The Hobby Greenhouse Club

Growing Orchids in a Hobby Greenhouse with Paula Paye (Mar 11, 2025)
2025-03-11 19:00 (America/New_York) | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Join us for our monthly meeting. All are welcome.
Paula Paye will speak on “Growing Orchids in a Hobby Greenhouse.”
Paula is a member of the Cape Fear Orchid Society as well as the Hobby Greenhouse Club. Paula grows many rare and unusual orchids in her 14’x 23′ greenhouse. She was selected as “Grower of the Year” in 2022 by the Cape Fear Orchid Society.

Learn more about our club at hobbygreenhouseclub.org

Camellia Propagation with Nate Buffum (Feb 11, 2025)
2025-02-11 19:00 (America/New_York) | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Join us for our monthly meeting at the arboretum. All are welcome.
Speaker: Nate Buffum
Topic: Camellia propagation: Cuttings, Grafting, and Air Layering

Learn more about our club at hobbygreenhouseclub.org

Carnivorous Plants (Jan 14, 2025)
2025-01-14 19:00 (America/New_York) | Pine Valley Baptist Church (Fellowship Hall), 3940 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington, 28403
Join us for our monthly meeting. All are welcome.
Mr. Lyndon McCall, owner of Nahunga Creek Tropicals in Warsaw, NC, will speak on the topic of “Carnivorous Plants” (such as Venus Flytraps, etc.)
Follow Nahunga Creek Tropicals on Instagram or Facebook
Learn more about our club at hobbygreenhouseclub.org

HGC Monthly Meeting (Holiday Dinner)
2024-12-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Please bring a dish to share. The club will provide turkey and ham.
Appetizers at 6pm, meeting at 6:30, dinner at 6:45.
No ugly sweater competition this year.

HGC Monthly Meeting (Nov): Gabriella de Souza "Native Plants"
2024-11-12 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Our guest speaker this month is Gabriella de Souza on the topic of “Native Plants”

HGC Monthly Meeting (October): Figs
2024-10-08 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Pine Valley Baptist Church (Fellowship Hall), 3940 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington, 28403
Phil D’Angelis – Figs

HGC Monthly Meeting (Sept)
2024-09-14 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States

Fall Plant Sale at 2318 Metts Ave
2024-09-06 09:00 - 2024-09-07 18:00 (America/New_York) | 2318 Metts Avenue Wilmington NC, 2318 Metts Avenue, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Friday, Sept 6, 2024 (9am – 6pm)
Saturday, Sept 7, 2024 (9am – 6pm)

Cash or checks only

HGC Monthly Meeting (August)
2024-08-13 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Guest Speaker: Alyssa Winfield, landscape designer

HGC Monthly Meeting (July)
2024-07-09 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States

HGC Monthly Meeting: Container Contest
2024-06-11 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Our annual container contest. Details to follow. See last year’s winners below.

HGC Monthly Meeting (May)
2024-05-14 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States

HGC Monthly Meeting & After Sale Potluck Dinner
2024-04-13 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Pine Valley Baptist Church (Fellowship Hall), 3940 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington, 28403

Spring Plant Sale at 2318 Metts Ave (Fri-Sun)
2024-04-07 12:00 - 17:00, 2024-04-06 09:00 - 18:00, 2024-04-05 09:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | 2318 Metts Avenue Wilmington NC, 2318 Metts Avenue, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Friday, April 5, 2024 (9am – 6pm)
Saturday, April 6, 2024 (9am – 6pm)
Sunday, April 7, 2024 (noon – 5pm)
Cash or checks only

HGC Monthly Meeting: The Citrus Man
2024-03-12 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Pine Valley Baptist Church (Fellowship Hall), 3940 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington, 28403
Stan Mckenzie (the Citrus Man) will join and bring plants for sale.

HGC Monthly Meeting: Camellias
2024-02-13 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Sherry Buffum, Nate Buffum, and Melissa Zylich will join from the Tidewater Camellia Club.

HGC Monthly Meeting (January)
2024-01-09 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States

Christmas Party
2023-12-11 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Please bring a dish to share. The club will provide turkey and ham.
We will also have an ugly sweater contest with prizes for the top 3. Please wear your ugliest sweater!

HGC Monthly Meeting: Natural Stormwater Solutions
2023-11-14 19:00 UTC | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Anna Reg-Gingerich will be speaking on Natural Storm Water Solutions.

Anna Reh-Gingerich (ah-nah ray ging-rick) is the Watershed Coordinator for the Heal Our Waterways Program, City of Wilmington Stormwater.

HGC Monthly Meeting: Stefanie Brown of Blue Basil Garden Coaching
2023-10-10 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
An avid gardener for 19 years in two climates, Stefanie Brown, the founder of Blue Basil Garden Coaching is on a mission to help as many people as possible grow their own food. As a transplant from New York, she has taken her cold climate gardening knowledge and learned the secrets of growing fresh vegetables and herbs year round. At this presentation she will share her tips and techniques that you can use to expand your garden’s production and harvest your own fresh veggies and herbs every day of the year.
Blue Basil Instagram: @bluebasilgardencoaching
See you at the Arboretum!

Monthly Meeting & Potluck Dinner
2023-09-12 18:30 UTC | Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States

Fall Plant Sale at 2318 Metts Avenue
2023-09-09 09:00 - 18:00, 2023-09-08 09:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | 2318 Metts Avenue Wilmington NC, 2318 Metts Avenue, Wilmington, NC, 28403, United States
Save the date for our next Hobby Greenhouse Club plant sale: Sept 8-9, 2023 from 9-6 at 2318 Metts Ave, Wilmington, NC
Cash and checks only. Proceeds from the sale fund scholarships for horticultural students at Cape Fear Community College and Brunswick Community College.

HGC Monthly Meeting: Growing Figs
2023-08-08 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Pine Valley Baptist Church (Fellowship Hall), 3940 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington, 28403
Topic: Growing Figs with Phil D’Angelis
Hobby Greenhouse Club member and Fig Fantatic Phil D’Angelis will host a program on Growing Figs for our August meeting.
Phil’s Figs is a certified plant nursery in Wilmington, NC, specializing in rare, delicious fig varieties that were cultivated from all over the world. Check out the Phil’s Figs YouTube channel for videos of his growing methods and results and subscribe to his mailing list from his website.
This month’s meeting will be at the Pine Valley Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.
Fig from philsfigs.com

HGC Monthly Meeting: Growing Hydroponically
2023-07-11 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Pine Valley Baptist Church (Fellowship Hall), 3940 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington, 28403
Topic: Growing Hydroponically with Michelle Lyon-Heatherly
Hobby Greenhouse Club Member and Lead Horticulturalist at The Green House Restaurant uses aeroponic tower gardens to grow all of the restaurant’s greens and herbs.
See a lovely profile of Lyon-Heatherly from the Star News in 2022.
This month’s meeting will be at the Pine Valley Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.
