2022's Club Meetings:
Completed Meetings
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Program: "Northview Through the Seasons"
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: The Bachman Center at Homestead Village
Speaker: Jenny Rose Carey
A native of England, Jenny Rose Carey is a renowned gardener, educator, historian, and author, and the senior director of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Meadowbrook. Jenny will be talking about her recently released book for Timber Press, The Ultimate Flower Gardener's Guide. Using her photos, she will guide us to look at designing our flower beds by looking at flower shapes, forms, and colors. She will give us examples of flowers that she loves for each season and explain how she prolongs the flowery show in her garden "Northview" in Ambler, Pennsylvania. She will also bring copies of her new book for sale. (Hint: They would make nice Christmas gifts.)
Program: "Northview Through the Seasons"
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: The Bachman Center at Homestead Village
Speaker: Jenny Rose Carey
A native of England, Jenny Rose Carey is a renowned gardener, educator, historian, and author, and the senior director of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Meadowbrook. Jenny will be talking about her recently released book for Timber Press, The Ultimate Flower Gardener's Guide. Using her photos, she will guide us to look at designing our flower beds by looking at flower shapes, forms, and colors. She will give us examples of flowers that she loves for each season and explain how she prolongs the flowery show in her garden "Northview" in Ambler, Pennsylvania. She will also bring copies of her new book for sale. (Hint: They would make nice Christmas gifts.)
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Program: "Around the Campfire"
Time: 5:30 p.m. Explore the Gardens
6 p.m. Meeting Time
Place: Pheasant Run Farm Bed and Breakfast
200 Marticville Road
Lancaster, PA 17603
Enjoy a night around the campfire with fellow Town and Country Garden Club members. We will enjoy a "Show and Tell" time and a Chuckwagon supper.
Unwind and watch the sunset as we sit by the glowing fire and listen to one another's varied ways of sharing our "Show and Tell" items. Relax together at this fall outdoor meeting at Vivian Abel's country home. Let's hope for sunny skies but if it's raining, we'll move onto the porch or inside to The Pheasant Room.
Bring a lawn chair and a garden related item for "Show and Tell."
Program: "Around the Campfire"
Time: 5:30 p.m. Explore the Gardens
6 p.m. Meeting Time
Place: Pheasant Run Farm Bed and Breakfast
200 Marticville Road
Lancaster, PA 17603
Enjoy a night around the campfire with fellow Town and Country Garden Club members. We will enjoy a "Show and Tell" time and a Chuckwagon supper.
Unwind and watch the sunset as we sit by the glowing fire and listen to one another's varied ways of sharing our "Show and Tell" items. Relax together at this fall outdoor meeting at Vivian Abel's country home. Let's hope for sunny skies but if it's raining, we'll move onto the porch or inside to The Pheasant Room.
Bring a lawn chair and a garden related item for "Show and Tell."
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Program: "Flower Arranging Fun"
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Bachman Center at Homestead Village
We will be making floral arrangements for Homestead residents and floral designs to be sold at the "Spring Garden Marketplace." All skill levels are welcome, whether you are one of our Flower Show Judges or have never attempted an arrangement. Come and teach, lend a hand, learn or just socialize as we spend the evening together making lovely floral arrangements.
Please bring flowers from your garden, especially foliage for filler, clippers or scissors and unwanted containers for the arrangements. (Flowers, oasis, and some containers will be provided.)
Program: "Flower Arranging Fun"
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Bachman Center at Homestead Village
We will be making floral arrangements for Homestead residents and floral designs to be sold at the "Spring Garden Marketplace." All skill levels are welcome, whether you are one of our Flower Show Judges or have never attempted an arrangement. Come and teach, lend a hand, learn or just socialize as we spend the evening together making lovely floral arrangements.
Please bring flowers from your garden, especially foliage for filler, clippers or scissors and unwanted containers for the arrangements. (Flowers, oasis, and some containers will be provided.)
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Program: "The Best New Perennials, Shrubs, and Trees for 2022"
Time: 7 p.m.
This will be a Zoom meeting
Speaker: George Weigel george@georgeweigel.net
George is well known throughout central Pennsylvania for his weekly garden column for The Harrisburg Patriot-News and for his wildly popular presentations to garden clubs, Master Gardener programs, garden shows, and special events. He is a retired Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist and author of several books focusing on gardening in the Keystone State. He is a member of the Garden Writers Association and a recipient of the National Garden Clubs’ Award of Excellence, its highest award. George will discuss the new garden plantings that we may want to add in 2022, and just in time for our trips to the nurseries.
Town and Country Garden Club of Lancaster's Bus Trips in 2022
2022 Spring Garden Market
When: Saturday, May 7, 2022
Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Manheim Township Community Park
209 Petersburg Rd.
Just west of Neffsville
We will be selling green elephant items, cut flower arrangements (for Mother's Day), house plants, baked goods, crafts, and herbs.
The University of Delaware Botanical Gardens and Eleutherian Mills, The Hagley Estate
The University of Delaware is an outdoor classroom with over 3000 species of perennials, shrubs, and trees. This visit includes a guided tour of the Botanical Gardens. Hagley is the first home of the DuPont family in America. We will have guided tours of their home, gardens, and Black Powder Mill which brought them their initial fame and fortune. See how they lived, worked, and played.
Bus Trip to Delaware Botanical Garden
When: Thursday, September 15, 2022
Time: Departure time of 8:00 a.m. Bus returns at approximately 5:30 p.m. There are no reserved seats. If you have a special need, please inform us when reserving your seat.
Details: Contact Joyce Crider at 717-413-5371 to sign up or for details. Cost is $119 for members, $124 for non-members.
Deadline to register is September 9, 2022.