85th Season – Suspended due to Covid-19
Rather than holding their 85th consecutive year as a fully operational garden club, the Portage Lake Garden Club has made the painful, but necessary decision to suspend their normal schedule this summer. Members will (adhering to safe distancing measures) continue to maintain the PLGC's beautiful gardens around Farr Center, the Village Park Fountain, as well as the Onekama Welcome signs and the Onekama Schools sign.
Most of the programs planned for the 2020 year will be postponed until 2021, so they are listed below. Stay safe and happy gardening!
85th Season
Birds & Bees Need Gardens, Please
Programs • Portage Lake Garden Club, Inc.
Camp Arcadia • Meet at Farr Center • 5283 Main Street • Onekama
Members meet at Farr Center Parking Lot at 11:30 to carpool to Camp Arcadia. Lunch at 12:15 with speaker giving a history of the Camp and the erosion remedies they have taken to preserve shoreline. Meeting will follow speaker and an optional tour of the Arcadia Boardwalk after the meeting.
Farr Center • 5283 Main Street • Onekama
Refreshments from 12:30-1:00 followed by Smiles, Frowns, Dreams, Fears -- Brainstorming Session to move our Strategic Planning Agenda forward, followed by a business meeting.
Farr Center • 5283 Main Street • Onekama
Refreshments from 12:30-1:00 followed by Speaker Emily Cook of the Invasive Species Network on the topic of Habitat Matters and business meeting afterwards.
Farr Center • 5283 Main Street • Onekama
PLGC Flower Show: Give Bees a Chance. “Afters” and Business Meeting to follow at Alice Mesaros at 7:00 pm. Click here for more information.
Lynda O’Shea’s Gardens and Archangel Ancient Tree Archive • Meet at Farr Center • 5283 Main Street • Onekama
Members meet at Farr Center Parking Lot at 11:30 to carpool to Linda O’Shea’s Gardens for a picnic lunch followed by a short drive to Archangel Ancient Tree Archive in Copemish for a tour lead by Founder, David Milarch.
Farr Center • 5283 Main Street • Onekama
Refreshments from 12:30-1:00 followed by Speaker Angie Lucas, Senior Land Steward of the Grand Traverse Land Conservancy, on the topic of Floral Inventories. Business meeting after presentation.
Camp Tosebo • 7228 Miller Road • Manistee
Annual Social at Camp Tosebo. Significant others welcome. Members will bring a sweet or savory appetizer and beverage of their choice. Iced tea and lemonade will be provided. Installation of officers for 2021 will be held.