2023/2024 Programs and Field Trips
Monthly meetings are open to visitors and begin with social time at 9:30 and the meeting starts at 10:00 and are typically held in the Navajo Room at Sun Lakes Country Club (SLCC).
Field Trips and Holiday Socials are only available to Weeders members.
Calendar of Meeting Programs, Field Trips and Club Projects
September 14, 2023 – Social time 9:30 AM & Meeting 10:00 AM in the Navajo room at Sun Lakes Country Club – Kickoff of the 2023/2024 season with getting-to-know you games and committee updates
October 12, 2023 – Social time 9:30 AM & Meeting 10:00 AM in the Navajo room at Sun Lakes Country Club – Program: Herbs as Medicine, Speaker: Kathy Gould from Southwest Herb
October 26, 2023 – Field Trip to Pondscapes – Pondscapes is a local business that designs and installs water features – Organizer: Mary Oester
November 7, 2023 – Field Trip To Rosson House Museum. Rosson House is a fully restored 1895 Queen Anne Victorian that provides a look into life in Arizona’s territorial days. Organizer: Mary Oester
November 9, 2023 – Social time 9:30 AM & Meeting 10:00 AM in the Navajo room at Sun Lakes Country Club – Program: Native Planting and Basic Care – Speaker: Danielle Carlock, founder of the Maricopa Native Seed Library
November 14, 2023 – Central/Eastern District – Host: Gold Canyon Garden Club – Program: Demystifying Orchids
December 5, 2023 – Flowers Design Workshop by Renee Waite – 1:30 PM in the painting room of the Activities Building at Oakwood Golf Club
December 14, 2023 – Holiday Breakfast – 9:30 AM in Saguaro Room at Cottonwood Country Club – Organizer: Sherrian Beagle
January 2, 2024 – Floral Design Workshop by Renee Waite – 1:30 PM in the painting room of the Activities Center at Oakwood Golf Club
January 11, 2024 – Meeting 10:00 AM, Social time 9:30 AM in the Navajo room at Sun Lakes Country Club – Program: Viticulture – Speaker: Lizbeth Congiusti
February 8, 2024 — Meeting 10:00 AM, Social time 9:30 AM in Navajo at Sun Lakes Country Club – Program: Southwest Monarch Butterfly Study – Speaker: Gail Morris, Coordinator of the Southwest Monarch Study and Monarch Watch Conversation Specialist
February xx, 2024 – Field Trip to St. Anthony’s Greek Monastery, Date TBD, Organizer: Mary Oester
March 14, 2024 – Social time 9:30 AM & Meeting 10:00 AM in the Navajo room at Sun Lakes Country Club – Program: Cut Flowers – Speaker: Ayshica Andrews, Maricopa Master Gardener and Internet Blogger
April 2, 2024 – Floral Design Workshop by Renee Waite at 1:30 PM in the painting room at the Oakwood Activities Center at Oakwood Golf Club
April 4, 2024 – Field Trip to Southwest Herb and Gathering Place Organizer: Mary Oester
April 15, 2024 – Social time 9:30 AM & Meeting 10:00 AM in Navajo room at Sun Lakes Country Club – Program: Landscaping and Water Features – Speaker: Ralph Biezad from Pondscapes
May 9, 2023 – May Luncheon – Time and location to be announced.
Meetings will resume in September 2024.
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