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HORTICULTURE MORNINGS SCHEDULE FOR MARCH, open to all WHGC members. No charge. This is a GCFMA (Garden Club Federation of Ma) sponsored event. 1. March 4, 2003 "Seed Propagation" by Betty Johnson. Held at The Espousal Center, 554 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA. Coffee at 9:30 AM followed by the program at 10:00 AM. Free. 2. March 14, 2003 "Program Workshop" pre-registration required. This is for Program Chairs. Free. March 15-23 New England Spring Flower Show "The Garden Journey". Shirley Minott, Show Chair. March 26 South Shore District Annual Meeting
TIPS FOR THE MONTH A NEW SEGMENT ADDED TO THE WEBSITE NEWSLETTER This will later follow the Nutsey News, once members' realize it's a new addition. THREE BASIC NEEDS FOR GERMINATION:
What's needs to be done in March, and what's happening outside.
Monarch butterflies are beginning their migration north. Robins will be out this month. Experts from the Mayflower, Jan./Feb. 2003 edition, article "Seed Propagation" by Carolyn Lane& the UMASS EXTENSION 2002 calendar. “NUTSEY NEWs” - March, 2003 March Meeting - March 4th, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. @ the Phoenix Lodge. “Hosta and Companion Plants” - Chuck Dougherty is the owner of Cochato Nursery in Holbrook that has over 200 varieties of hosta and unusual shade plants. The nursery has a beautiful display garden. He also oversees the landscaping at Northeastern University and lectures nationally and internationally. March Board Meeting - Tuesday, March 18th, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. at the Phoenix Lodge. April Meeting - April 1st, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. @ The Phoenix Lodge. “Gardening with Thugs” Norma Jane Langford will present a lecture and slide show. Your weeds are the best indicators of what will do well in your garden. They give the most specific information about your unique microclimate. They’ll lead you to their glamorous botanical relatives. Find those cultivars and nobody gets hurt. April Board Meeting - Tuesday, April 15th, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. at the Phoenix Lodge. New England Spring Flower Show - “The Garden Journey”, March 15-23, 2003 at the Bayside Expo Center - Boston. On Tuesday, March 18th, WHGC will have a club entry for the design division of the show. South Shore District Meeting - On Wednesday, March 26th at 9:00 a.m. at the Pembroke Country Club. The speaker Arabella Dane. Cost is $23.00 per person. Entrée choices are, Baked Stuffed Boneless Breast of Chicken or Baked Schrod. Please bring a check to the March monthly meeting if you are planning to go to this meeting. Junior Gardeners - There will be a meeting on Tuesday, May 6th, 2003 @ 2:30 p.m. - we will make a secret garden. The workshop will be held at 24 Beechnut Circle - Hanover. Please contact Marie Sisk 1- xxx if your Junior Gardeners will be attending. SAVE the date - June 20th & 21st for “BOOKS in BLOOM” at the new John Curtis Library. We will need plenty of hostesses, designers, and refreshments - see attachment for more details on workshops for design work. Start your creative ideas flowing! PLEASE READ KAREN'S NOTICE WHICH FOLLOWS. Be sure to take a trip in to Boston to the Museum of Fine Arts, “Art in Bloom” is scheduled for April 27th-29th - this is an awesome event to take in! Attendance - REMINDER to all . . . Five club meetings remain this year, be sure to fulfill your membership responsibilities by attending 5 out of 10 per year in order to continue your membership in good standing. As always, it’s great to see our meetings well attended! -- Gail Sardano, Communications BOOKS IN BLOOM - FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2003 PREVIEW PARTY AT THE JOHN CURTIS LIBRARY JOT THE DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW! Okay, so picture this… A mid-June, early summer’s evening…ladies in their colorful seasonal outfits, men in seersucker pants (well, it could be that way)…music wafting up through the rotunda, cool bowls of punch and trays of wonderful goodies to sample, friends and neighbors having a wonderful time and…and…BOOKS! - IN BLOOM! The anticipation is growing for our exciting event scheduled for the evening of Friday, June 20th. Our club does not plan a major fundraiser this year, so we have decided to direct our efforts, creativity and boundless energy to staging this entertaining and elegant evening fundraiser for the newly expanded and renovated John Curtis Library. If you haven’t had a chance to visit the new library, I strongly encourage you to go - it is really beyond expectations. Patterned on the Museum of Fine Arts highly regarded "Art in Bloom", our "Books in Bloom" will feature floral designs created by members of Walnut Hill G.C. and Hanover G.C. paired with books, movies or tapes chosen by each participant. These can range from children’s books, detective stories, movies and music, non-fiction, biographies, short stories - the possibilities are almost endless. The night of the 20th of June, we will stage a "Preview Party" for which we will sell tickets to club members and to the general public. We expect a large turnout for the event as all of Hanover is justifiably proud of our new library! The last time we had a similar occasion at the library (about 10 or 12 years ago), the feedback was phenomenal. People really enjoyed themselves! Others who had not attended were ultimately disappointed that they hadn’t gone. This event will be billed as a night not to be missed. This is quite a large undertaking for our garden clubs. We plan to install 42 separate designs in spots that have been scouted throughout the library building. And so, we need:
In short, there will be plenty of work to go around, but the payoff will be being involved in what is sure to be a memorable community event. In preparation, two workshop nights will be held - these are open to all - not only to those who have agreed to design for the affair. All are welcome! To be held at the Phoenix Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29 - Shirley Minott will conduct a lecture and demonstration. She will present designs that she has created, will talk about ways in which one can interpret one’s chosen book and talk about technique. Tuesday, May 6 - We will see examples of designs created by volunteer participants (hopefully, we can get 10 volunteers!) We will have discussion and hopefully come up with some great ideas of our own! ********At our regular March Meeting, this Tuesday, we encourage those who are interested in creating an arrangement to sign up with Shirley or Karen. We hope that these slots will fill quickly. Please speak to either one of us for more information. We are both very excited about the opportunity for our clubs to put together event for our community! ********Proceeds, after expenses, will go towards a gift of some sort to the library. This has not yet been determined, but we hope to give a permanent gift that will provide pleasure to our community for many years to come. Karen Pritchard, Chair
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