A pot luck luncheon and chair yoga program will welcome back Pocono Garden Club members when the club starts its new year at noon Feb. 14 at the Monroe County Conservation District, 8050 Running Valley Road, Bartonsville. Members should bring a covered dish and their own place settings. Drinks will be provided.

The meeting will begin with a 30-minute chair yoga demonstration led by club member Linda Long who will teach movements to prepare our bodies for gardening season. Everyone may participate in these simple and fun stretching and strength-building exercises.

The February design entry is a horizontal design called “Cupid’s Arrow.”

The horticulture entry would be a variety of fresh pine cones, with three to five in a container of choice. The houseplant entry would be a cut leaf in a clear glass container.

Officers for 2023 are: Nell Cadue, president; Dolores Ragin and Jeanette Gupko, co-vice presidents; Joan Lippi, treasurer, and Patty Fretz, secretary.

In 2022, the club welcomed many new members, and held its first flower show and plant sale since the pandemic began. Proceeds from the sale partly supported camperships at the Monroe County Conservation District’s summer environmental camp and Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm’s summer camp, as well as the Garden of Giving food bank.

This year’s Flower Show and Sale, themed “Lights on Broadway,” will be held July 8, at St. Paul’s Church in Tannersville.

For more information contact club President Nell Cadue at poconogardenclub@gmail.com. Visit the Pocono Garden Club on Facebook.