The Federated Garden Clubs
FGCMD Calendar of Events
Updated February 4, 2012
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2012
JANUARY 2012
1 New Year’s Day
10 State Board Meeting
14 The Woods in Your Backyard Workshop University of MD Extension Center Carroll County Information
16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
18 What’s Bugging You? Can We Legislate It? FGCMD Legislation Day at the Miller Office Building Annapolis, MDRegistration
20 Ikebana International Chapter 118 11:00 a.m. Greenhouse Classroom Cylburn Arboretum
FEBRUARY 2012
1 District I Board Meeting Sun Trust Building Easton, MD
2 District V Executive Board Meeting (snow date to be announced)
11 Horticulture Day sponsored by District II Our Shepherd Lutheran Church Severna Park, MD
15 Judges Council Meeting, Chartwell Country Club, Severna Park, MD
17 Ikebana International Chapter 118 11:00 a.m. Greenhouse Classroom Cylburn Arboretum
17-20 Great Backyard Bird Count Read more...
20 Presidents’ Day
29 Leap Year
MARCH 2012
1 District V Annual Meeting Program: Youth Gardening
Fountain Head Country Club13316 Fountain Head Hills Road
Hagerstown, MD 21742 Registration
2 District III Annual Meeting at Hillendale Country Club Registration for Mardi Gras
5 "Islands of Aloha" Philadelphia Flower Show District III bus trip
6 Philadelphia Flower Show bus trip Chartwell Garden Club 410-987-0643
7 District I Annual Meeting, hosted by Oxford Garden Club
9-11 Districts III & IV "Who Dunnit" Flower Show at Home and Garden Show, Timonium Fairgrounds
Show Schedule (Please note: there is an admission fee to the Home and Garden Show.)
9 District II Annual Meeting Comfort Inn, Bowie, MD hosted by LaPlata Garden Club Registration Flyer
11 Daylight Savings Time Begins
14 District IV Annual Meeting
15 Landscape Design Council Meeting at Valley View Farms with speaker Carrie Engel 10:00 a.m.
16 Ikebana International Chapter 118 11:00 a.m. Greenhouse Classroom Cylburn Arboretum
20 First day of spring
26 Reception Dinner for CAR Director Jeanne Nelson - 6:30 p.m. - Turf Valley Resort & Hotel - Contact Elyssa Baxter 410-357-0714
27 FGCMD State Annual Meeting at Turf ValleyDirections Registration
30 Preview PartyArt in Bloom Tickets available through the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
31-1 Art in Bloom Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
31 through April 15 Spring Display at the Rawlings Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
31 Four Rivers GC & Unity Gardens present Native Plants: Design and Maintenance with author Tracy DiSabato-Aust 9:00 a.m. – Noon Information
31 Springtime Floral Design Workshop & the History of Tulips with Annette Richter and Marilyn Potter
10:00 a.m. Cylburn Classroom Registration
APRIL 2012
1 Palm Sunday
6 Good Friday
6 Passover begins at sundown
7 Passover
8 Easter
9-12* District II Daffodil Show Our Shepherd Lutheran Church *PlEASE NOTE NEW DATES
Benfield Blvd. Severna Park, MD Entries accepted at Noon on April 10th.
12-15 Art Blooms 2012 - A Floral Fiesta! The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Contact Co-chairs Amy Chay at amychay@aol.com or Yvonne Lenz at lenzinc@aol.com
16-30 Enchanting Portugal Garden Tour co-sponsored by the Maryland Horticulture Society and FGCMD Contact Karen Offutt for further information: karenoffutt1@gmail.com Flyer Itinerary
18 Potting Tower Workshop with Marilyn Potter Cylburn Classroom To register call 410-367-2217
19 Dorchester Garden Club will be dedicating its Blue Star Marker at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery - Eastern Shore 6827 E. New Market Ellwood Road, Hurlock, MD 21643 11:00 a.m.
20-22 2012 American Daffodil Society Convention and Show
“Blooms, Bay and Beyond” Sheraton Baltimore North Towson, MD Photography Division Schedule & Rules
22 Earth Day
24-26 Flower Show School Course III Bowie Comfort Inn, Bowie MD Registration
26 Towson Garden Day at Towson Courthouse sponsored by Towson Chamber of Commerce and District III
Contact Nancy Eagan 410-357-5830
MAY 2012
1 May Day Tour charming downtown Annapolis bedecked with hundreds
of lovely May baskets. Then join the Garden Club of Annapolis at its May Fair with a delectable luncheon and Spring Boutique at the Annapolis Yacht Club. Stay tuned for more information. Evie Renz, 410 263-1750
5 Moonflower Garden Club presents a vegetable gardening lecture & plant sale: "The Seven Secrets of Successful Organic Gardeners" with Mike McGrath (former Editor-in-Chief of Organic Gardening magazine, syndicated radio talk show host: 'You Bet Your Garden', author of books on tomatoes, compost and kitchen gardening, Garden Editor for WTOP News Radio in Washington, D.C. Bring a notebook to jot down the secrets! OurShepherd Lutheran Church, 400 Benfield Road, Severna Park, MD. Lecture: 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.; Plant Sale: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lecture: $20. For tickets contact: Sylvia Deck, 410-980-3444, or Suzanne Lewis, 410-544-8963.
5 Friendship Garden Club Garden Mart, Fallston United Methodist Church, Route 152 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
8 State Board Meeting
9 Dorchester County Garden Club Small Standard Flower Show
12-13 Paca Garden Plant Sale Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday Noon – 4:00 p.m. Perennials, annuals, vegetable starts, herbs, woody plants and vines are on offer. Proceeds benefit the William Paca Garden. 186 Prince George Street Annapolis, MD 21401-1724
13 Mother’s Day
15 Gardening Study Meeting - 10:30 a.m. Gee Gardens in Fulton, Md.
16 Rain date for Gardening Study Meeting listed above. 10:30 a.m.
16-20 2012 National Convention Adams Mark Hotel Buffalo, NY
16-17 Pre-convention Meetings
18-19 Board of Directors and General Session
18 Ikebana International Chapter 118 11:00 a.m. Greenhouse Classroom Cylburn Arboretum
19 District III May Fair at Shops at Kenilworth
20 Tri-refresher/Canadian Tour
21 Friendship Garden Club Bus Trip to London Town and Homestead Garden Center - Contact Ellen Bruck 410-877-0730
24 New Market Garden Club presents a Small Standard Flower Show
Jazz it Up!! at theUrbana Public Library.
Open to the public from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Show Chairman Marilyn Potter 301-829-9216
26 District IV Garden Tour…details to follow
28 Memorial Day
JUNE 2012
3-9 National Garden Week Poster and Proclamation
16 Hampton Historic Site Mint Julep Party 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
17 Father’s Day
20 First Day of summer
20 Judges Council Cylburn Arboretum
23 Francis Scott Key Iris Society and FGCMD present "Five Golden Rings" a Small Standard Flower Show featuring Beardless Iris
Noon to 4:00 p.m. at The Shops at Kenilworth
25-29 Cylburn Nature Camp 6-11 year olds camp@cylburnassociation.org or call 410-367-2217 x 104.
30 Office closes for the summer
JULY 2012
4 Fourth of July
9-13 Cylburn Nature Camp 6-11 year olds camp@cylburnassociation.org or call 410-367-2217 x 104.
14 Herbal Delight 10:00a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Cylburn Arboretum Registration
16-20 Science Nature Quest Camp 10-11 year olds camp@cylburnassociation.org or call 410-367-2217 x 104.
23-27 Cylburn Nature Camp 6-11 year olds camp@cylburnassociation.org or call 410-367-2217 x 104.
AUGUST 2012
SEPTEMBER 2012
3 Labor Day
4 Office reopens
6 District V Executive Board Meeting Holly Hills Country Club
8 Design 101 with Jackie Handley Cylburn Classroom
11 State Board Meeting
14 District III Presidents Meeting at the Sherwood House, Cromwell Valley Park
16 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
22 Fall begins
22 Design 102 with Susan Palmer Cylburn Classroom
25 Yom Kippur begins at sundown
26-29 National Garden Clubs Board Meeting Little Rock, AR
27 District I Semi-annual Meeting
29 Oxford Garden Club presents a Standard Flower Show "Rock 'n Roll Revival" at the Oxford Community Center, Oxford, MD. The Show is free and open to the public from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.
OCTOBER 2012
2-4 Flower Show School IV, Comfort Inn, Bowie, MD
3-5 Judges Symposium, Comfort Inn, Bowie, MD
4 District V Semi-annual Meeting and Flower Show, Berry Wine Plantation and Linganore Wine Cellars, Mt. Airy, MD
12 District II Semi-annual Meeting
28-30 C.A.R. Conference Cleveland, OH
NOVEMBER 2012
6 Election Day
11 Veteran’s Day
11 Memorial Book Dedication at the Rawlings Conservatory
13 State Board Meeting
22 Thanksgiving Day
DECEMBER 2012
8-16 Hanukkah begins at sundown
21 Winter begins
25 Christmas
26-31 Kwanzaa
31 New Year’s Eve
2013
January 2013
1 New Year’s Day
8 State Board Meeting - snow date February 12
21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 2013
12 Snow Date State Board Meeting
18 Presidents’ Day
March 2013
1 District III Annual Meeting
6 District I Annual Meeting
7 District V Annual Meeting
8 District II Annual Meeting
13 District IV Annual Meeting
26 State Annual Meeting
April 2013
May 2013
12 Mother’s Day
14 State Board Meeting
23-26 National Convention in Seattle, Washington
27 Memorial Day
June 2013
13 Father’s Day
29 State Offices closes for summer