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Garden Notes /News of area clubs and events

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Smallwood Garden Club will hold its installation dinner at 7 p. m. Monday at Marinaccio’s, Williamsville.

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The African Violet and Gesneriad Society of Western New York will meet at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Depew High School cafeteria, 5201 Transit Road, Depew. A design workshop and discussion on plant problems and tips for beginners are planned. All welcome. For information, call Paul Kroll, 652-8658.

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The Federated Holland Garden Club will meet at 11 a. m. Wednesday at the Brink Memorial Community Center, Legion Drive, Holland. Following a business meeting and luncheon, Ray Markiewicz will present a program on the Great Lakes. New members welcome.

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The Cinderella Isle Garden Club will meet at 7 p. m. Thursday at SereniTea Cottage&Gift Shoppe, Grand Island, for tea and desserts. Fred Thompson will present, “The Importance of Bees.” Business meeting to follow. For information, call Adele Upton at 773-5847.

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Master Gardeners of Erie County and Buffalo in Bloom will present one-day gardening seminars from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. on a choice of dates: April 4 (Erie Community College North Campus); April 25 (Nichols School), or May 2 (Cornell University Cooperative Extension, East Aurora). Preregistration required, $20. For information, call 851-5344 or visit http://counties. cce. cornell.edu/erie/

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The Federated Garden Clubs of New York State annual state meeting and installation of officers will be held March 22 to 24 at the Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Nova Scotia floral designer Neville MacKay will speak at the luncheon March 23. Also that evening, a dinner and performance of O’Connell&Company’s “Diva by Diva.” Tickets to either event are $50. Reservations necessary; call Norma Dowd, 688-6691.

If you have a submission for Garden Notes, please send it to Susan Martin, Garden Notes, Features Department, The Buffalo News, P. O. Box 100, Buffalo, N. Y. 14240. Fax: 849-3445. E-mail: smartin@buffnews.com All items must be received in writing two weeks prior to publication.


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