Outstanding or Favorite
Programs
2007-2008
National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc.
Member of
National Garden Clubs, Inc.
This list has been prepared to assist Garden Club Program Chairmen
in finding sources for programs for their clubs.
The information included in the list comes
from the Award #18 application form that all garden clubs submit
to the state awards chairman in January of each year.
DISTRICT I
TOUR OF DUNBARTON OAKS
31st and R Streets, N.W.
Washington DC
202-239-6409
DunbartonOaks@doaks.org Fergies Gardeners
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION TOUR & LECTURE
Speaker: John Paige Williams
PM Environmental Center
CBF G Herron Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
410-268-8816 Paint Branch Garden Club
“GOOD GUYS IN THE GARDEN”
Slide presentation about the good insects
Speaker: Dr. Michael Raupp Professor
Dept of Entomology, U of MD
www.raupplab.umd.edu/bugsweek Tanta Cove
“RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT”
Slide Presentation
Speaker: Fred Tutman, Patuxent Riverkeeper
Fred@paxriverkeeper.org Tanta Cove
“WILD GREEN THINGS”
Presentation: CD/power point projector
Speaker: Richard Smythe
703-690-4199 Tanta Cove
“CAMELLIAS”
Introduction to and information on growing and caring
for camellias.
Speakers: Arthur Maryott and Charles Fairchild
Camellia Society of Potomac Valley
www.cspv.org
DISTRICT II
“INVASIVE PLANTS IN THE GARDEN AND BEYOND”
Speaker: Jan Ferrigan, Invasive Plant Specialist
Arlington County Extension Agency
703-228-6414 Beverley Hills GC
“SAVE THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, ONE HOUSE AT A TIME”
Make effective changes in our yards and neighborhoods to use storm water to our advantage while protecting streams and the Chesapeake Bay from harmful pollutants.
Speaker: Kim Hosen, Prince William Conservation Alliance
703-499-4954 Centennial GC
“WHERE DOES IT ALL GO”
Guided tour of the Prince William County Landfill, an amazing
operation of recycling everything imaginable. What is not re-
cycled is buried, and the resulting gas is used to power the
buildings and lights at the landfill.
703-792-5750 Centennial GC
“FOCUS ON FITNESS – DISCOVER THE BEAUTY WITHIN US”
Basic anatomy and exercises to stretch and to strengthen bodies so we
are better able to enjoy our time in the garden.
Speaker: Trainer from the Fitness Center at Prince William Hospital
703-369-8605 Centennial GC
“GOING NATIVE – GETTING STARTED”
“GOING NATIVE – CREATING A PIECE OF VIRGINIA”
Speaker: Sandi Piccirillo, Landscape Design Critic and Master Accredited Flower Show Judge
703-764-2747 Centennial GC
“GARDEN STRUCTURES AND PLANT
COMBINATIONS THAT HELP OUR GARDENS TO LIVE”
Speaker: Peg Bier, well known lecturer, appears on
The Merrifield Garden Advisor Television Show.
Merrifield Garden 703-968-9600 Dominion Valley GC
“FALLING IN LOVE WITH PERENNIALS”
Horticulture and Landscape Value of Perennials and Native Plants
Speaker: Steve Gable, Merrifield Nursery
sgable@verizonmail.com Hayfield GC
“FLOWERS IN THE FRENCH DESIGN”
Eight beautiful and unique designs
Speaker: Renowned French floral designer, Laura Dowling
703-549-2560 www.lauraldowling.com Laurel GC
“CREATIVE DESIGN – WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?”
Speaker: Sandi Piccirillo, Master Flower Show Judge
703-764-2747 sswombat@cox.net
Laurel GC
“GARDENING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS”
Speaker: Jo Sellers, Gardening Consultant and Landscape Design Critic
703-451-7037 Oak Hill GC
“GROUND COVERS AND VINES IN THE SHADE GARDEN”
Speaker: Billie Trump, Gardening Consultant and Landscape Design Critic
703-960-1476 Riverwood on the Potomac GC
“SMALL TREES FOR SMALL LANDSCAPES”
Speaker: Gene Sumi, Certified Professional Horticulturist
Homestead Gardens, Davidsonville, MD
443-607-1937 ext 2237 gsumi@homesteadgardens.com Springfield Acres GC
“STEPPING INTO SPRING GARDENING”
Power Point presentation on preparation of houseplants and
the garden for spring
“STEPPING INTO WINTER GARDENING”
Program will be ready for September, 2008
Speaker: Babs McClendon
703-360-0920 babsm@erols.com Springfield Acres GC
“ORGANIZING YOUR GARDEN USING NATIVE PLANTS”
Speaker: Noreen Gerstner, Master Gardener, Director of Gardens
Kings Park Library
703-323-1436 Willowbrook GC
“FLOWER DESIGN AND ARRANGEMENT TECHNIQUE – PETITE DESIGN”
Speaker Shirley Moore, Accredited Flower Show Judge
703-830-2769 Willowbrook GC
“IKEBANA – STRAIGHT – CURVILINEAR LINE DESIGN”
Excellent introduction to Ikebana – What it is, general principles, designs.
Speaker Diana Cull, Instructor of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana
703-768-8724 dmcull@att.net Yacht Haven GC
“SYNERGISTIC AND SPATIAL THRUST DESIGNS”
Speaker: Mary Corley, Master Flower Show Judge
301-340-0148 mandmcorley@verizon.net Yacht Haven GC
“TUBULAR AND MONO- BOTANIC DESIGNS”
Speaker: Mary Ellen Alden, Master Flower Show Judge
703-273-3730 alden_orchard@juno.com Yacht Haven GC
“GROWING SHOWING AND DESIGNING WITH HOSTA”
Everything you need to know about hosta with live examples-
informative and entertaining
Speaker: Karen O’Meara, Accredited Flower Show Judge,
Gardening consultant, Landscape Design critic,
703-281-4334 raykaren4334@cox.net Yacht Haven GC
DISTRICT III
“GROWING ORCHIDS ON A WINDOWSILL”
The growing of orchids indoors as well as outdoors.
Speaker: Ms. Alma Kasulaitis
703-532-5399 amkasul@verizon.net Holly Hill GC
“THE DYNAMIC DUO AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT”
Floral Design Program
Speakers: Muriel and Harlin Turner, both are Master Flower Show
Judges and Harlin is a National Garden Club Design Instructor.
703-713-0138 Harlinturn@aol.com Five Hills GC
“FROM MY GARDEN TO MY TABLE”
Table designs
Speaker: Olivia Ford, Accredited Flower Show Judge
703-250-7533 fordlarryolivia@aol.com Fairfax Ferns GC
“CREATIVE DESIGN BASICS”
Discussion and demonstration of creative arrangements for show
Speaker: Mary Ellen Alden, Accredited Master Flower Show Judge
703-273-3730 alden_orchard@juno.com Camelot GC
“GARDENING WITH NATIVE PLANTS”
Slide presentation of native plants and their use in the garden.
Speaker: Billie Trump, Gardening consultant and Landscape Design Critic
703-960-1476 trump29@juno.com McLean Hamlet GC
“ALL ABOUT HONEY BEES IN THE GARDEN”
Demonstration and Lecture about bee hive, honey combs,
pollination and the lifecycle of bees.
Speaker: Mary Ellen Kirkpatrick
703-404-9549 maryellenkirkpatrick@cox.net McLean Hamlet GC
“THE BEAUTY OF SHADE GARDENS”
Slide presentation of four seasons in her garden
Speaker: Peg Bier, well known lecturer, appears on
The Merrifield Garden Advisor Television Show.
Merrifield Garden 703-968-9600
Ayr Hill GC
“THE ART OF PRUNING”
Lecture and outdoor demonstration on the mechanics of proper hand
pruning of landscape plantings
Speaker: Elizabeth Doyle, owner of Yankee Clippers, Bethesda, MD
301-365-6250 Rock Spring GC
“FLORAL DESIGN ON A GRAND SCALE”
Lecture, demonstration of traditional to ultramodern designs.
Speaker: Marianne Raub, founder and owner of Helen Olivia, a floral
Design shop in old town Alexandria
703-548-2848 Rock Spring GC
“CREATING A LIVING WREATH”
Demonstration on how to make a living wreath.
Speaker: Evalee Ciuca, Accredited Flower Show Judge
703-590-1733 Ciuca20@aol.com Rock Spring GC
“GOING NATIVE”
At each general meeting, the President introduces a native Virginia tree and wildflower to the club members with a conservation and environmental focus. Rock Spring GC
DISTRICT IV
“PHOTOGRAPHING FLOWERS AND GARDENS
Tips on taking photographs of flowers and gardens using a digital camera.
Speaker: Joshua Taylor Jr. c/o Archiphoto Workshops
703-536-9112 www.archiphotoworkshops.com Town and Country GC
“PERENNIALS IN THE SHADE”
Speaker:
Audrie Whitney, Gardening Consultant and Landscape Design Critic
301-762-5162 Aspen Hill GC
“FLORAL DESIGN”
Demonstration of Flower Arranging
Speaker: Mary Corley, Accredited Master Flower Show Judge
301-340-0148 mandmcorley@verizon.net Aspen Hill GC
“NON NATIVE INVASIVE PLANTS”
Speaker: Carole Bergman, Montgomery County Parks forest ecologist and founder of Weed Warriors.
301-495-2595 www.mc-mncppc.org Gaywood GC
“COMPOSTING INDOORS AND OUT”
Slide presentation giving an overview of the necessary components
of a successful composting project
Speaker: Susan Wiggins of the Montgomery County
Department of Environmental protection
240-777-6461 wormlady@gmail.com Potomac Village GC
“FLOWER ARRANGING WITH MINIATURES”
Demonstration and lecture on the elements of successful
miniature and small flower arrangements
Speaker: Bonnie Mirmak, Accredited Master Flower Show Judge
703-038-2826 bmirmak@cox.net Potomac Village GC
“BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE”
Demonstration of how garden paths and walls can
enhance the beauty and function of gardens.
Speaker: Karen O’Meara, Gardening Consultant and
Landscape Design Critic
703-281-4334 raykaren4334@cox.net Seedling GC
“FALL CREATIONS”
Arranging with nature’s twigs
Speaker: Zigi Vladimirovic
703-478-6091 Springfield GC of Montgomery County
“AUTUMN ENTRYWAYS”
Demonstration of door decorations, speaker brought
doors, plant material and containers.
Speaker: Kelly Kinealy, Good Earth Nursery, Potomac, MD
301-765-0221 Potomac Home and Garden Club
“ORNAMENTAL GRASSES”
Speaker: Maria Rojas
301-320-2514 Rockshire Garden Club
“GARDEN TOUR AND LUNCHEON”
Tour was at Pleasant Spring Farm, Boyds, MD,
Speaker: Peg Colman, tour of garden and presentation of history of the area
301-972-3452 St. John’s GC
“ANACOSTIA RIVER BOAT TOUR”
Environmental education tour of the upper Anacostia
Speaker: Kevin Johnston, Environmental Educator, Anacostia Watershed Society
301-779-0371 or 301-699-6204 Westmoorland Hills GC
“CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT”
Speaker: Karen M. Scott, Outreach and Education Specialist
from the U.S. EPA Climate Change Division/Climate
Science and Impacts Branch.
202-343-9468 GC of College Gardens
“CREATING GARDEN ROOMS”
Use of trees, shrubs and screening to break up the landscape.
Also use of flagstone, brick or mulch paths to create an invitation
to the rooms of your garden
Speaker: Janey Nadler, Gardening Consultant and
Landscape Design Critic.
301-424-3341 JN802@aol.com GC of College Gardens
“GOOD GUYS IN THE GARDEN”
About the good insects
Speaker: Dr. Michael Rupp, Department of Entomology
University of MD
www.raupplab.umd.edu/bugsweek Kenwood GC
GENERALLY FEES ARE NOT LISTED. PLEASE CONTACT SOURCE (PROGRAM YOU ARE INTERESTED IN) AND INQUIRE ABOUT FEE AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS THE SPEAKER MAY HAVE.
PROGRAMS OFFERED BY LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND GARDENING CONSULTANTS COUNCIL. ADDITIONAL LECTURES MAY BECOME AVAILABLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO BOOK THESE LECTURES, PLEASE CALL MARGARET LIPPERT, SPEAKER’S BUREAU COORDINATOR, AT 301-927-7240 OR EMAIL MSLIPP@AOL.COM
Present Landscape Design Council Lectures:
Fee is $50 payable to Landscape Design Council
A Bird's Eye View of American Gardens A
Japanese Touches for Your Garden A
Canadian Rocky Mountain Plants
Container Gardening
Edible Flowers B
The New Trend- Xeriscaping
Enhance your Garden with Shrubs & Trees
Garden Accents & Special Touches
Between A Rock & A Hard Place (hardscaping)
Growing, Showing and Designing with Hostas (May, June Sept. & Oct. only)
Color for All Seasons
Gardens for Arrangers
Gardening with Native Plants (VA only)
Harvard Glass Flowers
Native Alternatives to English Ivy (VA only)
Plants of the Sonoma Desert
Pleasures of Path (VA only)
Landscape Design Basics
Low Maintenance Gardening
Plants with Fall & Winter Interest
Fall Gardening Tips (Putting your garden to bed)
The Art of Pruning
Sunny Garden Perennials
Shady Garden Perennials
Spring Garden Tips
Revamping your garden
Garden Consultants Council
Fee is $50 payable to Garden Consultants Council
Enhance garden with containers and other accents
Mudpies & Gardening with Children
Ground Covers & VinesShade Gardens
Shade Gardens
Soil Stew
Tips for easier gardening
