Hello Gardeners!
I hope that everyone is enjoying the gorgeous weather! My peonies are blooming like crazy and my roses are looking pretty good.
The Garden Club is planning to provide monthly garden tours for our members this summer. If you are interested in joining or learning more about our Garden Club, please let me know. Eric (the President of the Garden Club) and I are going to have the first tour at our house. Our Members Meeting will be on Wednesday, June 22nd, 7pm at our house. We'll start off with a brief tour of our gardens and follow-up with our meeting.
Our June lecture, June 29th, at 7pm, at the Williamson Library. It is going to be on the Emerald Ash Borer. Laurie Van Norstrand is going to show us how to identify infestation, what the borer looks like and what steps can be taken to fight this problem. She is very knowledgeable and helpful and it looks to be an excellent lecture. As always, our lectures are free and open to the public.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
2011 Garden Club Schedule
Hello Gardeners -
I don't know about you but I think I can smell Spring in the Air. Pretty soon we'll be able to sink our hands into our gardens and start planting and growing things!
Our members meetings are on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. As mentioned earlier, Eric and my work schedules have changed pretty drastically. For our non-snowbirds, please let me know by Friday if you can attend on 3/16. If we don't have enough attendees, I will plan cancelling the meeting and sending information by email.
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Pull out your calendars as we have a number of great lectures coming up! The Master Gardeners from Wayne County Cornell Cooperative are providing their services as guest lecturers.
MARCH - 3/23, 7pm, Williamson Library - Vegetable Gardening
APRIL - 4/27, 7pm, Location TBD - Landscape Design
MAY - 5/14 - Apple Blossom Festival,
5/28 - Possible Garden Sale (to be discussed further)
Downtown planting
JUNE - 6/29, 7pm, Williamson Library - Emerald Ash Borer
JULY - 7/27, 7pm Williamson Library - Moonlight Gardens
7/16 - Pultneyville Homecoming (to be discussed further)
AUGUST - 8/24, 7pm, Williamson Library - Beginning Bonsai
SEPTEMBER - 9/28, 7pm, Williamson Library - Hands-on Terrariums (we'll be creating terrariums)
9/17 - Pultneyville Garage Sale
OCTOBER - 10/26, 7pm, Williamson Library - Stone Wall Construction
NOVEMBER - 11/12 or 11/19 - planting Christmas Trees
DECEMBER - date TBD.
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I am hoping to set up some Garden Tours as well as members-only hands-on classes (such as the wreath-making and hypertufa classes of last year). If you'd like to volunteer your garden or skills, let me know.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
I don't know about you but I think I can smell Spring in the Air. Pretty soon we'll be able to sink our hands into our gardens and start planting and growing things!
Our members meetings are on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. As mentioned earlier, Eric and my work schedules have changed pretty drastically. For our non-snowbirds, please let me know by Friday if you can attend on 3/16. If we don't have enough attendees, I will plan cancelling the meeting and sending information by email.
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Pull out your calendars as we have a number of great lectures coming up! The Master Gardeners from Wayne County Cornell Cooperative are providing their services as guest lecturers.
MARCH - 3/23, 7pm, Williamson Library - Vegetable Gardening
APRIL - 4/27, 7pm, Location TBD - Landscape Design
MAY - 5/14 - Apple Blossom Festival,
5/28 - Possible Garden Sale (to be discussed further)
Downtown planting
JUNE - 6/29, 7pm, Williamson Library - Emerald Ash Borer
JULY - 7/27, 7pm Williamson Library - Moonlight Gardens
7/16 - Pultneyville Homecoming (to be discussed further)
AUGUST - 8/24, 7pm, Williamson Library - Beginning Bonsai
SEPTEMBER - 9/28, 7pm, Williamson Library - Hands-on Terrariums (we'll be creating terrariums)
9/17 - Pultneyville Garage Sale
OCTOBER - 10/26, 7pm, Williamson Library - Stone Wall Construction
NOVEMBER - 11/12 or 11/19 - planting Christmas Trees
DECEMBER - date TBD.
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I am hoping to set up some Garden Tours as well as members-only hands-on classes (such as the wreath-making and hypertufa classes of last year). If you'd like to volunteer your garden or skills, let me know.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
February Minutes
Hello Gardeners!
What a gorgeous day! I hope that you get a chance to go outside and enjoy the sun a little bit. This weather makes me want to start digging into the soil and plant things right away - or at least pull out my catalogs and start planning my gardens.
We had a small group of people for our February meeting. Due to time constraints for Eric and myself, I have two requests:
1. I'm going to ask people to let me know if they can attend the members meeting. If we don't have a large enough group, I may cancel the meeting and we can try to discuss outstanding issues by email.
2. I need a volunteer who can call the library every month to schedule the room for the third Wednesday of the month. Please let me know if you can take on that responsibility. We can't reserve the room ahead of time, it needs to be done on a month-to-month basis.
Here are the notes from our meeting:
February Garden Club Minutes
1. Lifetime membership sounds good (suggested $200 for lifetime membership). What about a corporate rate -- $500 or $1000. Did we want to set up an annual corporate amount?
The Garden Club brand is popular enough to Williamson and we have done enough projects to raise our profile.
Give businesses a certificate once they are a corporate sponsor for the garden club.
Did we want to provide signage at table? – at Apple Blossom Festival
At Pultneyville Garage Sale
2. We received a call from Martha Stewart Inc. On the 1st of March, she is doing a garden special and is wondering if we (members of the garden club) wanted to be in the audience for the presentation. Her show tapes in New York City.
Calling All Gardeners! March
Do you spend hours tilling the perfect spot for your vegetable garden? Do you enjoy picking the perfect perennials to complement your yard? We're filling our Garden Show audience with gardeners of all kinds -- vegetable gardeners, flower growers, and more! If you're interested in requesting tickets, please tell us about your garden and why you would like to be a part of this special audience.
Request Tickets for This Show - http://www.marthastewart.com/get-tickets#gardeners
If you sign up to attend, please let us know. We're trying to figure out a way to have a t-shirt or something made so that the Garden Club's name appears on TV.
3. Monthly lectures okayed (dates okayed – presenters still be finalized)
ACTION ITEMS:
- Perry - starting the publicity of those (church organizations, etc.)
- Penny – work on the posters for the events
Question: Did we want to do a generic poster for the 3rd wednesday, members meeting and 4th Wednesday for lectures and then post them at the libraries and offices/business?
4.Lectures from Cornell Cooperative Program
a. Protecting and Enhancing Your Woodlot: Advice for Landowners
Saturday, March 12, 2011, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
This program will be held at Wayne County Cooperative Extension, 1581 State Route 88 Newark NY
Registration fee of $10 includes the workshop and printed copy of reference material.
Your woodlot is a valuable resource, providing both a place for recreation and the potential for a financial return. This workshop will show you how to protect your woodlot from both human and natural threats, and offer you ways to maintain a healthy and productive woodlot. Topics will include how to avoid timber theft and poor logging practices, how to recognize various invasive species and the effects they can have on a woodlot, how to develop a management plan, and what resources are available to help landowners practice good silviculture on their woodlots.
Registration deadline is March 5th 2011. To register, send your $10.00 payment along with your name, address and phone number to: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County, 1581 Rte 88 N, Newark, NY 14513
b. Controlling Invasive Species is an outdoor hands-on session and will run from 9am to noon on Saturday, May 21st at a woodlot in Sodus.
We'll cover identification and control options for invasive species in the woodlot and introduce participants to crop tree management, a forestry method well suited for owners of small woodlots. This session is intended to build on our March 12th program but you need not have attended to register for this session. Registration is $10.00
To register for either session send your payment along with your name address and phone number to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County, 1581 Rte 88N, Newark, NY 14513
Any additional questions please call (315)-331-8415 or e-mail mgwayne@cornell.edu
5. Ontario Library Garden Series – Along with the butterfly garden lecture next week, Ontario is having garden lectures in March and April. Please call them to register.
6. If you have tarps, please bring along to put on the floor for next week’s lecture. Does anyone have seed starting mix to donate or seeds to donate?
7. Penny: please bring sandwich board
8. Business card/seed packet.
Liked the idea but the price was too high. Suggestion – buy seed packets and order business cards from vista or similar. Need to discuss type of seeds, etc.
9. We would like to take out the trees while the weather is nice. Let me know if you are available to do that and we can send a note to everyone who is available. We will leave our truck available for scott or whoever to drop the trees off.
10. The soil and conservation district forever green tree program has a website with a color catalog www.lakeontario.net/swed
Orders by March 20. Pickup april 7 and 8 8338 Ridge Rd East in Alton.
That's all for now
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
What a gorgeous day! I hope that you get a chance to go outside and enjoy the sun a little bit. This weather makes me want to start digging into the soil and plant things right away - or at least pull out my catalogs and start planning my gardens.
We had a small group of people for our February meeting. Due to time constraints for Eric and myself, I have two requests:
1. I'm going to ask people to let me know if they can attend the members meeting. If we don't have a large enough group, I may cancel the meeting and we can try to discuss outstanding issues by email.
2. I need a volunteer who can call the library every month to schedule the room for the third Wednesday of the month. Please let me know if you can take on that responsibility. We can't reserve the room ahead of time, it needs to be done on a month-to-month basis.
Here are the notes from our meeting:
February Garden Club Minutes
1. Lifetime membership sounds good (suggested $200 for lifetime membership). What about a corporate rate -- $500 or $1000. Did we want to set up an annual corporate amount?
The Garden Club brand is popular enough to Williamson and we have done enough projects to raise our profile.
Give businesses a certificate once they are a corporate sponsor for the garden club.
Did we want to provide signage at table? – at Apple Blossom Festival
At Pultneyville Garage Sale
2. We received a call from Martha Stewart Inc. On the 1st of March, she is doing a garden special and is wondering if we (members of the garden club) wanted to be in the audience for the presentation. Her show tapes in New York City.
Calling All Gardeners! March
Do you spend hours tilling the perfect spot for your vegetable garden? Do you enjoy picking the perfect perennials to complement your yard? We're filling our Garden Show audience with gardeners of all kinds -- vegetable gardeners, flower growers, and more! If you're interested in requesting tickets, please tell us about your garden and why you would like to be a part of this special audience.
Request Tickets for This Show - http://www.marthastewart.com/get-tickets#gardeners
If you sign up to attend, please let us know. We're trying to figure out a way to have a t-shirt or something made so that the Garden Club's name appears on TV.
3. Monthly lectures okayed (dates okayed – presenters still be finalized)
ACTION ITEMS:
- Perry - starting the publicity of those (church organizations, etc.)
- Penny – work on the posters for the events
Question: Did we want to do a generic poster for the 3rd wednesday, members meeting and 4th Wednesday for lectures and then post them at the libraries and offices/business?
4.Lectures from Cornell Cooperative Program
a. Protecting and Enhancing Your Woodlot: Advice for Landowners
Saturday, March 12, 2011, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
This program will be held at Wayne County Cooperative Extension, 1581 State Route 88 Newark NY
Registration fee of $10 includes the workshop and printed copy of reference material.
Your woodlot is a valuable resource, providing both a place for recreation and the potential for a financial return. This workshop will show you how to protect your woodlot from both human and natural threats, and offer you ways to maintain a healthy and productive woodlot. Topics will include how to avoid timber theft and poor logging practices, how to recognize various invasive species and the effects they can have on a woodlot, how to develop a management plan, and what resources are available to help landowners practice good silviculture on their woodlots.
Registration deadline is March 5th 2011. To register, send your $10.00 payment along with your name, address and phone number to: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County, 1581 Rte 88 N, Newark, NY 14513
b. Controlling Invasive Species is an outdoor hands-on session and will run from 9am to noon on Saturday, May 21st at a woodlot in Sodus.
We'll cover identification and control options for invasive species in the woodlot and introduce participants to crop tree management, a forestry method well suited for owners of small woodlots. This session is intended to build on our March 12th program but you need not have attended to register for this session. Registration is $10.00
To register for either session send your payment along with your name address and phone number to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County, 1581 Rte 88N, Newark, NY 14513
Any additional questions please call (315)-331-8415 or e-mail mgwayne@cornell.edu
5. Ontario Library Garden Series – Along with the butterfly garden lecture next week, Ontario is having garden lectures in March and April. Please call them to register.
6. If you have tarps, please bring along to put on the floor for next week’s lecture. Does anyone have seed starting mix to donate or seeds to donate?
7. Penny: please bring sandwich board
8. Business card/seed packet.
Liked the idea but the price was too high. Suggestion – buy seed packets and order business cards from vista or similar. Need to discuss type of seeds, etc.
9. We would like to take out the trees while the weather is nice. Let me know if you are available to do that and we can send a note to everyone who is available. We will leave our truck available for scott or whoever to drop the trees off.
10. The soil and conservation district forever green tree program has a website with a color catalog www.lakeontario.net/swed
Orders by March 20. Pickup april 7 and 8 8338 Ridge Rd East in Alton.
That's all for now
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
Saturday, January 22, 2011
January 2011 Minutes
Garden Club Agenda 1/19/2011
ACTION ITEM:
Subrata: check on 501(c) status (non-profit organization). What is paperwork, etc. needed for that.
Subrata: check for folder with history/background for garden club.
Eric: follow up with Cavallero and drop off paperwork
John: get rid of pumpkins for 2010 project
Pick up tulips from conservatory this year – a) to plant in raised beds this year and b) for sale at PHS sale
1. Plans for 2011 –
- Discussion of change in Eric and Subrata’s work schedule/work load.
- Will try to set up lectures through the the Master Gardener program for the 4th Wednesday of the month. (The 3rd Wednesday will be the member’s meeting and the 4th Wednesday will be our monthly lecture/event). Need to hear back from the library to make sure we can set it up through the end of the year.
- Idea of creating lifetime membership for $200(?)
2. Focus on recruiting new members / outreach into the community
- Send Penny info for monthly posters for events to put out in community. John recommended creating smaller postcard size to put on library desk
- Send info to Don for town calendar
- Penny to check to see if there is lighter sandwich board to use to publicize meetings
- Membership attendance – set up phone tree again (Linda to take on that responsibility)
- Penny - list of presentation/calendar of event for what Garden Club will be doing 2012
- Perry has master list of churches – can set up (1/2 sheet of events). Better off with churches for recruitment than organizations
- Kris to pretty up the sandwich board? Possible to leave it at library on a permanent basis?
- Firemen/School putting up signs for the Garden Club? – Perry to ask Doug about sign. John Manahan for Fire – John to follow up on that (for fire department).
Focus from now until June to do PR and move things along.
Give presentation to organizations
1. Penny to follow up with boys scouts
3. hands-on lectures/garden tours – terrariums (John has small plants in his woods/Penny has moss) – September/October; hypertufa and wreath-making – use as fundraiser/recruit members (make these events members-only).
4. spring plant sale - Talk to Sodus about doing a plant sale
- Possibly Sunday rather than Saturday – car show or airport/pancake breakfast
- Look at business cards as seed packets – Check out this link http://www.4imprint.com/product/6604
500 seed-packet business cards printed with the GROW logo (probably as black and white line art) for $310 or so.
- PR / seed packs / calendar for the year of events?
5. 2011 summer project
- Route 104/Motts – do some outreach to Motts and see if they are interested in donating
- Depending time, Rte 21 (across from school)
- (John to buy materials ahead of time)
- 2010 – stella d’oro daylilies for Cavallero. Go there in May to clean and see how tulips are working.
February
Seed Starting – Penny/4th Wednesday of February (tentative) July:
March
Learning Fair, March 12
August
April
September
PHS Sale
May
Apple Blossom Festival (2nd Saturday of the month)/Plant Sale
Downtown Planting (end of the month for actual plants)
– will need to put in bottom for new planters and put in new soil (discuss in March/April members meeting).
- Put drainage holes in plastic bucket inside the new planters
-hardware fabric
- Begonias for town hall
-Use packing peanuts (compression/floating issues)?
-Peat gravel (John or Penny)
- 4x6 lumber pieces from barn (John) – use for spacers
- causes rust. Need something on bottom so they don’t rust onto sidewalk. Plastic “feet”? wooden base?
ACTION ITEM: bring in unused new planter for next meeting to look at and decide how to best handle it for May.
October
June:
1. Emerald Ash Borer – Cornell Cooperative – 4th Wednesday of July (tentative)
2. PHS House Tour, June 11
- Request for centerpieces (herb planted pots?
- Request for extra plants for homeowners
- Force bulbs for June?
- Ask Masons regarding wholesale plants?
November
Downtown Planting
December
Flower Arrangement
Suggested Master Gardener Lectures
Beginning Bonsai Bulbs: Planting, care and succession of bloom
Beneficial Insects Hands on Gardening
Diagnosing Plant Problems Garden Design with Perennials
Orchids Putting Your Garden to Bed (Fall)
Stone Wall Construction
Honeybees Spring Garden Tasks
Daylilies Perennials
Dahlias
Hands-On (members-only)
1. Wreath-making
2. Hypertufa
3. Terrarium
4. Creating a succulent wreath
Garden Tours
Audrey Ferris Rose Garden
Sylvia and Phil Bornath Oriental garden
Do Members’ Garden Tours for summer as our members meeting
? suggestions for other garden tours
ACTION ITEM:
Subrata: check on 501(c) status (non-profit organization). What is paperwork, etc. needed for that.
Subrata: check for folder with history/background for garden club.
Eric: follow up with Cavallero and drop off paperwork
John: get rid of pumpkins for 2010 project
Pick up tulips from conservatory this year – a) to plant in raised beds this year and b) for sale at PHS sale
1. Plans for 2011 –
- Discussion of change in Eric and Subrata’s work schedule/work load.
- Will try to set up lectures through the the Master Gardener program for the 4th Wednesday of the month. (The 3rd Wednesday will be the member’s meeting and the 4th Wednesday will be our monthly lecture/event). Need to hear back from the library to make sure we can set it up through the end of the year.
- Idea of creating lifetime membership for $200(?)
2. Focus on recruiting new members / outreach into the community
- Send Penny info for monthly posters for events to put out in community. John recommended creating smaller postcard size to put on library desk
- Send info to Don for town calendar
- Penny to check to see if there is lighter sandwich board to use to publicize meetings
- Membership attendance – set up phone tree again (Linda to take on that responsibility)
- Penny - list of presentation/calendar of event for what Garden Club will be doing 2012
- Perry has master list of churches – can set up (1/2 sheet of events). Better off with churches for recruitment than organizations
- Kris to pretty up the sandwich board? Possible to leave it at library on a permanent basis?
- Firemen/School putting up signs for the Garden Club? – Perry to ask Doug about sign. John Manahan for Fire – John to follow up on that (for fire department).
Focus from now until June to do PR and move things along.
Give presentation to organizations
1. Penny to follow up with boys scouts
3. hands-on lectures/garden tours – terrariums (John has small plants in his woods/Penny has moss) – September/October; hypertufa and wreath-making – use as fundraiser/recruit members (make these events members-only).
4. spring plant sale - Talk to Sodus about doing a plant sale
- Possibly Sunday rather than Saturday – car show or airport/pancake breakfast
- Look at business cards as seed packets – Check out this link http://www.4imprint.com/product/6604
500 seed-packet business cards printed with the GROW logo (probably as black and white line art) for $310 or so.
- PR / seed packs / calendar for the year of events?
5. 2011 summer project
- Route 104/Motts – do some outreach to Motts and see if they are interested in donating
- Depending time, Rte 21 (across from school)
- (John to buy materials ahead of time)
- 2010 – stella d’oro daylilies for Cavallero. Go there in May to clean and see how tulips are working.
February
Seed Starting – Penny/4th Wednesday of February (tentative) July:
March
Learning Fair, March 12
August
April
September
PHS Sale
May
Apple Blossom Festival (2nd Saturday of the month)/Plant Sale
Downtown Planting (end of the month for actual plants)
– will need to put in bottom for new planters and put in new soil (discuss in March/April members meeting).
- Put drainage holes in plastic bucket inside the new planters
-hardware fabric
- Begonias for town hall
-Use packing peanuts (compression/floating issues)?
-Peat gravel (John or Penny)
- 4x6 lumber pieces from barn (John) – use for spacers
- causes rust. Need something on bottom so they don’t rust onto sidewalk. Plastic “feet”? wooden base?
ACTION ITEM: bring in unused new planter for next meeting to look at and decide how to best handle it for May.
October
June:
1. Emerald Ash Borer – Cornell Cooperative – 4th Wednesday of July (tentative)
2. PHS House Tour, June 11
- Request for centerpieces (herb planted pots?
- Request for extra plants for homeowners
- Force bulbs for June?
- Ask Masons regarding wholesale plants?
November
Downtown Planting
December
Flower Arrangement
Suggested Master Gardener Lectures
Beginning Bonsai Bulbs: Planting, care and succession of bloom
Beneficial Insects Hands on Gardening
Diagnosing Plant Problems Garden Design with Perennials
Orchids Putting Your Garden to Bed (Fall)
Stone Wall Construction
Honeybees Spring Garden Tasks
Daylilies Perennials
Dahlias
Hands-On (members-only)
1. Wreath-making
2. Hypertufa
3. Terrarium
4. Creating a succulent wreath
Garden Tours
Audrey Ferris Rose Garden
Sylvia and Phil Bornath Oriental garden
Do Members’ Garden Tours for summer as our members meeting
? suggestions for other garden tours
Thursday, May 27, 2010
May Minutes
Hello Gardeners -
What a great meeting we had yesterday! Lots of excellent information and ideas came out. But first I want to welcome our newest member, Meddy, from Meddy's Musings! She has been a great guest lecturer in the past and joined our Garden Club this past month.
1. 2010 Project - Laurie Van Norstrand from the Cornell Cooperative graciously attended our meeting and was an amazing source of information. While we did stray from our original topic (we had to take advantage of having such a knowledgeable Master Gardener in our midst!), we did get a lot of information for our 2010 project.
2010 project -- Two raised beds in front of "Welcome to Williamson" signs. One on Rt 21, near the school, and one on Rt 104, near Cavallaro Neubauer.
1. Talk to Jerry Hubright regarding drainage issues around Rt 21 site and potential spraying around signs by the department and any potential right-of-way issues
2. Need to be aware of snow/wind/traffic in general. salt may be an issue. Remember that the snow load might be piled on which could crush the plants
.
3. Raised beds, not simply mounded areas, was decided. Recommended mixing existing soil with new soil and use newspaper to smother grass/remove sod.
Use top soil and compost. Additionally these should be well-mulched to reduce the need for weeding. Adding gypsum to soil can help alleviate the salt problem.
4. The soil will probably settle and will need to be re-set. Traditionally these would have been done in the falltime, allowing it time to settle. Recommendation to do
annuals this year to allow soil settlement and reset
5. Discussion of upkeep and maintenance. Important to make sure we can keep up with it otherwise no use in starting this process.
6. Suggested plants: low-growing juniper, tulips and daffodils, daylilies, shorter grasses, sedum, yucca, canna, hostas (not blue-leafed ones), annuals. Laurie to send
list of salt-tolerant plants for us to look at and choose from.
7. Recommended looking at size of flowers before deciding on size of raised beds. Look at impact of long-term plantings once we plant perennials. Keep in mind
lessons learned from Green Space in terms of placement.
8. We could take care of the weeds/seeds with preen or round-up although more organic methods should be look at as options.
We will set up a meeting in mid-June to discuss the logistics of taking on this project for this year. Last year Shirley was the lead person in moving the Green Space project forward. If anyone is interested in being the lead for this project, please let me know.
Then we segued into a discussion of how to handle pests in our gardens, what may be causing rotting in daylilies, and tomato problems.
The CCE recommends using copper fungicide for tomatoes and make sure you plant your tomatoes where it can dry off. The blight survives on live plants so get rid of last year's tomato plants/potato plants that might still carry it.
If you have questions for the CCE, their master gardener hotline is 331-8415 x107 and they are available on Tuesday and Fridays, 9-12p.
Pest Alert: the Emerald Ash Borer. http://www.pestalert.org/viewNewsAlert.cfm?naid=33 . if you think that your ashes have been infected or you find an ash borer, contact the Cornell Cooperative. They are waiving their $3 fee for this as they are trying to catch it before it becomes an infestation. (image: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/eab/ ). the CCE may be offering a lecture later this year on this pest.
2. MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The Cornell Cooperative is hosting a Great Gardens of Wayne County, Saturday, July 3rd from 11-4pm. There will be 6 gardens and they are IN Ontario, Williamson and Sodus. Tickets are $10 per person and can be picked up at Cornell Cooperative Extension Wayne County, 1581 Rt 88N, Newark, NY 14513, Phone: 315-331-8415.
Gardens include an oriental garden, an arboreteum, perennial/water garden, a straw-bale garden as well as others.
Additionally, the CCE is looking for nominations for gardens in Wayne County that you think might be one of the “Great Gardens” that could be included in our tours in future years. If you or someone you know has a potential tour garden please let us know. This program will be an ongoing program and they will be contacting owners of possible 2011 tour sites this summer.
3. Review of Apple Blossom Festival/Suggestions for 2011
Attendance appeared lower for this year's festival and we did not make as much money as last year/discuss the Garden Club with as many people. We had initially set up at Apple Blossom to publicize the Garden Club and it has segued into a plant sale. Suggestions for next year:
1. Set up on Sunday, during the car show. People park much closer and walk around more. More likely to buy plants and more likely to make contacts with
Williamson/local area for potential members.
2. Set up stand-alone Plant Sale on a following weekend. Would need to advertise more strongly and could set up a sandwich board at Apple Blossom to let
people know of sale.
a. This year, the CoC accepted material from different organizations to hand out during Apple Blossom so we would get some publicity
b. Set up at Breens / alternate location that would attract people (other ideas?)
c. advertise in sun&record / pennysaver / set up sandwich board / flyers / posters
d. See if we can coordinate with another garden club (sodus/ontario) for a combined plant sale
e. Talk to members of Sodus/Ontario about how their sales are set up - tips/ideas/suggestions for a successful plant sale
4. planters status - new planters/current planters
We are getting 12 new planters for downtown. No set date yet on when that will happen. Currently 18 planters downtown are planted. When new planters come, we will
replant 12 of them and keep the remaining 6 planters. Next year, we will probably only do the 12 planters (to be discussed further).
This is the third year that plants have died in May due to the cold weather. Discussion of putting something temporary and then putting in the plants at the end of May. One
suggestion is putting in Apple Twigs with fake Apple Blossoms, in keeping with the Apple Blossom festival. We would create a concrete base so that the planting would not
fly away. This needs further discussion.
5. watering of planters
Kris and Ed, Shirley, Perry and Darrell & Esther have volunteered to help with watering. if you can help, please let me know. Typically volunteers water for one week.
6. updated Garden Club events
Penny is having a sale in mid-June. We will be selling our plants during that time. After the sale, we will have a plant exchange for members (and friends!). if you have any
"wants" or "offers", let me know and I'll see about posting them closer to the exchange.
7. membership dues - Everyone owes dues (except Meddy, our newest member). $ 10 to Scott Utley, PO Box 202, Williamson, New York 14589 or you can send it to Eric Herriman, 2814 Rosemarie Lane, Ontario, NY 14519. Any checks should be made out to the Williamson Garden Club.
8. logos/t-shirts - Penny has created a logo which I will be sending out for people to look at. We want to create a t-shirt that all members can wear so we are easily
recognizable.
Perry, were you going to see where we could get these t-shirts printed/pricing to get them done?
9. We still need to discuss the Green Space dedication and signage
Finally I am happy to say that we were finally able to repay the Sodus Garden Club for their generosity to us these last couple of years. Eric and I dropped off some Japanese Maple Trees as well as some other plants for the Sodus Garden Club Plant Sale. Of course, I ended up buying way too many plants at the Sodus Garden Club Plant Sale which was as awesome as I had heard - it was great to finally attend the sale after hearing so much about it. The Sodus Garden Club was again very generous and gave the Williamson Garden Club their extra plants at the end of the sale.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
What a great meeting we had yesterday! Lots of excellent information and ideas came out. But first I want to welcome our newest member, Meddy, from Meddy's Musings! She has been a great guest lecturer in the past and joined our Garden Club this past month.
1. 2010 Project - Laurie Van Norstrand from the Cornell Cooperative graciously attended our meeting and was an amazing source of information. While we did stray from our original topic (we had to take advantage of having such a knowledgeable Master Gardener in our midst!), we did get a lot of information for our 2010 project.
2010 project -- Two raised beds in front of "Welcome to Williamson" signs. One on Rt 21, near the school, and one on Rt 104, near Cavallaro Neubauer.
1. Talk to Jerry Hubright regarding drainage issues around Rt 21 site and potential spraying around signs by the department and any potential right-of-way issues
2. Need to be aware of snow/wind/traffic in general. salt may be an issue. Remember that the snow load might be piled on which could crush the plants
.
3. Raised beds, not simply mounded areas, was decided. Recommended mixing existing soil with new soil and use newspaper to smother grass/remove sod.
Use top soil and compost. Additionally these should be well-mulched to reduce the need for weeding. Adding gypsum to soil can help alleviate the salt problem.
4. The soil will probably settle and will need to be re-set. Traditionally these would have been done in the falltime, allowing it time to settle. Recommendation to do
annuals this year to allow soil settlement and reset
5. Discussion of upkeep and maintenance. Important to make sure we can keep up with it otherwise no use in starting this process.
6. Suggested plants: low-growing juniper, tulips and daffodils, daylilies, shorter grasses, sedum, yucca, canna, hostas (not blue-leafed ones), annuals. Laurie to send
list of salt-tolerant plants for us to look at and choose from.
7. Recommended looking at size of flowers before deciding on size of raised beds. Look at impact of long-term plantings once we plant perennials. Keep in mind
lessons learned from Green Space in terms of placement.
8. We could take care of the weeds/seeds with preen or round-up although more organic methods should be look at as options.
We will set up a meeting in mid-June to discuss the logistics of taking on this project for this year. Last year Shirley was the lead person in moving the Green Space project forward. If anyone is interested in being the lead for this project, please let me know.
Then we segued into a discussion of how to handle pests in our gardens, what may be causing rotting in daylilies, and tomato problems.
The CCE recommends using copper fungicide for tomatoes and make sure you plant your tomatoes where it can dry off. The blight survives on live plants so get rid of last year's tomato plants/potato plants that might still carry it.
If you have questions for the CCE, their master gardener hotline is 331-8415 x107 and they are available on Tuesday and Fridays, 9-12p.
Pest Alert: the Emerald Ash Borer. http://www.pestalert.org/
2. MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The Cornell Cooperative is hosting a Great Gardens of Wayne County, Saturday, July 3rd from 11-4pm. There will be 6 gardens and they are IN Ontario, Williamson and Sodus. Tickets are $10 per person and can be picked up at Cornell Cooperative Extension Wayne County, 1581 Rt 88N, Newark, NY 14513, Phone: 315-331-8415.
Gardens include an oriental garden, an arboreteum, perennial/water garden, a straw-bale garden as well as others.
Additionally, the CCE is looking for nominations for gardens in Wayne County that you think might be one of the “Great Gardens” that could be included in our tours in future years. If you or someone you know has a potential tour garden please let us know. This program will be an ongoing program and they will be contacting owners of possible 2011 tour sites this summer.
3. Review of Apple Blossom Festival/Suggestions for 2011
Attendance appeared lower for this year's festival and we did not make as much money as last year/discuss the Garden Club with as many people. We had initially set up at Apple Blossom to publicize the Garden Club and it has segued into a plant sale. Suggestions for next year:
1. Set up on Sunday, during the car show. People park much closer and walk around more. More likely to buy plants and more likely to make contacts with
Williamson/local area for potential members.
2. Set up stand-alone Plant Sale on a following weekend. Would need to advertise more strongly and could set up a sandwich board at Apple Blossom to let
people know of sale.
4. planters status - new planters/current planters
We are getting 12 new planters for downtown. No set date yet on when that will happen. Currently 18 planters downtown are planted. When new planters come, we will
replant 12 of them and keep the remaining 6 planters. Next year, we will probably only do the 12 planters (to be discussed further).
This is the third year that plants have died in May due to the cold weather. Discussion of putting something temporary and then putting in the plants at the end of May. One
suggestion is putting in Apple Twigs with fake Apple Blossoms, in keeping with the Apple Blossom festival. We would create a concrete base so that the planting would not
fly away. This needs further discussion.
5. watering of planters
Kris and Ed, Shirley, Perry and Darrell & Esther have volunteered to help with watering. if you can help, please let me know. Typically volunteers water for one week.
6. updated Garden Club events
Penny is having a sale in mid-June. We will be selling our plants during that time. After the sale, we will have a plant exchange for members (and friends!). if you have any
"wants" or "offers", let me know and I'll see about posting them closer to the exchange.
7. membership dues - Everyone owes dues (except Meddy, our newest member). $ 10 to Scott Utley, PO Box 202, Williamson, New York 14589 or you can send it to Eric Herriman, 2814 Rosemarie Lane, Ontario, NY 14519. Any checks should be made out to the Williamson Garden Club.
8. logos/t-shirts - Penny has created a logo which I will be sending out for people to look at. We want to create a t-shirt that all members can wear so we are easily
recognizable.
Perry, were you going to see where we could get these t-shirts printed/pricing to get them done?
9. We still need to discuss the Green Space dedication and signage
Finally I am happy to say that we were finally able to repay the Sodus Garden Club for their generosity to us these last couple of years. Eric and I dropped off some Japanese Maple Trees as well as some other plants for the Sodus Garden Club Plant Sale. Of course, I ended up buying way too many plants at the Sodus Garden Club Plant Sale which was as awesome as I had heard - it was great to finally attend the sale after hearing so much about it. The Sodus Garden Club was again very generous and gave the Williamson Garden Club their extra plants at the end of the sale.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
July 10 & 11
3rd Annual Lavender Festival
9:30 - 4 :30
Celebrate Lavender at this fun and relaxing informational event. Pick lavender from our field, visit with our many craft artisans as well as the Olfactory Soap Shoppe. You may also purchase lavender plants, Enjoy musical entertainment Sample baked goods and herbal tea made with lavender and Participate in one of our hands on workshops.
This years key speakers are
Marcia Dixon, Medical Herbalist, business owner, and lecturer from Toronto ON . She will be speaking on "How to relieve stress and anxiety using herbs"
Julie Mitchell, Medical Herbalist, Owner of Eos Botanicals, and American Herbalist Guild member from Vermont will be speaking about herbal hydrosals, making and using them. Julie is also an Adjunct Professor at Middlebury College, and has worked as a Horticulturist at Addison Gardens in VT.
Chef Kevin McMaster will demonstrate how to cook with this wonderful herb and will be sure to offer some tasty samples!
Arleen Hodge, Owner of Cranberry Creek Herbs in Avon NY. Will be speaking about growing and using Lavender.
Cathy Maletta, an herbal tea consultant will be speaking about many different varieties of herbal tea.
There will be a small farm museum, hay rides and a childrens area.
Admission is $3.00 12 yrs & under FREE
Events
I'll be sending the minutes from our meeting later. Bring out your calendar as there are some dates for you:
1. April 27th - Public meeting
1. April 27th - Public meeting
Meeting Subject: “What can the Town of Williamson accomplish through sustainability?”
Background Information: The Town of Williamson was awarded a Program Opportunity Notice grant through NYSERDA for $30,000.00 in late 2009 to conduct Energy Conservation Studies of the Town’s Municipal Buildings and street lighting. Larsen Engineers, the Project Consultant, would like to share what was learned through the study. The meeting will cover the amount of money that can be saved through implementing energy conservation measures, and what this could mean to the Community, going forward.
The main question posed will be: “What can the Town of Williamson accomplish through sustainability?” We would like to know what green measures you would like to see in place in your community. Your ideas and input are important.
Meeting at 6:30 at Town Hall.
2. May 7th - Planting main street/town hall planters. John and Carol will be picking up the plants from Mason Farms. We will be meeting downtown at 7pm and planting. Please join us!
- take a look at your calendars and let me know if you can water during June-September
3. May 8th - Williamson Clean Sweep starting at 9am at King's Auto.
4. May 15th - Apple Blossom Festival. 9 am and we will (hopefully) have the same spot we've had for the last couple of years. Please bring plants to sell.
- If you need pots, please let me know.
- If you can work the tent, let me know. We will probably be there from 9am-2pm
5. May 20th - Ontario Library is hosting a "Shade Gardening" class at 7pm. Their last two lectures have been excellent (the last one actually got Eric and I planting cold-hardy vegetable seeds for our vegetable bed).
Just a reminder that Mason Farms opened on Wednesday. I can't wait to get in there this weekend and look at their plants! They are open from 9-6 on weekdays and 9-5 on the weekends.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
April - Members Meeting
Happy Spring! After the invigorating talk on vegetable gardening last week, Eric and I ended up planting some cold-hardy plants such as lettuce, spinach and beets. Our pea vines are starting to poke their heads out and growing so it is definitely feeling like springtime!
Just a reminder that we have our members meeting. I'm excited to let you know that Laurie VanNorstrand, from Cornelle Cooperative, is going to come to our meeting to help us talk/plan our 2010 project. She was a great help last year in planning the Green Space and I'm looking forward to asking her questions and learning from her.
In addition, we will try to discuss these items also. If you have more, let me know and I'll add them to the agenda.
Just a reminder that we have our members meeting. I'm excited to let you know that Laurie VanNorstrand, from Cornelle Cooperative, is going to come to our meeting to help us talk/plan our 2010 project. She was a great help last year in planning the Green Space and I'm looking forward to asking her questions and learning from her.
In addition, we will try to discuss these items also. If you have more, let me know and I'll add them to the agenda.
Also we have our members meeting next Wednesday, April 21st at the Williamson Library's small meeting room. (For the bookworms amongst us, the Library is holding their book sale so come early to buy books!).
Items so far:
- Plan for the Apple Blossom Festival
- Plan for downtown/town hall planters including watering schedule
- Plan for 2010 project (raised beds near "Welcome to Williamson" signs)
- Update on Garden tours for the summer
- New residents packages/Chamber of Commerce
- PR/Marketing/new member drive
- Green space update
If you have other items you'd like us to discuss, let me know and I'll include it in the agenda.
Upcoming Events for 2010
Well after a gorgeous week of beautiful weather (was I the only one tempted to go digging last week?), we've been having fairly typical Spring weather. My bulbs are starting to put out their green shoots though and I know that gardening time is just around the corner! I'm starting to get my supplies in order so as soon as the weather allows, I can get out there and start digging and moving things around.
1. Bring out your calendars because I have some dates to share with you. We have more planned but these are definite dates.
APRIL: The Ontario Library is presenting another lecture that we had planned to arrange for April. So mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 14th at 7pm. Vegetable Garden Preparation by the Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener program. Call 315-524-8381 to sign up.
APRIL: The Genesee Region Orchid Society invites you to attend the 2010 Show and Sale, April 10-11, Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday: 10 am - 4 pm, at the Rochester Museum and Science Center, Eisenhart Auditorium, 657 East Ave., Rochester, NY. I'm going to forward an email from Audrey Ferris that you can print out for $1 off the ticket price.
MAY: Downtown Planters/Town Hall Planters plantings, Saturday, May 8th, 8/9 am. Please let me know if you can help with the plantings or with watering during the summer.
MAY: Apple Blossom Festival Plant Sale, Saturday, May 15th. Please let me know if you can help out at the tent and what time(s) you can help. I have extra plastic pots if anyone needs them for plants.
JULY: Master Gardener Garden Tour, Saturday, July 3rd. The Master Gardeners are having garden tours as a fundraiser this year. More information on the ticket prices/locations to follow as I receive them. This should be an amazing event if the gardens are similar to what we've experienced with Master Gardener Audrey Ferris and her gorgeous rose gardens.
SEPTEMBER: Pultney Historical Society Garage Sale, Saturday, September 18th.
OCTOBER: Terrarium Program, Master Gardener program, Tuesday, October 26th at 7pm at the Williamson Library.
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Mason Farms is building new greenhouses this year and, unfortunately, won't be able to give us a tour of their farms this year. While that is disappointing news, I'm looking forward to seeing what new things they'll have at their farm and will keep you posted on when they open up for the season.
2. The Garden Club had discussed having a dedication of the Green Space this year. We had tentatively talked about having it during the Apple Blossom Festival but have not contacted the Apple Blossom Festival organizers. We could also hold it at another time but should have it this year. I need some volunteers to take on this project and organize it. Please let me know if you are interested in doing this.
Monday night gardening talk series in the City of Rochester
This year we (finally) have the opportunity to attend the Sodus Garden Club's plant sale. As you know the Sodus Garden Club has generously donated their after-sale plants to our club during the Apple Blossom Festival for the last couple of years. This year, they will be having their sale on Saturday, May 22 starting at 9 am on Rt. 88 in front of the Primary School. I would highly recommend that you come at 9 as they have some amazing plants for sale every year.
April 5- Danforth Community Center, 200 West Ave
April 12 -Thomas P Ryan Community Center, 530 Webster Ave
April 19 -Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St.
April 26 - The Rochester Civic Garden Center, 5 Castle Park in Highland Park
May 3 - North Street Community Center, 700 North St.
April 10- Arnett Branch, 310 Arnett Blvd.
April 17- Charlotte Branch, 3557 Lake Avenue
April 24- Monroe Branch, 809 Monroe Avenue
Michael Warren Thomas
19 Trafalgar Street
Rochester, NY 14619
585-328-8300
Michael@SavorLife.com
From: Michael Warren Thomas
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 12:14 AM
Subject: Monday night gardening talk starts series of ten in the City
Hello Fellow Gardeners! I will be doing a series of free gardening talks at ten different locations in the City, beginning tomorrow night (Monday) at Cornell Cooperative Extension, in their auditorium from 7-8pm. These workshops will be rather free wheeling, based on the questions people bring, plants they bring for identification, and materials that I bring. It will be show and tell, rather than Powerpoint. Tomorrow night I will bring tiny Hardy Cyclamen seedlings for people - mine have been blooming since the snow departed, and they will continue through much of May.
No need to RSVP if you are not coming, but if you are, let me know so I can bring enough seedlings for people. They are tiny and delicate, but the price is right! I hope you can join me for one or several of these workshops. Some are on Monday evenings and others are on Saturday afternoons. They are listed in the Flower City Looking Good brochure, along with dozens of hikes, bike rides and other gardening/nature related events in Rochester. Look for the brochures in libraries or I would be happy to send you one.
Keep your eyes open for the first Tulip and first Lilac of 2010 - the final two categories in First in Bloom. Details on the other 9 categories already awarded, are at www.SavourLife.com under Naturally Green. Also Bristol's Garden Center is having their Spring Open House on April 10 & 11, I'll be there to broadcast on April 10. Then I will also be broadcasting from the Broccolo Earth Expo at Cooperative Extension on April 17 from 9-4pm - a free event.
Mondays from 7-8pm, Free
March 29- Cornell Coop. Extension of Monroe County, 149 Highland AveApril 5- Danforth Community Center, 200 West Ave
April 12 -Thomas P Ryan Community Center, 530 Webster Ave
April 19 -Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St.
April 26 - The Rochester Civic Garden Center, 5 Castle Park in Highland Park
May 3 - North Street Community Center, 700 North St.
Saturdays at the libraries - 12:30-1:30pm, Free
April 3- Winton Branch, 611 N. Winton RoadApril 10- Arnett Branch, 310 Arnett Blvd.
April 17- Charlotte Branch, 3557 Lake Avenue
April 24- Monroe Branch, 809 Monroe Avenue
Rose Workshops
, 10 am–12 noon, Sat., May 1, June 19, July 24 and Oct. 9. Maplewood Rose GardenMichael Warren Thomas
19 Trafalgar Street
Rochester, NY 14619
585-328-8300
Michael@SavorLife.com
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