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Darby Valley Garden Club
Calendar of Events & Meetings
 

      * Events marked with an asterisk ( * ) are for Members Only. We welcome non-members at all other 
        events.

 

January 28, 2010
Club Meeting - “Beat the Winter Blues” with Guest Speaker Cathy Cowgill, Owner of Cowgill Flowers in Akron, past president of DVGC, Educational Exhibit: “Pre-planning Your Flower Garden to be Colorful”

 

February 25, 2010

Club Meeting - “All About Honey Bees” with Guest Speaker, Susan Dunham from the Darby Creek Honey Farm, Educational Exhibit: “Cool Blue Gardens” perennials, annuals, bulbs and plants for the shade.

 

March 25, 2010

Club Meeting - “My Ten Favorite Plants’’ with Guest Speaker, Barb Bennett, owner of “The Plant People” Educational Exhibit: “New to Grow in 2010” by Charlene Hayes, Horticulture Report: “Lifecycle of the Japanese Beetle & How to control Them” by Mary Jane LaLonde.

 

April 10, 2010 (Saturday)

          *Design Study @ 10 a.m. – Harrisburg United Methodist Church, Juanita Wilkins, instructor, OAGC Design Study Chair, “Designs: Construction and Abstract”

 

April 12-13, 2010

          *OACG – E&J School #1, Crowne Plaza North, Columbus

 

April 24, 2010

          *Field Trip – “Art in Bloom” at the Columbus Museum of Art

 

April 24, 2010 (Saturday)

Club Meeting - Annual Founders’ Day Celebration                                                                     

“Progressive Spring Refreshments” Chairing: Mary Jane LaLonde & Nancy Hoover

 

Time:                    Appetizers at 4:00 p.m.

                    Soup at 4:45 p.m.

                    Salad at 5:30 p.m.

                    Sandwiches at 6:15 p.m.

                    Dessert at 7:00 p.m.

May 3, 2010

          *Field Trip – “Wildflower Walk at Battelle Darby Metro Park"

May 5, 2010

          *OAGC - Region 9 Spring Meeting; Details to be announced

 

May 27, 2010

Club Meeting - “Having Fun Making Hyperturfa Planters!” by Shirley Allen, “Plant Exchange & White Elephant Sale” by Georgia Price, Rita Justus, Sara Pope & Elaine Ruhlen.                                                                 

 

May (TBA)

          *Club Project – “Civic Beautification at the Harrisburg Community Center” by Sandy Collins & Karen Sheldon

 

May (TBA)

          *Club Project Therapy – Plant flowers with residents of Monterey and Carriage Court Nursing Homes, by Ruth Wolery, Chairman

 

June 24, 2010

Club Meeting - “Pursuing the Blue Ribbon” How to Prepare Horticulture for a Flower Show, Guest Speaker, Dottie Bates, from Marabar Heights Garden Club

 

July 6-11, 2010

          *OAGC Nature Study Camp

 

July 11, 2010

          *Field Trip – Columbus Daylily Society Annual Flower Show at Franklin Park Conservatory

 

July 12-14, 2010

          *OAGC – Annual Convention, Salt Fork Resort & Conference Center, Salt Fork State Park, Cambridge, Ohio

 

July 17, 2010 (Saturday)

          *Design Study @ 10 a.m. – Harrisburg United Methodist Church, Juanita Wilkins, instructor, OAGC Design Study Chair, “Designs: Creative Underwater & Creative Mass

 

July 22, 2010

Club Meeting - “Preview of Flower Show Designs” staged by the Flower Show Committee; Potluck Supper, members bring a dish

 

July 28-Aug 8, 2010

Ohio State Fair – Schedule available online at www.ohiostatefair.com

 

August 9-10, 2010

          *OACG – E&J School #2

 

August 26, 2010

Club Meeting - “My Ten Favorite Herbs” by Mary Jane LaLonde

 

August (TBA)

          Flower Show – Annual Darby Valley Garden Club Flower Show, details to be announced

 

September 11, 2010

          *Club Project – Grove City "Arts in the Alley”, participate in a booth on Kids Fun Street

 

September 23, 2010                                                                                                Club Meeting – Installation of New Officers; Workshop – “Forest Floor Pine Tree” Wall hanging embellished with natural material by Nancy Hoover