2023 PROGRAMS

April 17, 2023 | General meeting and Horticulture Committee - Sean Grace - Raptors:  Conservation of Our Avian Apex Predators 
Sean Grace, President of Hawk Mountain, is passionate about raptors, education, and conservation.  Founded in 1934 as the world's first refuge for birds of prey and an international center for raptor conservation, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary protects birds of prey through integrated scientific monitoring and research, public education and engagement, and professional conservation training.   
Cary Institute, 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY 12545
May 15, 2023 | General meeting and Garden History and Design Committee - Susan Kinsolving - Among Flowers:  A Poetic Exploration of the Garden  
Susan Kinsolving explores many common garden flowers through botanical history, myth, fact, and fable.  Her program, based on her first Book Among Flowers, offers information, humor, and poetry.  She is a poet, teacher, and librettist.   
Cornwall Library , 90 Pine Street, Cornwall, CT 06753
June 12, 2023 | General Meeting, Annual meeting and Awards Program The General Meeting and the Annual Meeting with Award Ceremony will take place from 10:00 AM-12 Noon. The Members’ Luncheon will follow from 12 Noon-1:00 PM.
Millbrook Golf & Tennis Club, 103 Route 343, Millbrook, NY 12545
July 10, 2023 | General Meeting and Horticulture Committee Adam Gopnik - Taste and The Table, And Which Comes First?
Adam Gopnik, legendary writer for the New Yorker, has written for the magazine since 1986. Also a scintillating speaker, Adam illuminates - with his keen observation - striking insights of modern life and culture, and what it takes to be a citizen of the world in this time. Author of The Table Comes First, a beguiling tour of the morals and manners of our present food mania and the The Mystery of Mastery: How We Learn To Do Hard Things, Adam will tailor his talk to both Stonewood Farm’s mission and our Club audience. 
Stonewood Farm, 110 Bangall Road, Millbrook, NY 12545
July 12, 2023 | MGC Visiting Gardens invites you to Greenwood Gardens & Reeves-reed Arboretum - Susan Kavy has organized a tour of these two gardens in northern NJ with a tea to be held at Reeves-Reed Arboretum. Reeves-Reed offers 13.5 acres of natural beauty, including historic and contemporary gardens and six acres of woodland forest. Greenwood Gardens is a 28-acre public garden surrounded by 2,110 acres of Essex County Park System’s South Mountain Reservation. The Gardens were a private estate until 2003, when the Blanchard family decided to transform them into a public garden.
We will gather first at Greenwood for a 1 1/2 hour guided tour to begin at Noon.  Then we will arrive at 2:00 pm at Reeves-Reed for our high tea lunch and an hour long tour to begin at 3:00 pm.  The cost is $75 for both gardens and the luncheon.
The trip from Millbrook to Greenwood is about 2 hours and from Reeves Reed to Millbrook about 15 minutes shorter. Carpooling is the way to go!  
Call Ellen Petersen for more details, 518 398-6658.  Sign up by sending a check for $75 to Ellen Petersen, 378 Conklin Hill Road, Stanfordville, NY 12581. Registration deadline is Friday, July 7th. 
Submitted by Ellen Petersen, Chair, Visiting Gardens 
July 13, 2023 | MGC Photography Workshop Millbrook Golf & Tennis Club 103 NY-343, Millbrook, NY 12545 - Kathy de las Heras will lead a photography workshop on Thursday, July 13 focusing on preparation for the MGC photography show. Deadline for photo submissions will be mid August. This workshop is open to all MGC members and coffee will be served. Please RSVP to Millbrookgardenclub@gmail.com.
Millbrook Golf & Tennis Club, 103 NY-343, Millbrook, NY 12545
Submitted by Lois Mander, Chair, MGC Photography 
August 14, 2023 | General Meeting and Horticulture Committee Page Dickey – Gardening for the Birds Page Dickey, garden designer and author of several books including, most recently, Uprooted: A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again, will talk to us about gardening with birds and biodiversity in mind. We will hear how she is encouraging natives—and discouraging invasives—without herbicides and will learn how to grow roses without chemicals. Self-seeding and a beautiful contained wildness prevail at Church House in Falls Village, CT, where Page and husband Bosco Schell live and garden.
The Carriage House , Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Road , Amenia, NY 12501
Conservation & Photography Club Show: TIMETABLE FOR EXHIBITORS
Friday, August 18 Deadline for registration - PDF: Registration Form
Friday, August 25 Deadline for submitting entries
Friday, September 1 Entries Passed
Friday, September 15 Show staged and open to the public
Wednesday, October 11 Judges dinner
Thursday, October 12 Judges briefing 10am
Saturday, October 14 Closing Party
September 15 - October 15, 2023 | Conservation & Photography Club Show A joint Photography and Conservation Show at the Millbrook Library, themed around tree education. Free and open to the public
Millbrook Library, 3 Friendly Lane, Millbrook, NY 12545
September 18, 2023 | General Meeting and Photography and Conservation Committee Judging for Club Flower Show "Deeply Rooted"
Millbrook Library Cary Institute, 3 Friendly Lane, Millbrook, NY 12545 
October 14, 2023 | Closing party for DEEPLY ROOTED A party to celebrate the month-long Photography and Conservation Show, "Deeply Rooted", where we will announce the GCA-judged winners of the Photography awards. This event will help to raise funds for the MGC grants we make to non-profits in the community.
Millbrook Library , 3 Friendly Lane, Millbrook, NY 12545 
October 16, 2023 | General Meeting and Floral Design and Horticulture Frances Palmer - Life in the Studio:  Inspiration & Lessons in Creativity  A renowned potter, an entrepreneur, a gardener, a photographer, a cook, a beekeeper, Frances Palmer has over the course of three decades caught the attention not only of the countless people who collect and use her ceramics but also of designers and design lovers, writers, and fellow artists who marvel at her example. In Life in the Studio, she finally tells her story, in her own words and images, distilling from her experiences lessons that will inspire a new generation of makers and entrepreneurs.Please consider staying and having lunch at The White Hart Inn – the food is delicious, and they appreciate our patronage!
"Life in the Studio", Frances' book, will be available for sale. Please bring cash or check.
White Hart Inn, 15 Under Mountain Rd, Salisbury, CT 06068 
October 27, 2023 | 4TH Annual Co-Sponsored MGC / Cary Event Doug Tallamy – Bringing Nature Home; Doug Tallamy is a New York Times best-selling author, an entomologist, a conservationist, and the co-founder of Homegrown National Park. In his book Nature’s Best Hope: a New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard, Tallamy makes the case that every minute of every day we are losing healthy biodiverse habitats and that we can begin to reverse that by taking simple steps right in our own yards.
Cary Institute , 2801 Sharon Turnpike , Millbrook, NY 12545
November 6, 2023 | General meeting and Floral Design Committee Threshold of the Holidays Our November workshop will focus on the decoration of the doorways and thresholds of our houses for the holiday season. Featuring unusual designs, the workshop will include a demonstration followed by the opportunity for all participants to create their own designs to take home. Richard McKeon and Lisa Foster will lead our last program of 2023.
Church of the Messiah, 6436 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

2022 PROGRAMS 

April 18, 2022 I General Meeting and Horticultural Committee - Alison Granucci, The Wonder of Woodland Wildflowers
May 20, 2022 I General Meeting and Horticulture and Visiting Gardens - Christopher Spitzmiller, A Year at Clove Brook Farm:  Gardening Tending Flocks, Keeping Bees, Collecting Antiques, and Entertaining Friends
June 10 I Garden Tour and Lunch - Taking Place in Sharon, CT
June 20, 2022 I General Meeting, Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, Followed by the Members' Luncheon  - Millbrook Golf & Tennis Club
July 11, 2022 I General Meeting and Conservation - Adam Gopnik, Taste and The Table, And Which Comes First?
August 15, 2022 I General Meeting and Garden History and Design - Marta McDowell, Frederick Law Olmsted's Life and Legacy
September 9, 2022 I 3rd Annual Cosponsored 'Lecture at Cary' and Photography Committee - Ian Shive, Deep Connections in America's Wildest Places
September 12, 2022 I General Meeting and Photography Committee - Ian Shive, Secret Gardens of the World's Wildest Places
October 17, 2022 I General Meeting and Conservation and Garden History and Design Committees - Roxana Robinson, Where the Wilderness is in the Garden
November 14, 2022​ I General Meeting and Floral Design Committee Workshop - Richard McKeon and Lisa Foster, Food for Thought:  Sustainable, Edible Flowers for Floral Designs