PROGRAM CALENDAR
“Bravo Broadway”
April 3, 2024 – “Singin’ in the Rain”
May 1, 2024 – “Ain’t Misbehavin’”
June 5, 2024 – “Anything Goes”
July 10, 2024 – “Elf”
July 31, 2024 – “Mamma Mia!”
September 4, 2024 – “Into the Woods”
October 1, 2024 – “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”
November 6, 2024 – “The Secret Garden”
December 4, 2024 – “Frozen”
March 5, 2025 – “Catch Me If You Can”
April 3, 2024
Location: Kimball Library
5 Academy Avenue, Atkinson
362-5234
Time 6:00 p.m. Light Refreshments
6:25 p.m Brief Announcements
6:30 p.m. Program
Program: “Singin’ in the Rain”
Mike Koutelis, a master gardener, will educate us with a Power Point presentation about “Gardening in a Changing Climate”. This is a brief look at the science of climate change and the impact it has on our daily lives. He will offer ideas about how we can adjust our growing strategies and habits to both reduce our impact on climate change and keep growing the plants we enjoy.
Annual Dues must be paid by May 1.
Refreshments:
Judy Godden, Chair
Marta Fabbrucci
Cinda Gregorio
Linda Jette
Janet Snowdon
May 1, 2024
Location: Atkinson Community Center
4 Main Street, Atkinson
362-5531
Time 9:00 a.m. Come with tools to the Fire
Station for work assignments
11:30 a.m. Luncheon
12:30 p.m. Brief Meeting
Program: “Ain’t Misbehavin’ ”
Annual Spring Clean-Up
AGC’s annual spring clean-up of our town’s planting areas, including the container gardens throughout the town. Members bring gloves, trash bags, clippers, rakes, trowels, brooms, and small hand rakes. Return to ACC to enjoy a luncheon.
Annual Dues must be paid by May 1.
Refreshments:
Ann Reardon, Chair
John Goulet
Leann Moccia
Hedi Shikes
TBA
June 5, 2024
Location: Home of Michael Hosker- Bouley
29 East Road, Atkinson
978-683-7745
Time 1:00 p.m. Refreshments 1:00 p.m.. Program
2:30 p.m. Busness Meeting
Program: “Anything Goes”
Curly Willow is a very versatile plant both in the garden and in design. Michael Hosker-Bouley will lead us on a journey outside to show us how he has propagated curly willow in his garden. Then we’ll travel inside where Pat Bennett will use curly willow in several creative floral designs.
Refreshments:
Joanne Roy, Chair
Nicole Cummings
Marnie Finn
Michael Hosker-Bouley
July 10, 2024
Location: Atkinson Community Center
4 Main Street, Atkinson
362-5531
Time 10:00 a.m. Greens Workshops 11:00 a.m.. Lunch & Workshop
11:30 a.m. Busness Meeting & Workshop
Program: “Elf”
Greens Sale prep workshop from 10:00 through 3:00 with lunch break. Bows, picks, pinecones, and other items will be worked on to prepare for our biggest fundraiser.
Please bring a bag lunch. Beverages and Dessert will be provided.
Refreshments:
Jeanne Vickery, Chair
Sue Carter
Jane Kowalski
Donna Robertson
TBA
July 31, 2024
Location: Coppal Farn
Lee, NH
Time 9:30 a.m. Meet to carpool; 10:30 a.m.. Arrive Coppal Farm
12:30 p.m. Lunch (Optional)
Program: “Mamma Mia!”
Our Members will meet at the Atkinson Congregational Church parking lot to carpool; then travel to Coppal Farm, Lee, NH for the Sunflower Festival. There we will be enveloped in fields of blooming sunflowers, available for only one week per year.
September 4, 2024
Location: Kimball Library
5 Academy Avenue, Atkinson
362-5234
Time 1:30 a.m. Refreshments
1:30 p.m. Busness Meeting
2:00 p.m. Program
Program: “Into the Woods!”
Paul Wainwright, chair of the Atkinson Conservation Commission, will inform us in a Power Point presentation about various parcels of conservation land, their history, and how they were acquired.
Refreshments:
Sheri Turell, Chair
Kay Galloway
Nina Gray
Geoffrey Wilhite
Tuesday October 1, 2024
Location: Atkinson Community Center
4 Main Street, Atkinson
362-5531
Time 1:00 p.m. Refreshments 1:25 p.m. Brief Announcements
1:30 p.m. Program
Program: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”
Maureen Christmas, an award-winning floral designer, will delight us with her talents and create 6 creative designs. There will be an Opportunity Drawing for these designs.
OPEN MEETING Members with last names from A-L, please bring finger sandwiches. Members with last names from
M-Z please bring finger desserts.
Please bring donations for Emmaus House.
Refreshments:
Estelle Halchak, Chair
Jo-Anne Benoit
Sunaina Chawla
Judy Sirois
November 6, 2024
Location: Atkinson Community Center
4 Main Street, Atkinson
362-5531
Time 1:00 p.m. Refreshments 1:30 p.m. Brief Announcements
2:00 p.m. Program
Program: “The Secret Garden”
Amy Cardello, co-founder of the ubiquitous “Proven Winners” brand, will provide us with a Power Point presentation, “What Makes Proven Winners Proven Winners”, illustrating what actually goes into creating a plant worthy of the “Proven Winners” name and reputation. Amy will also introduce us to some of the 2025 new varieties that will be coming to garden centers in the Spring.
Refreshments:
Cathy Bastek, Chair
Pat Bennett
Susan Miner
Holly Talbot
December 6, 2024
Location: Atkinson Community Center
4 Main Street, Atkinson
362-5531
Time 9:00 a.m. Greens Sale Prep 11:30 a.m.. Luncheon
12:30 a.m. Busness Meeting & Workshop
Program: “Frozen”
Refreshments:
Kathy Sadkowski, Chair
John Goulet
Barbara Snicer
Marilyn Stewart
TBA
THERE ARE NO MEETINGS IN
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY
March 5, 2025
Location: Kimball Library
5 Academy Avenue, Atkinson
362-5234
Time 1:00 p.m. Refreshments
1:30 p.m. Business Meeting
2:00 p.m. Program
Program: “Catch Me If You Can”
Neal Sanders will delight us with a humorous take on gardening as seen through the eyes of the spouse of an active and accomplished gardener. He will delve into the serious questions such as why we never sit on our garden benches and why we do ten things in the garden before we can do the one thing we set out to accomplish
Refreshments:
Tanya Tsentalovich, Chair
Jeanne Geisser
Ann Grogan
Cindy Knight
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