Unless listed otherwise, programs are on Wednesdays in The National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington. Programs are preceded by Coffee at 9:30 am and Business Meeting at 10 am. *

• September 14, 2011: The Constant Garden 

  Start the new season with an exploration of timeless blooms through the eyes of artists across centuries of Western cultures, with Jennie Summerall, a lively, engaging speaker, artist, and art historian.

• October 12, 2011: The Pollinator Garden(Annual Evening Meeting) Following the rhythm of the seasons, celebrated landscape designer Kim Smith presents a stunning slide show and lecture demonstrating how to create a welcoming haven for bees, birds, butterflies, and other wildlife.
  • 6:30 pm refreshments
  • 7:00 pm meeting

   

• November 9, 2011: Creative Holiday Arrangements (Annual Ruge Lecture)

  The holidays are coming. Watch a master create beautiful and stunning seasonal arrangements for many occasions. Julie Lapham, an award-winning designer and "local star" of the World Association of Flower Arrangers Flower Show, will work her magic for us.

• January 11, 2012: Why You Can't Buy a Forest in a Can! 

  We live among some remarkable forests now suffering from 400 years of logging, plowing, pollution and invasives. What to do? Bill Cullina, an engaging speaker, award-winning author, and Director of Horticulture and Plant Curator at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, will explore what we can do to help restore and maintain our unique forest cover.

 

• February 8, 2012: Flowers in Jewelry

  We have flowers and jewelry to usher in Valentine's Day, with Gloria Lieberman, Vice President, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers. This renowned expert on antique jewelry will give us a fascinating look at the use of flowers as a motif in jewelry through the ages.
   

• March 14, 2012: A Collector's Guide to Hostas

  With more than 7,000 named varieties in all sizes, shapes, colors, and light preferences, hostas have become the top selling perennial in America.  Joan Butler and Jana Milbocker, passionate gardeners, landscape designers, and weekly columnists, will educate us on common and uncommon varieties and using them and companion plants to best advantage.

• April 11, 2012: Edith Wharton & the Gardens at The Mount

  Edith Wharton, noted author of compelling fiction, was also a builder and landscape designer. Anne Schuyler, lecturer from The Mount, will tell the story of the Wharton Lenox estate and its beautiful gardens- newly refurbished to their originally intended splendor.

• May 9, 2012: Creating Centerpieces with Summer Flowers

  Head into summertime with great design ideas for using the bounty of summer blooms. Bill Graham, the incomparable, always witty floral designer, is prepared to inspire creative combinations from our own gardens.

*Garden Club meetings are canceled if the Lexington schools are canceled due to snow or other inclement weather.

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