Fingers crossed that we will have the opportunity to work with Mary Jo Hoffman, author of STILL, The Art of Noticing. Every day for over a decade, MJ has made a photograph of found nature — no subject is too small or too ordinary. For Hoffman, a former aeronautical engineer, this daily ritual cracked open […]
General Meeting Agenda 9:30 AM Coffee 10:00 AM Business Meeting 11:00 AM Program 12:00 Lunch Program: Ikebana, SPGC Flower Show Prep Sue Bagge studied Ikebana for over 30 years including more than seven trips to Japan and Seattle to study with masters. She is trained as a judge. Sue appreciates how Ikebana allows simple yet […]
General Meeting Agenda 9:30 AM Coffee 10:00 AM Business Meeting 11:00 AM Program 12:00 Lunch Program. Flower Show Committee. Ikebana, SPGC Flower Show Prep Sue Bagge studied Ikebana for over 30 years including more than seven trips to Japan and Seattle to study with masters. She is trained as a judge. Sue appreciates how Ikebana […]
Workshop following Membership Meeting. Flower Show Committee Prepare for our September Höfu Flower Show with this helpful workshop. We will be discussing the principles of miniature design led by Carol Kolb. Angie Koebler will be discussing how to interpret a piece of art and transforming that interpretation into a floral arrangement, also how to […]
Allocations Committee Capitol View Communal Garden & Orchard Tour/Work Night Allocations recipient, Gabriel Pfeiffer, will give us a tour of the communal garden he and his neighbors started in 2022. We will be attending on a community work night, so bring your garden gloves and trowel to help out! Don’t forget to bring along a […]
Larsen-Stewart Garden Tour and Walk Around Lake of the Isles Join us to walk through this amazing garden at the historic Lake of the Isles ASID home of Kris Rose’s brother, John and his husband, Mike. This stunning garden features an English garden shed along with 200 dahlias, a kitchen garden, native shade garden and […]
General Meeting Agenda 9:30 AM Coffee 10:00 AM Business Meeting 11:00 AM Program 12:00 Lunch SUG: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BABA72BA0F58-51004996-spgc/26585022#/ Program: Garden History & Design Garden Design Ariel Dressler, Horticulture Supervisor at Como Conservatory, will speak about the design process of the flower shows at the Como Sunken Gardens. She will show some of her favorite exhibits and share […]
Please join us as we transition Rice Park from summer to fall. We need help with planting the urns and doing some splitting and planting in the south gardens. Friday, September 20th, 10:00 am until 1:30 pm. Rice Park is located downtown St. Paul between the Saint Paul Hotel and the Ordway Theatre, 109 W […]
Please join us for the opening night of HŌFU A Club Flower Show. The Preview Party includes a a delicious buffet, demonstration and narrative of a Japanese Tea ceremony in the Tea House in the Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden, self guided garden tours, and the Flower Show Awards Ceremony. Buffet 6:30 - 8:30 PM […]