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OCTOBER 22^nd (Saturday)

TIME:  Bandstand at 9 AM

Going to have stops at each of Luddams Ford, Indian River, Bridge on Old Washington, and Hanover Four Corners.

The first meeting with Guest lecturer Kristen Hand, was a great success. Those who attended October meeting were able to see some of the finished work on the Gipsy display.

WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR THIS YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO GO TO ANY MEETINGS. WE NEED A LIST OF INTERESTED MEMBERS TO USE FOR THE GROUP MAILING DATABASE.

PLEASE SIGN-UP WITH ROSEMARY SAMPSON WITH YOUR NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE (click here to sign up).

HELPERS NEEDED

Monday, Oct. 24th @ 10:00AM Cancelled due to rain, watch for new date as weather clears.

Anyone who can help “dig in” the plant sale pots should go to 426 Plain Street. Wear old garden boots. The area was roto tilled and is mushy. Bring gloves. If you cannot dig I also need one lister/labeler to help Leslie Murphy. Many hands make light work.

JUNIOR GARDENERS

SPOOKY HAYRIDE PARTY 

NEW DATE OCTOBER 30th

Halloween Party, pumpkin carving or decorating and spooky hay ride at Teri Mallory and Norm Cedarstrom's home in Norwell. Bring your kids & grandchildren. You don’t have to be signed up for Juniors to attend this party.

NEW DATE OCTOBER 30th  October 23^rd was canceled due to weather 

TIME: open from 12-4, note that Juniors gather to carve or decorate their pumpkins at approx. 1:00PM

LOCATION: 43 Farm Hill Lane Norwell. (see yearbook for phone number)

MATERIALS NEEDED: Bring pumpkin, vegetables that don’t rot quickly, skewers, clippers and anything you think would look nice (gourd with long end make the BEST nose) If you intend to carve instead of decorate, it would be helpful (but not necessary) to hollow out the pumpkin at home.

Paint, paintbrushes, & carving utensils provided.

Refreshments served.

We have nut allergies in this group so if you can, bring a NUT FREE FOOD DONATION, and label it.

Bring your camera, no excuses!

Juniors’ Chair is Helen Mischler, with Michelle Hardy, Marie Sisk and Fel Cullen helping. Please support them in this event.

Take Main Street into Norwell (Main becomes High St). Shortly past the Assinippi Park entrance is the over pass. Farm Hill Lane is on the right. All the way to the end of this road is Teri’s home.

NEXT GENERAL MEETING

PRESIDENTS NIGHT GALA

This special even only happens every other year so don’t miss it.

DATE: NOVEMBER 1st

TIME: 7:30 PM

at: CUSHING HALL, NORWELL

SPEAKER- Shirley Minott will be presenting “Deck the Halls”, showing everyone how to make special Christmas arrangements for their homes. Also invited are all thirty of the South Shore Presidents along with our GCFM state President, our current District Director and many of our Past District Directors, with three having been from our club.

No WHGC members are allowed to bring guests to this meeting because of space limitations. It is imperative that you carpool with as many members as you can. Parking is tight.

Everyone is expected to bring an appetizer or finger dessert to the meeting. Please label the serving dish and the item, especially if it contains nuts or seafood. To compliment the theme please use a serving dish that is clear, chrome, or silver. No gold tones please. Co-Chairs Mugsie Sarson and Louise Sironi have the signup in case you have forgotten what you signed up for.

DIRECTIONS: take Rte. 53 N/S to Rte 123 E to Norwell Center (3.1 mi). Just past the town green on the right, Cushing Hall will be on your left. Large brick building with palladium windows. It is on the corner of Main St and Central St. Limited parking is in the back. DO NOT BLOCK THE FIRE DEPT ENTRANCE.

GARDENERS’ PALATE

It is expected that they will have arrived in time for the presidents Night meeting. The first 250 orders will receive a free book stand that holds the book open at  a angle  making it easy to read.

The books are $18.00 each and will have over 525 recipies included, along with cooking tips.

As you know, WHGC members are expected to support our fundraising endevors by purschasing at least one cookbook.

HAVE YOUR CHECK READY, MADE OUT TO WHGC, TO SAVE  TIME. We expect a large crowd at this meeting and need to move quickly. If you cannot make the Presidents Night gala and want to order a book, please call Louise Sironi at 781-826-8421 to reserve your copies.

2^nd TOPIARY WORKSHOP

DATE: NOVEMBER 5th 10:00 AM

LOCATION: THEME GARDEN, ROUTE 53 PEMBROKE. RIGHT AFTER BLOOMING PLACE.

COST: $20.00, COLLECTED THERE, CASH PLEASE.

The first workshop at Theme Gardens was so successful we are having another on Saturday, November 5^th. Rich Poole and Suzanne Mahoney will start promptly at 10AM. Cost is $20 to cover the Alberta Spruce. Call Suzanne Mahoney to sign up. Bring an inexpensive pair of clippers and scissors (they get gunky) and a few yards of ribbon to use for spiral topiaries.  Show your spirit and wear your visor! SIGN UP NOW, click here>. Gina Kmito has the list. Sign up for one of the shapes, offered are spiral, pom pom or “cloud” designs.

NEW INFORMATION

GRAPEVINE WORKSHOP AT SUZANNE MAHONEY'S

DATE: NOVEMBER 10th at 10AM   with a raindate of NOVEMBER 11th.

LOCATION: 150 ELM STREET, HANOVER

THIS IS A NEW WORKSHOP ITEM ADDED TO THE HOLIDAY WORKSHOP IN DECEMBER ---BUT--- YOU NEED TO GO TO THIS PRELIMINARY WORKSHOP TO CUT THE GRAPEVINES AND MAKE THE BASE TO HAVE FOR THE DECEMBER DATE. Bring gloves, clippers, wire.

NEXT BOARD MEETING

NOVEMBER 22^nd, 7:30 PM @ Phoenix Lodge.

STETSON HOUSE CHRISTMAS AND HCAS CONCERT

DATE: DECEMBER 2

6:30-8PM Preview Party

Ticket also includes:

8 PM Harbour Choral Arts Society Concert @ St. Mary’s Church & dessert reception following @ Congregational Church Hall.

DATE: 12/3-12/5 Stetson House public viewing, FREE. Sat & Sun 1-4

Monday 7-9

Pam Ferguson Chair, Suzanne Fox, Christine Hoadley, Donna Kirby, Gina Kmito, Laura McFarland, and Marie Sisk will be decorating the dining room. The theme this year is “Deck the Halls”. Tickets for the PREVIEW PARTY and concert available at the clerks office at Town Hall and Nobles @ $ 10 each.

YEAR OF THE DOGWOOD

We did not get enough signups to make this project workable. We will keep it in mind for another year.

PLANT SALE

DIG DAY

DECEMBER HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WORKSHOP 

DATE: DECEMBER 6th AT 7 pm

LOCATION:  CEDAR SCHOOL, CEDAR ST. 

The boxwood greens are supplied by the club, included in prices. You should bring any other greens you intend to use. Do not use  hemlock, they drop their needles too quickly. If you collect princess pine do not pull it from the ground, clip it. It is no longer on the endangered list but save the root anyway. Bring extra greens for the community pile so there is an assortment. *Bring a large plate or cardboard bottom of a soda case to transport the living wreath( oasis may crack if you don't provide firm base), large box for boxwood tree.

Bring clippers and scissors. If you intend to learn to make “good” bows bring ribbon (wired ribbon is best) and floral wire too. You can buy the wire at any craft store like Michaels or AC Moore.

QUESTIONS: Suzanne Fox (see yearbook or mailed version of NN for phone number)

                  Gina Kmito 

                  Leslie Murphy jlja@comcast.net (husband sleeps in daytime, use email for Leslie)

Garden Therapy

Glenda Larson is prepared for all four of the Legion Housing projects but may need additional help at the Council On Aging workshops.

Contact Glenda Larson if you are available:

1.      Dec. 8^th @ Grange Hall- COA NOTE CHANGE IN DATE. Mailed version had a misprint.

2.      Spring workshop TBA @ Grange Hall for COA

 

“BOOKS IN BLOOM”

BENCH INSTALLATION AT JOHN CURTIS LIBRARY

A long awaited installation of the bench at the John Curtis Library is done to WHGC and Hanover GC’s specifications, approved by the trustees of the library.

For new members who don’t know about our “Books In Bloom” fundraiser, it can be seen on our website, Books In Bloom (click to go directly). Be sure to stop by to view the bench, chosen by Karen Pritchard who chaired the committee, Shirley Minott who was the Design Chair and Linda Oman who was president while this massive project was planned and set forth. The style and material look perfect in the natural setting, blending with the granite and brickwork already outside the Children’s “Egg Room” in the lower level. We would like to thank Sue and Jim Vaille of Village Green Landscaping for the job well done!

CHAIRPERSONS’ INFORMATION AVAILABLE

If you are a committee chair and do not have the guideline form please contact Sandra Woodward or Louise Sironi.  

NEW MEMBERS’ ASSIGNMENTS

TO COMMITTEES & HOSTESSING

New members came in after committees had been set up so you may not be assigned to a committee you picked. The new assignments will be made before the next meeting and will be passed out at Presidents Night to the new members, captains and committee chairs. If you are a new member and initiated a call to a captain to join their team please let Sandra Woodward know so you wont be assigned elsewhere. If you are a captain and need more help please respond.

ART IN BLOOM

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

If you are interested in doing a floral design at this spring event please contact Suzanne Fox for consideration.

BASKETS NEEDED

Glenda Larson needs donations of your left over baskets for their May basket projects. She would especially appreciate baskets 10-12” across and about 4” deep, with liners. If you work please ask your workplace if you can save the containers left over after flowers have passed. Glenda will take liners separately to match with baskets without liners. Please check your garage and basement to see if you can donate anything. This happens every year so always save them for Garden Therapy.

Also, the “teapot” containers used at the banquet could be recycled for the Junior Gardeners. If you won one of the centerpieces and no longer want the container please donate it.

INKJET CARTRIDGES OLD CELL PHONES

TONER CARTRIDGES

WHGC has special bar coded envelopes and boxes to send out used cartridges and cell phones to be recycled properly. We receive funds for this at the same time as we save the environment. These are displayed with our fundraising items. Take as many as you want, pass them to your friends and co-workers.

GCFM Events Offered

FALL CONFERENCE

of Garden Club Federation of MA

Wednesday, October 26^th

For those who purchased tickets to this you will be happy to hear that Shirley Minottt will be receiving the Pauline Bowden silver teapot for her excellent showing at the Topsfield Fair, Design Division of a Standard Flower Show.

WALLACK LECTURE

The tickets have just come out for the famous Ruth Wallack fundraiser for GCFM scholarships. This “Dutch Treat” design lecture is by Els Teunissen, International Dutch designer. Wallack events are only held once a year and is a must see. It is an international flower designer, and a very impressive event. If you intend to go please tell Suzanne Fox so we can set up carpools. Although it is in May, they sell out quickly so see Marie Sisk for tickets.

COST:  $15.00 before 2/1

DATE:   May 17 (Wednesday)

TIME:   morning

LOCATION: REGIS COLLEGE

PEOPLE, PLACES, PLANTS

Gardening Magazine discount Subscription form. This discount price will only be offered to subscribers until December. You can place an order for 1 year at $24.95 or 2 years for $44.95.

With each order a donation is made to Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts. Do not use your renewal form to get this discount. We have special forms.

APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE SE STATE CONTESTS

JUNIOR YOUTH POSTER CONTEST for Pre-school and Kindergarten through 6^th grade.

Anyone on the Junior Division Committee should look at this to see if it would be of interest to our Juniors.

“Create a Beautiful Tapestry”

SMOKEY BEAR & WOODSY OWL POSTER CONTEST- Grades 1-5. $100 US Saving Bond for 1^st place winner for each grade level and Grand Prize is a trip to Washington, DC with round trip airfare for four and two nights stay in a hotel.

POETRY CONTEST Kindergarten through Ninth Grade. And special education Kindergarten through Ninth grade.” Create a Beautiful Tapestry”

HIGH SCHOOL ESSAY CONTEST Embrace the Earth, Our Garden. For High School students. Prize at Nation level is $1,000 scholarship.

HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH CONTEST “A Patriotic Garden”. Prize at Nation level is $1,000 scholarship. State level prize is $200.

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