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WPGC 2011-2012 Calendar
SEPTEMBER - Sowing Seeds Today for the Gardens of Tomorrow
5 LABOR DAY
7 WPGC Board of Directors Meeting - 10:00 AM
14-15 FFGC State Board Meeting, Headquarters, Winter Park
16 FFGC GALA IN THE GARDEN - 11:00 AM at Headquarters, Winter Park
Celebrating fifty years in the FFGC Headquarters building in Mead Garden and honoring Addie Lou Harris.
21* WPGC General Meeting - 10:00 AM
Program: “Fall Gardening – What Every Gardener Should Know”
Speaker: Tom MacCubbin, Urban Horticulturist Emeritus from University of Florida Cooperative Extension Office
Simply Salads Luncheon (Bring salad for six)
22 WPGC Butterfly Garden Work Session - 9:30 AM
27 WPGC Evening Program – 6:30 PM
Program: “Why It Is Important to Grow Your Own Food and to Buy Locally Grown Food”
Speaker: John Rife, founder of Winter Park Harvest Festival, Locavore, Gardener, Photographer, and Foodie
OCTOBER - Sowing Seeds Today for the Gardens of Tomorrow
5 WPGC Board of Directors Meeting - 10:00 AM
6 Garden Tour – 1:00 PM
Gardens of Jackie Sward, 292 Sylvan Blvd., WP
12 FFGC District VII District Meeting, Orlando Garden Club
Tour Team Visits
13 FFGC Fun With Flowers - 10:00 AM
Horn of Plenty sculpture, all materials provided.
Winter Park Garden Club
Cost: $25, sign up at 407-644-5770 by October 7, 2011.
19* WPGC General Meeting - 10:00 AM
Program: “The Wonders of the Hive”
Speaker: Marion and Bill Fredrickson, Owners of Happy Bee Honey Farm
20 WPGC Butterfly Garden Work Session - 9:30 AM
23-25 Fall Flower Show Symposium, Altamonte Springs
*indicates deviation from normal meeting date
NOVEMBER - Sowing Seeds Today for the Gardens of Tomorrow
2 WPGC Board of Directors Meeting - 10:00 AM
9 WPGC General Meeting - 10:00 AM
Program: “Southern Coastal Landscaping with an Emphasis on Central Florida”
Speaker: Kristin and Steven Pategas, owners of Hortus Oasis in Winter Park
10 WPGC Butterfly Garden Work Session - 9:30 AM
16 WPGC Creative Floral Design Workshop – 10:00 AM
Betty Moore will teach Underwater Designs and Tubular Designs.
*Students should bring containers and floral material.
Cost $10, sign up at 407-644-5770 by Nov. 9, 2011.
24 THANKSGIVING DAY
30 WPGC Shopping Benefit at Ten Thousand Villages –
DECEMBER - Sowing Seeds Today for the Gardens of Tomorrow
1 FFGC Awards Committee Meeting, Headquarters
7 WPGC Board of Directors Meeting - 10:00 AM
14 WPGC General Meeting - 12:00 to 2:00 PM
Program: "A Holiday Celebration"
Christmas Tea by Board
Natural tree decoration for Hospice Tree
White Elephant present
Art Supplies for Winter Park Day Nursery
15 WPGC Butterfly Garden Work Session - 9:30 AM
21 WPGC Special Interest – 10:00 AM
Field Trip to Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 North Forest Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803 to view Christmas decorations in Leu House.
Meet at Visitors’ Center in Leu Gardens. We will go to lunch at a local restaurant following our tour.
21 HANUKKAH
25 CHRISTMAS
2012
JANUARY - Sowing Seeds Today for the Gardens of Tomorrow
1 NEW YEAR'S DAY
4 WPGC Board of Directors Meeting - 10:00 AM
10 FFGC Digging It – 10:00 AM
Class on Aroids (philodendrons, anthuriums, etc.) by Tina Tuttle, creator of Digging It & FFGC Horticulture Chairman at Winter Park Garden Club
Cost: $15, call 407-644-5770 by Jan. 6, 2012.
11-12 FFGC State Board Meeting, Headquarters, Winter Park
18* WPGC General Meeting - 10:00 AM
Program: “Creative Floral Design Demonstration”
Speaker: Margaret Kirkpatrick, Master Flower Show Judge and Instructor
19 WPGC Butterfly Garden Work Session - 9:30 AM
21 Florida Arbor Day
25 FFGC Fun With Flowers - 10:00 AM
Happy New Year arrangement, all materials provided.
Winter Park Garden Club
Cost: $20, sign up at 407-644-5770 by January 20, 2012
*indicates deviation from normal meeting date
FEBRUARY- Sowing Seeds Today for the Gardens of Tomorrow
1 WPGC Board of Directors Meeting - 10:00 AM
8 WPGC General Meeting - 10:00 AM
Program: “Begonias”
Speaker: Dale Sena, a past president of the American Begonia Society of Tampa
9 WPGC Butterfly Garden Work Session - 9:30 AM
18 WPGC Plant Sale - 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Friends of Mead Garden Duck Derby
22 WPGC Creative Floral Design Workshop – 10:00 AM
Betty Moore will teach Stretch and Duo Designs.
*Students should bring containers and floral material.
Cost: $10, sign up at 407-644-5770 by Jan. 18, 2012.
24-26 Wekiva Leadership Training - Wekiva Youth Camp
29 WPGC SCHOLARSHIPS GAMES DAY – 10:00 AM
A fundraiser for our UCF Endowed Scholarship Fund with table games; silent auction; luncheon
Cost: $20, get tickets at 407-340-9680 Mary Dipboye
MARCH – Sowing Seeds Today for the Gardens of Tomorrow
7 WPGC Board of Directors Meeting - 10:00 AM
DEADLINE for all Standing Committee Annual Reports
8 WPGC Special Interest – 8:00 AM (from Mead Garden)
Bus Trip to visit the Sunken Gardens in St. Petersburg, FL and the Chihuly Collection at the Morean Arts Center.
Cost $60, sign up at 407-644-5770 by Mar. 1, 2012.
14 WPGC General Meeting - 10:00 AM
Program: “Spring Decorations with Things Found in Our Backyards”
Speaker: Cheryl Dunning of Special Events Floral in College Park
15 WPGC Butterfly Garden Work Session - 9:30 AM
19-20 Deep South Region Convention, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
20 WPGC Evening Program – 6:30 PM
Program: “Scrub Jays, Who Are They and How to Attract Them”
Speaker: Cathy Brown, owner of B. B. Brown’s Gardens in Clermont
28 FFGC Fun with Flowers – 10:00 AM
Easter arrangement, all materials provided.
Winter Park Garden Club
Cost: $25, sign up at 407-644-5770 by Mar. 23, 2012.
APRIL – Sowing Seeds Today for the Gardens of Tomorrow
4 WPGC Board of Directors Meeting - 10:00 AM
( DEADLINE for Officers' Report (except Treasurer & Assistant Treasurer)
8 EASTER SUNDAY
11 WPGC General Meeting - 10:00 AM
Year-end reports
Celebrating 90th year of WPGC
Salad Luncheon (bring salad for six)
Dessert Provided
12 WPGC Butterfly Garden Work Session - 9:30 AM
18 WPGC Special Interest – 8:00 AM
Field trip to B. B. Brown’s Gardens & Scrub Jay Trail,
11490 Montevista Road, Clermont, FL 34711-9250
Carpool from Mead Garden.
No cost, sign up at 407-644-5770 by Apr. 16, 2012.
MAY – Sowing Seeds Today for the Gardens of Tomorrow
1 DEADLINE for WPGC Dues
2 WPGC Board of Directors Meeting - 10:30 AM
DEADLINE Treasurer & Assistant Treasurer's Report
9 FFGC Board of Directors Pre-Convention Meeting, Jacksonville
10-11 FFGC Convention, Jacksonville
13 MOTHERS DAY
16* WPGC General Meeting - 11:00 AM
Annual luncheon at Interlachen Country Club,
2245 Interlachen Court, Winter Park, FL 32792.
Cost: $25, sign up with Cynthia Pesch at 407-622-1953 by May 13, 2012.
Memorial Service in remembrance of members lost during the year.
Interlachen Country Club Luncheon
17 WPGC Butterfly Garden Work Session - 9:30 AM
16-19 NGC Convention, Buffalo, New York
28 MEMORIAL DAY
*indicates deviation from normal meeting date
JUNE 2012
1 DEADLINE - FFGC DUES
3-9 National Garden Week
6 WPGC Board of Directors Meeting - 10:00 AM
DRAFT: All information for Yearbook:
General Meeting Programs
Updated members' address; e-mail; home and
cell phone numbers
14 FLAG DAY
17 FATHER'S DAY
Clubhouse photo by Aaron Harriss
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