10 a.m. CUMC Fellowship Hall

Hostesses: Pat Carswell & Katie Hash

No Design this month.

Horticulture: Class I - Flowering bulbs, corms or rhizomes

Class II - Flowering branch from tree or shrub, can be forced, not to exceed 30”

Program - Roses by Siri Zwemke, Master Gardener

Meeting: 10 a.m. at CUMC

Hostesses: Katie James & Phyllis Mulholland

Design: “Red White Bloom” Botanical Arts artistic crafts design - Decorate a gift box using red and white plant material. Max Size 10”.

Nutrition Program by Kelsey Gastley, Registered Dietitian

Horticulture: Class I - Potted plant - Container grown. 8” pot maximum.

Class II - Helleborus, Small Horticulture Book Page 90-91

NO MEETING JANUARY 2026.

Happy New Year!

Christmas Luncheon at Old House Vineyards 11:30 a.m.

Program: New and Improved Plants for Every Gardener

November 18, 2026 10 a.m. CUMC Fellowship Hall

Hostesses: Pat Bywaters & Joanne Bartlett

No Design Class this month.

Horticulture:

Class I - Broadleaf Evergreen Shrub, Small Hort. Book pg. 67-73, Cutting not to exceed 30 in.

Class II - Broadleaf Evergreen Tree, Small Hort. Book pg. 67-73, Cutting not to exceed 30 in.

Speaker Paul Hutcheson was raised on a small hobby farm and enjoyed helping his parents in their very extensive flower and vegetable gardens. In college, he majored in horticulture and has been running the family greenhouse business since 2012. Some of his areas of expertise include native plants, deer-resistant plants, growing fruits and vegetables, and landscape design. In his spare time, he enjoys honeybees, saving seeds, and growing trumpet lilles in his garden.

10 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Barbara Dixon

Program: Native Gardening

Hostesses: Barbara Dixon & Carolyn Shanks

Design: Natures Autumn Botanicals Arts: artistic crafts design using a gift bag.

Horticulture: Class I - Chrysanthemum, cut specimen, See small horticulture book pg. 45 - 47

Class II - Exhibitors Choice - Perennial cut specimen

Speaker Ashley Appling - Horticulture Extension Agent Culpeper County

Meeting 10 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Joanne Bartlett

Program: Data Centers, in Virginia and Culpeper

Hostesses: Joanne Bartlett & Candy Lipscomb

No Design Program

Horticulture:

Class I - Dahlia Cut Specimen, Horticulture Judging Book Page 57-58

Class II - Rose, Cut Specimen, Horticulture Judging Book Page 156 - 157

Sarah Parmelee is the Rappahannock Land Use Representative for Piedmont Environmental Council.

10 am, CUMC, Where does Calfee fit into the Big Picture?

Welcome Back - Design Class - Line Design using 3 flowers and 2 leaves.

Speaker - Calfee Garden Club member, Val Story will share her knowledge of the responsibilities of state and national garden clubs and where Calfee Garden Clubs fits in the larger picture. We are excited to have Val lead the club again this year in Design.

Val is a NGC Flower Show Judge and also a past president of the VFGC.

NO MEETING June 2026.

It’s Summertime!

May 20, 2025 - Native & Perennial Plants by Jessica Williams, VP of Willow Shade Nursery, Culpeper, VA

10 a.m. Home of Susan Titus

Design Class: “Vibrancy of the Season, Petite 8” parallel design

Horticulture Class: Iris

April 15, 2026 Nanette Edwards presents “Gardening with Mother Nature” 10 a.m. at Culpeper United Methodist Church

Design: “Spring Blooms” Low Profile Design that you will look down upon on a chair!

Horticulture: Collection of Daffodils

Meeting: March 18, 2026 10 a.m.

Speaker Heather Schoenborn

Home of Peggy Place

Design: “Spring Into New Life” Petite 8” using green and white colors

Horticulture Class: Flowering Bulbs

Bluebirds! By Valerie Kenyon Gaffney

Meeting February 18, 2026, at the home of Katie James

Design: “Galentine’s Day, Petite 10” design for the powder room

Horticulture: African Violet, 8” max. pot size

NO MEETING JANUARY 2026.

Happy New Year!

Club Christmas Luncheon at Old House Vineyards 11:30 a.m.

Wreath Making Field Trip to Gobbler Hill Farm.

2 p.m.

November 2025 - Plant Swap!

10 a.m. at Culpeper United Methodist Church

Design Class: “Thanksgiving Gathering” Pave design in a pie plate.

Horticulture: Ornamental grass