General Meetings

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With branches from living trees and slides of trees in bloom throughout the growing season, Nancy Riggs will guide us in identifying some of the loveliest trees that can grace our own back yards. 

Tony Todesco is a Floral Designer and National Garden Clubs Master Flower Show Judge. He will bring his colorful style and expertise, coupled with his creative use of plant material and tech- nical knowledge to our club to create seven unique arrangements. We will have an opportunity drawing, so bring cash and you may be lucky enough to take one home!

Suzanne Mahler will show us how to discover the beauty, ele- gance, and design advantages of using statuesque plants as focal points and for vertical interest to meld shorter plants with taller trees and shrubs in the landscape.

The Olmsted firm was much more than its founder Frederick Law Olmsted. For more than one hundred years, the creative minds at the Olmsted Firm created visually compelling and accessible green spaces designed to restore and nurture the body and spirit. Arleyn Pringle-Levee will show us examples of private, institutional and commercial work as well as community design that cover a wide variety of styles but illustrate the unifying de- sign principles of the Olmsted firm.

Photograher Kirsten Torkelson will show us how to get a better photo of the garden. Whether you are using the camera on your phone or an actual camera, there is so much you can do to ensure a great photo. Kirsten will show us how to improvise tools such as backgrounds and light filters as well as how to make the most out of challenging conditions.

The French, hand-tied, spiral bouquet is created in the designer’shand and not in a container — a technique that requires proper selection, conditioning and preparation of materials. Focusing on the design principles of scale, texture, repetition and color theory, Nancy Vargas of Le Jardin Blanc will demonstrate three distinct uses of this design technique. All three bouquets will be wrapped in cellophane with a water source, perfect to take home or give as gifts. We will have an opportunity drawing, so bring cash and you may be lucky enough to take one home!

Have you ever wondered how flower show exhibitors make jewelry and other items out of plant material? Sarah Boynton, flower show award winner, will show you how! She will share techniques, secrets and planning ideas that help create winning entries for flower shows. Sarah will present a slide show and explain how she collects and treats plant materials to create her entries

December 14 for the January  issue

June 15 for the July issue