PURPOSE
The Program Committee plans and supervises all educational aspects of the General Meetings for the club, including physical arrangements. The Chair makes all arrangements for speakers (guest room accommodations as needed) for General Meetings, prepares an introduction for each speaker and writes letters of thanks. The Chair and members identify club needs and interests as a basis for planning the overall education program, cooperates with other organizations as necessary to plan joint programs, and furnishes the Communications Chair with any information needed for publicity.
The Chair sends the Program schedule for the ensuing year to the Club President for inclusion in the Directory, and to the GCA Zone II program representative for inclusion in the Zone II Program page. The committee works with the Hospitality committee to assist with audio-visual needs for the Club’s Annual Meeting.
MEMBERS
Chair: Celeste Suggs
Vice Chair: Ellen Smith
Preceding Chair: Becky Royston
Members: Francie Irvine, Susan Anton, Judi Freudenberg, Samantha Whitney
ACTIVITIES
Trish Manfredi, Trends in Floral Design and Floral Mechanics
https://vimeo.com/788700350 – Arrangement
https://vimeo.com/788710276 – Lecture
Password – GardenClubNewHaven
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2022
12:00pm – Program: Karyl Evans, Film Screening of “Grove Street Cemetery, City of the Dead, City of the Living” documentary and the creation of the Grove Street Cemetery Arboretum
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2022
12:00pm – The Cherry Shaw Swords and Virginia Thorne Shaw Lecture: David L. Culp “A Bountiful Year: Six Seasons of Beauty from Brandywine Cottage
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2022 (MEMBERS ONLY)
Edgerton Park Carriage House, 154 Edgehill Road, New Haven
9:30am – Holiday Workshop: Arrangements for Nursing Homes and Others
12:00pm – Holiday Luncheon and Fundraising
MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2023
12:00pm – Program: Trish Manfredi, Trends in Floral Design and Floral Mechanics
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2023
12:00pm – Program: Nicole Davis, Reducing Run Off – One Rain Garden at a Time
****MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023****(NOT FIRST MONDAY DUE TO CAES CONFLICT)
12:00pm – Program: Michael Piantedosi, Ex Situ Conservation in Practice
MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2023
12:00pm – Program: James Golden, Federal Twist: A New Way of Thinking about Gardens, Nature, and Ourselves.
MONDAY, MAY 1, 2023
12:00pm – Program: Amy Ziffer, Containers That Won’t Quit!
1:00pm – Business Meeting
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2023 (Members Only)
12:00-2:00pm
99th Annual Meeting
Location TBD
Speakers for 2022-2023 year have already been booked.