Joint Meeting Information
Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of America Joint Meeting
November 1, 2023
Philadelphia Country Club
1601 Spring Mill Rd
Gladwyne, PA 19035
Time: 9:am - 2:30pm
Speaker: Tony Rocco, Executive Director of Photography Without Borders
Special Event: Fertilizer Fund Recipients will be the subject of a Photography competition.
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Past Events
PCGCA Joint Meeting 2022
Karen Washington
The PCGCA Joint Meeting, hosted this year by, Huntingdon Valley Garden Club, was held at the Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne, PA on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. The meeting included a brief report from Susan Ayres, Chairman of PCGCA followed by the presentation of the Zone V Dorothy Falcon Platt Award (Garden Club of Philadelphia) to Lura Wampler (The Garden Workers). Ginnie Tietjens (HVGC) then presented an extremely generous check to the PCGCA Fertilizer Fund as a result of the tremendously successful Wabi Sabi flower show last May, a collaborative effort by Huntingdon Valley and Wissahickon Garden clubs.
Sarah Ghantous, President of HVGC then introduced the featured speaker, Karen Washington, a farmer and food activist, who challenged us in many ways to correct food apartheid.
To learn more about Karen and her farm check out www.karenthefarmer.com or www.riseandrootfarm.com
https://www.karenthefarmer.com/about
PCGCA Joint Meeting 2021
November 3, 2021 PCGCA Annual Joint Meeting via Zoom
Award winning and renown ethnobotanist, Dr. Paul Cox, had us hanging on each word as he explained his research and innovative approach to diseases of the brain by studying proven patterns of wellness and disease from indigenous people..
To purchase Dr. Cox's book "Plants, People and Culture, The Science of Ethnobotany" you can go to Amazon.com