Sep 3: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11
am, NC State University Club, Business Meeting.
Speaker: Ginny Parker, President
We'll begin our year by introducing our new Board
members and filling you in on the wonderful activities
planned for the upcoming year. Share your summer
activities with old and new friends.
Sep 9: Raleigh Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Sep 10: Floral Design Study Group, 10 am,
Arboretum. Program: Table Design
Sep 14-15: GCNC Annual Fall Board Meeting,
Chapel Hill
Sep 15-17: Landscape Design School II, Durham
Sep 19: Horticulture Study Group, 10 am. Program:
The Garden In Autumn
Sep 20-21: Garden Conservancy Tour
Sep 24: Deadline for State Fair Flower Show Entries
Oct 1: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11
am, NC State University Club, Program: Landscape
Design With Sustainability in Mind
Speaker: Lucy K. Bradley, PhD
Oct 1: Yearbook deadline for District Competition
Oct. 8: Floral Design Study Group, 10 am,
Arboretum. Program: Fall Wreath
Oct 9: Annual Meeting, GCNC District 10, Raleigh
Oct: Youth Program: Entering NC State Flower
Show (Youth Division)
Oct 16-26: NC State Fair. Our garden: Historic
Charleston Garden. Flower Show Judging Dates:
Oct. 15, Oct 16, 20, 23
Nov 5: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11
am, NC State University Club, Program: Winter
Gardening "For The Birds" Speaker: Sharon
Funderburk, Owner, Rare Bird Nursery
Nov 5-7: Flower Show School III, New Bern.
Register: Nancy Chiles
(nancychiles@coastalnet.com)
Nov 12: Floral Design Study Group, 10 am,
Arboretum. Program: Kissing Ball.
Nov: Junior Garden Club: Plant Daffodils
Nov 17: RGC Board meeting, 10 am, Wesley Mem.
Church, 714 E. Whitaker Mill Rd.
Nov 21: Horticulture Study Group, 10 am. Program:
Best Conifers for the South at
Architectural Trees, Bahama NC
Dec 10: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11
am, NC State University Club,
Program: Christmas with Pizzazz!
Speaker: Nikki Gordon
Dec 4-6 : Installation of State Capital for holidays
Dec 9: State Capitol Tree Lighting & Open House
(tentative based on Governor’s
schedule)
Dec. 15: Awards applications due to District, unless
otherwise stated.
Dec: Junior Garden Club: Floral arrangements
workshops for holidays
Jan 7: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11 am,
NC State University Club,
Program: “Winter Into Spring”.
Speaker: Pam Beck, Garden Writer and Lecturer
Jan 15 & 25 : State and national award applications
due, unless otherwise stated
Jan 16: Horticulture Study Group, 10 am at the
Arboretum. Program: Choosing
Sale-Worthy Plants
Jan 25: Deadline for Annual Club Report to District
Director
Feb 4: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11 am,
NC State University Club,
Program: Bluebirds
Speaker: Carol Stein, Garden Writer for N&O
Feb: Junior Garden Club: Bluebird program
Feb 11: Floral Design Study Group, 10 am,
Arboretum. Program: Designing with
Camellias by guest designer Anne Clapp.
Feb 16: RGC Board Meeting, 10 am, Wesley Mem.
Church, 714 E. Whitaker Mill Rd.
Mar 4: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11 am,
NC State University Club,
Program: Spring Designs for the Home
Speaker: Ging McCay, Floral Design Chair
Mar 8-10: South Atlantic Region Convention,
Blacksburg VA
Mar 14: Triangle Camellia Society/RGC joint
Camellia Show, 1-5 pm at the
Arboretum.
Mar 14-17: National Garden Club Convention,
Houston TX
Mar: Junior Garden Club: Plant vegetable garden
Mar 20: Horticulture Study Group, 10 am. Program:
Orchid Culture, Care, and
Maintenance at The Orchid Trail, Morrisville NC
Apr 1: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11 am,
NC State University Club,
Program: Container Gardens
Speaker: Michelle Roberts, Store Manager and
Designer for The Garden Hut,
Fuquay-Varina.
Apr 8: Floral Design Study Group, 10 am,
Arboretum, Program: Tiny Town with Smalls
and Miniatures
Apr 16: RGC “Members Only” Plant Sale
Apr17-19: RGC Spring Plant Sale- General Public
Apr 19-21: GCNC Annual Meeting, Hickory NC
May 6: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11
am, NC State University Club,
Program: Recipe for Nature Preserves: A Plan For
Wake County
Speaker: John Connors, Coordinator of the
Naturalist Center at the NC Museum of
Natural Sciences
May 9-10: Southern Wake Country Garden
Conservancy Tour, including Rita's Open
Garden and plant sale.
May 13: Floral Design Study Group, 10 am,
Arboretum. Program: Designer’s Choice
May 15 : Horticulture Study Group, 10 am: Trip to
Chinqua Penn Plantation,
Reidsville, N.C.
May 18: RGC Board Meeting, 10 am, Wesley Mem.
Church, 714 E. Whitaker Mill Rd.
May: Junior Garden Club: Workshops for student
design exhibitors
May: Show and Tell, A Flower Show, Stough Elem.
School
Jun 3: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11 am,
NC State University Club,
Program: Installation of Officers and Presentation of
Club Awards
Speaker: Ginny Parker, President
Summer is here. Happy gardening until next Sept.
am, NC State University Club, Business Meeting.
Speaker: Ginny Parker, President
We'll begin our year by introducing our new Board
members and filling you in on the wonderful activities
planned for the upcoming year. Share your summer
activities with old and new friends.
Sep 9: Raleigh Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Sep 10: Floral Design Study Group, 10 am,
Arboretum. Program: Table Design
Sep 14-15: GCNC Annual Fall Board Meeting,
Chapel Hill
Sep 15-17: Landscape Design School II, Durham
Sep 19: Horticulture Study Group, 10 am. Program:
The Garden In Autumn
Sep 20-21: Garden Conservancy Tour
Sep 24: Deadline for State Fair Flower Show Entries
Oct 1: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11
am, NC State University Club, Program: Landscape
Design With Sustainability in Mind
Speaker: Lucy K. Bradley, PhD
Oct 1: Yearbook deadline for District Competition
Oct. 8: Floral Design Study Group, 10 am,
Arboretum. Program: Fall Wreath
Oct 9: Annual Meeting, GCNC District 10, Raleigh
Oct: Youth Program: Entering NC State Flower
Show (Youth Division)
Oct 16-26: NC State Fair. Our garden: Historic
Charleston Garden. Flower Show Judging Dates:
Oct. 15, Oct 16, 20, 23
Nov 5: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11
am, NC State University Club, Program: Winter
Gardening "For The Birds" Speaker: Sharon
Funderburk, Owner, Rare Bird Nursery
Nov 5-7: Flower Show School III, New Bern.
Register: Nancy Chiles
(nancychiles@coastalnet.com)
Nov 12: Floral Design Study Group, 10 am,
Arboretum. Program: Kissing Ball.
Nov: Junior Garden Club: Plant Daffodils
Nov 17: RGC Board meeting, 10 am, Wesley Mem.
Church, 714 E. Whitaker Mill Rd.
Nov 21: Horticulture Study Group, 10 am. Program:
Best Conifers for the South at
Architectural Trees, Bahama NC
Dec 10: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11
am, NC State University Club,
Program: Christmas with Pizzazz!
Speaker: Nikki Gordon
Dec 4-6 : Installation of State Capital for holidays
Dec 9: State Capitol Tree Lighting & Open House
(tentative based on Governor’s
schedule)
Dec. 15: Awards applications due to District, unless
otherwise stated.
Dec: Junior Garden Club: Floral arrangements
workshops for holidays
Jan 7: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11 am,
NC State University Club,
Program: “Winter Into Spring”.
Speaker: Pam Beck, Garden Writer and Lecturer
Jan 15 & 25 : State and national award applications
due, unless otherwise stated
Jan 16: Horticulture Study Group, 10 am at the
Arboretum. Program: Choosing
Sale-Worthy Plants
Jan 25: Deadline for Annual Club Report to District
Director
Feb 4: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11 am,
NC State University Club,
Program: Bluebirds
Speaker: Carol Stein, Garden Writer for N&O
Feb: Junior Garden Club: Bluebird program
Feb 11: Floral Design Study Group, 10 am,
Arboretum. Program: Designing with
Camellias by guest designer Anne Clapp.
Feb 16: RGC Board Meeting, 10 am, Wesley Mem.
Church, 714 E. Whitaker Mill Rd.
Mar 4: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11 am,
NC State University Club,
Program: Spring Designs for the Home
Speaker: Ging McCay, Floral Design Chair
Mar 8-10: South Atlantic Region Convention,
Blacksburg VA
Mar 14: Triangle Camellia Society/RGC joint
Camellia Show, 1-5 pm at the
Arboretum.
Mar 14-17: National Garden Club Convention,
Houston TX
Mar: Junior Garden Club: Plant vegetable garden
Mar 20: Horticulture Study Group, 10 am. Program:
Orchid Culture, Care, and
Maintenance at The Orchid Trail, Morrisville NC
Apr 1: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11 am,
NC State University Club,
Program: Container Gardens
Speaker: Michelle Roberts, Store Manager and
Designer for The Garden Hut,
Fuquay-Varina.
Apr 8: Floral Design Study Group, 10 am,
Arboretum, Program: Tiny Town with Smalls
and Miniatures
Apr 16: RGC “Members Only” Plant Sale
Apr17-19: RGC Spring Plant Sale- General Public
Apr 19-21: GCNC Annual Meeting, Hickory NC
May 6: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11
am, NC State University Club,
Program: Recipe for Nature Preserves: A Plan For
Wake County
Speaker: John Connors, Coordinator of the
Naturalist Center at the NC Museum of
Natural Sciences
May 9-10: Southern Wake Country Garden
Conservancy Tour, including Rita's Open
Garden and plant sale.
May 13: Floral Design Study Group, 10 am,
Arboretum. Program: Designer’s Choice
May 15 : Horticulture Study Group, 10 am: Trip to
Chinqua Penn Plantation,
Reidsville, N.C.
May 18: RGC Board Meeting, 10 am, Wesley Mem.
Church, 714 E. Whitaker Mill Rd.
May: Junior Garden Club: Workshops for student
design exhibitors
May: Show and Tell, A Flower Show, Stough Elem.
School
Jun 3: Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting, 11 am,
NC State University Club,
Program: Installation of Officers and Presentation of
Club Awards
Speaker: Ginny Parker, President
Summer is here. Happy gardening until next Sept.
To join the Raleigh Garden Club and participate
in the activities of the club, or to be a guest at
the Monthly Program and Meeting, send an
email.
in the activities of the club, or to be a guest at
the Monthly Program and Meeting, send an
email.
Junior Garden Club - Learning
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the Basics of an arrangement
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Event Calendar 2008-2009
The Raleigh Garden Club
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