NEXT MEETING PRESIDENT’S NIGHT

November 6, 2007, 7:30 PM please note the change in location to Riley Hall, across the street from the Congregational Church.

This President’s Night meeting we will also celebrate our 40th anniversary as a club. Refreshment sign up sheets were circulated so please remember to bring the food you have signed up for (the evening’s color theme is ruby and white). Use you prettiest plates and be sure to mark your name on the plate bottom. Try to arrive a bit early so the food can be set out before the official 7:30 start time. his meeting promises a high attendance level as the speaker; Mary Huntoon is a popular award winning arranger.

BOARD MEETING November 20, 2007, 7:30 PM, Phoenix Lodge

DECEMBER MEETING WORKSHOP

At the November meeting, a sign-up sheet listing the projects offered at the December workshop will be circulated.

There are 2 prices:

                                    Members      Guests

Boxwood Tree              $20                 $23

Topiary with base         $15                 $18

    “        your base        $12                 $15

Living Wreath               $12                 $15

Odaptor Ring               $10                 $13

Swag                            $12                 $15

Grapevine Tree             $5                   $8

Grapevine Wreath        $5                   $8

Please bring your checkbooks, as all payments are due when you sign up. Plan to bring greens to use in all arrangements  except boxwood & topiary trees. GUESTS are welcome. Tell your guests they are also asked to bring greens for the community pile. Sign up forms can be cut from the back of this newsletter or you may print them yourself when you receive this newsletter via Internet.  If time permits, you can make more than one item, or bring mechanics home to complete. All selections must be ordered and paid at the  November meeting. Dates to collect grapevines to make trees and wreaths will be announced  at the November meeting.

MEMBERSHIP

Please welcome 3 new members and 1 returning member: Dee Casey from (Greenbush) Scituate, Christina Dahlstrom from Hanover, Judy Liuzzo 

from Rockland and returning member Doug Litchfield from (Greenbush) Scituate. Please be sure to say hello at the next meeting.

STETSON HOUSE CHRISTMAS

Marie Sisk and her committee will be decorating the dining room, back hall and stairs. The Christmas Past theme will be used throughout the house and will feature many favorite elements of this 25-year holiday tradition. The preview date is Friday November 30, and the open house dates are December 1-3, 2007. It is not too late to work with the two groups decorating these areas. Call Marie at:  to join the fun.

GARDEN THERAPY REMINDER

Garden therapy committee members note: The meeting dates for this year’s seasonal projects are:

Legion Housing Community Room, Spring Street, 9:45, Wednesday, December 12.

Council on Aging, King Street, 12:45 Friday December 14.

Our Hanover Seniors really appreciate this program according to chairman, Glenda Larson. In addition to committee members, Glenda welcomes any club member willing to lend a hand and help out at the Christmas workshops or any of the other workshop dates offered. If you can help, call Glenda at .

 

BREAST CARE CENTER / South Shore Hospital

November:      5-Kristi Oliviera, 12-Linda Boddie,  19-Cindy Trubiano,  26-Kathy Murray

December:  3-Diane Sawin,  10-Fel Cullen,  17-Marie Sisk

Sign up sheets for next year will be available at the next meetings. 

ART IN BLOOM

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has scheduled its annual gala for April 26-29 2008. The closing date for garden club registration is December 3. Please contact President, Louise Sironi  if you are interested in designing a floral composition for this event. 

WHGC PLANT SALE 2008

The club’s major fundraiser will be a plant sale located at Riley Hall, scheduled for June 14, 2008. The Hanover Garden Club will now hold their Plant Sale every other year, with 2008 being their off year -- our sale in June will be the only sale in town! Chairman Liz Fallon will be coordinating the sale, so stay tuned for ongoing information.

If you dig and divide now, your donations will be ready for the sale and you will be free to ‘play’ in your own garden next spring. Just set aside everything you dig & pot then cover with a mulch of leaves or pine needles.

 

               

WHGC Spring Field Trip at Quackin’ Grass Nursery, Brooklyn CT