GTGC Holiday Workshop
GTGC Holiday Workshop Orange Pomander Arrangement
Please join us for our Annual Holiday Workshop:
Wednesday, December 11 2:00-4:00 St.Christopher’s Cost: $35
Please bring a shallow basket or bowl for
your arrangement. We will provide
materials to make 5 oranges, and extra trimmings.
Please send $35 payable to GTGC to Cindy Bohlen by December 1 to secure your spot, and to allow us to secure materials. Questions? Call 414.803.9259.
GTGC Holiday Workshop Orange Pomander Arrangement
Please join us for our Annual Holiday Workshop:
Wednesday, December 11 2:00-4:00 St.Christopher’s Cost: $35
Please bring a shallow basket or bowl for
your arrangement. We will provide
materials to make 5 oranges, and extra trimmings.
Please send $35 payable to GTGC to Cindy Bohlen by December 1 to secure your spot, and to allow us to secure materials. Questions? Call 414.803.9259.
Congratulations to GTGC members, Karin Savage and Sarah Starrett, on their award winning arrangement in Museum of Wisconsin Art's Bloomin' Holidays event. "The Hunter's Basket" won the People's Choice Award. |
Highlights from the November meeting
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Our November meeting featured a fabulous program by Katie Ford, a floral designer from Lake Bluff, Illinois. Like wild flowers, Katie’s passion for floral design grew quickly and organically. What started as simple gestures of love and thanks to dear friends has blossomed into a flourishing enterprise. Katie not only sees the beauty in everything, but she also celebrates that beauty with her genuine and deliberate designs. Each of her creations is a unique mix of flora, fauna, sentiment and soul. Katie takes great care to choose particular flowers based on their symbolic meaning. Whether honoring an individual, a memory, or a special day, Katie pours her heart into everything that she creates.
As part of her program, Katie designed three stunning centerpieces which were raffled off to lucky members. Many thanks to Katie for sharing her time and talents and to hostesses Deb Walker and Tanja Felton for a delicious luncheon.
As part of her program, Katie designed three stunning centerpieces which were raffled off to lucky members. Many thanks to Katie for sharing her time and talents and to hostesses Deb Walker and Tanja Felton for a delicious luncheon.
Art en Fleurs 2019
A Garden Club of America Flower Show
Harley-Davidson Museum
Milwaukee, WI
October 1-2, 2019
Winner of the Betty Quadracci Garden Design Award - Dedi Knox
Mandevilla, Paulie McCown
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Botanical Arts, Class 3: Buckle Up - Patty Grebe
Rex Begonia, Barb Anderson
Horticulture Class 104
(Plant owned for more than 5 years) Susie Kasten
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Hydrangea, Polly Beal
Dahlia (grown from seed) - Hattie Purtell
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Floral Design, Class 6 “Friday Fish Fry”Rana Holbrook and Judy Moon
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Club Challenge - Garden of Abundance:Wendy Walcott, Jan Montgomery, Anne Vogel, Hattie Purtell, and contributions from many GTGC members
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Co-chair Alison Culver assessing the cut specimens…
Floral Design, Class 4: Blow Out - Margot Paddock
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Art en Fleurs Signage by Gina Sisk and Deb Walker
New Member Challenge:
Kristin Sheehan, Anne Noyes, Monnine Parnitzke, Linda Stolz
Computer Crew: Adrienne Widell, Robin Slater, Sarah Starrett
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Hosta leaf “non-varigated” Kathy Palmer
Centerpieces aglow for the “Denim & Dazzle” preview party
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A MAJOR SUCCESS!
Many thanks for the incredible commitment of time, effort & energy from
Co-Chairs Alison Culver and Sara Murphy
and to . . .
Each GTGC participant who served as a committee chair or member;
to those who volunteered, clerked, entered stunning floral designs, otherworldly botanical arts,
enviable horticulture cuttings, inspiring photos and cover-worthy plants;
and to all who supported Art en Fleurs with generous donations and patronage!
THANK YOU!
The Conservation Committee's October "Pop-Up" event was a great success!
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Thanks to Adrienne Widell for organizing a terrific spur-of-the-moment event! Special thanks to Lyn Slater for hosting the movie night where all viewed and discussed the film DamNation and special thanks to Wendy Walcott for guiding us through a fascinating morning at the Kletch Park dam site on the Milwaukee River.
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What's New on the Website
Art en Fleurs Photographs
Civic Improvements/Projects
Photos and info on Harbor View Plaza
Committees
Horticulture
Updated links to garden publications
Visiting Gardens
Photos from Denver Botanical Gardens
Photography
Pictures and info from the GCA Photography Study Committee meeting in Philadelphia
Updated link to Focus, a photography publication
Members:
2019-20 Program Schedule
2019-20 Directory
Recipes
Welcome New Members . . .
Many Thanks to our Annual Meeting Hostesses:
Rosie Lyons, Bev Groeschell, Nancy Wigdale, Kathy Palmer, Monnine Parnitzke, Judy Moon & Linda Stolz
Rosie Lyons, Bev Groeschell, Nancy Wigdale, Kathy Palmer, Monnine Parnitzke, Judy Moon & Linda Stolz
Summer Blooms Luncheon
Vicki Kunz, owner of La Tulipe in Cedarburg, discussed the "Farm to Vase" movement and created a lovely arrangement using white viburnum, flowering branches, pink peonies, butterfly ranunculus and gorgeous peony tulips. These varieties were grown by flower farmers in Wisconsin. Centerpieces for the luncheon also made use of locally sourced flowers. Be sure to visit Vicki's new store, La Terre, a European-style flower and gift market located in Mequon's Spur 16 development. |
Memories from our
2018 Holiday Tea
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.
