New England Chapter
of the
North American Rock Garden Society
 Membership in the New England Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society is $10 per year (2012). Membership is open to all members of NARGS (National membership is required). The Chapter's primary focus is on NARGS members who garden in eastern Massachusetts (Worcester County and east), New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and parts of Vermont.
The New England Chapter meets eight to nine times a year. It publishes four or five newsletters a year (which may optionally be sent by email). Newsletters are normally mailed about 3-4 weeks prior to the February, April, September and November meetings. There is a Chapter library. The Chapter has a spring rare plant auction and a September seeding sale, and sponsors several alpine/rock garden plant shows at monthly meetings. The Chapter often sponsors sales tables for member's use at the June Tower Hill Botanic Garden Sale and the fall Society Row Sale.
Chapter meetings normally begin about 10:30 am and end in mid-afternoon. The meetings usually feature two speakers, or a speaker and a discussion topic. We sometimes have speakers from overseas. There is normally a hospitality hour and BYO lunch at noon. Meetings are held on Saturday or Sunday at the Garden in the Woods (Framingham, MA), the Goodnow Library (Sudbury, MA), Tower Hill Botanic Garden (Boylston, MA). or Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge (Sudbury, MA).
Some New England Chapter meetings may be held at outstanding public or private gardens throughout New England to give members an opportunity to observe choice plants expertly grown. Many years the Chapter sponsors a weekend getaway to visit gardens and talk about plants.
The Chapter holds an annual meeting in November which features a nationally known speaker, lunch and presentation of awards. In addition to the NARGS Chapter Service Award, the New England Chapter occasionally awards the Walter F. Winkler Award to an outstanding plant person
The New England Chapter sponsors a sub-chapter: Maine Members of NARGS. For information about the Maine group, contact Ann Guild or Robert Garcia.
Please note that the late summer and fall meetings have been moved so that they occur later in the year.
The seedling sale is now in early September, and the annual meeting is in early November.
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| Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 |
Goodnow Library, Sudbury, MA. |
10:30 a.m. Welcome: coffee and tea, please bring cookies to share.
11:00 a.m. 11:00 Jim Jones: Fall and Winter Bloom in the Solar Greenhouse
12:00 noon Lunch (bring your own) and plant show and tell. Board business meeting.
1:00 p.m. Mike Saganich: Discussion of favorite gardening books.
2:30 p.m. Clean up as this facility has a policy of "carry in, carry out".
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| Saturday, March 16th, 2013 |
Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA |
10:30 Welcome: coffee, tea, cookies and set up.
11:00 Lori Chips: Alpine Manager at Oliver Nurseries, Fairfield, CT.
12:00 Lunch (bring your own) and plant show and tell. Board business meeting.
1:00 Lori Chips:, Alpine Manager at Oliver Nurseries, Fairfield, CT.
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| Saturday, April 27th, 2013 |
Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA. |
10:30 Welcome: coffee, tea, cookies and set up.
11:00 Kris Fenderson: Primulas for New England.
12:00 Lunch (bring your own) and ogle the rare plants for sale.
1:00 Rare Plant Auction: Even if you don't have plants to donate, please come ready to buy!!
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| May Garden Visits |
Coastal Maine Botanic Garden, Boothbay, ME. |
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This is a tentative schedule: dates may change and speakers will be filled in later
To check on an upcoming meeting, see the Chapter Newsletter which is available at the libraries of Arnold Arboretum, Garden in the Woods and Tower Hill Botanic Garden, or bookmark this page.
You may join the Chapter at any meeting or by sending annual Chapter dues of $10 to the Treasurer at 264 Wales St, Abington MA 02351, or by first joining the National by writing to NARGS Executive Secretary, PO Box 67, Millwood, NY 10546.
When you send in dues, please note if you would prefer to receive the newsletter by email, and include your email address.
Last updated: 24 February, 2013.
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