BELTSVILLE GARDEN CLUB
2011-2012 CALENDAR

August 16, 2011 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Tour (BARC), Beltsville, Maryland
National Plant Materials Center

September 28, 2011 A Modern Look at Lilies
Jim McKenney – Montgomery County, Maryland Gardener for 50+ Years

October 26, 2011 Persimmons, Pomegranates, Polygonatums and Other Edible Perennials
Matt Cohen – Matt’s Habitats

December 7, 2011 Holiday Dinner

January 25, 2012 Dumbarton Oaks Garden
David Keil – Docent Extraordinaire with Christine Blazina – Docent Coordinator

February 22, 2012 Veggies in Your Flower Garden, O My!
Miriam Mahowald

March 28, 2012 The Price of Liberty: Weeds
John Peter Thompson- Consultant-Invasive Species; Member, Maryland Invasive Species Council; Past Immediate Vice Chair, National Invasive Species Council Advisory Committee; Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council (MA-EPPC)

March/ April Edible Woodland Walk (Tentative)
Matt Cohen – Matt’s Habitats

April 14, 2012 Plant Sale – High Point High School Parking Lot -8am to noon, rain or shine

April 25, 2012 The Language of Flowers and a Tussie-Mussie Demonstration
Amy Brecount White – Author of Forget-Her-Nots (Harper-Collins, 2010)

May 12, 2012 Plant Sale– High Point High School Parking Lot -8am to noon, rain or shine

May 17, 2012 Annual Garden Tour - Dumbarton Oaks Garden Tour, Washington, D.C.
David Keil, Docent Extraordinaire and Christine Blazina, Docent Coordinator High Tea and Tour of Green Spring Historic House and Gardens, Alexandria, VA Debbie Waugh, Historic House Coordinator plus Two Master Gardener Docents

May 23, 2012 USDA’s People’s Garden Initiative: A Growing Movement
Annie Ceccarini – Outreach and Communication Specialist
US Department of Agriculture

August Peach Festival 09/07/11

BELTSVILLE GARDEN CLUB
2010 CALENDAR

January 27       Nature at the University of Maryland: Telling the Secrets of an Urban Forest
Marla McIntosh, PhD – Professor of Urban Forestry, Department of Plant Sciences and
Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland - College Park

February 24      Growing Orchids in the Home
Beth Bishop and Roger Cole - Arbec Orchids

March 24       University of Maryland Arboretum - Tree Campus USA 
Karen Petroff - Manager of Operations, Landscape Services, Facilities Management
Instructor, Department of Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture
University of Maryland – College Park

April 28            Gardening with Chesapeake Natives
Christopher A. Puttock, PhD - Executive Director, Chesapeake Natives, Inc.
Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, NMNH
Chief Botanist, Monarch Sister Schools Program
Director, Hawaii Conservation Alliance Foundation

May 1              Saturday Walk through University of Maryland Arboretum
10:00am-noon  Karen Petroff - Manager of Operations, Landscape Services, Facilities Management
Instructor, Department of Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture
University of Maryland – College Park

May 26           Mitigating Hazardous Trees Resulting from Snowmagedden
Josh Nadler – Campus Arborist, Facilities Management, Arboretum and Botanical
Garden, University of Maryland - College Park

June 3 Spring Trip – Chanticleer, A Pleasure Garden, Wayne, Pennsylvania

August 7 Peach Festival

September 22  Gardening in the Footsteps of Rachel Carson – Nature’s House Rules
Dr. Diana Post – President, Rachel Carson Council, Inc.

October 17    Sunday Stroll through University of Maryland’s "Wooded Hillock"
2:00-4:00pm  Sara Tangren, PhD – Founding President, Director of Research, Chesapeake Natives, Inc.

October 27      Native Bees: Keeping Bees in Your Garden
                      Nikki Thompson - Member, BUMBA (Bowie & Upper Marlboro Beekeepers Association)