April 2010
7-8, State Board Finance & Board Meeting, Lansing
19-20, Gardening Study School Course IV
Registration Deadline
April 10, 2010
Midland - First United
Methodist Church
Content for Course IV
is:
Outdoor
Identification of Plants
Specialized
Styles of Gardening
Techniques
for Growing Woody Ornamentals
Techniques
for Growing Fruit
Home
Irrigation Techniques
28-30, Landscape Design School - Course IV, District IIB MSU -
Radiology Department - 184 Service Road, East Lansing, MI 48824. For questions
contact Bev Johnson at 517-339-9769. To register by phone contact
registrar, Anne Wineman at 517-669-5112 or by email at winemana@comcast.net
May 2010
4, 2010 KGC Flower Arranging Workshops.
This series of workshops is designed
to build on our 2009 workshops and is open to beginning and intermediate
arrangers. After attending the demonstration, the student will create her
own arrangement interpreting an idea, use leaves and foliage creatively in
an arrangement, design a miniature arrangement, and use fruits and or
vegetables in an arrangement.
Tuesday, May 4 - Interpreting an Idea
with Flowers, Phyllis Straw, MGC Accredited Judge
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4-7, Holland
- Flower Show
Holland Garden Club presents "Reading in the Garden"Tulip Time
standard flower show. Location: Holland Arts council 8th Street.
Holland, MI. Entries welcome. Open to the public - Contact:
Jeanne Poll 335-3585
4-5, Environmental
School, Course I
To be held at the Amigo Centre, 26455 Banker Street Rd. Sturgis. Sponsored
by District III, Colon Garden Club. Registrar: Pat Hjertos,
269-496-4815.
7, District III 2010 -
Spring Meeting
Petal Pushers GC will host "Fun With Flowers" on Friday, May
7th at the Second Reformed Church, 2323 Stadium Dr. in Kalamazoo.
Registration, a continental breakfast and shopping will begin at 9:00
am. Business meeting starts promptly at 9:45.
The morning program, will be "Creating Community Gardens and
Changing Lives" by JC Schneider, Advanced Master Gardener,
following the theme of NGC President, Renee Blaschke.
The afternoon will offer a choice of Flower Arranging Workshops by the
Michigan Association of Accredited Judges or a talk by Ben Yost on
"Reproducing Forbs" (non-woody perennials). The
workshops are designed to help us all learn how to take flowers from
our yards and bring them indoors to enjoy.
Cost for the day is $20, with an additional $10 charge for those
signing up for the workshop. This fee will cover all materials
and you will go home with a lovely arrangement for Mother's Day.
Send checks to the Registrar: Diana Schneider, 32184 Fish
Hatchery Rd., Kalamazoo, MI 49009-9204 (269-668-6686) by April 23rd. For
more information contact Chairman Ann Spaeth, 269-375-4851,
alespa@juno.com.
11-16, National Garden Club 81st Annual Convention, Atlanta Georgia
Atlanta Abloom, May 11-16, 2010, Omni Hotel at CNN
Center, Atlanta Georgia. Reservations must be made prior to April
10, 2010 for special rate. Mention The National Garden Clubs when
making hotel reservations. 1-800-THE-OMNI www.omnicnn.com
15, Niles - Plant Sale
The Four Flags and The Niles Garden Club will each hold a Spring Plant Sale,
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., rain or shine, at the Niles Riverfront Park, corner
of Main and Front Streets parking lot. Club members will be offering
established plants for sale from their gardens. Prices will range from
$1 to $5, with gallon plants for $4 or 3 for $10. Plant related
decorator items will be available for purchase as well. For additional
information contact Elva at 269-683-6015 or Elaine at 269-683-5292.24,
National Blue Star Dedication Battle Creek
What a honor it is for Michigan Garden
Clubs, Inc., to dedicate a NATIONAL BLUE STAR MEMORIAL MARKER, as
a tribute to all who've served or are currently serving in the
military.
Please plan to attend this historic
dedication ceremony on Monday, May 24, 2010; 4:00 PM, at FORT
CUSTER NATIONAL CEMETERY, 15501 Dickman Road, Augusta, MI 49012;
ph: (269) 731-4164 This event has been arranged so that members
can attend the dedication and stay for the state convention, to be held in
Battle Creek the following day - Tuesday, May 25, 2010.
See convention notice: "Seeds of Tomorrow." For more
information about the ceremony, contact Jeanette Foster 517-645-2208 or
Julie Partee 517-675-5735.
25, MGC State Convention - "Seeds
of Tomorrow"
Held at the
newly renovated, McCamly Plaza Hotel, 50 Capital Avenue Southwest, Battle
Creek, MI. 49017. Co-Chairs, Lois Snover Hanson and Kathi
Dominguez. dominguezk@comcast.net
Look for the registration form in the March/April/May issue of "Thru
the Garden Gate." Pam Dewey, registrar.
Start your
day with a visit to the incredible vendors, breakfast with friends, followed
by remarks by our morning speaker, National Garden Clubs, Inc., President,
Renee Blaschke. Mid-morning, relax, shop, or take advantage of two
open workshops (there's plenty of room for all). The afternoon program
features, movie producer, bestselling author, public speaker, magazine
publisher and America’s 2006 Gardening Communicator of the Year, Paul
Tukey. Mark your calendar; gather a group of gardening friends, and
come to Battle Creek for this extraordinary event.
Why not plan
to arrive the night before, (May 24th) so that can attend the historic
dedication of a National Blue Star Memorial, 4:00 pm, at Fort
Custer National Cemetery.
20-21, Environmental School, Course II, Ann Arbor
June 2010
2, Michigan Consultants Council - tour of Loda Lake Wildflower
Sanctuary followed by lunch and business meeting in city of White Cloud.
Contact MCC President Mary Pulick, 734-665-4703/
marypulick@gmail.com for more information.
5, Perennial Plant Sale - 8am to 2pm. Petal Pushers Garden
Club will be selling Perennials of all sizes. All plants will be in
containers. Location; 2129 Ames Drive (north side of West Lake…in Portage)
Directions; Portage Road…I mile south of Centre Street - Turn
right on Ames, third house on the right (north side) Support one of your
local Garden Clubs
8,
Annual Meeting Fetzer Center 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Garden Council
Annual Meeting to be held at the Fetzer Center on the WMU campus.
Registration includes lunch, a program speaker, business meeting,
and the installation of new officers for 2010-2011. All Garden Club
members are welcome! Pre-registration is required. DEADLINE MAY 28, 2010. Click
Here for More Information
14, Blue Star Dedication - Portage - 11am - Sponsored by Landscapers
Garden Club
Veterans Memorial Park - 101-399 Library Lane, Portage
We invite all of you to join us for this very special occasion.
(See article in March Garden Post.)
15, Tuesday,
– Thinking Small: Miniature
Arrangements, Instructor TBA
See May 4 for details
22-23, Flower Show Symposium - Ann Arbor
2010
Registration is open for the June 22 and 23, 2010 Michigan Flower Show
Symposium which will be held at the Holiday Inn in Ann Arbor, MI.
The program features two well qualified instructors.Sandra Joyce on
Horticulture and Judy Monnot on Design.
26, Paw Paw - Garden
Walk
The Carnegie Garden Club--Paw Paw Michigan will be sponsoring their third
garden tour June 26, 2010 at 10am. Featuring seven gardens with one lake
front and a collectable garden with emphasis on Daylilies, Roses and
Perennial's. Contact 269-668-3662 for more information.
July 2010
10, South Haven - Garden Walk -
11:00am-4:00pm, Tickets $10. at Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum, 903 S.
Bailey. Sponsor: South Haven Garden Club. Contact: 269-637-2478.
13, Tuesday,
– Dramatic Ways to Use Leaves and
Foliage, Sharon Yantis, MGC Master Judge, Former President of MGC
See May 4 for details
23-24,
"A
Floral Tribute to the Drake House Homestead," A petite Standard
Flower Show and Drake House Tour. 827 North Drake Road, Kalamazoo.
July 23, 1-5PM and July 24, 10 am - 4pm. Admission free to the public.
Contact: Jerre 269-343-5974
August 2010
12, South Haven - Flower Show -
1:00-5:00pm, Flower Show by the South Haven Garden Club. Location: Liberty
Hyde Bailey Museum, 903 S. Bailey. Free admission. Information:
312-953-4587.
September 2010
8-9, State Finance/Board Meeting - Lansing, Plymouth
Congregational Church, Lansing.
14, MAA Judges Meeting - Michigan
Association of Accredited Judges Meeting has been scheduled. More
information to follow as planning takes place. Board Meeting will be
held September 13, 2010.
21, Tuesday,
– Bringing in the Harvest: Fruit and
Vegetable Arrangements, Caroline Gray, MGC Master Emeritus Judge, Former
President of MGC
See May 4 for details
23-26, NGC Board Meeting -
Scheduled for Great Falls, Montana, September 23-26
October 2010
4-6, Central Region Annual Meeting
Central Region's 78th Annual Meeting, "Mother Nature's
Follies", will be on October 4-6, 2010 at the Osthoff Resort,
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Make your room reservations directly to the Osthoff
Resort 800-876-3399 or www.osthoff.com - Reservations should be in
before Sept. 15, 2010 for the meeting and rooms.
12-13, Environmental School - Course II
To be held at the Amigo Centre, 26455 Banker Street Rd. Sturgis.
Sponsored by District III, Colon Garden Club. Registrar: Pat Hjertos,
269-496-4815.
14, District III Fall Meeting--Thursday, October 14, hosted by Seedlings
GC and Rose & Thistle GC, celebrating the 150th Anniversary of
WKKellogg's birth. Held at St. Ann Catholic Church, 12648 East D
Ave., Augusta. Contacts: Pam Dewey, 269-671-5211,
usrprd@tds.net
or Carol Beckius, 269-372-6950,
cbeckius@chartermi.net.
November 2010
3-4, State Board Finance & Board Meeting, Lansing
??, Christmas Parade - 10 am (Downtown Kalamazoo) Two from each club.
December 2010
3-4, Kalamazoo Garden Council GREENS &
GIFTS SALE at the Kalamazoo County
Fairgrounds. 2900 Lake Street, Kalamazoo
Fri., Dec 3, 9am-7pm
Sat., Dec 5, 9am-5pm
Fresh holiday arrangements,
centerpieces, wreaths, roping, swags and unique holiday gifts.
Bring in your own container for a custom design.
Seminar: Friday, December 3, 5:00 to 7:00pm
- Wreaths and Swags Workshop, Cost $20 per person
A Workshop for Children! - Saturday,
December 4, 10:00am to 2:00pm, Cost $3.00 per child
Free Christmas Decorating Demonstration
- Saturday, December 4, 1:00 to 2:00pm
Sponsored by the Kalamazoo Area
Garden Clubs
A nonprofit organization composed of 12 Garden Clubs, Michigan Garden Clubs,
Inc., and National Garden Clubs, Inc.
May 2011
12, District III Spring Meeting, Thursday, May 12,
2011
Hosted by Western Hills Garden Club, Zion Lutheran Church, Kalamazoo