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Please add these items to
your calendar, but monitor this site and club emails for meeting details. (New items in BOLD.)
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Date(s) | Event (Regular monthly meetings are open to the public)
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Jan. 8 |
Annual Budget Meeting - Treasurer and committee chairs |
Jan. 10 | Board Meeting |
Jan. 20 | Club Meeting - "Invasive
Jumping Worms" - by Cindy Tomashek |
Feb 4-24
| Arboretum Spring Flower Show ( https://arb.umn.edu/flowershow ) |
Feb. 15 | **
Gardening for The Health of It - 1 "Alternative Gardening Ideas" with Robin Fruth-Dugstad, MS, RCTC Hort.
Dept. |
Feb. 17 |
Club Meeting - "Introduction to Rock Gardening" - by Rick Rodich |
Feb. 22 | ** Gardening for The Health
of It - 2 "Gardening with Nature: Creating Natural Play Areas" with Jeff Feece, Rochester Parks Dept.
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Feb. 24 |
** Gardening for The Health of It - 3 "Bees, Beekeeping, and Pollination" with Gary Reuter,
University of MN Entomology Bee Lab |
Mar. 1
| ** Gardening for The Health of It - 4 "Shade Gardening"
with Cindy Tomashek, Founder, Shades of Green Hosta Society |
Mar. 2-6 | Minneapolis Home & Garden Show ( https://homeandgardenshow.com ) |
Mar. 10 |
** Gardening for The Health of It - 6 "Homeowners Guide to Tree and Shrub Care" with Ryan Brick,
Maier Tree Service |
Mar. 14 | Board Meeting |
Mar.
15 | ** Gardening for The Health of It - 7 "Beneficial
Insects" with Shane Bugeja, MS, Ext. Educator and Kathy Hoyer |
Mar. 17 | Club Meeting - "Take Better Nature Pictures"
- by Gina Unverzagt
- Potting protocols for plant sale donations - by Deb Roos |
Mar. 17 | ** Gardening for The Health of It - 8 "The Healing Power of Gardening" with Robert J. Stroebel MD, Mayo Clinic |
Mar. 22 | ** Gardening for The Health
of It - 9 "Return of the Heirlooms" with Harvey Buchite, Hidden Springs Farm |
Mar.24 | ** Gardening
for The Health of It - 10 "Urban Water and Soil Conservation" with Aaron Gamm, Olmsted County Soil Conservation
District |
Apr. 14 | SMART Garden clean-up 8 AM- Noon; all hands welcome. |
Apr. 21 | Club Meeting - "Container Gardening"
- by Vickie Hennessey |
Apr, 22 | SMART Garden clean-up 8 AM- Noon; all hands welcome. |
Apr. 23 | Member Workshop - Succulent Dish
Gardens, Joel's Greenhouse |
Apr. 28 May 1
| "Art in Bloom" - Minneapolis Institute of Art https://new.artsmia.org/art-in-bloom/art-in-bloom-2022 |
May 4 |
Car Pool Tour to Pork & Plants near Altura, lunch in Utica, Utica Corn Crib gift shop. |
May 9 | Board
Meeting |
June 2 |
Car Pool Tour to Donahue's Nursery in Faribault, lunch at The Depot
in Faribault, tour a private garden in Owatonna, and Turtle Creek Nursery in Owatonna |
June 8-11 | American Hosta Society Nat'l Convention - Minneapolis ( www.hostavision.com ) |
June
9-10 | Annual Plant Sale (resched. from May 17-19) Set-up - Thurs. & Fri. (see Annual Plant Sale section)
Sale - Fri. 3:00 - 7:00 pm Clean-up - 7:00 - |
June 16 | Club Meeting
- Herbal Remedies - by Lise Wolff |
July 11
| Board Meeting |
July
16 | Annual Garden Tour 10am - 4pm |
July 28-29 | County Fair Flower Workshop & Show |
Aug. 18 | Summer Garden Party / Plant Swap (members only)
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Aug. 25-Sept 5 |
Minnesota State Fair |
Sept. 12 |
Board Meeting |
Sept.
15 | Club Meeting - TBD |
Oct. 20 | Club Meeting - Houseplants
- Neil Imsdahl, Sargents on Second |
Nov. 14
| Board Meeting |
Nov.
17 | Club Meeting and annual members' craft fair |
Dec. 15 |
Annual Holiday Party (members only) |
Jan
19, 2023 | Club Meeting - Gardening and Health - by Vivian
Williams |
Gardening for The Health of It | ** Gardening for The Health of It programs are sponsored by -
Rochester Garden & Flower Club,
- Shades of Green Hosta Society of SE Minn.,
- U
of MN Extension Olmsted County Master Gardeners,
- Rochester Community & Technical College, and
- Rochester Community Education
on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 - 8:00 pm, beginning
February 15th through March 24th. Cost per session: $15.00 per presentation via Zoom - Enroll through Community
Enducation web site at https://www.rochesterce.org/register or call 507-328-4000 |