Hello bloomers

Well it's been pretty busy spring/summer for the bloomers.Early spring we started with making alfalfa seed kits as a make it take it for the public library.

April 21 we had a zoom meeting with Meg Herndon for seed starting kits which we pre-ordered. 4 members attended and we put together with Meg's assistance the starter kits which contained soil, sand, seeds, and starter trays. 

April 24 was the spring garden cleanup. Great View Landscaping donated mulch which we spread on the beautiful bloomers garden. Adam Pearson did the "Buzz" sculpture on display for the summer. We had 6 members help with getting the garden ready and cleaned up. Library garden cleanup was done at a later date with several members tackling different areas. 

May 23 toured Liz Riordan's gorgeous Lilac Gardens in Hampton Falls. 8 members were shown over 80 varieties of lilacs. Liz gave out a sheet with the names of all her lilacs for any that might be interested in certain varieties and colors. Amazing tour

May 27 we got together to make give-aways for the annual plant sale the Friends of the Library put on. The Bloomers have a raffle table every year and this year we decided to add a free give away for anyone that signed up and paid to be a member of the Bloomers. We actually ended up with 17 new members.

June 4  set up for the plant sale and the Bloomers raffle.

June 5   Plant sale and raffle. Both the library and the Bloomers did very well. We were located on Rte9 at the American Legion Hall this year. The bloomers had 6 raffle items. this is the list of items and the winners

#1 SeedKit by Liz Riordan, puzzle & mosiac Kit/        Kristi Reynolds

#2 Blooming Farm gift certificate                                 Maureen Sawicki

#3 Wentworth gardens gift certificate                          Sandy Kamitian

#4 Rail plant pot holder with flowers                            Katie Graham

#5 Chair with plant made by Kim Langevin                  Annika

#6 Ornamental flower garden stake made by              Sharon Reed-Ericson

       Maureen Sawicki

June 9 4 members planted the donated plants from plant sale. Took less than an hour

June 18 Margery Sheppard hosted a new members meet and greet at her home on Swains Lake. Snacks and drinks were served and we had a very good turn out. 16 people attended and Margery spoke about the bloomers

history and what we have planned for the rest of the year. we all had a wonderful time.

July 21 Blooming Day Lilly Farm tour from 9 to 11. Heather Pearson took orders and explained about her farm. We also did self tour of her other beautiful gardens around the property.

Pop up garden tours are going well.

July9 and 10 Jen Dube and Cindi Harrington

July 27  Kristi Reynolds and Carol Smack

August 7  Nancy Kanner

Our next event is with the Friends of the Library "Books in Bloom" on August 13 from 6pm to 7pm.Hope to see you there

Cindi