Arrival time is 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., and plan to work until approximately 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in this beautiful, historic and peaceful garden.
If you have any questions, please contact Linda Aldrich at ljaldrich@hotmail.com, Steve Kovack at z.kovack@comcast.net, or Glenda Thomas at glendathomas001@yahoo.com.
We gather at 11:00 am; the meeting begins promptly at 11:30 am.
Please confirm to Sharon at sjmulvey@gmail.com or call 860 461-1522.
1. Shifts are scheduled from 8:30 am to 10:30 am.
2. At least 3 volunteers are needed for each shift.
3. If it is raining on your scheduled day, the rain date will be the next day.
4. Plan to bring the same items you take to work at Butler-McCook.
Any questions, please contact Marj Johnson at mejohnson3@outlook.com or Irene Clark at i.clark@sbcglobal.net.
“Thieves, Charlatans and Crooks: the Wild and Wonderful World of Plant Origins”
Speaker: Professor Richard Benfield, Professor of Geography at CCSU
Professor Benfield’s research interests are garden tourism and biogeography. Lean how amazing and unusual plants from all over the world get into our gardens.
OPEN MEETING, Guest donation $10.00
Program: Ann Painter
Floral Arrangement: Jane Godfrey
Tea sandwiches, cookies and beverages will be served.
‘The Sound & the Flora of Stony Creek’
A standard flower show and so much more
Saturday – October 6 • 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Sunday – October 7 • 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
This event will take place at multiple venues including 3 BEAUTIFUL SEASIDE HOMES and several historical buildings. Program will list schedule details and venues. Free shuttle service to all locations within the Stony Creek village during show hours.
Tickets valid both Saturday and Sunday.
Admission $15 per person
‘The Sound & the Flora of Stony Creek’
A standard flower show and so much more
Saturday – October 6 • 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Sunday – October 7 • 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
This event will take place at multiple venues including 3 BEAUTIFUL SEASIDE HOMES and several historical buildings. Program will list schedule details and venues. Free shuttle service to all locations within the Stony Creek village during show hours.
Tickets valid both Saturday and Sunday.
Admission $15 per person
Arrival time is 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., and plan to work until approximately 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in this beautiful, historic and peaceful garden.
If you have any questions, please contact Linda Aldrich at ljaldrich@hotmail.com, Steve Kovack at z.kovack@comcast.net, or Glenda Thomas at glendathomas001@yahoo.com.
We will be presenting information on conditioning flowers and how to create a vertical arrangement. We hope that many of you who are new to the club can join us. Of course, as always, we welcome anyone who wants to have some fun with flowers.
Sign-up sheet and information will be available at the October 4 meeting. Please contact Janet Ward at beejayct@comcast.net or call 860 236-1019 or Barbara Cloonan at rjcloonan@comcast.net or call 860 236-3922 for more information or if you are planning on attending and did not do so at the meeting.
Please bring your clippers.
Annual Meeting
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84th New England Garden Clubs, Inc. Annual Meeting and
NGC Symposium, October 15-18, 2018, Water’s Edge, Westbrook, CT.
CALL TO NEGC MEETING AND NGC SYMPOSIUM
Please join me and your fellow NEGC members on Monday, October 15th, 2018, for a Cocktail Reception. Following dinner there will be a Designer Challenge where each designer is given identical mechanics and plant material to create her “masterpiece!” Please volunteer to present your own challenge that evening!
The 84th Business Meeting will convene at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, Oct. 16th.
Leslie Martino will give our program “History of Community Gardening” and the CSA concept. Following the NEGC Annual Meeting the NGC Symposium will begin featuring talks on “The 21st Century Global Flower Market,” and an Allied Subject “Certified American Grown Flowers.” Penny Decker and Dorothy Yard will give Wednesday and Thursday’s Design and Horticulture lectures. There will be plenty of vendors to attract your attention every day!
ALL NEGC OFFICERS AND CHAIRMEN ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND.
All members of NEGC clubs are both invited and encouraged to attend, to take part in the business meeting and to enjoy and learn from the programs being presented.
REGISTRATION MATERIALS AND DETAILS OF THE MEETINGS MAY BE FOUND ON THE Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut website at www.ctgardenclubs.org. Registration deadline for both is Sept. 30th.