General Meetings

Betsy Williams is a life long gardener, herb grower, teacher, and delightful lecturer.  She will present The Savory Herbal Kitchen, a program with tips on how to use, store and freeze your herbs. There will be recipes shared and an opportunity to taste some of her herbal treats. Do not miss the rosemary walnuts.

Special mechanics make decorating for the holidays a snap. Our own Sarah Boynton and Ellen Garrow will show you what is new in mechanics, materials and design. Tips on conditioning flowers and greens will be covered. Be in- spired to make your holidays a fun filled floral adventure without floral stress!  

Gather and relax with old and new friends and enjoy special catered treats at our annual Holiday Luncheon!

Do you have an artistic flair and a love for great food? Lou Greenstein can show you how to indulge both passions at once by designing edible centerpieces to delight your guests.  

Lou has a 48-year career in the food service industry that includes directing auxiliary services for a university to being a TV chef. In his retirement he has developed a series of lectures for garden clubs demonstrating techniques, using carved vegetables and fruit in centerpieces. 

This presentation will get you moving into better health and enjoying your garden more. Gardening can be demanding on the body with raking, digging, bending, pushing, and pulling. Yet when gardening is done correctly with adaptive tools and methods it can be safe and pleasing for the body, mind, and spirit.accessible green spaces designed to restore and nurture the body and spirit. 

Your front yard is the first room your guests enter. Tom Strangfeld will show us some history, theory and design of the residential landscape, with examples of the good and the not so good. The goal? To help us design the outside of our homes in the same way we design the inside. Spaces to enjoy, to live in. Much more than just lawn to mow and shrubs to shear.

Join award winning container garden designer Deborah Trickett as she shows us how to take our container gardens from “blah to aaah”. She’ll start with the basics, including appropriate containers, soil mixes, and plant choices for different site conditions. She will then proceed to new and unusual plant material and uncommon container choices.

December 13 for the January 2020 issue

June 12 for the July 2020 issue

Garden Club members will meet at Allerton House assisted living center towork with residents in creating a “Horn of Plenty” floral arrangement for eachperson to complete and keep in their living space. Materials and supplies pro- vided by the Garden Club. A wonderful opportunity to build friendships and enhance the day for residents.

Time to freshen up the front door and say goodbye to your holiday decorations. This hands-on workshop will focus on reworking your holiday wreath or creat- ing something entirely new using natural materials and fresh ribbon with an abundance of inspiration to guide even the most creatively challenged. Bring your tired holiday wreath or start fresh with a new one as we share our creative vision and demonstrate how to rework, design, and build a stunning new win- ter interest wreath using natural materials.

Everyone will go home with a new creation.

Join us and learn how to create your own willow wreath or container center- piece using spring materials. After a long winter it is the perfect excuse to freshen up your home with a touch of spring. Our workshop will start with a stunning visual presentation of unique spring floral designs, followed by a demonstration breaking down the basics of creating your own personal work of art including moss, sticks, feathers, eggs, and spring flowers. We will include both natural and faux ingredients to construct a beautiful, fresh centerpiece or wreath for your home. Additional details to follow.

Now that Spring is officially here it’s time to get out your green thumbs andmake some beautiful containers! Container gardening is the perfect way to create and maintain a small garden wherever you want it. Our very own master gardener, Lisa Berkin, will share some great recipes for colorful combinations and provide step by step instructions with several flower choices. We supply all of the ingredients - you bring a container and the sunshine.