Activities: Flower Shows

2023 June Club Blue Ribbon Winner again!

June 23-25, 2023 Newport Flower Show Club Competitions Class. 

Twelve entries were allowed , four of which were primarily blue and four were white  plants in a Chinese vase. The Show theme was "the Grand Tour". The inspiration for the Chinese vase for the Preservation Society Tea House was Shan-Shai lanscape painting, Shan meaning "mountain" and Shau"\meaning "river". A central potato bush as a standard tree, represents the mountain and blue and silver plants represent the river.

The committee was composed of  Nancy Oliveira, Karen Saucier, Suzan Ballard, Jane Thomas and Ann Gizzi (not pictured)

 

 

2022 June Club Blue ribbon winner 

June 17-19,2022  Newport Flower Show Club Competitions Class.  Twelve entries were allowed with four which were primarily vegetables, four primarily flowering and four primarily herbs. 

 

Our club wins a blue ribbon for their class and purple and green Robert M. Grace award best in show for vegetable plant display.

Congratulations to Chris Grande, Karen Saucier, Ilene Chernoff and Linda Barrile the imaginative members who created and nurtured it.

 

Meetings are held monthly at the Library for club members and guests. _________________

September 13, 2023

1:00 Portsmouth Free Public Library

Welcome back members !

Fellowship and meeting

 

Roberta Stevens; Look around: A sit down walking tour of the club contribution of landscaping to the Portsmouth Free Public Library for 125 years.

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October 11, 2023

1:00 Portsmouth Free Public Library

Presenter: Linda Howard  Holly  Mackenzie and Joan Kierwin Demonstration-Plant propagation and splitting perennials

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November 7, 2023

1:00 Portsmouth Free Public Library

Presenter: Marie Brennan-Chasin

 

Chair Yoga tecniques for gardeners

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November 17, 2024

7-9 p.m  Portsmouth Free Public Library 

 

Annual Taste of Portsmouth


$25 for tickets

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December 13 2023

 

Christmas Luncheon
Green Valley Country Club

12:00 Gather

12:30 Eat

$50 to Treasurer

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January 10, 2024

1:00 Portsmouth Free Public Library

Presenter: Linda Kirkpatrick

 

Floral design Demonstration

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February 14, 2024

1:00 Portsmouth Free Public Library

 

Presenter: Deb Mack

 

Glass garden art demonstration

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March 13, 2024

 

1:00 Presenters: Roberta Stevens, Moderator; Annette Jarvis, Rocelle, Kieron, Mim Maurer and Pam Barry. 

 

90 th anniversary of the club ; Roundtable of the club's longest serving memebrs recalling

our memeorable service projects.

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April 10, 2024

1:00  Portsmouth Free Public Library

 

Presenters:

Linda Howard and Mary DiBara

Spring table centerpiece with potted plants

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April 22,2024

Earth Day

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April 25, 2024

Venus de Milo Swansea, MA. 

 

RIFGC Annual Awards Luncheon

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April  26, 2024

Arbor Day

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May 8, 2024
1:00 Raggd Island Brewery, Portsmouth

 
Presenter: Karen Saucier

Raising Monarch Butterflies

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June 13, 2024

 Hattie Ida Chaffee Home, Riverside R.I.

 

RIFGC Monthly Meeting and Judges Council Horticulture Show

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June 2024

Club 90th Annual luncheon

TBA

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June 21-24, 2024

After taking “The Grand Tour” to Marble House , The Newport Flower Show will return to Rosecliff with the theme “At Home".

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Save the Date 10/23, 10/24

Crown Plaza, Warwick, R.I.

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