2023-2024 Programs
2023-2024 Programs
We welcome everyone to our monthly speakers’ programs. We appreciate a contribution of $5 for non-members to help us support our programs and activities. We hire professional, well-known garden, floral arrangers and horticultural experts to help us learn how to make our environment more beautiful and sustainable.
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9:30 Coffee and Social Time
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10:00 – Club Business
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10:30-11:30 plus – Guest Speaker
Cancellation Policy: When Rye public schools are cancelled due to weather, our meeting is cancelled. If the schools delay opening, we hold our meeting as scheduled. Members are notified of changes by email.
Programs At-A-Glance
9/19/23
10/17/23
11/21/23
1/16/24
2/20/24
3/19/24
4/16/24
Gardening In A Climate Change
Deck The Halls
Rain Gardens: Beautiful & Functional
Floral Designer
SeaBee Honey
Successful Vegetable Gardening
Traffic Stopping Curb Appeal
Detailed program information is added each month.
Mike Koutelis
Jana Milbocker
Lisa Loosigian
Darcy Boyle
Joe Marttila
Jane Raymond
Kerry Ann Mendez
September 19th, 2023
Michael (Mike) Koutelis
Gardening In A Changing Climate
Gardeners are on the front line as witnesses to the changes in climate that have been occurring in recent years. Later frosts in the fall, earlier planting times, heavier rain events, and longer stretches of drought. Mike Koutelis will provide a brief look at the science of climate change and the impact it has on our daily lives while also offering ideas about how we can adapt our growing strategies and habits to both reduce our impact on climate change and keep growing the plants we enjoy.
October 17, 2023
Jana Milbocker
Deck The Halls
It’s that time of year when we begin to think about holiday décor and getting our homes ready, so they look their festive best both inside and out. Garden Designer and the Principal of Enchanted Gardens, Jana Milbocker, will present “Decked Out for the Holidays”. Visit magnificently decorated conservatories, mansions, and beautifully lit gardens during the holiday season. Her talk will include Longwood Gardens, Winterthur, Blithewold, Newport Mansions, and others.
November 21, 2023
Lisa Loosigian
Vegetated Swales
Lisa Loosigian, Program Coordinator for "Soak Up the Rain NH Program", will talk about the importance of protecting and restoring clean water in the State's lakes, streams, and coastal waters from the negative impacts of stormwater pollution. Lisa will also discuss rain gardens and the ten best practices of SOAKNH
January 16, 2024
Darcy Boyle
Floral Designer
Darcy Boyle is the Floral Manager and lead floral designer at Shaw’s Market in North Hampton, New Hampshire. Over the past three years, she has built Shaw’s floral brand to reflect an elevated design aesthetic and positioned the Shaw’s' floral department as a full-service floral studio that can accommodate specific and custom requests. In design, Darcy embraces both the creative process and unique techniques which generate a deep understanding of symmetry, cohesive arrangements, and varying complementary patterns..
February 20, 2024
Joe Marttila
SeaBee Honey
SeaBee Honey is dedicated to the preservation of the honey bee and all native pollinators in the New England area of the United States. They place and maintain numerous apiaries in and around the seacoast region of New Hampshire in carefully selected sites that benefit both our bees and our farms. Their products are all natural and we attempt to ensure that our honey maintains the native pollens that our bees collect. Their bees are kept in their locations year-round and are allowed to work with multi-floral sources.
March 19, 2024
Jane Raymond
Successful Vegetable Gardening
Master Gardener Jane Raymond will discuss the principles and practices for successful vegetable gardening. Jane will explain how to plan a garden to produce lots of high-quality vegetables, how to expend less energy on the maintenance of the garden, and how to use fewer chemical inputs. In addition, attendees will learn how to choose the ideal location, prepare the garden site, what and how much to grow, the timing of planting, harvesting, and vegetable storage.
April 16, 2024
Kerry Ann Mendez
Traffic Stopping Curb Appeal
Kerry Ann Mendez is an author, design consultant, and proprietor of Perennially Yours based in southern Maine. Kerry's presentation will cover top-performing perennials, annuals, flowering shrubs, evergreens, and ornamental trees that can add up to head-turning foundation beds for any style of property.
