Gardening Study Schools
 

Click here for the October 1 and 2, 2009 Gardening Study School information
 

   Click here for the National Garden Clubs, INC., MA Environmental Studies School 2009, Hull, Massachusetts  November 7-8, 2009

Landscape Design School  September 10-11, 2009

 

The Landscape Design School Course III will be held on Thursday and Friday, September 10 -11, 2009 at the Abromson Community Education Center at the University of Southern Maine in Portland.

Instructors are happy to be asked to return and we’re preparing class assignments this month.

The text, Stewards of the Land, can be purchased from National,* or may be borrowed from a Garden Club member who has taken the course.  All students must have a subscription to the National Gardner magazine.

Parking is available in the college garage for $1.00 per day with your ticket that we are authorized to stamp.

The college cafeteria, available for lunch, is a block away, and we will have coffee and muffins available in the classroom, in the mornings.

The college is just off Route 195, going through Portland.  The cost of the school is $80, with registration forms available soon.

                                                For more information call Betty Wilson at 443-6970, or e-mail bettyw@wildblue.net
 

* Click here for the Stewards of the Land at NGC, Inc  Information is on page 8

 

 

Gardening Study School - Bi-Refresher to be offered in October 2010

I’d like to give Garden Club Federation of Maine members a peek at what is coming in the future.  The day before the GCFM Fall Conference in 2010, the GCFM will be sponsoring a Bi-refresher.  This event offers consultants in the Landscape Design as well as Gardening Study schools the ability to get refresher credit.  This is the first time that a Bi-refresher is offered in the state of Maine.  In the past the only way for a consultant in either school to get refresher credit, was to re-take one of the classes in their respective schools or go out of state.  Refreshers offer outstanding speakers who will present the latest garden research and stimulating garden design ideas to inspire everyone attending.  It is sure to appeal to Consultants from both schools throughout New England.  Priority will be given to members who have completed the Gardening Study or Landscape Design Schools.   If there is still space available, members who have begun the process of taking either class, will be accepted.   Maybe it’s time to try one of the GCFM sponsored schools !

 Best regards,

Lisa Colburn, Gardening Study School Chairman