Category Archives: youth
Garden Club Visits Downeast Horizons Children and Adult Programs – 2023
The Bar Harbor Garden Club Youth Activities Committee visited the Downeast Horizons (DEH) Children’s Program in Ellsworth to present a gardening activity for the participants. Each child decorated a pot and selected a flower to plant for someone special in … Continue reading
2023 Youth Contest Winners
The Bar Harbor Garden Club proudly announced the local student winners of the 2023 Smokey Bear Poster Contest and Youth Poetry Contest at award ceremonies at the students’ local schools. Emma Grickis, a third grade student in Ms. Susan Raven’s … Continue reading
Creating Future Gardeners on MDI
Westside Summer Garden Club This summer the Bar Harbor Garden Club (BHGC) and the Bass Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) launched the Westside Summer Garden Club, a first-time program designed to foster a life-long interest in gardening and horticulture among youth … Continue reading
Youth Award Winners 2021 – 2022
Garden Club Announces Youth Award Winners Two students win First Place, state-level contest honors… The Bar Harbor Garden Club (BHGC), a member of the Garden Club Federation of Maine, has announced the 2021-2022 State of Maine, Regional and National Youth … Continue reading
Downeast Horizons Kids Youth Activity – 2021
Planting Activity for Downeast Horizons Kids Children participating in the Downeast Horizons Children’s Program were visited by the Youth Activities committee and presented a modified spring activity, with respect to COVID safety guidelines, to celebrate the beginning of spring and … Continue reading
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