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FGCMD COVID 19 Statement August 2021

Dear Members, Some of you are planning in-person meetings in the next few months, and we want everyone to feel safe. Although NGC has not issued a statement on their vaccination position the scheduled in-person meeting of the NGC Board in September has been changed to a Zoom meeting. On August 7, 2021 Governor Hogan issued the following statement:"Here are the facts as we know them. Less than 0.01% of those fully vaccinated in Maryland have been hospitalized. Less than 0.001% of those vaccinated have died. This means 99.99% of those fully vaccinated have remained free of serious illness." The decision to get vaccinated is a personal decision. I chose to get the vaccination so that I could resume some semblance of normalcy. Since I’m vaccinated, there is an extremely high probability that I will recover from the illness if I do get sick. However, vaccinated people can still get Covid. The FDA has approved the vaccine for emergency use only and there are people that do not want to be vaccinated for this reason. Others have survived Covid and have natural immunity; some people are allergic to some of the ingredients and are unable to tolerate it; and some people have religious beliefs that preclude them from being vaccinated. In summary, if we have been vaccinated, we should feel safe. We can ask members to mask up; we can ask them to sign waivers and have their temperature taken. It should not be a requirement for our members to provide proof of vaccination. Thank you, Anna O'Kelly, President Download here
Calendar postings should be emailed to website@fgcofmd.org. Include the sponsor of the event, date, time, location and type of event along with any contact information. Please place all your information in a word document, not in the text of your email. Plan on it taking a week before your information is posted. PLEASE NOTE: Due to copyright issues, postings are limited to text only on our website calendar. Please, no art or photographs unless permission has been granted. You may add "For more information, contact_______________." Major religious and secular holidays have been added to the calendar as an aid to clubs for planning activities and events.
Last update: 08/31/2021

2021

September 20211District I Board Meeting 6Labor Day 7 Rosh Hashanah 9 Blue Star Memorial Dedication located at the Youghiogheny Overlook Welcome Center on I-68 near Friendsville in Garrett County, hosted by the Mountain Laurel Garden Club. Please RSVP to Linda Harris at lindaharris355@aol.com or 443-695-2071 10District II Board Meeting 10 FGCMD Virtual Book Club will discuss Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our World by M. Sheldrake Contact: Carolyn Braverman to sign up. carolynyb28@gmail.com 14FGCMD Executive Board Meeting hosted by District V 9:30 AM Light refreshments available 10:00 AM Executive Committee Meeting 11:00 AM Executive Board Meeting Mt. Airy Fire Company Reception Hall, 1008 Twin Arch Rd, Mt. Airy, MD 21771.
15 Green-walled Garden Club presents "Books in Bloom", A Small Standard Flower Show Cancelled Holly Hills Country Club, 5502 Mussetter Rd, Ijamsville, MD 21754Open to invited guests 12:30 - 3:00 p.m. 16 - 19 Charles County Garden Club Flower Show at the Charles County Fair, 8440 Fairground Rd, La Plata, MD Cancelled 16Yom Kippur 18 Blue Star Marker Dedication, Howard County Garden Club 22 & 23Landscape Design School, Course 3, Columbia, MD; Brochure and Registration 23 - 26 St. Marys County Garden Club Flower Show at the St. Mary's County Fair, 42455 Fairgrounds Rd, Leonardtown, MD 20650 24 National Garden Clubs Fall Board Meeting, via ZOOM 30 Landscape Design Council: Horticulturist Led Tour of the grounds at Historic Hampton Mansion Information October 20216District I Semi-annual Meeting via Zoom 8District II Semi-annual Meeting
11Columbus Day 12 Gold Star Marker Dedication, Hurlock Cemetery 14 District IV Semi-annual Meeting 14 District V Semi-annual Meeting, Holly Hills Country Club, Ijamsvill, MD 15Deadline for Gardenews Submissions
November 20214 Judges Council Meeting and Standard Flower Show Autumn Leaves Come Tumbling Down show schedule open to the public at 12:30 p.m. Chartwell Country Club, Severna Park, MD 7Daylight Savings Time ends 9 State Board Meeting hosted by District I American Legion, Rt. 8 South, Stevensville, MD 21666 11 Gold Star Marker Dedication, Somerset 17Hagerstown Garden Club presents a Floral Design Show, details to follow. 18 Award Selection Day at the Greenhouse Classroom, Cylburn Arboretum 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 25Thanksgiving Day
29Hannukah
December 2021 3Glen Arm Garden Club Bus Trip to Longwood- contact: Mary Carol Bruff c_bruff08@comcast.net
6 Lutherville Garden Club decorates Hampton Mansion tree
9 Garden Club decorating at Hampton Mansion 10:00 a.m.
10 Hampton Mansion open house 10 FGCMD Virtual Book Club Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmer Contact: Carolyn Braverman to sign up. carolynyb28@gmail.com 24-31 State Office closed

2022

January 2022 11 State Board Meeting via Zoom 15 Gardenews deadline for February issue 17 Martin Luther King Day February 2022 10 District V Board Meeting 10 Judges Council Meeting Chartwell Country Club 11 District II Board Meeting 21 President's Day March 2022 2 District I Annual Meeting 4 District III Annual Meeting at Valley Mansion. 10 District V Annual Meeting 11 District II Annual Meeting 11 FGCMD Virtual Book Club Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simmard. Contact: Caraolyn Braverman to sign up. carolynyb28@gmail.com 16 District IV Annual Meeting 21 Pre-Gala Dinner 22 FGCMD Annual Meeting. Speaker will be Page Dickey, author of "Uprooted: A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again" Turf Valley Resort 2700 Turf Valley Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21042
April 2022 11 - 13 District II Daffodil Show Information: Liz Williams mliz.williams825@gmail.com 16 Passover 17 Easter 16- 27 Trip to Netherlands, Belgium, & France Contact Claire Jones jonesb1@comcast.net Flyer
20-21 Maryland Daffodil Society Show, Vollmer Center, Cylburn Arboretum 23 FGCMD Youth Day hosted by District II Flyer Contact Jenny Henry, Youth Chairman jennyhenry1188@comcast.net May 2022 5 Judges Council Meeting Chartwell Country Club 8 Mother's Day 10 State Board Meeting 13 “Celebrating Our Heritage” a small standard flower show will be held by Howard County Garden Club at the Ellicott City 50+ Center 9401 Frederick Rd open to the public 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 15-21 NGC Board of Directors meeting and Annual Meeting Rosen Plaza, Orlando, FL 19 Franklin Garden Club Flower Show District III
 24-25 Landscape Design School, Course 4 at Turf Valley Resort, Ellicott City, MD. More information to follow or contact Linda Harris at lindaharris355@aol.com 30 Memorial Day June 2022 9 District V Board Meeting 10 District II Board Meeting 10 FGCMD Virtual Book Club Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Contact: Carolyn Braverman to sign up. carolynyb28@gmail.com 15 Deadline for submissions to July Gardenews 19 Father's Day July 2022 4 Independence Day August 2022 11 District V Board Meeting September 2022 5 Labor Day 9 District II Board Meeting 13 State Board Meeting 14 - 15 Gardening School, Course 1, at Cylburn Arboretum Greenhouse Classroom More information will follow, contact Linda Harris at lindaharris355@aol.com 22 NGC Board of Directors Meeting, St. Louis, MO 24 District I NGC Standard Flower Show “Harvest Highlights” Hosted by Queen Anne’s County Garden ClubChesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD. Open to public 1:00-5:00 pmFor more info contact: Carolyn MacGlashan, cmacglashan@gmail.com 26 Rosh Hashanah 30 Flower Show presented by the Lutherville Garden Club October 2022 5 Yom Kippur 5 District I Semi-annual meeting 10 Columbus Day 13 District IV Semi-annual Meeting 13 District V Semi-annual Meeting Holly Hills Country Club, Ijamsville, MD 14 District II Semi-annual Meeting 15 Deadline for November Gardenews submissions 20 Judges Council Meeting Chartwell Country Club 31 Halloween November 2022 1-4 CAR-SGC Conference Seven Springs Mountain Resort in PA. 8 State Board Meeting 11 Veteran's Day 24 Thanksgiving December 2022 19 Hanukkah 24 Christmas 23 - 31 State Office Closed

2023

January 2023 1 New Year's Day 10 State Board Meeting via Zoom 15 Deadline for February Gardenews 16 Martin Luther King Day February 2023 9 District V Board Meeting 10 District II Board Meeting 20 President's Day March 2023 1 District I Annual Meeting 3 District III Annual Meeting 9 District V Annual Meeting Holly Hills Country Club, Ijamsville, MD 10 District II Annual Meeting 15 District IV Annual Meeting 28 FGCMD Annual Meeting April 2023 6 Passover 9 Easter May 2023 1-5 NGC Board of Directors meeting and Annual Meeting The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV 14 Mother's Day June 2023 18 Father's Day October 2023 4 District I Semi-annual Meeting 13 District II Semi-annual Meeting
Save the Date! FGCMD Annual Meeting March 22, 2022 Gardening School Course 1 September 14 - 15, 2022
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