Meeting Topics for the Coming Year
Welcome Back!
September 15, 2020
What went wrong and right in your gardens this season. Hosted by Emcee Diane Cochran
Conservation: The Native Plant Challenge
Design: Demo by Design Committee of Pumpkin Centerpieces. Members will sign up to do their own pumpkin centerpieces for October membership meeting.
Horticulture: Show off your best Dahlia with a growing tip
Trash to Treaure
October 20, 2020
Our members share ways to make something useful and/or creative for home or garden by upcycling common items.
Hostesses: Margot Churchill and Nancy Beless
Floral designer: Nancy Costa
Conservation: Native Plant Lists
Design: Presentation and Discussion of Members’ Pumpkin Centerpieces’
Horticulture: Asters, Sedums, and Anemones
A French Holiday Cocktail Party Hosted and prepared by Kim and Tim Rumberger
November 17, 2020
Hostesses: Sandra Seeley and Nancy Wong
Floral designer: Louisa Starkey
There will be a savory and a sweet appetizer, a typical French Cocktail to celebrate the season and a mini French lesson. There will be handouts and instructions.
Conservation: Incorporating Natives into Gardens
Design: Demo by Design Committee of Designs using a Lantern as a Featured Object. Members will sign up to do their own lantern designs for December membership meeting. (Lanterns will be provided by Design Committee)
Horticulture: Fall Harvest Squash, Pumpkins, and Gourds
A Holiday Design Program hosted by Dolores Ahern featuring our own designers with a holiday challenge.
December 15, 2020
Design: Presentation and Discussion of Members’ Lantern Designs (Lanterns will be provided by Design Committee)
Horticulture: A Holiday Centerpiece
Creating Stackable Garden Ornaments
Presented by our own Club Members
January 19, 2021
Hostesses: Debby Faulconer and Kathie Schatz
Floral designer: Diane Cochran
Demonstration will be provided in advance of meeting. Members will show their creations at meeting with brief description.
Conservation: Native Perennials
Horticulture: Berries and Cones
Selecting Sustainable Roses
February 16, 2021
Hostesses: Dottie Palko and Mary O’Brien
Floral designer: Dolores Ahern
Sustainable Roses are sturdy, attractive plants that can hold their own in a pesticide-free landscape. This program features recently introduced varieties as well as old favorites that are disease-resistant, winter hardy, easy to grow and bloom all season. Selecting Sustainable Roses delves into the core of roses, their growth habits and how to select the best varieties for your garden. Bloggers and authors Mike and Angelina Chute speak from more than 25 years of growing roses in their Rhode Island Gardens. They can be found at RoseSolutions.net
Conservation: Native Trees
Horticulture: Witch Hazel
Establishing a Home Herb Garden
March 16, 2021
Master Gardener Kathi Gariepyf will share tips on how to grow the tasty and fragrant.
Hostesses: Joan Kenney and Linda Zarif
Floral designer: Ann Rosseel
Conservation: Pollinators
Horticulture: New Things
Conserve our Climate (or Kiss our Gardens Goodbye)
April 20, 2021
Quentin Prideaux trained with the Climate Reality Project. He has created his own overview of the subject of climate change with the express intention of inspiring hope and showing a way forward. Climate Change: What do we know? What do we do?
Hostesses: Nancy Bailey and Angela Lipinski
Floral designer: Kitty Lorenz
Conservation: Plants to Attract Birds
Horticulture: The First Signs of Spring
Scholarship Presentation
May 18, 2021
Exhibitors Meeting for the June Flower show led by Dolores Ahern.
Hostesses: The Executive Board
Floral designer: Nancy Walsh
Conservation: How Native Plants Can Return
Horticulture: Bulbs
90th Anniversary Celebration of the Garden Club of Hyannis Flower Show and Luncheon
June 15, 2021
The Sea View, Dennisport