SINCE 1959Come dig in.
Rooted in community.
One member joined to meet three people — and stayed for the other ninety. We plant the town's gardens, teach children to grow things, arrange flowers, give the proceeds away — and have a great deal of fun doing it. New members always welcome.
100+
MEMBERS1959
FOUNDED10 hrs
VOLUNTEER HOURS PER MEMBER$10,772
BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR
What's coming upIt's a Yuletide year.
Thursday, December 3, 2026 · 10am–4pm
This year's theme: Christmas by the Sea
Every other December, the Club opens the doors to a handful of distinguished Cohasset homes, each one decorated by one of our talented design teams. This year the seaside is never far from mind: evergreens and winter berries, seed pods and fresh flowers, shells and starfish, much of it gathered from our own gardens and our own shore. Alongside the tour, a curated Marketplace of handmade work by our members and local artists and artisans.
Tickets are $62 and go on sale this fall. Full details and the house list to follow.
The club yearA garden club runs on a calendar
Meetings, workshops, plantings and sales, in the order they come around.
OCTOBER
Success with succulents
Jan Goodman speaks at the general meeting — open to the public.JANUARY
Design and dig
Floral design workshop and Junior Gardeners at Deer Hill Elementary School.FEBRUARY
The winter garden
Warren Leach at the general meeting — open to the public.MARCH
Page Dickey in Hingham
A special joint meeting with the Hingham Garden Club. Seed swaps too.APRIL
Art in Bloom
Members travel to the MFA, and Stephani Teran brings peonies to the meeting.JUNE
Summer break begins
One board meeting, then the calendar clears.AUGUST
Watering & planning
The yearbook goes to print. We gather again in September, rested and ready.
What we do Four things we're known for
The gardens around town
The Lightkeepers Cottage Garden on Government Island has been ours since 1993. We also care for the Historical Society garden and the POW Garden on North Main Street.
Two sales that fund it all
The May Plant Sale on the Town Common and the December Yuletide House Tour. Proceeds go to academic awards, town beautification, and community giving.
Flowers, taught and shared
Design workshops for members, floral design sessions for seniors at Willcutt Commons, and Junior Gardeners for children in grades 3 through 5.
Eight speakers a year
Botanical artists, native-plant growers, rosarians and nurserymen — one at every general meeting, September through May. Three meetings this year are open to the public, so you can come and listen before you join anything.
It began in 2020 during the pandemic, when the Club had nowhere to meet, as a way to lift spirits when there was little else going on. A bicycle, planted and pushed out to a corner where people would pass it — proof that we were still here, and something cheerful to come upon on a walk. It never stopped. The Bike is replanted through the seasons and moved around Cohasset, parked where it will be noticed: our most recognizable tradition, and the easiest way to pitch in. No experience, no meeting, just a morning and a few flats of flowers.
Our mascot The Traveling Bike
New members welcome You don't need to know a thing about gardening
Some of our members have been growing for fifty years. Others joined to meet people and stayed for the flowers. Every member joins at least one committee, and there's always a place to start.
Stay in the knowThe newsletter
Nine issues a year, plus a summer edition — the month's calendar, what the committees are up to, and photographs from what we've just done. Open meetings and Plant Sale dates land here first.
Back issues live in the member room.