The Richmond Roots Garden Club Plans Programs for 2025

(Updated: Dec. 10, 2024, 9:59 a.m.)
Richmond Roots Garden Club volunteers work at Leak-Wall House

The Richmond Roots Garden Club "sprouted" in the spring of 2023, an off-shoot of gardening classes provided by N.C. Cooperative Extension, Richmond County Center. It's been growing strong, with new participants joining as they hear from friends and neighbors about the camaraderie, good gardening information, hands-on opportunities, and interesting field trips people are enjoying. The club meets the second Thursday of the month at 5:30 pm, at the Ag Services Center in Rockingham (123 Caroline Street). The program typically lasts about an hour, though sometimes the enthusiastic sharing and visiting may go a little longer. Anyone interested in gardening and nature is welcome to attend; from the experienced horticulturist to the novice gardener, all will find something new and fun.

The Planning Committee has developed another great list of programs and activities for 2025. Please join us! For more information, call the Extension Office at 910-997-8255.

Richmond Roots Garden Club 2025 Schedule


Club Meeting Time: 5:30

Meeting Day: 2nd Thursday of the month

Theme: Each meeting includes a “garden do’s and don’ts” calendar.

Month Date Topic
JAN 1/9 Garden Art – “give and take”
1/24 or 1/25 Activity: making garden art (Swapna)
FEB 2/13 Growing Mushrooms
2/22 or 2/28 Inoculation hands-on (SAIC)
MAR 3/13 Birds and Bees: feeders and baths; give and take (merlin)
3/22-23 Weymouth Woods bird talk? - P
APR 4/10 Plant Swap and seed exchange
4/19-20 Big Bloomers
MAY 5/8 Roses
5/18 Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
JUN 6/12 Beneficial insects
? Garden visit (member)
JUL 7/10 Invasive plants
7/19 Hitchcock creek walk
AUG 8/14 Native plants/Doug Tallamy/Homegrown National park
8/29-30 Oak Walk at Chalks Landing at the Point
SEPT 9/11 Tool maintenance/ergonomics for gardeners
Date? Juniper Level Botanical Gardens
OCT 10/9 Winter seed sowing
10/24-25 Milk jug sowing hands-on (SAIC)
NOV 11/13 Bonsai/orchid/carnivorous Joe Rupert
No field trip
DEC 12/11 X-mas party and book exchange (aka, Battle of the Books)