EVENTS
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 8 Noon Board Meeting
at Beth Siano home. (w/Inge Bossert)
Sept. 10 Noon General Meeting at Shady Rest CC.
“Welcome-Back Auction”.
A chance to showcase your talents. Bring to the auction your
best offerings and services, e.g. handmade items, potted
plants, floral arrangements, chits for meals and/or desserts,
yard work, etc. Bring cash or checkbook. Funds raised go to
our December project.
Sept. 15 10 am Community Gardens: Miller-Cory Fall Clean-up.
Meet at Miller-Cory. (Betsy Chance, contact)
Sept. 16 10:30 am Horticulture: Tour of Two Native Plants Gardens.
Designer’s Delight, Westfield and Mary’s Meadow,
Cranford. Both women are members of the Native Plant
Society of New Jersey.
(Mabel Woloj, Margot Partridge contacts)(raindate- Sept. 18)
Sept. 17 3:30 pm Juniors: Brightwood Park tour and plein air event.
Tour of the park- discuss importance of natives.
Juniors will sketch the beauty of the park.
Sept. 19 10 am Community Gardens: Fall planting of urns at
Mindowaskin. (Carmen Skoletsky, contact)
Sept. 25 10:30 am Horticulture: Plant Exchange at Karen Troiano home.
Mini workshop immediately following on composting
by Karen Troiano, Irene Greenstein and Margot Partridge. Feel free to bring a bagged lunch.
Sept. 29 9 am Garden B’s: Hawk Watch trip to Washington Valley.
Meet at Jane Christiani’s. (Jane Christiani, contact)
(raindate- Sept. 30)

OCTOBER
Oct. 6 Board Meeting
Noon at Karen Troiano home. (w/Joann Androconis)
Oct. 8 Noon General Meeting at Shady Rest CC.
“The Changing Seasons of Container Gardening” with
Chris Endris.
Learn how to create container gardens that will span the
seasons with Chris Endris.
Nancy Wallace Award competition- Design a flower
arrangement showcasing herbs.
Hospitality Team: Carmen Skoletsky*
w/ Joan Kylish, Gayle Lechner, Faten Mahran, Mary Lou Nolas
Flower Design: Jeanie Pelikan
Oct. 13 Garden B’s: Educational Session on use of Merlin and
3:00 pm other phone apps.
(Limit 12 participants) Potluck afterwards.
Meet at Inge Bossert home. (Inge Bossert, contact)
Oct. 14 1 pm Artistic Crafts: Air Dry Clay Botanicals.
Meet at Mountainside Library. (Eileen Morris, contact)
Oct. 15 10 am Community Projects: Fall Clean-up and Bulb Planting.
Meet at Jardine. (Donna Sevchuk, contact)
Oct. 15 Juniors: Shadowlawn clean-up and paint/permanent
3:30 pm markers on rocks.
Oct. 20 9 am Community Projects: Mini-arrangements for Mobile
Meals. Meet at Baptist Church. (Kris Luka, contact)
Oct. 21 1:30 pm Flower Design: Designing Without Oasis.
Workshop demonstrating various ways that designs can
be created using alternatives to Oasis.
Meet at Mountainside Library. (Karen Triano, contact)
Oct. 22 10 am Community Projects: Holiday tree ornaments for Jardine.
Meet at Cheryl Rubin home. (Cheryl Rubin, contact)
Oct. 28 10 am Community Projects: Sign cards for Veterans.
Meet at MaryFran Annese home. (Maryfran Annese, contact)

NOVEMBER
Nov. 3 Board Meeting
at Regina Kelley home. (w/Kris Luka)
Nov. 5 1 pm Photography: Still life: Back to Basics Workshop.
Meet at Mabel Woloj home. (Mabel Woloj, contact)
Nov. 6 10 am Community Projects: Deliver cards to Veterans.
Plant cabbages.
Meet at N.J. Veterans Memorial Home.
(Donna Sevchuk, contact)
Nov. 7 10 am Community Gardens: Shadowlawn Fall Cleanup.
Meet at Shadowlawn.
(Adah Levin & Barb Spellmeyer, contacts)
Nov. 12 Noon Joint Meeting with GCW at Shady Rest CC.
“Introduction to Sustainable Floral Design” with
Tania Gindilis.
Hospitality Team: Nancy Smith*
w/ Betsy Chance, Elena Hreczny, Margot Partridge,
Barbara Spellmeyer, Mabel Woloj
Flower Design: Karen Troiano
Nov. 19 3:30 pm Juniors: Make a Thanksgiving Centerpiece.
Meet at Beth Siano home.
Nov. 25 1:30 pm Flower Design: Thanksgiving Centerpiece.
Meet at the Mountainside Library.
(Tracy Criscitiello, contact)

DECEMBER
Dec. 1 Noon Board Meeting
at Nany Smith home. (w/Irene Greenstein)
Dec. 2 10 am Community Projects: Decorate Holiday Tree at Jardine
Academy.
Meet at Jardine. (Cheryl Rubin, contact)
Dec. 4 10 am Community Gardens: Winter planting of urns at
Mindowaskin.
(Carmen Skoletsky, contact)
Dec. 10 Noon General Meeting at Shady Rest CC.
“Members Only”. A Holiday project by and for
members. (Program Committee, contact)
Hospitality Team: Tracy Criscitiello*
w/ Inge Bossert, Irene Greenstein, Diana Kazazis,
Linda Parker, Martha Savage
Flower Design: Betsy Chance
Dec. 11 10 am Deliver Holiday plants to Veterans.
N.J. Veterans Memorial Home.
(Donna Sevchuk, contact)
Dec. 17 Juniors: Terrarium project.
3:30 pm Meet at Beth Siano home.


2026
JANUARY
Jan. 14 - “What’s Happening to Our Forests”.
Maxine Marvosa will provide a update about pests and
diseases that are affecting New Jersey. She will provide an
explanation for why we are seeing these changes.
Feb. 11 - “The Tea Story - History and Facts About Tea”.
Peter Goggi will teach us about the history of tea and how
the global tea business has emerged from the pandemic in
a position of strength leveraging its naturalness, great taste
and healthful properties.
Mar. 11 - “Creatures of the Night: The Bats of NJ”.
Leah Wells will give a presentation about the bats of New
Jersey - their health and their importance.
Apr. 8 - “The Beauty Of Bulbs”.
A presentation by Bruce Crawford will cover a number of
the more popular bulbs as well as many unusual and over-
looked bulbs that provide color from late winter until late
autumn.
May 13 - “Exploration of Plants in Perfumery”.
An exploration and smelling session of the flowers and
plants used in perfumery with Doug Falcone.
June 10 - ANNUAL LUNCHEON