Burnett
Garden Club
 

The Burnett Garden Club is a non-profit, educational club that has been in existence since 1988.

We are a member club of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, the largest organization of it's kind in the nation. Our benefits are the 'Northern Gardener' magazine, access to videos, slideshows, and library books for free, discounts at MSHS lectures and functions, and a Spring Green discount card which gives us discounts in the spring at participating nurseries.

We welcome anyone from the area to join our club, regardless of county of residence. All of our meetings (except tours) take place at the Grantsburg High School at 7:00 PM on the second Thursday of the month. All meetings are open to the public. In the winter months, we spend our meetings in educational speakers, videos, and slideshows. During the summer months, we have no formal meetings, instead using our time to learn by touring gardens and going on trips to browse through nurseries.

Our club has a fundraiser Plant Sale in the spring, an annual Tour of Gardens in the summer (local members' and community gardens), and we plant and maintain the welcome sign garden on the west side of Grantsburg, the Grantsburg Library garden, the Grantsburg fairgrounds planters, and various other projects in town.

2004 Burnett Garden Club Schedule *

Jan. 8th -- Member Forum. Seed catalogs, books, magazines of interest to share with other members. Bring extra catalogs for Plant Sale sign use.
Refreshments- Sue Neumann & Johanna Gravier

Feb. 12th -- Slides on "Hostas" (MSHS), and "Chelsea Garden Video" (Mary Charmoli)
Business-General discussion of plans for year.
Refreshments- Mary Charmoli & Wanda Biorn

Mar. 11th -- "Flower Arranging Basics" Kris Henning & Donna Chell.
Business-Form Plant Sale committee; discuss Stepping Stone Workshop needs.
Refreshments- Ruth Andersen & Kris Henning

Apr. 8th -- Stepping Stone Workshop-Betty Vaksdal, at Betty's home. Bring pebbles, broken plates, etc., to decorate stones. Directions provided to home.
Business- Plant Sale discussion: schedule plant pickup and potting day, member contributions, sign-making volunteers
Refreshments- Janet Byers and Molly Byers

May -- Becky Dickinson's Plant Sale, Cushing. Date TBA.
May -- Pine County Master Gardener Plant Sale, Pine City, MN. Date TBA
May -- Spooner Master Gardener Plant Sale, Spooner. Date TBA.

May 13th -- Native Grasses & Plants. Mary Griesbach, Dept. of Natural Resources
Business- Final plans for Plant Sale; discuss Village Plantings @ Sign & Fairgrounds, finalize Library garden; reminders on Summer Tours.
Refreshments-Marlyce Borchert & Carol Zeiler

May 21st -- Set up for Plant Sale @ 5:30 PM @ Lions Club building on Main Street in Grantsburg.

May 22nd -- Plant Sale 8:00 AM- ???

June 3rd -- Village Plantings. Meet at sign @ 5:30 PM
Refreshments- Delores Gibbons & Alice Erickson

June -- Possible carpool to Anderson Iris Gardens, Forest Lake. TBA

July 15th -- Community Garden Tour. Carpool @ 5:30 PM from Grantsburg High School.
Refreshments-Mary Charmoli, Angela Covey & Mary Ann White

Aug. 7th -- Bus Tour to Stillwater, MN., @ 8:00 AM. Meet at Grantsburg High School. Deluxe Motorcoach Tour.

Aug. 19th -- Trial Gardens in Spooner, Carpool from High School. Time TBA.

Sept. 9th -- Dried Flower/Ornamental Grasses Collecting & Arranging. Mary Ann White, Kris Henning (grasses)
Plant Exchange - bring divided plants/seeds/bulbs to share; also bags, labels, and envelopes to bring them home!
Business - New Club Year: Dues, Officer elections, Program & Tour requests, committee and refreshments signups.
Refreshments - Betty Vaksdal & Donna Meyer

Oct. 14th -- Trough Workshop-Ruth Andersen & Kris Henning. Small materials charge.
Business- New officer installation; final program details for next year
Refreshments- LuAnn Ebersold & Tamra White

Nov. 11th -- Wreath Class @ 6:00 PM @ Lions Club bldg. led by Mary Anne Hable. Small materials fee. Bring ribbon, pinecones, berries, etc.
Business-discuss Anniversary/Christmas potluck
Refreshments- Joanne Cordes & LaDonna Hosch

Dec. 9th -- Christmas Potluck Party @ 6:00 PM @ High School. Optional $10.00 Gift exchange if participating.

*All regular meetings at 7:00 pm @ Grantsburg High School, unless noted.
Carpool trips depart from Grantsburg High School unless noted.

Our 2004 officers are:

For more information, contact any of the above officers or email Kris Henning at: henning@grantsburgtelcom.net