February CGCD General Mtg: Waking Up Your Garden, And Yourself, For Spring - with Bob Hoxie (Tues Feb 11th @ 9 AM)

Waking Up Your Garden, And Yourself, For Spring

9 AM ~ Feb. 11th ~ 2025 ~ Duxbury Free Library ~ Merry Room

Join Bob Hoxie, Garden Designer and Horticulturist for a discussion on how you can use the period between mid February and the end of March to enhance your garden for the coming growing season.

Topics will include grouping spring plants for visual impact, the importance of early flowering native plants to pollinators, seed sowing and dormant seeding, and rejoicing in the awakening of Spring.

Bob has a diverse background in landscape design, fine gardening, historic landscapes and ecological restoration.

He is the owner of Great Hill Horticultural Services. Since 1999, Great Hill Horticultural Services has offered expert landscape designs, consultations, and

horticultural support for residential, commercial, and historic properties in

Massachusetts. With a focus on native plants, heirloom flowers, and pollinator-friendly species, we craft personalized garden spaces that harmonize with nature and enhance the beauty of your surroundings.

Bob is the former Associate Director of Historic Landscapes at Plimoth Patuxet Museums. Prior to that he was Assistant Supervisor of Horticulture on the Cape Cod estate of noted garden designer and philanthropist, Bunny Mellon. Bob also served as chairman of the Town of Sandwich’s Conservation Commission for 6 years and was a founding member and chairman of the town’s Community Preservation Committee. His community service and environmental stewardship earned him The Thornton W. Burgess Society’s 2007 Conservation Award.