Rumson Garden Club

Staging Committee
2025-09-15 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Seabright Beach Club, 999 Ocean Avenue N, Sea Bright, NJ, 07760, United States

Floral Design Workshop
2025-09-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Louisa Renn’s House, 33 Bellevue Avenue, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States

New Member Grow & Show Workshop
2025-09-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Monmouth Beach Bath and Tennis Club, 65 Ocean Avenue, Monmouth Beach, NJ, 07750, United States
Susan Sorokolit and TaphyHarcsar , hope to guide you through your first year as members of RGC.
Our first meeting with you will be September 8th A Monday at monmouth Beach Beth and tennis club, we will meet at 9 am.
We will have a speaker on passing and Clerking,Maya Speelmans, a very important part of your garden club experience.
We will then have a demonstration on how to prepare a plant for a competition in horticulture ( hort) given by Betsy Ford
Please, RSVP by September second to Taphyharsar@gmail.com

Jackson Woods Weeding
2025-09-05 09:00 - 10:00 | Jackson Woods Park, Long Branch, NJ
Joins the Civics committee to help weed our native plant garden at Jackson Woods.

Board Meeting
2025-08-25 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-03-24 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-02-03 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-01-06 08:30 - 09:30, 2024-11-04 08:30 - 09:30 | Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue

June Cocktail Meeting
2025-06-17 17:00 - 20:00 | Susan Olson’s House, 159 Bingham Avenue, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States
NO SHOW! EVENING COCKTAILS / CLUB AWARDS!
5:00pm Cocktails
5:30pm Business Meeting
6:00pm Club Awards

Board Meeting
2025-06-02 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-04-21 08:30 - 09:30 | Susan Olson’s House, 159 Bingham Avenue, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States

Zone IV Bi-Annual Meeting
2025-05-20 | NJ
Location TBD

May Annual Meeting
2025-05-13 08:30 - 13:00 | Rumson Country Club Riverhouse, 163 Rumson Rd, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States
FLORAL (GCA judges) + HORT (GCA judges) + PHOTO (GCA JUDGES)
8:30am Passing
9:30am Judging
11:00am Business Meeting / Scholarships and GCA Awards (in back room)
12:00pm Lunch (in front room)

Staging Committee
2025-05-12 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-07 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-11-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Rumson Country Club Riverhouse, 163 Rumson Rd, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States

April Meeting
2025-04-08 08:30 - 13:00 | Rumson Country Club Riverhouse, 163 Rumson Rd, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States
FLORAL (In-house Judges) + HORT (Daff Society Judges?)
8:30am Passing
9:30am Judging
10:00am Business Meeting
11:00am Lecture
12:00pm Lunch

Container Garden Workshop
2025-02-20 11:00 - 13:00 | Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue
Container Garden Workshop
Thursday,February 20, 11am
Bingham Hall
Brad Silver-Smith
Fabulous landscape designer, gardener to the stars and collector of the weird and wacky will guide us through the process of creating our own unique terrarium or miniature garden.
Bring your own container no larger than 12” x 12” open or closed.
All materials will be provided and plants will be available for sale.
The cost is $25 plus plants and accessories.
Sign up at the January meeting or contact Betsy Ford:
betsyford72@gmail.com

UNDERWATER FLORAL WORKSHOP
2025-02-05 12:00 - 13:30 | NJ
UNDERWATER FLORAL WORKSHOP – Wednesday, February 5, 2025. We are excited to have Mimi Carrington, Zone IV Floral Design Chair, lead this special floral design workshop to inspire us and share her expertise. At the end of the class, each participant will be able to take home their own beautiful “underwater” arrangement. An “underwater design” requires that all, or most, of the plant material in the arrangement be underwater. This hands-on workshop is in preparation for the April 2025 Flower Show “underwater” challenge. The workshop will last from 12 noon until approximately 1:30 pm at Bingham Hall with a $35 per person fee to cover the cost of your vase and supplies. Cash or check, made payable to Rumson Garden Club, is accepted. To sign up, please contact Louisa Renn at louisarenn@gmail.com or 732-859-4418. DEADLINE for signing up is January 25!

New Members Valentine Luncheon
2025-02-03 12:30 - 14:30 | 10 Osprey Lane, 10 Osprey Lane, Rumson
Taphy Harcsar, Susan Sorokolit and Joan Lynch invite all new members to a Valentine luncheon which will be hosted by Taphy at her home, 10 Osprey Lane, on February 3rd at 12:30. Our guest speaker, Maya Speelmans, will be speaking on the ins and outs of passing and clerking.

January Meeting
2025-01-21 08:30 - 12:00 | Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue
FLORAL + BOTANICAL ARTS + PHOTO + HORT
Schedule:
Passing: 8:00am
Judging: 9:00am
9:00am Breakfast Served
10:00am Business Meeting
11:00am Lecture
***Please bring $10 cash or check made out to RGC.***

Staging Committee
2025-01-20 11:00 - 13:00 | Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue

Caring About Lawn Care with Little Silver Enviro Commission
2025-01-12 13:00 - 14:30 | Little Silver Women’s Club
Jan 12 “Moving Towards More Environmentally Friendly Equipment”
Little Silver Women’s Club 1-2:30p
Sponsored by Little Silver Environmental Commission

Christmas Greens
2024-12-06 - 2024-12-07 | Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue

Holiday Cocktail Meeting
2024-11-19 16:30 - 20:30 | Rumson Country Club Riverhouse, 163 Rumson Rd, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States
FLORAL (In-house Judges) + Fundraiser
4:30pm Passing
5:00pm Cocktails
5:30pm Judging
6:00pm Business Meeting
6:30pm Club Holiday Party!

New Members Luncheon
2024-11-04 12:30 - 14:30 | Susan Sorokolit’s House, 11 Tyson Lane, Rumson
All new members are invited to a New Members Luncheon on November 4th at 12:30 pm at Susan Sorokolit’s home, 11 Tyson Lane, Rumson. Sarah Fleming will speak about how Rumson Garden Club relates to the state and national level of the Garden Club of America. Please RSVP to Susan Sorokolit @ ssorokolit@gmail.com.

"Passing for Flower Shows" Workshop
2024-10-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue
Save the date! Maya Speelmans will share her expertise at an upcoming workshop: “Passing for Flower Shows” on October 18 from 10-11 AM at Bingham Hall. Everyone is welcome! Anyone interested in attending the workshop on October 18th should RSVP to Elaine Eadon at: elaine.eadon@ gmail.com.

NJ Committee Luncheon
2024-10-16 10:00 - 15:00 | Canoe Brook Country Club, 1108 Morris Tpke, Summit, NJ, 07901, United States
We hope you will join us at the NJ Committee’s Annual Lecture and Luncheon on October 16th luncheon at the Canoe Brook Country Club. This event supports the Millicent Mercer Johnsen Summer Intern Scholarships. In addition to a fabulous lecture given by Warrie Price, there will be wonderful boutique shopping. It will be a fun day of shopping, learning, and having lunch with friends! For full details to support the NJ Committee and register for the luncheon click below:
https://secure.givelively.org/event/new-jersey-committee-of-the-garden-club-of-america/2023-millicent-mercer-johnsen-scholarship-campaign/join-us-for-the-2024-fall-luncheon-lecture

October Meeting
2024-10-15 08:30 - 12:00 | Rumson Country Club Riverhouse, 163 Rumson Rd, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States
8:30am Passing
9:00am Breakfast served
9:30am Judging
10:00am Business Meeting (everyone seated at round tables)
11:00am Lecture or Workshop
