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The Garden Clubs met at the Amos Herr Homestead
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Updated List as of MARCH 20, 2009
 
Conestoga Herb Guild
Contact Harriet Stoudt - 717-394-7067... koka@peoplepc.comm The club meets in the Upper Leacock Building, 54 W. Main Street, Leola, PA 17540 - the second Wednesday every month at 7:00 p.m. Focus: Learn history, culture and use of herbs through study, sharing and presentation.
 
Coterie Gardening
Contact: Joan Payne - 717-898-8022..The Coterie gardening group meets in member's homes the 4th Wednesday of the month except for July and August. Focus: Educational workshops, programs and field trips.
 
The Country Gardeners of Eastern Lancaster County
President: Betty Witmer - 717-336-7267 lwitmer2@ptd.net , The club meets at Trinity Lutheran Church, 221 E. Main Street, New Holland, 17557 - the third Thursday of the month except January and July. The club
Focus: Horticultural topics, floral design, conservation and gardening in general. Mini-grants to students/teachers to promote horticulture, conservation and design. 
 
Drumore Flower Club
Contact: Thelma Fry, 284-2510 tg34@frontiernet.net - The club meets in homes  on the second Thursday of the month, four times a year. Focus: Robert Fulton birthplace herb garden; Southern Lancaster Country Historical Society.
 
Elizabethtown Flower Club
Contact: Shirley Noske - 717-361-9974 - The club meets at the Gathering Place, 6 Pine Street, Mount Joy, PA 17552 for lunch in Mount Joy at 12:00 noon, the first Monday of every month except January and February. Focus: A social hoticulture flower club.
 
Elverson Garden Club
President Venessa Peterson - 610-913-8698 - www.elversongardenclub.com  The club meets the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. except January and February in the Morgantown Village Library, 205 Walnut Street, Morgantown PA 19543. Focus: Morgantown Village Library Garden, Tel Hai rose garden and the annual flower show. Encourage education in horticulture through membership programs and workshops. Garden Tour June 13, 2009.
 
Friends of Tangier Arboretum
President David Kantner - 717-392-4633...The members meet at the Historical Society, 230 N. President Avenue, Lancaster, PA. Special occasions as announced.17603 on the third Monday of April, August and October at 4 p.m.
The June meeting is June 15. There are other activities scheduled in April, May, June, November and December. Focus: Assists the Historical Society in preservation, planning, development and interpretation of grounds.
 
Heirloom Seeed Project
Contact: Beth Leensvaart - 717-569-0401 - ext. 204. Valley Museum Contact Joseph Shott - 569-0401-204  Tuesdays and Thursdays volunteer efforts. Focus: Maintain museum gardens; raise and market heirloom plants and seeds; educational programs.
 
Herr Gardeners of the Amos Herr Homestead
Contact - Val Albright - 898-7793 ..www.herrhomestead.org - The Herr volunteer gardeners meet at the Amos Herr Homestead, 1756 Nissely Road, Landisville, PA 17538 on the first Friday of the month at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and/or lunch together on their work day. Focus: Maintenance and design of the museum gardens. E-mail: amosherr1852@yahoo.com
 
Lancaster Bonsai Society -
Contact: Bob Ulrich - 717-468-6458..www.lancasterbonsai.com The Society meets at Conestoga House and Gardens, 1608 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA
17603 - the second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. Educational workshops, members' garden tours and local trips. Yearly display of trees for Demuth Garden Tour. E-mail: LancasterBonsai@yahoo.com
 
Lancaster Country Conservancy
Contact: Krisin McKinne - 717-392-7891..www.lancasterconservancy.org
117 South West End Avenue, Box 716, Lancaster, PA 17603. Check website for programs. Focus: Preserving natural habitat and rapidly diminishing supply of open land in Lancaster County.
 
Lititz Garden Club
Contact: Sallie Rihn - 717-626-2255..The club meets at the Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, PA. 17543 - the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. 
Focus: Gardning together and education outreach. Project: Sponsors local garden award.
 
Master Garden Program - Farm and Home Center
Contact: Shirley Wagner, Program Coordiator - 717-394-6851 ..Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster, PA 17601. Focus: Volunteer service and horticultural education in various settings. Horticultural anwering service ; Youth in Intervention Center; Speaker's Bureau and Yearly Garden Symposium. Further information for the Master Gardener Program is found on the website...http://lancaster.extention.psu.edu/- ongoing weekly/daily.
 
Men's Garden Club of Lancaster
Contact: Ruth Davis - 717-872-5192..www.lancastergardenclub.org - the club meets at the Salem United Church of Christ, 2312 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603.  They meet the second Monday on the month. Most meetings are held at 7:30 p.m.  Focus: Stimulate the knowledge of gardening, aid in the protection of native trees, plants and birds. Promote such civic projects which will enhance the beauty and livability of our city and coutry.  
 
Muhlenbert Society
Contact: Tim Droude - 393-7233. The club meets at the North Museum of Natural History and Science, 400 College Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603 on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. There are no meetings December, January, June, July and August.  Focus: Education about and Conservation of Native Plants.
 
President James Buchanan's Wheatland Garden Club
Contact Donna Mentzer 717-333-9827
 
Town and Country Garden Club
Contact: Joyce Crider - 717-898-0229. http://www.townand countryclub.com
The club meets at Homestead Village, 1800 Village Circle, Lancaster, PA 17603 -the first Wednesday of the month March through December at 7 p.m. Member of the Garden Club Federation of PA. and National Garden Club, Inc. Focus: Craft workshops, flower shows, community projects and annual scholarships.
 
Women's Garden Club of Lancaster
President: Louise Franze - 717-735-2559...The club meets the fourth Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. September throuogh May at the Lutheran Church of Good Shepherd, 750 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, PA 17601. Focus: Educational thrust for members and teaching workshops. Elementary school children benefit from the book and reading program...the children are gifted with books and for some it is a first time ownership. The club sponsors the Lancaster Library's floral urns and a Lancaster lampost basket.