General Meeting Agenda 9:30 AM Coffee 10:00 AM Business Meeting 11:00 AM Program 12:00 Lunch Program: Photography & Floral Design Committees The Transformative Power of Dailiness, MJ Hoffman Every day for over a decade, Mary Jo Hoffman has made a photograph of found nature — no subject is too small or too ordinary. For Hoffman, […]
SUG: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BABA72BA0F58-53021457-spgc#/ An Optional Floral Design Workshop will follow the November 20 meeting at North Oaks from 1:00pm-3:00pm. Class size is limited to 25 members. Choose either a Woodland Pave Centerpiece or a Woodland Sphere Centerpiece for the holidays. Supplies will be included, but you may bring any additional foraged materials. Please bring design tools […]
General Meeting Agenda 9:30 AM Coffee 10:00 AM Business Meeting 11:00 AM Program 12:00 Lunch Program: Floral Design Committee Floral Design with Color Theory Dee Dee Hoffman—November Workshop same day Owner and Designer of Botany Creative Works, Dee Dee will be discussing Color Theory with us. She is highly knowledgeable working with color in floral […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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: […]
We are excited to welcome Jeni Becht of Green Goddess Floral, who will create two or three lovely holiday arrangements. Jeni has a studio and urban flower farm in Bloomington, MN. She has 25 years of floral experience and is an avid gardner, educator and mentor to other florists on design and business practices. Jeni is […]
This workshop follows the September 20th Monthly Meeting. Presenter: Carole Maida Bailey, a National GCA Awards Member and esteemed Botanical Arts Judge and instructor, will be hosting a Botanical Arts workshop for our members. Carole will instruct us on creating a Botanical Arts necklace, and will provide the materials and tools. Bring your readers...it's detail work! […]
GCA Botanical Art Study Southern Style Speaker: Carole Bailey of the River Oaks Garden Club, Houston, Texas. Carole will be introducing the membership to the GCA Botanical Arts categories within the GCA, along with various shows she has judged for in GCA. Coffee @ 9:30 AM Hostesses: Lead hostess, Janelle Rasmussen, Jean Haut, NancyHilger, Sue Vezina https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044BABA72BA0F58-spgc39#/ Please […]