SEPTEMBER 2010
Sept 10th Executive Committee meeting
9:00 AM
Board of Directors meeting 10:00 AM-Garden Center
Hostesses: Pat Lynch, Linda Hansen,
Phyllis Clayton,
Ruth Sieling
Sept 13th CREATIVE CRAFTS – for all
GCSP members
10:00 AM at the Garden Center
Sept 14th GCSP ALL MEMBERS MEETING
WELCOME BACK PARTY 1:00 PM - Garden Center
Program: Growing Hibiscus
Speaker: Don Mixon,
President of Sunset Hibiscus Society
Hostess Circles: Jungle & Green Fingers
Sept
14th Night Bloomer Circle meeting
Block Party for circle members only
Tour of 3 members'
gardens in North East Park St. Petersburg
See Circle Calendar for details.
Sept 15th Flower
Arranging meeting– 10:00 AM - Garden Center
Program: Design Demonstration on Table Designs, Capsule
Designer: Billye Hemphill
Sept 15th Snell Shores Circle meeting 9:30
AM at the Princess Martha
Program: Chair Exercises - Speaker: Dr. Robert Arnold
Sept
21th Dracaena Circle meeting - 12:30 PM – Garden Center
Program: Getting to Know You / Plans for the
Year
Sept. 28th Jungle Circle & Green Fingers Circle meeting
1:00
PM - Garden Center
Program: Hibiscus Speaker: Don Mixon
Sept 30th District
VIII Horticulture Extravaganza - 10 AM -3 PM cost $10.00 (includes lunch)
Tampa Garden Club - 2629
Bayshore Blvd. in Tampa
Seminar Topics: Orchids, Bromeliads, Native Plants, Community Gardens,
Amaryllis
Reservations: www.tampagardenclub.com or 813-251-5059
Sept 30th Set Up for the Plant Sale - 10 AM-4 PM
Plant Inspection -
For those who plan to attend the Horticulture Extravaganza in Tampa, please
either find a buddy to
bring your plants or contact Pat Strawn (576-4831)
to arrange for a
Wednesday, Sept. 29th delivery.
OCTOBER 2010
Oct 1st PLANT & GARDEN SALE at the Garden Center
& Oct 2nd Chairman –
Astrid Suau
SELLING - Friday – 9:00 AM -4:00 PM
SELLING - Saturday – 9:00 AM -2:00 PM
(Rain date – Oct. 3, 1-4 PM)
Oct 4th CREATIVE CRAFTS – for
all GCSP members
10:00 AM at the Garden Center
Oct 7th HORTICULTURE SEMINAR
– for all GCSP members
Coffee – 9:30 AM Seminar – 10:00 AM
Program
– What you don't know about Aroids
Peace Lily and Jack in the Pulpit are both Aroids
Speaker:
Anton Lee, Rare Plant Network
Bring a Friend and don’t forget to wear a flower.
Plant Exchange
optional.
Oct 8th Executive Committee meeting 9:00 AM
Board of Directors
meeting 10:00 AM – Garden Center
Hostesses: Jill Anderson, Bea Rahter, Bonnie Bowen,
Alice Beasor-Jackson
Oct 12th Night Bloomer Circle meeting - 6:30 PM Garden Center
Horticulture
for Weekend Gardeners - 7:00 PM
Program: Water Color Painting Speaker: Meletha Everett
Hands-on
Workshop learning to paint flowers
Cost for materials - $3.50
Reservations required: Phyl Lawson -
363-0067 or
pjlawson@tampabay.rr.com
Oct 14th District VIII Fall Meeting at the Tampa Garden Club
2629 Bayshore Blvd.
Hosted by the Davis Island Garden Club & the Tampa Garden Club
FFGC Officers share their information
& goals
Cost $25.00 Reservations - see Pat Strawn
Oct
19th Dracaena Circle meeting - 12:30 PM – Garden Center
Program: How to Plant a Fall Herb Garden
Speaker: Dennis Whitcomb of Willow Tree Nursery
Oct 20th Snell Shores Circle meeting – 10:00 AM -
Field Trip to Jim Strubbe's Backyard Garden
1024 Cherry St. N.E. - Bring a bag lunch
Oct 20th Flower Arranging Circle Meeting –10:00 AM - Garden Center
Program:
Design Demonstration on Transparency, Reflective,
and Underwater Designs
Designer: Bess Treadwell
Oct 26th Jungle Circle & Green Fingers Circle meeting
1:00 PM - Garden
Center
Program: Companion Planting with Herbs: Repelling insects naturally
Speaker:
Willow La Monte
NOVEMBER 2010
Nov 1st CREATIVE
CRAFTS – for all GCSP members
10:00 AM at the Garden Center
Nov 5th Executive
Committee meeting 9:00 AM
Board of Directors meeting 10:00 AM – Garden Center
Hostesses: Alice
Mullen, Juanita Motsinger, Barbara Kirkconnell, Barbara Theriault, Joanne
Keohane
Nov. 6th St. Petersburg's Party in the Parks (Saturday)
Centennial Celebration of the Waterfront
Parks including the
Flora Wylie Park
Flora Wylie was the first President of the Garden Club of St.
Petersburg
Garden Club will have a booth with demonstrations & plant sales.
Nov. 7th-9th District VIII Fall Flower Show Symposium - Sarasota- Bradenton Airport Hilton
Garden Inn
Registrar: Patricia Kautz - 941-473-5543 or pacbk225@aol.com
Allied Subject - Janice Hamlin - "Color"
Horticulture - Marie Harrison
- "Bromeliads & Euphorbia"
Design - Lynn Fronk - "Movers & Shakers"
Nov 9th GCSP FASHION SHOW & LUNCHEON MEETING
11:30 A.M. at the Garden Center
Program:
Fashion Show & Luncheon
Chairmen: Mari Blaquiere & Linda Gersbach
Fashions by: Christopher Banks
Set Up & Decorate: Jungle/Green Fingers
Kitchen & Serve: Dracaena
Clean
Up: Flower Arranging
Cost: $15.00 - Reservations & pay
in advance (by 11/5)
Pay at the door - $25.00
Reservations to Alice Mullen – 360-0153
Nov. 9th NO Night Bloomer's meeting - will meet Saturday. Nov. 13th
Nov
11th HORTICULTURE SEMINAR – for all GCSP members at Garden Center
Coffee – 9:30 AM
Seminar – 10:00 AM –
Program – Getting to know Native Plants
Speaker: Bruce Turley,
Wilcox Nursery/Landscape Design Consultant. Mr. Turley will have Native Plants
from
his nursery for sale.
Bring a friend and don’t forget to wear a flower.
Plant Exchange
optional.
Nov 13th Night Bloomer's Saturday Garden Tour - followed by Lunch
(TBA)
West Coast Tropicals Palm Garden Tour - 10:00 AM
6015 - 100th Way, St. Pete (out near Bay Pines)
Nov 16th Dracaena Circle meeting – 12:30 PM - Garden Center
Program: Fun with Flowers
Create
a fall arrangement to take home
Open to all GCSP members & guests at $15 each - Dracaena
members
$10. Paid reservations required in advance to
Mary Crowe 727-397-6871
Nov
17th Flower Arranging Circle meeting
10:00 AM - Garden Center
Program: Design Units I-VI
condensed
Designer: Carol Lucia
.
Nov 17th Snell Shores Circle meeting
9:30 AM
at the Princess Martha
Program: Alzheimers
Speaker: Peggy Macaluso, Alzheimer's Assoc.
Nov 23th Jungle Circle & Green Fingers Circle meeting
1:00 PM - Garden Center
Program:
Drip Irrigation - Speaker: Charlie Humphries
DECEMBER 2010
Dec
3rd Executive Committee meeting 9:00 AM
Board of Directors meeting 10:00 AM – Garden Center
Hostesses:
Rosalie DiMento, Susan Cooper, Barbara Rollins,
Carol Coles, Gail Carlson
Dec
6th CREATIVE CRAFTS – for all GCSP members 10:00
AM at the Garden Center
Dec 8th Snell Shores Circle Christmas Luncheon at St. Petersburg
Yacht Club
11:30 AM Cost &
Menu TBA
Dec 9th Flower Arranging Circle Holiday Luncheon
at Isla Del Sol Country Club
(Note:
2nd Thursday) 11:30 AM Menu & Price TBA
Reservations to Bea Rahter by Dec. 3rd
Dec 14th Dracaena Circle Holiday Party
at the Garden Center 12:30
Covered Dish Luncheon & Plant or Garden Item Exchange
Dec
14th Night Bloomers Circle Holiday Party
6:30 PM - Garden Center
Program: Covered Dish and Plant Swap
Dec 14th Jungle Circle & Green
Fingers Circle Holiday Party
11:30 AM Cost, Menu, & Location to be announced
HAPPY HOLIDAYS & A BRIGHT NEW YEAR
