Meeting Topics for the Coming Year


Note Corrected Date!

Welcome Back!
September 21, 2021
Committee Fair – Acquaint yourself with activities planned for this year.
“Recycling is Stylish”
Team challenge: Using the provided, recycled materials, create a stylish piece such as a reptile, insect, fish, shipwreck, scarecrow, gardener, or any other! Some plant material must be used (provided.) Creativity and fun are keys to success.
Hostesses: Fran Hoothay, Terri Goldstein
Floral designer: Gail Hubacker
Conservation: How to reduce the use of household plastic containers
Horticulture: Bring for a “show and tell” your favorite gardening “tool”

Your Questions Answered!
October 19, 2021
Our panel of Club Master Gardeners Natalie Kirkland, Betty Logan, and Susan Sweeney will answer your questions about getting your garden ready for fall/winter/spring, and other topics. Submit questions by October 12 to sallycc@comcast.net
Hostesses: Hospitality Committee – Lynda Cox, Sandy Seeley
Floral designer: Louisa Starkey
Conservation: Native plants for fall gardens
Design: “Botanical Arts/Artistic Crafts for a Holiday Table”
Demonstration of making a Pinecone Pudding decoration. December Holiday Challenge: make an original Pine Cone Pudding centerpiece, staged on a cake stand, provided by the designer.
Horticulture: Vegetable Harvest - bring in an example of what you have grown and/or fall native blooms. Discuss challenges for the fall harvest.

Holiday Luncheon
December 14
11:30 a.m.
Alberto’s Restaurant

Environmental Changes Affecting Cape Cod and Massachusetts
January 18
Andrew Gottlieb, Executive Director of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod
Hostesses: Nancy Wong and Aruna Joglekar
Floral designer: Cheryl Baer
Conservation: How native plants are affected by climate change
Design: Display and discussion of several “Floral Design Techniques” from the January 17, “Design 201 Workshop.”
Horticulture: Soup’s on - bring in your favorite vegetable soup recipe. We will scan and send out to those who request a copy.

“Love is in the air!”
Please note
date change!
February 7
Joint Membership meeting with Osterville Garden Club
Our Lady of Victory Parish Center, Pine St., Centerville MA
Meet the neighbors! Our garden clubs will join together for food and festivities and a special member-driven program inspired by “Art in Bloom.” If you would like to be one of the designers, contact Nancy Costa at ncosta71@hotmail.com
Hostesses: Sandy Seeley and Margot Churchill
Floral designer: Kitty Lorenz

Property Design Using Current Plantings with Strategic Additions.
March 15
Wes Wirth is the second-generation lead of Thomas Wirth Associates, Inc. a firm of professional landscape architects, planners, and designers who are committed to creating extraordinary outdoor spaces that are visually beautiful, artfully functional, and environmentally sound. Learn how to make more of your own space.
Hostesses: Diane Cochran and Michelle Black
Floral designer: Diane Cochran
Conservation: Organic products for spring gardens
Design: “Glass Action” Display and discussion of Underwater Designs from the March 14 Design Workshop!

Birds, Bees and Butterflies
April 12
Betty Saunders
Bring song, beauty, and pollinators to your garden by including plants designed to attract them. A few carefully selected plants are all you need to make your garden a better environment for you, your plants, and the world we share.
Hostesses: Angela Lipinski and Nancy Bailey
Floral designer: Nancy Bailey
Conservation: Pollinator Pathways
Horticulture: Thinking outside of the box - think herbs. Discuss Hypertufa planter workshop in the spring and what you will need to know before signing up.

Scholarship Celebration
May 17
Learn how to create a Hand-tied Bouquet, arranging the materials using the Floral Design Technique - Spiraling.
Hostesses: The Executive Board
Floral designer: Nancy Walsh
Conservation: How to control water use in your garden
Horticulture: Committee show and tell with vegetable animals. Plan on sharing these ideas with a younger generation.

Annual Meeting and Luncheon
June 21
Bring your hand-tied bouquet from May’s demonstration to display.
NO MEMBERSHIP MEETING THIS MONTH!

November 14
Showcase set up begins at noon at
The Cultural Center of Cape Cod
307 Old Main St
South Yarmouth, MA 02664
November 18-20 Holiday Showcase and Boutique
November 18 - 20
Holiday Showcase and Boutique