SGC Meetings & Events
SGC meets April through December at the Cheboygan District Library every third Thursday at 9:45 am unless an alternate location or field trip is assigned.
Our meetings encourage socializing from 9:15 to 9:45 am with the general meeting following.
Our goal is to offer gardening techniques, information, and resources by providing a speaker or offsite event benefiting our members. Following is the 2024 schedule for our meetings and activities:
April 18 Monica Farrier, Gruler Gardens, Petoskey, displaying new plants for 2024 & dried flower
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May 16 Emmet County Re-Cycle Center, Lindsey Walker: Composting for your garden
June 20 Annual Business Meeting and Committee Updates: Cheboygan Senior Center with lunch
July 18 Steve Baker, Planting and Raising Orchids
August 5 - 12 Cheboygan County Fair: Come visit the Seedums County Fair display. We're a blue ribbon winner.
August 22 Joint meeting with Perenial Garden Club of Cheboygan. 2024 Gardening with Proven Winners Josh Roggenbuck, Regional Product Manager, Walter's Gardens, Zeeland, MI
September 12 2024 Michigan Garden Club Fall Conference, Mackinaw City
October 17 Pat Rintamaki: Hydrangea Wreaths that Make an Entrance
November 21 Jacob Grochowski, Conservation District Forester: Native Plants for Home Landscaping Projects
End of November: Bake cookies for the Holiday Cookie Sale. Assembling is generally first Friday of December with deliveries and pick-up on the first Saturday.
December Member Holiday Party