Hill and Valley Garden Club, 2023-2025
Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month, at 1:30 pm or specified time
Yearly Dues are twenty dollars, $20.00
Yearbook replacement $5.00
2026 Monthly Meetings
~ Meetings will begin at 1:30 unless otherwise noted.
~ Bring: Horticultural Specimen, Specified Arrangement
(Use NGC Handbook) or Designer's Choice.
January 6
Program – Business & Planning Meeting
At - LUMC
Horticulture – Your Choice
Refreshments – Lisa, Snacks; Sylvia, Drinks
February 3
Program – Adelheid Osmers, Garden Club Member
‘’Significance of Flowers’’
At - LUMC
Arrangement – Underwater Design, p.79, ‘Fairy Tales’
Horticulture – Your Choice
Refreshments – Katie, Snacks; Jane, Drinks
March 3
Program – Teresa Boardwine (Her Birthday)
Green Comfort School of Herbs
At - LUMC
Arrangement – Reflective Design, p.75, ‘Air & Space’
Horticulture – Your Choice
Refreshments – Adelheid, Snacks; Jeff, Drinks
April 7
Program – Val Story, Floral Designer , ‘Floor Designs’
At – LUMC
Arrangement – Creative Line Mass Design, p. 74
“Caterpillars & Butterflies”
Horticulture – Your Choice
Refreshments – Marcia, Snacks; Ron, Drinks
April Field Trip - date TBD
Blandy Farms, 25 State Champion Trees
May 5 – Garden Lover’s Day Prep
Workday – Cleaning pots, plants, prep for GLD
At – Birdsong Pleasure Garden, Lesley’s home
Refreshments – Lesley, Snacks; Sylvia, Drinks
May 15th Friday – Set- Up for GLD
May 16th Saturday – Event, 10-4 pm
June 2
Program – Denie & Sam’s Brick House Nursery
At - Denie’s home & nursery
Refreshments – Julie, Snacks; Katie, Drinks
June 10th, Field Trip –
White Oak Lavender Farm
11 am, $15 pp, 10 people min
July 7
Program – Mary Stickley-Godinez, ‘Beginner Gardens’
At - LUMC
Arrangement – Floor Design, ‘Mountain Mutations’
Horticulture – Your Choice
Refreshments – Carol, Snacks; Susan, Drinks
August 4 – Annual Salad Luncheon
Speaker – Anna Maria Johnson – “Natives”
At - Shawnee Farms Estate Barn, Luray
Bring: Your favorite Sweet or Savory Dish to share.
September 1
Program – Pat Carswell, Floral Designer
“Foraged Flora” Design
At - LUMC
Arrangement – Low Profile, p.78, “Our Public Lands” Horticulture – Your Choice
Refreshments – Delynda, Snacks & Drinks
OCTOBER 3 - 70TH ANNIVERSARY FLOWER SHOW, AT PAL, SATURDAY 1-4 PM
October 6
Program - Preparation for Fall Harvest Market, Nov. 7
At - LUMC
Arrangement – Mono-Botanic Design, p. 79
“Radical Roots & Shoots”
Horticulture – Your Choice
Refreshments –???????, Snacks; Ron, Drinks
November 7, Fall Harvest Market, at LUMC
Sales Table for our fundraising efforts.
November 4 Wednesday
Program – Cathie Miranda, Pottery Lady
At - ART Space, on Rt. 211
No Horticulture or Designs
Refreshments – Susan, Snacks; Jane, Drinks
December - Annual Holiday Luncheon
At - TBD
Pot Luck, “Naughty Santa”, Music, Singing
Bring family & friends
January 5 2027
Program – Business & Planning Meeting
At - LUMC
Horticulture – Your Choice
Refreshments – Will, Snacks; Brenda, Drinks
February 2
Program – Delynda Hendricks, Member
“Pruning & Propagation”
At - LUMC
Arrangement – Armature Design, p.77
“Industrial Strength”
Horticulture – Your Choice
Refreshments – Ron, Snacks; Carol, Drinks
March 2
Program – Will Daniels, Member
‘Humboldt – Greatest Naturalist You Never Heard Of ’
At - LUMC
Arrangement – Assemblage Design, p. 77
“Fashionable Junkyard Jumble”
Refreshments – Adelheid, Snacks; ????, Drinks