The Garden Club of Shelter Island, Inc.


CALENDAR OF EVENTS and PROGRAMS
For the year 2008

APPRECIATION FOR THE GLORY AND
AWSOME BEAUTY OF A SINGLE FLOWER

Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held on Wednesdays at The Parish Hall, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church 26 St. Mary’s Road, Shelter Island, New York 11964 (631) 749-3472

March 12    9:30am    Board Meeting
                  11:00am    Regular Business Meeting (no program)
                Sr. Mary’s Parish Hall

April 9        9:30am     Board Meeting
                 11:00am      Regular Business Meeting
                 12:30pm        “A Single Daffodil”
                Trina Waldron, Daffodilian and Blue
                Ribbon grower, will talk on how
                To groom and show daffodils.
                Lilian Ackerman, Judy Brandenstein,
                Jean McClintock, consultants for the
                Daffodil Show, will demonstrate
                arrangements in the design schedule.
                Event Chair: Patricia Shillingburg
                St. Mary’s Parish Hall
                OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
           
               

April 29   3:00-6:00pm    Daffodil Show entries

April 30   2:00-5:00pm    DAFFODIL SHOW
                St. Mary’s Parish Hall
                Event Chair: Patricia Shillingberg
                OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

April TBA  10:30  Conservancy Garden Cleanup
                An annual prune and mulch of the
                Native Plant Garden created by
                Garden Club Friends of Mashomack,
                ensures preservation of indigenous
                Flora. Dedication of 3 trees in
                Memorium for Helen Oliver, Jean
                Reeves and Willi Braunschweig.
                Event Chair: Paulette Van Vranken
                Native Plant Garden
                Mashomack Preserve

May 14    9:30am        Board Meeting
               11:00am        Regular Business Meeting
               12:30pm        Herbaceous Perennials
                Judith Ogden
                Event Chair: Lilian Ackerman
                St. Mary’s Parish Hall
               

May 21    2:00pm    Past Presidents’ and New Members Tea
                Event Chairs: Christina Cunningham
                Co-Chair Barbara Gerstenlauer
                Presbyterian Church
                Fellowship Hall   
                32 North Ferry Road

May 24   8:30am –    Isabel Bowditch Memorial Plant
               10:30          Exchange
                All Shelter Island gardeners and friends
                are welcome to share the abundance of
                their gardens in a free exchange of plant
                treasures and garden goodies.
                Youth program participants will con-
                tribute seedlings.
                Event Chair: Anna Marie Rampmaier
                Havens House
                OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

June 11     9:30am    Board Meeting
                11:00am    Regular Business Meeting
                “A Single Rose”
                12:30pm   How to Grow Roses Without Killing
                Them or Yourself
                With Harvey Feinstein,
                Rosarian of great reknown.
                Event Chair: Marcia Byington
                St. Mary’s Parish Hall

July 9     9:30am    Board Meeting
             11:00am    Regular Business Meeting
             12:30pm    “A Single Daylilly”.
                Bob Schwarz
                will present and bring plant specimens
                to share.
                Event Chair: Donna Persson
                St. Mary’s Parish Hall   
                OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

August 10    10:00        Garden Club Memorial Sunday
                We join the community at Union
                Chapel to celebrate the lives of
                deceased members and a single
                rose is given to their families.
Event Chairs: Lois Weir  and Barbara Hayes
Union Chapel in the Grove.

Aug 13   9:30am    Board Meeting
             11:00am        Regular Business Meeting
             12:30pm       “A Single Hydrangea”
                Master Gardener, Past President
                Southold Garden Club,
                Hilde Peters will present slides and bring
                specimens to propagate.
                Event Chair:  Christina Cunningham
                OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Sept 10    9:30am  Board Meeting
               11:00am        Regular Business Meeting
               12:30pm        Designer Karl Auwaeter of Bayport
                Flowers will create Fall Foliage Con-
                tainer Creations for us.
                Event Chair: Pat Rosenberg
                St. Mary’s Parish Hall
                OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Sept 17    12:30pm        A Gaggle of Games
                A fundraising event for community
                projects: Gift of Life, Veterans  
                Association, Educational Foundation.
                Event Chair: Jackie Tuttle
                St. Mary’s Parish Hall
                OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Oct 8       9:30am   Board Meeting
              11:00am   Regular Business Meeting
              12:30pm   Irene Virag, noted Newsday columnist,
                will educate and entertain us.
                Event Chair: Mary Chobor
                St. Mary’s Parish Hall
               
Oct. 11
(Sat)     11:30am    Annual Meeting and Luncheon
              Event Chair: Doris Schultz
              Co-Chair: Cathy Macintosh
              Gardiner’s Bay Country Club
                11:30 Cocktails
                12:00 Luncheon

Oct. 12    1 – 4pm   The Fall Harvest Festival
                Event Chair: Renate Biamonte
                Shelter Island Historical Society
                Havens House

Nov 12    9:30am    Board Meeting
               11:00am    Regular Business Meeting
               12:30pm    Home for the Holidays
                back by popular demand.
                Our members delight with Holiday
                Design.
                Carolyn Stromberg, Jean Mc-
Clintock and Judy Brandenstein
all Silver award winners
Event Chair: Betty Fogarty
St. Mary’s Parish Hall
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

                Holiday Workshop
Dec 5      10:00am      A workshop for members and com-
Friday      munity to create holiday wreaths and
                decorations for their home or for
                gifts.  Bring materials to use or
                purchase them from Ways & Means.
                Event Chair: Beverly Cahill
                St. Mary’s Parish Hall
                OPEN TO THE PUBLIC