Neshanic, NJ, Garden Club offers 'Floriade 2012' trip

The Neshanic Garden Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, January 26, 2012, at the Station House on Olive Street in Neshanic Station. At 11 a.m. The Program, “Attracting Bees, Butterflies and Wildlife,” will be presented by Michael Pollock of the New Jersey Audubon Society. Please bring a bag lunch and a mug, beverages and desserts will be provided. Prospective members are encouraged to attend. For further information, contact club president Janet Gibson at 908-359-0176.

Former club president Diana Reinhardt of the Neshanic Garden Club has set a deadline of January 23, 2012, for registration for the Holland Trip which will be taken at the peak of the tulip season. The trip will take place on Sunday, April 15 through Monday, April 23, 2012. Trafalgar Tours is arranging the guided land tour at a cost of $2250 plus air fare of $1002.08. Also included are 7 nights at 4-star hotels with breakfast, 3 lunches and 3 dinners.

Sights included are: bus tour of Amsterdam; canal dinner cruise of Amsterdam; Palace of Het Loo, Floriade World Horticultural Expo staged every 10 years and displaying the world’s most exquisite flowers; Keukenhof Garden and Flower Parade of 2012 plus 32 hectare of beautiful tulips and other spring bulbs; Aalsmeer Flower Auction; Dr. Costerus Botanic Garden; DeLocht Farmstead and Museum built in 1859 and a free day in Amsterdam.

For further information about the sights and activities, please call Diana Reinhardt at 908-369-4362 or e-mail her at reinhardt9@verizon.net