Programs

SALEM GARDEN CLUB PROGRAM
2006~2007

Please note meeting dates carefully. A * indicates a change from usual 1st Thursday date. Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings take place at the First Church in Salem, 316 Essex Street. Refreshments are served at 7:00 PM, and the meeting starts promptly at 7:30. There are no meetings in January, July, and August.

SGC Boutique | Quint Essentials | Ten Hours Until Dawn | A-h-h-h Spring | The Basics of Orchids

Prior Programs

Meet Isabella Stewart Gardner

Portrayed by Jessa Piaia
SEPTEMBER 7, 2006 7:30 PM

Fall Container Planting

Presenter: Gigi Thompson, Thomson Garden Center
OCTOBER 4, 2005 (Wednesday)* 7:30 PM

Creative Holiday Dining

Presenter: Joanne Hatch of Gourmet Fare
NOVEMBER 9, 2006 (2nd Thursday)

 

SGC Boutique Workshop

*NOVEMBER 30, 2006 * 7:30 PM
Coordinators: Eleanor Soucy and Darleen Sadoski

All members are needed for this annual major fundraising event. Enjoy, share, and learn from the creativity of fellow garden club members. Participants may make purchases at the workshop.

Bring: your workshop kit: wire cutters, floral cutters, wire, scissors, paper, pencil, and plenty of energy.

Hostesses: Co-Chairs: Virginia Kieran, Rollande Grant Jane LaChapelle, Betsy Bouchard, Ellen Bouchard, Carolyn Maloon, Paula Contilli, Maribel Steadman, Mary Wilson, Diane Skreslet

Dates to Remember:
December 2, Design Workshop #2, Waltham
December 2& 3, SGC Holiday Boutique
27th Annual Christmas in Salem
December 7, National Convention Fundraiser,
Oakley Country Club, Belmont
January 23, Design Workshop #4, Waltham

“Plants are like people; they’re all different and a little bit strange.”
John Kehoe

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Quint Essentials

FEBRUARY 1, 2007 7:30 PM

Presenters: Diane Saia and Dorinda Putnam
Thinking Towards Spring with Hats and other
Great Accessories
Items may be pre-ordered for your spring events
Garden Club and otherwise

Hostesses: Co-Chairs: June Gibson, Edie Dyer
Evelyn Russell, Sarah Takis-Welch, Pat Jalbert, Nancy Perroni, Kathleen Nelson, Tammy DeSantis, Karen Moran, Janice Charlton

Dates to Remember:
February 2-4 Flora in Winter, Tower Hill Botanical
Garden and Worcester Art Museum
February 22-25, Rhode Island Flower Show,
Providence

“Gardeners, I think, dream bigger dreams than emperors.”
Mary Cantwell

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Ten Hours Until Dawn

MARCH 1, 2007 7:30 PM
Guest Night: Bring a Friend – Guest Fee $5

A True Story
Presenter: Author Michael Tougias
Until the writing of this book, little was known of this story of peril at sea just off the Salem shore during the Blizzard of 1978. Using slides of the boats, the men involved and photos of the storm, Tougias will take the viewer through this incredible night where many lives hung in the balance. The book will be available for purchase and signing.

Horticulture: Pam Jendrysik

Hostesses: Co-Chairs: Carol Michaud, Joan Hannah
Heidi Milman, Anna Geraghty, Carolyn Kent, Winnie Wilkens, Marie Narinkiewicz, Donna LaVita,
Ellen Lomasney, Ellen Mahr

Dates to Remember:
March 1-4 Central Massachusetts Flower Show, Worcester
March 17-25 New England Flower Show, Boston
March 27, Civic Development Workshop, Waltham
March 29-31 Gardening Study School, Tower Hill

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Ah-h-h Spring

APRIL 6, 2007 7:30 PM
Guest Night: Bring a Friend – Guest Fee $5

Presenter: Peter Messelaar
of Messelaar Bulb Co., Ipswich
Time to anticipate spring. Enjoy a slide presentation of spring flowering bulbs and have your questions answered.

Horticulture: Pam Jendrysik

Hostesses: Co-Chairs: Sylvia Ywuk, Carol Sikora
Denise Lawrence, Sara Whittredge, Maria Catalona, Mary Usovicz, Marcia Lambert, Michelle Ywuc,
Ellen Sweet, Mary Lou Tranos

Dates to Remember:
Art in Bloom, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
April 13, Design Workshop #3, Waltham
April 17, Designing Principles, Waltham

Art in Bloom- Museum of Fine Arts

In April, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the MFA Associates host Art in Bloom which is floral interpretations of the Museum’s masterpieces done by various members of the Massachusetts garden clubs. In 2006, Sue Ballou and Paula Contilli represented our club and did a magnificent job.

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The Basics of Orchids

MAY 5, 2007 7:30 PM

Presenters: Brenda Samiljan and Linda Elsaesser
Officers of the North Shore Orchid Society

An introduction to growing and caring for orchids along with the best places to purchase these exotic plants. A variety of blooming orchids will be used to enhance the presentation. Also there will be a raffle of two orchid plants.

Hostesses: Co-Chairs: Sylvia Flynn, Claire Gauthier
Vittoria DellaMonica, Lucille Civiello, Dottie Bates, Sharyn Longo, Sue Ballou, Kristin Clark, Nancy Lutts, Barbara Perroni

Member Plant Swap

Dates to Remember:
May 4, Design Workshop #4, Waltham

May 24-28, National Garden Club Annual Convention

June: Shaughnessy Hospital Planting with Patients
June: Salem Garden Club Annual Dinner TBA
July Garden tour TBA

“When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one and a lily with the other.”
Chinese proverb

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