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Gardening Club
CORKERY GARDENING CLUB 2012
As the Corkery Gardening Club enters its seventh year, an assortment
of workshops, garden tours and nursery related field trips are being
arranged. The Corkery Gardening Club is a group of lively, friendly
individuals sharing their knowledge and skills as part of this
cooperative CCA sponsored club. We generally meet every second
Thursday night at about 7:00PM, location of meeting dependent on
event booked. End of season is wrapped up with a dinner out mid
October. CCA membership and $2 donation required for most
meetings. Monies collected help pay for guest speakers, thank you
gifts & for work shop supplies. Car pooling is usually arranged
for trips away.
Meeting schedule of events arranged to date
May 3rd 7:00PM
-- First meeting. Season planning, social
meet & greet at CCA building
May 17th 7:00PM
-- Guest speaker hopefully*, member plant
share at CCA building
May 26th 9:00AM (SAT)
-- Tour of Richard Inchley’s Ponds &
Aquaria, optional attendance at “Fish for Water Garden” seminar at
10:30AM. Registration required for 10:30AM Seminar.
May 31st 7:00PM
-- Container planter workshop, Kingscreek
Nurseries, Carp. Cost TBAnnounced
June 2nd 9:00AM
-- noon (SAT), Fundraising Plant Sale on
CCA lawn
June 14th 7:00PM
– Tour of Rock Wall Gardens (near Perth),
rain date following Thursday if necessary.
June 28th 7:00PM
– tour of extensive private garden (between
Almonte & Carleton Place)
July 12th 7:00PM
– tour of Marcia’s gardens & demo of her
worm composting system.
July 26th 7:00PM
– tour of hosta specialist’s gardens (near
Waba)
August (9th & 23rd) and Sept.(6th & 20th) not booked yet
*if I don’t find a speaker for this date & no one else does
either, we will just do plant share and social.
THINK SPRING!!!
CORKERY GARDENING CLUB
Want to…..
• Make new friends?
• Share plants/seeds?
• Tour local gardens?
• Enjoy a social evening with a guest speaker?
• Create items of beauty for your garden or yard?
• Make crafts for your home using garden bounty?
• Learn more about local garden or horticultural businesses?
1ST MEETING: 7:00PM THURSDAY APRIL 28, 2011 at Carroll Homestead Community Park
2ND & 3RD MEETINGS: 7:00PM MAY 12th & 26th (same place)
2011 CORKERY GARDENING CLUB SEASON OPENING MEETINGS
• First two meetings are intended to be social/organizational meetings for the year. We will work on filling our season’s calendar with tours or workshops as submitted by members.
• 3rd meeting, Thursday May 26th may include a guest speaker/tour/activity as well as our Spring Plant Share. Members bring plants from divisions or splits or any excess plants we have in excess to share. Labelled plant seeds welcome as well.
• We will be participating in CCA’s Spring Yard Sale with a fund raising plant sale table on Saturday June 4th.
• We will generally meet every second Thursday for the rest of the season until our final mid-October dinner out
Come out, meet potential members and see if our relaxed, fun and educational club suits you! For more information please call Sue at 256-5148 or inquire by e-mail at secannon@xplornet.com .
LAST YEAR'S MEETINGS & TOURS:
May 21 - Horticulturalist to give slide show presentation of “Perennials for all Seasons” & to take gardening questions. $5. Also club plant share/exchange.
June 4 - Open house of a member’s garden & plant collection for June 6th Yard Sale
** June 11th extra meeting - Concrete stepping stone workshop at member’s home
** June 13th extra meeting - Tour of local Oriental garden.
June 18th - Tour of Cedar Hill area Lupine Display garden.
July 4th - to be arranged still
July 16th - A Garden & Critter Tour in Corkery area. Tour of member’s garden & then off to admire farm animals at neighbouring member’s home.
Future tours & workshops to be arranged include the following: rustic garden object making, stained glass stepping stone workshop, tour of Experimental Farm Arboretum, garden photography presentation.
CCA membership required for all CCA sponsored clubs. $25.00/family, $10.00 Seniors (60+)
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