Last year, the Garden Club was fortunate to be invited to get a private tour of a gorgeous daylily garden. Hopefully we will have the opportunity again this year. More information as details develop.
Daylilies are reaching their peak right now, and they will be featured at two events in Monroe County:
- More than 250 varieties of daylilies will be on display and more than 50 varieties will be for sale at the Webster Arboretum Daylily Display and Sale. The sale runs from 8 a.m. to noon July 14 at the Webster Arboretum, 1700 Schlegel Road, Webster. Half the profits of the sale go to the arboretum. For more information, call (585) 370-4260.
- More than 650 varieties of daylilies can be seen during free tours of Enchanted Gardens, an American Hemerocallis Society official national display garden, this month and next. Hours of the tours, during which daylilies will also be sold, are 9 to 11 a.m. Saturdays and 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays at Enchanted Gardens, 1085 State Road, Penfield (between Jackson and Shoecraft roads). Tours at other times are also available by appointment. For more information or to schedule a tour outside of regular tour hours, call (585) 265-9635.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Friday night excitement
Gardeners,
This is an invitation from the current GROW president, Penny, to attend a fun-fun bonfire extravaganza at her home this Friday (June 22).
Come early, and walk through my (weedy) gardens. Bring the kids. Well-behaved dogs (preferably with leash) are allowed.
Come later, and enjoy the fire, the lightning bugs, and perhaps an adult beverage.
Contact Penny for more information and to RSVP. If enough folks want to join the festivities, we'll set up the grill and have hamburgs and hots, too.
I can be reached at: paleololigo@gmail.com, paleololigo@yahoo.com, or 315-879-1123
~Penny
This is an invitation from the current GROW president, Penny, to attend a fun-fun bonfire extravaganza at her home this Friday (June 22).
Come early, and walk through my (weedy) gardens. Bring the kids. Well-behaved dogs (preferably with leash) are allowed.
Come later, and enjoy the fire, the lightning bugs, and perhaps an adult beverage.
Contact Penny for more information and to RSVP. If enough folks want to join the festivities, we'll set up the grill and have hamburgs and hots, too.
I can be reached at: paleololigo@gmail.com, paleololigo@yahoo.com, or 315-879-1123
~Penny
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Maplewood Rose Garden Festival
Hello Fellow Gardeners -
Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out the Maplewood Rose Garden.
Friday-Sunday (June 15-17)
28 Driving Park Ave 14613
Located off Lake Ave in the northwest area of the city, the Maplewood Rose Garden is one of the area's largest municipal Rose Garden. In its collection of more than 3,000 bushes you can find varieties from the antique 'Malmaison' to the most recent hybrids such as 'Princess Diana'. The roses fill more than 1 acre of garden with beautiful scent and color from early June nearly until Thanksgiving and outside the rose season the garden features bulbs, peonies, perennials and beautiful evergreens.
Rose enthusiasts will be sure to want to visit the Maplewood Rose Garden at the peak of bloom time, the second week in June. A three day festival highlights both the Garden and the surrounding neighborhood. Festival includes music, workshops, historic home and garden tours, gorge tours, children's activities, arts & crafts and more!"
Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out the Maplewood Rose Garden.
Friday-Sunday (June 15-17)
28 Driving Park Ave 14613
Located off Lake Ave in the northwest area of the city, the Maplewood Rose Garden is one of the area's largest municipal Rose Garden. In its collection of more than 3,000 bushes you can find varieties from the antique 'Malmaison' to the most recent hybrids such as 'Princess Diana'. The roses fill more than 1 acre of garden with beautiful scent and color from early June nearly until Thanksgiving and outside the rose season the garden features bulbs, peonies, perennials and beautiful evergreens.
Rose enthusiasts will be sure to want to visit the Maplewood Rose Garden at the peak of bloom time, the second week in June. A three day festival highlights both the Garden and the surrounding neighborhood. Festival includes music, workshops, historic home and garden tours, gorge tours, children's activities, arts & crafts and more!"
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Friday, June 8, 2007
Reminder: June 11th Meeting
Hello Gardeners -
Just a reminder that this coming Monday, June 11 at 7pm., the Garden Club will have an administrative meeting at the Williamson Library.
We invite all current members and any interested-to-become-members to join us at the administrative meeting to discuss our plans for the rest of 2007. We are interested in new ideas, suggestions for upcoming lectures, etc.
Just remember, membership dues are only $10 (and children are free when a parent joins!).
Just a reminder that this coming Monday, June 11 at 7pm., the Garden Club will have an administrative meeting at the Williamson Library.
We invite all current members and any interested-to-become-members to join us at the administrative meeting to discuss our plans for the rest of 2007. We are interested in new ideas, suggestions for upcoming lectures, etc.
Just remember, membership dues are only $10 (and children are free when a parent joins!).
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Cornell Cooperative Extension ofWayne County
Would you like to receive e-mail gardening tips and information aboutupcoming garden related events from the Cornell Cooperative Extension ofWayne County Master Gardeners?
If you would, call the Wayne County MasterGardener hotline 331-8415 ext. 107 and leave your name, phone number, and e-mail address or e-mail your contact information to mgwayne@cornell.edu.
If you have gardening questions please continue to call the hotline, as they are currently not able to answer questions via e-mail.
The Wayne Co site address (there is gardening info there) - http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/wayne
If you would, call the Wayne County MasterGardener hotline 331-8415 ext. 107 and leave your name, phone number, and e-mail address or e-mail your contact information to mgwayne@cornell.edu.
If you have gardening questions please continue to call the hotline, as they are currently not able to answer questions via e-mail.
The Wayne Co site address (there is gardening info there) - http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/wayne
Mark Your Calendars - June Events
Hi Fellow Gardeners!
I hope you've had a chance to dig into the soil and get your gardens going. My irises are blooming like crazy and my peonies and oriental poppies are looking to bloom any day now.
We have two events going on in June.
1. Monday, June 11 at 7pm. at the Williamson Library
Garden Club administrative meeting. We invite all current members and any interested-to-become-members to join us at the administrative meeting to discuss our plans for the rest of 2007. We are interested in new ideas, suggestions for upcoming lectures, etc. Just remember, membership dues are only $10 (and children are free when a parent joins!).
2. Monday, June 25th at 7pm at Audrey Ferris' Rose Gardens
The Garden Club is happy to announce a lecture and tour of Audrey Ferris' rose gardens. This Master Gardener has over 200 rose bushes. We are very fortunate that she is willing to share her knowledge and expertise with us.
Please contact myself or John Ferrante ( for more information and directions to her house. This event is open to residents and nonresidents, so tell your friends.
Finally, I hope that people have been checking out the blog at http://grow-thewilliamsongardenclub.blogspot.com/. There is some information about the Cornell Vegetable Variety Citizen Science Project which is looking for volunteers to share their knowledge about vegetables.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
I hope you've had a chance to dig into the soil and get your gardens going. My irises are blooming like crazy and my peonies and oriental poppies are looking to bloom any day now.
We have two events going on in June.
1. Monday, June 11 at 7pm. at the Williamson Library
Garden Club administrative meeting. We invite all current members and any interested-to-become-members to join us at the administrative meeting to discuss our plans for the rest of 2007. We are interested in new ideas, suggestions for upcoming lectures, etc. Just remember, membership dues are only $10 (and children are free when a parent joins!).
2. Monday, June 25th at 7pm at Audrey Ferris' Rose Gardens
The Garden Club is happy to announce a lecture and tour of Audrey Ferris' rose gardens. This Master Gardener has over 200 rose bushes. We are very fortunate that she is willing to share her knowledge and expertise with us.
Please contact myself or John Ferrante ( for more information and directions to her house. This event is open to residents and nonresidents, so tell your friends.
Finally, I hope that people have been checking out the blog at http://grow-thewilliamsongardenclub.blogspot.com/. There is some information about the Cornell Vegetable Variety Citizen Science Project which is looking for volunteers to share their knowledge about vegetables.
Happy Gardening!
Subrata
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Cornell Vegetable Variety Citizen Science Project
Wanted: Wayne County Gardeners who will participate in the Cornell Vegetable Variety Citizen Science Project
What varieties will grow best in my garden?
No doubt gardeners have been asking their fellow gardeners this question for centuries. Today's gardeners ask the same question. But now this website provides an avenue for gardeners to share their knowledge with a much wider community.
The concept is simple: Gardeners visit this site and report what varieties perform well - and not so well - in their gardens.
Other gardeners visit to view the variety ratings and read the reviews to decide which might work well for them. The Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners citizen science project also provides an opportunity for researchers to involve knowledgeable and motivated citizens in meaningful scientific research. Research on the performance of vegetable varieties is often limited to commercial production for many reasons. Home gardens may be overlooked, in part, because visiting thousands of home gardens to collect data would be an overwhelming task.
Asking gardeners to partner with researchers by collecting and sharing their own observations via the web could prove to be a winning combination for all. With a multitude of gardener observations at their finger tips, researchers can gain new insight into the performance of vegetable varieties under a wide range of conditions and practices, and ultimately provide more insight into which varieties perform best. At the same time, gardeners can get advice from a larger community of gardeners to help decide which varieties to try in their own garden.
Gardeners - young, old, beginners, experts - join the research team today.
Visit: http://vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu Or contact the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County Master Gardeners at (315) 331-8415 ext. 107
What varieties will grow best in my garden?
No doubt gardeners have been asking their fellow gardeners this question for centuries. Today's gardeners ask the same question. But now this website provides an avenue for gardeners to share their knowledge with a much wider community.
The concept is simple: Gardeners visit this site and report what varieties perform well - and not so well - in their gardens.
Other gardeners visit to view the variety ratings and read the reviews to decide which might work well for them. The Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners citizen science project also provides an opportunity for researchers to involve knowledgeable and motivated citizens in meaningful scientific research. Research on the performance of vegetable varieties is often limited to commercial production for many reasons. Home gardens may be overlooked, in part, because visiting thousands of home gardens to collect data would be an overwhelming task.
Asking gardeners to partner with researchers by collecting and sharing their own observations via the web could prove to be a winning combination for all. With a multitude of gardener observations at their finger tips, researchers can gain new insight into the performance of vegetable varieties under a wide range of conditions and practices, and ultimately provide more insight into which varieties perform best. At the same time, gardeners can get advice from a larger community of gardeners to help decide which varieties to try in their own garden.
Gardeners - young, old, beginners, experts - join the research team today.
Visit: http://vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu Or contact the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County Master Gardeners at (315) 331-8415 ext. 107
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Watering Schedule for Town Planters
From our PR person, John Ferrante:
HI GARDENERS,
Now that the planting has been completed, it is time to establish a watering schedule for both the Main Street and Town Hall Planters. On Main Street, you will need watering cans/plastic pales and can get water at Kings Auto, Williamson Hardware and in front of the Tanning Center. At the Town Hall, you may need to get the water valve key from the Library or bring a couple of cans of water from Main Street. It would probably be a good idea to check the smaller planters of individual shops to verify they are being watered too. To date, the Library has not requested our help with their gardens for 2007. By the way, some planters will need watering even if we have rain because they are located under awnings.
While I was watering the planters this morning (5/14/07), I asked Mike Orr (Kings Auto) if we could keep a calendar with the watering records on his office counter. He agreed and would be willing to let a member know when the last recorded watering was done if a member called his shop. If you water outside Mike's shop hours, please call me (589-9557) and I will record the watering the next day.
Please call me if you could help out on the watering this summer.
Thanks,
John Ferrante
P.S. The Garden Club will be selling plants and handing out our club literature this Saturday (5/19/07) in the Craft Area starting at 12:00 Noon. We could sure use your help.
HI GARDENERS,
Now that the planting has been completed, it is time to establish a watering schedule for both the Main Street and Town Hall Planters. On Main Street, you will need watering cans/plastic pales and can get water at Kings Auto, Williamson Hardware and in front of the Tanning Center. At the Town Hall, you may need to get the water valve key from the Library or bring a couple of cans of water from Main Street. It would probably be a good idea to check the smaller planters of individual shops to verify they are being watered too. To date, the Library has not requested our help with their gardens for 2007. By the way, some planters will need watering even if we have rain because they are located under awnings.
While I was watering the planters this morning (5/14/07), I asked Mike Orr (Kings Auto) if we could keep a calendar with the watering records on his office counter. He agreed and would be willing to let a member know when the last recorded watering was done if a member called his shop. If you water outside Mike's shop hours, please call me (589-9557) and I will record the watering the next day.
Please call me if you could help out on the watering this summer.
Thanks,
John Ferrante
P.S. The Garden Club will be selling plants and handing out our club literature this Saturday (5/19/07) in the Craft Area starting at 12:00 Noon. We could sure use your help.
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