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Upcoming Events:

The 28th Annual HCC Alumni Flower & Garden Show March 16 & 17, 2024

The Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association will host the 28th Annual HCC Alumni Flower & Garden Show, themed, “Blooms, Bugs and Butterflies,” on Saturday, March 16, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, March 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Athletic, Recreation and Community Center at HCC.

More than 125 exhibitors and vendors will take part in the tri-state area’s largest floral event, and will include nurseries, distributors of lawn and garden equipment, pottery, statuary, landscaping, tree services, water ponds, stone products, herbs, violets, spring flowers, house plants, outdoor furniture, florists, wild bird products, gifts, gourmet foods and natural gifts from the garden.

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet, learn from, and network with a variety of area garden experts. Seminars and demonstrations on a variety of gardening topics will be held continuously throughout the two days. Show gardens will be on display and free gardening activities will be offered for kids.

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, contact Lisa Stewart at lsstewart@hagerstowncc.edu, or call 240-500-2346.

 

 

Twenty-Sixth Annual Hagerstown Community College Flower & Garden Show

Past Events:

27th Annual HCC Alumni Flower & Garden Show

The HCC Alumni Association hosted our Twenty-Seventh Annual Hagerstown Community College Flower & Garden Show, the tri-state area’s largest and best floral event, on the HCC campus in Hagerstown, Maryland, on March 18 & 19, 2023.

Photo collage of various vendors from the Alumni Flower & Garden Show

17th Annual HCC Alumni Association Red, White and Blue Concert Series 2022

All concerts were held in the outdoor HCC Alumni Amphitheater located on the Hagerstown Community College campus & were free and open to the public!

HCC Alumni Association Red, White and Blue Concert Series

HCC Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament

The HCC Alumni Association hosted our 29th Annual Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament on Friday, September 9, 2022, at the Black Rock Golf Course in Hagerstown with a Noon shotgun start.

HCC Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament

HCC Alumni Association presents 2019 Outstanding Alumnus Award

Wiley's holding award plaques

The Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association named Gracie and Eddie Wiley as Outstanding Alumni of 2019 during the college’s Honors Convocation. HCC Alumni Association Immediate Past President Linda Reid presented the award in recognition of the Wiley’s meritorious unpaid service to Hagerstown Community College and the Alumni Association, as well service to the community.

Sadly, Gracie Wiley died unexpectedly on November 1, 2019, after a short illness, which makes this year’s award even more meaningful.

Gracie Wiley was a 1991 graduate of Hagerstown Junior College, as well as a graduate of Excelsior College of New York. She retired after a 37-year career in the United States Government working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Eddie Wiley attended HCC from 1999 to 2003 and graduated from University of Maryland. He is retired from the United States Army, where he served as a senior communication electronic operations chief. Additionally, he served as a team leader in information technology for the U.S. Government.

Since 1996, the Wiley’s have given numerous hours of their time to volunteer at HCC and with the HCC Alumni Association. Currently, Eddie serves on the HCC Alumni Association board, and Gracie previously served as a vice president of the association. Their daughter, Rhonda Kim Wiley, also a graduate of HCC, is an active member of the HCC Alumni Association.

Gracie will be deeply missed by all of her friends in the HCC Alumni Association.