Upcoming Event: Landscape Design Study Program

The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc. offers many educational programs. Currently on their website they feature
Flower Show Schools
Gardening Study Schools
and
Landscape Design Study Programs
If you are interested in any of these educational programs you should visit the educational portion of their website at http://www.ctgardenclubs.org/schools.html

Or contact them:
The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc.
Landscape Design Study Program
March 25, 26 & 27
More information? Contact Margery Winters at margerywinter@comcast.net or 860-658-5416

Desert Plants in Winter

Happy New Year!

We just returned from a vacation in Arizona and I thought I'd share
with the club some of the pictures we took of the desert plants in
winter. It's quite beautiful.

Best wishes,

Shinny

Click here to see more photos on Shutterfly

More Upcoming Local Events

The Ledyard Garden Club invites the members of the Mystic Garden Club to "Designing with Silvers", presented by photographer, author and speaker, Karen Bussolini, on Feb.4 at the Ledyard Senior Center, at 7pm. For more information phone Sue Anderson at 464-6878.

The Mystic Garden Club will be having a "Daffodil Exhibit", on April 22nd.

Fine Art & Flowers Garden Tour, Wadsworth Antheneum Museum of Fine Art, April 24-27. For more information phone 860-838-4141

Art in Bloom, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, April 26-29.

The New London Garden Club, presents "Fresh Impressions", a GCA Flower Show, May 15, 16 & 17, at the Florence Griswold Museum. For more information phone Betty Pinson 860-486-0627 or email bettypinson@sbcglobal.net

The Mystic Garden Club Plant Sale, Saturday, June 7th, at the Mystic Noank Library

The Newport Flower Show, "Explore Botanical", June 27, 28 & 29. The Preservation Society of Newport, a GCA Flower Show.

The Fifth Annual Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium

Announcement About Upcoming April 2008 Gardening Symposium
Fifth Annual Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium
April 4 & 5, 2008 at the Equinox Resort in Manchester, VT

From: Kerry Mendez email: pyours@nycap.rr.com
Greetings! My name is Kerry Ann Mendez and I am a garden writer, speaker, teacher, and designer from Upstate New York. I hope your New Year is off to a great start. Would you kindly share the below information about the Fifth Annual Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium with your group and other gardeners? For more information, please visit the
www.pyours.com/Symposium2008.html.

This event sold out two months ahead of time in 2007 so those interested should reserve their spot early! If you have questions, please call me at (518) 885-3471.

Fifth Annual Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium
April 4 & 5, 2008 at the world-class Equinox Resort in Manchester, VT

Sponsored by Bradfield Organics, Coast of Maine Organic Products, Davey Hecht Woodworking, Dutch Gardens, Equinox Valley Nursery, Gardener's Supply Company, Messenger, People, Places & Plants, Proven Winners, SafeLawns, TerraCycle, The Vermont Association of Professional Horticulturists & Garden Arts Custom Landscapes

Friday 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Enjoy six dynamic lectures by renowned professionals in their fields. Last year the symposium sold out two months prior to the event. Guest speakers are Tara Dillard, a national award winning author, designer, speaker and former TV host on CBS from Atlanta, Georgia; Shepherd Ogden, a renowned speaker, author, teacher, horticulturist, and founder of The Cooks Garden (a pioneering organic seed
company); Mardell Steinkamp from Sunny Border Nurseries, one of the largest wholesalers of perennials and new introductions in the northeast; Kerry Mendez, a popular speaker, teacher, writer, consultant and former TV show host; and Kelly Sweeney, master designer, landscaper and head gardener for the 700 acre Basin Harbor Club in Vermont (one of the Historic Hotels of
America). Topics include The Art of Garden Design, New Perennials for 2008, Creating Focal Points In The Garden, Sensational Flowering Shrubs, Step-by-Step Organic Vegetable and Flower Gardening, and All About Annuals.
Package price for one night's accommodations at a four diamond resort, welcome reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres and cash bar, full breakfast, midmorning refreshments, gourmet luncheon buffet, six garden lectures with handouts, a garden gift, chance to win great door prizes, and all taxes and gratuities is only $276.97 single or $406.79 double ($203.40 per person).
Two night packages available. For package reservations, call the Equinox Resort (http://www.equinoxresort.com/) at (800) 362-4747. For more information about the agenda and topics, visit www.pyours.com/Symposium2008.html or call (518) 885-3471.

Upcoming Events 2008

Avalonia Land Conservancy Bald Eagle Survey, the DEP Wildlife Division is currently seeking volunteers to help with the 2008 Mid-winter Bald Eagle Survey, in January 2008. For additional information email davidbainbridge@sbcglobal.net or 536-2921
January 27th at 1pm, Hike the Nature Conservancy's Poquetanuck Cove Preserve, Ledyard. For more information phone 464-8101

The Federated Garden Clubs of CT. Presents a Standard Flower Show, "Once Upon A Time", February 21 - 24. Hartford Convention Center

Rhode Island Spring Flower Show, "Date Night in the Gardens", February 21 - 24.
Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI

Philadelphia Flower Show, "Jazz It Up", Celebrating the birthplace of Jazz, New Orleans, March 2 - 9. Philadelphia, PA

New England Flower Show, "Rhapsody in Green", the cutting edge of responsible gardening, March 8 -16. Bayside Expo Center, Boston, MA

NatureScapes is sponsoring a bus trip March 2nd & 3rd 2008 to the American Museum of Natural History and the Philadelphia Flower Show. For additional information call Sylvia Carreia at 464-9995

2008 Conference for the Home gardener. University of Connecticut, Storrs, Ct.
An all day conference for the home gardener, from the casual gardener to the Master Gardener. For more information contact Richard McAvoy at 860-486-0627 or email richard.mcavoy@uconn.edu

Stonington Garden Club will be holding its garden tour, "Gardens by the Sea", on Friday, June 20 and Saturday , June 21

Connecticut College Arboretum Winter Spring 2008 Programs

for further information phone: 439-5020 or website at http://arboretum.conncoll.edu or email arbor@conncoll.edu

Feburary

• 5, 12 & 19 Age of Dinosaurs in Connecticut Valley

March

• 6 & 13 The Omnivore's Delima: A book discussion
• 8 The Art of Bonsai: A worksop
• 22 Finding your way with map & compass
• 29 Spring Prunning

April

• 12 Mamacoke Mystries: A spring hike
• 19 Earth Day / Community Day Celebration
• 29 Spring Pruning

May

• 9 & 10 A spring plant sale