Hi all. it's been an interesting summer with social distancing. My favorite part was definitely the Bloomers Garden Tours. We had a total of 13 beautiful garden tours covering from Barrington, Portsmouth and Strafford. Thank you all who participated. Looking to continue this next year.

 It is membership dues time. We are looking for you to join the Bloomers for only $10 from Sept 2020 to Sept 2021. You can send checks to Margery Sheppard, 97 Birch Lane, Barrington NH 03825. This will help us with planned projects for the town garden (need to replace bulbs, etc.) and for member paid field trips we are looking into. Become a member today, thanks

Upcoming Event- Sept 16th at 6pm at the town rec center parking lot. We will have a Trunk Plant/Seed Swap. Bring seeds, bare root or potted divided perennials that you want to share.and we will shop out of the trunks for this unique event. If you are looking for something specific respond in email for plant requests.  Donations are welcome.  You can also bring your membership dues and receive your member card at that time. 

Town Garden cleanup date is Oct 3rd from 9am to 11am. bring your garden tools to help us put the garden to bed for the winter. More hands we have the quicker we get it done. Please help us with this annual chore! Will if time permits do the library gardens also.

Oct meeting- looking to do a zoom demonstration. Will update when we have it finalized

Nov meeting- Outdoor wreath making at Joann Pearsons. Date TBD. bring your own wreath wire, tools, and decorating ideas. There will be assorted greens to use.

Dec 16th meeting- Our annual Christmas party/ Yankee swap. Will do an outdoor trunk yankee swap and also a bagged cookie exchange. There will be hot toddies and snacks to have. More details to follow with times. This will be another unique event for us.As always we will collect personal care item donations for the food pantry in Barrington.

Let's hope that 2021 is a better year for all of us! Looking for ideas for speakers, demos, classes etc..starting in January. Let us know your thoughts and please join us for some of these meetings.I will be sending out a separate note about this years meetings we have had and what we couldn't have because of the Covid 19.

Remember, become a Barrington Bloomer. We will have special events for members only coming up for 2021.Look forward to seeing you all

Cindi Harrington