New Member Grow & Show Workshop
2025-09-08 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | 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

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

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

September Meeting
2025-09-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Seabright Beach Club, 999 Ocean Avenue N, Sea Bright, NJ, 07760, United States
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Shirley Meneice Conference
2025-09-18 11:00 - 15:00 | Zoom / Virtual
https://www.gcamerica.org/members:calendar/eventdetails/id/20570

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

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

Board Meeting
2025-10-06 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-11-03 08:30 - 09:30, 2026-01-05 08:30 - 09:30 | Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue

Pressed Flowers Workshop
2025-10-08 11:00 - 12:30 | Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue
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.

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

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.

Daffodil Bulb Exchange
2025-10-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue
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.

Staging Committee
2025-10-21 07:00 - 08:30 | Rumson Country Club Riverhouse, 163 Rumson Rd, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States

October Meeting
2025-10-21 11:00 - 13:00 | Rumson Country Club Riverhouse, 163 Rumson Rd, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States
Please join us for our October meeting at Rumson Riverhouse!
Schedule:
8:30 a.m. Passing
9:30 a.m. Judging
11:00 a.m. Lecture
12:00 p.m. Lunch and Business Meeting
(*pls bring check for $25 made out to RGC or make payment here)

P4P Planting at Shrewsbury Riverfront Park
2025-10-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Shrewsbury Riverfront Park, 960 Ocean Avenue, Sea Bright, NJ, United States
Join us to plant at Shrewasbury Riverfront Park in Sea Bright. Contact Sarah Fleming for more information at srf529@gmail.com.

Lawn to Meadow Virtual Presentation
2025-10-23 12:30 - 14:30 | Louisa Renn’s House, 33 Bellevue Avenue, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States
Have you been considering turning part, or all, of your lawn into a wildflower meadow? Learn the basics by joining Sarah Fleming and Louisa Renn for a watch party of “LAWN TO MEADOW: A LIGHT AND GRADUAL TRANSITION.” The Class will be conducted by sustainable horticulturist, Sara Weaver Cooper. Sara Weaner Cooper, New Directions in the American Landscape’s executive director, began her role with NDAL in 2018 as educational program coordinator. Sara and her husband Evan Cooper’s home landscape, an experimental yet highly successful organic transition from lawn to native meadow, was featured by the BBC in 2025 and in “The New York Times” in 2024.
WHO: Open to all members and friends. Free. No need to RSVP, just show up!
WHEN: Wednesday, October 23 from 12:30 – 2:30 pm. Prior to the virtual presentation, there will be time for a quick tour of the emerging meadow between Sarah’s and Louisa’s yard, now at the end of year one in our lawn-to-meadow transition. The virtual class starts promptly at 1:00 pm.
WHERE: At Louisa’s house, 33 Bellevue Avenue, Rumson. Easier parking is in front.

NJ Committee Luncheon
2025-11-05 10:00 - 15:00 | Canoe Brook Country Club, 1108 Morris Tpke, Summit, NJ, 07901, United States
Save The Date! November 5, 2025 The New Jersey Committee of The Garden Club of America Scholarship Lecture and Luncheon, featuring Debra Prinzing.

GCA Garden History and Design Conference
2025-11-13 11:00 - 14:00 | Zoom / Virtual
The 2025 Garden History and Design Conference entitled Inspired Garden Design. November 13, 2025. 11:00 am – 2:00 pm ET. The Garden History and Design Committee fosters an appreciation for America’s gardens and documents today’s gardens for tomorrow’s gardeners in partnership with the Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens.

https://www.gcamerica.org/members:calendar/list

November Floral Challenge
2025-11-18 14:30 - 16:30 | Rumson Country Club Riverhouse, 163 Rumson Rd, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States
Pre-registration is required by Friday, November 14.
Class consultant, Mary Jane O’Hare, ohare.maryjane@gmail.com.
Participants are limited to the first ten members and the first ten novice members to register.
The cost is $10 per person payable upon registering.

November Meeting
2025-11-18 17:30 - 19:30 | Rumson Country Club Riverhouse, 163 Rumson Rd, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States
We look forward to seeing you at our November Membership Meeting at 5:30 p.m. for cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres, business meeting and speaker.
Please bring check for $30 made out to RGC or make payment here.
If you are proposing a member please bring them as a guest!

Climate Resilience Presentation - Conservation
2025-11-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ, 07738, United States
Climate Resilience in New Jersey
Please join us at a presentation on climate resilience hosted by Brookdale Community College in collaboration with the Jersey Shore Chapter of the NJ Sierra Club (in the Twin Lights Rooms, Student Life Center, via Parking Lot #7) on November 24, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.

Speaker: Nick Angarone, New Jersey’s Chief Resilience Officer and Manager of DEP’s Office of Climate Resistance.
Mr. Angarone will talk about his work on climate resilience; specifically New Jersey’s challenges as a northeastern state with disproportionate climate risks such as sea level rise, flooding, water and air quality degradation, wildfires, biodiversity loss, and urban heat islands. Included will be comments and insights specifically targeting the Monmouth County area. Regulatory solutions, hazard prevention, mitigation, and remediation/recovery efforts (including via blue acres) will be discussed.

Nick Angarone is New Jersey’s Chief Resilience Officer and Manager of DEP’s Office of Climate Resilience. He coordinates statewide resilience policy and serves as Vice-Chair of the Interagency Council on Climate Resilience. He also leads and directs the development of the Statewide Climate Change Resilience Strategy, and provides technical guidance and support to local governments in their efforts to address the impacts of climate change.
Please RSVP to sheilaehrenberg@gmail.com.

Christmas Greens
2025-12-05 - 2025-12-06 | Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue
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GREENS
We will need all sorts of greens, large and small to make arrangements and wreaths. Please start identifying the greens in your yards that you would like to donate! Greens can be dropped off at Bingham Hall on Friday, December 5th (front side of building, left side). If you see the shorter, stubbier pinecones on your walks think of Christmas Greens and pick them up! Any sort of interesting plant material or seed pod could make for an exciting addition to a wreath or arrangement!
FRIDAY
On Friday, December 5th we will start getting busy! We will have a wiring workshop of Christmas ornaments and pinecones, and we will start our mason jar arrangements. Friday afternoon when the wreaths arrive, we will tag and attach the pipe cleaner hangers with the aid of young volunteers! We need to set up our wreath and arrangement material. Somewhere in this activity we will put down the dreaded, but much needed paper to protect the floors at Bingham Hall.
SATURDAY
On Saturday, December 6th we will get even busier! We will finish up any mason jar arrangements and decorate the wreaths! Finished wreaths and arrangements will then be delivered by volunteers, a quick cleanup and we are finished!

GCA Headquarters Holiday Tea Trip
2025-12-10 12:00 - 17:00 | GCA Headquarters, 14 E. 60th Street, NY, NY, United States
1100a. !st meeting spot: Christmas Tree at Rock Center
*view tree, shop, walk 5th ave to Avra Madison Restaurant. 14 E 60th St
12Noon 2nd meeting spot: Avra Madison Restaurant
*Reservation @ 1230 for 12 persons

GCA Holiday Tea @ GCA Headquarters 14 E 60th St 3rd Floor New York
* You are invited by the Hospitality and House Committees to join the annual Holiday Tea from 3:00 to 530 pm. We will look to find our Club’s needlepoint ornament as we celebrate The Twelve Zones of GCA. Headquarters will be filled with friends, food, fun, and a SURPRISE visitor!

Staging for January Meeting
2026-01-19 16:00 - 17:00 | Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue

January Meeting
2026-01-20 10:00 - 13:00 | Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Avenue
This is our open meeting for the year. Our business meeting will begin at 10 AM and the speaker will start at 11 AM. Please encourage anyone interested to attend!

Virtual Photography Workshop - Nevada Wier
2026-01-22 11:00 - 12:30 | NJ
Time: Jan 22, 2026 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Workshop Title: Seeing Photographically: Color, Light, Action, and Pattern
In this ZOOM Nevada will dissect what it means to “see photographically”. How to convert “looking” to acutely “seeing” the creative potential in front of you, and then how to translate it into a compelling photograph.
It might be the use of analogous color in landscapes. Or maybe compelling action in warm late afternoon light. Or a repetitive pattern with contrasting colors and intriguing shadows. Or… There are numerous possibilities, if you unite at least two of CLAP (color, light, action, pattern).
Color: Most photographers do not understand the importance of color and its role in, not only, conveying mood and emotion, but in basic composition.
Light: Photography means ‘write with light’. Nevada will discuss the personality of light at all times of the day, from the harsh daylight to blue hour and into night.
Action: Nevada discusses how to extract the feel of a moment using, not only stop action, but panning and slow shutter speeds.
Pattern: Delve into the power of impeccable framing in the camera for a compelling composition, as well as how repetitive patterns will strengthen the flow in your images.
Nevada Wier is a photographer specializing in documenting the remote corners and cultures of the world. She is recognized for her creative and intimate approach to people, as well as her intriguing Infrared images. She has been published in numerous national and international publications, including National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Traveler & Adventure, GEO, Outside and Smithsonian. Her fine-art prints are featured in public and private collections, she is represented by the Obscura Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. Nevada is a well-known keynote speaker, workshop, and seminar instructor. Photo District News named Nevada one of America’s best photography workshop teachers. Nevada’s books include The Land of Nine Dragons – Vietnam Today (Abbeville Press), winner of the Lowell Thomas Best Travel Book of 1992 award, and Adventure Travel Photography (Amphoto). She is currently working on two new books, A Nomadic Vision (publication TBA) and Invisible World: Infrared Photography (publication TBA). Nevada has been featured in television productions such as: National Geographic Explorer, National Geographic Through the Lens, and Canon Photo Safaris. She has been a speaker on the nation-wide tour LIVE …from National Geographic. She is a Fellow of The Explorer’s Club and a member of the Women’s Geographic Society.

Native Seed Winter Sowing (Rumson Environmental Commission)
2026-01-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Oceanic Free Library, 109 Ave of Two Rivers, Rumson, NJ, 07760, United States

GCA Conservation Study Conference
2026-01-25 - 2026-01-28 | NJ
The Conservation Study Conference is an opportunity for club members who are passionate about conservation to learn about environmental issues of importance to the GCA. Attendees hear from speakers, tour interesting facilities and spaces of interest to conservation matters, and engage with fellow club members in discussion on related topics. This conference is held in person or virtually, at no cost, on alternating years. All club members are encouraged to attend.
https://www.gcamerica.org/members:calendar/list
