Local Events - Come Grow With Us!
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Upcoming Schedule of 2018 Meetings
May 23....................Planting at YMCA, Huron Rd., 5 p.m. planting, 6:30 business meeting June 20..................Unity Hospice, Gardens Tour 2017 Institutional Silver Trowel Winner July 25...................Gwen and Matt Culbertson, Garden Tour, 2017 Residential Silver Trowel Winner Aug. 22....................Picnic at Jim and Sandy La Luzerne’s Yard Sept. 26...............The Farmory Tour Oct. 24...................Brag Night, How Did Your Garden Grow? Dec. 5......................Yule Logs |
2018 Special Events
June 27-29..................TGOA-MGCA National Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Sept. 29 ................................GBBG Family Fest
Oct. 6..................................Farmers Market - Large Produce Weigh-in and Youth Pumpkin and Sunflower Contest
Nov. (TBD)....................Harvest Banquet
June 27-29..................TGOA-MGCA National Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Sept. 29 ................................GBBG Family Fest
Oct. 6..................................Farmers Market - Large Produce Weigh-in and Youth Pumpkin and Sunflower Contest
Nov. (TBD)....................Harvest Banquet
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.
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Photos from the April 29 Celebrate Asparagus! Event
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.
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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.
