Several members of Crofton Village Garden Club got together in late August for an informal workshop hosted by Sunny Frank in her back yard. Sunny and Bernie Robertson shared basic information about flower preparation with the novice floral designers, and guided them through the creation of three different arrangements.
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The Crofton Village Garden Club House Tour Committee will hold its first meeting of the year today, August 23, to begin planning details for A Crofton Village Christmas. The 2011 holiday house tour on December 11, 2011, will include eight homes, and feature the community center at Chapman Farm where refreshments will be served. The [...]
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Becoming a master gardener is not as hard as you might think.
The Anne Arundel County Master Gardener Program is now accepting applications for the Fall 2011 training program, to be held on at Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD. Applications must be received by August 1, 2011.
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Crofton Village Garden Club members might want to take note of the following events posted by Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland on their calendar:
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Crofton Village Garden Club and Crofton Greenery Garden Club collaborated with other local garden clubs last week to decorate historic Hammond Harwood House for the holidays. Hammond-Harwood House is an Annapolis landmark dating back to 1774, when gentleman-farmer Matthias Hammond began working with renowned architect William Buckland on plans to build an elegant townhouse in the city. This is always a [...]
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“Put your Vegetable Garden to Bed” will kick off the fall lecture series at Greenstreet Gardens this Saturday, September 11. Not only that, but they’re also having a program on ” How to Create your own Rain Garden”. Stop by for one of these programs at 10 a.m., and then head on down to the [...]
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THE ART OF FLOWER ARRANGING One of the founding objectives for Crofton Village Garden Club in 1969 was to encourage member interest in flower-arranging. Now, four decades later, we return to those roots with “The Art of Flower Arranging” as the theme for our programming throughout the 2010-2011year. Our goal is to build confidence and [...]
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Crofton Country Club was the setting for a Fashion Show and High Tea presented by Crofton Village Garden Club on Sunday, May 2.
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The “Plant it Pink” Fashion Show/High Tea Committee met yesterday at Pat Stevenson’s house for a planning session. Marcia Richard made several announcements and distributed a preliminary list of models… Margaret Woda passed out drafts of the tickets, fliers and programs… Pat Stevenson talked about vendors… Bernie Robinson described the table decorations… The committee isn’t [...]
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Yesterday, when Crofton Village Garden Club members decorated the Crofton Village Green and Front Gate for the holidays, it was one of the warmest days in the history of our 40-year tradition. Club members have sometimes faced biting cold, wind, and even rain, but this year we lucked out with a very nice day. Crofton [...]
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OCTOBER 3 – Chesapeake Bay Foundation Sanctuary Garden Open House, Annapolis, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 3 – Claggett Farm Annual Fall Festival, Upper Marlboro, 1-4 p.m. 3-4 – Homestead Gardens Fall Festival, weekends in October 3-4 – Renaissance Festival, weekends in October 3-4 – 71st Annual Potomac Rose Society Show, Merrifield Garden Center 7 – CVGC [...]
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