Bluffton-Pandora garden club meeting topics for 2025
Gardeners of the Bluffton/Pandora area (GBPA) hold monthly meetings exploring what to grow and how to grow plants in the home garden. Here are the times, dates and locations for meetings through November 2025.
May 15 at 6:00 p.m., Bluffton Public Library
Exploring Roses - different types and care - w/ Linda Finsel, Hancock Co. MGV
June 19 at 6:00 p.m., Bluffton Community Garden, entrance in the 9900 block of S. Main St.
Grow your own flower bouquets - w/ Kay Studer - owner Buckeye Blooms, and Allen Co. MGV
July 17 at 6:00 p.m., Bluffton Community Garden, entrance in the 9900 block of S. Main St.
Using herbs from the garden to make herbal cooking blends - w/ Marge Lafollette, Allen Co. MGV
August 8, Contact GBPA for location FIELD TRIP! Tour Gemma Kennedy's (Allen Co. MGV) flower and vegetable gardens. Gemma grows lots of unusual plants and experiments with propagation. Lots to see!
September 18 at 6:00 p.m. Bluffton Public Library
Tips & tricks for photographing Flora & Fauna - w/ Johnny Appleseed Naturalist Doreen Martin
October 16 at 6:00 p.m. Bluffton Public Library
Fall Bulb Planting
November 20 at 6:00 p.m. Bluffton Public Library
Brag & Complain plus Fall Potluck
GBPA Officers: President - Victoria Goddard ([email protected]), Vice President - Betty Flinn, Treasurer/Secretary - Pat Flinn (419-586-6766)
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