The purpose of Green Tree Garden Club is to promote the knowledge and love of gardening by providing education
and activities in the areas of conservation, horticulture and civic improvement.
and activities in the areas of conservation, horticulture and civic improvement.
Annual GTGC Holiday Workshop
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FORAGED WREATHS AT LAURENTIDE FARM! Tuesday, December 7 10:00 - Noon LAURENTIDE FARM Cost: $45 Join us for a morning of wreath-making in the antique glasshouse. We will choose a wreath and adorn it using fresh berries, pinecones, ribbons, and wild materials foraged from the extensive perennial gardens on the property. Or, bring some clippers and forage yourself! Each will leave with a wreath that is uniquely their own. |
Please send $45 payable to GTGC to Susan Terris, (7420 N. River Road, River Hills, WI 53217) by November 20 to secure your spot, and to allow us to secure the materials. Space is limited to 25, so please know that your space will be confirmed in the order of which checks are received.
Directions: County Line/Highway Q West past Basse’s and Peck and Bushel. Right on Monches Road. 5890 Monches Road.
Please bring a mask
Directions: County Line/Highway Q West past Basse’s and Peck and Bushel. Right on Monches Road. 5890 Monches Road.
Please bring a mask
Cheers to Cato Schley!!
On Tuesday, September 28th, GTGC member, Cato Schley was honored with the Zone XI Judging Award for her exceptional guidance and mentorship in the GCA judging program. GCA, Zone XI Flower Show Committee Representative, Chace Wolf, presented Cato with the award and many of our members gathered to celebrate!
Gierach Orchards
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On Wednesday, September 22, a group of twenty GTGC members gathered at Gierach Orchards on Bonniwell Road in Mequon to pick apples, sunflowers, and zinnias. Special thanks to Kieth of Gierach Orchards and to our Visiting Gardens Chair, Kristin Sheehan, for organizing a fun event! |
Affiliates' Day 2021
On September 21, we celebrated our wonderful affiliate members with a special event in Belgium. Many of our long-time members were treated to a lecture and garden tour by Impatient Gardener, Erin Schanen, (www.impatientgardener.com) followed by a tour of Judy Moon's spectacular lakefront property and a delicious luncheon. Many thanks to our fabulous hostess Judy Moon, organizer extraordinare Cato Schley, and able assistants Sherry Bourgious, Buffy Duback, Sara Murphy, Sarah Starrett, and Mary Sullivan.
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All enjoyed a beautiful fall morning at Bourner Botanical Gardens for our September 2021 membership meeting. Special thanks to Cindy Bohlen, Leslie Collings, Sally Kubly, Kathy Palmer, and Monnine Parnitzke for coordinating our scavenger hunt activity - and to Paulie McKown and Sarah Starrett for providing us with a delicious and eco-friendly breakfast during our pre-meeting social time! |
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Happy winners of the very challenging scavenger hunt: Sherry Bourgious, Barbara Frank, Bonnie Rohmer, and Karen Savage. The floral arrangement "prizes" were courtesy of Flowers of Dreams, the featured speaker for our January 2022 membership meeting.
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After seeing this stunning arrangement at Magnolia Farms in Texas, GTGC member Karin Savage, helps us recreate it for ourselves here with flowers available at most grocery stores.
Please click the link below to be directed to our Floral Design page for details and product suggestions: GTGC Floral Design - Design on a Dime |
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The GCA is taking advantage of social distancing requirements by offering all club members a series of exciting opportunities to learn and grow.
Conferences that could only be offered to a few GCA club members in the past will be available to every club member at no cost. For these conferences, we are assembling a powerhouse of speakers who will share with you their lifelong accumulation of knowledge and wisdom. But, we don’t plan to just tell you or teach you; we plan to involve you in dynamic experiences that will offer you the opportunity to apply what you have heard. |
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
Over the course of the year, you will receive online registrations for each of these events via Constant Contact. This means that you will be getting many more communications from the GCA than you have gotten in the past.
Invitation and link to registration coming soon!
Don't miss this opportunity to learn from internationally known designers. The GCA is offering members the chance to attend sessions at no cost. Watch your email inbox on or around November 8 for the invitation to register. The conference begins at 11:00 a.m. EDT on December 8, 2021.
The fabulous magic of nature: these magnificent orchids truly look like their names!
White Egret Orchid (Habenaria Radiata)
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Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid (Ophrysbbomyblifora)
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Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana Major)
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Swaddled Babies (AnguloaUniflora)
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(Thanks for sharing, Sarah Starrett!)
2021 NATIONAL AFFAIRS & LEGISLATION CONFERENCE (NAL)
Feb 23-25 The GCA Conservation Committee hosted the 2021 National Affairs & Legislation Conference virtually this year. If you had to miss it or would like to revisit the featured speakers, a link to GCA's Conservation page is provided below.
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Speakers included nationally renowned leaders in the fight against climate change including experts from industry and non-profits, as well as some of our best scientific minds. Also addressing conference attendees, will be sponsors of key climate legislation that can move our nation closer to a healthy future for all.
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April 26, 2022 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, social reformer and founder of American landscape architecture. Olmsted championed public parks and open spaces, and understood their link to the physical and mental health of communities. The GCA has embraced his work and encourages member clubs to celebrate it as well. Stay tuned for more information about GCA's initiative to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted. For additional information, click the link below to be directed to our Garden History and Design page.
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Click the link below to to be directed to the National Association of Olmsted Parks (NAOP) website. It is a beautiful and well constructed website, which contains a considerable amount of very interesting information about Frederick Law Olmsted and his work.
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Contact us by writing to: GTGC, 10936 N. Port Washington Rd., #276, Mequon, WI 53092