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West Concord Green Thumbs handiwork on show at ‘Art in Bloom’

April 22, 2024

Green Thumbs members Tanya Hellman and Anna Kausz envision a design brimming with interpretive and artistic expression.

Green Thumbs keep West Concord in bloom

October 26, 2022

How many times have you driven through West Concord in the summer months and noticed women and men working in the five beautiful roadside gardens and wondered who they were? We are

Keeping West Concord green

August 31, 2023

Karen Young, vice president of the West Concord Green Thumbs, cares for late-summer plants off Commonwealth Avenue. Volunteers with the non-profit Green Thumbs group, formed in 2008, care for public gardens in

Letter: Green Thumbs have success despite rain

June 9, 2023

Thanks to all who came out to the West Concord Green Thumbs Plant Sale, Saturday, May 20. The forecasted rain held off long enough that many folks came out early and gathered

Hanging baskets brighten West Concord

June 2, 2023

“I love when the hanging baskets go up.” Looking down Commonwealth Avenue, West Concord Green Thumbs member Caroline McCloy was admiring the large baskets of geraniums being hung on the light posts.

Green Thumbs go fallow until spring

November 15, 2022

The West Concord Green Thumbs will meet one last time for the year on the Nov. 19, the Saturday before Thanksgiving to “put the gardens to bed” for the winter. As we

Curb your gardening enthusiasm as spring sets in

April 16, 2024

We practice this restraint knowing that pollinator insects have been overwintering in our lawn debris, our home gardens, and the gardens we maintain in the village.

Let flowers and art help you beat the winter blues

February 24, 2024

West Concord Green Thumbs member Debbie Canally creates Fowler Library’s weekly flower displays. This year, she teamed up with fellow Green Thumb member Leslie Bitman for something special: designing an arrangement for