Opechee Garden Club Lakes Region

09/15/2026

Our first meeting of the 2026 - 2027 season is in the books🎉. The meeting was amazing! Centerpieces were beautiful, the refreshments delicious! The Opechee garden club is off to a great new year w special guest speaker Lisa Hynes 😎!
Add to your calendars now and Plan to Join us next month, October 5th for a fun fall pumpkin workshop🍁🍁🍁

09/08/2026

Lisa Hynes presents at Opechee Garden Club🎉🌻🎉
The Opechee Garden Club opens its 2026-27 season with special guest speaker Lisa Hynes, The Edible Garden Coach, presenting "Lean Into Edible Gardening - Baby Steps to Growing Your Own Food." Doors open at 12:30 pm at the Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford, NH in the lower level on Monday, September 14th with light refreshments and conversation. The Opechee Garden Club Monthly Business Meeting will begin sharply at 1 pm followed by guest speaker Lisa Hynes.

With more than 25 years of personal and professional gardening experience, The Edible Garden Coach Lisa Hynes is a Gardenary certified kitchen garden coach who specializes in helping gardeners grow productive, nourishing food at home or at their business. Through her work with The Edible Garden Coach, she helps people discover how manageable and rewarding growing their own food can be. Lisa Hynes encourages gardeners of all experience levels to get started and build confidence one step at a time.

Monthly Business Meetings are held at the Gilford Community Church the first non-holiday Monday in September, October, November, April, May and June. Additional workshops, gatherings and events are planned throughout the year along with a biennial garden tour featuring exclusive local gardens in the lakes region.

The Opechee Garden Club's mission is to stimulate interest in gardens, nature study, conservation and community betterment and was established exclusively for charitable purposes. Member participation, sponsorships and local business contributions to the club enable the club to make annual donations to environmental organizations, provide scholarships and grants through the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation, and supports several civic gardens in the Lakes Region including the Laconia Public Library and WOW Trail. For additional information visit ://www.opecheegardenclub.com/

The Opechee Garden Club welcomes guests and new members to join the club for the 2025-2027 year for $25 and look forward to meeting you!

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09/04/2026

Ready to learn how to get your kitchen garden ready??? Join us with Lisa Hynes The Edible Garden Coach on September 14th in Gilford for the
Opechee Garden Club Lakes Region 1st Business Meeting of the 2026-2027 Season at 12:30 Gilford Community Church lower level and get ready to enhance our community by joining the
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Lean Into Edible Gardening - Baby Steps to Growing Your Own Food with Lisa 😋

LACONIA — The Opechee Garden Club opens its 2026-27 season with special guest speaker Lisa Hynes, The Edible Garden Coach, presenting "Lean Into Edible Gardening ― Baby Steps to Growing

07/26/2026

Here’s a sneak peek at our Garden Tour from earlier this month! We had so much fun seeing the beautiful gardens on the tour as well as meeting all the attendees! At the end of the tour, we raffled off the Grand Prizes and items donated by our generous community of Sponsors and Donors 🌺🌺🌺

Our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all of our talented volunteers, homeowners and participants who helped support the 2026 Opechee Garden Tour!

We look forward to returning in 2028 to share more stunning gardens with you and raise even more funds for our local civic gardens, community, scholarships and charities whom we love so much 🥳🎉

A special thank you to our generous Sponsors & Donors: Irwin Automotive Group; Laconia Country Club; Heath’s Ace Hardware; Bank of New Hampshire; Belknap Landscape Company; Meredith Village Savings Bank; Patti Flodin Homes; R & D Plumbing; Pittsburg Property Management LLC; Karen Jenkins and our generous Anonymous Donor!

The Wonderful Raffle donations received included items/gift cards from: Inspired to Pick-Fit; Moultonboro Farm; Osborne’s Agway, Fratello’s Restaurant, Woodshed Coffee Roasting, Lakeshore Market & Deli, Goody Good Donuts; Beans and Greens; Prescott’s Florist, Commune a Tea; as well as from Opechee Garden Club Members 🌺🌺🌺

Most of all the six homeowners who allowed us into their private oasis! When a true gardener opens their garden gates for all to tour, remember they are opening up a favorite part of themselves to share with others to enjoy, learn from, grow and inspire to do the same. We are thankful to each and every one of you! Your talents and dedication to your craft is pure inspiration for us all 🌹🌹🌹 We thank you for allowing us to explore your tranquil spaces.