Hello Gardeners!
It's hard to believe that it's March already. Eric and I saw crocus (crocii?) popping their little heads out of the ground with their small white flowerheads! hopefully being so close to the house will protect them from any snow or cold.
March Items:
1. Our member's meeting is on Wednesday, March 7th. if you have any agenda items, let me know.
2. The Ontario Library is hosting a lecture on stonewall construction. Thursday, March 22, 7pm. You will need to call and sign up for the lecture.
3. Grossman Nursery is hosting a Garden Club meet & greet on Saturday, March 24th. GROW will have a table there. if you are interested in helping out at the table, let me know.
See you on Wednesday!
Subrata
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3/7/2012
Meeting Minutes – Williamson Garden Club
Attendees: Lynda Parmalee, Perry Howland, Subrata Paul, Eric Herriman, John Ferante, Scott Utley
1. We are moving the meetings to the First Monday of every month.
2. Lynda Parmalee is doing a talk on Orchids in Clyde next month. She’s hoping to show her 15 orchids. Orchids love to be outside – in the summertime. They are tropicals. Don’t let them get below 50. Peter’s root & bloom mix at ¼ strength. Water weekly. Will send more information at a later date.
3. John has obtained 2 wooden planters that have been donated to the Garden club. They will need priming & staining. There are plastic inserts. Tentative plan is to give them to the Williamson community center as part of plan to beautify downtown. Sunday, John is leaving for Florida.
4. Perry: Talked with Ronnie Lawrence. 20 acres, hay lot. Laurie VanNostrand works for him. Ronnie is willing to work with us – Welcome to Williamson sign. This would be our fourth raised bed in Williamson.
Raised beds – sign. $96 metal sign. Chamber would share the costs. Apple emblems .
5. Lynda: Plastic sheet for signage = 2ft X3 ft. cost = $6 per sheet. For signage. She has flower stencils (tulip). Eric Suggested to delay tulip bulbs for peace garden dedication. Date for the peace garden dedication - June 6, 2012 (Wed) possibly 9th.
6. John asks about Chamber of Commerce membership (not yet sent in yet). Subrata to send in the form and check.
7. Lorraine Mason is looking for someone to work on chamber of commerce website. Need to be able to dovetail with Quickbooks & Wegman’s SKU’s.
8. Upcoming events: 3/24 Grossmans 11-3 table/PR opportunity. Last year 20 – 25 garden clubs attended. Subrata is looking for volunteers to help her at the presentation. If you are available to help out, please let her know. Kris is in South Africa but will send Subrata pictures for the Garden Club powerpoint presentation. If anyone has pictures for the Garden Club, please send them to the grow14589@gmail.com.
9. Ontario Library lectures: Master Gardener presentations - 3/22 Stonewall construction, 4/6 vertical gardening, 5/24 Attracting birds. You will need to call and register for these classes
10. June - 6/20 Garden Tour Sodus Bay 5 Gardens + strawbale + village $10 per person tickets available at the first garden. 4-8. Lynda P. is working the tour. Did we want to meet as a group and see the gardens?
11. Williamson Garden Club lectures: Third Wednesday of the month: 7/18, 8/15, 9/19, 10/17
Current plan: Straw Bale Gardening
Hands on Terrarium
Hands-on how-to-build a rock-wall
Herb Garden / Kitchen garden
Woodlot management – Jim Miller. John may be interested in hosting @ his place.
Pond Management class (Betty?)
Suggestion: Wreathmaking (Kris and Ed) & Hytpertufa (Betty Morley)
We are doing a mix of “open to the public” and “open to members only” classes this year
12. We would like to do more garden tours this year. If you are interested or know of someone who is interested, let John know.
13. May 9th, Lorraine Mason is teaching a container gardening class. It is $ 6, supplies are provided and it is from 7-9pm.
14. Q: What do we want to request from Mason Farms for downtown planters? Need more color. John has talked with Lorraine. We want plants that pop and attract the eye. Make selection first week in May. Lynda P. starts wave petunia from seeds. Canna bulbs?
15. Lynda recommends using material in soil to provide moisture control. That way we have some flexibility in watering the plants
16. We should check our pots to see how they survived. & planters. John’s action item.
17. Discussion on what to put on bottom of planters to avoid rust spots.
18. Q: What are we doing for apple blossom? Don’t know when it is. Q: Similar prep for George Ehrsman & the elementary school presentation.
We need to put something into the planters for apple blossom. Into raised beds planters? Dusty miller . Wave petunia? LED lights. Solar strings for tree decoration. Dollar tree sells solar lights. Did we want to buy some for green space? Magazine: Gardener’s supply as an alternative for solar lights, etc.
Eric spoke to owners of new bakery. They were amenable to putting an electrical source outside if we want lights for the tree.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
February 2012
Hello Gardeners!
With the unseasonably warm weather, it has been hard to not go out into the garden and play around. I believe it's 50 degrees outside today! I hope everyone is enjoying the weather and thinking about their spring plantings.
Pull out your calendars for our February events -
Saturday, February 4th, 9 am - with the warm weather, we are going to pull out the Christmas trees and take down the decorations. We will meet downtown in front of the green space. If we have enough volunteers, it should take less than an hour to get them all down. We would like to replace the trees with something else so that the planters are not empty for 2-3 months. If you have suggestions, please let us know.
Wednesday, February 15th, 7pm - Members meeting. We will discuss our plans for 2012. We are meeting in the small library room at the Williamson Library.
Thursday February 23rd 7pm - the Ontario Library is hosting a Landscape Design class with the Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program. It is open to the public but you must register by phone
Happy Gardening! Subrata
With the unseasonably warm weather, it has been hard to not go out into the garden and play around. I believe it's 50 degrees outside today! I hope everyone is enjoying the weather and thinking about their spring plantings.
Pull out your calendars for our February events -
Saturday, February 4th, 9 am - with the warm weather, we are going to pull out the Christmas trees and take down the decorations. We will meet downtown in front of the green space. If we have enough volunteers, it should take less than an hour to get them all down. We would like to replace the trees with something else so that the planters are not empty for 2-3 months. If you have suggestions, please let us know.
Wednesday, February 15th, 7pm - Members meeting. We will discuss our plans for 2012. We are meeting in the small library room at the Williamson Library.
Thursday February 23rd 7pm - the Ontario Library is hosting a Landscape Design class with the Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program. It is open to the public but you must register by phone
Happy Gardening! Subrata
January 2012
Hello Gardeners!
Happy New Year! I hope everyone is keeping warm during this cold wintery weather!
It is a wonderful excuse to sit inside and think about things to do in the garden this coming year. I wanted to give people a brief update for this year's officers and some changes for 2012.
As we start planning for 2012, please let me about days that do NOT work for meetings and lectures.
For example, the Charrette meets every first thursday of the month, the American Legion meets every second thursday, the Town Board meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday, etc. I don't know when the WPHS meetings are or the Chamber of Commerce meetings. Let me know by Monday, January 9th of any days that would conflict with our meetings.
Officers for 2012
John Ferrante and Scott Utley - co-Presidents
Linda Ferrante - Secretary
Scott Utley (backup: Subrata Paul) - treasurer
PR: Perry Howland
Photographer/newspaper: Kris Jorolemon (to send photo/writeup to newspaper after events)
Coordinatory of events - Subrata Paul
If you are willing to take on a role, let John Ferrante know.
We would like to do recruiting this year as well as plan for our 2012 project, etc. There are a lot of great one-time roles you can take on if you would like.
For 2012, we will be doing things a little differently. We are not having lectures for January-March, just our regular members meetings to plan for the year. We are thinking of alternating lectures that are open to the public with hands-on, learning projects for members only. For example, we are hoping to have a terrarium building class, a stone wall building class, etc. We will keep you posted as the year continues.
Happy Gardening! Subrata
Happy New Year! I hope everyone is keeping warm during this cold wintery weather!
It is a wonderful excuse to sit inside and think about things to do in the garden this coming year. I wanted to give people a brief update for this year's officers and some changes for 2012.
As we start planning for 2012, please let me about days that do NOT work for meetings and lectures.
For example, the Charrette meets every first thursday of the month, the American Legion meets every second thursday, the Town Board meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday, etc. I don't know when the WPHS meetings are or the Chamber of Commerce meetings. Let me know by Monday, January 9th of any days that would conflict with our meetings.
Officers for 2012
John Ferrante and Scott Utley - co-Presidents
Linda Ferrante - Secretary
Scott Utley (backup: Subrata Paul) - treasurer
PR: Perry Howland
Photographer/newspaper: Kris Jorolemon (to send photo/writeup to newspaper after events)
Coordinatory of events - Subrata Paul
If you are willing to take on a role, let John Ferrante know.
We would like to do recruiting this year as well as plan for our 2012 project, etc. There are a lot of great one-time roles you can take on if you would like.
For 2012, we will be doing things a little differently. We are not having lectures for January-March, just our regular members meetings to plan for the year. We are thinking of alternating lectures that are open to the public with hands-on, learning projects for members only. For example, we are hoping to have a terrarium building class, a stone wall building class, etc. We will keep you posted as the year continues.
Happy Gardening! Subrata
Sunday, August 21, 2011
August Lecture - Beginning Bonsai
The Williamson Garden Club presents
Beginning Bonsai
Bonsai is an art form using miniature trees grown in containers. This is a wonderful gardening experience to use your creativity and ingenuity. Come to this lecture and learn the techniques to create your own bonsai tree.
The Williamson Garden Club is pleased to announce that a Master Gardener from the Wayne County Cornell Cooperative will present a talk detailing the facts about bonsai.
This free public presentation will take place Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 7 p.m. in the community room of the Williamson Free Public Library.
Beginning Bonsai
Bonsai is an art form using miniature trees grown in containers. This is a wonderful gardening experience to use your creativity and ingenuity. Come to this lecture and learn the techniques to create your own bonsai tree.
The Williamson Garden Club is pleased to announce that a Master Gardener from the Wayne County Cornell Cooperative will present a talk detailing the facts about bonsai.
This free public presentation will take place Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 7 p.m. in the community room of the Williamson Free Public Library.
August Members Only Project - Hypertufa Class
Hello Gardeners!
I hope everyone is having a lovely August. Our vegetables are starting to come in (our first ripe tomato!) and the flowers are really enjoying the rain.
If you have a chance, drive down Route 104 and check out the new raised bed near Motts. We had a small but able group to help put the bed together -- a BIG THANK YOU to John Ferrante, Eric Herriman, Scott Utley, and Penny's husband and son, Bill Bishop and Evan Bishop. We have not yet planted flowers yet but plan to do that soon. If you have mums or stella d'oro daylilies to share, please let me know.
Also just a reminder about dues ($10/year). We've received some check and are happy to accept dues at our next event if you'd prefer not to send a check.
For our members only meeting, Betty Morley has generously offered to host a hypertufa class. It is a wonderful opportunity to create something wonderful for your gardens. Last year, she showed us how to make pots. This year, you can do pots or a leaf casting.
The event will be on Wednesday, August 17th, at 6:30. While Betty will provide the material to create the hypertufa, there are some things that it would help if you could bring
1. sand
2. if you want to do a leaf casting, please bring a hosta leaf (or let me know that you need one). Any leaf with good strong definite veins are good for this project.
3. you will need to bring a strong board to carry your project. It will take a few days to cure.
Please let me know if you can attend so that we have enough supplies.
In case of rain, we will meet on Wednesday, August 31st at 6:30.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
I hope everyone is having a lovely August. Our vegetables are starting to come in (our first ripe tomato!) and the flowers are really enjoying the rain.
If you have a chance, drive down Route 104 and check out the new raised bed near Motts. We had a small but able group to help put the bed together -- a BIG THANK YOU to John Ferrante, Eric Herriman, Scott Utley, and Penny's husband and son, Bill Bishop and Evan Bishop. We have not yet planted flowers yet but plan to do that soon. If you have mums or stella d'oro daylilies to share, please let me know.
Also just a reminder about dues ($10/year). We've received some check and are happy to accept dues at our next event if you'd prefer not to send a check.
For our members only meeting, Betty Morley has generously offered to host a hypertufa class. It is a wonderful opportunity to create something wonderful for your gardens. Last year, she showed us how to make pots. This year, you can do pots or a leaf casting.
The event will be on Wednesday, August 17th, at 6:30. While Betty will provide the material to create the hypertufa, there are some things that it would help if you could bring
1. sand
2. if you want to do a leaf casting, please bring a hosta leaf (or let me know that you need one). Any leaf with good strong definite veins are good for this project.
3. you will need to bring a strong board to carry your project. It will take a few days to cure.
Please let me know if you can attend so that we have enough supplies.
In case of rain, we will meet on Wednesday, August 31st at 6:30.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
2012 Project - Raised Bed on Route 104
Hello Gardeners -
For our 2011 project, we are continuing with raised beds around Williamson. We are planning putting up a raised bed nears Duffy-Motts on Route 104 and one on Rte 21, across the street from the school.
We are going to work on the one on Route 104 this week. John Ferrante needs 2-3 members to help him move the raised bed to the area and put it together. If you are free during the week, please contact him so he can make sure he has enough people to put it together.
On this coming Saturday, we will be meeting at 9 am at the Duffy Motts sign on Route 104. We will be unloading the truck and filling the raised bed. If you have any mums you can donate to the cause, please let me know. We are planning on putting in bulbs later in the year (fall time).
Please bring buckets, wheelbarrow and/or shovels if you have them.
We hope to see you on Saturday!
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
July Lecture - Moonlight Gardens
The Williamson Garden Club presents
Moonlight Gardening
By Master Gardener Mary Moss Sprague
Moonlight gardening -no, this is not something you do after your day job! But if you need a quiet garden to soothe the stresses after a long hard day, nothing brings the problems down to size better than a fragrant moonlight garden of white and pale colored flowers and foliage that literally glow in the dark.
Don't just think of flowers that shine at night. Foliage plants can do the same, or scent the air. Paths with thyme or mint growing between the stones or along the edges are scented as you bruise the leaves along the way. Variegated leaves with white predominating brighten up the area with their reflective glow.
The Williamson Garden Club is pleased to announce that Master Gardener Mary Moss Sprague will present a talk detailing the facts about moonlight gardens.
This free public presentation will take place Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 7 p.m. in the community room of the Williamson Free Public Library.
Moonlight Gardening
By Master Gardener Mary Moss Sprague
Moonlight gardening -no, this is not something you do after your day job! But if you need a quiet garden to soothe the stresses after a long hard day, nothing brings the problems down to size better than a fragrant moonlight garden of white and pale colored flowers and foliage that literally glow in the dark.
Don't just think of flowers that shine at night. Foliage plants can do the same, or scent the air. Paths with thyme or mint growing between the stones or along the edges are scented as you bruise the leaves along the way. Variegated leaves with white predominating brighten up the area with their reflective glow.
The Williamson Garden Club is pleased to announce that Master Gardener Mary Moss Sprague will present a talk detailing the facts about moonlight gardens.
This free public presentation will take place Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 7 p.m. in the community room of the Williamson Free Public Library.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
June Event - Garden Tour and Montly Lecture
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
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
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!
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