Garden Club of Annapolis
Calendar 2025 – 2026
The Club’s calendar year of activities runs from September thru June. Regular Meetings are held at the Annapolis Yacht Club on the third Wednesday of the month in September, November, December and from January thru April. We have field trips in October and May and a picnic in June.
Regular Meeting Agendas:
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Workshop
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Socializing
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Business Meeting
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Program
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
Upcoming Meetings:
September 17, 2025 – Regular Meeting – Fall Container and Small Space Gardening with Gretchen Meisner from Homestead Gardens and Season to Season Horticultural.
Workshop: Karen Martins will lead “Flooms and Blooms” An Elevated Arrangement for All Seasons ~ Working with natural/native Grasses. This will be a fun creative workshop working with our native grasses and natural flooms and blooms!
Program: Transitioning our gardens from summer to fall is made easier with spectacular planters filled with curated blooms. Gretchen will chat about design principles, Zone 7 hardy plants, and 2025’s trends.
October 17, 2025- Field Trip via chartered bus to the Glenstone Museum in Potomac, MD. CANCELLED
November 19, 2025-Regular Meeting – Using Fall’s Bounty to create Beautiful Tablescapes.
Workshop: Experiment with a cornucopia of found objects, appropriate for a harvest look and a Thanksgiving table or buffet. We’ll be using antlers, feathers, greens, and some beautiful flowers.
Program: Brand Influencer and HSN’s On Air craft expert Beth Kingston joins us to discuss using Fall’s incredible color and textures for beautiful tablescapes perfect for the upcoming holiday season.
December 11, 2025- (note date change): Greens workshop and holiday luncheon.
January 21, 2026 – Regular Meeting – “Winter’s Bounty”- Bring a little spring into our homes when it’s chilly outside with Terry Godfrey, AIFD, Lead Instructor of Floral Design at Anne Arundel Community College.
Workshop:
Our speaker, Ms. Godfrey will lead our workshop to create a small enclosure arrangement — with inspiration of a bird’s nest with pussy willow, stripped vines, misc dried grasses, etc. and spring flowers.
Program: Ms. Godfrey will be speaking on Winter’s Bounty, using natural materials of the season and non-traditional items to create seasonally appropriate arrangements, orchids, etc. She will be fresh off working on the Rose Parade and getting ready for the Philadelphia Flower Show so will have a lot of information to share.
February 18, 2026-TBD
March 18, 2026-Regular Meeting-Floral designer Kathy York
April 15, 2026-Regular Meeting
May 2026-Field Trip-Date and location TBD
June 2026-Picnic-Date and location TBD
Last updated: January 7, 2024
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