| JANUARY 10, 2024
9:15 AM Gathering/Socializing
10:00 AM Hybrid Program Meeting
TOPIC: Presentation of Strategic Plan
Pam Johnson
LOCATION: Berkshire Botanical Garden, Education Building
HOSTESS: SHEA with Moor and Bradley
RSVP: Jane Shea
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| FEBRUARY 14, 2024
9;30 AM Gathering/Socializing
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Demonstration Workshop
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Business Meeting/Lunch
TOPIC: Without Flowers on Valentine's day... It would be just another day in February
SPEAKER: Mary Ellen O'Brien
LOCATION: Berkshire Botanical Garden, Education Building
HOSTESS: DEARY, PUMPHREY, Stell
Mtg. Coord. Gimblette, Scheel, Schwartz
RSVP: Paula Gimblette
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| MARCH 6, 2024
9;15 AM Gathering/Social/Business Meeting
10:00 AM Program
TOPIC: Concrete Ways to Mitigate Climate Change
Mt. Coord. ANNA SMITH
LOCATION: Berkshire Botanical Garden, LGC Classroom
HOSTESS: MAY, Mackey, Wyatt
RSVP: Barb May
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| APRIL 10, 2024
10:00 Breakfast
TOPIC: French Gardeners' Breakfast
LOCATION: Orleton Farm, Stockbridge, MA
HOSTESS: PIAZZA, Hickey, Bradleym Cason Hickey,
RSVP: Mary Jane Piazza
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| MAY 1, 2024
9:15 AM Gathering
9:45 AM Business Meeting
10:00 AM Program Meeting
TOPIC: The Power and Possibility of Seeds
SPEAKER: Ron Kujawski
LOCATON: Home of Barb May
Mtg. Coordn. Schwarzkopf
HOSTESS: GRAULTY, Carmean, Zahn
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| JUNE 5, 2024
11:00 AM Gathering
12 Noon: Annual Meeting & Luncheon
TOPIC: Annual Meeting
LOCATION: The Lenox Club
HOSTESS: FRENCH, Tindale, Copeland, Mitchell, Yale, Williams
RSVP: Diana French
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| JULY 10, 2024
WHERE: 3 exquisite gardens: Kasper, Yale and Zutter
TIME: 1:30 PM - meet at the National Shrine of Divine Mercy parking lot where we will carpool to the properties
Mtg. Coord. Visiting Gardens Committee
HOSTESS; EGELHOFER, Philbrick, Spina
TOPIC: Evolution of Properties: Mid-Summer Garden Tour and Celebration Party
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| AUGUST 7, 2024
9:15 AM Gatherng/ Business Meeting
10:00 AM Program
LOCATION: Berkshire Botanical Gardens, Education Building
TOPIC: Using the Richness of Our Harvest: Preparing Herbal Dressing and Jelly
SPEAKER: Terry Terry
Mt. Coord. KK Zutter
Hostess Committee: GIMBLETTE, Levin, Set
RSVP: Paula Gimblette at pgim07@yahoo.com
BBG Herb Associates will guide us in the preparation and sampling of herbal dressings and jelly
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| SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
5:00 PM Business/Gathering
5:30 - 7:00 PM - Program
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Reception
TOPIC: FILM: "Kiss the Ground"
Place: TBD
Mtg. Coord. Howard, Tindale
HOSTESS COMMITTEE; MANNING, Sprague, Hospitality Committee
Pre-registration is required by August 26, 2024.
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| NOVEMBER 6, 2024
9:15 AM Gathering/Socializing
9:45 AM Business Meeting,
10:00 AM Program
LOCATION: Berkshire Botanical Garden
TOPIC: Interactive Learning Experience on Ecological Restoration
SPEAKER: Laura Jane Martin
HOSTESS COMMITTEE: SALINETTI, O'Brien, Snyder
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| DECEMBER 11, 2024
TOPIC: Holiday Party
LOCATION: Berkshire Botanical Garden
HOSTESS COMMITTEE: MURRAY, Bradley (Understudy)
Join us for a joyous holiday. Details to follow
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