SPGC Board Meeting
2024-02-14 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
Socializing @ 9:30 AM

SPGC Membership Meeting
2024-02-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Magical Woodland Ferns and LichensSpeaker: Joe Walewski, author of The North Woods, Director ofNaturalist Training at Wolf Ridge Environmental Center in GrandMarais, Minnesota. Often overlooked and clearly underappreciated,lichens are wonderfully diverse and surprisingly beautiful. Joe willguide us through habitats from the shore of Lake Superior to inlandforests and rocky outcrops as we learn about the lives of lichens andferns.Host: Sarah Meek

Horticulture Workshop with Grow Lights
2024-02-26 10:00 - 11:00 | Eco Garden Supply, 800 Transfer Road, Suite 3, Dock 8, St. Paul MN
Angie Koebler, horticulturist and plant enthusiast, will instruct us on Grow Lights and how to achieve success with plants for gardening, exhibiting and display within your home.

No SPGC events are scheduled in March. Enjoy!
2024-03-01 - 2024-03-31

SPGC Board Meeting
2024-04-10 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Unity Church – Arthur Foote Room, 732 Holly Avenue, Saint Paul, MN, United States
Coffee @ 9:30 AM

SPGC Membership Meeting
2024-04-17 10:00 - 12:00 | North Oaks Golf Club, 54 East North Oaks Road
The Art of Topiary “Produce Beautiful Topiary CreationsIncorporating Plants for Color, Texture and Contrast”Speaker: Meghan Petricka, Winner of HGTV’s Clipped, BiophilicDesigner and Botanical Artist, owner of La Vida Verde, and aMinnesota resident. Meghan is highly sought after for her botanicalcreations both nationally and internationally.Hostesses: Lead hostess, Becky Diekmann, Jeanine Jesmer, TeresaMoe, Penny Rendall
Please Note: There is a Workshop following this meeting. See event listing in calendar.

Botanical Arts Workshop
2024-04-17 13:00 | North Oaks Golf Club, 54 East North Oaks Road
Note: This Workshop follows the April 17th SPCG Monthly Meeting.Presenter: Meghan Petricka, Topiary Artist invites us to join her increating a botanical art topiary. Host: Becky Diekmann. Cost: $100
Stay Tuned.

Rice Park Spring Planting
2024-04-18 10:00 - 12:30 | Rice Park, 109 4th Street W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
RICE PARK SPRING PLANTING
Though the calendar says winter, Spring IS in the air!

Please join us as we transition Rice Park from tired winter to spectacular spring.

When: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

What to bring: garden gloves, a step stool, a trowel, and jugs of water.
SignUpGenius:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BABA72BA0F58-48366005-rice/50307365#/
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Meanwhile, the Rice Park Committee needs you to assist with park maintenance, primarily the urns and south gardens. SPGC has been working in Rice Park since the club was formed and the club is committed to this work. It’s easy, fun, and a great way to connect with fellow SPGC members.We usually work in pairs; if you don’t have a partner, no worries. Either someone will sign up to join you, or contact one of our committee members ,and we’ll be sure you don’t go alone. SUG link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084DABAF23A6F85-rice10/50307365#/
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Please note: Parking can sometimes be difficult near Rice Park especially if an event is happening. We’d love everyone to be able to participate in the fun, so please consider carpooling, and if you just can’t find a spot, don’t leave but pull into the park itself at one of the four corners. Feel free to flag down or call one of the Rice Park committee members and we will help you pull in.
2024 – 2025 SPGC Rice Park Committee:
Kris Rose: 651.246.0201
Joan Palm: 651.260.2895
Tina Allison: ‭319. 899-4196‬
Mary Cullen: ‭651.300-8421‬
Missy Pfeiffer: 651.354.0696
Robyn Wefel: 715.821.1143

Floral Design Workshop
2024-05-01 12:30 - 15:00 | White Bear Lake Yacht Club, 56 Dellwood Avenue, White Bear Lake, MN, 55110, United States
Join us for a fun and creative floral design workshop. You will learn the basics of creating floral designs, including how to condition flowers, and types of floral mechanics and how to use them to form the structure of the design. In addition, three of our talented members will give you their best tips for taking your design to the next level as they create the following floral designs:

Carol Kolb – Miniature (Petite Design)

Tracy Stutz – Mass Floral Arrangement

Pam Nuffort- Minimalist Floral Design. Members will participate and make a floral arrangement with Pam to take home.
Cost of Workshop $65. Payment may be made by check, payable to SPGC and mailed to: Angela Goddard 535 Montcalm Place, Saint Paul, MN 55116 or to the Club’s Zelle account: SPGCTreasurer@gmail.com.
*Please indicate in the memo section of either check or Zelle that payment is for the Floral Design Workshop. Payment confirms your reservation.
Number of Participants: 18 – the first 18 members that sign up have a spot and we will start a waitlist after we reach 18 participants.
Contact Jeanine Jesmer or Tracy Stutz with any questions.
FYI – Refreshments and a light snack 12:30 – 1PM, class from 1-3PM
Stay Fresh With Us – a guide to cutting, conditioning, and hardening of flowers and foliage, along with flower arranging tips will be available the day of the workshop for $10.
SignUpGenius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BABA72BA0F58-48904837-floral/26585022#/

SPGC Membership Meeting
2024-05-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Town & Country Club, 300 N Mississippi River Blvd, St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
All About Vegetable Gardening and DesignSpeaker: Matt Brooks of Tangletown Gardens has earned multipledegrees in Landscape Architecture and taught Landscape Design atDakota Technical College in Rosemount. Although Matt enjoysdesigning landscapes and beautiful gardens, he completed hiscertification in Urban Farming and Permaculture Design. Matt ownsa 40–acre farm in Wisconsin and finds gratification with his talents in garden design and passion for growing healthy food as the best ofboth world.
SugnUpGenius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BABA72BA0F58-49221724-spgc
Coffee @ 9:30
Hostesses: Lead hostess, Tracy Stutz, Kim Ozzello, Rojean Rada,Michelle Mero Riedel

Rice Park Summer Planting
2024-05-22 10:00 - 12:30 | Rice Park, 109 4th Street W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Please join us as we transition Rice Park from springtime tulips to lush summer flowers. Many hands make light work!
When: Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
What to bring: garden gloves, a step stool, and a trowel.
SignUpGenius: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/409044BABA72BA0F58-48748025-rice/26585022
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Meanwhile, the Rice Park Committee needs you to assist with park maintenance, primarily the urns and south gardens. SPGC has been working in Rice Park since the club was formed and the club is committed to this work. It’s easy, fun, and a great way to connect with fellow SPGC members.We usually work in pairs; if you don’t have a partner, no worries. Either someone will sign up to join you, or contact one of our committee members ,and we’ll be sure you don’t go alone. SUG link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084DABAF23A6F85-rice10/50307365#/
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Note: Parking can sometimes be difficult near Rice Park especially if an event is happening. We’d love everyone to be able to participate in the fun, so please consider carpooling, and if you just can’t find a spot, don’t leave but pull into the park itself at one of the four corners. Feel free to flag down or call one of the Rice Park committee members and we will help you pull in.
2024 – 2025 SPGC Rice Park Committee
Kris Rose: 651.246.0201
Joan Palm: 651.260.2895
Tina Allison: ‭319. 899-4196‬
Mary Cullen: ‭651.300-8421‬
Missy Pfeiffer: 651.354.0696
Robyn Wefel: 715.821.1143

June 2024 Lavender Barnyard Tour
2024-06-01 08:00 - 17:00 | Lavender Barnyard, 6401 225th Street W, Farmington, 55024, United States
Date & Time: TBD . Usually, the second week in June when lavender is in bloom

SPGC Membership Meeting
2024-06-19 10:00 - 12:00 | North Oaks Golf Club, 54 East North Oaks Road
Restore the Shore for Wildlife and Water Quality LakeshoreRestorationSpeaker Carrol Henderson, longtime Minnesota DNR employee andsupervisor of the Non–game Wildlife Program from its inception in1977 until his retirement in 2018, award–winning wildlifeconservationist, avid wildlife photographer, author of many articlesand nine books and a GCA National Award Winner of the Francis K.Hutchinson Medal for Conservation will speak to us about bestshoreline practices, lakeshore restoration and plant selection.
Coffee @ 9:30
SUG: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BABA72BA0F58-49861079-spgc#/
Hostesses: Lead hostess, Karen Wick, Deb Venker, Jeri LynOmmen, Sheila McCarr, Cindy Gehrig

Lavender Tour and U- Pick Workshop
2024-06-27 10:30 - 11:30 | Lavender Barnyard, 6401 225th Street W, Farmington, 55024, United States
You are invited to attend a U-Pick Lavender Tour workshop.
Want to sit amongst the butterflies and cut your own fresh bundle of lavender? Then we’d love to see you and feel free to linger for as long as you’d like. There’s no rush. There will be a short tour, some info on the different varieties we grow and a quick tutorial on how to cut. Then you are free to meander the plants and enjoy the tranquility that is lavender.

https://www.lavenderbarnyard.com/about
SignUpGenius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BABA72BA0F58-50068557-upick#/

Parking: Only on owners long driveway.
Carpooling is recommended.

Dress: Sturdy shoes and possible muddy spots
Smart clothes for picking or working
outside.
Scissors will be provided
for cutting Lavender.

COST: $10. Nonrefundable
*Bring your check to the June 19 Membership Meeting
REGISTRATION and FEE DEADLINE : June 24

Host: Tracy Stutz

Interested in lunch after the tour? Let Tracy know.

SPGC Annual Meeting
2024-07-17 09:00 - 12:00 | White Bear Lake Yacht Club, 56 Dellwood Avenue, White Bear Lake, MN, 55110, United States
A celebration of our members members and theirachievements over the past year, and a look forward of what is to come.
SignUpGenius:
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Hostesses: Lead hostess, Penny Rendall, Jeanine Jesmer, Teresa Moe, Mary Gilbertson, Blanche Hawkins, Margaret Ford.

SPGC Membership Meeting
2024-08-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Como Park Conservatory, 1225 ESTABROOK DRIVE MN, SAINT. PAUL, MN, 55103, United States
General Meeting Agenda
9:30 AM Coffee
10:00 AM Business Meeting
11:00 AM Program
12:00 Lunch
Program. Garden History & Design Committee
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 the maneuvers it takes to get plants to bloom at the appropriate times. After
lunch we will enjoy a tour of the Autumn Sunken Garden Show.
Lead host: Mary Cullen
Hosts: Tina Allison, Betsy Martin, Mary Parenteau

Floral Design. May 2025 Workshop. Date TBD
2024-08-21 08:00 - 17:00
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 profound revelations about the connectedness of all things, the importance of place, and her own life.
Location: TBD
Host: Tracy Stutz

SPGC Membership Meeting
2024-08-21 10:00 - 12:00 | North Oaks Golf Club, 54 East North Oaks Road
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 complex flowers to come alive through floral design.
Our own Mickey Neher (photography) and Teresa Moe (floral design) will present information
about the SPGC Hõfu Flower Show and classes. Japanese theme Hõfu—means abundance,
plenty, bounty.
Lead host: Nancy Hilger
Hosts: Mary Gilbertson, Blanche Hawkins
Please Note: There is a Flower Show Workshop following this meeting.

SPGC Membership Meeting
2024-08-21 10:00 - 12:00 | North Oaks Golf Club, 54 East North Oaks Road
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 allows
simple yet complex flowers to come alive through floral design.
Our own Mickey Neher (photography) and Teresa Moe (floral design) will present information
about the SPGC Hõfu Flower Show and classes. Japanese theme Hõfu—means abundance,
plenty, bounty.
Lead host: Nancy Hilger
Hosts: Mary Gilbertson, Blanche Hawkins
Please Note: There is a Flower Show Workshop following this meeting.

Workshop - Flower Show Committee
2024-08-21 13:00 - 14:00 | North Oaks Golf Club, 54 East North Oaks Road
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 create a structural floral arrangement. We
will be demonstrating how to fill out an entry card for the flower show

Tour/Work Night. Capitol View Communal Garden & Orchard
2024-08-22 18:00 - 20:00
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 basket to share in the
harvest.
Location: Top of the High Bridge, Cherokee Avenue & Smith Avenue,
West Side, Saint Paul
Host: Missy Pfeiffer
SUG: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BABA72BA0F58-50273748-capitol#/

SPGC Provisional Members' Orientation Meeting
2024-08-28 10:00 | Kim Ozzello’s Home, 8967Joliet Ave. N., Stillwater, MN, 55082, United States

SPGC Provisional Members' Allocations Tour and Lunch
2024-09-11 09:00

Larsen-Stewart Garden Tour and Walk Around Lake of the Isles
2024-09-12 10:00 - 12:00
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 chickens. After our
garden tour, we will walk around the scenic Lake of the Isles.
Location: 2002 West Lake of the Isles Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55405
Host: Penny Rendall
SUG: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BABA72BA0F58-50431015-visiting#/

SPGC Membership Meeting
2024-09-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Como Park Conservatory, 1225 ESTABROOK DRIVE MN, SAINT. PAUL, MN, 55103, United States
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 the maneuvers it takes to get plants to bloom at the appropriate times. After
lunch we will enjoy a tour of the Autumn Sunken Garden Show.
Lead host: Mary Cullen
Hosts: Tina Allison, Betsy Martin, Mary Parenteau

Rice Park Fall Planting
2024-09-20 10:00 - 13:30 | Rice Park, 109 4th Street W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
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 4th St. St. Paul MN 55102. Parking can be difficult near Rice Park especially if an event is happening at the same time. We would love for everyone to be able to participate in the fun of planting so please consider carpooling. If you can’t find a parking spot, please flag down or call one of the Rice Park Committee members and we will help you pull into to the park area itself.
If you’re able to join us, please bring:
– Shovel
– Garden Trowel
– Clippers
– Step stool/ladder
– Garden gloves
– Watering cans, 1 or 2
The committee usually doesn’t have extra tools so please bring your own.
2024 – 2025 SPGC Rice Park Contacts:
Kris Rose: Kris.Rose@outlook.com 651-246-0201
Joan Palm: joanapalm@att.net 651-260-2895
Missy Pfeiffer: melissapfeiffer035@gmail.com 651-354-0696
Christine McGinnis: mcginniscem@gmail.com 651-253-9254
Tina Allison: tsallison23@gmail.com 319-899-4196
Robyn Wefel: robynwefel@yahoo.com 715-821-1143
Please contact them with any questions!

SignUp Genius:
Fall Planting. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084DABAF23A6F85-rice7
Maintenance. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084DABAF23A6F85-rice10

HOFU ~ A Saint Paul Garden Cub Flower Show
2024-09-24 - 2024-09-26 | Como Park Conservatory, 1225 ESTABROOK DRIVE MN, SAINT. PAUL, MN, 55103, United States

Preview Party for HŌFU ~ A Club Flower Show
2024-09-24 18:30 - 21:00 | Como Park Conservatory, 1225 ESTABROOK DRIVE MN, SAINT. PAUL, MN, 55103, United States
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
Japanese Tea Ceremony 6:30 – 7:30 PM
Awards Ceremony 7:30 PM
Cost $100/Person
RSVP by September 8
Guests Welcome
Questions? Contact Angel Crandall angelcrandall@gmail.com ~ 651.353.8553

SPGC Board Meeting
2024-10-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Faye Duvall’s Home, 2550 Manitou Island, White Bear Lake, MN, 55110, United States
9:30 am Coffee
10:00 am Business Meeting
Location: Faye Durall’s Home
2550 Manitou Island, White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Hosts: Mary Gilbertson, Teresa Moe
