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2009-2010 Meetings/Programs
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 3 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Sept. 10 Monthly Meeting
(All Members)
Cassina Grounds Under the Tent
9:30 - Hospitality
10:00 - Meeting and Program
Topic:
“Cassina
Preview...Excitement for New Year”
Speakers, field trips, workshops, demonstrations and
volunteer opportunities abound for 2009-10 season. Meet
the new members and be energized by the exciting plans.
Hostess:
Betsy Thwaite, Chair,
Mary
Carnathan, Caroline Fleetwood, Ladye Heisel
Sept. 17
Field Trip: Jekyll Island Garden Tour, 9 am, Cost
$5.00
OCTOBER
Oct. 1 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Oct. 9
Monthly Meeting
(All Members & Guests)
Marsh's Edge
9:30 am – Hospitality
10:00 am – Meeting and Program
Topic:
“Frederica
Park - A Grand Vision”
Russ Marane,
President of the St. Simons Island Trust will present the
design and key features of the first new park on the island in
50+ years.
Hostess:
Connie Herndon, Rita Trudeau
Oct.13
Field Trip: Coastal Georgia Historical Society -
view the Cassina Garden Club Collection. 11:00 am, Cost
$3.00
Oct. 25
“Halloween Happening”
3:00 – 5:00 pm – Cassina Grounds
Local pre-school - elementary school children and their
families are invited for ghost stories; games, apple bobbing, and
more. Costumes encouraged.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 5 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Nov. 12 Monthly Meeting
(All Members)
Marsh's Edge
9:30 – Hospitality
10:00 – Meeting and Program
Topic:
“Family
Ties”
Fraser Russell Baker, a direct descendent of plantation owners,
John Couper and William Page,will give a familial perspective of
her famous Island relatives and their connection with our slave
cabins.
Hostess: Lee Baxter, Carolyn
Lovell
DECEMBER
Dec. 3 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Dec. 12
25th Annual Christmas Tour of Homes
(11:00-4:00)
and
Bake Sale (10:00-3:00)
JANUARY
Jan. 7 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Jan. 14
Monthly Meeting
(All Members
& Guests)
Marsh's Edge
9:30 – Hospitality
10:00 – Meeting and Program
Topic:
“All
About Herbs”
Theresa
Waters, an herbalist from Jacksonville, will talk about herbs -
from propagation to harvesting and offer tips on their creative
uses.
Hostess: Susan
Baltzell, Anne Caswell
Jan. 21 Demonstration
at Halyards, followed by Lunch
"Cooking with Herbs" - Chef Dave Snyder
Noon; Cost $18 (includes lunch)
FEBRUARY
Feb. 4 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Feb. 11 Annual
Luncheon
(All Members & Guests)
11:00 am – St. Williams Catholic Church
Alice Barlow, Chair
Reservations must be received by February 5,
2010.
Table Arrangement Competition:
Cassina volunteers prepare floral arrangements for the Luncheon
tables. The centerpieces are voted on by attendees using secret
ballot, and the winner is announced at the end of the Luncheon.
Anne Caswell, Pat Collins, Competition Chairs
Speaker: Patricia
Barnes, aka "Sister Schubert"
Patricia Barnes, founder
of Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls in 1991, in recent years has
devoted her family foundation to charities, scholarships,
historical preservation and working with abandoned children.
Feb. 18
Workshop: At "The Vine" in Redfern Village, 10:30
am,
Potting containers
with succulents; Cost based on choice of materials
MARCH
Mar. 4 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Mar. 11
Monthly Meeting
(All
Members)
Marsh's Edge
9:30 – Hospitality
10:00 – Meeting and Program
Topic:
“Eat
Your Flowers”
Talented artist, Hillary Parker, presents a preview featuring
her original watercolors of edible plants and foods which will
be on exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Garden in June
2010.
Hostess:
Snookie Collins, Barbara Murrah
Mar. 16
Field Trip:
White Oak Plantation & Conservation Center,
Yulee, FL, 10:30 am, Cost $85; Lunch $30
APRIL
Apr. 1 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Apr. 8
Monthly Meeting (All Members & Guests)
Marsh's
Edge
9:30 – Hospitality
10:00 – Meeting and Program
Topic:
“Hidden
Gems for Your Garden”
Henry Hart, ACE Garden Center, discusses new plant material
particularly appropriate, but seldom used, for gardens in Zone
8A.
Hostess: Jane
Rives, Julie Spivey
MAY
May 1-2
Tabby & Tillandsia Garden Walk,
Garden Market & Photographic Exhibition
May 6 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
May 13
Annual Picnic
(All Members)
Installation of Officers
11:00 am – Cassina Cabins
Hostess: Carolyn
Fleetwood, Chair
Assisted by 30 Cassina members
2008-2009 Meetings/Programs
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 3 New Member Luncheon
Leslie Carlton & Elizabeth
Freyer
Sept. 4 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Sept. 11 Monthly Meeting
(All Members)
Cassina Grounds Under the Tent
9:30 - Hospitality
10:00 - Meeting and Program
Topic:
“Our Patch of Ground”
Historian Patricia Buie, dressed in period attire as the
chatelaine of Hamilton Plantation, will introduce us to the
Hamiltons and discuss their impact on St. Simons Island. We
will also meet our new members and learn more about each other.
Hostess:
Ann Martin, Chair,
Jane Bowen, Leila Buchanan, Jennifer Kuja
Sept. 18 New Member Orientation at Cabins
OCTOBER
Oct. 2 Board Meeting
4:00 pm; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Oct. 8
Field Trip - "Lady Jane" Shrimp boat tour
10 am - Noon, $39.95 per person
Oct. 9
Monthly Meeting
(All Members & Guests)
Lord of Life Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
10:30 – Hospitality
(note
later time than normal)
11:00 – Meeting and Program
Topic:
“Decorating Tips for the Holidays”
Our friend, the ultimately talented floral designer Edward
Armstrong, of Edward on St. Simons, will demonstrate his
magic using greens from our gardens and local wilderness.
Edward will inspire with creative ways to decorate for
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Hostess:
Betty White, Chair
Anne Caswell, Glynda Garner,
Joanne Scott
Oct. 26
“Halloween Happening”
3:00 – 5:00 pm – Cassina Grounds
Local pre-school - elementary school children and their
families invited for ghost stories; games, apple bobbing, and
more. Costumes encouraged.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 6 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Nov. 13 Monthly Meeting
(All Members)
Lord of Life Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
9:30 – Hospitality
10:00 – Meeting and Program
Topic:
“Orchids, Orchids, Orchids!”
Brenda Starr will eat her heart out because she can’t hear
Gail Mathews tell us everything about orchids. Gail is the
“Orchid Lady” from Savannah who participated in our May Garden
Market. She will have orchids for sale for holiday gifts.
Hostess: Nancy
Dobrenic, Chair
Lee Baxter, Caroline Fleetwood, Carolyn
Lovell
DECEMBER
Dec. 4 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Dec. 13
24th Annual Christmas Tour of Homes,
Bake Sale and
Holiday Marketplace
JANUARY
Jan. 5 Board Meeting
2:00 pm, Synovus Bank
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Jan. 8
Monthly Meeting
(All Members)
Lord of Life Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
9:30 – Hospitality
10:00 – Meeting and Program
Topic:
“Container Garden/Pot et Fleur”
Our own multi-talented Beth Downey, Jennifer Kuja, and Catherine
Wood will teach us how to make our own potted gardens. In late
April, we will
have a workshop to make our own creations to sell
at the Cassina Signature Shop at the Garden Market during
the Garden Walk Weekend.
Hostess: Elizabeth
Owens, Chair
Anne Aspinwall, Suzanne Frehse, Lee
Watson
Jan. 12
Field Trip to Little St. Simons Island
FEBRUARY
Feb. 5 Board Meeting
10:00 am;
Synovus Bank
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Feb. 12 Annual
Luncheon
(All Members & Guests)
11:30 am – St. Williams Catholic Church
Table Arrangement Competition:
Cassina volunteers prepare floral arrangements for the Luncheon
tables. The centerpieces are voted on by attendees using secret
ballot, and the winner is announced at the end of the Luncheon.
Suzanne Frehse, Competition Chair
Betty Davis, Martha Jane Dodson
Speaker: Linda Langston Copeland
Linda Copeland is a Master Gardener and co-author with Dr. Allan
M. Armitage of the University of Georgia of Legends In The
Garden; Who in the World Is Nellie Stevens?
MARCH
Mar. 5 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Mar. 12
Monthly Meeting
(All
Members and Guests)
Theater at Marsh's Edge
9:30 – Hospitality
10:00 – Meeting and Program
Topic:
“A Complementary Ideal”
Alex Smith, acclaimed Southeastern landscape designer, will give
us ideas and show us examples on screen of perfection in using
landscape to complement our homes as we prepare for the annual
Garden Walk. Alex is an award-winning garden designer with a
unique combination of artistic talent, horticultural knowledge,
and installation skills. His designs are creative expressions of
the possibilities and requirements of each garden.
Hostess:
Betsy Thwaite, Chair
Mary Carnathan, Ladye Heisel, Connie
Herndon
APRIL
Apr. 2 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
Apr. 7
Field Trip - Tour of White Oak Plantation
Apr. 9
Monthly Meeting
(Active Members)
Cassina Cabins
9:30 – Hospitality
10:00 – Meeting and Program
Topic:
“Island Garden Critters 101”
Naturalist, Stacia Hendricks will speak on the familiar and
sometimes not so familiar critters that we regularly find in our
gardens. Some of these are desired and others are not. She has
the secrets about how we manage to live in harmony with our
Island critters.
Hostess: Susan
Haley, Chair
Martha Jane Dodson, Julie Spivey, Louise
Ufer
MAY
May 2-3
Tabby & Tillandsia Garden Walk &
Garden Market
May 7 Board Meeting
10:00 am; Meeting Cabin
Officers and Standing Committee Chairs
Special Committee Chairs if reporting
May 12
Field Trip - Tour of Harris Neck Wildlife Refuge
May 14
Annual Picnic
(All Members)
Installation of Officers
11:00 am – Cassina Cabins
Hostess: Sue
Chambless, Chair
Gee Gee Adams, Helen Castrillo, Snookie Collins, Nancy Dobrenic,
Caroline Fleetwood, Peggy Golden, Janice Lamattina, Carolyn
Lovell, Ruth Stephenson, Emily Swift, Neile Weis
2007-2008 Meetings/Programs
Each meeting is preceded by a brief
social period beginning at 9:30 AM. Come early and chat with
your fellow club members.
AUGUST
Aug. 9
New Member Orientation & Luncheon
Leslie Carlton & Sharon Sowders
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 13
Monthly Meeting
(Active Members only)
10 am - Cassina Cabins
Topic: “Getting to
Know You”
New members will be introduced by
Membership Committee. Committee Chairs will discuss how the
Club’s activities help promote the Garden Club goals of
beautification and preservation.
Hostess: Sue Chambless, Chairman
Sharon Flores, Bev Nash, Joanne Scott
OCTOBER
Oct. 11
Monthly Meeting
(Active & Associate Members)
10 am -Cassina Cabins
Topic: Workshop -
Cassina Crafts
Members will make Grapevine Wreaths
and other craft items for sale during this year's Christmas
Tour.
Leaders: Ruth Kolumber & Bev Nash
Hostess: Nan Fuller, Chairman
Phillis Harrell, Laura Herndon, Jane Rives
Oct. 18 Field Trip - River
Boat Trip (details TBA) - Guests Invited
Oct. 28
“Ghost Stories”
4-6 pm - Cassina Cabins
Storyteller:
Sudy Leavy
Families Invited - Costumes
Encouraged
NOVEMBER
Nov. 8
Monthly Meeting
(Open Meeting)
10 am - LOL Lutheran Church
Topic: “Create an
Inviting Landscape”
Speaker: Jeff Homans, Licensed Architect/Certified Arborist &
Principal in Land Design Associates, will discuss how
landscaping enhances your home.
Hostess: Nancy Dobrenic, Chairman
Caroline Fleetwood, Jean Laramore, Carolyn Lovell
DECEMBER
Dec. 8
Cassina’s 23rd Annual Christmas Tour of
Homes
& Best Bake Sale in the Southeast
New this year! -
Marketplace selling Cassina Crafts
and other seasonal items at the Cassina Cabins
JANUARY
Jan. 10
Monthly Meeting
(Open Meeting)
10 am - LOL Lutheran Church
Topic: “A to Z
Gardening” (including “P” for pruning)
Speaker: Jenalee Thompson, Landscape & Garden
Designer
Hostess:
Betty White, Chairman
Natalie Crane, Mary Jane Dodson, Louise Grady
FEBRUARY
Feb. 14
Annual Luncheon &
(Open Meeting)
Table Arrangement Competition
11:30 am - St. Williams Catholic Church
It’s Valentine’s Day and It’s the
80th Birthday of Cassina Garden Club
Let’s Celebrate!!
Speaker: Vince Dooley
MARCH
Mar. 13
Monthly Meeting
(Active Members only)
10 am - Cassina Cabins
Topic: “Creative
Container Gardening”
Speaker: Anna Messer, Manager of Horticulture
Projects at Sea Island Company, will create unique container
displays for both inside the home and outside, and discuss their
maintenance.
Hostess: Betsy Thwaite, Chairman
Mary Carnathan, Ladye Heisel, Connie Herndon
APRIL
Apr. 10
Monthly Meeting
(Active Members only)
10 am - Cassina Cabins
Topic: “The
Not-So-Secret Life of Bees”
Speaker: Ted Dennard, owner of the Savannah
Bee Company, will discuss the complexity of hives, making honey
and the latest on the disappearance of honeybees.
Hostess: Jean Russell, Chairman
Susan Baltzell, Wil Kampschmidt, Lee Watson
MAY
May 2-4
2nd Annual Tabby & Tillandsia Garden Walk
May 8
Annual Picnic &
(Active & Associate Members)
Installation of Officers
11:00 am - Cassina Cabins
Hostess: Julie Spivey, Chairman
Gae Andreae, Jane Bowen, Sue Chambless, Natalie Crane,
Nancy Dobrenic, Caroline Fleetwood, Peggy Golden,
Carolyn Lovell, Jean McKnight, Emily Swift, Betty Young
2006-2007
Meetings/Programs
Each
meeting is preceded by a brief social period at 9:30 AM
except the September meeting. Come early and chat with
your fellow club members.
AUGUST
Aug. 10
New Member Orientation & Luncheon
Sally Hawie & Denise Trethaway
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 14 Monthly
Meeting
(Active & Associate Members)
10 am - Christ Church Parish Hall
Topic:
“What’s Ahead”
New
members will be introduced followed by social period to get
acquainted with them. Committee Chairs will discuss how the
Club’s activities will help promote the Garden Club goals of
beautification and preservation.
Hostess: Anne Caswell
(Chairman), Caroline Fleetwood, Louise Grady,
Kay Johnston, Lella Kelso
Sept. 21 Special
Event - Flower Arranging
Video
(cancelled)
OCTOBER
Oct.
12 Monthly Meeting
(Active Members only)
10 am - Cassina Cabins
Topic:
Author discusses her books Widow of Sighing Pines
and The Dodge
Land Troubles. Her writings focus on the Dodge family and
the timber mills at Gascoigne Bluff after the Civil War.
Speaker : Jane Walker (McRae, GA)
Hostess: Hostess:
Wil Kampschmidt (Chairman), Natalie Crane, Janice
Halderson, Betty McCartney, Eleanor Plumbo
Oct.
12
Field Trip
- Kayak to Melon Bluff
1:00 pm at Cabins (see Sept. Newsletter for full
details)
Oct. 19
Field Trip - MELON BLUFF History & Gardens
CANCELLED
NOVEMBER
Nov. 9
Monthly Meeting (Open meeting)
10 am - Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
Topic: “Arrangement
Tips, Tricks & Secret Weapons”
Speaker: Jim Harrell,
ARS Horticulture & Arrangement Judge and award-winning National
and District exhibitor. Mr. Harrell will discuss and
demonstrate numerous techniques for making the most of your
plant material and your containers.
Hostess:
Martha Jane Dodson (Chairman), Jean Anglin, Jane Rives,
Mary Stivers
Nov. 16
Special Event -
Flower Arranging Video
Cancelled
DECEMBER
Dec. 9 Cassina
Christmas Tour of Homes
Dec.
12 Field Trip -
Sapelo Island w/Lunch
(details TBA)
JANUARY
Jan.
11 Monthly Meeting (Open meeting)
10 am - Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
Topic:
“Using Herbs in Cooking”
Speaker: Alix
Kenagy & Kate Buchanan, co-owners of Cargo Portside Grill
(Brunswick) will discuss the use of herbs and give tips on how
to store and preserve both purchased and home grown herbs.
Hostess: Sue
Chambless (Chairman), Betty
Rhudy, Jean Russell, Betty
White
Jan.
18 Special Event -
Flower Arranging
Workshop
(details TBA)
FEBRUARY
Feb. 15 Annual
Luncheon &
(Open meeting)
Table Arrangement Competition
11:30 am - St. Williams Catholic Church
Speaker: Cappy
Rearick, an award-winning author and resident of SSI, will
entertain everyone with spirited readings from her books
Simply Southern, Simply Christmas and Simply
Southern Ease.
MARCH
Mar. ?
Field Trip -
Cummer Museum & Gardens,
Jacksonville, FL (Details
TBA)
Mar. 8 Monthly Meeting
(Open meeting)
10 am - Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
Topic:
Demonstration of Spring Arrangements
Speaker: Jane Sawtell
(Hilton Head, SC), a florist for 20 years in Wisconsin, will
discuss and demonstrate the use of a wide variety of spring
plant material available here.
Hostess: Hostess:
Betsy Thwaite (Chairman), Phillis Harrell, Ladye Heisel
APRIL
Apr. 12
Monthly Meeting
(Active Members only)
10 am - Cassina Cabins
Topic: “Native
Gardening”
Holly McClure, local author of
Secrets & Ghost Horses and Lighting Creek , will
discuss plants that are indigenous to our area.
Hostess: Nancy Carter (Chairman),Betty
Davis, Joy Garner, Mary
O’Sullivan
Apr.
20 Field Trip -
Savannah NOGS (“North of
Gaston
Squares”) Gardens Tour
(details TBA)
MAY
May
10 Annual Picnic &
(Active & Associate Members)
Installation of Officers
11:00
am - Cassina Cabins
Hostess: Pam
Brittin (Chairman), Gae Andreae, Jane Bowen, Leslie
Carlton, Maddie Criswell, Caroline Fleetwood, Susan Haley,
Jean McKnight, Julie Spivey, Emily Swift
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