2011 Upcoming
Events
Here are some general
dates and broad themes
to help you plan your
garden club schedule.
MARCH
Introduction
to Gardening;
Great
Time for a Parents & Kids Organizational Meeting
Orchid
Show, Lauritzen
Gardens, Omaha
March
26
www.omahabotanicalgardens.org
APRIL
Soil
Preparation
Garden Building Structures;
Check
Seed Packets for Suggested Sowing Dates
Earth
Day
April
23
Easter
April
24
Arbor
Day
April
29
www.arborday.org
MAY
Planting
Time!
Focus
on Flowers
May Day
May 1
National Public Gardens Day
May 6
May 7
Omaha
Farmers Market opening day, Old Market
www.omahafarmersmarket.com
Mother's
Day
May 8
(most
almanacs suggest not planting
started
plants until after this date)
May 8
Omaha
Farmers Market opening day, Ak-Sar-Ben Village, 67
& Center
www.omahafarmersmarket.com
Memorial
Day
May 30
JUNE
Garden
Maintenance
Father's
Day
June 19
JULY
Service
Projects; Outdoor Art;
Beginning
Harvesting; Beginning Cooking
Independence
Day
July 4
AUGUST
Harvesting;
Cooking; Canning;
Great
Time for Field Trips to Botanical Centers,
Seed
Companies, Organic Farms, Etc.
SEPTEMBER
Harvest
& Cooking; Canning;
Great
Time for a Club Open House / Celebration
Labor
Day
Sept. 5
OCTOBER
Pumpkin
Patches; Fall Clean-Up
Most
Pumpkin Patches open in late September or by Oct. 1
Columbus
Day
Oct. 10
Closing
day, Omaha
Farmers Market, Old Market
Oct. 15
www.omahafarmersmarket.com
Closing
day, Omaha Farmers Market, Ak-Sar-Ben Village, 67th
& Center
www.omahafarmersmarket.com
