Monthly Meetings
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
2023 Monthly Meetings
~ Meetings will begin at 1:30 unless otherwise noted.
~ Bring: Horticultural Specimen, Specified Arrangement
(Use NGC Handbook) or Designer's Choice.
January 10 - Tuesday
* Program - "Business and Planning Meeting”
* Page County Public Library, 100 Zerkel Street, Luray
February 7 - Tuesday
* Program – Bring Your Favorite Indoor Plant Tip
* Arrangement - "Winter Blahs" - Creative Line Design
March 7 - Tuesday
* Program – "Sex in the World's Largest Garden" Julie Edmonds
* Arrangement – “March Madness” - Cascade Design
April 4 Start at 11:00 - Tuesday
* Plant Preparations for Garden Lover’s Day.
* Digging up and potting plants for sale.
Bring – PLANTS to pot-up, soil, empty pots, plant trays,
gloves, trowel, black markers, plant markers, etc.
April 24th - Flower Show in Staunton, Virginia
May 2 - Tuesday
* Field Trip – Edith J. Carrier Arboretum, Harrisonburg
* Car Pool.
* Arrive at Arboretum at 10:30
* Day is Yours to: Attend plant sale, Visit Harper’s Statuary, Kim’s Greenhouse, Brown Bag or Dine out.
June 9 and 10 - Friday and Saturday
* Preparations & Event - Garden Lover’s Day
**9th – Set up tents and tables, clean and label plants
distribute signage, etc.
**10 - Organize before event, 9 am
Event from 10-4 pm.
Clean up 4-5 pm
June 20 - Tuesday
* Field Trip – Andre’ Viette’s and Harmony Harvest Weyers Cave, Virginia
* Car Pool. Brown Bag or Lunch along the way.
July 6 - Thursday
* Program - Flower Designer, Elizabeth Miller
* At -Luray United Methodist Church, 1 West Main Street
* Arrangement: Challenge -Match the Designer's Arrangement
"Abstract Creative"
*Refreshments - Will, Snacks; Jane, Drinks.
August 1 - Tuesday
* Program – “River Keeper” - Frank Filipy, Speaker
* Arrangement: “Musical Notes”, Petite Design
September 5 - Tuesday
* Annual Salad Luncheon - Bring Your Favorite
* Arrangement: “Welcome Autumn” - Tubular Design
October 3 - Tuesday
* Program – Luray Caverns Museum
* At – Burner Barn, Luray Caverns
* Arrangement: “US Natural Landmark” - Still Life Design
* Refreshments - Isabel, Snacks; Jane, Drinks
October 12 - Thursday, Shenandoah District Fall Meeting
November 7 - Tuesday
* Program - "Fungus" - Bill Bynum, Speaker
* At - Luray United Methodist Church, 1 West Main Street
* Arrangement: “Pollinator Friendly" - Angular Design
* Refreshments - Marcia, Snacks; Lesley, Drinks
December 1 Award Applications to District Chairs
December 12th, Tuesday , 12 noon
* Annual Holiday Luncheon and Gift Exchange
2024
January 9 - Tuesday CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
* Program - Business - Planning Meeting
* At: - Page County Public Library, 100 Zerkel Street, Luray
* Horticultural Specimen - Your Choice
February 6 - Tuesday
* Program -Indoor Plant and/or Seed Exchange
* Bring your favorite plant or seeds to share
* Arrangement - "Virginia Winters" - Framed Spatial Design Not to exceed 12" x 8" frame
March 5 - Tuesday
* Program - The Natural Garden, Kirsten Sharp
Presentation and Plants
* At - Luray United Methodist Church, 1 West Main Street
* Arrangement - "World Water Day" - Underwater Design
* Refreshments - Katie, Snacks; Brenda, Drinks
April 9 - Tuesday
* Program - "Leaf Printing"- Marcia Kaetzel
* Workshop - Making Leaf Prints, Bring your flora
* At -Luray United Methodist Church, 1 West Main Street
* Arrangement - "Lovely Leaves" -
Featured Plant Material Design
* Refreshments - Inez, Snacks; Ruby, Drinks
Collect flowers, leaves, moss, roots, etc., for your Herbarium. Press and dry for November's meeting.
April 30 Time 11:00 Tuesday
* Preparation for Garden Lover’s Day
* At -Luray Caverns digging and potting plants for sale.
* Bring - PLANTS to pot-up, soil, empty pots, plant trays, gloves, trowel, black markers, plant markers, etc.
May 7 - Tuesday
* Field Trip - Thompson's Wildlife Management Preserve
* Speaker/ Guide - Richard Stromberg, Naturalist
* At - Linden, east of Front Royal, Va.
* Car Pool
* Brown bag or lunch along the way.
May ~ Garden Lover’s Day, 17th and 18th
* 17th Preparations for & Event - Garden Lover’s Day
** Set up tents and tables, clean and label plants,
distribute signage, etc.
** Organize before the event.
** 18th Event from 10-4 pm.
** Clean up 4-5 pm
Bulb Sale in October - Dig your extra flower bulbs for a Plant/Bulb Sale at Luray Caverns, October 12th
June 25, Tuesday
* Field Trip - Madlyn Bynum's Daylilies & Waterpenny Farm with Rachel Bynum
* At - 53 Waterpenny Lane, Sperryville, VA
* Car Pool
* Brown Bag or lunch along the way.
August 6 - Tuesday
* Annual Salad Luncheon
* Arrangement- “All That’s Green” - Transparency Design
September 3 - Tuesday
*Program - "Size Relations with Miniatures"
Gretchen Mulligan
* At – Luray United Methodist Church, 1 West Main Street
* Arrangement - Challenge - Miniature Design
* Refreshments - Lesley, Snacks; Charlotte, Drinks
October 2 - Wednesday
* Workshop - Bag and label bulbs for sale.
* At- Luray United Methodist Church, 1 West Main Street
* Refreshments - BYO-Refreshment
October 12 Bulb Sale at Luray Caverns
Time and location to be determined
November 5 - Tuesday
* Program –Herbarium, Isabel Graves
* Arrangement - “Seeding to Harvest” - Designer's Choice
Use Canned Foods as part of the design.
* Bring - Your plants to make your Herbarium also bring a donation of canned foods for Page One
* Refreshments - Adelheid, Snacks; Will, Drinks
December TBD, 2024
* Annual Holiday Luncheon
* Bring - Your favorite holiday main dish, salad or dessert and a “creative garden gift” to exchange in a game.
2025 Monthly Meetings
~ Meetings will begin at 1:30 unless otherwise noted.
~ Bring: Horticultural Specimen, Specified Arrangement
(Use NGC Handbook) or Designer’s Choice.
2025
January 7 - Tuesday
* Program - Business and Planning Meeting
* At - Page County Public Library, 100 Zerkel Street, Luray
* Horticulture Specimen - Your choice
February 4 - Tuesday
* Kokedama Balls, Workshop with Lesley Mack
* At - Luray United Methodist Church, 1 West Main Street
* Arrangement - "Color Harmony" - Panel Design
* Refreshments - Linda, Snacks; Marcia, Drinks
March 4 - Tuesday
Beginners' Ikebana with Dried Flowers
* Workshop - with Will Daniels
* At - Luray United Methodist Church, 1 West Main Street
* Arrangement - "Opening Bud" - Creative Line Design
* Refreshments - Brenda, Snacks; Katie, Drinks