Local Events - Come Grow With Us!
Steve Frankow—Introduction to New Plants
Ivy Trails Gift and Gardens
3200 Main Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin
6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, 2019
​Ivy Trails has been in business in Green Bay since 1999. Being successful, they opened another store in Manitowoc in 2014. Along with their garden center and gift shop, they also have many holiday classes and sessions on putting together planted containers. How-to videos on planting can be found on their website, and you can also sign up for an e-newsletter. See their website at: http://www.ivytrailsgiftandgarden.com for details. 

Upcoming Schedule of 2019 Meetings
April 24                Ivy Trails
May 22                 YMCA Work Night
June 26                Silver Trowel Yard Visit, Sue and Tom Cravillion
July 24                 Silver Trowel Yard Visit, Rose and Clayton Smits
August 28              Club Picnic
September 25         TBD
October 23            Brag Night
November 8            Harvest Banquet
December 4           TBD
2019 Special Events
​​July 15-17..................TGOA-MGCA National Convention, Des Moines, Iowa
Oct. 5..................................Farmers Market - Large Produce Weigh-in and Youth Pumpkin and                    Sunflower Contest
Nov. 8...................Harvest Banquet at Swan Club

Here are photos from our November 10, 2017, Harvest Banquet. Click on the tabs for the Kids' Page and Silver Trowel Awards Page for more photos from the activities at the banquet. 

Photos from the April 29 Celebrate Asparagus! Event
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Agnes Schussman created table decorations for the event.
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Patti Nellis gives instruction on how to plant milkweed to help the butterfly population.
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Jim Beard, retired FVTC horticulture instructor, presented "Organic Gardening: Beds, Buckets, Bales, and Brews."
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Mary Vandermause shows how to keep cut asparagus fresh.
Meetings are held the fourth Wednesday of each month except November and December. Meeting times are typically at 6:30 p.m.; however, summer meetings, which are usually held at local residential gardens or local green businesses, may begin earlier. All details of time and location are published in the monthly newsletter, the Tiller.