We hope you will join
The Garden Club of Weaverville
for Our January 2024 Meeting
Program: Protecting and Preserving the Blue Ridge Parkway
Tuesday, January 9, at 11:30 a.m.
In the Weaverville Community Center
[60 Lakeshore Drive, Albert Weaver Room]
Due to severe weather warnings, tomorrow’s meeting has been canceled. Our guest speaker, Carolyn Ward, CEO of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, will be rescheduled.
Carolyn Ward, CEO of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation (https://www.brpfoundation.org), will share information about the foundation’s work to help ensure the Blue Ridge Parkway is protected now and into the future. The presentation will focus on the abundant biodiversity of plants found along the parkway corridor and the role community members can play in helping to protect one of the most biodiverse places in the temperate world.
Carolyn’s distinguished career spans three decades, from field interpreter at Hungry Mother State Park to CEO of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. She was born in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Southwestern Virginia, she graduated from Emory and Henry College, and she received her master’s degree and doctorate in forestry from Virginia Tech. She is a decorated professor, an award-winning researcher, and an author whose life’s work has been dedicated to building bridges and making connections.
The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member, or supporting the club,visit our website.
But we hope you will join us at our next meeting in January 2024.
The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member, or supporting the club,visit our website.
We hope you will join
The Garden Club of Weaverville
for Our November Meeting
Program: How to be a Bird-Friendly Gardener
Tuesday, November 14, at 11:30 a.m.
In the Weaverville Community Center
[60 Lakeshore Drive, Albert Weaver Room]
Chris Davenport, from Reems Creek Nursery, will share his experience and insights regarding how to make your garden a year-round haven for birds. He will discuss the types of plants and habitats that will attract beneficial birds to your garden and how to create and maintain a bird-friendly environment.
Before joining Reems Creek Nursery, Chris spent 14 years with Head-Lee Nursery in Seneca, SC; five years with Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA; and two years with the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Chris is an avid home gardener and bird watcher. He loves to travel with his family to view cultivated gardens and explore untrampled wilderness.
The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member, or supporting the club,visit our website.
Lush perennial flower garden with daylilies Hemerocallis, Echinacea, Heliopsis, Veronicastrum Fascination, barn, shed, picket fence, sunny summer day in July, full of blooms, classic garden scene full of easy beautiful flowering plants for the backyard sun
Planning for our upcoming educational programs is underway!
Members will hold a program and event planning meeting in July.
Our fall season meetings begin in September
Meetings are on the 2nd Tuesdays at 11:30am
September – June
Become a member now & join us for summer field trips, member garden visits & more!
The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member or supporting the club visit our website.
The Garden Club of Weaverville, NC 