Community Events
September 2025
September 1, 2025, 9am-5pm: Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Free Communty Day
September 1, 7pm: National Chapter of Wild Ones Zoom Chat on Building Eco-Corridors in our Neighborhoods
September 2: 3pm: Introducing Potomac Green Coffee at Tally-Ho Restaurant, 9923 Falls Road, Potomac, MD.
September 5: 9:30 am: NCGAC District IV Fall Meeting @ St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgtown Rd., Bethesda, MD 20852.
September 10, 10am-12pm: Landscape Design Council Meeting
September 10, 3pm-4:30pm: NCAGC Board Meeting
September 13: 10am-1pm: Brookside Garden Fall Perennial Sale at Brookside Garden Visitor Center, South Terrace, 1800 Glenallan Avenue
Wheaton, MD 20902. Rain or shine!
September 23: 2pm EST: A Garden Inferior to Few: The Williamsburg Garden of John Custis IV. Fall virtual program sponsored by The Garden Conservancy. Registration required (click link above).
September 30: National Capital Area Garden Club (NCAGC) State Meeting
National Arboretum Auditorium: 10am Sign in/10:30 Business Meeting
NCAGC Bi-annual Newsletter & website information
October 2025
October 7 @ 3pm: Wild Ones Potomac Green Coffee at Tally-Ho Restaurant, 9923 Falls Road, Potomac, MD.
October 10-19: 8am - 5pm: Ikebana Symposium, National Arboretum, Washington, DC
October 11, 8am-3pm: Potomac Day in Potomac Village. Look for the PVGC Tent! Members will be there with fun activities and to answer questions about our club/activities and volunteer work.
October 11, 11am-12pm: Houseplants 101 @ the Rockville Memorial Library,
21 Maryland Avenue, Rockvialle, MD.
October 14, 7:15 pm: West Montgomery Community Citizens Association (WMCCA) Meeting, Potomac Library
October 19-22: Central Atlantic Region of State Garden Clubs (CAR-SGC) Annual Conference: Hyatt Regency, Chesapeake Bay, Cambridge, MD
October 21-23: North American Pollinator Campaign, 25th Annual
Conference. Virtual Meeting. Registration required.
October 24: NCAGC October Meeting
October 27-28: Landscape Design School Course 3. Christ Evangelical Luthern Church, 3810 Meredith Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
November 2025
November 4 @ 10am: Fern Valley Guardians at the Fern Valley Parking lot of the National Arboretum, 3501 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002
November 4 @ 3pm: Wild Ones Potomac Green Coffee at Tally-Ho Restaurant, 9923 Falls Road, Potomac, MD.
November 8, 2-3:30pm: Master Gardener Lecture: Figs. Dr. Jafar Vossoughi at Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD. 1st floor Meeting Room
November 12: Landscape Design Council Meeting
November 14: NCAGC Monthly President's Meeting & Newsletter
November 15, 11 am-3pm: Holiday Fine Arts Craft Show, Fox Hills West Park
November 17-18 @ 9:30-5:30: Gardening School Course 1, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3810 Meredith Drive, Fairfax, VA
November 18, 2-3pm: Life with Flowers: Inspiration and Lessons from the Garden with Francis Palmer. Registration required!
December 2025
December: NCAGC December Newsletter
December 2 @ 3pm: Wild Ones Potomac Green Coffee at Tally-Ho Restaurant, 9923 Falls Road, Potomac, MD.
December 4: Deadline for Holiday Arrangement orders! Order online here.
January 2026
January: NCAGC January Newsletter & NCAGC District IV Garden Snippets
& The Capital Gardener NCAGC 75th Anniversary Biannual Newsletter & Calendar
January 16 @10am & 4pm: NCAGC Virtual Meeting. Topic: Encouraging Leadership.
January 20-February 5, Tuesdays & Thursdays 7-9 pm @ Frederick Community College: Restorative Landscaping Architect (RLA) Software Training.
January 27, 9:30-11:30am: Resolution for special approval to FY26 MCG operating budget/ Sign up to testify for Community Gardening Supporters
February 2026
February: NCAGCA February Newsletter
February 13, 2026, 9am - 4pm: GreenScapes Symposium. Integrating Ecology, Beauty and Adaptability in Design. Live Zoom event sponsored by Brookside Gardens. Registration required!
February 17: Virtual Lecture: Munstead Gardens and Gertrude Jekyll w/ speakers Jenny Rose Casey, Katherine Mills & Anabel Watts. Registration required (15$/ click on link above).
February 24: Landscape Design Council Meeting.
February 28 - March 8, 2026: Philadelphia Flower Show. Pennsylvania Convention Center.
March 2026
February 28 - March 8, 2026: Philadelphia Flower Show. Pennsylvania Convention Center.
March 2026: NCAGC In the Know
March 6, 2026: District IV Spring Meeting @ St Mark’s Presbyterian Church,
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, North Bethesda, MD
March 17, 2026: District IV NCAGC Spring Garden Snippets
March 18, 2026: Webinar: Rethinking Horticulture with Real Ecology. Sponsored by Wild Ones.
March 28, 2026: 39th Annual Lahr Native Plant Symposium@US National Arboretum. Tickets required. Click on link to access.
April 2026
April 2026: National Capital Area Garden Clubs Inc (NCAGC), In the Know Newsletter
April 8, 2026: Landscape Design Council Meeting
April 11, 2026, 2pm-5pm & April 12, 2026, 10am-2pm. Washington Daffodil Society Flower Show, Alexandria Scottish Rite Temple, 1430 Braddock Road, Alexandria, VA.
April 14, 2026: NCAGC State Meeting, US Arboretum, 3501 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC
April 16, 2026, 3pm - 5pm: Bringing Harmony to your Life through Nature. Speaker Pru Foster, PhD. Potomac Community Center, Falls Road, Potomac, MD. Free but registration required on link above.
April 22, 2026, 10am-2pm: Native Plant Symposium to Celebrate Earth Day w/ the C & O Canal Trust. Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center, 11710 MacArthur Blvd, Potomac, MD.
April 22, 2026, 1pm EST: Monarch Butterfly Monitoring Webinar sponsored by North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC). Speaker: Gail Norris. Registration required here.
April 24, 2026: National Arbor Day
April 25, 2026, 9am - 4pm: Garden Fair & Plant Sale sponsored by Friends of the National Arboretum, 3501 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC.
April 25, 2025, 10am -2pm: Spring Sprouts Plant Sale & Garden Tours. Sponsored by University of Maryland Extension & Master Gardeners @ Agricultural History Farm Park, 18400 Muncaster Mill Road, Damascus.
Spring 2026 District IV NGAGC Garden Snippets
May 2026
May 2026: NCAGC In the Know Newsletter
May 2026: Nature Forward eNews
May 4-6, 2026: National Garden Clubs Convention, St. Louis, MI
May 5, 2025, 1-3pm EST: Bombus & Lepidoptera Grantee Symposium. Sponsored by North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC). Registration required.
May 27, 2026, 1pm - 2:45 pm EST: Honey Bee Health Grantee Symposium/ Research reported. Sponsored by North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC). Registration required.
May 27, 2026: Landscape Design Council Picnic
June 2026
June 2026: NCAGC In the Know Newsletter
June 1 - August 31, 2026: Summer 2026 Watershed Restoration Internship with Department of Environmental Protection & Montgomery County.
June 2, 2026, 8:30am-3pm: NCAGC 75th Anniversary Conference, Congressional Country Club.
June 3 & 4, 2026: Flower Craft Show/ Studio Event with Gail Jacobs.
June 6, 2026, 12pm-4pm: Potomac Village Garden Club Garden Tours/Fundraiser. Five Potomac neighborhood gardens will be featured! Cost: $40 (plus $2.46 online fees)
June 13, 2026, 10:30 am: Butterfly Release at the Potomac Community Library.