May Newsletter - Middlebury Garden Club

APRIL 2015
GARDEN THYMES
MIDDLEBURY GARDEN CLUB NEWSLETTER
www.middleburygardenclub.org
We missed you on March 10 . . .
LIBRARY FLOWERS
. . .but so many members of the public
attended Jane Burton’s presentation on
Container Gardening that we might not have
fitted you in! Jane did a wonderful job
encouraging all
types of container
gardening,
informing us of the
better products to
use to enhance
our efforts. Jane
answered
numerous
questions and
provided
illustrations for our
viewing pleasure
with the able
technical
assistance of
Jane explains her favorite
mixtures and additives.
Maggie Nocca.
Thank you to Jane, Maggie, Louise
Crawford, the chair person, and to our
hospitality providers, Jane, Pat Morrow, and
Anneke Oranje. (Did I miss Lemon
Rosemary cookies through my good
intentions not to eat? Aagh!)
March - Kari Hansen
Thank you!
DUES DUE!!!
Please make sure Shari Johnson
has your $20 annual membership
dues by March 31.
535 Sperry Road, Cornwall,
VT 05753
NEXT MEETING
“A Stroll in the Park”
Tuesday,
April 7,
1PM, at
The
Residence
at Otter
Creek,
350 Lodge
Road, Middlebury
After a light lunch generously provided at
12:30PM by The Residence, join Judith
Irven for a photographic tour of some
remarkable public gardens, from
expansive to intimate, in Quebec and
Maine. On this virtual tour you will be both
inspired and delighted, as you stroll along
gentle paths beside colorful flowers
and peaceful water, past productive kitchen
gardens and through wooded glades.
The talk is richly illustrated with gorgeous
photographs of every garden.
Judith is a Master Gardener, Landscape
Designer, and Garden Writer who lives in
Goshen. (See below for more on Judith.)
Note that this is a change from the program
in your yearbook. Note too, that attendance
qualifies for Extension Master Gardener
continuing education hours.
Chair: Peggy Cox
GUESS WHAT IS ONLY SEVEN WEEKS ON SATURDAY
PLEASE ADD THIS NEW
MEMBER INFORMATION TO
YOUR YEARBOOK
PLANT SALE! May 16, 9 - 1
Last year we had a late spring and it looks
as though we may again. Well, it didn’t
stop us having a successful plant sale last
year and it won’t this year either, that is, if
you put on your thinking caps and work
out how to contribute as many plants as
you can, even if you no longer have a
garden, or think you don’t.
Anne Collins
spotted this cute
idea for
appealing
seedlings that
any of us with a
sunny
windowsill can
produce at little
cost. Find the instructions online:http://
www.squawkfox.com/2012/04/12/seedling/
or http://mossymossy.com/egglings/If eggs
are not your thing, try yogurt pots with
holes punched in the bottom for drainage,
or the centers of toilet rolls, with the
bottoms turned in like closing up a box
with just the flaps.
Have houseplants? They are happy to
reproduce for us. Take a cutting now and
become a mother.
Barbara Greenwood
(Jim Pugh)
2207 N. Bingham Street
Cornwall, VT 05753
802-462-3183
help. We particularly need people who can
put up a flyers out of downtown
Middlebury: 802-345-1539,
salisburyvt@yahoo.com.
Save Paula Moore a phone call to you
and let her know you will bring some
plants. Only sixteen members so far have
committed to this vital contribution:
802-475-2699 prmoorevt@gmail.com.
Lorrie Muller, our plant sale cashier,
needs another helper for second shift to
work with her and Marilyn Needham.
Contact Anne Taylor to secure this
coveted sitting-under-cover position.
802-382-9441,
anneet@gmail.com
Barbara is an
Extension
Master
Gardener. She
is interested in
assisting us
with the
Sheldon
Museum
garden and the
plant sale.
Do you have a table or
a canopy to lend for
the sale? Lorrie can
borrow a canopy and
one is promised for
refreshments, but if the
weather is bad, a place to shelter would
be great to have. Please let Anne Taylor
know if you can help.
Please note that members may buy one
plant before 9AM.
Have neighbors? See if they can divide a
plant of two for us.
Which not-for-profits might want leftovers?
Let Anne know.
Lesley Bienvenue is heading up the flyer
distribution the week before the sale.
Please get in touch with Lesley if you can
Questions? Contact Anne or Paula.Thank
you for helping us make the 2015 sale the
best ever!
March 10 - all eyes on Jane
MINUTES - MARCH MEETING
Please read. You will be asked
to vote on accepting these minutes.
The Middlebury Garden Club met on
March 10, 2015, at 1:00 PM at The Isley
Library. The speaker, member Jane
Burton, gave a most informative
presentation on “Container Gardening”.
Maggie Nocca assisted Jane with the
pictures of Jane’s gardens and examples
of other container arrangements.
A business meeting followed led by Club
President, Pat Morrow. A motion to make
a minor change to the February minutes
was made and the motion passed.
Treasurer Lorrie Muller stated that there
were no financial transactions in the past
month.
Pat talked about the dollar value of all our
many volunteer hours such as the work at
the Sheldon Museum, Library flowers,
lectures open to the public, flower shows,
newsletter publication, flower arranging at
Helen Porter and our plant sale. If we
were paid $22.14/hr. we would have made
$11,000! She thanked the members who
had recently volunteered to work at the
Vermont Flower Show in Essex. Also,
thanked was Paula Moore for her work on
updating our website and handling
publicity for meetings.
Pat Durfee requested that members
check their barns, cellars and garages
for any supplies that belong to the club.
She is compiling a list of locations in order
that they could easily be located when
needed.
Shari Johnson reported that 30
members have paid their dues and
urged everyone to pay before the end of
the month if they want to be in the next
yearbook.
Anne Taylor updated us about Plant Sale
plans. Sign-up sheets were available
listing tasks for pre-sale as well as the day
of the sale, Sat., May 16. She urged
members to donate more plants this year
as almost everything was sold last year
and more profit could be made.
Peggy Cox gave new information about
the next meeting which will be held at the
Residence at Otter Creek at 12:30 pm. A
light lunch will be served. The date is April
7 not April 8 as listed in the yearbook.
Judith Irvin will speak about “Exceptional
Public Gardens”.
Barbara Blodgett reported that the
second Master Gardener Scholarship
goes to Patrick Fitzsimmon.
It was suggested that cards be sent to
several members who have recently been
ill.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:45pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat Durfee, Secretary
CAPSULE CALENDAR
April 7 - Judith Irven - “A Stroll in the Park”
May 12 - College Tree Tour, continued
May 14 - Junior Flower Show
May 16 - Annual Plant Sale
June 9 - Annual Meeting
June 23 - Flower Arranging - N. Ferrisburgh
Did you miss the
newspaper article?
The Addison County Independent featured
an article by our next speaker, Judith Irven,
about the Parent Child Center in
Middlebury in the
greenhouse of
which several of our
members who are
Extension Master
Gardeners work
diligently throughout
the year. You will
recall that Shari
Tomatoes, January 2015
Johnson was
honored for her work on this project by the
Northwest Chapter of the Vermont Master
Gardeners (see Garden Thymes, February
2015 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/
31874674/2015%20February
%20newsletter.pdf). Judith posted her
article, with additional photographs, on her
blog. You can read it here: http://
northcountryreflections.com/growinghealthy-futures/