The club meets every second Tuesday of the month from September through June. Coffee and socializing starts at 9:00 a.m. The business meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. Programs begin about 11:00 a.m. followed by lunch.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
2012 District I Garden Club 'Favorites List'
Programs:
- "A History of the Flower Show", Melinda Moritz, chair of the 2012 PHS Flower Show.
- "Ground Covers - More Than Pachysandra", Pauline Myers.
- The Orchid Doctor, Tracey LeCates
- Sogetsu Design Demo, Midori Tanimune
- Lower Merion Conservancy, Patricia Thompson
- "Winter Color in the Garden", RareFind Nursery, NJ
- "Floral Arranging for Autumn", Terrain at Styers
- "Organic Gardening", Tom Colton (717-598-1721)
- "Orchids and Epiphytes", Ann Eder, Chadds Ford Greenhouses
- "Arranging the Spring Harvest", Eva Monheim
- "Sensory Appeal of Native Plants, Greg Tepper, Mt. Cuba horticulturalist
- "Container Gardening with Native Plants", Marcia Tate
- Portrayal of John Bartram, Kirk Brown, dramatist
- Especially for men - Auburn Heights Preserve, Yorklyn, DE. Tom Marshall created a Steam Museum with historic automobiles, a Stanley Steamer and a "riding" miniature railroad. (302-239-2385) AuburnHeights.org
Tours:
- Visit to Brandywine River Museum
- Chanticleer
- PECO Green Roof
- Longwood Gardens
- Jenkins Arboretum
- Burpee Test Gardens (only open a few days in Spring). Combined with visit to Pearl Buck Home.
- Eve Thyrum's Garden
- Bartram's Garden
- Meadowbrook Farm
- Terrain at Styers
- Riverbend
- Dodo Hamilton's Gardens and Greenhouses with 'best in show' plants
- Philadelphia Flower Show - early morning
- WynEden - Wayne Guymon's garden
- Native plant garden on the Springton Reservoir, Media. martinam4@verizon.net
Activities:
- Design and deliver Christmas arrangements to residents of the Wentworth Home in West Chester.
- Design and deliver May Baskets and place on bedside tables of residents of Wentworth Home in West Chester.
- Design and deliver flower arrangements to the chester Valley Rehab Center - monthly.
- Plant seasonal containers outside Borough Hall in Malvern.
- Planted a Franklinia tree at the township building on Arbor Day.
- Designed May baskets and hung them on their mailboxes for neighbors to enjoy.
- June dinner on the terrace overlooking the gardens at Jenkins Arboretum
- August annual covered dish picnic with spouses, friends and potential new members.
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