October 22, 2016 Meeting notes
Happy Fall everyone!
May 14th- Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
there were only 4 in attendance for this field trip. It was a wonderful time walking the woods and learning about Trilliums and other natural plants and flowers. Every time you go you see different plants in bloom. they have a large board posted each week with what is in bloom at that time. They have a wonderful garden shop with hard to find species of plants, and garden gift items and books. We brought a picnic lunch which we enjoyed on the patio. Great place to visit
June 4th- Friends of the Library Plant sale
We had a raffle table during the plant sale. Items up for chance were Clematis potted plant donated by Lynn Desharnis, Thunberga potted plant donated from Wentworth Greenhouse, Pottery planter of African Violets donated by Joann Pearson, and A Watering can filled with gardeners supplies donated by Cindi Harrington. We made $97 dollars from the raffle. The Winners were Clematis- Ginny Littlefield, Thunberga plant- Bonnie Dubois, Pottery planter- Maryann Marchi, and the Watering can- Sheri Millette.
July 20th- Tea Garden Meeting at JoAnns
3 in attendance. Joann had made wonderful pies and bars to have with the tea and we got a tour of her beautiful gardens, Thank you Joann for hosting.
September 21st- Ikenaba Japanese Flower Arranging with Holly Harris; speaker from UNH. Did a demonstration using plants and flowers she brought from her home. Showed how beautiful it can be with simple arrangement of plants; an art that has been around for 600 years. Using up to 4 materials in arrangements. From front to back in a straight line, trim plants keep it simple. Very interesting class. We had 8 in attendance.
October 15th- Library garden cleanup- Only 3 members. We put in 1& 1/2 hours times 3 for volunteer hours for the library.
October 19th- Coleen Smead did a Layered Bulb Pots class for us. there were 9 in attendance. We all brought in 14 inch pots that we layered dirt-daffodil bulbs, layer of dirt with tulip bulbs, next was layer of dirt with hyacinth bulbs and then crocus bulbs last. We will store these in a cold place to winter over and in the spring we should have a beautiful pot of assorted bulbs. The cost for this class was $16 each. Thank you Coleen for a great time.
October 22nd- town garden cleanup. We had 11 in attendance. Fosters newspaper had a photographer at the garden to take a picture of the members for the Citizen of the Year award. Adam Pearson whose sculpture is in the garden was present and stayed to help us cleanup, thanks Adam and thanks to all that helped, we made quick work of it. A special thank you again to Jeff and Kim Langevin for all the extra work they have done at the town garden mowing and trimming all summer long. We really appreciate it.
November 12th - the Barrington Bloomers will be receiving a plaque for Citizens of the Year from Barrington Chamber of Commerce at the Rochester Country Club. There will be a dinner and entertainment with the presentations. The officers and a few members will be in attendance to receive this award. All our hard work in maintaining the gardens has paid off!
November 16th- We will be doing Christmas wreath making again at Studleys in Rochester. We had a great time last year and decided to do it again, Cost is $35 and further details will follow.
December is our Yankee Swap/dinner. Lynn Desharnais has graciously offered it to be at her place. thank you Lynn. Date and time to follow.
Well that about sums it up for another year!! Where does the time go?? We hope to see you all in some of our garden club adventures. Let us know any ideas or thoughts you might have for the coming year. We are always looking for new field trips or speakers for our meetings.
Cindi
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