Hello Fellow Gardeners-
Well it looks like Winter is having its last Huzzah today with snowfall and wintery weather.
A few notes:
1. Fiskars sent us a letter thanking us for applying for their grant and reminding us to try again next year. As a further thank-you, they also are giving us 10% off any Fiskars tools that they carry. As a Garden Club Member or Friend, you are welcome to take advantage of this offer. I think we can buy items individually (not as a group), but will double-check on that information.
The website is www.fiskars.com and the letter contained the code needed for the discount.
2. Kris and Ed Jorolemon sent on this website for free sunflowers. It seems appropriate after attending the Sodus Garden Club lecture on bees.
"Check out this cool, important study at: www.greatsunflower.org
This project is through SF State where I am an alumni and will send you free seeds and directions to count the bees...a national survey. You do know our bee population is waning and is at very dangerous levels."
3. Our landscape design lecture went very well and was attended by approximately 16 people.
I have the handouts that were given out and am happy to share them. A few people have asked for handouts and feel free to let me know if you would like them also.
The Master Gardener Program coordinator, Laurie Van Norstrand, has offered their help with the greenspace. They are willing to work with us (and Mike Orr) to make sure we have the right mix of soil, plants, etc. We gave them a copy of our Fiskars proposal and, in just briefly looking it over, they came up with great questions for us to consider. I think it will be a good partnership for us to continue to develop as they have a lot of great resources for us to utilize.
4. The Christmas trees - it's the end of March and time for the trees to come out. I'm going to be out of town this weekend, but Eric and I are planning on going out on Monday, after work (around 6:30/7ish, I think). If anyone is available to help, it will make quick work of it.
Happy (indoor) Gardening!
Subrata
Friday, March 28, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
March information from GROW
Hello Fellow Gardeners -
Well yesterday was the First Day of Spring and, the snowfall notwithstanding, spring is marching this way.
1. With that in mind, I thought the following might interest you.
Enter to win one of three prize packages chock full of gardening goodies — each package has a retail value of $1,000 and includes an assortment of tools from Ames True Temper, product from The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, and a gift certificate to NGA's Garden Shop. Check off what type of gardening you do: home, community, or school, and fill in the rest of the fields. You may enter only one category. Enter by April 30.
I need to see what the requirements are for the community gardening portion - it may be a good fit for our Garden Club. But in the meantime, all of us home gardeners could participate and hopefully one of us will be a lucky winner.
2. Eric and I had the pleasure of attending the Sodus Garden Club's lecture on "All about Bees". Mary Moss-Sprague, a master gardener and an avid bee-keeper, gave an excellent lecture on honeybees, how we can entice them to our gardens and just a little bit about colony collapse. Afterwards we enjoyed refreshments (I think Eric and I ate our weight in delicious cookies) and had a chance to meet the gardeners in Sodus.
Eric is interested in starting up beekeeping again (he was involved when he was younger). If anyone else is interested, please talk to him at eric.herriman[at]xerox.com.
3. Eric and I attended the Learning Fair last Saturday. We showed off the Fiskar video, as some of our members were able to see. Penny brought her table-top photo gallery that drew people in and we got a good response from the parents who attended. All of our brochures were taken and three people signed up to receive further information about the Garden Club.
4. Eric spoke to Mike Orr about the greenspace. Mike plans to move forward with the greenspace and there is some money alloted for it. No meeting has been set up yet. If you are interested in being involved in the discussion, please talk to Eric at the above email/phone number.
5. Last (but definitely not least), a reminder about our March lecture on Tuesday, March 25th on Landscape Design. I had the pleasure to meet one of the speakers at the Learning Fair and this is going to be an amazing event. I will be sending a message to all our past attendees and I'm hopeful that we will have as good of a response as we did to the February event.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
Well yesterday was the First Day of Spring and, the snowfall notwithstanding, spring is marching this way.
1. With that in mind, I thought the following might interest you.
Enter to win one of three prize packages chock full of gardening goodies — each package has a retail value of $1,000 and includes an assortment of tools from Ames True Temper, product from The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, and a gift certificate to NGA's Garden Shop. Check off what type of gardening you do: home, community, or school, and fill in the rest of the fields. You may enter only one category. Enter by April 30.
I need to see what the requirements are for the community gardening portion - it may be a good fit for our Garden Club. But in the meantime, all of us home gardeners could participate and hopefully one of us will be a lucky winner.
2. Eric and I had the pleasure of attending the Sodus Garden Club's lecture on "All about Bees". Mary Moss-Sprague, a master gardener and an avid bee-keeper, gave an excellent lecture on honeybees, how we can entice them to our gardens and just a little bit about colony collapse. Afterwards we enjoyed refreshments (I think Eric and I ate our weight in delicious cookies) and had a chance to meet the gardeners in Sodus.
Eric is interested in starting up beekeeping again (he was involved when he was younger). If anyone else is interested, please talk to him at eric.herriman[at]xerox.com.
3. Eric and I attended the Learning Fair last Saturday. We showed off the Fiskar video, as some of our members were able to see. Penny brought her table-top photo gallery that drew people in and we got a good response from the parents who attended. All of our brochures were taken and three people signed up to receive further information about the Garden Club.
4. Eric spoke to Mike Orr about the greenspace. Mike plans to move forward with the greenspace and there is some money alloted for it. No meeting has been set up yet. If you are interested in being involved in the discussion, please talk to Eric at the above email/phone number.
5. Last (but definitely not least), a reminder about our March lecture on Tuesday, March 25th on Landscape Design. I had the pleasure to meet one of the speakers at the Learning Fair and this is going to be an amazing event. I will be sending a message to all our past attendees and I'm hopeful that we will have as good of a response as we did to the February event.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
Monday, March 17, 2008
Fiskars Grant Update
Dear Fellow Gardeners -
Well the news is in and, unfortunately, we were not one of the finalists for the Fiskars Grant. Here is a link with the final winners. http://www.fiskars.com/content/garden_en_us/Garden/community/project+orange+thumb. They had over 500 grant applications with over half of them being school organizations.
I want to thank everyone who took the time and energy to help us put this grant application together. It was a great experience to work with our community leaders and we put together a fabulous grant application. It was impressive that we were able to turn the application around in such a short period of time (less than a month from start to finish!), including the video of what we planned to do with the Green Space. I know, as we go forward, that future grant applications will get easier and we will be more successful.
The good news is the Mike Orr has always planned to move forward with the greenspace, regardless of whether we won the grant. The grant application will be a great jumping point for us to start working with Mike in building the greenspace for downtown Williamson.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
Well the news is in and, unfortunately, we were not one of the finalists for the Fiskars Grant. Here is a link with the final winners. http://www.fiskars.com/content/garden_en_us/Garden/community/project+orange+thumb. They had over 500 grant applications with over half of them being school organizations.
I want to thank everyone who took the time and energy to help us put this grant application together. It was a great experience to work with our community leaders and we put together a fabulous grant application. It was impressive that we were able to turn the application around in such a short period of time (less than a month from start to finish!), including the video of what we planned to do with the Green Space. I know, as we go forward, that future grant applications will get easier and we will be more successful.
The good news is the Mike Orr has always planned to move forward with the greenspace, regardless of whether we won the grant. The grant application will be a great jumping point for us to start working with Mike in building the greenspace for downtown Williamson.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
Friday, March 14, 2008
Upcoming Events - Cornell Cooperative Wayne County
Wednesday, March 19, at 7 p.m.: Join the Sodus Garden Club for apresentation "All About Bees" from Wayne County Master Gardener Mary Moss.She plans to cover the latest information on CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) and what it means on a local level as well as world-wide, thedifferentiation of bees that visit our gardens, what to do when you findany of them hanging around, how you can attract honeybees and bumblebees while keeping the nasty pests at bay, and the organization of honeybees inthe hive. Her presentation display will include color charts and prints,the major woodenware components of a hive body as well as a bee suit andother beekeeping paraphernalia.
Location: Sodus Parish Center
Thursday, March 20th from 11am to noon: a FREE presentation on growingfruit in home gardens. Lori Bushway from the Cornell University Horticulture Department will discuss growing different types of small fruit with a focus on bramblesand blueberries. There will be time for your questions as well!
Location: Wayne County Cooperative Extension, 1581 Rte 88 North, Newark
Please call (315) 331-8415 to reserve your spot.
Tuesday, March 25th at 7pm: Join the Williamson Garden Club for apresentation from Wayne County Master Gardeners, Bonny Gordon and Jim Oliver. Learn about reclaiming overgrown foundation plantings and blending them with other plants to create a landscape that you’ll be able to enjoy for years to come.
Location: Williamson Public Library
Saturday, May 10th from 8:00 am to noon: Master Gardener Plant Sale (plants provided by local nurseries and from Master Gardener’s private collections)
Location: Wayne County Cooperative Extension, 1581 Rte 88 North, Newark
Location: Sodus Parish Center
Thursday, March 20th from 11am to noon: a FREE presentation on growingfruit in home gardens. Lori Bushway from the Cornell University Horticulture Department will discuss growing different types of small fruit with a focus on bramblesand blueberries. There will be time for your questions as well!
Location: Wayne County Cooperative Extension, 1581 Rte 88 North, Newark
Please call (315) 331-8415 to reserve your spot.
Tuesday, March 25th at 7pm: Join the Williamson Garden Club for apresentation from Wayne County Master Gardeners, Bonny Gordon and Jim Oliver. Learn about reclaiming overgrown foundation plantings and blending them with other plants to create a landscape that you’ll be able to enjoy for years to come.
Location: Williamson Public Library
Saturday, May 10th from 8:00 am to noon: Master Gardener Plant Sale (plants provided by local nurseries and from Master Gardener’s private collections)
Location: Wayne County Cooperative Extension, 1581 Rte 88 North, Newark
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Landscape Design: Reclaim and Recreate
LANDSCAPE DESIGN: RECLAIM AND RECREATE
Every landscape is made up of a variety of plants: from trees to perennials and annuals to grasses.
A truly beautiful yard needs a design that blends these elements together.
Join the Williamson Garden Club for a presentation from Wayne County Master Gardeners, Bonny Gordon and Jim Oliver. Learn about reclaiming overgrown foundation plantings and blending them with other plants to create a landscape you'll be able to enjoy for years to come.
This lecture will be on Tuesday, March 25th at the Williamson Public Library, 6380 Route 21, Williamson, NY at 7:00 P.M. This event is free and open to the local community and general public.
For more information, call Subrata Paul at grow14589@gmail.com or check http://grow-thewilliamsongardenclub.blogspot.com/. Pre-registration is not required.
Every landscape is made up of a variety of plants: from trees to perennials and annuals to grasses.
A truly beautiful yard needs a design that blends these elements together.
Join the Williamson Garden Club for a presentation from Wayne County Master Gardeners, Bonny Gordon and Jim Oliver. Learn about reclaiming overgrown foundation plantings and blending them with other plants to create a landscape you'll be able to enjoy for years to come.
This lecture will be on Tuesday, March 25th at the Williamson Public Library, 6380 Route 21, Williamson, NY at 7:00 P.M. This event is free and open to the local community and general public.
For more information, call Subrata Paul at grow14589@gmail.com or check http://grow-thewilliamsongardenclub.blogspot.com/. Pre-registration is not required.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Sodus Garden Club - "All About Bees"
The Sodus Garden Club
Special program to prepare for Spring Gardening!
"All about Bees" presented by Mary Moss, Master Gardener.
Wednesday, March 19th, at 7pm.
Parish Center-Church of the Epiphany, West Main & Newark St., Sodus.
For more info: 483-4740. It looks to be a very interesting lecture.
Special program to prepare for Spring Gardening!
"All about Bees" presented by Mary Moss, Master Gardener.
Wednesday, March 19th, at 7pm.
Parish Center-Church of the Epiphany, West Main & Newark St., Sodus.
For more info: 483-4740. It looks to be a very interesting lecture.
March Events and Updates
Hi Fellow Gardeners!
Just an update before our members meeting in mid-March.
1. No news on the Fiskars Grant yet but we will let you know as soon as we hear.
In the meantime, we came across a grant for a Mantis Tiller. It had a really quick turnaround (March 1st) so Eric and I (with help from our advisor, Penny) pulled something together and sent it off on Friday. If you want information on it, check this out http://www.kidsgardening.com/grants/mantis-criteria.asp.
If you come across other grants that you think might be of interest, please let us know.
2. The Sodus Garden Club sent an invite for their March lecture. "All about Bees" presented by Mary Moss, Master Gardener. Wednesday, March 19th, at 7pm. Parish Center-Church of the Epiphany, West Main & Newark St., Sodus. For more info: 483-4740. It looks to be a very interesting lecture.
3. At our upcoming members meeting on March, I thought we could talk about
- Spring planting/Town Planters
- Chamber of Commerce membership
- Gateway to Pultneyville - Garden Project
- Friends of the Garden Club - we got our first Friend!
- Learning Fair
- High school students
- Peony catalog offer
If you have other thing to discuss, let me know and I'll add them to the agenda.
I'll send a reminder closer to our members meeting.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
Just an update before our members meeting in mid-March.
1. No news on the Fiskars Grant yet but we will let you know as soon as we hear.
In the meantime, we came across a grant for a Mantis Tiller. It had a really quick turnaround (March 1st) so Eric and I (with help from our advisor, Penny) pulled something together and sent it off on Friday. If you want information on it, check this out http://www.kidsgardening.com/grants/mantis-criteria.asp.
If you come across other grants that you think might be of interest, please let us know.
2. The Sodus Garden Club sent an invite for their March lecture. "All about Bees" presented by Mary Moss, Master Gardener. Wednesday, March 19th, at 7pm. Parish Center-Church of the Epiphany, West Main & Newark St., Sodus. For more info: 483-4740. It looks to be a very interesting lecture.
3. At our upcoming members meeting on March, I thought we could talk about
- Spring planting/Town Planters
- Chamber of Commerce membership
- Gateway to Pultneyville - Garden Project
- Friends of the Garden Club - we got our first Friend!
- Learning Fair
- High school students
- Peony catalog offer
If you have other thing to discuss, let me know and I'll add them to the agenda.
I'll send a reminder closer to our members meeting.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
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