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Our next meeting: August 26, 2010 7:00 PM La Plata UMC
September 07, 2010
The club meets on the fourth Thursday evening of the month, in every month except December and January, unless otherwise designated.

Our annual meeting is held in November of each year.

Meetings in 2010 will be held at various locations, so please check your program information for specific locations!

Programs Scheduled for Upcoming Meetings
March, 2010
Date: March 18 7PM
Program: Let Us Eat Lettuce
Speaker/Presenter: Carol Teets, Charles County Master Gardener
Location: La Plata Firehouse
Coordinator: Karen Allison
Learn how to construct and plant your own indoor/outdoor salad box

April, 2010
Date: April 22 7 PM
Program: Cuts that Count
Speaker/Presenter: Dr. F. R. Gouin
Location: La Plata Firehouse
Coordinator: Brenda Bush
Renown professor and scientist who holds the patent for Osmocote, will instruct on proper pruning techniques

May, 2010
Date: May 27 7PM
Program: Berry's Contrary
Speaker/Presenter: Jim and Mary Pat Berry
Location: Berry Residence
Coordinator: Shauna Haggerty
Tour the gardens, vegetable garden and greenhouse of Jim and Mary Pat.

Directions to the house are in your yearbook.

Please bring a chair!

June, 2010
Date: June 24 7PM
Program: Winds of Change
Speaker/Presenter: Ken Robinson
Location: Robinson property in Swan Point
Coordinator: Ann Morgan
A demonstration of how a private windmill supplies power for the home.

Directions to the house are in your yearbook.

July, 2010
Date: July 3, 2010 10 AM SATURDAY (NEW DATE)
Program: Tour the Official Display Garden of the American Hemerocallis Society
Speaker/Presenter: Faith Bange
Location: Annapolis
Coordinator: N/A
This is the home garden of Faith Bange, who has over 1100 registered daylilly varieties and our reservation is for peak blooming time!

Directions to the property are in your yearbook.

August, 2010
Date: August 26 7PM
Program: Lepidoptera
Speaker/Presenter: Debbie Sams
Location: La Plata United Methodist Church
Coordinator: Cathy Cornette
Butterflies, the plants and care needed for their survival, and how to attract them to our gardens.

October, 2010
Date: October 2, 2010 11:00 AM SATURDAY
Program: Make and Take, with Luncheon
Speaker/Presenter:
Location: Cindy's at Hawthorne Country Club, Hawthorne Road, La Plata
Coordinator: Linda Lockhart/Elaine Miller

October, 2010
Date: October 28 7PM
Program: The Natural History of Charles County
Speaker/Presenter: George Jett
Location: La Plata United Methodist Church
Coordinator: Marcia Poling
Well-known local nature photographer, Audubon Society leader and expert on local and international birds, will speak to us about the natural history of our County.

November, 2010
Date: November 13 2PM - 4PM SATURDAY
Program: Installation of Officers, Wine & Cheese
Speaker/Presenter: N/A
Location: TBA
Coordinator:

Our next meeting: August 26, 2010 7:00 PM La Plata UMC
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