

Gouverneur Garden Club
Making Our Community Bloom Since 1946

2026 Meeting Schedule
March 5 — 1PM, Community Center
Organizational Meeting
Programs, Dues, Booklet Corrections and Additions. Hostesses: Cande Houghton, Miki Hopper
April 2 — 12PM, Community Center
Program: Be Prepared for Tick Season
Presented by Nick Hamilton-Haney from Cornell Cooperative Extension
Hostesses: Gail Bowhall, Marylou Tropp
May 5 — 1PM, Community Center
Program: Preparation for plant give-away
Hostesses: Connie Stowell, Ruth McClure, Kathy Rust, Roxy Boyd, Bonnie Porter
May 16 — 10AM - 12PM, Gouverneur Museum
Plant give-away
June 4 — 12:PM - Community Center
Program: Edible Flowers by Jeremy Houghton
Host: Jeremy Houghton
July 2 — 12:PM - Community Center
July 11 or 12 - Visit to Lavender Festival, Copenhagen, NY
August 6 — 11AM, Sandbox
Tour of Mike LaMont's gardens in Antwerp, NY
Lunch at Cook's Diner, Philadelphia, Mum sales orders
August 4 to 9 — Gouverneur St. Lawrence County Fair
September 3 — 1PM, Community Center
Preparing for Mum Sale and Pumpkin Festival
Hostesses: Glenda Bickford, Joan Mason
September 17 — Betrus Residence, Time TBA
Mum pick-up. Chris Betrus (chairperson), Club members
September TBA — Gouverneur Fairgrounds
Gouverneur & St. Lawrence County Fair Association and Chamber of Commerce Pumpkin Festival, Mum and Plant sale, basket raffle. Raffle Committee: Miki Hopper, Marylou Trop (Co-Chairs) Garden Club members
October 1 — TBA, Community Center
Program: TBA
Hostesses: Linda Betts, Dagny Reuss
November 5 — 1PM, Community Center
Program: Make a wreath with Cande
Planning Christmas tree decorations for Festival of Trees
Hostesses: Carol Venton, Irene Gardner
December 3 — 12PM, Holiday Luncheon
Hostesses: Donna Lawrence, Ruth McClure, Christine Betrus, Kathy Rust
January 7, 2027— 12PM - TBA
Financial Audit of Books, Program Planning
Committee: Miki Hopper (Chairperson), Christine Betrus, Irene Gardner, Connie Stowell, Carol Venton, Marylou Trop, Ruth McClure





