2011-2012
Peoria Garden Club
Thursday September 1, 2011
Business Meeting and Program
"PGC 80th Anniversary Celebration "
Lakeview Museum Auditorium
12:00 p.m. Tea   12:30 Business Meeting
1:00 p.m. Program

"Memories to Have and to Hold"
Some members will model their wedding dresses with flowers they carried when they were married.  Dorothy Wilson will tell the history of the club and Kevin will do the wedding bouquets...and of course there will be wedding cake.

Presenter:    Kevin, of Floral Expressions

Hostesses:   Linda Carr, Julie Foley, Pinky Riffle, Doris

Centerpiece:   Pat Knobloch



Saturday Sptember 10, 2011
ICC Landscape and Garden Day
ICC Campus East Peoria, Illinois
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Workshop  (garden tours)

Program: "Art in the Garden"  Members' garden tour of their garden art.

Place: Visit Rosene Snekhaus and Phyllis Baylor's Gardens with a a sack lunch picnic at Phyllis'

Meet:  9:30 a.m. at Rosene Snekhaus's garden
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Business Meeting and Program
Lakeview Museum Auditorium
12:00 p.m. Tea   12:30 Business Meeting
1:00 p.m. Program

Program:  "England's Greatest Garden Hits"
A slide show of several English gardens including Sissinghurst Hidcote, Great Dexter plus a castle ruin or two.

Speaker:  Carolyn Ulrich, editor "Chicagoland Gardening"

Hostesses: Linda Albert, Luella Bahr, Marilyn Edward, Joyce Johnson, Neita Volz, Diane Wyman

Centerpiece:  Helen Bordeaux
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Workshop  (road trip)

Road Trip:  The Farm in Petersburg, Illinois to decorate a pumpkin centerpiece

Lunch:  Morning Star Tea Room

Time:  8:30

Place:  Meet at Lakeview Museum Parking lot
Pictures
Thursday November 3, 2011
Business Meeting and Program
Lakeview Museum Auditorium
12:00 p.m. Tea   12:30 Business Meeting
1:00 p.m. Program

Program: "Artists and Their Gardens"  Visual presentation featuring gardens, plus artists paintins of their garden, such  as Claude Monet at his garden in Giverney, France.

Speaker:  CLAIR CROSS, MA History, Chicago and taught at Harper And Oakton Universities

Hostesses:  Susan Buda, Linda Carr, Alice Carey, Luann Elwood

Centerpiece: Bonnie Cox
Tuesday November 15, 2010
Program:   Seasonal Wreath/Swag  make and take
Place:  Lakeview Museum Class
Time:   9:30
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Luncheon, Business Meeting and Program

Place:  Mt. Hawley County Club
Time: 11:30 Check-In
          12:00  Luncheon
          1:00 Business Meeting and Program

Program:  "Dazzling Christmas"
Speaker:  Damian of Milan Flower Shop
Centerpieces:  PGC Members

Pictures
Pictures
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Luncheon, Business Meeting and Program

Place:  Lakeview Museum Auditorium
Time: 11:30 Check-In
          12:00  Luncheon
          1:00 Business Meeting and Program

Program:  Perennial of the Year.....A Look Bakwards
and Forward .Are the Past Winners Still Winners?"
Speaker:  Martha Smith, U of I Extension master Gardener Educator

Centerpieces:  Pat Thomason

Hostesses: Rose Bantz, Norma Gianoli, Phyllis Duncan, Jean Johnson
    Happy New Year
      No January Meeting
Pictures
Thursday, March1, 2012
Luncheon, Business Meeting and Program

Place:  Lakeview Museum Auditorium
Time: 11:30 Check-In
          12:00  Luncheon
          1:00 Business Meeting and Program

Program " Planning an All-Seasons Garden"
Speaker  Tray Heuermann

Hostesses  Marilyn Becker  Joan Robinson

Centerpeie Margie Wagner
Tuesday   March 20 ,2012
Workshop  (Field trip)

Program: "Succulent's and What's New"  Bob Streitmatter
Place:  Luthy Botanical Garden
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday   February 21, 2012
Workshop  (Field trip)

Program:  "Fairy Gardens"  with Ella Maxwel
Place:   Hoerr's Hursery
Time: 9:30  a.m.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Luncheon, Business Meeting and Program

Place:  Lakeview Museum Auditorium
Time: 11:30 Check-In
          12:00  Luncheon
          1:00 Business Meeting and Program

Program: " All About Herbs: Cooking and Growing"
Speaker:  Patricia Melaik, Peoria County Master Gardener

Hostesses:  Mary Christensen  Jackie Colgan  Pat Kenny  Pat Knoblock

Centerpiece:  Phyllis Baylor
Tuesday   April 17, 2012
Workshop

Program: "Cooking with Herbs"
Place:  Lakeview Museum
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Luncheon, Business Meeting and Program

Place:  Lakeview Museum Auditorium
Time: 11:30 Check-In
          12:00  Luncheon
          1:00 Business Meeting and Program

Program: " Innovative Designs and Designer Pots"
Speaker: Green View Nusery representative

Hostesses:  Susie Gauwitz  Cynthia Glover  Brenda Keller  Mary Pratt

Centerpiece:  Nancy Morgan
May 5, 2012

Green Acres Sale   (final date and location to be announced)
Tuesday  May 5, 2012
Workshop (bus trip)

Bus Trip  "Chicago Botanical Garden Tour"
Meet  Lakeview Museu parking lot
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Garden Walk
June 14, 2012