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THE MAY PLANT AUCTION ****Due to a late spring, the plant auction will be postponed until Tues. May 15th in order to give the plants time to grow more and to have a larger selection from our gardens.**** MAY MEETING- Tues. May 15, 2001 7:00pm @ Cedar School The Annual Plant
Auction MAY BOARD MEETING- Tues. May 22, 2001 7:30pm @ the Phoenix Lodge June Meeting- Tues. June 5, 2001 5:30pm Garden Party at the home of Nancy M. June Board Meeting- Tues. June 19, 2001 7:30pm @ the Phoenix Lodge Food Pantry- The donation box for Hanover Food Pantry items will be at the Plant Auction. They are in desperate need of tampons, toothpaste and shampoo! We are not collecting food items. Thank you for your continued generosity. Magazine Subscription- If you are interested in the Fine Gardening magazine subscription group discount, please contact Suzanne M. before May 15th or at the plant auction. Sylvester School Cleanup- Friday May 11, 2001 9:00am The beautiful memorial planting that our club did last year in front of Sylvester School needs to be tidied up a bit. Please come and lend a hand in sprucing up the island for Memorial Day. Fieldtrips- Friday May 18, 2001 There is an exciting fieldtrip planned to the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain. If you wish to join in on the fun, meet at the Hanover Bandstand @ 9:00am sharp on the morning of the fieldtrip and carpooling will be coordinated at that time. Come prepared to drive as the return time schedules and total #of individuals are unpredictable beforehand! This trip should to be lots of fun, as they all have been in the past. Geranium Sale- Sat. May 19th 9:00am @ Hanover Town Hall. Come by and purchase some beautiful geraniums at our annual Geranium Sale. This event is held at the same time as the Hanover Garden Club’s Plant Sale @ the Congregational Church Hall across the street (plan to be there by 8:45am or you’ll be waiting in a long line to get in). For those of you who pre-ordered your geraniums, you can pick them up on Friday evening May 18th between 4pm & 5:30pm at Nelson Copy Supply or Sat. morning at the Town Hall between 9am & 10:30am. Hypertufa Workshop- Thurs. May 24, 2001 10am @ Suzanne home at Elm Street in Hanover. A Planting Trough workshop is being offered in May. You will be walked through the process of mixing a concrete and peat moss mixture to create your own beautiful planting trough. This will be a messy, outdoor project. Please dress accordingly. The project should take 2-3 hours to complete and then your creation will need to sit at Suzanne’s house for approximately 6 weeks to cure. Materials for the concrete mixture will be provided. You will need to bring the following items: gloves (latex, surgical, dishwashing, disposable or something on that idea to protect your hands), a trowel for smoothing, a 2x2 piece of scrap lumber for underneath your planter for a base support, and a rubber/plastic container for your mold (This can be large or small, shallow or deep. This will become the shape of your finished planter. It must be sturdy, durable, heavy duty plastic/rubber to hold its shape. A Rubbermaid container or trash can cover are some suggestions.) You may want to bring a sandwich or snack and a drink. The price will only be to cover the cost of the materials and should be about $5-10. (A rain date of Fri. May 25, 2001 is planned.) Any questions, call June B. Relay For Life- Thank you to all who signed up to walk in the Relay For Life on June 8th and 9th. We are still accepting members if anyone is interested, please contact Rosemary S or Betsy J Please remember that the $10 commitment fee is due by May 15. This $10 fee counts toward the $100 that each member is encouraged to raise. Please mail your $10 check (American Cancer Society) to either Rosemary or Betsy or bring a check to the May 15th plant auction. Luminaria bags will be available at the May 15th meeting or you can pick them up earlier by contacting your team captains. We look forward to hearing from you. South Shore Natural Science Center Campership- The club is offering two $50 camperships towards a summer camp session at the South Shore Natural Science Center in Norwell for two children of our members. Names will be drawn from a hat. If you are interested, please contact Karen Pritchard by May 20th. Traffic Islands- Captains should be receiving a call prior to June 1st regarding the planting date for the traffic islands. Plant A Row For The Hungry- Again, this year we will be supporting the Plant A Row for the Hungry program, to which our club had successfully contributed many bountiful donations last year. This year, please think about planting an extra row or even a single plant in your vegetable garden for the food banks. June B. will be collecting and dropping off the food for us again this year. More details in the June Nutsy News. Thank you in advance! Attendance- Please be aware that we have only 2 more meetings left in our club year. Our bylaws require active members to attend at least 5 out of our annual ten meetings per year to continue their membership in good standing. If you think you have not met your attendance quota, please be sure to come to these next few meetings! Intent to resign- You intend to resign from the club, please do so in writing to the membership chairman. Interest Finders- You will find an Interest Finder in this mailing. Please take a moment to fill it out an put it with your checkbook to bring to the auction. The information that you provide will help the club to plan programs, speakers, workshops, fieldtrips, etc. that suit the needs and desires of our members. You will also be able to choose the committees that you would like to serve on. Otherwise, they will be chosen for you! Happy Planting !!! ~~~ Lorraine Leitch~~~
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