1970
May 19 - Nature Trail Walk, Coffee Hour
June 9 - Trip to the Veterans Hospital in White River Junction
July 1 - Arranging for a Dinner Table
July 21 - Growing, Grooming, and Showing Plants
September 15 - The Merck Forest Foundation
October 20 - Open Meeting, Audubon Films: “Paradise Polluted”, and “Look Down”, (camera’s view of plants, animals, and insects)
November 17 - Demonstration of Work with Pods and Cones
Arlington Junior Garden Club
April (statewide cleanup day)
May (flower arranging workshop)
June (nature trail walk)
October (bulbs: how to plant them)
November (nature trail walk: trees)
1971
April 20 - Flowers and Services
May 18 - Afternoon Nature Walk
June 15 - Designs for Today’s Living
July 20 - Tuberous Begonias
August 19 - Flower Arranging for the Home, (joint meeting with Manchester)
September 21 - Landscaping around Your Home
November 16 - Getting Ready for Your Birds
December 7 - Annual Meeting, Luncheon, Slides of 1971 Spring Garden Tour of Europe (shown by Mrs. E. Ellsworth Jannicky)
Arlington Junior Garden Club
May (statewide cleanup day)
October (planting bulbs at Remember Baker Memorial)
Various Workshops)
1972
April 18 - Spring Plans Make a Good Harvest, with John Page
May 16 - Afternoon Nature Walk and film: “Recycling Resources”
June 20 - Field Trip to Berkshire Gardens
July 18 - Demonstration and Discussion on Flower Arranging
September 19 - The River of Life, A Look at the Battenkill, University of Vermont Extension Service
October 17 - The Beauty of Dried Arrangements
Arlington Junior Garden Club
April (Arbor Day tree planting, botany trail, seed gardens)
May (Green-up, plantings at Remember Baker Memorial)
September (field trip)
October (planting bulbs at Remember Baker Memorial)
Various Workshops
1973
April 17 - The Lure and the Lore of Wildflowers
May 15 - Open Meeting, The Significance of the Insignificant
June 19 - Companionate Planting
July 17 - Field Trip to Saratoga Springs, New York, (tour of the environmental conservation efforts at the Saratoga State Park)
August 21 - Japanese Flower Arranging
October 16 - Nature Walk, Create a Terrarium or a Cactus Garden
November 13 - Handcrafting Nature’s Beauty, (projects for winter, at the Governor McCullough mansion, North Bennington, Vermont)
Arlington Junior Garden Club
May (Green-up, work on botany trail, plantings at Remember Baker Memorial)
July (field trip to Chuncksbrook Road, with Duncan Campbell)
October (field trip: collecting pods and cones)
Various Workshops
1974
April 16 - Prelude to Spring, Techniques for Starting Plants from Seeds
May 21 - Back to Basics, Preparing for the Flower Show
July 16 - Ducks Unlimited Story
July 23 - Working with Dried Flowers
August 20 - Bring Your Garden in for Storage
September 21 - Botany Trail Bird Walk
September 17 - “I Know What I Like”, (symposium of Arlington Garden Club members discussing flower arrangements)
October 15 - Field Trip, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
October 22 - Making Cornhusk Dolls
November 19 - Cones and Pods for Thanksgiving
December 10 - Annual Meeting and Luncheon at the Governor McCullough Mansion, North Bennington; Mrs. Christian W. Schafer, Christmas Readings
Arlington Junior Garden Club
April (compost workshop)
May (plantings, wildflower walk)
July (transparent wildflowers)
November (cones and pods workshop)
December (Christmas workshop)
1975
April 15 - Beauty: Our Challenge, Fundamentals of Flower Arranging
May 20 - Open Meeting, Time Lapse Studies. Plant Development
June 17 - Not Just Cut and Dried, Dried Flower Arranging
July 15 - Flower Arranging through the Years, Flower Arranging Styles
August 19 - Field Trip (Topping Tavern Museum and its herb garden)
September 16 - Interior Decorating with Exotic Plants
October 21 - Company Is Coming, (a walk down School Street visiting the homes of Mrs. Kendall, Mrs. Robert Macksey, Mrs. Thomas Weakley, and Mrs. Thomas Coleman. Dining table arrangements will be on display.)
November 18 - Christmas Dove Ideas
Arlington Junior Garden Club
April (greenhouse gardening)
May (wildflower field trip)
June (drying wildflowers)
July (cactus for beauty)
August (moss terrariums)
September (framing wildflowers)
December (Christmas workshop)
1976
May 18 - A Lot with a Little, Using What Is Available in One’s Garden
June 17 - An Old-fashioned Rose Garden
June 22 - Basic Flower Arranging; Bird Walk along the Battenkill
July 20 - How to Plan and Plant Your Yard
September 21 - Planting to Attract the Birds
October 19 - Learn to Make a Cornhusk Wreath
Nov 16 - Herbs of Early America
1977
April 19 - Here We Go Again
May 17 - Backyard Vegetable Gardening
June 21 - New England Wildflowers
June 28 - Field Trip to Merck Forest
July 19 - Flower Arranging for Everyday Living, (bring your favorite container and flowers from your garden)
August 16 - Brown Thumb; Green Thumb, (houseplant experiences)
September 20 - Open Meeting, Film: “The American Elm - Plan for Survival”
October 18 - Attracting Birds about the Home
November 15 - Landscaping ABC’s
1978
April 18 - Planting Flower Show Winners
May 16 - How, When, Where and Why: Read a Flower Show Schedule
June 20 - A Tea Honoring Past Presidents and Members
June 24 - Techniques of Flower Arranging, (consultants for flower show will be available to help - bring lunch)
July 18 - Dos and Don’ts of Horticulture
October 17 - Terrariums
November 21 - Cornhusk Dolls and Wreath Making
1979
April 17 - Successful Gardening with Perennials
May 15 - Call Me by My Right Name
June 20 - The Living Battenkill
July 17 - The Time is Now
August 21 - Flowers Without Tears
September 18 - We’re All for the Birds
October 16 - Let’s Talk about Tomorrow, (the State Highway Department district engineer discusses the ways Arlington will change in future years)
November 13 - How to Make Christmas Decorations
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