The 29th Annual HCC Alumni Flower & Garden Show March 15 & 16, 2025

The Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association will hold its 29th Annual Alumni Flower & Garden Show on Saturday, March 15, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, March 16, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Athletic, Recreation and Community Center (ARCC) on campus.

More than 150 vendors will take part in the show, named as one of the area’s premier events. This year’s Show theme is “Spring is Sweet!” Show participants include experts in nurseries, lawn and garden equipment, pottery and statuary, landscaping, tree services, stone products, spas, outdoor furniture, flowers, wild bird products, and natural gourmet gifts from the garden.

Seminars and demonstrations on a variety of gardening topics will be held continuously throughout both days of the event.

Saturday seminars include:

• 10:30 a.m. - “WATERWISE GARDENING: SAVE TIME AND MONEY WITH SMALL TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES,” Annette Cormany, Horticulture Educator, UMD Extension – Washington County
• 11:30 a.m. - “THE CHESAPEAKE BAY… AND YOUR BACKYARD,” Jean Thomas, Washington County Extension Master Gardener
• 12:30 p.m. - “LOCAL WILD FLOWERS AND TRAILS TO WALK,” Wanda Miller, Potomac Valley Master Naturalist
• 1:30 p.m. - “POISONOUS AND EDIBLE MUSHROOMS,” Laura Robertson, PhD, Associate Professor, Biology, Shepherd University
• 2:30 p.m. - “BLUEBIRD BASIC TRAINING: A GUIDE TO THE EASTERN BLUEBIRD, ITS HABITAT, AND NESTING HABITATS,” Kathy Kremnitzer, North American Bluebird Society
• 3:30 p.m. - “NATIVE FERNS,” Jackie Schwab, Washington County Extension Master Gardener
   

Sunday seminars include:

• 11 a.m. - “WATERSHED – STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, Jason Swope, Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional
• 12 p.m. - “COTTAGE GARDENS,” James Dillion, Owner, Native Havens, LLC & Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist
• 1 p.m. - “SMITHSONIAN GARDENS,” Christine Abelow, Horticulturist Smithsonian Institution
• 2 p.m. - “NATIVE BEES: SWEETER THAN HONEY,” Becky Schubert, The Native Niche
   

Show admission is $5 for adults and free for children under 12. Enjoy unlimited Seminar presentations with paid daily admission. Proceeds benefit the HCC Alumni Association. Lunch and snacks will be available for purchase at the Garden Café. Free parking and garden-themed children’s activities will be available.

For information about vending at or attending the HCC Alumni Flower & Garden Show, view the vendor contract & brochure, or contact Lisa Stewart at lsstewart@hagerstowncc.edu, or call 240-500-2346.