Dear Fellow Garden Club Members,
I think I speak for everyone who attended when I say that the October 3 meeting was a great success! Howland Blackiston was a fascinating speaker who discussed honeybees, their habits and the probable reasons for their decline. Who knew bees were quite so fascinating? And thank you to Mikey Hirschoff, who gamely agreed to be the first committee chair to run one of our pre-meeting workshops. We had a chance to look at some pretty wonderful and interesting photographs, taken in gardens and during travels, from many of our members. I hope we’ll have an opportunity to have this relaxed sharing of photos again.
Despite the fact that the October meeting is over, we still have lots of opportunities to get together this month. All members are asked to lend a hand at Phelps Triangle, either Saturday, October 15 or Monday October 17, from 9:00 until noon. We’re spiffing up the Triangle so it will look its absolute best when Zone II meeting participants tour it on October 26. If you have any questions, please contact Cordalie Benoit at 203-624-6737 or cordalie.benoit@aya.yale.edu.
We’ll be welcoming approximately 75 GCA members from across Connecticut, Rhode Island and other parts of the country at the Zone II meeting on October 26th and 27th. As the chair of the meeting, Carol Ross has done an outstanding job pulling together millions of details and we both hope that each member will play some role in making this gathering a dazzling success. Please contact Carol if you haven’t yet signed up for a job: 203-624-9423 or carolfross@sbcglobal.net. Vicki Arkins, co-chair of the meeting’s Flower Show is also looking for volunteers; please contact Vicki at 203-397-9513 or TAR7453906@aol.com. The flower show is open to the public, so be sure to invite friends and neighbors to stop by the Lawn Club on Wednesday, the 26th from noon to 6:00pm and Thursday, the 27th from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm. Finally, the program culminates with an Awards Lunch on the 27th at the Lawn Club; all of our members are welcome and encouraged to come. The cost is $30.00; let Carol know if you’d like to join us. The Zone II meeting, which our club hosts once every twenty years, promises to be fun, informative and an exceptional chance to show off our city – you won’t want to miss being a part of it.
I would like to sincerely thank Louise Carter again for her gracious generosity in setting up “The Louise B. Carter Lecture” in January, when Paige Dickey will discuss Revisiting the Garden at Duck Hill. This contribution is especially meaningful coming from Louise, a lover of words, books, gardening and our club.
As you’ll see from our jammed-packed new directory, we have a terrific line up of programs this year. Plus, our committee chairs have worked hard over the summer to put together workshops and information sessions which will be both helpful and intriguing. Along with coming to our general meetings, please do sign up and join a committee – or two. I look forward to seeing you many times this month and throughout the year.
Warmest regards,
Susan
PS Although October is very busy month for us, there is still much to do in our gardens. One new book that I’m quite smitten with is Planting the Dry Shade Garden by Graham Rice. Dry shade is something I continually struggle with and Mr. Rice, who writes transatlanticplantsman.typepad.com, a blog where he discusses gardening in England and in Pennsylvania, is extremely knowledgeable about horticulture. I’m depending on him to help me with those bald patches in my garden!
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