PROGRAM 2018–2019
Meetings are usually held on the third Thursday of the month. Coffee is served at 9:15 AM. The business meeting begins promptly at 9:45 AM. The program begins at 10:00 AM. Club meetings are open to the Provisionals, waiting list, guests and the public unless noted. The Annual Meeting begins at 11:00 AM at the Weston Golf Club.
September 20, 2018
Program: “Pleasure Grounds: Public Gardens Close to Home” by Gail Anderson
Come on an armchair tour of public gardens north of Boston – gardens with important history and significant horticultural elements. Meet vicariously the ladies and gentlemen who created these gardens, including the editor/owner of the Atlantic Monthly magazine, a nephew of Isabella Stuart Gardener, and a former governor of Massachusetts. Hear about the efforts to restore these landscapes.
Thrall Bowl Competition
Location: First Parish Church
Hostess: Mitzi Kiung
Co-hostesses: Christina Glen Robin Reisman
Lisa Greenberg Kitty Smith
Helen Kondi Ginia Ziobro
Jean Lippincott
October 11, 2018 Design Workshop/Demonstration
9:30 A.M. Join Jessica Pohl and Trish Scozzafava to prepare for the November Sweet Tray
competition.
Location: St.Peter’s Church
October 18, 2018
Program: “History of Growing and Selling Dahlias” by Thomas Mickey
This talk will discuss how European plant hunters found the dahlia in Mexico almost three hundred years ago, how gardeners loved it, about “dahlia mania”, and how nineteenth century American nurseries began selling the dahlia as the ideal fall flower.(www.americangardening.net)
Location: First Parish Church
Hostess: Cathy Konover
Co-hostesses: Barbie Cobb Pam Riffin
Elizabeth Eaton Elizabeth Soares
Darcy Lettieri Marsha Tucker
Tilda Mitsakos Molly Varnau
November 8, 2018 Workshop/ Demonstration "Picture Your Succulents: Making a Living Wall"
9:30 A.M. Members Yuko Kojima and Cynthia Chapra will demonstrate how to create a vertical garden in a shadow box using succulents - in preparation for the February Thrall Bowl competition.
Location: Molly Varnau’s house, 26 Whispering Lane
November 15, 2018
Program : “Creative Floral Design Demonstration” by Andrea Little
You will be delighted and inspired by the creations of this state and national award-winning floral arranger. She has exhibited and judged flower shows throughout Massachusetts and Florida, in addition to the Newport Flower Show. Opportunity drawing.
Sweet Tray Competition
Location: First Parish Church
Hostess: Lynn Taff
Co-hostesses: Marilyn Doyle Linda Kattef
Pam Fox Marcy Lee
Deirdre Gollup Ellen Touart-Grob
Linda Harding Jean Zhou
Beth Jakubowski
December 6, 2018
Program: Greens Day starts at 9 AM
Cutting dates: Monday 11/26, 9:30-11:00 am,
Tuesday 11/27, 9:30-11;00am,
Friday 11/30, 10:00 am- lunch to follow at Ginia Ziobro’s house 80 Bradford Street
Location: St. Peter’s Church
Hostess: Sue Zacharias
Co-hostesses: Alison Barlow Adrian Proll
Sara Ko Kathy Rousseau
Jean Noonan Joan Wilson
Jessica Pohl
January 24, 2019
Program: “Charles River Watershed Association’s Blue Cities Initiative” by Pallavi Mande
This presentation will highlight how the Blue Cities Initiative is helping build resiliency to climate change in our urban communities across the watershed. In addition to design and planning, the Initiative includes advocacy as well as public education and outreach efforts around green infrastructure. (www.crwa.org)
Joint Meeting with Provisional Group of WGC
Location: First Parish Church
Hostess: Jean Arturi
Co-hostesses: Cynthia Chapra Victoria Huber Claudia Krimsky
Provisional Co-Hostesses:
Dana Christensen Robin Ewald Angela Kakabeeke
February 14, 2019
Program: “Cooking and Gardening with Herbs” by Liz Barbour
This presentation by a professional chef and gardener will take you on a tour through her cottage-sized edible gardens and explore all the ways you can use herbs as part of an edible landscape. She will create two healthy recipes using herb combinations that you can purchase and grow in your own garden. (www.thecreativefeast.com)
Thrall Bowl Competition
Location: First Parish Church
Hostess: Sue Iodice
Co-hostesses: Nancy Bates Maggie Gill
Dana Buchbinder Rebecca Kano
Beverly Dillaway Yuko Kojima
March 21, 2019
Program: “Taming The Early Season Bloomers” by Jen Kettell
Once spring-blooming shrubs have flowered, we need to assess and complete any pruning before next year’s flower buds develop. This presentation will focus your attention on the kinds of shrubs that should be pruned midsummer, demonstrate proper pruning technique, and discuss the types of thinning cuts that will encourage healthy, vibrant blooms for years to come. (www.jenkettell.com)
Location: First Parish Church
Hostess: Cheryll-Anne Lane
Co-hostesses: Carolyn Corbe Holly Kulow
Joyce Frank Mary Ann Pappanikou
Barbara Keller Trish Scozzafava
April 9, 2019 Design Workshop / Demonstration
9:30 AM Join Mary Ann Pappanikou & Ann Billings to prepare for the May Sweet Tray Competition.
Location: St. Peter’s Church
April 11, 2019 Joint Meeting of the Weston Garden Clubs
Program: “COG design and the Importance of Urban Green Space” by Jennifer Kimball
For over 20 years, Community Outreach Group for Landscape Design has provided pro bono landscape design services to under-resourced community groups in greater Boston. They match landscape designers and architects to community groups who then work closely together to create beautiful, sustainable, green spaces which meet neighborhood needs. All of this work stems from the strong belief that having access to nature is healing and beneficial to the body and spirit, as well as the surrounding community. (www.cogdesign.org)
Location: First Parish Church
Hostess: Community League Garden Club
May 2, 2019 Annual Meeting
Program: “Lessons from the Garden: What Native Plants have Taught Me" by Claudia Thompson
This presenter founded Grow Native Massachusetts in 2010 with a conviction that the wise stewardship of our lands begins at home, and that our future rests upon a 21st century attitude toward conservation that embraces human activity as integral to our ecosystem. She will share the principles for designing landscapes that are places of both beauty and biodiversity, and how best to create habitat for birds, butterflies, and wildlife. The presentation will include tips for sourcing native plants and connect you to many valuable resources for continued learning. (www.grownativemass.org)
Sweet Tray Competition - In place by 9:15 am
Thrall Bowl Competition - In place by 9:30 am
Location: Weston Golf Club