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 […]
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 […]