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Business Meetings and Programs: 

You are invited to join us at 12:30 pm for light refreshments and conversation before our Garden Club meeting begins promptly at 1:00 pm followed by our featured guest speaker on the first non-Holiday Monday of the month of April, May, June, September, October, November. 

Location:  Gilford Community Church, Downstairs Hall, Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 

 

​Field Trips and Workshops

Locations, times and fees vary. Please see each event for details. 

Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.

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2026 to 2027 Meetings Schedule

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August 12, 2026 Field Trip to Meredith

Pop-By Garden Tour w Heather Gockel

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September 14, 2026 Business Meeting

Program: "Lean Into Edible Gardening... Baby Steps to Growing Your Own Food"

Presented by Lisa Hynes, The Edible Gardening Coach of Alton, NH. 

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October 5, 2026 Business Meeting

Program: "Floral Pumpkin Workshop" Led by Carole Curry

Carole is a lover of all things crafty, a retired Home Economics teacher and long time active New Hampton garden club member.  

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November 2, 2026 Business Meeting

Program: "Opechee Garden Club Through the Years - 1939 to Present" Garden Friends Gathering

A reunion and celebration for all our gardening friends - past, present and future!  Join us to enjoy, share memories, learn and honor the history of the Opechee Garden Club where members and guests join together for the joy of gardening and the community in which we serve.

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2025 to 2026 Meetings Held

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September 9, 2025 Business Meeting

Program: "Seed Saving" presented by Bill Weeks 

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October 6, 2025 Business Meeting

Program: "Osprey's in the Lakes Region" presented by Lain Macleod,

of Squam Lake Science Center.

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November 3, 2025 Business Meeting

Program: "Herb Gardening" with Master Gardner Ann LaCroix of UNH

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November 12, 2025 Field Trip to The Fells in Newberry, NH

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December 5 & 6, 2025 Members Only

Greens Workshop: Two fun days with members, making arrangements or decorating wreaths for yourself, or  give as a gift. 

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March 2, 2026 Members Only Luncheon

Fratello's Italian Grille, Laconia

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April 6, 2026 Business Meeting

Program: “Bird scaping" presented by Ruth Droescher, UNH Extension

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May 4, 2026 Business Meeting 

Program: "Crafty Gardeners" Trellis Workshop presented by Heather Gockel, Meredith, NH

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June 1, 2026 Annual Members Business Meeting and End of Season Luncheon

Members Only

Program:  "Garden Party Picnic and Orchid Award" hosted by the Executive Board.  A Garden Club Member demonstrated fresh flower arranging in vases - for members to make and take home their own arrangements.  Opechee Garden Club President Esther Kratochvil presented the cherished "Opechee Garden Club Orchid Award for Exemplary Service for 2025 - 2026" to a garden club and executive board member Patti Flodin of Alton, NH   Join our Club, participate, make a positive impact on our members and community - YOU could be the next recipient!

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July 11, 2026 Biennial Opechee Garden Club 2026 Garden Tour

"Beyond the Garden Gate"  Saturday between 10 am - 2 pm, Rain or Shine

Tickets for purchase in person only for $25 pp/max 300.  

with Light Refreshments at the Laconia Public Library Civic Garden.
We were delighted to open our gates and share the beauty, inspiration and passion that grow within each of our gardens.  Ticket included access to our community of private gardens here in the lakes region.  Each of the seven gardens delighted the eyes and reflected the personality and vision of its caretakers, offering ideas for gardeners of all levels.  ​​​​​​​​​

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