2007-2008 Calendar
2007 Dates Location Event/Activity Chair/Hostess
Tuesday, Oct 2, 2007

9:00 am Meeting, 10:00 am Presentation

The Lawrence Barn Putting Your Garden to Bed  - Margaret Hagen Extension Educator, Agricultural Resources, UNH Cooperative Extension margaret.hagen@unh.edu

Margaret Hagan will give tips and advice on the correct way to clean up your perennial gardens and put them to bed for the winter.
 

Executive Board
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2007

9:00 am Meeting, 10:00 am Presentation

The Lawrence Barn Cooking with Herbs - Liz Barbour

Our own Liz Barbour of The Creative Feast will demonstrate cooking with herbs. Samples will be served.
 

Joan Robinson,  Members P-R
Tuesday, Nov 13, 2007 Meet at the Library parking lot 9:30AM Gathering of the Greens

We will venture out into the forest to gather greens for the holiday workshop. Raindate Thursday Nov 15th.
 

 
Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007

9:00 am Meeting, 10:00 am Presentation

The Lawrence Barn Wreath and Greens Workshop

Bring clippers, gloves, and some prunings and greens from your landscaping to embellish balsam wreaths for town decorating. Wreaths will be hung around town by members.
 

Sally Bowen, Members A-C
Tuesday, Jan 8, 2008   Time to Remove all Town Decorations
 
 
Tuesday, Feb 5, 2008

9:00 am Meeting, 10:00 am Presentation

The Lawrence Barn How to Host a Garden Tour - Secrets of Success - Cheryl Collins

Cheryl Collins is a renowned photographer and lecturer, www.picturethispresents.com. She will inspire, motivate, and take the club through the steps necessary for a successful garden tour. Timeline, handouts and slides will be included in this interactive program. A seasonal flower arrangement will be raffled.
 

Abbie Law, Members M-O
Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008

7:00 pm Meeting, 8:00 pm Presentation

Faith Baptist Church, 43 Wheeler Road The Little Black Dress - Bill Graham, Beautiful Things LTD

Bill Graham, the owner of Beautiful Things in Salem, MA, will take the little black dress from casual to black tie. He will create a floral arrangement to correspond to the look of the dress. Raffle tickets will be sold so each arrangement goes home with a lucky lady!

Anita Walker, Members S-Z
March 8-16, 2008 Bayside Expo Center, Boston MA The New England Spring Flower Show - Rhapsody in Green  
Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008

9:00 am Meeting, 10:00 am Presentation

The Lawrence Barn Perennial Design Simplified - Paula Kovecses, NHCLP T.W.I.G. "The Way It Grows" Horticultural Consulting www.twigthewayitgrows.com

Paula, a certified New Hampshire Landscape Professional, will guide us through the complex field of perennials. She will provide simplified garden ideas and tips for building and maintaining your perennial garden.
 

Betty Friedman, Members D-H
Week of April 15-21, 2008   Art in Bloom

Flower arrangements inspired by museum works of art. www.mfa.org

 
Late April, 2008 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA The New England Spring Flower Show - Rhapsody in Green  
Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008

9:00 am Meeting, 10:00 am Presentation

The Lawrence Barn Gardening 101 - Margaret Hagen  Extension Educator, Agricultural Resources, UNH Cooperative Extension margaret.hagen@unh.edu

Enjoy a question and answer program with Margaret Hagen. Come with your gardening woes and be delighted by her insightful responses to your questions.
 

Pat Landry,   Members J-L
Saturday, May 10, 2008

9:00 am, Rain or Shine!

Hollis Town Common Annual Plant Sale

Bring your yellow apron.

Carole Callahan
Tuesday, June 3, 2008

8:30 AM

Leave from Library Parking Lot Hayward Gardens Field Trip

Gordon Hayward is a nationally recognized garden designer, writer and lecturer. He has been writing for Horticulture Magazine for 25 years, is a contributing editor at Fine Gardening Magazine, and is the author of nine books on garden design.

Hayward and his wide Mary have been developing a 1.5 acre garden around their 220 year old farmhouse in southern Vermont for the past 23 years, as well as a tiny garden outside their cottage in the Cotswold Hills of England, where Mary is from. His book "Your House, Your Garden" (WW Norton, 2003) won a book award from The American Horticultural Society. haywardgardens.com

 


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