Saint Paul Garden Club

Rice Park Holiday & Winter Urn Planting
2021-11-09 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago)
For some Holiday Urn inspiration, please consider signing up to help with planting the Holiday Urns at Rice Park.
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Ad Hoc Endowment Feasibility Committee Meeting via Zoom
2021-11-12 08:30 - 11:00

SPGC November Membership Meeting
2021-11-17 08:30 - 12:00
Program: Floral Design “Gathered Driftwood”
Speaker: Jessica Sommerhauser of Jolena Floral Studio. Jessica is an accredited member of the American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD) and was named one of the “Top 35 under 35” by Florist Review magazine. She has been an active member of the floral industry since she was 15 years old and she designed five of the floats for the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, California in 2017! After serving three terms as a board member of the Minnesota State Floral Association, Jessica just opened her own floral studio. Jessica will be demonstrating how to utilize things we may find and forage from nature, with added elements for the season. She will be demonstrating a gathered driftwood design that could be utilized as a door accent or table centerpiece–as well as show how the design can be transitioned from autumn to winter in a few easy steps.
Hostesses: Becky Diekmann (lead), G.G. Williams, Sarah Meek.
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SPGC Board Meeting
2021-12-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Hosted by Deb Venker. 1280 Hillcrest Rd, Saint Paul
Coffee 9:30 AM. Meeting 10 AM.
RSPV by December 5 to Deb Venker. dvenker@comcast.net

SPGC Holiday Tea Dance
2021-12-19 15:00 - 19:00 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
We request the pleasure of your company at our annual social and fundraising event. Reservations must be received by December 6th. Please call Co- chairs Betsy Martin or Mary Cullen for more information.

Allocations Committee Meeting via Zoom
2022-01-12 08:30
Presentation of reports from 2021 grant recipients. Review grant proposals/requests for 2022.

SPGC January Membership Meeting via Zoom
2022-01-19 08:30 - 12:00
Program: Horticulture Committee.
Telling True Stories with Dakota writer, speaker, and editor Diane Wilson. For many generations, Native women have protected indigenous seeds not only as a critical food for their families, but also as a precious relative whose gift of life has helped Native communities survive. As a gardener as well as through her work with Native organizations, for the past 20 years Wilson has helped preserve and restore indigenous seeds to Native communities. Drawing from this experience, Wilson wrote The Seed Keeper as a way to honor Native women and their commitment to keeping indigenous seeds safe for future generations.
Zoom Link to Register:
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SPGC 2022 Member Interest Surveys are Due.
2022-01-31 - 2022-02-01
Please send your competed survey to christineumhoefer@gmail.com
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SPGC Board Meeting via Zoom
2022-02-09 09:00 - 11:00
Meeting 9:30 AM. Meeting 10 AM.
RSPV by February 6 to Deb Venker. dvenker@comcast.net

SPGC February Membership Meeting via Zoom
2022-02-16 08:30 - 12:00
Program: Garden History and Design. “Sarah’s Cottage Creations”
Speaker Sarah Buerkley Award winning landscape and garden designer and owner of Sarah’s Cottage Creations. With over 18 years in the garden design business, she is known for her creative designs and gardening knowledge and has received numerous awards. She has been featured on the local landscape reality TV shows Curb Appeal and Landscape Smart. Sarah will be giving a presentation on garden design basics for the aspirin gardener. She will discuss how to design agaden and the do’s and dont’s of plant composition and selections.
Register in advance for this meeting:
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New Member Nominations Deadline
2022-04-01
The deadline for submission by both the first member and the seconding member is April 1, 2022.

Nominations Committee Meeting
2022-04-06 13:00 - 15:30

Spring Planting in Rice Park
2022-04-11 10:00 - 12:00

SPGC Board Meeting
2022-04-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Hosted by Deb Venker. 1280 Hillcrest Rd, Saint Paul
Coffee 9:30 AM. Meeting 10 AM.
RSPV by April 10 to Deb Venker. dvenker@comcast.net

SPGC April Membership Meeting
2022-04-20 09:30 - 13:00 | Town & Country Club, 300 N Mississippi River Blvd, St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Botanical Arts “Exploring Our Region’s Treasured History”
Speaker Greg Bellanger. Historian, Artist and Enrolled Member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Greg also manages a retail store featuring Indigenous art and craft materials in Minneapolis.
Hostesses: Gretchen Cudak, Kris Rose and Lead Kris Johnston
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Photography Tour. Monica Moses Haller's Studio
2022-04-22 14:00 - 16:00
Monica Moses Haller Studio Tour
Monica is an Art Professor at the University of Minnesota and her work spans media including photography, video, writing and installation. Haller’s recent work brings her to the eroding wetlands of the Louisiana coast, land that has been in her family for six generations. This work explores the philosophies of ownership, the social construction of race, and the possibilities of this wetlands’s terrain. Monica’s work is exhibited in the US and internationally at museums and public spaces including Pompidou, Paris, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Brooklyn Museum and along the Mississippi River. Tour her studio where Haller will talk about her work and process. After which they will discuss that work, people’s questions and discuss members of the Garden Clubs’ own work and process related to this. SignUpGenius

Ad Hoc Endowment Committee Meeting
2022-05-17 12:00 - 13:00
Ad Hoc Endowment Committee Meeting. Chair: Anne Ferrell.
Location:
St Paul & Minnesota Foundations Offices.
101 Fifth Street East, Suite 2400
Saint Paul, MN 55101

SPGC May Membership Meeting
2022-05-18 09:30 - 13:00 | North Oaks Golf Club, 54 East North Oaks Road
Program: Garden History and Design History of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Gardens
Speaker Tupper Thomas Although Tupper Thomas resides in Brooklyn, she is a Twin Cities native who will share her expertise on Prospect Park and Frederick Law Olmsted. Prospect Park has been acknowledged as one the finest examples of Frederick Olmsted and Vaux designs and Tupper served as the President of the Prospect Park Alliance for over thirty years and is one of the founding members of the City Parks Alliance. She has spoken to many GCA clubs nationwide where her expertise also lies in urban park and neighborhood restoration throughout the country.
Hostesses: Tracy Stutz (lead), Rojean Rada, Karen Neset.
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Summer Planting in Rice Park
2022-05-26 13:30 - 15:30

SPGC Finance Committee Meeting
2022-05-26 17:00 - 18:30
SPGC Finance Committee Meeting. Chair: Kris Johnston.
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SPGC Board Meeting
2022-06-08 10:00 - 12:00
Coffee 9:30 PM. Meeting 10 AM.

SPGC June Membership Meeting
2022-06-15 09:30 - 13:00 | Town & Country Club, 300 N Mississippi River Blvd, St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Program: “Healing in the Garden”
Speaker Mary Jo Kreitzer Director of the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota will talk about the impact of being in nature on our health, wellbeing and healing.
Hostesses: Lead:Judy MacManus &Betsy Martin, Mary Parenteau.
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Garden History and Design Field Trip. Tour Members' Gardens in Hudson WI
2022-06-22 09:30 - 14:00
Tour the gardens of SPGC members, Joan Palm, Jean Haut, Karen Neset, Angie Koebler and Robyn Wefel. Arrive at the first home at 9:30 AM. Lunch at the Octagon House at 1:00 PM. For more info see SuignUpGenius link and the post on the Notices page.
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Saint Paul Garden Club 2022 Membership Annual Meeting
2022-07-20 09:30 - 13:00 | White Bear Lake Yacht Club, 56 Dellwood Avenue, White Bear Lake, MN, 55110, United States
Please join us at our 2022 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, July 20th
White Bear Yacht Club
56 Dellwood Avenue, Dellwood
RSVP by Friday, July 1

9:00 Registration, Coffee & Conversation
10:00 am Annual Meeting
Noon Luncheon

Annual Dues: $280
Coffee, Treats & Lunch: $45
Please pay by check at meeting
OR
ZELLE at SPGCTreasurer@gmail.com

Garden Club Attire Requested
Anything Floral ~ Frocks, Hats, Scarves

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SPGC Tour of a MSHS Garden-in-a-Box Site
2022-07-26 10:00 - 11:00
The Minnesota State Horticultural Society invites SPGC members to tour a Garden-in-a-Box site in St. Paul. If you haven’t had the opportunity to see these wonderful little gardens and learn about the benefits they provide to the recipients, we highly encourage you to attend. This opportunity was arranged by club member and MSHS Development Director Diane Duvall.
Tuesday, July 26. 10 – 11 AM
Arts Us is located at the Dunning Rec Center 1221 Marshall Ave, St Paul, MN 55104
Add to your calendar and email Diane ASAP if you intend to visit on July 26. diane@northerngardener.org.

Garden History and Design Field Trip. The Paine Art Center and Gardens
2022-07-28 | Paine Art Center and Gardens, 11410 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI, 54901, United States
The Paine Art Center and Gardens This trip will be a wonderful opportunity for members to enjoy and learn more about history, gardens, and art and to create friendships. The Paine Art Center and Gardens is a beautiful botanical garden amidst a 1920’s historical estate located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The gardens host twenty inspirational garden area rooms to create a grand setting in a historic English country estate showcasing beautiful art, furniture and a special light show exhibition. The tour of the home and gardens will be an hour each and afterwards we will lunch at Fox River Brewing Company with inside and outside seating overlooking the river. Cost – $15.00 per person SignUpGenius

Tour of Blue Sky Flower Farm. September Date TBD
2022-07-31 08:00 - 17:00 | Blue Sky Flower Farm, 24231 Dakota Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, United States

Conservation Committee. State of Minnesota Capitol Legislative Visit. March Date TBD
2022-07-31 08:00 - 17:00 | MN State Office Building, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, St Paul, MN, 55155, United States
State of Minnesota Capitol Legislative visit. Call on your state legislators’ office and learn about bills up for passage or being considered.
Hosts: Dana Boyle and Theresa Lydon

Tour Urban Roots Sites
2022-08-03 09:00 - 12:00 | Urban Roots Headquarters, 1100 Payne Avenue, St Paul, MN, 55130, United States
Start at Urban Roots new office, café, and youth room. Then caravan to their largest growing site at Rivoli Bluffs for a tour of the growing fields and Children’s Garden and a chance to buy fresh produce at the Mobile Market. Observe an activity there at the Children’s Garden. Make a brief stop at the Metro State ‘ Grow It Greenhouse’ on Bates and 7th. End at Urban Roots garden next to Swede Hollow Café for our own pop up lunch.
*Urban Roots has been a recipient of our Community Fund grants for years.
Contact Catherine Nicholson for more information.
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Tour Three Urban Roots Sites
2022-08-03 09:00 - 12:00 | Urban Roots Headquarters, 1100 Payne Avenue, St Paul, MN, 55130, United States
Start at Urban Roots new office, café, and youth room. Then caravan to their largest growing site at Rivoli Bluffs for a tour of the growing fields and Children’s Garden and a chance to buy fresh produce at the Mobile Market. Observe an activity there at the Children’s Garden. Make a brief stop at the Metro State ‘ Grow It Greenhouse’ on Bates and 7th. End at Urban Roots garden next to Swede Hollow Café for our own pop up lunch.
*Urban Roots has been a recipient of our Community Fund grants for years.
Contact Catherine Nicholson for more information.
