Bridgewater Garden Club
2025-2026 Programs and Events
OCTOBER 2025
GENERAL MEETING: Wednesday, October 22, 10:15 AM
Location: Sanctuary and Seed; 1600 Washington Valley Road; Martinsville, NJ 08836
General Meeting and then program:
The Bountiful Herb Garden. Timing and technique are keys to maximizing the harvest from your herb garden. Learn the best times and methods to harvest leaves, flowers, seeds, and roots and preserve them for future use. Presented by Caren White, “The Herb Lady”, a Middlesex County Master Gardener and Garden Steward for the Herb Garden at Rutgers Gardens.
NOVEMBER 2025
GENERAL MEETING: Wednesday, November 19, 10:15 AM
Location: Sanctuary and Seed; 1600 Washington Valley Road; Martinsville, NJ 08836
General Meeting and then program:
Your First Orchid…Now What? Learn interesting facts about orchids, pollination, and the breadth of orchid varieties. Photos of over 30 different orchids. Practical info on orchid care: potting with proper soil, watering, fertilization, and the best place for it in your home. Presented by Wayne Wiegand, a Somerset County Master Gardener and certified American Orchid Society judge.
Christmas Bazaar Fundraiser. This meeting will include a fundraiser. Members can bring items to sell to member, or buy from other BGC members. Items should be priced by each donor. Cash or checks to be made out to Bridgewater Garden Club, Inc.
DECEMBER 2025
Boxwood Tress Workshops. Workshop dates: Tuesday, December 2nd and Wednesday, December 3rd 9:30 AM - 4 PM to build trees.
Location: Blessed Sacrament Church; 1980 Washington Valley Road, Martinsville, NJ 08836
Christmas/ Holiday Luncheon. Date: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Location: Stoney Brook Grille; 1285 NJ Route 28, North Branch, NJ 08876
JANUARY 2026
GENERAL MEETING: Wednesday, January 28, 10:15 AM
Location: Sanctuary and Seed; 1600 Washington Valley Road; Martinsville, NJ 08836
General Meeting and then program:
Tree and Shrub Care. Learn how to keep your trees and shrubs healthy and happy – from giving them a good start with proper planting techniques to dealing with diseases and other problems that may develop later. Presented by Eric Adam, an Arborist Representative with Bartlett Tree Experts, and a landscape architect with 15 years of experience in landscape design.
FEBRUARY 2026
GENERAL MEETING: Wednesday, February 25, 10:15 AM
Location: Sanctuary and Seed; 1600 Washington Valley Road; Martinsville, NJ 08836
General Meeting and then program:
Plant it and They Will Come. Butterflies and their caterpillars, like humans, have particular preferences for the food they will eat. If you plant what a critter likes, it will be delighted to find its favorite food in your garden. This beautiful presentation is a guide to attracting butterflies to your garden and keeping them there. Presented by Cindy Hedin, a Master Gardener of Somerset County.
MARCH 2026
SPRING TEA: Wednesday, March 11, 2025.
Location: Sally Lunn's Restaurant and Tea Room; 15 Perry Street; Chester, NJ 07930
GENERAL MEETING: Wednesday, March 25, 10:15 AM
Location: Sanctuary and Seed; 1600 Washington Valley Road; Martinsville, NJ 08836
General Meeting and then program:
Hippity Hoppity Easter’s on its Way. Club member Patti Cerrato will show us how to make 3 floral arrangements: first, a bunny, using white carnations; second, a design inside a metal lantern; and third, a beautiful spring windowpane. Have fun learning about floral design and the 3 arrangements will be raffled off.
APRIL 2026
GENERAL MEETING: Wednesday, April 22, 10:15 AM
Location: Sanctuary and Seed; 1600 Washington Valley Road; Martinsville, NJ 08836
General Meeting and then program:
The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Early American Women and Their Kitchen Gardens. Kitchen gardens in the 1700’s fed, healed, and clothed Early American families. The 18th century “huswife” skill set included “physicke, cookery, distillation, perfumery, the making of wool, hemp, flax, dayries, brewing, baking”, and, of course, gardening. Growing plants both native American and from their homelands, these women turned their soup pots into the “melting pot” that is America and exemplified the best qualities of plantswomen and patriots. Presented by Lesley Parness, garden historian, writer, and retired Superintendent of Horticultural Education at the Morris County Park Commission.
MAY 2026
GENERAL MEETING: Wednesday, May 27, 10:15 AM
Location: Sanctuary and Seed; 1600 Washington Valley Road; Martinsville, NJ 08836
General Meeting and then program:
The Tick Talk. Learn about tickborne disease risks, tick bite prevention, tick identification, and how to participate in the NJ Ticks 4 Science citizen science project which can ID your tick and test it for diseases for free. This program from the Rutgers Center for Vector Biology will be presented by Jessica Shick of the Master Gardeners of Somerset County.
JUNE 2026
June Luncheon. Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026
Location: Stoney Brook Grille; 1285 NJ Route 28, North Branch, NJ 08876