Project: The Dow Museum of Historic Houses Gardens,
the Lighthouse Vegetable and Herb Gardens
and the Bailey Family Center Container Gardens


Meeting time – Fourth Tuesday at 6:30pm, at the Garden Center.

OFFICERS

President – Barbara Dolan
Vice President – Susan Graham
Secretary – Martha Hasty
Treasurer – JoAnn Roberts

STANDING COMMITTEES

Birds and Conservation -- Shirley Thomson
Chaplain -- Kathleen Rockwell
Flower Mart -- Sharon Poole, Karen Bradley
Historian -- Theresa Mathis
Horticulture -- Daisy Thompson, Sharon Adams
Membership -- Jill Rousseau
Publicity -- Andy Edgell
Telephone -- Kathleen Rockwell, Mary Smith
Tour of Homes -- Joan Andrew, Myra James
Ways and Means -- Barbara Dolan, Janice Sperlanes, Susie Lee

MEMBERSHIP

Active members – 26
Associate Members – 5
Honorary Members – 0

PROGRAMS

September 27, 2011
PLACE: Anastasia Baptist Church Parking Lot
PROGRAM:“Pruning Trees and Bushes” with Keith Fuller.
Under the shade of the big Oaks, Keith will demonstrate proper procedures for winter pruning.
HOSTESSES: Shirley (Daisy) Thompson, Janice Sperlanes, Susie Lee

October
Saturday Field Trip to Haw Creek

October 25
PLACE: Garden Center
PROGRAM: “Green Arrangements Workshop”. Bring a small vase and some greens.
HOSTESSES: Rose Ponder, Sharon Poole, Karen Bradley

November 15
PLACE: Garden Center
PROGRAM: “Caring for Holiday Plants” with Beverly Fleming, County Horticulturalist. Beverly will help us keep our Holiday plants beautiful throughout the season.
HOSTESSES: Katherine Batenhorst, Norma Fiacco, Barbara Conrad

November - December
Saturday Field Trip to harvest Pecans for the Holidays.

December 13
PLACE: Home of Maggie and David Ouellette
PROGRAM: Christmas Dinner & Fellowship
HOSTESSES: Maggie Ouellette, Barbara Dolan, Shirley Thomson

January 24 2012
PLACE: Garden Center – Celebrating our Birthday
PROGRAM: “Preparing Plants for the Horticultural Show” with Maggie Ouellette. Let’s enter lots of plants in the Horticultural Show this year. Maggie will demonstrate what to do.
HOSTESSES: Pat DeGrande, Andy Edgell, Theresa Mathis, Mary Martin

January - February
Saturday Field Trip to a citrus grove.

February 28
PLACE: Garden Center
PROGRAM: “Herbs, Native Plants and Healing” with Laurence Layne, Clinical Herbalist and Massage Therapist.
HOSTESSES: Darla Wehking, Joan Andrew, Myra James

March 27
PLACE: Garden Center
PROGRAM: “Gardens of Greece and Italy”, with Maggie Ouellette.
HOSTESSES: Sharon Adams, Karen Gourley, JoAnn Roberts


March:
Garden Party and Luncheon -- Fundraiser

April 24
PLACE: Shores Riverview Club
PROGRAM: Tour of Shores Wildflower Garden, with Daisy Thompson.
HOSTESSES: Jill Rousseau, Martha Hasty, Mary Smith, Kathleen Rockwell

May 9
Hostesses for Garden Club meeting

May 22
PLACE: Cap’s Restaurant, Vilano, preceded by a tour of Katie and Judy’s gardens, across the street.
PROGRAM: End of Year Dinner
HOSTESSES: Barbara Dolan, Susan Graham, Maggie Ouellette