BONSAI CLUB - Meetings are changed. I will contact anyone who

contacts me. Call Lee Tolzdorf at 347-7380 for info.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS HOSTA SOCIETY - meets every 3rd Tuesday,

March-September. For more information go to www.cihshostaclub.org or

contact Bob Streitmatter at 264-4813

COUNTRY GARDENERS - Meetings held every 1st Wed. of the month

@ 6:30 pm at Alpha Park Library, Bartonville.

HERB GUILD - Meetings held at the Womens Club, 301 N. Madison,

Peoria. More details, call Kris Plunkett, VP, 382-1067.

GERMANTOWN HILLS GARDEN CLUB - Meetings are every 4th

Tues. of the month, contact Lisa Hill, 367-2146.

GREATER PEORIA ROSE SOCIETY - Meetings are every 1st Tues.

of the month from Mar. - Oct. @ 7:30 pm. Contact Terry Richards, 353-

1091 for location, or more info.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS GOURD PATCH - Contact Bonnie Cox at

682-6680 or ilmidwife@aol.com, for times and location of monthly

meetings on gourd art and cultivation.

ORCHID SOCIETY - Meet every 1st Sun. at 1:30 pm at the ICC Ag

Lab. Contact Jane Jones, 383-4022 or Elliot/Pam Fox, 689-0733.

Drop-ins welcome.

PEORIA EVENING GARDEN CLUB - Call Kris Plunkett, 382-1067

for details.

PEORIA GARDEN CLUB - Meetings are every 1st Thurs. from Sept. to

May, at 12 noon at Lakeview Museum. Contact: Susan Davis, 693-

3817.Their biannual Garden Walk will be Thurs. June 12, 10am-7pm. All

gardens located in the High Point neighborhood. Tickets are $15 in

advance (area businesses, call myself or Dorothy Wilson 815-882-2695)

or $20 day of. More info? Contact Melanie Martin, Chair (contact info on

front page of this newsletter) —Melanie Martin

PRINCEVILLE GARDEN CLUB - Club meets the first Thurs. of the

month at 7 pm. at the Princeville Village Hall, corner of Walnut & Evan

St. in Princeville. Guests and new members welcome.

PRAIRIE LAND KOI AND POND SOCIETY - Club is open to new

members, meets the 2nd Saturday of each month at 9am, different

locations depending on topic. http://prairieland_pond.tripod.com

WEST PEORIA GARDEN CLUB - Meetings are every 3rd Mon. at

7 pm, West Peoria City Hall, 2506 W. Rohmann Ave.

Contact Pat Sharp, 676-5751.

Peoria County

2008 Four-Seasons Gardening Telenet Series

These are telenet programs that feature color power point slides

accompanied by the live voice of the instructor as people from all

over the state participate at once. All topics will be presented by

University of Illinois Horticulture Educators or State Specialists.

This FREE series and is open to the public, so bring a friend!

Please RSVP by the day before the class so printed materials can

be made ahead of time. Please show up 15 min. prior to the

presentation. All presentations start at 1pm and will be located

at the Peoria Extension Office.

NOTE: The Henry-Stark MGs are also offering the Spring telenet

courses at Black Hawk East Campus, just south of Kewanee. Same

dates, same time. Email: jwest@uiuc.edu or call 309 853-1533

SUMMER 2008

Roses - Tues. June 24

Late Summer & Fall Blooming Perennials - Tues. July 8

Summer & Fall Blooming Trees - Tues. July 22

FALL 2008

Tree ID and Maintenance - Tues. September 16

Going Green with Evergreens - Tues. September 25

Backyard Composting - Tues. October 14

Thursday, June 19, 2008 at Freedom Hall (349 W. Birchwood

st - just off of I155 - near Farm 'n Fleet) in Morton. The doors

open at 6:00 pm and bingo start at 6:30 pm Bring your own

snacks but drinks will be furnished. Cost is $6.00 for 1 bingo

sheet (2 cards), $10.00 for 2 sheets and $15 for 3 sheets. Come

win some great plants and learn some gardening tips. If you

need more info, please contact Jerry Metz at 309-263-7103 or

jametz@comcast.net.

- Jerry Metz