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FGCMD Calendar of Events

Updated February 4, 2012

 

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Major religious and secular holidays have been added to the calendar as an aid to clubs for planning activities and events.

                                                               

 

 

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

            Information and Registration

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