What Events Does the Shippan Point Garden Club Hold During the Year?

The Shippan Point Garden Club holds three named events across the year: the May Market plant sale, the Doors of Shippan holiday decorating project, and Flower Shows staged to National Garden Club standards. The May Market is tied to a fixed calendar point (the Saturday before Mother's Day), Doors of Shippan takes place in December, and the Flower Shows are described as a recurring club activity rather than a dated event. Note one access condition: Doors of Shippan is explicitly open to all Shippan Point residents, while the site does not state that the other events are open to the general public.

The Three Named Events

May Market

The May Market Plant Sale is the club's annual fund-raising event. It is held on the Saturday before Mother's Day, which places it in early-to-mid May depending on the year. The site describes it as offering spring plants plus "other offerings," so it functions as both a plant sale and a fundraiser rather than a plant-only swap.

Because the date is anchored to Mother's Day rather than a fixed calendar date, the exact day shifts each year. If you want to attend, the practical step is to check the club's site or local listings in late April for the confirmed date.

Doors of Shippan

"Doors of Shippan" is an annual holiday project that takes place in December. It encourages residents to create decorated doors for the season. The site states it is open to all Shippan Point residents, which makes this the clearest example of an event with a defined participation group.

If you live in Shippan Point and want to take part, the relevant action is to plan and install a door decoration in December; the event is framed as a neighborhood-wide encouragement rather than a ticketed program.

Flower Shows

The club stages Flower Shows according to National Garden Club standards. These shows consist of:

• Floral designs created by club members
• Horticulture specimens grown in members' own gardens

This is the most member-centered of the three events — the exhibits come from members' work, and the format follows an external standard rather than a club-invented one. The site does not give a month or frequency for the Flower Shows, so treat the timing as something to confirm directly rather than assume.

What Else the Club Does Year-Round

Beyond the three named events, the club's stated mission covers four standing areas, which are ongoing programs rather than dated events:

The site also references a Streetscapes Challenge, a neighborhood beautification contest with entries and winners (for example, a mailbox landscape design winner). This appears in the club's news section rather than as a scheduled annual event, so its recurrence is not confirmed by the available material.

How to Decide Whether to Engage

• If you want to buy plants: watch for the May Market date, announced around the Saturday before Mother's Day.
• If you live in Shippan Point and want a low-commitment seasonal project: Doors of Shippan in December is explicitly open to you.
• If you want to see or exhibit floral and horticultural work: the Flower Shows follow National Garden Club standards, and the exhibits come from members — so participation likely runs through membership.
• If you are a student or senior: the outreach programs (scholarships, senior flower arranging) are the relevant entry points, not the three events above.

The site does not publish pricing, membership fees, or ticket details for any of these events, so none of them should be assumed free or open without checking.