Rumson Garden Club

Daffodil Bulb Exchange
2025-10-15 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Rumson Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue, Rumson, 07760
Join us to an introduction to the NJ Daffodil Society on October 15 from 10-12 at Bingham Hall! Clay Higgins, the Northeast Regional VP for the American Daffodil Society and Maya Speelmans, the NE Regional Director will be there to answer any questions. Clay will be offering some exciting bulbs in the bulb exchange, and you will be able to get some bulbs even if you don’t bring any. Please RSVP to Maya at mayaelisabeth@gmail.com or 908-433-6407 by October 12.

POSTPONED- P4P Planting at Sandy Hook
2025-10-14 13:00 - 14:00 | Sandy Hook
We will reschedule due to the government shutdown. Stay tuned!
Join us to plant at Sandy Hook Park, parking lot D. Contact Sarah Fleming for more information at srf529@gmail.com.

Visiting Gardens - Cranberry Bog Tour
2025-10-10 08:00 - 16:00 | NJ
Please come experience the Cranberry Harvest in Whitesbog Village the site of the largest NJ cranberry farm since the early 1900’s,. You will find yourself surrounded by the Pinelands of NJ, a UNESCO site dedicated in 1983 and then redesigned as a single-site International Biosphere Region in 1988. These distinctions recognize the importance of the Pinelands’ rare ecosystems and the underlying Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system for their scientific and ecological value. It is the flooding of the Aquifer that initiates the Cranberry Harvest.
There is an Historic Village where we can lunch.
Trip cost is $20/pp
Friday October 10
Depart Rumson : 8A

Pressed Flowers Workshop
2025-10-08 11:00 - 12:30 | Rumson Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue, Rumson, 07760
October 8, 2025 – Pressed Flowers Workshop
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Bingham Hall, Rumson
RSVP by October 1 to Bonnie at bltorcivia@gmail.com.
Come learn about pressed flower designing from Rumson’s own, Kathryn Bauer, of Floret and
floret.rumsonnj on Instagram. Frames, which will be needed for January’s pressed flower
challenge, will be available for purchase at the workshop. For those who want to start harvesting
and preserving their summer and early fall flowers but aren’t sure where to start, check out:
https://youtu.be/4rzOz8a6Lss, a short video called “How to Press Flowers Like a Professional”
that Kathryn recommended to us.

Board Meeting
2025-10-06 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-08-25 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-03-24 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-02-03 08:30 - 09:30 | Rumson Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue, Rumson, 07760

Civics - Oceanic Library Window Boxes
2025-10-04 08:30 - 09:30 | Oceanic Free Library, 109 Ave of Two Rivers, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States

Conservation Native Plant Seed Collection
2025-09-29 09:30 - 11:00 | Huber Woods, 25 Browns Dock Road, Locust
Conservation walk with Jason Goldman at Huber Woods to learn how to collect seeds from native plants. Please RSVP to Sheila at sheilaehrenberg@gmail.com

Shirley Meneice Conference
2025-09-18 11:00 - 15:00 | Zoom / Virtual
https://www.gcamerica.org/members:calendar/eventdetails/id/20570

September Meeting
2025-09-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Seabright Beach Club, 999 Ocean Avenue N, Sea Bright, NJ, 07760, United States
Click here to pay for lunch.

Staging Committee
2025-09-15 15:30 - 17:00 | 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.

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 | 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 | Rumson Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue, Rumson, 07760
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 | Rumson Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue, Rumson, 07760
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 | Rumson Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue, Rumson, 07760

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
