​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!

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. 

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. 

Memories from our
2019 Holiday Tea

Many thanks to our lovely presidents for sponsoring the 2019 Holiday Tea!

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The Conservation Committee's October "Pop-Up" event was a great success!

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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Deanna Braeger created an extraordinary arrangement with flowers from our gardens!

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We were honored to have Dede Petri (GCA President, 2017-2019) with us.

​​Welcome New Members . . .

Susan Terris with Barbara Frank

Sally Kubly

Karin Savage (center) with Sarah Starrett and Polly Beal

Linda MacKay with Mindy Pelisek

Robyn Slater (right) with Cato Schley and Adrienne Widell

20-year members, Patsy Aster & Polly Beal

Many Thanks to our Annual Meeting Hostesses:
Rosie Lyons, Bev Groeschell, Nancy Wigdale, Kathy Palmer, Monnine Parnitzke, Judy Moon & Linda Stolz

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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.

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