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  • Tuesday, April 26 through Thursday, April 28 – Flower Show School Course II

    Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Flower Show School Course II will be held Tuesday, April 26 through Thursday, April 28 at the Holiday Inn in Taunton, Massachusetts. Instructors include Mary Huntoon (Design), Dottie Howatt (Horticulture, Daffodils and Broadleaf Evergreens), and Sandi Joyce (Procedure). It is not necessary to have taken Course I, but all members interested in being a Flower Show Judge must eventually take all four courses and get passing grades on all exams on Flower Show Procedure, Horticulture, and Design. Contact local Flower School Show Chairman Hila Lyman for a brochure and more information at 508-548-0841, or email her at hilajeanne@comcast.net.  This class is open to members of any Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts member who has a current subscription to the National Gardener magazine.  Please contact Lillian Cohen for information or applications at 781-721-2888, or email lilandbud@verizon.net.

  • Wednesday, May 19 – Friday, May 21 – 43rd Annual New England Regional Symposium

    The 43rd Annual New England Regional Symposium will take place Wednesday – Friday, May 19 – 21, at The Colony Hotel, 140 Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport, Maine (below).  This program is presented by the Garden Club Federation of Maine, Rebecca Linney, President, and New England Region Director Kathleen Thomas.  The course is accredited by National Garden Clubs, Inc.

    Instructor Dorothy (Dottie) Howatt is a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, is a NGC Accredited Master Flower Show Judge, a Flower Show School/Symposium Horticulture Instructor, and a Daffodil Instructor for the American Daffodil Society.  She holds a BS degree in horticulture from the University of Maryland.  Instructor Bobbi Heenan, a resident of Georgia, is also a NGC Accredited Master Flower Show Judge and a Flower Show School/Symposium Horticulture Instructor.  She has been exhibiting, teaching and lecturing on design for thirty years throughout the United States and South America.

    The deadline for hotel reservations is May 13.  All reservations are to be made directly with the Hotel at 1-800-552-2363, or on line at www.thecolonyhotel.com/maine/.  Register with the Registration Code: New England Regional Symposium in order to receive the NER group rate of $139 + 7% tax (tax amount subject to change), double or single occupancy.  The rate includes free parking and a breakfast buffet each day.

    To register for the Symposium, make checks (see amounts below)  payable to NER Symposium 2010 and mail to Nancy Atwell, 21 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107-2307.  Deadline is May 10.  No refunds will be made after that date.  No telephone reservations, please.  Include your name, address, telephone number and email address with your check.  $145 will include the full course with exam, and includes one dinner and two lunches.  Another $145 option is for full course Audit, taking for Credit, and includes the same dinner and two lunches as above.  $140 pays for full course, no Credit, with meal options as above.  Please indicate if you prefer grilled salmon, chicken Wellington, or vegetarian lasagna.

    For more information, go to the NER web site, www.newenglandregion.org.

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