REGISTRATION FOR NER SYMPOSIUM
May 19-21, 2010
Make checks payable to: NER Symposium 2010 and mail to: Nancy Atwell, 21 Scott Dyer Rd., Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107-2307
DEADLINE: May 10, 2010 is the final deadline for Symposium registration. No refunds will be made after that date. Good standing must be on the registration.
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( ) $145.00 - Full course with Exam (includes1 dinner and 2 lunches)
( ) $145.00 - Full course Audit, taking for Credit (includes 1 dinner and 2 lunches)
( ) $140.00 - Full course no credit, (includes 1 dinner and 2 lunches)
Wednesday, May 19, dinner:
___Grilled salmon
___ Breast of Chicken Wellington
___Vegetarian Lasagna
Date of Current Certificate or Good Standing
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( ) $80.00 Thursday–May 20 - Horticulture
(includes one lunch)
( ) $80.00 Friday–May 21 - Design
(includes one lunch)
Any food allergies must be submitted to the committee at the time of registration in order that we may fulfill your needs.
DEADLINE FOR HOTEL RESERVATIONS - May 13, 2010
All reservations are to be made directly with: The Colony Hotel 1-800-552-2363
or www.thecolonyhotel.com/maine/
Register with the Registration Code:
New England Regional Symposium
in order to receive the NER group rate of $139 + 7% tax (tax amount subject to change), double or single occupancy. The rate includes free parking and a breakfast buffet each day.
The Colony Hotel has been honored by many organizations for its commitment to environmental integrity in all business practices. In 1995 The Colony Hotel was a charter member of the Green Hotels Association promoting environmental ethic in the hotel industry. In 1997 it was certified as a “U.S. Backyard Habitat” by the National Wildlife Federation. The Colony Hotel won the 2007 Sterling Planet Certificate of Environmental Stewardship. You may notice that the gardens are designed with native plant communities to encourage native ecosystems development. The gardens are manually cultivated instead of using chemicals or weed wacking machines powered by gasoline.
DIRECTIONS: Interstate 95 to the Maine Turnpike. Take Exit #25 for the Kennebunks. Take a left onto Route 35 about six miles. Take a left on Route 9, cross the bridge into Kennebunkport. Take a right on Ocean Avenue, go one mile. Take a left onto King’s Highway. Take a right into The Colony Hotel parking lot.
43rd ANNUAL
NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM
May 19-21, 2010
Presented by
Garden Club Federation of Maine Rebecca Linney, President
New England Region Director
Kathleen Thomas
Accredited by:
National Garden Clubs, Inc.
The Colony Hotel
140 Ocean Ave, Kennebunkport, ME 1-800-552-2363
www.thecolonyhotel.com/maine/
NER SYMPOSIUM – 2010
Wednesday, May 19
2 - 4 p.m. – Registration
The Colony Hotel lobby
4:15 p.m. Welcome
The Carriage House
4:30 p.m. –Allied Subject “Outside the
Box” – Bobbi Heenan
6:30 p.m. – Dinner
Porch Dining Room
8:00 p.m. - Allied Subject “New Changes
in the Handbook” Dottie Howatt
Thursday, May 20
Complimentary breakfast buffet on your own.
7:30 - 8:15 a.m. - Registration
The Colony Hotel lobby
8:15 a.m. – Welcome - Announcements
and Instructions - The Carriage House
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. – Horticulture “A Fresh
look at Families: Oleaceae and Cacti” –
Dottie Howatt - The Carriage House
9:45 - 10 a.m. – Break
10:00 – 11:15 a.m. – Horticulture
(continued) - The Carriage House
11:30 – 12:30 p.m. - Lunch
Porch Dining Room
12:45 - 2:15 p.m. – Horticulture
(continued) - Practice Point Scoring –
The Carriage House
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. - Horticulture Exam
Ballroom
Dinner on your own – you will need to make reservations for dinner especially if you want to stay at The Colony Hotel for dinner.
Friday, May 21
Complimentary breakfast buffet on your own.
7:30 - 8:15 a.m. – Registration
The Colony Hotel lobby
8:15 a.m. – Announcements/Instructions
The Carriage House
8:30 - 9:45 a.m. – “Judging Attitudes” –
Bobbi Heenan - The Carriage House
9:45 – 10:00 a.m. – Break
10 – 11:15 a.m. – “Sculptural Design” –
Bobbi Heenan - The Carriage House
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Lunch
Porch Dining Room
12:45 - 2:15 p.m. - Design (continued) –
Practice Point Scoring - The Carriage
House
All judges taking the course for Audit only may leave at this time.
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. - Design Exam
The Ballroom
INSTRUCTORS
Dorothy (Dottie) Howatt, a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, is an NGC Accredited Master Flower Show judge; a Flower Show School /Symposium horticulture instructor; and a Daffodil Instructor for the American Daffodil Society. She holds a BS degree in horticulture from the University of Maryland.
Bobbi Heenan, a resident of Georgia, is an NGC Accredited Master Flower Show judge; and a Flower Show School/Symposium horticulture instructor. She has been exhibiting, teaching and lecturing on design for thirty years throughout the United States and South America. Bobbi is married, has two grown sons and grandchildren.
SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE
GCFM President Rebecca Linney
Chairman Linda Frinsko
telephone 207-839-3878,
lfrinsko@maine.rr.com
Registrar Nancy Atwell
telephone 207-767-2297,
atwelln@aol.com
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Lectures are open to all garden club members and the public upon payment of fees.
All judges taking the NER Symposium for credit or audit must check with their State Flower Show Schools Chairman (or Credentials) to verify eligibility. Each State Chairman shall then notify the Symposium Chairman of eligibility.
Judges must have their own copy of The Handbook for Flower Shows - 2007 Edition, with corrections to obtain credit. If taking the exam you must supply your own clipboard. All judges taking the course for Credit or Audit must attend all meal functions.
RECOMMENDED READING
Handbook for Flower Shows - 2007 Edition, Sections on Design and Horticulture.
The National Gardener
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