Events Calendar - Lady's Island Garden Club

October 2024

Oct 3 – LIGC Monthly Meeting – 9:30am – LIGC Member Susan Hinrichs, Master Gardener, LIGC 1st VP and Kathy Johnson, LIGC Horticulture Chair will speak on Conservation: Repurposing Styrofoam Coolers
Oct 5 – Native Plant Sale. 10am – 1pm or whenever they sell outHoney Horn Plantation, Parking area at the Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC https://www.coastaldiscovery.org/explore/events/native-plant-sale/
Midlands Plant & Flower Festival. October 4 – 6. Friday – Saturday: 8 am – 6 pm, Sunday: 10 am – 4 pm, South Carolina State Farmers Market, 3483 Charleston Highway | West Columbia, SC https://agriculture.sc.gov/divisions/agency-operations/state-farmers-markets/plant-and-flower-festivals/
Historic Columbia Fall Plant Sale. October 11 -12. 10/11 from 11am – 5pm, 10/12 from 10am – 2pm. Hampton-Preston Mansion, Columbia SC. 1615 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201 https://www.historiccolumbia.org/events/2024/2024-10/fall-plant-sale
Oct 19-20 – Historic Beaufort Foundation Fall Festival of Houses and Gardens
Oct 26 – Nov 5 – Flower Show, Charleston

Nov 7 – LIGC Monthly Meeting – 9:30am – LIGC member Veronica Anderson, Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture, Member of SC Native Plant Society will speak on Designing a Rain Garden using Native Plants to Attract Pollinators
Nov 9 – 4rd Annual Bake Sale at Grayco Home & Hardware 136 Sea Island Parkway
9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Dec 5 – LIGC Annual Holiday Gathering – 9:30am. All members participate in a Potluck Brunch
Dec 10 – GCSC Awards Applications due
TBD- Wreaths Across America Ceremony and Wreath Laying at Beaufort National Cemetery

Jan 9 – LIGC Monthly Meeting – 9:30am. Rachael Dunn, Hunting Island Park Ranger, Interpretive Ranger will speak on Saving South Carolina’s Loggerhead Turtles
LIGC Executive Boards elects Nominating Committee

Feb 6 – LIGC Monthly Meeting – 9:30am. Anita Hinkle, Landscape Designer, Floral Designer and LIGC Community Projects Chair will speak on Floral Design Industry Secrets
Feb 1 – Club and Council reports due to WLC District Director and GSCS President

March 6 – LIGC Monthly Meeting – 9:30am. Jay Weidner, Owner/Proprietor of J. Weidner Landscape Gardening, Certified SC Nurseryman will speak on How to Fertilize and Prune
March 28 – West Low Country District Meeting, Beaufort, SC
TBD date – LIGC Nominating Committee announces LIGC slate of officers. Officers elected at March meeting

May 1 – LIGC Monthly Meeting – 9:30am. Pam Floyd, Master Naturalist, President of Fripp Audubon Society, LIGC Tree Walk Chair will speak on Migratory Birds that visit South Carolina

June 12 – LIGC Monthly Meeting – 9:30am – LIGC Field trip to King George Lavender Farm
June 1 – 7 – National Garden Week – South Carolina
June 3-7 – Beaufort Garden Club Garden-A-Day Tour