Monthly Meetings and Programs
Garden Club of the Sandhills 25-26 Programs
Please Note: GCS generally meets the 2nd Wed of the month with coffee & conversation at 10 AM. The meeting begins promptly at 10:30.
Schedule Exceptions are *Noted Below
*September 17, 2025
*Note Date Change
10:00 am
Program: Tour of Bryan & Kim Rosenberg’s ‘Flagship Farm’
Location: Meet at the Resort Spa Parking Lot to join the Sandhills Trolley (sponsored by Donna Verrilli) (upon return a light luncheon & GCS meeting at the home of Char Rohr, #1 Village Ln)
SPECIAL NOTE: If not able to attend the Tour because of rough terrain, please join us at noon for lunch and our meeting.
Hostesses: Jan Gregorich, Rita Menzies, Elaine Porzio, Char Rohr
October 8, 2025
*9:30 am *Note Time Change
Open Meeting: This meeting is OPEN to all Members and Prospective Members with a completed GCS application
Program: The Story of the Hope Diamond - presented by Dorothy Gibson
Location: Sandhills Woman’s Exchange, 15 Azalea Rd., Pinehurst (The Exchange will have a special lunch menu for our Membership, Price TBD)
Hostesses: Beth Collom, Kim Walvoord
*** SPECIAL THISTLE DHU GET TOGETHER ***
October 9, 2025
3:30 pm
The first 24 Members to sign up will meet at the Pinehurst Thistle Dhu Putting Course. Your team has been arranged by the Golf Gods...enjoy a 9 hole round of putting for prizes. All Members welcomed to join and root for your Friends...At the conclusion, 5pm, all are welcome to hop aboard the Thistle Dhu Express for ‘Happy Hour’ and prizes
PRICE TBD
November 10, 2025
10:00 am
Open Meeting: This meeting is OPEN to all Members and Prospective Members with a completed GCS application
Program: “Getting Ready for the Holidays: A hands-on bow-making class presented by our GCS Member and owner of DeVaughn’s Ridge, Coco Beneduci
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, Ball Garden Visitor Center, Sandhill’s Community College 3245 Airport Rd.
Hostesses: Lydia Gill, Susan Suggs, Pat Welch
December 10, 2025
*11:30am
*Note Time Change
Program: A Christmas Luncheon Celebration
Location: Donna Verrilli’s Home, 1153 E. Connecticut Ave, Southern Pines
Hostesses: Patti Fisher, Sharon Lawson, MJ Pizzella,, Pat Rudovsky, Donna Verrilli
*January 26, 2026
*9:00am
* Note Date & Time Change
Note: Fourth Monday in January & *Time Change
(Joint Meeting with Southern Pines Garden Club)
Program: Rachael Woods, Director of the Museum Park at the NC Museum of Art
Location: Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Avenue, Southern Pines
Hostesses: Jan Gregorich, Rita Menzies, Char Rohr and New Members
February 11, 2026
10:00 am *Open Meeting
Program: Getting Ready for “Blooming Art”
Mechanics and conditioning of flowers, presented by our Members, Pat Rudovsky and Donna Verrilli.
**Supplies Needed** each Member please bring a 10” - 12” vase
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, Ball Garden Visitor Center, 3245 Airport Rd.
Hostesses: Linda Davis, Karen Fisher, Martha V. Thornton
March 11, 2026
10:00 am *Open Meeting
Program: Honey Bees and what we need to know about sustainable beekeeping, presented by Hugh Madison
Location: Penick Village, Hutchins Room, 500 E Rhode Island Avenue, Southern Pines
Hostesses: Lynda Moegling, Meredith Morski
March 27, 2026
‘Blooming Art’ Preview Party
March 28 - March 29
Blooming Art Gala and Show
Campbell House
April 8, 2026
*5:00pm
*Note Time Change
**This meeting is OPEN to prospective new Members with completed application
Program: Wine & Cheese Pairing presented by Marti Harrington of the Village Wine Shop, *Price TBD
Location: Lynda Moegling’s Home, 350 Lake Dornoch Dr., CCNC
Hostesses: Victoria Adkins, Jocelyn Servick
May 13, 2026
*11:00 am
* Note Time Change
Program: Presidents’s Luncheon
Location: Forest Creek Golf Club, 200 Meyer Farm Dr.
Hostesses: Jan Gregorich, Rita Menzies, Char Rohr, and New Members
