Belfast Garden Club

Preventing and Addressing Plant Diseases in the Garden with Caleb Goossen. Join MOFGA’s Crop Specialist, Caleb Goossen, for a discussion on organic management of plant disease in the garden. Caleb will start by sharing strategies used to minimize the presence of disease from the outset based on the disease triangle of a conducive environment, a susceptible host, and a pathogen. But sometimes diseases show up anyway, despite our best efforts or during particularly challenging growing seasons. So, Caleb will also…

This program is the second in the Belfast Garden Club's Evening Lecture Series co-sponsored by the All of Belfast Climate Dialogues, a project of the Belfast Free Library: This presentation will give an overview of global climate change, with special attention to effects in Maine and the Northeast. Haley and Sara will discuss the local effects of global weather patterns and the challenges that they may pose to those who grow vegetables, fruit, and flowers in our region, and will…

The RSU 71 School Garden Collaborative With speakers: Sara Hallam, Kayleen Penniman, Geri Winslow, Danee Voss, Lindsey Schortz, David Wessells The collaborative includes five vibrant school garden programs across the RSU 71 school district. The vision is to cultivate ecologically, socially, and economically sustainable gardens that connect students, staff, and the broader community. Speakers will describe the garden programs at Nickerson and East Belfast Elementary Schools, Captain Albert Stevens Elementary School (CASS), Troy Howard Middle School (THMS), and the Belfast…

This is the third and final program in the 2022 Belfast Garden Club Evening Lecture Series co-sponsored by the All of Belfast Climate Dialogues project that has focused on the affects of the Climate Crisis on our farms, gardens and forests. Join Dr. Nicholas Fisichelli, President of Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, and Mark Berry, Forest Program Director for The Nature Conservancy in Maine, for a presentation and discussion about the interactions between Maine forests and climate change. The…