Welcome

Ninety years after its inception, the Acton Garden Club continues to follow the traditions and goals of its founding members and adhere to its original purpose:  To promote a greater interest in gardening and to share experiences that shall be of mutual benefit.

NEWS AND EVENTS

May 6, 2025 10:30am

Gardening with Dahlias 

St Matthew’s United Methodist Church
435 Central Street, Acton, MA 01720

Betsy Szymczak    
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 a dahlia show will follow.

Saturday, May 17 , 2025 10:00 AM – 1:00PM

Annual Plant Sale

2025 AGC Plant Sale Flyer

Library Floral Arrangements

Acton Garden Club members enjoy the opportunity to display their floral arranging talent by volunteering to provide arrangements for the Acton Memorial Library circulation desk.  Twice a month from September through June a new arrangement appears.

 

Garlic Mustard – A Nonnative Invasive Plant

Garlic Mustard is a nonnative invasive plant. You should pull it before it goes to seed
in June.

It is an invasive plant from Europe that impacts the growth of native species.
It is best to pull it while flowering and before it goes to seed. It is easy to pull now. It is better to
pull than mow so it will be less likely to grow back. Put it in a black plastic bag and put the bag
in the sun for 5 days which cooks and kills any seeds. You can then dispose in the trash.

What gardeners should know about Asian Jumping Worms Invasive Jumping Worms

 

Historic Gardens and Seasonal Plantings

The Acton Garden Club shares its love of gardening and civic pride by maintaining three historic gardens in the Town.  There are also seasonal plantings done each year that are provided and maintained throughout Acton by the Club.


The Acton Arboretum Herb Garden

The Acton Arboretum Herb Garden, located in the Acton Arboretum, is built in a stone foundation from a home built in the 1730’s.  This particular garden was established on this location in 1989, and the design and plantings were largely executed by members of the Acton Garden Club to reflect a typical colonial dooryard garden.


Meeting House Hill – Wildflower Garden
Meeting House Hill – Wildflower Garden remains little known in our Town.  Recaptured from an area that was once the school’s ash pile, the soil has been improved over many years with compost and with paths covered with mulch.  The garden is separated into beds and each one has a different focus.  The garden evolves from one season into the other.


Meeting House Hill – Daffodil Run
Meeting House Hill – Daffodil Run is located on the embankment along Main Street near Nagog Hill Road.  Daffodil Run is the more visible garden on Meeting House Hill.  This historically sited garden displays massive plantings of daffodils, forsythias and daylilies, with flowering shrubs in the upper garden area.

 

 

 

Four seasonal plantings are provided and maintained by the Club throughout Acton each year.  These include the troughs in both Acton Center and West Acton, the containers in memory of Timothy Harrigan along Massachusetts Avenue in West Acton, the containers at the Citizen’s Library, the containers at the Acton Center Fire Station, and the containers at the Public Safety Facility.