CONSERVATION PLEDGE
I pledge to protect and conserve the natural resources of the planet earth and promise to promote education, so we may become better caretakers of our air, water, forest, land and wildlife.
Welcome! The Hillsborough Garden Club, established in 1925, will be celebrating 100 Years of Gardening Together in 2025. This website features our distinguished history, as well as the many exciting events that members of the Club support and foster.
Hillsborough Garden Club
Est. 1925
Celebrating 100 Years of Gardening Together
Our next meeting:
Meet Our
Community Partners
NOVEMBER 12, 2026
PROGRAM: Historic Moorefields, a Hillsborough Treasure
PRESENTER: Cecily Nesbit, Executive Director, Friends of Moorefields
Cecily Nesbit is a graduate of Sotheby’s Institute of Art and Cornell University and has been with Moorefields since May of 2025, leading the effort to further the organization’s archaeological, artistic, environmental and historic preservation goals. Cecily will share the history of Moorefields and its owners from its creation in 1785. In addition to being the oldest home open to the public in Hillsborough, the property encompasses 70 acres of woodlands and permanent pasture that are maintained as a wildlife preserve, owned and managed by the Friends of Moorefields. Cecily will update us on the formal gardens and the Hillsborough Garden Club’s grant to support the visitor experience through education.
Conservation Pledge
I pledge to protect and conserve the natural resources of the planet earth and promise to promote education, so we may become better caretakers of our air, water, forest, land and wildlife.
Visitors Center Garden Workdays
October 18th and 22nd
9am - noon
Sunday, October 18
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work on the "circle garden" between the Dickson House and post office.
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remove the non-native salvia that has taken over much of the bed
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remove the walnut tree saplings
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general weeding (mainly stilt grass)
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keep the following natives - American beautyberry, cut leaf coneflower, joe pye weed, monarda
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debris can be left for town pickup
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bring snips, gloves, weeding tools
Thursday, October 22
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general weeding and clean up around the Dickson House (there are very little weeds thanks to Becca's consistent attention and mulching).
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install plants around the house and the circle garden
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plant the containers in front of the house
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maybe add a fall wreath to the front door
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bring snips, shovel, weeding tools, gloves
We have received a generous donation of plants from Birch Meadow Garden Care and Backyard Butterflies.
Backyard Butterflies Birch Meadow Garden Care
3 red columbine 2 purple love grass
3 hairy beardtongue. 4 stokes aster
4 great coneflower 5 cardinal flower
3 wild bergamot 5 purple coneflower
1 shrubby St. John wort 5 Carolina phlox
Email hillsboroughgardenclubnc@gmail.com with questions or to sign up.
We celebrated 100 Years
of Gardening Together
HGC Grant Information
The Hillsborough Garden Club (HGC) is proud to announce a new competitive grant program to support local organizations and individuals that carry out public programs or projects that promote horticultural, gardening, or other efforts to protect and conserve our natural resources.
The HGC will sponsor two grant cycles each year; the deadlines for applications are September 15 and February 15 of each year.
Hillsborough Holiday Parade - 100 Years of Gardening Together
December 8, 2024
Hillsborough, NC
Museum exhibit - 100 Years of Gardening Together
January 8 - March 23, 2025
Orange County Historical Museum
Hillsborough, NC
Free and open to the public
Garden Tour - 100 Years of Gardening Together
Saturday, May 3, 2025
10 am - 4 pm
Hillsborough, NC
Ticket sales begin in March 2025
Children’s Play - Queen Flora Saves the Bees
Sunday, June 22, 2025 11am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm
Eno River Farmer’s Market Pavilion
Hillsborough, NC
Free and open to the public
Celebration Dinner - 100 Years of Gardening Together
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Keynote Speaker: Bryce Lane
The Barn at Union Grove
Chapel Hill, NC
Member + guest invite only