UPCOMING EVENTS
While these scheduled events are for Riverside Garden Club members, we would love to have you come, if you are interested in joining the club.
If you are interested in attending, please email us at riversidectgardenclub@gmail.com as all meetings are virtual through April. 2021
May 25, 2021
Speaker: Carol King Platt Carol King Gardens
House & Garden - former contributing editor Landscape Design Council of Connecticut - Past Chair
Program: Classic Containers - How common, yet often overlooked Containers can be your base for beautiful Floral Designs
Wrap up our year with a delightful demonstration of how to take ordinary containers that we all have, from pitchers to baskets, and use them in new ways to show off the beauty of flowers from our gardens.
Carol brings us lovely and useful ideas, the likes of which have been featured in New York Times and Traditional Home articles about her.
While these scheduled events are for Riverside Garden Club members, we would love to have you come, if you are interested in joining the club.
If you are interested in attending, please email us at riversidectgardenclub@gmail.com as all meetings are virtual through April. 2021
May 25, 2021
Speaker: Carol King Platt Carol King Gardens
House & Garden - former contributing editor Landscape Design Council of Connecticut - Past Chair
Program: Classic Containers - How common, yet often overlooked Containers can be your base for beautiful Floral Designs
Wrap up our year with a delightful demonstration of how to take ordinary containers that we all have, from pitchers to baskets, and use them in new ways to show off the beauty of flowers from our gardens.
Carol brings us lovely and useful ideas, the likes of which have been featured in New York Times and Traditional Home articles about her.
PRIOR EVENTS
September 22, 2020
Speaker: Cathy Ritch
National Garden Clubs Accredited Judge Three-time Connecticut State Flower Show Chair
Program: Easy and Enjoyable Floral Designs from your Garden
October 27, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Gregory Kramer, Town of Greenwich Superintendent of Parks and Trees
Program: Creating Different Eco-Gardens with Native Plants that Benefit Wildlife and Biodiversity
November 17, 2020
Speaker: Marina Marchese, Red Bee Honey Beekeeper and Owner
Program: Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper
January 26, 2021
Speaker: Eric Larson
GardenGardenClips.com host
Coordinator of The Master Gardener Program for New Haven County
Program: Updating Your Garden for the New Year
February 23, 2021
Speaker: Renee Marsh
2018 Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut Chair
New York Botanical Garden Educator, Town of Monroe - Head Gardener
Advanced Master Gardener, Co-Owner- Hill Top Blooms in Shelton, CT
Program: Xeriscaping -Easier to Do than to Pronounce!
March 23, 2021
Speaker: Diana Klingner -Friends of Tod’s Point Board Member and
Larry Imbrogno -Tod’s Point Resident Caretaker
Program: Tod’s Point - Current Horticultural projects
Diana will bring us up to date on current horticultural projects at our town treasure - Tod’s Point. Also an interview with Larry Imbrogno, the Resident Caretaker for Tod's Point
April 27, 2021
Speaker: Robert E. Marra, Ph.D
Associate Research Scientist, University of Connecticut Associate Scientist/Forest Pathologist. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Program: Local Trees - Challenges to their Health
Dr. Marra comes to us with extensive knowledge about challenges that our trees are currently facing, from tropical storms to climate changes to diseases. \