Garden Club of Montville

06/04/2026

🌟 Don't forget our wildly popular stop during your rounds of the Montville Community Yard Sale THIS weekend! 🌟

It's here! It's here! It's that time again when you can buy healthy local plants from the best home gardeners in Montville, at CRAZY LOW prices, and all of your money goes to charity, like helping to fund scholarships and to beautify our town. (See the Montville Township Public Library Gardens!)

That's right, the Annual Plant Sale held by The Garden Club of Montville during the Montville Community Yard Sale weekend is BACK!

We have
🌼 Natives
🌸 Exotics
🪴 Indoor Air Purifying Power Houses
🌿 One Pot Herb Gardens Curated for Kids & Families like Pizza Garden 🍕 and Salsa Garden 🍅.
⚱️Gorgeous ceramic and earthernware pots and vessels
🌱 All with healthy acclimated roots in healthy soil dug right out of our Montville yards, so they will seamlessly find a new home in your yard.

🧠 FREE: Pick our brains about plant care and anything else regarding our earthy passion-borderline-obession/addiction, otherwise known as "gardening."

WHEN: SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH 10AM-4PM
WHERE: Lawn of Montville Municipal Building
195 Changebridge Rd
WHY: Because plants are cool and will save us all 🙃

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🦋 PSA: Never spray Natives with pesticides. They don't need it and you would just be inviting our unsuspecting, but life giving, pollinators to their demise 🦋 🐝

The Garden Club of Montville is a 501 (c) 3 non profit that has been supporting the community for over 80 years.

04/22/2026

04/19/2026

Do you like Tricky Trays?
Do you like 50/50's?
Do you like scholarships for our hard-working graduating Seniors?

Then come out May 2nd to enjoy Broadway tunes sung by Anthony Duke Claus hosted by The Garden Club of Montville.

We are raising money for our annual scholarship. Every bit counts.

BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE TO GUARANTEE YOUR SEAT!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/broadway-fundraiser-night

🌼The Garden Club of Montville is a 501(c)3 non-profit and has been serving the Montville community for over 80 years. Thank you for your support.

04/14/2026

The obsession to get rid of these is just plain weird!
But the best thing you can do is rip out your lawn and plant native plants!

04/09/2026

April is National Gardening Month!

What natives are you planting? Share with us below!

Need inspiration? 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

"April is an ideal time to plant New Jersey native perennials, shrubs, and trees, allowing them to establish roots before summer. Top choices include Butterfly Milkweed, Purple Coneflower, and early bloomers like Virginia Bluebells, along with shrubs like Black Chokeberry, which support local pollinators and wildlife."
Source: Izel Plants
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"Top Native Plants to Plant in April (NJ)
Perennials:
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa): Attracts butterflies, blooms May–September.
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea): Hardy, sun-loving pollinator favorite.
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis): Early summer bloomer.
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum): Great for late-season color.
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica): Excellent native ephemeral.
Shrubs & Vines:
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa): Provides spring flowers and berries.
Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia): Evergreen with distinct spring blooms.
Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens): Hummingbird-attracting vine.
Trees:
Red Maple (Acer rubrum): Fast-growing native tree.
Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea): White flowers, produces edible berries."
Source: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
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"Key April Gardening Tips for NJ
Wait for Soil Warmth: Ensure the soil is workable and not overly wet, especially in North Jersey.
Use Native Seeding: April is a good time to sow native wildflower seeds, such as asters and milkweed, which benefit from early spring moisture.
Avoid Invasives: DO NOT PLANT invasives such as Barberry, Norway Maple, or Burning Bush.
Source: Rutgers University
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11/03/2025

In this month of giving thanks we would like to share how grateful we are for the generosity of Conklin Farm. Their pumpkin, gourd and fall decor donation has helped us add some seasonal flavor to the Memorial Garden and Rain Garden that we maintain at the Montville Township Public Library.

Please support this local business when looking for your fall fun, food and decor needs next season!

(Currently closed for the season. Will reopen September 2026.)

11/03/2025

Milkweed isn’t just a plant — it’s a lifeline.
As fall settles in and seeds ripen, this is your moment to give butterflies a future. 🌱

🦋 Why sow milkweed now
• Cold stratification happens naturally in winter
• Spring rains awaken seeds right on time
• Monarchs return looking for milkweed first

🌾 How to scatter seeds (early November)
• Choose full-sun areas
• Lightly rake soil or press seeds onto bare ground
• Don’t bury — they need light to germinate
• Leave leaf litter as a natural blanket

🍂 Plant once, support life for years.

10/13/2025

The sky may not be falling, but you still might get bonked on the head this year…by an acorn! Oak trees are the perfect example of mast reproduction. Instead of producing a steady crop of acorns every year, oak trees team up every 5 years or so to dump a massive amount of acorns all at once! It’s a mysterious trick of nature that helps oak trees outsmart hungry critters!

Take time this fall to study these amazing trees and their acorns with your little naturalists!

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10/13/2025

This week is South Carolina Native Plant Week! Each year, the third week of October is dedicated to recognizing the important role that native plants play in providing for wildlife, improving the health of our environment, and beautifying our natural world. Including native plants in your garden can also help you certify your yard as a wildlife habitat, and you can visit the link below to get started today.

https://www.scwf.org/habitats/

Fall is the perfect time to plant, so join us for a week of celebration as we showcase a SC native plant each day of the week. Check out the link below to learn more about why native plants are important and where you can buy them!

https://www.scwf.org/native-plants/