Our April Meeting
We met April 1st and enjoyed a great presentation by Steve Johnson on Perennials. Once again our Hostesses Lois and Pat did a super job of keeping us well fed and happy! After the presentation we had a business roundtable meeting and filled in the nominations for our next years officers.
Pat McGonigle has agreed to organize our Summer Garden tour which is scheduled for June 22 from 10Am until 3PM. You can call Pat at 267-246-0563 if you have any questions about the tour. The tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the Silver Lake Nature Center from 10Am until noon on the day of the tour.
Nanette will organize our donations to the Silver Lake Nature Center flea market which is going to be on June 21st. Members are encouraged to search through their closets to come up with things to contribute to our table.
We are planning our first Gourd Fest and competition for November and members shared gourd seeds with each other. I added a link to Amish Gourds that is full of information on growing, drying and decorating gourds.
Eileen, Cathy R and Joann attended the Tree Tenders course and we received a bucket of brand new tools for the club at the completion of the class. These tools are awesome and include a shovel, pruners, a saw, lopping shears and a new cultivator-trowel combination. Come to our next work party and you can try them out!!
We have had 2 Butterfly/Hummingbird Garden clean ups and the gardens are looking good for the Spring. More clean up/planting will be scheduled weather permitting.
Our next meeting is May 6th and the topic will be “Organic Gardening and Companion Planting” with Bonnie Oliver and Jim Schmidt. The meeting starts at 7Pm and visitors are always welcome!
Questions or comments please write to Joanncos@comcast.net