CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 2011
August 22 GOTG Board Meeting 10am
@ Gay Rigmaiden’s home
August 23 Sacramento River Valley
District (SRVD) Board Meeting @ the Smith Family Pear Ranch
August 29 GOTG General Meeting
6:30pm Garden Chatter – “Sharing produce from our garden.”
Sept 15-18 CGCI Fall Board Meeting,
Stockton
Sept 19 10am GOTG Board
Meeting @ Bonnie’s home
Sept 20 SRVD District Luncheon
Meeting @ Shepard Garden & Arts Center 9:00 – 1pm
Sept 26 6:30pm GOTG General
Meeting Speaker: Amy Barnes, Master Gardener Topic: “Putting your garden to
bed for the winter.”
Oct 1-2 Fall Festival @
Shepard Garden & Arts Center - McKinley Park
Oct 18-20 Flower Show School,
Course III Shepard Garden & Arts Center
Oct 17
10am GOTG Board Meeting Lorraine’s home
Oct 24 GOTG General Meeting
6:30pm Speaker: Joe Finkleman; Topic: “How to improve the composition of your
photos.”
Nov 7
11:30-1:15 GOTG Luncheon @ Akebono Restaurant prior to 1:30 tour (see below).
Nov 7 1:30-3:30 GOTG TOUR
(Fall Color) @ Boonie Lang’s Japanese Gardens in Granite Bay Myo-Wa-En--Garden
of Inspiration and Harmony; RAIN OR SHINE
Nov 15 Sacramento River
Valley District (SRVD) Board Meeting @ Arden-Dimick Library, Sacto
Nov 21 GOTG Board Meeting
@ 10am Joyce Byers’ home
Nov 28
6:30pm GOTG General Meeting Speaker: Merlyn Lenear – “How to Make a
Living Wreath with Succulent Plants.”
Dec 12 GOTG Board Meeting @10am Gay
Rigmaiden’s home
Dec 19 6:30pm GOTG Holiday Social @
Elk Grove Historical Hotel Museum
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2012
Jan 17 SRVD Luncheon Meeting
9:30 -1pm @ Shepard Garden & Arts Center
Jan 23 GOTG Board Meeting @
10am Bonnie Jones’ home
Jan 30 6:30pm GOTG General Meeting;
Speaker: Karen Auwater, President Slow Foods-Sacto.
Feb 5-9 CGCI Winter
Board Meeting Host: Montana de Oro District Pismo Beach
Feb 20 GOTG Board Meeting @10am
Lorraine Radke’s home
Feb 27 GOTG General Meeting 6:30pm
Speaker: Brian Fishback
Topic: “Importance of the
Honey Bee to Our Environment & Food Supply.”
March TBA
Shepard Garden & Arts Center Spring Festival
March 7 California Arbor Day
March 19 GOTG Board Meeting - 10am
March 26 GOTG General Meeting
6:30pm Speaker Topic: “Herbs”
Mar/April GOTG TOUR Boonie Lang’s Private
Japanese Gardens (Spring Color)
Date
TBA
April 10 SRVD Board Meeting @ Arden-Dimick
Library, Sacto
April 17-19 Flower Show School, Course IV,
Shepard Garden & Arts Center
April 23 GOTG Board Meeting @10am Joyce
Byers’ home
April 27
National Arbor Day
April 30 GOTG
General Meeting 6:30pm Speaker Topic: “Growing Grapes”
May
15 SRVD District Luncheon Meeting 9:30am-1pm @ Shepard Garden & Arts
Center
May
21 GOTG Board Meeting @10am Gay Rigmaiden’s home
May
28 GOTG General Meeting 6:30pm Speaker: Amanda Platt, Cosumnes River
Watershed Coordinator Topic: Greener Gardens Project
June
Date
TBA
GOTG TOUR - Maple Rock Gardens in Loomis;
Owners: Frank & Ruby Andrews
June 3-7 CGCI 81st
State Convention @ Sacramento Double Tree Inn
Hosted by SRVD;
GOTG to provide one gift basket and coordinate staffing of Information Booth by
all clubs in district.
June 3-9 National
Garden Week
June 18 GOTG Board Meeting 10am Bonnie
Jones’ home
June 25 GOTG General Meeting
6:30pm Installation of Incoming Officers
July RECESS
Aug 27
6:30pm GOTG General Meeting Speaker: Julie Serences;
Topic: “Smart Plant
Choices to Create a Safe Urban Backyard Habitat for Wildlife”
August
Date
TBA
GOTG TOUR
Sunflower Garden in
Cameron Park
Nancy Siegler’s “The
Power of the Sunflower”
Sept TBA
Fall Board Meeting
Host: Humboldt
District
Nov GOTG Tour
Date
TBA
Otow Orchard in Granite Bay
Learn about the ancient art of dried persimmons
known as “hoshigaki”.
For More Information Contact:
Gardeners of the Grove
P. O. Box 2418, Elk Grove, CA 95759-2418
Tel: 916-686-3886
FAX:
Internet:
info@gardenersofthegrove.org
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