Garden Notes /News of area clubs and events
The Niagara Frontier Orchid Society will hold its annual orchid show from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Saturday and Sunday at the Buffalo&Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave. (buffalogardens.com). Orchid displays, photo exhibit, growing demonstrations and vendors, free with Botanical Gardens admission. For information, call 835-2132.
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East Aurora Garden Club will meet at noon Monday at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 374 Main St. After lunch and a business meeting, Darlene Scott, owner of the Greenery in Arcade, will present a floral arrangement/ coordinating wreath demonstration.
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Cyd Cox will present ideas on conserving and protecting the environment to members of the Kenmore Garden Club at 10 a. m. Tuesday at Kenmore United Methodist Church, 32 Landers Road. Guests are welcome.
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David Griffin, a naturalist with the Nature Conservancy, will discuss preservation in Zoar Valley with members of the Evans Garden Club at 7 p. m. Tuesday in Angola Public Library.
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Eden Garden Club will meet at 7 p. m. Tuesday at Eden High School for a members’ panel discussion, “Deer, Oh Dear and Other Dilemmas.” Michele Wilson will critique seasonal flower-arrangement design; Sue Stranges will provide updates on birds and butterflies. For information, call Nancy Mantione, 992-3551.
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Ken-Sheriton Garden Club will meet at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 576 Delaware Road, Kenmore, for a workshop by Lee Pera, club president. Business meeting to follow. New members are welcome.
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Countryside Garden Club of Elma will carpool at 10 a. m. Wednesday from Elma Library on Bowen Road to Field of Dreams Farm, Vermont Hill Road, South Wales. Ken Brown will discuss exotic conifers. Lunch to follow at Priscilla Cashmore’s home.
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The Federated Amana Garden Club will meet at 11 a. m. Wednesday at Covenant United Methodist Church, 539 Main St., West Seneca. Nutritionist Maria Weber will present “Good Eats for the Gardener.”
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Hamburg Garden Club will meet at noon Wednesday at Hamburg Community Center, 107 Prospect Ave. Deanna Borrello, club member and floral designer, will demonstrate a fall floral arrangement that can be modified for the holidays. For information, call Sue Jantzi at 649-3384 or Barb Ode, 648-6708.
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Federated Lancaster Garden Club will meet at 7 p. m. Wednesday at the Elks Club, 33 Legion Parkway, Lancaster. Martha Johnson, owner of Ancestral Acres, will present “How to Grow and Dry Flowers.”
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Cathy Knight, from Serenitea Cottage, will speak to the Western New York Herb Study Group at 7 p. m. Wednesday at the Buffalo& Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave. Dr. Paul Dippert will speak on herbs that bees love.
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Garden Friends of Clarence will meet at 7 p. m. Wednesday in the Clarence Town Park Clubhouse, 10405 Main St. Following the regular meeting, Kathleen Doell, from the Rochester Dahlia Society, will present “Dazzling Dahlias: Growing and Caring for Dahlias in Your Garden.” Public welcome.
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The Niagara Falls and the River Region Chapter of Wild Ones Native Plants, Natural Landscapes and the Youngstown Garden Club will cohost a free lecture by Dr. Robert Speigelman on “Cooling Mother Earth: New York’s Footprint in Nature, Then and Now” at 7 p. m. Wednesday. The lecture, which will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 100 Church St., Youngstown, is made possible through the support of the New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Alden Garden Club will meet at 7 p. m. Wednesday at Alden Community Center, 13116 Main St. Dave Kieber, of Beaver Meadow Audubon Center, will present “Folklore of Wild Plants, Part 2.” Guests and new members are welcome. For information, call 937-7055.
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District 8 FGCNYS Judges Council will meet at 10 a. m. Thursday at Brighton Community Church, 1225 Brighton Road, Town of Tonawanda. Horticulture specimens of vegetables, gourds, perennials (one large or three small) and container flowering plants. Vibratile design to be critiqued.
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Cinderella Isle Garden Club will meet at 7 p. m. Thursday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 2100 Whitehaven Road, Grand Island. Peggy Koppmann will narrate a slide presentation on gardens from her trip to England. Business meeting to follow. For information, call Adele Upton at 773-5847.
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Forest Stream Garden Club will meet at 7 p. m. Thursday at Forest Elementary School, 250 N. Forest Road, Amherst. Joan Peard, master horticulture judge, will present a program on invasive plants and trees of New York. Guests are welcome.
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Michael Klepp, a master gardener, horticulturist and Certified Nursery and Landscape Professional, will present “Autumn in the Garden” at 8:15 p. m. Thursday at 1841 Whitehaven Road, Grand Island. Hosted by the Knights of Columbus. Public welcome. For information, call Todd Schiffmacher, 773-1401.
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