NOVEMBER

11 Wed. MG Board Meeting - 1 pm, Extension Office

18 Wed. MG Meeting - 1 pm, Extension Office

22 Sun. MG Newsletter deadline

DECEMBER

(NO MEETING OR NEWSLETTER IN DEC.)

2010

JANUARY

3 Sun. MG Newsletter deadline

13 Wed. MG Board Meeting - 1 pm, Extension Office

20 Wed. MG Meeting - 1 pm, Extension Office (This will be our awards luncheon...food provided.)

FEBRUARY

1 Mon. MG Training Classes begin - 9am-4pm, in Pekin

8 Mon. MG Training Class - 9am-4pm, in Pekin

10 Wed. MG Board Meeting - 1 pm, Extension Office

15 Mon. MG Training Class - 9am-4pm, in Pekin

17 Wed. MG Meeting - 1 pm, Extension Office

21 Sun. MG Newsletter deadline

22 Mon. MG Training Class - 9am-4pm, in Pekin

MARCH

1 Mon. MG Training Class - 9am-4pm, in Pekin

8 Mon. MG Training Class - 9am-4pm, in Pekin

10 Wed. MG Board Meeting - 1 pm, Extension Office

15 Mon. MG Training Class - 9am-4pm, in Peoria

17 Wed. MG Meeting - 1 pm, Extension Office

21 Sun. MG Newsletter deadline

22 Mon. MG Training Class - 9am-4pm, in Peoria

BONSAI CLUB - Call Steve Tordoff 645-4744 for info and meeting dates and location.

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 - Meet every 1st Tues. at Lutheran Hillside Retirement Home on 29, for meetings/workshops on gourds. Contact Melanie Martin at 309 249-4409 or melaniehg@yahoo. All are welcome.

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 GARDEN CLUB - Meetings are every 1st Thurs. from Sept. to May, at 12 noon at Lakeview Museum. Contact: Judy Ziemba. 274-4551.

PEORIA EVENING GARDEN CLUB - Meet the 4th Monday of the month at different locations. Contact: Cathy Bandeko, 208-6518, e: bandeko908@mchsi.com. We tour local gardens during the summer months and sponsor a bus trip every year.

PRINCEVILLE GARDEN CLUB - Club meets the first Thurs. of the month at 7 pm. in Princeville. Location vary, contact Martha Darling at mada620@gmail.com. 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. 7 pm, West Peoria City Hall, 2506 W. Rohmann Ave. Contact Pat Sharp, 676-5751.

• Nov. 21: Organic Gardening Day. Hawthorne Suites, Champaign, IL. (More information to follow.)

• April 30 – May 11, 2010 - Gardens of France (Trip is full)

• Sept. 20 – October 1, 2010 - Gardens of France - Due to the overwhelming response for the spring France trip, we are adding a second trip in fall 2010. The fall trip to France is scheduled for September 20 to October 1st and the itinerary will be the same as the spring trip. France in the fall will be highlighted by warm sunny days with gardens full of roses, asters, dahlias, rudbeckias, cosmos, other late summer perennials, a full palate of annuals as well as lovely kitchen gardens. Destinations for this trip include stops on the French Riviera in Nice, Monaco and Eze; Arles, Aix en Provence and Avignon; the bullet train to Paris with free time to explore Paris and finally visits to five famous chateau gardens and Giverny in the Loire Valley. The complete itinerary is posted on the Master Gardener website at http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/mg/events/ Please contact Robyn Gulstrom as soon as possible to hold your spot. rgulstrom@comcast.net or 269-629-9249.