Meetings

3rd Thursday of the Month,

Sept. through May

Location

Wollaston Congregational Church

48 Winthrop Avenue

Wollaston (Quincy), MA 02170

Map & Directions...

Our Mission

• To promote and encourage the love of gardening, the study of horticulture, and the development of floral and landscape design skills.
 

• To aid in the protection and conservation of our environment.
 

• To promote, encourage and support civic beautification throughout the City of Quincy.

Associations, Organizations & Societies

• American Public Gardens Association  
• Emerald Necklace Conservancy 
• Friends of the Blue Hills 
• Friends of the Minot Rose Garden  (Brookline)
• Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts 
• Ikebana International Boston Chapter 

• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum  
• Mass Audubon   
• Massachusetts Horticultural Society 
• MA Master Gardener Association 
• The National Garden Clubs, Inc. 
• Native Plant Trust (formerly New England Wildflower Society) 
• Neponset River Watershed Association 
• New England Daylily Society
• Perennial Plant Association 

Arboretums, Farms & Gardens

• Allandale Farm (Brookline) 
• Arnold Arboretum 
• Boston Gardens - Events and Advice 
• The Botanic Garden at Smith College (Northampton)
• Brookwood Community Farm (Canton) 
• Mary May Binney Wakefield Arboretum (Milton)
• New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
• Rose Kennedy Greenway

Quincy Sites

• Official City of Quincy site

• Friends of Wollaston Beach 
• Quincy Farmers’ Market (North Quincy) 
• Quincy Homestead   
• Quincy House (Historic New England) 

How-to Guides

• A Basic Formula for Creating an Impressive Flower Arrangement designed for Beginners (Martha Stewart)
• Creating a bee friendly garden  
• Protecting your garden from moles and voles  
• Sunflower Gardening Guide 

Reference Guides

• About pesticides from ConsumerNotice.org 
• Houseplant Encyclopedia (Gardeners Supply Co)

• Types of Roses, A Visual Compendium  

WGC Master Gardeners' Recommendations

Natives and the 5 Bs by Carol Fischer

            Biodiversity, Beauty, Bees, Birds and Butterflies

Natives and the 5 B’s.pdf

Carex Chart provided by Carol Fischer

Even though it is for the mid-Atlantic states, as long as zone info is followed, it is good for us too.

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Grass and Sedge Kits (Prairie Nursery) provided by Carol Fischer

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• Almquist Flowerland (Quincy)
• Anything Grows (Salisbury, MA)
• Artery Garden Center (Quincy)
• Bluestone Perennials (Ohio)
• Briggs Garden and Home (North Attleboro)  
• The Captured Garden (Garden Design)   
• Cavicchio Greenhouses (Sudbury)  
• Cochato Nursery (Holbrook)  
• Country House Floral  
• Forestfarm Catalog & Plant Finder 
• High Country Gardens Catalog   
• The Hydrangea Guy (Yarmouthport)   
• Jacobson Floral (Albany Street, Boston)  
• Johnny's Selected Seeds  
• Lake Street Garden Center (Salem, NH)  
• Logee's Tropical Plants (Danielson, CT)   
• Lyman Estate Greenhouses (Waltham) 
• Mahoney's Garden Centers  (4 MA locations)
• Olallie Daylily Gardens  (S. Newfane, VT)
• Peckham's Greenhouse  (Little Compton, RI)
• Pettengill Farm (Salisbury, MA)  
• Pickity Place Restaurant (Mason, NH)  
• Roseland Roses (Acushnet, MA)
• Tranquil Lake Nursery  (Rehoboth)
• White Flower Farm  (Litchfield, CT)