Calendar & Programs 2010-2011
 

September
9/21 Tuesday-Meeting starts promptly at 6:45 p.m.
Program: "Dilly Delights”
2010 Herb of the Year -Dill - Anethum graveolens.  Woodbridge Garden Club members, Saundra Saflarske and Jean Gall will teach us all about Dill.  Come learn about and sample a menu using this delightful herb! 
 

October
10/19 Tuesday-Meeting begins promptly at 6:45 p.m.         Program: “A Passion for Peonies”
Kathleen Gagan of Peony’s Envy, a nursery and display garden in Bernardsville, New Jersey will teach us about these long-lived perennials. 
This program cosponsored by the Woodbridge, Terra Nova and Metuchen Garden Clubs.  Free – Open to the Public

November
11/16 Tuesday-Begins promptly at 6:45p.m.
Program: “Dizzy for Dahlias” 
WGC member, Pat Schmitt, will teach us all about Dahlias and how to winter them over.  Free – Open to the Public

December
12/7 Tuesday- Begins promptly at 6:45 p.m.
Program: “Tastes of the Holidays”
Bring a favorite dish from your heritage to share with the group.
Bring item (TBA) for veterans’ gift bags. 

January
1/4 Tuesday-This meeting will take place at St. Luke’s Parish Hall, 17 Oak Avenue, Metuchen, NJ.  Call WGC president, Angie Heuer, for car pooling.   This is a joint meeting with the Metuchen Garden Club, President, Jeanne Giarratano. 
Program: “Native Plants for NJ Gardens” by Bruce Crawford, Director of Rutgers Gardens, Rutgers University. 

February
2/8 Tuesday-Meeting starts promptly at 6:45 p.m.
Program:  "Lavender Sachet Workshop"
Come help make lavender sachets favors for our April Tea Fundraiser.  Bring your scissors. 

March
3/8 Tuesday-Meeting begins promptly at 6:45 p.m.
Program: “Groundcovers, Hard Workers in the Garden” by Clare Minick.  Free-Open to Public

April
4/12 Tuesday-Meeting begins promptly at 6:45 p.m.
Program: "Wildflowers: New Jersey Natives"
Mary K. Muckenhoupt will speak on our native plants. 
This program is provided by the Neshanic Garden Club as a public service.  GS Troop 80441 will be working on their National Garden Clubs Native Plants Patch and will extend an invitation to other scouts to come to this program. 
Free - Open to Public

May
5/10 Tuesday-Meeting starts promptly at 6:45 p.m.
Program:  “Easy Care Perennials for your Garden”
by Jeff van Pelt, Supervisor of Horticulture at the Van Der Groot Colonial Park Rose Garden at Colonial Park.  The park has 4,000+ rose bushes, 275 different species, and a beautiful perennial garden.  It is located at 156 Mettlars Road, Somerset, NJ 08873. 
Free - Open to Public

June
6/14 Tuesday-Meeting starts promptly at 6:45 p.m.
Program:  "Butterflies are Free"
by member Belinda Kerchner.  Come learn about the Black Swallowtail butterfly, its life cycle, its habitat and how to raise them.

July
No general meeting.

August
No general meeting.