A cluster of vivid pink phlox blooming in a shaded garden
About SHGC

A Garden Club Doing Creative Work

The Spring Hope Garden Club is a community charity formed by neighbors who believe that a town is measured, in part, by the care given to its public greenery. We are entirely volunteer-run. No one draws a salary; every dollar passes through to the soil.

MembershipFree to join

All ages, all experience levels.

Monthly Dues$5 / month

100% to the plant fund.

We Meet3rd Thursday

6:30 PM at the Spaulding Center.

Pink dogwood blossoms in full bloom beside a pond

What we do

We tend the public beds at the town square, maintain the pollinator strip along Spaulding Avenue, run a spring seed exchange, and host monthly programs ranging from grafting workshops to native plant walks. Everyone is welcome — you don't need green fingers or years of know-how. Whether you're young, old and wise, or somewhere in between, if you're not afraid of a little hard work and good company, there's a trowel here with your name on it.

Butterfly on a flowering shrub in the pollinator strip

Where the money goes

Dues and donations fund heritage seed purchases, compost and mulch for public beds, tools for our volunteers, and the occasional honorarium for visiting horticulturalists. Our books are open at every monthly meeting.