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#/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile, the Rice Park Committee needs you to assist with park […]
Date & Time: TBD . Usually, the second week in June when lavender is in bloom
Coffee @ 9:30 AM
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 […]
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 […]
A celebration of our members members and theirachievements over the past year, and a look forward of what is to come. SignUpGenius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BABA72BA0F58-50052067-spgc#/ Hostesses: Lead hostess, Penny Rendall, Jeanine Jesmer, Teresa Moe, Mary Gilbertson, Blanche Hawkins, Margaret Ford.
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 […]
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 […]