Meetings, Programs, Events

In addition we will have an informal "Flower Show" for the enjoyment of our members. The entries will not be judged. Watch this web site for further details.

PAST PROGRAMS

John Forti is a nationally recognized garden historian, ethnobotanist and herbalist. He aspires to plant the seeds of history and encourages a more sustainable future to bloom. He is the Curator of Historic Gardens and Landscapes at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH, and previously served as the Horticulturalist at Plimoth Plantation Museum in Massachusetts.

Barbara first discovered her interest in controlling invasives while living in New Jersey next to Jockey Hollow National Historic Park. She tried to interest local organizations like garden clubs, the New Jersey Audobon and the New Jersey Land Trust to the dual problem of deer and invasives. On her move to New Hampshire, she discovered more invasives and began her work to alert the local agencies to the problems. She was instrumental in the creation of the New Hampshire Invasive Species Committee and continues to work with them today. She has been instrumental as well in the protection of Hanover's Tanzi Tract.

Kathy is well known to the Upper Valley for her fabulous Christmas wreaths and other decorations. She operates Cube Mountain Products in Orford. In addition to her holiday business, she also is a very renowned landscaper and grows flowers in her own gardens to market.

Well known to all of us, Henry Homeyer is known as "The Gardening Guy". He is a freelance writer, garden designer, and consultant, as well as Associate Editor of People, Places and Plants. He is also a Master Gardener with the New Hampshire Extension Service. Henry has published many books about gardening and also cooking with his garden's produce. He writes a weekly gardening column which appears in many papers including The Valley News.

Join us for our Christmas sale which will be held for the first time at the Black Community Center in Hanover. The public is invited to attend the sale. There will be tasty cookies and other baked goods, Christmas decorations, gifts, and our unique boxwood trees made by our members. There will even be a "coffee corner" where you can share a snack and a chat with your friends. All profits will go the the Julius Mason Town Garden Fund.

Hanover Garden Club member and Program Chair, Ann Davis, spent three years living in Tokyo, Japan. During this time, she studied Ikebana. Although her school of study is Sogetsu, she also learned about the other schools. She was a member of Ikebana International and on the Board of the Tokyo Chapter. She has demonstrated Iakebana to the Club in the past, but this time she will do a comparison.

Sarah Milek of Cider Hill in Windsor, VT, has talked to the Garden Club before, and the Mileks' gardens were recently included in our Gardens Open program. Sarah, an accomplished horticulturalist and well-known creator of beautiful garden displays, will discuss the beauty, culture and landscaping potential of these three garden perennials.

Arabella returns to us with a program that is all about roses. She is a good friend to the Hanover Garden Club, and we are honored to have her speak to us again.