House Plants and locally grown herbs, vegetables, shrubs, and trees. Take advantage of our Master Gardeners for answers to all your gardening questions. Visit our Resource Table for information on topics ranging from Ticks, Garlic Mustard and Managing Invasive to Natives, Gardening Tips and Membership. Proceeds of the Annual Garden Sale support our community, through scholarships for graduating ABHS seniors, maintenance of town gardens and planters, and educational programs for the community and club members.