Program Calendar 2017-2018 (updated 2/3/2018)

Meetings are held on the second Thursday in the months of September through May.  The months of November, January, February, March, and April include lecture programs by Master Gardeners designed to give expert knowledge for new education and community outreach. The public is welcome to attend, but we ask that you let us know in advance so we can have enough refreshments for everyone.  You can email: SwitzerlandGC@gmail.com

The September, December, and May luncheons are members only.   If you'd like to become a garden club member please come by and meet us and ask for a member application form, or print a copy online.

Meetings run for 2 hours; the presentation will be given during the meeting (at 10 or 11 AM):

• September 14, 2017,10:00 a.m.: Planning Meeting, Bartram Trail Library (member event)
• October 12, 2017, 10:00 a.m.: Mandarin Museum Field Trip 
• November 9, 2017, 10:00 a.m.: Cacti/Succulents Program by Master Gardener Cat Rodgers, Bartram Trail Library 
• December 14, 2017: Christmas Luncheon, TBA (member event)
• January 11, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: Eat your Vegetables and Their Scraps Program by Master Gardener Barbara Purple, Bartram Trail Library 
• February 8, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: Bluebirds Program by Master Gardener MarySue Wolf, Bartram Trail Library 
• March 8, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: Orchids Program by Master Gardener MaryAnn Bell, Bartram Trail Library 
• April 12,2018, 10:00 a.m.:  ,Propagation of Plants Program by Master Gardener Karen Van Pernis, Alpine Groves Park  
•  May, 10, 2018, 11:00 a.m.: End of Year Luncheon, TBA (member event)

Garden Week at Bartram Trail Library 6/6 - 6/11

The Garden Club of Switzerland will be at the Bartram Trail Library for National Garden Club's Garden Week to show you how to do just that. Stop by our table outside the library on Wednesday and Thursday, June 8 and 9 between 11AM and 3PM, to see what ideas we have to enhance your horticultural happiness.  Inside the library from June 6-11, we're displaying some of our "best book picks" available through the library system to increase you and your child's gardening IQ this summer.

Check out our Free Gardening Resources at the Library article for a sampling of recommended references.  We'll have a complete list of books, including fiction and fun projects for adults and children the week before the event.

April at Alpine Groves

Alpine Groves Park will be a busy place this month.  Our club meeting will be right next to the Freedom Butterfly Garden (weather permitting) to spruce it up for the big Bartram Bash.  The Bartram Bash at Alpine Groves Park is on April 23 from 9AM-4PM.  It is free and open to the public.  That day we'll also be celebrating Earth Day (which is actually the day before, but EVERY DAY should be a celebration of our one-and-only Earth).