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ProgramsThe Woodstock Garden Club has meetings for its members and presentations for the general public during the year. The Program Committee arranges for speakers on a wide variety of topics. Events held by the Club also include: our annual Memorial Day weekend plant sale, a "Greens" workshop for the holidays, and horticulture trips and workshops throughout the year. Go to the end and look at photos of our experiences from 2008-09!! Programs for 2010 Please note: Article IV Section 2A: Active members must attend at least three of the meetings marked with a flower * . April 28*- Wednesday 7:00 PM, Landscaping with Liz Krieg, Billings May 11* - Tuesday 12 Noon, Opening Meeting at Thea Oberlander's May 29 - Saturday 8:00 AM, Plant Sale, Norman Williams Library June 2 - Wednesday 2:00 PM, Liz Krieg's Greenhouse, Bethel June 8 - Tuesday 4:00 PM, All Member Social at Sarah Roberts June 17* - Thursday 12 Noon, Charlie Nardozzi, St James June 21 - Monday 10:00 AM, Arabella Dane's Center Harbor, NH July 22* - Thursday 12 Noon, Picnic at Tiny Mears' August 3 - Tuesday 12 Noon, Cider Hill Gardens, Windsor Week of August 16 - 10:30 AM, Putnam Farm, Pomfret September 23* - Thursday 12 Noon, Barbara Stern, St James October 21* - Thursday 11:30 AM, Luncheon at Quechee Club November 10* - Wednesday 12 Noon, Ellen Snyder, St James December 8 - Wednesday 9:30 AM, Holiday Greens Workshop, UU Please scroll down for program details ______________________________________________________ *Wednesday, April 28 Begins at 7:00 PM Landscaping with Liz Krieg Owner of Rising Sun Landscape Company Our favorite flower lady, Liz Krieg, is branching out this year - no pun intended. She will present an evening focused on landscape design utilizing North American native plants that suit the local landscape. The focus will be on indigenous and non-invasive perennials and grasses to use in our garden design, creating gardens that are low maintenance, will conserve water, help in controlling erosion and attracting butterflies and bees to our gardens. Don't miss this one and bring your neighbors! Directions: Billings Farm Auditorium is located just on the edge of town on Route 12N (Elm Street) and River Road. Parking is available on both sides of River Street. __________________________________________________________ *Tuesday, May 11, Begins at 12 Noon Woodstock Garden Club Opening Meeting Start off the official 2010 Woodstock Garden Club year at the home of this year's President, Thea Oberlander. Committee chairs will discuss the plans for this year and answer any questions you may have. Then, for our mini talk, we will learn about the world of composting. Ellen and Jo-Ann will inform us all about the hows, whys, wheres and whens and answer all your questions. Directions: See Program Booklet for Directions _____________________________________________________________ Saturday, May 29, From 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Woodstock Garden Club Plant Sale This is our biggest undertaking of the year - and the best place to get your new plantings for your garden. We have for sale well established Perennials from members' gardens, from other local gardens, annuals from a wonderful local nursery, herbs, vegetable plants, containers, hanging baskets and delicious baked goodies. As a member, we ask that you somehow contribute to make this day a resounding success. You are encouraged to dig 10 perennials for the sale in your own garden or also dig in the designated gardens with a team, bake goods for the Country Kitchen tent, help with publicity and/or volunteer that day... many hands make light work. The proceeds of the sale enable us to carry out our many community projects such as providing scholarships, plantings around town, and donations to those that share our mission. For further information on how you can help, contact Ann Sadowsky. __________________________________________________________ Wednesday, June 2, 2:00 PM Field Trip to Liz Krieg's Greenhouse Liz Krieg, of Rising Sun Landscape Company, is graciously opening up her greenhouse and offering her expertise on container gardening, right in the middle of her fabulous greenhouse in Bethel. Bring your own containers and even your own soil and get ready to have your containers the envy of the neighborhood. Plant material will be for sale by Liz so bring your checkbooks too. (Active and associate members only. Liz's nursery is not open to the public.) Directions: Exit 3 on I-89N. At the end of the exit ramp, turn right onto Route 107. 1.9 miles up Route 107 turn right on Christian Hill Road and Rising Sun Landscape is 3.3 miles down. (Bethel, Vermont 05032) ______________________________________________________________ Tuesday, June 8, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM All Member Social Do you feel when you come to the Garden Club meetings that there are just so many people that you don't know? If the answer is yes, then come out and mingle with all the Woodstock Garden Club members at the lovely home and garden of membership co-chair Sarah Roberts. Get a chance to put names to faces and faces to names, meet the new members, meet the Board and enjoy a couple of hours of camaraderie with absolutely no agenda whatsoever. New members from the fall of 2009 and the spring of 2010 will be introduced. Please RSVP to Sarah Roberts. (Active and associate members only, please.) Directions: See Program Booklet for Directions ____________________________________________________________ *Thursday, June 17, Begins at 12 Noon Armchair Flight to the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show Meeting Speaker: Charlie Nardozzi Begins at 12 Noon, Bring a Sandwich 12:30pm - Meeting St. James Church Directions: St. James Church is the stone church at the west end of the Green in Woodstock. _______________________________________________________ Monday, June 21, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (Carpool 7:45 AM) Horticulture Field Trip To Arabella Dane's, Center Harbor, NH Following Arabella's inspired and lively slide presentation to our Club last year, we are invited to come and tour her beautiful gardens in Center Harbor. The property is composed of a series of garden rooms, including a water garden, a moss garden, a delightful vegetable garden and much more! This lovely old family farm is home to cattle, horses, pigs and chickens. Bring a picnic lunch and wear flat, comfortable shoes. To car pool, meet at the Rec Center at 7:45am. Directions: To Be Sent at a Later Date. Map Quest information: Center Harbor, New Hampshire 03226. __________________________________________________________ *Thursday, July 22, 12:00pm (Rain Date: July 23) Picnic Meeting at Tiny Mears' Tiny's lovely property offers us a special setting for this year's annual summer picnic. Come and sit on the stone terrace and enjoy the view down to the pond, surrounding meadows and flower gardens. There might even be a "surprise entertainment" happening in the perennial border! Sign up in June to bring your favorite potluck items or call Lucille McCarthy by July 1st to tell us what you will bring. (Active and associate members only, please.) Directions: See Program Booklet for Directions ______________________________________________________________ Tuesday, August 3, 12 Noon Cider Hill Gardens and Gallery Begins at 12 Noon, Bring a Sandwich 12:30pm - Meeting Sarah and Gary Milek have created an enchanting place to live and work - Cider Hill Gardens and Gallery. Sarah, a gardener and herbalist, will give a slide presentation on how she and her husband Gary, a world renowned artist, have combined their passions to delight our senses and increase our love of the whole earth's garden. The Gardens offer for sale a wide range of plants that are guaranteed to keep color in your garden all summer long. Sarah and Gary have practiced chemical-free, green gardening since 1983 and will educate all those who would like to start or to improve on their organic gardening. Come bring your lunch and feast your eyes on the beautiful grounds and paintings that make this charming place a little bit of heaven on earth! Directions: From Woodstock: Route 4 E. to Route 12 South after Taftsville. Continue on Rte 12 all the way to the end, and then take a right on Rte 5 towards Windsor. Travel on Rte 5 across I-91 and continue into the town of Windsor. Take your first right in town (at first traffic light) onto State Street. Cider Hill is 2.5 miles (though it will seem farther). At the end of State Street, continue straight up the hill on Hunt Road. DO NOT bear right towards the hospital. Look for the Cider Hill sign after a large open field on the left. Turn left at sign. _______________________________________________ Week of August 16th, Begins at 10:30 AM Horticulture Field Trip to Janine and John Putnam's Farm Directions: Go to the Teago Store in South Pomfret. From there take the Pomfret Rd. (rt. side of store) for 5.7 miles until you come to the North Pomfret Post Office - (on right). Directly across the road is Caper St. Go up Caper St. for .6 mile where you will see Clifford Rd. on the left. Only a few hundred feet up Clifford Rd. is Putnam's farm and cheese making building. _______________________________________________________ *Thursday, September 23, Begins at 12 Noon Exploring the Explorers Plant Hunters Who Changed the World and Our Gardens Begins at 12 Noon, Bring a Sandwich 12:30pm - Meeting
Directions: St. James Church is the stone church at the west end of the Green in Woodstock. _____________________________________________________________c *Thursday, October 21, Begins at 11:30 AM Social Time, 12 Noon Lunch Annual Fall Luncheon and Meeting at The Quechee Club Bill Graham combines his talents as a master floral designer and professional buyer of women's accessories to create a program filled with charm and wit. In the course of his talk, Graham will literally transform a dressmaker's form wearing a "little black dress", with floral arrangements and accessories to meet the different demands of life from a business meeting to a cocktail party. Come and enjoy this very humorous yet informative walk through the world of flowers. Directions: From Woodstock Village, take Route 4 East and turn left after 3 miles onto the Taftsville Covered Bridge. At the end of the bridge, bear right onto River Road. The Quechee Club is 2.7 miles down on the right. The parking lot is across the street from the clubhouse. ______________________________________________________ *Wednesday, November 10, Begins at 12 Noon Garden Club Annual Meeting Begins at 12 Noon, Bring a Sandwich 12:30pm - Meeting This final meeting of 2010 will include reports by the officers and chairpersons of the standing committees of the club. We will also vote and install the new Executive Board for 2011. After the business part of the meeting, floral designer, Ellen Snyder of Ellen Snyder Design in Barnard, will walk us through the design of an arrangement that you can make for Thanksgiving and then easily transform for the Christmas season. Ellen's designs are a true work of art and beauty and it is guaranteed that you will amaze yourself with your creations after her demonstration. Directions: St. James Church is the stone church at the west end of the Green in Woodstock. _____________________________________________________________ Wednesday, December 8, Begins at 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM Holiday Greens Workshop Bring a Sandwich The holiday spirit abounds at this workshop where all shares good cheer and decorating ideas. Bring a lunch, a plate of cookies to share, containers, clippers and holiday cheer! We will supply oasis, boxwood, wire, ribbon, baubles, beverages and plenty of Christmas spirit and laughter. Fee is $25 paid at the door. Directions: The Unitarian Universalist Church is the clapboard church just west of the Woodstock Town Hall, on the same side of Route 4. _________________ A Trip Down Memory Lane -2008
Art in Bloom, Hood Museum 2009
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