Announcements

September Meeting September 12: 12:45 p.m. at the United Methodist Church on S. Maple St. Program: See Saving at Carleton's Cowling Arboretum by Nancy Braker, Arboretum Director. Our annual Garden Tour of six local gardens featuring local artists in July was a great success. Thank you to all who worked to make the event successful or who bought tickets. All proceeds from the tour benefit beautification of Northfield. Here's our booth at the Northfield Home and Garden Show on Saturday, April 8. Sixty people attended our first meeting of 2017 on Tuesday, February 14 at St. Olaf College to hear our speaker, Larry Pfarr, a home and garden expert from Bachman's Nursery who is often featured on KSTP TV! What a great way to start the year.   The Northfield Garden Club 2017 Officers were Elected at the October meeting. President: Lorraine Rovig (seated right) Vice President: Judy Code (standing left) Secretary/PR: Barbara Brown (seated left) Treasurer: Elizabeth Olson (standing right) Past President: Erika Tallman (standing middle) Time to Renew Membership for 2017. Membership levels: $15 = Basic $50 = Friend $100 = Supporter If you want a discount joint membership with the Minnesota State Horticultural Society (MSHS) add $37. Deadline for joint membership is October 11 meeting. The MSHS members receive bi-monthly Northern Gardener Magazines and a 10% discount card that is good at dozens of nurseries throughout MN. Mail your check to P.O. Box 745, Northfield, MN 55057. For more information call President Lorraine Rovig at 443-813-2941 or Past President Erika Tallman at 605-228-7745. Photo: Tallman Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)