Seaside Gardeners of Marshfield
The Seaside Gardeners are dedicated to sharing and increasing our knowledge of gardening, nature, and horticulture as well as participating in related community commitments for the town of Marshfield.
Regular meetings are held at the Boys and Girls Club of Marshfield on the second Monday of the month at 9 AM from September – December, and February – May. Our meetings include a social time with refreshments followed by a speaker or workshop and business meeting. As a nonprofit organization we hold an annual Greens Sale in November and a Plant Sale in the spring. Our other activities currently include:
*Art in Bloom
*Summer Street Island Garden
*Governor Winslow House Gardens and Arrangements
*Ventress Library Arrangements
*Website/Facebook Maintenance
*MHS Scholarship
*Gardening program at Boys & Girls Club
*Meeting Hostess
*Members Garden Hop
Membership Info
Membership is open to all who share our interests with participation expected in the above activities after attendance at 3 meetings. Explore this webpage to learn more.
You may contact the person listed below for more information.
We hope to hear from you soon.
Marcia Joyce
781-934-5509
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Program Schedule 2025-2026
All meetings are at the Boys & Girls Club of Marshfield
unless otherwise specified
Monday, September 8, 2025
The Amazing World of Honey Bees
Gail Conner
Gail Conner is an active member of the Plymouth Garden Club, Bee Keeper and Pollinator Advocate. She has been keeping bees and doing educational presentations about them for over 12 years and maintains 3 hives in her apiary in Plymouth, MA. She has been a member of the Plymouth County Beekeepers Association for many years, and also enjoys keeping a Monarch butterfly garden to help protect our pollinators.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
FIELD TRIP
Massachusetts Horticultural Society New England Fall Flower Show
$25 (buy your ticket online)
The Garden at Elm Bank
900 Washington St, Wellesley, MA 02482
Speakers and Workshops held throughout the day along with over 80 vendors
Monday, October 6, 2025
Pressed Flowers Workshop
Roberta Cambell
Seaside Gardeners of Marshfield club member Roberta Cambell will teach us the art of pressing flowers. We will then all make a greeting card with pressed flowers. Participants are encouraged to bring scissors.
Monday, November 10th
Celebrating the Winter Garden
Warren Leach, Tranquil Lake Nursery
The winter garden is truly a low maintenance affair and a time to enjoy – no weeding, no watering and no dead-heading! The winter landscape may be quiescent but the garden need not be bleak. Plants with brightly colored berries, twigs, stems, foliage and even winter-blooming flowers shrug off the snow and cold. They bring cheer, even as the sun enters Capricorn. Landscape horticulturist Warren Leach, and author of the new book from Timber Press Plants for the Winter Garden, will showcase gardens he has designed that celebrate the winter season as well as planting design ideas for your own garden.
Monday, December 8, 2024
Holiday Arrangement Workshop
Susie MacPherson and Eileen Sheehan
Club members Susie MacPherson and Eileen Sheehan will lead us in creating a festive arrangement for our holiday table. Please bring garden clippers and perhaps a box to transport your arrangement home.
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Monday February 9th
Drought Tolerant Gardening and Landscaping
Warren Leach, Tranquil Lake Nursery
Planting for drought tolerance is being recognized as a sustainable paradigm for all landscapes as unlimited water use becomes prohibited and costly. Explore verdant and water-wise gardens with Landscape Horticulturist Warren Leach as he introduces a broad palette of hardy trees, shrubs and perennials. Warren will showcase several drought tolerant plant alternatives to turf grass showing before and after landscape designs. This colorful and fiery presentation of garden images will inspire your own sustainable garden. Whether you garden in the sun or shade, you will take away valuable horticultural ideas for your own garden.
Monday, March 9th
Jan Goodman, owner of Boston City Scapes and The Root
Meeting held at: The Root
405 First Parish Road
Scituate, MA
Jan Goodman, owner of Boston City Scapes and The Root, will lead us in a workshop, topic to be determined. Check out Jan’s work at www.bostoncityscapes.com and www.therootscituate.com. The Root is a part plant shop, part celebration space – all rooted in nature.
April 13, 2026
Victory Gardens: Then and Now
Debra Dellania-Alvarez
Travel through time and discover the history of Victory Gardens and their inspiration. Virtually visit today’s breathtaking gardens, their garden architecture, plans, plantings, some unique plant characteristics, and early used techniques and tips that you can use in your own garden today. Also highlighted are the health and wellness benefits that these gardens bring to a community. These benefits are reminders as to why garden clubs and green spaces are essential to the well being of all communities.
May 11, 2026
Meeting Location: Historic Winslow House
Announcements and News
President’s Message
Bravo to the outgoing executive board and officers of Seaside Gardeners! You have all done an outstanding job of serving the club by conducting meetings and programs, heading up committees, and keeping finances on track.
As the incoming President my primary goal is to continue to keep SSG going in a positive direction with the support of a very capable and professional slate of officers that the nominating committee has spent months recruiting. They include:
Deb Lehman - President
Alida Alberts - Vice President
Debbie Gill - Secretary
Krista Blair - Treasurer
In addition, the members of the eight Standing Committees and Other Committees are listed in your program book. Hopefully with every member contributing in their own unique way we can continue to have a club where we enjoy each other’s company while pursuing common gardening interests. I see SSG as a supportive learning environment that is welcoming and inclusive to all members.
I have been a member of the club since the fall of 2019, serving as the Vice President the past 2 years and Wreath Cochair for the past 4 years. I was also a member of the Duxbury Community Garden Club for 7 years in my younger days. Coming from a health care/ educational background I bring a teamwork/ problem solving/ goal-oriented perspective to our group and hope my leadership skills will continue to grow within my role as President.
I know we can continue our mission(purpose) to increase members knowledge of “gardening, nature, horticulture, and related interests” in new and creative ways. I invite each of you to pledge to continue to grow our commitments to the community.
Deb Lehman, President
I’d like to share this poem by Mary Oliver, one of my favorite poets. My dad, who was an avid vegetable and rose grower, was “the gardener” who inspired my love of gardening early on.
The Gardener by Mary Oliver
Have I lived enough?
Have I loved enough?
Have I considered Right Action enough, have I come to any conclusion?
Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude?
Have I endured loneliness with grace?
I say this, or perhaps I'm just thinking it.
Actually, I probably think too much.
Then I step out into the garden, where the gardener, who is said to be a simple man, is tending his children, the roses.
Club Officers 2025-2026
President Deb Lehman
Vice President Alida Alberts
Secretary Debbie Gill
Treasurer Krista Blair