Meeting Topics for the Coming Year
September 15, 2026
HORTICULTURE
Member Plant Swap
Members will bring their favorite plant to swap and will go home with a new plant to call their own. Short video on What Plants NOT to Plant. Each swap participant will receive a raffle
ticket.
October 20, 2026
CONSERVATION
Healing Bass River
“Healing Bass River” will be presented by Rick Bishop of Friends of the Bass River. He will explain water quality improvements on the river plus Stage Island stabilization
and bay scallop aquaculture.
November 17, 2026
DESIGN
Building for Design
Repurposing objects into design structures
and the how to of mechanics.
December 16, 2026
Holiday Luncheon
The West End
20 Scudder Avenue
Hyannis, MA 02602
January 19, 2027
CONSERVATION
The Old Ladies Against
Underwater Garbage (OLAUG).
The presentation will show how a group of women 65-86 years old find helping our ponds irresistible, removing literally tons of trash from ponds all over the Cape.
February 16, 2027
HORTICULTURE
Garden Design by Dan Meece
Dan is a fourth-generation Cape Codder and former Fortune 500 executive who opened Seaside Fine Garden and Design in Hyannis Port. Dan will share the essentials of starting a perennial garden on Cape Cod, utilizing space, form, and function as guiding design principles.
March 16, 2027
HORTICULTURE
The Barnstable Beekeepers Association will discuss how we can have our own small-scale beehive in our own backyard.
Bee prepared to be amazed.
April 20, 2027
DESIGN
Program Celebrating Spring with Eco-friendly Techniques by Maureen Christmas
Several designs featuring Spring blooms and assorted sustainable techniques will be presented and raffled
at end of the presentation.
May 18, 2029
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
June 15, 2027
Annual Meeting & Luncheon
The Lighthouse Inn
1 Lighthouse Inn Road
West Dennis, MA 02670
