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.