Get ready to celebrate the Thanksgiving holidays with a special centerpiece. This month’s speaker at the Oakdale Garden Club monthly meeting is Jeanne Oosterman, a sophomore at Modesto Junior College. She will be showing how to create centerpieces for Thanksgiving.

Oosterman runs her own floral design business, Faithful Flowers, where she does weddings and other events throughout the year. Her passion for floriculture started in her freshman year of high school and has continued to grow ever since. At MJC, she is studying Ag Science and Ag Business. She attended Ripon Christian High School and was heavily involved in their FFA program. She was on the 2024 National Champion Floriculture CDE Team and was the first high school individual, as well.

The Oakdale Garden Club’s monthly meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. at the Community Methodist Church, 1480 Poplar St., Oakdale. New members are always welcome to join and learn more about gardening. For more information, visit https://OakdaleGardenClub.org or visit them on Facebook.