May 24. 2015
Hello Bloomers
Hope you are all happily into your gardens now that the weather has finally turned warmer.
The Bloomers club has been very busy, the town garden looks great, and we have lots more planned for the coming season. Hope to see lots of our bloomer friends at some of the up coming events.
February 18th
A Garden for Wildlife; natural landscaping for a better backyard
Malin Clyde- UNH co-op extention staff member was the speaker
Went through ten tips for a better backyard habitat, which included:
Plant native wild flowers, shrubs and trees
Less lawn- less chemicals
Reduce fall cleanup- leave plant material on ground through the winter clean-up in spring
Build a brush pile for cover for wildlife
Install bird boxes, and put up bird feeders for winter
Add a water feature for wildlife
She gave us a list of recommended flowering plants and groundcovers for wildlife
Recommended reading : New England Wildlife
very informative
March 18th
Bird nesting balls
Coleen and Judy did the workshop
had 12 members in attendance
purchased grapevine balls for $5 and supplies for filling from Coleen and Judy were
llama fur,string, yarn,and other natural materials
we had a meeting while hands were busy filling the balls.
Talked about the UNH student sculpture that is in the garden and plan to take a photo with the student artist and the sculpture. Hope to be able to have it up for the summer. looks great
Set up calendar for garden maintenance. If you haven't picked a week to help with weeding and dead heading there are a couple weeks left to fill. It only requires a few hours at your choice during that week to keep it looking nice. please help us with this.
April 15th
Birds, Bats & Butterflys
UNH co-operative extension Jean Enow
20 members in attendance
Discussed What is habitat? Wetlands, marshes,swamps, pools, open fields, forested habitats
Where they find food sources, shelter, water and space. Jean recommended through the UNH extention to read
Landowners Guide
Taking Action for Wildlife newletter
NH woods.org
April 25th
had a small turnout for our annual garden cleanup,but we got it done and it looks great. thanks to Lynn and Bob for bringing the compost. The following Saturday was the Library Garden cleanup
May 20th
We had a perennial swap in the parking lot. Everyone left happy with their new perennial to add to their garden. After had a meeting in the library at the back tables as there was a cooking class going on at that time in the meeting room. Had 8 members in attendance. We discussed the upcoming Friends of the Library Plant Sale that will be held June 6th in the Rec hall. The Barrington Bloomers will have a table set up with a raffle for donated plants and gift baskets. We will also have a sigh-up sheet for anyone interested in joining the Bloomers garden club. Hope to see you all there, lots of fun !
June 3 and 13th
Mosiac Plant pots class at Pottery Paddock on Ten Rod Rd in Rochester/ Ruth Caron instructor
6:30PM to 8:00PM for the 3rd first process
10:00AM to 12:00 for the second process
cost is $25 for both sessions and all material
sign up with Ruth at carons@metrocast.net or call 332-9209
June 6th
Library Plant Sale 8 to 12
June 17th
Field trip to Greenleaf Farms, 24 Littleworth Rd, Dover NH. we will be carpooling, meet at the library by 6:15. the class will be about herbs and she will be serving tea. there is a charge of $5 for this field trip. RSVP if you plan to attend
July 18th
Lydia has set up a field trip to Tarbin Gardens in Franklin NH for a tour and English Cream Tea; cost is $13.50 per person, and we will need a head count for this trip. We will meet at the library to carpool at 11AM. Sounds like a beautiful place
August DTBD
Cindi is looking into a trip to Garden in the Woods, New England Wildflowers in Framingham, Mass. 2 PM tours, bring a picnic lunch, gift
shop and cafe on site. will carpool details to follow
Sept 16th
Sandy O'Neill will do presentation on "Putting your garden to Bed"
This is also our membership dues month so b
ring your membership dues to sigh up for another year
Happy Gardening
Cindi
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