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Rainbow Garden Club
Great Falls

President: Colleen Holzheimer
Vice-President: Lucille Johnson

We meet the second Thursday of each month, September through May. The members enjoy a buffet luncheon at Colleen's Restaurant, 1601 2nd Avenue North at 12:30pm. The meetings include programs on horticulture, birds, floral design and conservation. If you are interested in joining us for a meeting, please call Donna Baroch, 727-8878, or Gail Ridge, 965-3155, by the Tuesday preceding the meeting. You will be most welcome! See a list of upcoming meetings below.

2008-09 Meeting Schedule ~

• January 8, 2009 - "Growing and Care of House Plants" presented by Patty Howse
• February 12 - "Montana Outdoors" presented by Michael Babcock, Great Falls Tribune Outdoor Editor
• March 12 - "Plants for Spring" by Marilyn Parker of Parker Farms, Fort Shaw
• April 9 - Linda Short, Exhibit Curator at the History Museum, will tell about the restoration and the changing exhibits at the History Museum
• May 14 - "Floral Designs" presented by Betty Taylor, Master flower show judge
• July 9 - Conservation bus tour to Tizer Gardens, Jefferson City

Some of our activities include planting annuals and perennials around the county courthouse, helping the MSDB students plant annuals and bulbs in their Sensory Garden and other activities for the students, and planting a tree or trees for Arbor Day. We fund a scholarship for a horticulture student each year and hold a style show each fall to help fund these activities. A bus tour in June or July to interesting places in the area is always fun.

We are a friendly group of 79 members and we invite you to join us sometime soon.

$500 Rainbow Garden Club College Scholarship [click here to download a complete application form]
We model our application requirements after the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs Life Members' Scholarship. For further information, please contact: Verna Kessner, Scholarship Chairman, 518 Kinglet Court, Great Falls, MT 59404.