Join the Woman’s Club at one of our special events held throughout the year. We pride ourselves in providing enriching programs and opportunities for building friendships.
Spring 2024
The Big Dig!
Tuesday, May 14, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm (Rain Date Wednesday, May 15)
Come help with our spring planting! We will meet at the Elizabeth Danforth Butterfly Garden to ready the garden for the season.
Walking Tour of Anne O’C. Albrecht Nature Playscape
Wednesday, May 16 at 10 am
Come join us for a walk through the nature playscape and talk about the native plants blooming in the gardens along the trail.
Past events
Spring Symposium Luncheon and Annual Meeting | Friday, April 19, 2024
Members and guests of the club convened at Meadowbrook Country Club to enjoy lunch and a lecture by Andrew Jorgensen, the General Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
Risa Zwerling Wrighton Scholarship Endowment Fundraiser Game Day | Wednesday, March 6, 2024
2024 Orchid Show | Monday, February 19, 2024
The Exploring Nature Interest Group went on a tour led by a Missouri Botanical Garden docent.
Assembly Series Lecture ‘The Fate of the Earth’: a talk by Elizabeth Kolbert | Monday, February 12, 2024
In her talk, Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert discussed the current biodiversity crises in the context of the great mass extinctions of the past.
The Risa Zwerling Wrighton Scholarship Luncheon | Friday, January 26, 2024
The Woman’s Club were joined by the Risa Zwerling Wrighton Scholarship recipients for a scholarship presentation.
Holiday Flower and Train Show | November 27, 2023
The Enjoying Nature group attended the 2023 Holiday Flower and Train Show at the Edison Garden Conservatory of Missouri Botanical Gardens. Led by a garden docent, the group toured the exhibit that explored the Victorian love of nature and ferns.
Fall Symposium Luncheon and Lecture | November 3, 2023
Members and guests of the club convened at Maggiano’s Little Italy to hear from Dr. Eric Lenze, the Wallace & Lucille Renard Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Healthy Mind Lab, and Chair of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Attendees enjoyed lunch and a lecture entitled “Our Aging Society and the Mental Health Crisis of the 21st Century”
Campus Plant Tour | October 11, 2023
The Enjoying Nature group joined horticulturist Cody Azotea from Focal Pointe on a fall tour of the campus plants. They discovered why the Danforth Campus is a certified Arboretum Level II and learned all about the plants and trees that make up the campus design.
Elizabeth Danforth Butterfly Garden Celebration and Woman’s Club Fall Welcome Reception | September 12, 2023
The club gathered under the Butterfly Garden Pergola to enjoy wonderful weather, beautiful flowers, tasty food and great company as we welcomed Washington University Woman’s Club members and guests to kick off another year of Woman’s Club events. Jean Davis was celebrated for her inaugural stewardship of the garden and Tedi Macias shared special memories from working alongside Jean.
The Big Dig! | May 9, 2023
Another successful garden preparation and planting at the Elizabeth Danforth Butterfly Garden.
Spring Symposium Luncheon and Annual Meeting | April 28, 2023
The club hosted their annual meeting luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton, followed by a presentation from Kwofe Coleman, President and CEO of the Muny.