2025 Dates

RIFGC Board Meetings:  All Board meetings are the Fourth Thursday of the                                                                 month unless noted.

                              Jan 23rd, Feb 27, March 27th, June 12th, Sept 25, Oct,23

 

2025 Living Landscapes Learning series Jan 30, Feb 13 & 27, March 12 & 27, April 9th click here for more info 

March 

March 1-9 ,2025 The Philadelphia Flower Show 

March 5,2025 – Sogkonate G.C. Local bird expert Geoff Dennis will talk about the habitat of bobolinks, other nesting birds and sightings of interest in our south Coast Area.  Little Compton Community Center, 34 Commons, 2nd floor, 7:30pm

March 13,2025 RIFGC Enviromental/Education Day   10:00 to 2:30pm William Hall Library.  BYO Lunch   RSVP by March 7th   click here 

March 13,2025 – Hameho Garden Club Mushrooms and more.  Deana Thomas, Pres of the RI Mycological Society.  6:30pm Barrington Congregational Church 461 County Road Barrington.  All are welcome. 

March 17, 2025 ~Rehoboth G.C. Food scaping with Charlie Nardozzi Social: 6:30 Program: 7:00pm Goff Hall 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth MA   click here

March 18, 2025 – Art in Bloom Cindy Wood GC 

March 27,2025 RIFGC Board meeting Voting of Officers for the 2025-2027 Term all club Presidents and representatives need to attend.  

April

April 1,2025 – Deadline NYBG Tour Van Goth: Painting with Flowers.  June 17th a day trip to New York Botanical Garden’s special exhibit.  Contact [email protected]  click here 

April 10-13,2025 The RIFGC Design Specialty Flower Show 
Setup dates 7th and 8th, Designers and Judging on 9th.  Please All hands-on deck! last year we had 16 out of 24 clubs participate in some form or other let’s make that number higher
Group Rates for 10 or more people contact [email protected] lecture series on Thursday.  

April 11, 2025 – Deadline for reservations to RIFGC Annual meeting.  See registration form below.  

April 16-17, 2025 Bristol GC Flower Show at Blithewold Daffodil Day

April 24,2025 RIFGC Annul Meeting and Awards Luncheon at the Quonset O club North Kingston Installation of Officers for upcoming 2025-2027 term, Floral Demonstration and Awards Ceremony.  registration form  

May

May 7,2025 Sogkonate GC Tiverton horticulturist Sean Conway shares his recollections of noted landscape designer Lloyd Lawton. 7:30pm Little Compton Community Center, 34 Commons, 2nd floor 7:30pm 

May 10, 2025 ~Cindy-Wood Garden Club Plant Sale 9am St Lukes Church 99 Peirce Street.

May 17, 2025 ~Wantaknohow Garden Club Plant Sale 8-12pm Summit Baptist Church 1176 Victory Highway Coventry, RI Rain or Shine.

May 17, 2025 ~Apple Blossom Garden Club Plant Sale 9-2pm Blackbird Farmstand 660 Douglas Smithfield, RI Lots of Healthy Plants and Soils!

May 17, 2025 ~Gentian Garden Club Spring Plant Sale 9AM to 1 PM North Scituate Community House at 546 West Greenville Road, Scituate.

May 18-23,2025 NGC Convention North Charleston, South Carolina

May 24,2025 Sogkonate GC Blossoms and Sweets Plant Sale 7:30 -11 am outside of Wilbur’s General Store.

June

June 5th RIFGC Board Meeting

June 11-12,2025 Judges Council Ruth Anderson Workshop

 June 17,2025 NYBG Van Gogh Painting with Flowers click here 

June 20-22,2025 Newport Flower Show 

June 21,2025 Plum Beach GC Yard Sale fundraiser Wickford Village. 

July

July 2,2025 Sogkonate GC Robert Thorson professor of Earth Sciences at University of Connecticut will discuss the threats to the existence of the many stone walls in town.  7:30 pm Little Compton Community Center, 34 Commons, 2nd floor