Local Events - Come Grow With Us!
The first meeting in 2024 will be Saturday morning on January 20. The program will feature Darren Vollmar, who is a small-scale organic farmer, interested in permaculture, organic produce, and regenerative business/agriculture as well as sustainable energy. Watch for more details.
Our Sponsors
We value our local businesses which contribute to our nonprofit club to lend support to our objectives in our community.
Schroeder's Flowers Garden center (www.schroedersflowers.com)
Ivy Trails (ivytrailsgiftandgarden.com)
Harvest Banquet
November 15, 2023
November 15, 2023
Our 2024 officers were installed. Mary Watts, secretary; Barb Kamps, treasurer; Veronica Geurts, vice president; Patti Nellis, past co-president; CJ Janus, past co-president; Carl Christensen, president
Engraved stones were presented to our garden walk hosts, Carl and Karen VendenHeuvel (grandaughter, Audrey).
Though not able to attend our banquet, the bricks were presented earlier in the fall to the garden walk hosts identified below.
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The installation ceremony was conducted by Sue Rohan. Here she is inducting Veronica Geurts in her continuing role as vice president.
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A tradition at Harvest Banquets has been a silent auction of garden-related objects and food. Plants, bulbs, yard art, canned food, craft work, home-made items are eagerly bid on to take home!
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Dan and Lisa Rocheleau
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Kitty and Dan Doersch, For His Majesty Gardens
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Leo and Eileen Bordeleau, Rose-Hill Gardens
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Past Meetings
"Tour and Tasting" at Oak Orchard Vineyards
September 27, 2023
Diana and Rick Buss, Club Members
2379 Horse Road, Abrams, Wisconsin
September 27, 2023
Diana and Rick Buss, Club Members
2379 Horse Road, Abrams, Wisconsin
Owners, Rick and Diana Buss, hosted our meeting at their vineyards giving us a tour and tasting of grapes right from the field. Rick also presented a PowerPoint presentation showing the history of the viineyards. Refreshments were served along with wine tasting.
The Vineyard Tour
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Tasting the Grapes!
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History of Oak Orchard Vineyards
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Pollinator Gardens Tour in the Shadows of Lambeau Field!
August 23, 2023
Corey Behnke, Club Member
1213 Shadow Lane, Green Bay, WI 54304
The August 23rd meeting showcased a 3rd year garden displaying a 20ft x 30ft pollinator exclusive area with over 500 native Wisconsin plants with the intention to host and feed more than 17 Lepidoptera species as well as many other pollinator insects. Also featured this year in the garden is a space devoted to the Haudenosaunee (Iriquois) “the three sisters” planting of corn, beans, and squash.
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Our officers in the shadow of Lambeau Field!
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Thank you to all who participated in our July 22 garden walk. We enjoyed sharing our passion of gardening with you!
The Geurts Garden
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The Rocheleau Garden
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Our First Plant Sale - May 2023 - A Resounding Success!
Thank you to all of our customers and to our members who contributed plants and worked at the sale.
Hundreds of Plants!
Future Gardeners! Look at those cute garden gloves.
Veronica and Rob Geurts - Our Plant Sale Leaders!
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More Plants!
Gotta Have This!
Educating Customers
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Garden Decor
Never Enough Plants!
Happy Shoppers!
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April 29 - Trellis Making for the Plant Sale
 Trellis Making - Rob Geurts and Patti Nellis
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Shirley Winnes making willow wreaths for the trellises.
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Trellis Making - Veronica Geurts and Barbara Kamps
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February 2023 - Growing Sprouts in Your Kitchen and Urban Composting Options
Corey Groshek, founder and CEO of Greener Bay Compost, presented composting options to residential and commercial customers at our February 2023 meeting. This is the bucket used for pick-up service of food and garden waste.
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Patti Nellis presented how to grow sprouts at home at our February 2023 meeting. She had alfalfa sprouts for taste-testing.
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August 2022 - Tour at the De Pere property of Jim and Sandy LaLuzerne
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Touring this remarkable property is a rare opportunity to see a living example of how much can be done to re-create a native habitat. Not only does this property have hundreds of different flowers, grasses, water plants, sedges, and ferns, but it also has over 160 different species of woody trees, shrubs, and vines—the vast majority being species native to the local area. It is a haven for birds, butterflies, and wildlife of all kinds.
The original five-acre lot was a barren cornfield. In 1976, Sandi and Jim LaLuzerne began with the plan to return every species that might have been on the property. This required creating a half-acre pond with flowing water features. Eventually 18 additional contiguous acres were added and over two miles of trails were established. This informal and friendly space, with many benches and vistas, illustrates what can be done with perseverance, “intelligent tinkering” and some help from Mother Nature. It is not a preservation, but is a re-creation that looks like it was always there. This property has been on the Garden Walk sponsored by the Green Bay Botanical Garden, a winner of The Gardeners Club of Green Bay’s Silver Trowel Award, a tour destination for many gardening and environmental clubs, and is a Certified Natural Habitat.
The original five-acre lot was a barren cornfield. In 1976, Sandi and Jim LaLuzerne began with the plan to return every species that might have been on the property. This required creating a half-acre pond with flowing water features. Eventually 18 additional contiguous acres were added and over two miles of trails were established. This informal and friendly space, with many benches and vistas, illustrates what can be done with perseverance, “intelligent tinkering” and some help from Mother Nature. It is not a preservation, but is a re-creation that looks like it was always there. This property has been on the Garden Walk sponsored by the Green Bay Botanical Garden, a winner of The Gardeners Club of Green Bay’s Silver Trowel Award, a tour destination for many gardening and environmental clubs, and is a Certified Natural Habitat.
July 2022 - Tour at Angelic Acres, Abrams, Wisconsin
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The Jankowskis have transformed their three-plus acres into a garden lover's paradise, featuring perennials of many varieties mingling with their amazing collection of over 1,300 named daylilies, ornamental trees, and over 250 hostas.
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June 2022 - Potluck picnic and tour of
the Leisgang's trees, rose gardens, and perennial gardens.
the Leisgang's trees, rose gardens, and perennial gardens.
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November 2022 - Harvest Banquet
Click on the Silver Trowel Awards tab to see more from the Harvest Banquet.
Click on the Silver Trowel Awards tab to see more from the Harvest Banquet.
Jill Leisgang served as Master of Ceremonies. Attendees enjoyed dinner at the 1951 West restaurant.
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Members brought garden objects, plants, canned produce, handmade items, and much more for the silent auction.
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March 2022 - Hands-on Activity Making Willow Branch Trellises
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Julie Leisgang presented how to make willow branch trellises and then assisted participants how to start their projects.
2019 Harvest Banquet
Click on the tabs for the Kids' Page and Silver Trowel Awards Page for more photos from the activities at the banquet.
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The September 8, 2019 Booyah Sale Fundraiser
Here's the crew selling booyah at the Kimp's Hardware parking lot in Howard.
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KP duty to prepare the vegetables on September 7.
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This is cooking the chicken.
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Here's the soup ready to be eaten!
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