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Calendar of Meetings and Events

2011

September
October
November
December

2012

January
February
March
April
May
June



General Membership Meeting
September 2, 2011
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm

Welcome Back Tea!

EXHIBITS:

Bring your best blooming summer flowers
Vegetable specimen or vine

HOSTESSES:

Pat Knoop & Cynthia Pempeit

Special Events:

Board Meeting 9:30am, Mary Lou Herrst home
Landscape School, Ludington, MI
Farmington Garden Workshops
Contact: msclawy@sclawy.biz
Horticulture Therapy 10:15am. Margaret Rombach
District I Presidents’ Meeting, Pleasant Ridge, MI 10:00am
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General Membership Meeting
October 10, 2011
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm

PROGRAM:

“Bird Nesting Habits” - LuAnn Linker, owner Wild Birds Unlimited - Royal Oak, Michigan. She will present a slide program that will cover and inform about the nesting habits of our backyard birds found here in Michigan. Mrs.Linker will also give information on good gardening practices and ideas to encourage these birds to our back yards. Hand outs will be available.

FRIENDSHIP / CLUMP SALE:

Bring extra plants from you garden. Label with name and care instructions.

HOSTESSES:

Jean Johnston & Cynthia Pepper

Special Events:

Central Region and Tri-Refresher, Grand Rapids
Board Meeting 9:30am, McFadden Ross
Environmental School I4, Sturgis, MI
Horticulture Therapy 10:15am Eve Toohey
District 1 Fall meeting, Holiday Happenings Venetian Room, Madison Heights
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General Membership Meeting
November 14, 2011
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm

PROGRAM:

"Christmas Arrangements for the Home" - Mr Ron Worth, a designer from English Gardens, Dearborn, will present a program with demonstrations of Christmas Greens Arrangement ideas you can learn to make for your home this Holiday Season.

EXHIBITS:

Thanksgiving decoration ideas
Pumpkins, gourds, and pods

HOSTESSES:

Caroline Hebb & Margaret Rombach

Special Events:

Board Meeting 9:30am, McFadden Ross
Horticulture Therapy 10:15am Pat Knoop
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General Membership Meeting
December 12, 2011
1 pm - 3pm

Christmas Tea and Social

Lady Bugs

EXHIBITS:

A favorite Christmas decoration
Door decoration—inside or out

HOSTESSES:

Donna Behm & Pat Bailey

Special Events:

Holly Berry Brunch 10:00am, Dearborn Inn
Board Meeting 9:30am, McFadden Ross
Horticulture Therapy 10:15am, Mary Dietrich
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General Membership Meeting
January 9, 2012
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm

PROGRAM:

Sunny Fields, a Michigan Botanical Park, in Emmett, MI - Ben Horman, a Detroit senior Horticulturist, co-founder of the Belle Isle Belle Isle Botanical Society and owner of Sunny Fields will speak to us on the updates of Sunny Fields. Under his care, Sunny Fields has become a premier botanical park here in Michigan, where visitors can enjoy its stunning collections and glimpse wildlife while wandering peaceful trails. There will be slides of the landscape.

EXHIBITS:

Winter Wonderland arrangement
Any begonia

HOSTESSES:

Gloria Rusin & Marjory Cooper

Special Events:

Board Meeting 9:30am, McFadden Ross
Horticulture Therapy 10:15am, Dolores Savchetz
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General Membership Meeting
February 13, 2012
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm
Valentine Tea!
Horticultural Therapy and Enabling Gardens study groups

PROGRAM:

“What's New for 2012”- George Papadelis, owner of Telly's Greenhouse, in Troy and Shelby Township, will describe and bring plants that are new for the 2012 growing season for you to see and learn about.

EXHIBITS:

Valentine arrangement
Orchids Leap Year

HOSTESSES:

Margaret Engstrom & Gloria Rusin

Special Events:

Board Meeting 9:30am, McFadden Ross
Horticulture Therapy 10:15am, Gloria Rusin
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General Membership Meeting
March 12, 2012
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm

PROGRAM:

“Irish Gardens”, “Irish Gardens” - Joanne Tokatlian, traveller, gardener and fan of Ireland, will present a wonderful digital presentation of photos from her Ireland adventures and the gardens inspired from and by the Irish countryside.

EXHIBITS:

St. Patrick’s Day flower arrangement
Unusual or grand shamrock

HOSTESSES:

Verdella Faitel & Bettysue Pisula

Special Events:

Board Meeting 9:30am, McFadden Ross
Horticulture Therapy 10:15am, Judy Henn
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General Membership Meeting
April 2, 2012
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm

PROGRAM:

"Growing Orchids: Different but not Difficult." – Dr. Neal Foster, co-founder of the Ann Arbor Orchid Society, and 25 year Orchid grower and expert will present a photographic journey from his 25 year involvement with orchids. During his presentation, Dr. Foster will demonstrate how to re-pot an orchid. Handouts will be provided.

EXHIBITS:

Spring or Easter centerpiece
Bulbs that have been forced

HOSTESSES:

Eleanor Dolega & Barbara Kerr

Special Events:

Board Meeting 9:30am, McFadden Ross
Horticulture Therapy 10:15am, Petal Pushers
Landscape School II, Ludington, MI
District I Spring Meeting, , MI
Flower Show School II, Okemos, MI
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General Membership Meeting
May 14, 2012
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm

PROGRAM:

“Jens Jensen: Master of Shadow, Water and Stone” – Karen Marzonie, Landscape Manager at the Henry Ford Estate. Karen’s presentation will focus on the life of landscape architect, Jens Jensen, and his relationship with the Ford family that led to his design commissions for Greenfield Village, Henry Ford Hospital, and The Dearborn Inn, as well as several private residences belonging to the Fords. Jens Jensen became known as one of 20th Century's leading landscape architects. The NY Times called him the "Dean of American Landscape Architecture" in 1951. Jensen focused on a regionally-based approach to design and dovetailed with broader land conservation efforts. The style of design he advocated became known as "Prairie Style".

FRIENDSHIP / CLUMP SALE:

Bring extra plants from you garden. Label with name and care instructions.

HOSTESSES:

Shirley Barrick & Deanne Baker

Special Events:

Board Meeting 10:30am, McFadden Ross
Horticulture Therapy 10:15am, Lady Bugs
National Convention, Buffalo NY
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General Membership Meeting
June 6, 2012 12:00 noon

ANNUAL LUNCHEON:

12:00 noon at the Dearborn Country Club
800 N. Military Dr, Dearborn

EXHIBITS:

TBA
TBA

HOSTESSES:

Sharon Olshansky & Fran Geiger

Special Events:

Board Meeting 9:30am, McFadden Ross
MGC State Convention, Grand Traverse Resort, Acme, MI
Horticulture Therapy 10:15am, Betty Brown

Summer Months:

Horticulture Therapy 10:15am, Helen Petricko
Horticulture Therapy 10:15am, Phyllis Brim
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For more information contact:
President Mary Lou Herrst
313-336-3184
president@gardenclubdearborn.org