Formed in 1940, the Silver Spring Garden Club meets monthly at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD. Most members live in Silver Spring, MD, or the DC-area.

Meetings are held at Brookside Gardens the third Monday of each month except July, August, and December. The meetings are open to the public and free.

To join, mail your check ($10 per individual member or $15 per household/coouple), made payable to the "Silver Spring Garden Club," to our Treasurer,Kathy Jentz, 826 Philadelphia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Our nominal dues fee is one of the best bargains in town, and includes discounts to local businesses.

Our newsletter, The Grapevine, is published monthly except July and August by the Silver Spring Garden Club, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Newsletter Editor and Club President: Kathy Jentz --
Laserblast - at - aol.com.

The big annual Silver Spring Garden Club fundraiser is the Garden Mart plant sale takes place the Saturday before Mother's Day at Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD, from 9am -1pm. Come early in the day for best selection!

SPRING 2013 CLUB PROGRAMMING
Please note the following club event dates in your personal schedules. We hope you can join us!

Monday March 18 8pm
Club meeting at Brookside Gardens with featured speaker:
I Have Elephants in MY Garden, so What's YOUR Problem?
Marie Mims Butler, Norfolk Zoo horticulturist

Saturday April 6 11am
Club garden tour:
Franciscan Monastery Grounds Tour
Pat Cunniff, FMGG

Monday April 15 8pm
Club meeting at Brookside Gardens with featured speaker:
Companion & Succession Plantings (Crop Rotation)
Elizabeth Olson, Master Gardener

(Friday May 10 set-up day)
Saturday May 11 9am-1pm
Club’s annual fundraiser plant sale at Brookside Gardens
GardenMart

Monday May 20 8pm
Club meeting at Brookside Gardens with featured speaker:
Eat Your Roses: Edible Flowers
Denise Schreiber

Saturday May 25 10am-12n
Club service project
Holy Cross Hospital Annual/Containers Planting

Saturday June 8
Behnke Garden Party