September 2019 |
Dahlia Arrangements
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Date: Tuesday, September 24th, 2019.
Time: Coffee 9:30 am - Meeting 10:00 am Location: The Hickories 136 Lounsbury Road Ridgefield, CT Hostesses: Eileen McIntyre, Mary Ellen McGuire, Susan O’Connor Details: The Hickories, the beautiful and inspirational farm owned and managed by Dina Brewster will provide the setting for our fall arranging workshop. We will create arrangements using dahlias and other materials from the wildflower cutting garden at the farm. Please bring a favorite small to medium sized container or mason jar for your arrangement. There will be a modest $10 materials fee for each guest attending the meeting. Maximum two guests per member, please. In our third annual Seed Share, gardeners who collect seeds from their gardens are welcome to bring extras to share and swap with other members. GCA recommends packing and labeling seeds in #3 coin envelopes, available from any office supply shop, but feel free to use anything handy. Be sure to include the name of the plant and your own name, so we know whom to thank in the spring! Following the meeting, we will celebrate the season with a Garden Harvest Luncheon. We hope members will bring items for lunch incorporating ingredients from their own gardens or from local farms and markets. Sweepstakes DIVISION I: HORTICULTURE Class 1 Dahlia a) Small/Medium; up to 8" b) Dinner Plate; over 8" Class 2 Plant Sale Native Class 3 Favorite New Addition - share a specimen new to your garden Class 4 Flowering Plant, Grown from Seed Class 5 Homegrown Tomato (one, on a plate) Class 6 Homegrown Vegetable (one, on a plate) Class 7 Par Class 8 'Pollinator Posey' - A bouquet of natives or pollinator friendly material. Class 9 'Autumn Bounty' - A composition of fruit, vegetables, herbs, foliage and flowers harvested from your garden. DIVISION II: PHOTOGRAPHY Class 1 "Visiting Gardens" - A photo taken in an inspiring garden. Class 2 "Postcard" - A landscape vista from your travels. |
October 2019 |
Horticulture Grow Challenge Workshop |
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Date: Tuesday, October 22nd
Time: Coffee 9:30 a.m. - Workshop 10:00 a.m. Location: Ballard Greenhouse 21 Gilbert Street Ridgefield, CT 06877 Hostesses: Pat Bennett, Gigi Christel, Pat Fisher Details: The 2019/2020 RGC grow challenge workshop will be hosted this year by RGC’s Horticulture Committee. Please join us at Ballard Greenhouse as we gather to learn a creative method for propagating begonias in lettuce box “micro greenhouses”. Please bring a clear, 6-8" lettuce or produce box with no holes and a lid that closes. We will have a few spares on hand for those who need one. Sweepstakes: DIVISION I: HORTICULTURE Class 1 Chrysanthemum Class 2 Aster Class 3 Flowering Specimen Class 4 Homegrown Vegetable Class 5 Foliage Class 6 Par Class 7 'Grasses' - An arrangement of ornamental grasses and seed pods. Class 8 'On the Wild Side' - Create an arrangement using foraged plant materials. DIVISION II: PHOTOGRAPHY Class 1 'Still Life' - A composed photo of fruit, vegetables and/or flowers. Class 2 'Autumn Leaf' - A macro photo of a leaf or leaves in close up. |
October 2019
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Nature & Garden Photography With Lester LefkowitzDate: Tuesday, October 29, 2019.
PUBLIC MEETING Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Ridgefield Library, Large Program Room In his own words, Lester Lefkowitz has been a photographer “since before he was born”. He has supplied photographs to Fortune-500 companies and major publications throughout the world; including National Geographic, The New York Times and Time Magazine. Lester established the Undergraduate Art Photography Program at Stony Brook University, is the author of four books on photography, and has lectured to numerous arts and professional organizations. He has photographed in all fifty states, twenty- one countries, Antarctica, and leads yearly photographic workshops in Italy and South America. In his presentation, Lester will show over a hundred slides illustrating techniques and suggestions for improving nature and flower photography (Lester has written a textbook on close-up photography). You’ll become more aware of light, composition, point of view and exposure, and learn techniques to improve your photographs. Lester is an engaging, informative speaker. At a minimum, you’ll see a lot of great pictures! Following the lecture, Lester will be available to answer questions about cameras, general photography, close-up photography, and even questions about Photoshop and Lightroom. He will also be available to offer thoughts and suggestions on your photos (whether printed or in digital format). This meeting is open to the public. All guests and friends are welcome. |
December 2019
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Wreath Making Workshop & LunchDate: Tuesday, December 3, 2019.
Location: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, North Hall Time: 10:00 a.m. Hostesses: Janet Bruehlman, Margaret Eustace, Jacqueline Jeffries, JoAnn Kish, Emily Maciocia Please join our most festive event of the year as we create wreaths for the holidays! We will celebrate the beginning of the season with coffee, conversation, cookies and music. The club will provide a variety of cuttings and greenery. Everyone is encouraged to bring ribbons, greens and embellishments to add to their projects or to share. Clippers, gloves, hot glue guns and extension cords are other helpful items. Light luncheon to follow. Wreath Making is one of our most popular events. To ensure there is space available for all our members to enjoy their day, guests will be limited to one per member. Thank you. Wreaths are $15 by PayPal using the link below (preferable) or by check no later than November 15th. |
December 2019
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Holiday CocktailsDate: Sunday, December 8, 2019
Time: 4-7 p.m. Details: Holiday Party at the home of Meredith & Michael Ward. Celebrate the holidays with RGC members and their spouses or guests. The club provides beverages. Members with last names A through M, please bring a dessert. Surnames L through Z, please bring an appetizer to share. |
February 2020
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Annual Horticulture Meeting
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March 2020
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Annual Conservation Meeting
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April 2020
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A Garden's Evolution
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May 2020
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Ridgefield Garden Club ~ 106th Annual Meeting ~Date: Tuesday, May 19th
Time: 10:00 am Luncheon to Follow Location: Waccabuc Country Club 90 Mead Street Waccabuc, NY, 10597 Details: Celebrate another year of beautiful gardens and great accomplishments at our Annual Meeting. Luncheon will follow the business meeting. This is the one meeting in the year that is for members only. The club absorbs a significant portion of the cost of the meeting & luncheon, in hopes that all of our membership will attend. We hope to see you there! SWEEPSTAKES: DIVISION I: HORTICULTURE Class 1 Club Grow Challenge: Begonia Propagation Class 2 Peony, Herbaceous or Tree Class 3 Iris Class 4 Flowering Shrub, cut, not to exceed 36" Class 5 Clematis Class 6 Allium Class 7 Par Class 8 'Tea Party' - A spring arrangement in a teacup. DIVISION II: PHOTOGRAPHY Class 1 'Native' – A photo of natives in the garden, or in nature. Class 2 'Beautiful Bugs' - A macro photo of an insect or insects. Please identify both insect/s and plant or plants where possible. |