2008
Meeting Schedule
& Calendar of Events
The St. Louis Water Gardening Society
The
St. Louis Water Gardening Society usually meets the third Tuesday
of the month at 7:00 pm in the Beaumont Room of the Missouri
Botanical Garden, unless otherwise noted. We meet in November
of even-numbered years only, and do not meet in December. The
public is welcome to come to our programs. See
our newsletter, Water Word,
for the next meeting's date and location. Need
directions? Find them here.
January
15 - "An In-depth Look at the Five Kinds of Filtration
- Biological and Mechanical are only Two of Them"
Jamie Beyer, Midwest Waterscapes, Boone, Iowa
February
19 - "Getting Ready for Spring"
John Nies, Nies Landscape Contractors
March
18 - "Living Jewels of the Water Garden - Koi"
Gilbert Chen, Color Koi
April
15 - Ask the Experts Panel
Lynne Jones, AKCA Koi Health Advisor (fish)
Chris Siewing, Nature's Re-Creations (construction)
Greg Frankhouser, Your Pond Doctor (maintenance)
Steve Harris (plants)
April
26 - Jewel Box Work Day
Plant hardy lilies
May
17 - Ozark Fisheries field trip
May
20 - "AKCA Koi Health Advisor Program"
Lynne Jones, AKCA Koi Health Advisor
May
31 - Jewel box Work Day
Plant Tropicals
June
1 - Cherry Blossom members' tour
June
7 - Jewel
Box Begin Weekly Maintenance
June
10 - Pond-O-Rama Host Party
June
17 - "Amazon Adventure"
Joe Summers, Anjon Water Gardens
June
21-22 - Eighth Annual Pond-O-Rama Pond and Garden Tour Open
to the public
July
15 - Sixth Annual SLWGS Auction
Jim Thale and Pat Tosie, auctioneers
Orthwein Floral Hall, Missouri Botanical Garden
July
17-22 - International Waterlily
and Water Gardening Society 2008 Symposium - Richmond,
VA
August
19 - Eighth Annual Banquet and Service Awards Presentation
Jewel Box at Forest Park
September
7 - Members' tour of Tower Grove Park water gardens
September
16 - Backyard Wildlife Habitat
Mary Ann Fink, Exterior/Landscape Designer
September
27 - Members' Tiki (evening) pond and garden tour
October 21 - "Aquatic Plant Design"
Justin Titus, Blue and Green Maintenance, Kansas City
November
18 - Election of Officers and Pot Luck Supper
2008
SLWGS BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE
Board of Directors meetings will be held in members' homes on
the fourth Tuesday of the month, beginning at 7 PM. All members
are invited to attend. See the newsletter
for the next meeting's date and location.