The Trumpet is our monthly newsletter.
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: DECEMBER IS HERE AGAIN!
In December of 2020, we met via Zoom. In December of 2021, we meet being vaccinated and masked. In December of 2022, we will meet fully vaccinated and mask-free (hopefully). Although masks are today’s “norm”, there is a place we do not need to wear a mask and that’s in our gardens.
Did you think that just because it’s December, you are off the hook and don’t need to worry about your garden or yard? Wrong! Although garden work is not as burdensome during this wintry month, we need to finish leftover chores from last month. A few minutes spent in the garden in December can lighten the workload for next year. Before the snow falls, we have work to do to get our yards ready for next spring. There are still fallen autumn leaves on the ground. We need to rake them off our lawn one final time to avoid any damage to the grass over the winter months. Collect and compost them. Finish cleaning the gardens to prevent hidden pests and diseases from making a home in the clutter, overwintering and coming back stronger next season. As long as the December weather holds and the ground hasn’t become frozen, finish planting spring bulbs. It will be too late for planting in January, so get that done fast. Also, if you haven’t already done so, provide winter protection to any plants you think need it. It will be too late once a deep layer of snow forms.
With gardening tasks near completion, do a walk-around. Double check that all terra-cotta, ceramic, and plastic pots have been cleaned and brought in. Gather any gardening tools that are still outside and clean, oil and sharpen them for storage. Be sure the irrigation system is drained and turned off. Lastly, take care of our feathered friends. Put out feeders and keep them filled with wild bird food to attract garden birds, which in turn eat pests in our gardens. Birds will appreciate nuts, seeds and fat balls left out for them in winter. It helps for the foodstuff to be as calorific as possible – but no chocolate! The birds rely on feeders as an easy-to-find and essential source of food so they can conserve their energy to keep warm rather than hunting for berries and insects. Add a heated birdbath to the backyard. When temperatures dip below freezing, the birds will appreciate the availability of this natural resource.
Winter can feel like a depressing time in the garden. The flowers of summer are a distant memory and cold temperatures are here to stay. With limited daylight hours as we approach the shortest day of the year, the change of the clocks has discouraged any hope of working in the evenings. However, this month's crisp wintery weather can be both strikingly beautiful and bitterly cold. Getting outside in your garden in the winter months can give you a chance to breathe fresh air and stay connected to the outdoors. Just remember to dress warmly and reward yourself with a hot drink afterwards. Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy holiday season. And as always, stay safe and stay well.
Elaine Frongillo, President
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT: This month’s flower arrangement is made by Jeanne McGrath.
FLOWER SHOW: Just to remind you that there is a signup sheet today for the Floral Workshop on January 17th to be held at St. David’s Church, Old Main St., South Yarmouth from 10am until noon. We will be trying our hand at making a slice of cake or a puppy in a pot or basket, both from flowers. I think it will be a fun time. Please make a note that we are NOT to use the side door anymore but the front or back doors and will be in the usual room. You can still use either the front or back parking lots. I will be at the back of the room today after you have had your refreshments to give you the list for which arrangement you are going to do and more details.
As usual please call me if you have any questions. Joy Shipp, Chair
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION: Look for the pictures of wreath making and hung to many of the doors throughout the town, Post Office window boxes, and our garden signs all with bows and sprays of evergreens soon to be posted on our website by Regina!
Happy Holidays! Jan Brogan
HISTORIAN: Take a Look at our SCRAPBOOK! Our Scrapbook is on display at all meetings and shows the events and activities of the Club through photographs, articles and program handouts. Please send photos for inclusion via text message, if possible, to me at my phone number.
Eileen West
HOSPITALITY:
The refreshment sheets for February, March, and April are available today. Please see Ann Libby to sign up to bring a food item or a hospitality table floral arrangement. Thank you to the members who brought refreshments today and to those who provided the goodies at November’s meeting. It is much appreciated.
Mary Spurr & Ann Libby, Co-Chairs
PROGRAM:
Our guest speaker is the talented and creative designer, Nancy Walsh whose topic is “Found Object Arrangements for the Holidays”. She continues to create unusual and imaginative floral arrangements and “over-the-top” centerpieces from ordinary items she finds in her neighborhood. Her presentations have always been entertaining. Her unique creations will be raffled off at the end of the program.
Cheryl Ryan & Kiki Becker, Co-Chairs
WEBSITE: You will be happy to see that the web page www.gardenclubofyarmouth.org has been updated with recent activities including photos of wreath making and some of the wreath in situ. More to follow. Thanks to Ann Libby and Jan Brogan for the photos.
Also, I have been posting photos of some of the wreaths and holiday planters at the post offices on the club’s Facebook page. In addition to showing these pictures on our Facebook page The Garden Club of Yarmouth—Cape Cod, I have cross-posted them to two other Yarmouth pages Friends of Yarmouth and The Best of Yarmouth. To date these Facebook postings have been seen by more than 1600 people.
Regina Mullen, Chair
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
October 2021
OCTOBER 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
September has come and gone, and it has been a positive month for our garden club.
We had a terrific turnout for our annual meeting/luncheon at Flax Pond. This marked our first in-person members meeting for the 2021-2022 season. The weather cooperated and the day was warm and sunny. It was a delightful event and all who attended connected with friends, relaxed in the fresh air and enjoyed a delicious, catered boxed lunch. The following weekend found hearty souls standing out in the rain at the Recycle Center for our first fundraiser event since 2019. It was a huge success! Patrons were generous and our coffers are looking better and better.
Ahh, fall has arrived. The leaves are turning beautiful hues and there’s a chill in the air, but there is still plenty to do as we begin putting our gardens to rest for the winter season. October is the ideal time to plant deciduous trees, shrubs, and roses, to divide perennials and to plant spring flowering bulbs. Don’t forget to harvest the last of the veggies and annual herbs. Be sure to rake leaves off the lawn, collect and shred them for mulch on flower beds and young tender new plants. Or add the shredded leaves to the compost pile.
What? You don’t have a compost pile? Now is the perfect time to start one with those shredded leaves, dying foliage and weeds. And yes, we must weed, weed, weed. Pull every weed you see; fewer weeds now mean fewer weeds in the spring!
October’s cooling temperature is the perfect time to get outside and get caught up on garden chores before winter sets in. But fall doesn’t have to be all work and no play. Take time from the clean-up tasks to relax in front of your fireplace or outside fire pit. A warm beverage and a cozy blanket is an excellent way to enjoy the crisp, cool weather and the colorful ever-changing landscape.
As we prepare our gardens for the upcoming season, we must also prepare ourselves for our upcoming garden club meetings. The Executive Board has adopted the COVID-19 policy with respect to in-person meetings and events. The resolution in its entirety is included in September’s issue of The Trumpet and on our website. If you haven’t read it yet, please take a few moments to do so. To summarize, the policy states as follows: Until further notice, members and guests must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend and participate in any Garden Club in-person meetings and events.
The safety of all our members and guests is paramount. As we schedule in-person meetings, I am optimistic that by following the proper precautions and guidelines, we all will feel comfortably safe while attending in-person meetings.
Stay well, stay safe and see you soon.
Elaine Frongillo, President
FLOWER SHOW: There is a sign-up sheet today for anyone who would like to make an arrangement to go on the podium for our monthly meetings for the rest of the year. Call Joy Shipp with any questions.
HOSPITALITY: Providing a refreshment at one monthly meeting each year is a responsibility of all active members. This year the Senior Center will only allow individually wrapped items to be served so for the next few months we will be offering just baked goods and cheese &crackers. Hopefully in the new year we will be able to serve platters of fruit & veggies.
Signup sheets are available today for November, December, & January. Please sign up to bring a food item or a hospitality table floral arrangement. Snowbirds should consider signing up for one of these months.
Our policy: Leftovers go home with the member who brought them. You will receive a reminder call for what you signed up for. Please inform a hospitality chairperson if you are unable to fulfill your commitment.
Ann Libby & Mary Spurr, Co-chairs
PROGRAM: Norma Weinberg: Natural Hand Care in the Age of COVID 19 & Magical Herbs for Halloween!
WAYS AND MEANS: The Landfill collection was a HUGE success through the organization and direction of Ann Libby and Cheryl Silvestri as we several volunteers standing in the rain with smiles and thank yous to the positive responses of Yarmouth citizens. Gar reported depositing $3,003 for an all-time HIGH! Two days (0nly 8 hrs.) = $375 / hr. is pretty good pay I'd say!
Thank you, Jan Brogan, Co-Chair
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION: The water is turned off and gardens are being prepared for winter. Window boxes and planters are dressed up for fall!
A big thank you to all those who worked through the heat and rain this spring, summer, and fall. We had a sad moment but flowers will give us promise for next year--OUR 50TH! Remember the plant sale in May--divide some plants and especially tubers
( iris, cannas, dahlias) and prepare now!
WREATH TIME: Sign ups today to decorate one of the town's 14 wreathes which will be purchased by the club. More details to come later.
Thank you, Jan B
ANNUAL LUNCHEON: This year’s Annual Luncheon was held at Lorusso Lodge on a beautiful fall day In September. The catered box lunch was delicious, the raffle baskets were a big hit, and the event was well attended. But best of all, we were all so happy to meet once again in person after such a long trying year. Many thanks to all who helped Mary and I to pull this all together. And thank you to all who attended because without you this wouldn’t have been a success.
On to next year,
Paula Wilson and Mary Preikszas, Co-Chairs
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News and Coming Events
September 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
ELCOME BACK GARDENERS AND WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
IT’S BEEN A LONG-TIME COMING, BUT WE MADE IT!
September 21 is our annual luncheon/meeting and our first in-person meeting for 2021. It is a time to relax, renew friendships, make new friends and enjoy the great outdoors at Flax Pond.
I am very optimistic that in our 2021-2022 season, the Garden Club will be able to hold in-person meetings in the Senior Center. We may not be sitting too closely, but we will be conducting garden club business and hosting many engaging guest speakers. In fact, our October 19 meeting is scheduled to be held in the Senior Center, and the Program Committee has an entertaining, informative and interesting Halloween/Fall program planned. WHOOOOOO would want to miss it?? It looks like a promising and exciting new year as we enter into our 50th year of gardening and beautifying the Town of Yarmouth. Please join in our meetings and be a part of our history in the making.
As we look forward to our in-person meetings, the safety of all our members and guests is of utmost importance. I am confident that with proper precautions and guidelines, going forward we will feel comfortable and safe while attending in-person meetings, and we will encourage other members to attend. I am pleased to inform you of the Executive Board’s resolution for upcoming meetings.
On September 7, 2021, the Executive Board of the Garden Club of Yarmouth approved the following resolution:
COVID-19 POLICY
NOTICE TO GARDEN CLUB OF YARMOUTH MEMBERS
COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS FOR ATTENDANCE AT IN-PERSON MEMBER EVENTS
The Garden Club of Yarmouth Executive Board has voted that, effective immediately, and until further notice, all Garden Club of Yarmouth members and guests will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend and participate in any Garden Club of Yarmouth in-person event including but not limited to monthly executive board meetings, in-person monthly members meetings and any and all outings. The term “fully vaccinated” shall mean that the member has received the recommended doses of COVID-19 vaccines and at least two weeks have lapsed since receiving the final dose.
The membership is hereby advised that the Garden Club of Yarmouth has not and will not monitor any COVID-19 rules, regulations, recommendations and instructions from public institutions, subject matter experts, or any other source and that the Garden Club of Yarmouth shall not make or give advice or recommendations as to the COVID-19 risk of attending an in-person event of the Garden Club of Yarmouth.
It shall be deemed that a member’s participation at any in-person event shall constitute the member’s certification to the Garden Club of Yarmouth that:
1. She/he is fully vaccinated; and
2. She/he has made her/his own informed decision regarding the risk of attendance at the Garden Club of Yarmouth in-person event; and
3. If she/he contracts COVID-19 within two weeks after attending an in-person event she/he agrees to be tested for COVID-19 and notify The Garden Club of Yarmouth of her/his condition and the results of the test; and
4. She/he holds the Garden Club of Yarmouth, officers and executive board harmless and without liability under all circumstances related to COVID-19.
Any regular member of the Garden Club of Yarmouth who is unable or unwilling to attend the required number of members meetings in 2021-2022 due to this COVID restriction shall not be required to forfeit her/his membership.
I look forward to seeing you all at our meetings. Stay safe, stay well and see you soon.
Elaine Frongillo, President
WAYS AND MEANS:
We had hoped to have a "Holiday Greens" sale along with some crafts and work with the Flower committee but due to lack of an available venue, time frame to put on a decent sale for the public to attend, as well as having some covid restrictions, we decided to forego this type of event. However, we will all need to prep this winter for our 50th anniversary/plant sale/flower show event in May.
Now we are gearing up for the Landfill Collection--
The Landfill Collection is this Saturday, September 25th and Sunday, September 26th 8 am to noon each day. If you are not volunteering, please bring your trash and some cash! Tell your neighbors, friends and strangers.
Jan Brogan, Chair and Ann Libby
FLOWER SHOW:
We are starting the year with a Floral Workshop on Monday October 18th from 10 am until noon. We will be making a fall arrangement or even a Halloween one if you want to add some spooky things. There is a sign-up sheet here today. You will need to bring following things. Any questions please call Joy Shipp at 508-398-5324
Flowers, greens. Also grasses or berries if you have some. Container
Oasis. Soak it before you come to the class. Clippers.
Don't forget the cats, witches etc. if you are going with that theme.
We will meet at St. David's Church, Old Main Street, South Yarmouth. Park in the back lot and come in through the back door to the March Room.
Joy Shipp, Chair
HERB GARDEN: We will be closing the Herb and Kitchen Gardens on Tuesday, October 12th at 8:30. Please come with tools to put the gardens to bed for the winter (ugh!). If you cannot make it please email or call me to let me know. Thank you for your continued support.
Joan Huckins, Chair
WEB:
With the passing of our committee chair and resignations from the Club, the Web Committee is looking to grow its membership. We maintain the Club’s web site www.gardenclubofyarmouth.org and a Facebook page Garden Club of Yarmouth-Cape Cod. These social media platforms help the Club communicate informally with members and others who share our interests. In the last 90 days, more than 200 people have visited the website. At present we have more than 225 followers on Facebook.
Neither Weebly, the web site builder we use, nor Facebook requires any coding or other computer internet design knowledge or skills. Instruction is available for both platforms. In the past, responsibility for maintaining the web site or Facebook group has rotated among committee members during the year so that a member may only have to update the site/page for 3-4 months during the year.
The password for the Club's members only page has not changed since September 2018. It will be found in the 2021-2022 Directories (Handbooks) you have been given for this coming year if you need it.
Regina Mullen
MEMBERSHIP:
I am pleased to welcome two new members to our club.
Linda Cipro
Linda is working on the Civic Beautification Committee.
Carol Flynn
Carol was a garden club member in Peekskill, NY. She will also be working on the Civic Beautification Committee.
Pat Holcomb, Membership Chair
OCTOBER’S PROGRAM:
Norma Weinberg: Natural Hand Care in the Age of COVID 19 & Magical Herbs for Halloween!
Kiki Becker and Cheryl Ryan, Co-Chairs
TREASURER:
There is a copy of the 2021-2022 Budget for you to look over. I will go over it with you at today’s meeting. We will vote on it at October’s Membership Meeting.
Debbi Jurek
The family of Ed Mulligan invites you to a gathering in his honor on Saturday, September 25th at 10:30 AM. Please join us at Ed’s backyard garden that he loved so much and share memories of your friend.
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News and Coming Events
MAY 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
President’s Last (Missive) Message This Season
In the dead of winter, warm days seem so far away – but – here it is May and soon to be June with sunny beach days. While not quite beach weather, there’s plenty to enjoy now as May is one of the most fragrant months in the garden.
Lilacs are one of the hardiest and most fragrant flowering bushes in our gardens. Their stalked flowers in shades of pink, purple, blue or white add a nostalgia factor to gardens. Known as the "Queen of Shrubs," the lilac’s unmistaken scent is strongest in full sun and can perfume the neighborhood. Its essence is a favorite in colognes, sachets and soaps.
But size isn’t everything. The beautiful flowers of the lily of the valley pack a big punch and are one of the most fragrant spring and summer blooms. The heavenly scent of these tiny white, bell-shaped flowers permeates the air with its sweet fragrance. The flower was Christian Dior’s favorite so French master perfumer, Edmond Roudnitska, created the iconic perfume Diorissimo. The flower’s pure scent is perfection, looking and smelling like the essence of innocence, but it is extremely poisonous.
Scented flowers add a layer of sensory pleasure to the garden. Here are some popular plants to consider. Adorning spring gardens with almost every color of the rainbow, bearded irises have a range of fragrance from anise to floral to fruity. The Dusky Challenger iris is chocolate scented but don’t try to eat it! The showy, big clusters of candy-colored blossoms of the garden phlox bear a sweet floral fragrance which intoxicates and intensifies in the summer heat. Dianthus, an old-fashioned favorite with pink, white, red, or bicolor flowers, has a spicy or vanilla-like scent. It's no surprise that lavender is one the best-smelling flowers and its soothing aroma makes it popular for perfumes, soaps, potpourri, and more. Daphne is a beautiful small shrub with flowers that emit a true perfume-quality scent that is a mix of sweet florals and earthy undertones. Peony, a richly fragrant shrub, is beautiful enough to grow just for its flowers; but the lush blooms have a clear, clean fragrance ranging from sweet to citrus to slightly spicy - scents that are very similar to roses.
And speaking of roses, “The rose is a rose, And was always a rose,” Robert Frost. The rose is a symbol of beauty, peace and nature's bounty. Well-deserving of its honor as America’s national flower, the beautiful rose comes in a wide range of colors from white to various shades of yellows and pinks to dark crimson and maroon. Climbing roses, hybrid tea roses, miniature roses and tall hardy bushes all have delightful fragrances ranging from citrus, floral, musk, or fruit scents. Endless varieties of classic to modern hybrids are available.
Unfortunately, because of generic manipulation, many modern plants are no longer fragrant. The new varieties are bred to be full, bushy, disease-resistant or perpetually blooming - and often come at the sacrifice of scent. When planting flowers for their sensory appeal, antique heirloom varieties are best.
Many fragrant plants can also be grown in pots and containers on patios or balconies. Place them where you spend the most time and where you’re likely to brush against them to release their fragrance. Once planted, make a habit of stopping to smell plants as well as looking at them – these special moments can provide little extra treats to brighten your day. When you’re too busy to enjoy life, stop and smell the flowers. Relax, take a break from everyday stresses and appreciate the beauty of life.
As golfer Walter Hagen in the 1956 book The Walter Hagen Story said, “You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry. Don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.” -- Nice.
Elaine Frongillo, President
ANNUAL MEETING:
It’s official! The Yarmouth Garden Club announces its Annual Luncheon Meeting is scheduled for September 21, 2021 at Flax Pond’s Lorusso Lodge in Yarmouth! This is an open-air facility with adequate seating, convenient parking; also, the Lodge complies with Covid requirements. Read the details of the event, box lunch choices, and the registration form in this issue of “The Trumpet”.
Be sure to send your rollup selection and check (Yarmouth Garden Club) to Paula Wilson by September1st. We hope you’ll be able to attend and look forward to socializing with you again!
TREASURER:
Dues Time of Year except for those who have earned Honorary status
Thanks to all of you who have already renewed your 2021-22 membership. If you haven't had a chance yet to do so, please mail your check to: Debbi Jurek
Deadline: May 31st
Check: $30 payable to Garden Club of Yarmouth
Thanks and a splendid summer of reawakening to all! --Debbi Jurek, Treasurer
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
Please resume your commitment to the gardens ASAP. Work has started and calls have been made to reach out for help. Some members outside of CIVIC have helped us out last year and this year. No committees have changed and are on hold. Please contact your garden chairperson for schedule and status.
Paula Phillips--Highbank Sandee McGrath--Buck Island Jan Brogan---Forest
Post Offices Mary Spurr, Kiki Becker and Donna Riley has sub at S Yarmouth
Joyce Jenkins-- Sr Center A BIG THANK YOU !
Temporary Chair Jan Brogan
. MEMBERSHIP:
Michelle Collins Clements has resigned......a new job and babysitting are keeping her busy.
Barbara Fitzpatrick has resigned......health reasons and home projects.
Best wishes for a wonderful summer.
Pat Holcomb, Membership Chair
PROGRAM:
Program Committee will meet in June to plan speakers for 2021-22 season. Fingers crossed that we will be meeting back at Sr Center! Apologies for snafu that prevented planned presentation on May 18th. Thought we had worked out technical hiccups during 45-minute run through the previous week.
Marsha Alibrandi emailed the Garden Club with the following links. She thanked “the members profusely for their patience, kindness and interesting conversation.”
This link will enable you to watch her YouTube presentation entitled “Year-Round Color”. It will have to be typed in.
https://youtu.be/wviiw2kXO4Y
This is slide presentation about which she says, “It'll be tough to interpret my landscape photos without narration, but the reset of the slides explain the various species using the best resources I could to support the use of those plants I discuss.” If you double click on it you will be able to look at her show.
REMEMBRANCE:
If anyone knows of a club member who would appreciate a card from the Garden Club during the summer, please call Margaret Huzsar.at. It might be just the thing someone needs.
SCHOLARSHIP:
This year’s scholarship recipient is Brady Holmes. He is a D-Y graduating senior and is headed to Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire in the Fall. Brady will not receive our $500 award until he presents us with a transcript of his 1st semester grades probably in January 2022. Once we know he has completed the semester, we will send him the check.
In the Fall, we will contact the schools here again to let them know we will be offering a scholarship to 2022 graduates headed to college, who are interested in taking classes in agriculture, conservation, environmental science, horticulture, landscape design, aquaculture, forestry or a related field.
HORTICULTURAL ROUNDTABLE: AKA GARDEN KNOW HOW:
As some of you have already heard, I will be stepping down as the Chair as of June 30th. I have served this position since the 2017-2018 fiscal year of the Garden Club of Yarmouth, and served other chairs and committees prior as well. I want to thank the "Garden Know How' committee members for helping plan our speakers and assisting at the meetings and road trips! It has been a joyful and rewarding adventure with all of you. I also want to thank the Board Members for their support and leadership throughout my tenure.
“Wishing everyone a happy and successful gardening season, Vicki Balboni
NEW BUSINESS:
"I am excited and pleased to announce that Margery Kelly has accepted the position of Chair of the Scholarship Committee. Thank you, Margery. I look forward to your reports throughout the year."
Elaine Frongillo
Wanted – Chair for the Garden Know-How Committee
We are looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious individual to Chair the Horticultural Roundtable Committee. As Chair, you will meet with the committee members to discuss and select “Garden Know How” topics and speakers that are of interest to the club. There will be five programs in the upcoming calendar year and the “Garden Know How” programs are held at the Yarmouth Town Hall for an hour from 10-11 am. In May or June, a garden related field trip is planned, either by bus or car on a given day, or some other special event which the committee decides upon. This is a wonderful opportunity to be actively involved in upcoming Roundtable events. The chair also attends the Executive Board meetings. If anyone is interested, please contact me either by emai or phone. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Elaine Frongillo
ADDITIONS
The reservation form for our Annual Meeting to be held in September is on the next page. Please note you can print it to send it to Paula Wilson. Otherwise you can just send your name, choice for lunch and your check to Paula.
After the form there is a copy of an article from The Boston Globe’s Sunday Magazine published earlier this year following. Although it is labeled Spring Travel Preview, a plant lover’s guide to some of the best gardens, arboretums and outdoor museums in New England these are destinations that would be of interest through the summer and fall. Some are near and others farther away. Some are familiar and others are new but they all sound interesting as a destination.
Both are attached so you can open them in a way that is best for you.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
LORUSSO LODGE at FLAX POND
WHITE’S PATH to 31 DUPONT AVE, YARMOUTH
12:30 PM… CHECK IN AND SOCIALIZE
1:00 PM… BOX LUNCH by VIOLET CATERING
COST: $20.00
By September 1st, please circle your lunch choice and mail with a check payable to:
THE GARDEN CLUB OF YARMOUTH
co / Paula Wilson
Cut along this line and send with your check……………………………………………………………..................................
MENU
Please circle your rollup choice!
Grilled Chicken Caesar on a rollup with crisp romaine, parmesan cheese and Caesar dressing
Ham and Cheese on a rollup served with fresh greens and tomato
Caprese Rollup served with fresh greens, tomato, mozzarella and balsamic glaze
All rollups served with a pickle spear, fresh fruit cup, chips, brownie, and bottled water; mayo and mustard packets served with ham rollup.
Please print your name _________________________________________________
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News and Coming Events
APRIL 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
We made it through the temperamental weather of March. The crocuses have croaked, the snowdrops have melted and the Siberian squills have faded. April brings longer and warmer days -- and rain, but don’t let the damp days depress you, for as the saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers!”
April is when spring bulbs shine. The daffodils have waited all year for their time in the sun. Their showy yellow or white blossoms nod gently in the breeze, as they grace front yards, walkways and gardens. They add spring charm to containers and window boxes and naturalize roadways and wooded areas. What’s not to love about cheery daffodils? Not to be upstaged, the beautiful tulips are also in full bloom. In shades of red, pink, purple, yellow or white, their vibrant colors and large impressive flowers are gorgeous in gardens and spring bouquets. Did you know that red tulips symbolize a declaration of love? Long live the tulip! And of course, we can’t forget one of the most loveliest scents of spring, the hyacinth flowers. Known as “nature’s perfume,” their intoxicating fragrance and spikes of colorful blossoms are hard to ignore. They fill the garden with a variety of brilliant colors. As cut flowers, you can bring them inside for the sweet scent of spring.
Take time to look up. Tender buds are emerging on the maples, chestnut and oak trees. The stunning white and pink flowers of the dogwoods, the exquisite pink petals of the crabapples, the lush rose-pink blossoms of the magnolias and the bright purplish-pink flash of the blooming redbuds are but a few of the beautiful ornamental trees that brighten our April days. Enjoy their fleeting splendor, for only too soon their delicate petals will fall like confetti to the ground.
But let’s not get lazy admiring all the beauty nature has to offer. As experienced gardeners, we know April is the transitional month as we get ready for planting. Our spring chores include removing lingering winter debris, preparing flower and vegetable beds, pruning roses, planting new perennials and dividing old ones. We want to turn over the compost pile for faster break down, do a soil test and amend as needed. Now is a good time to inspect the lawn, reseed bare spots and fertilize. Keep weeds under control -- weed, weed, weed -- it’s never too early to weed. On rainy days, inspect garden tools and equipment to be sure they’re in good workable condition. Even if the sun isn’t shining, our plants will still need pruning, feeding and weeding.
April is one of our busiest months in the garden and spring can be short with unpredictable weather. When the weather does cooperate, we start to feel the excitement of working in the garden. Even though our to-do list seems endless, we can stay ahead by strategically planning our days one chore at a time. With our organized list and good weather, we can get through our gardening tasks easily. When temperatures suddenly soar into the 80’s next month, we’ll be glad we completed our April tasks. We can go to the beach instead of toiling in the garden!
As always, stay safe, stay well and think Spring!
Elaine Frongillo, President
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
if anyone would like to volunteer to make an arrangement for the podium at the Zoom meeting on May 18th. Please contact Joy Shipp.
PROGRAM:
April showers - Please more rain! - bring May flowers. On Tuesday May 18th, Marcia Alibrandi, Master Gardener, will present a timely program “Four Seasons of Color in Our Cape Cod Gardens.”
Marcia will instruct & inspire us on how to brighten up our garden beds and pathways. After the long slog we've endured, a splash of color would be most welcome. Join us!
TREASURER:
Ahhh, spring has finally arrived with those delightful smells of hyacinth and sights of daffodils, pansies and pussy willows. Hostas are blissfully stretching out of the soil as we welcome the season of renewal... of our soul, our inner gardener and also our garden club fellowship.
Through these challenging times your continued membership is deeply valued as we plan ahead to meeting in person in September and then on to celebrate the Club's 50th anniversary next year. We want you there.
Please mail your dues check for $30, payable to the Garden Club of Yarmouth, to:
Debbi Jurek
As always, the deadline is May31st. Thank you and joyous gardening to all!
ANNUAL MEETING:
MARK YOUR CALENDARS for September 21, 2021 If you’re wondering about the annual May luncheon, it is postponed due to Covid restrictions. In September, we will be celebrating the beginning of a new year with a box lunch and annual meeting at Flax Pond’s Lorusso Lodge. Particulars, menu, and reservation forms will be forthcoming
MEMBERSHIP:
I would like to welcome two new members of the Yarmouth Garden Club:
Michelle Collins Clements
Michelle will be working with the Civic Beautification committee.
Gail McArthur
Gail will be working with the Civic Beautification committee and the Flower Show committee
We are so very pleased to have you join us as we meet via Zoom for now.
I have recently received a letter of resignation from Jane Thomas. She has enjoyed the friendships and service of beautification to the town of Yarmouth and wishes the club well.
Pat Holcomb, Membership Chair
SCHOLARSHIP:
WANTED – CHAIRPERSON FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
We are seeking an energetic, enthusiastic person to serve as the new chair of the Scholarship Committee. Margie Kelly has graciously volunteered to work with the committee members, Barbara McManus and Louise Carbone, to complete this year’s selection process. The responsibilities of the chair and the committee involve sending applications to local high schools, reviewing the candidates’ applications, choosing a qualified candidate and obtaining the Executive Board’s approval. The chosen recipient is then notified and the scholarship is awarded to him/her. This is a fantastic opportunity to remain active in the Club without doing physical activities. No weeding, planting, or other back-breaking work required! The Scholarship Committee is an important part of the Garden Club’s mission to encourage and support students pursuing horticultural interests, and this position as chair is both challenging and rewarding. All interested persons, please contact me, either by email at or telephone and I will be happy to discuss this wonderful opportunity to assist future environmentalists.
Elaine Frongillo, President
POLLINATOR PROJECT
The appeal went out and the Garden Club of Yarmouth answered the call to join garden clubs across the Cape to participate in the project to help save endangered pollinators from extinction. Only fifteen of our members volunteered to plant pollinator gardens. They are Ann Libby, Barbara Clancy, Barbara Collins, Carol Ann Morris, Cookie Barry, Eileen West, Elaine Frongillo, Gretchen Hyde, Judy Majusky, Kiki Becker, Margaret Rice, Mary Ehbrecht, Pat Holcomb, Ruth Driscoll and Ruth Piscitelli. Each volunteer received packets of wildflower seeds for planting to encourage pollinators to visit their gardens. The benefits are two-fold – we get to enjoy the beautiful wildflowers and the pollinators get to do what they do best – pollinate! I thank you ladies for participating in this vital project to keep our pollinators from becoming extinct. The birds, bees and butterflies also thank you.
Elaine Frongillo
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
MARCH 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
This year, March came in like a lion, with strong winds and cold weather. We can only hope that March goes out like a lamb, with mild days and warmer temperatures.
After a dark winter of grays and browns, we eagerly look forward to the first bursts of spring colors. The bright white snowdrops are the earliest of the spring-blooming bulbs, often popping up when snow is still on the ground. The soft periwinkle flowers of the Glory-of- the-Snow and the electric blue blossoms of the Siberian squill are also among the earliest flowers to welcome spring, as they emerge from the cold hard ground. The bright yellow blooms of the forsythia are a sure sign of warming weather and the departure of winter. Of course, we can’t forget the lovely purple, yellow and white flowers of the crocuses. They are one of the best early spring flowers to herald in the season. The daffodils, hyacinths and tulips are showing signs of life as they start to poke their stems from the ground, waiting for their turn to blossom in the sunshine.
As the warmer days perk up our spirits, we venture outdoors to see what havoc the winter played on our yards. But don’t panic; a thoughtful cleanup plan is all we need. Start easy with some basic cleanup chores. Rake debris and sodden leaves from lawns, flower and vegetable beds. Collect fallen branches and prune broken tree limbs. Cut back dead foliage from perennials and ornamental grasses. While working outdoors, watch for slugs. They love warm weather and soft new growth, so have effective organic slug control products ready.
Beware! Don’t get over-zealous with spring cleanup in case we have a late cold snap. There will be plenty of warm sunny days to complete our outdoor projects. The important thing is to get outside and enjoy our ever-evolving landscape as the new season of growth begins.
During cleanup, don’t forget our feathered friends. Clean out and repair birdhouses for the spring nesting season. Wash birdbaths and fill feeders. As the dark-eyed juncos make their summer migration back to Canada to nest and raise their young, the American goldfinches are shedding their drab brown winter feathers for their bright beautiful yellow plumage. Bluebirds visit our feeders and stop to refuel as they fly through to their summer residences. Hang out the “Welcome” sign for our fair-weather flyers.
If you’re not sure about the birds that visit our backyards, the Program Committee has planned a wonderful presentation to be given by Chris Walz from Mass Audubon. He will share his birding knowledge and experience with us at our March 16 Members’ Meeting which will start at 1 P.M. on Zoom. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend as we say “Hello Springtime!”
As always, stay well and stay safe.
Elaine Frongillo, President
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
The Membership Meeting’s arrangement will be created by Joy Shipp.
ANNUAL MEETING:
Due to constrictions of meeting during the pandemic, the Annual Meeting normally held in May has been rescheduled. The Luncheon will be held the third Tuesday in September when we usually have our Welcome Back Luncheon. More information will be announced in the next Trumpet.
PROGRAM:
Special Guest Speaker
Mark Faherty will be speaking on Winter Birds/ Backyard Birds, bird feeding and native plants to attract birds at our Membership Zoom Meeting on Tuesday, March 16th.
Mark has been the Science Coordinator at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary since August 2007 and has led birding trips for Mass Audubon since 2002. While his current projects involve everything from oysters and horseshoe crabs to bats and butterflies, he has studied primarily bird ecology for the last 20 years, working on research projects in Kenya, Florida, Texas, California, Arizona, Mexico, and the Pacific Northwest. Mark's Weekly Bird Report airs each Wednesday on WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station. He also co-hosts Bird News, a monthly call-in show all about birds, on WCAI's The Point with Mindy Todd. If you listen to WCAI, you may be familiar with the birding radio shows he does for them.
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SCHOLARSHIP:
After serving for over seven years as chairperson of the Scholarship Committee, Claire Linnan will be resigning in May 2021. We are seeking an enthusiastic person to serve as the new chair starting in September 2021. If serving as the chair seems to be a daunting job, Barbara McManus, a current member of the committee, has indicated a willingness to serve as co-chair with another individual. Claire will remain a member of the committee and assist the new chair/co-chairs in any way she can. The Scholarship Committee is an important part of the Garden Club’s mission to encourage and support students pursuing horticultural interests, and this pro-active position as chair/co-chair is both challenging and rewarding. All interested persons, please contact me, either by email or telephone and I will be happy to discuss this wonderful opportunity to assist future environmentalists.
Elaine Frongillo, President
WEBSITE:
We gardeners love to look at gardens, be they real or just a photograph. We have a new page on our website, gardenclubofyarmouth.org, where we are posting photos of member visit(s) to off-Cape public gardens, arboretums, private gardens and the like. To see what has been posted so far, look for “In Our Gardens…” on our web site menu.
There are instructions on the page for sharing your photos with the rest of the club. Send us your best stuff and we will do the rest!
NEW BUSINESS:
The Environmental Sustainability Committee of the Rotary Club of Hyannis is hoping to expand the level of support for critical pollinators which are becoming endangered. Pollinators are keystone species that are vital to maintaining healthy ecosystems, essential for plant reproduction, and the production of genetic diversity in the plants they pollinate.
The Rotary Club of Hyannis would like to give free pollinator seed packets to every member of our garden club in the hopes that we will plant these seeds and demonstrate the value of keeping pollinator species from extinction future.
Their plan is to give one free seed packet to each of us. There is no follow up required or further obligation. Just plant and watch as the pollinators visit the plants. It might be a fun project and there might even be a coop photo op with our members and their members!
If you are interested in this pollinator project, please let me know and I will arrange to get the free seed packets to you for planting. I have attached the cover of the seed packets the Rotary Club is distributing.
Elaine Frongillo
How appropriate! Diane Tlapa found a Planting Calendar for vegetable gardens in the Yarmouth area. It is from The Farmer’s Almanac. Please read, enjoy and hopefully use.
Thank you, Diane, for suggesting this be part of The Trumpet and printing it out for those without email.
https://www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar/zipcode/02675
In December of 2020, we met via Zoom. In December of 2021, we meet being vaccinated and masked. In December of 2022, we will meet fully vaccinated and mask-free (hopefully). Although masks are today’s “norm”, there is a place we do not need to wear a mask and that’s in our gardens.
Did you think that just because it’s December, you are off the hook and don’t need to worry about your garden or yard? Wrong! Although garden work is not as burdensome during this wintry month, we need to finish leftover chores from last month. A few minutes spent in the garden in December can lighten the workload for next year. Before the snow falls, we have work to do to get our yards ready for next spring. There are still fallen autumn leaves on the ground. We need to rake them off our lawn one final time to avoid any damage to the grass over the winter months. Collect and compost them. Finish cleaning the gardens to prevent hidden pests and diseases from making a home in the clutter, overwintering and coming back stronger next season. As long as the December weather holds and the ground hasn’t become frozen, finish planting spring bulbs. It will be too late for planting in January, so get that done fast. Also, if you haven’t already done so, provide winter protection to any plants you think need it. It will be too late once a deep layer of snow forms.
With gardening tasks near completion, do a walk-around. Double check that all terra-cotta, ceramic, and plastic pots have been cleaned and brought in. Gather any gardening tools that are still outside and clean, oil and sharpen them for storage. Be sure the irrigation system is drained and turned off. Lastly, take care of our feathered friends. Put out feeders and keep them filled with wild bird food to attract garden birds, which in turn eat pests in our gardens. Birds will appreciate nuts, seeds and fat balls left out for them in winter. It helps for the foodstuff to be as calorific as possible – but no chocolate! The birds rely on feeders as an easy-to-find and essential source of food so they can conserve their energy to keep warm rather than hunting for berries and insects. Add a heated birdbath to the backyard. When temperatures dip below freezing, the birds will appreciate the availability of this natural resource.
Winter can feel like a depressing time in the garden. The flowers of summer are a distant memory and cold temperatures are here to stay. With limited daylight hours as we approach the shortest day of the year, the change of the clocks has discouraged any hope of working in the evenings. However, this month's crisp wintery weather can be both strikingly beautiful and bitterly cold. Getting outside in your garden in the winter months can give you a chance to breathe fresh air and stay connected to the outdoors. Just remember to dress warmly and reward yourself with a hot drink afterwards. Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy holiday season. And as always, stay safe and stay well.
Elaine Frongillo, President
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT: This month’s flower arrangement is made by Jeanne McGrath.
FLOWER SHOW: Just to remind you that there is a signup sheet today for the Floral Workshop on January 17th to be held at St. David’s Church, Old Main St., South Yarmouth from 10am until noon. We will be trying our hand at making a slice of cake or a puppy in a pot or basket, both from flowers. I think it will be a fun time. Please make a note that we are NOT to use the side door anymore but the front or back doors and will be in the usual room. You can still use either the front or back parking lots. I will be at the back of the room today after you have had your refreshments to give you the list for which arrangement you are going to do and more details.
As usual please call me if you have any questions. Joy Shipp, Chair
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION: Look for the pictures of wreath making and hung to many of the doors throughout the town, Post Office window boxes, and our garden signs all with bows and sprays of evergreens soon to be posted on our website by Regina!
Happy Holidays! Jan Brogan
HISTORIAN: Take a Look at our SCRAPBOOK! Our Scrapbook is on display at all meetings and shows the events and activities of the Club through photographs, articles and program handouts. Please send photos for inclusion via text message, if possible, to me at my phone number.
Eileen West
HOSPITALITY:
The refreshment sheets for February, March, and April are available today. Please see Ann Libby to sign up to bring a food item or a hospitality table floral arrangement. Thank you to the members who brought refreshments today and to those who provided the goodies at November’s meeting. It is much appreciated.
Mary Spurr & Ann Libby, Co-Chairs
PROGRAM:
Our guest speaker is the talented and creative designer, Nancy Walsh whose topic is “Found Object Arrangements for the Holidays”. She continues to create unusual and imaginative floral arrangements and “over-the-top” centerpieces from ordinary items she finds in her neighborhood. Her presentations have always been entertaining. Her unique creations will be raffled off at the end of the program.
Cheryl Ryan & Kiki Becker, Co-Chairs
WEBSITE: You will be happy to see that the web page www.gardenclubofyarmouth.org has been updated with recent activities including photos of wreath making and some of the wreath in situ. More to follow. Thanks to Ann Libby and Jan Brogan for the photos.
Also, I have been posting photos of some of the wreaths and holiday planters at the post offices on the club’s Facebook page. In addition to showing these pictures on our Facebook page The Garden Club of Yarmouth—Cape Cod, I have cross-posted them to two other Yarmouth pages Friends of Yarmouth and The Best of Yarmouth. To date these Facebook postings have been seen by more than 1600 people.
Regina Mullen, Chair
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
October 2021
OCTOBER 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
September has come and gone, and it has been a positive month for our garden club.
We had a terrific turnout for our annual meeting/luncheon at Flax Pond. This marked our first in-person members meeting for the 2021-2022 season. The weather cooperated and the day was warm and sunny. It was a delightful event and all who attended connected with friends, relaxed in the fresh air and enjoyed a delicious, catered boxed lunch. The following weekend found hearty souls standing out in the rain at the Recycle Center for our first fundraiser event since 2019. It was a huge success! Patrons were generous and our coffers are looking better and better.
Ahh, fall has arrived. The leaves are turning beautiful hues and there’s a chill in the air, but there is still plenty to do as we begin putting our gardens to rest for the winter season. October is the ideal time to plant deciduous trees, shrubs, and roses, to divide perennials and to plant spring flowering bulbs. Don’t forget to harvest the last of the veggies and annual herbs. Be sure to rake leaves off the lawn, collect and shred them for mulch on flower beds and young tender new plants. Or add the shredded leaves to the compost pile.
What? You don’t have a compost pile? Now is the perfect time to start one with those shredded leaves, dying foliage and weeds. And yes, we must weed, weed, weed. Pull every weed you see; fewer weeds now mean fewer weeds in the spring!
October’s cooling temperature is the perfect time to get outside and get caught up on garden chores before winter sets in. But fall doesn’t have to be all work and no play. Take time from the clean-up tasks to relax in front of your fireplace or outside fire pit. A warm beverage and a cozy blanket is an excellent way to enjoy the crisp, cool weather and the colorful ever-changing landscape.
As we prepare our gardens for the upcoming season, we must also prepare ourselves for our upcoming garden club meetings. The Executive Board has adopted the COVID-19 policy with respect to in-person meetings and events. The resolution in its entirety is included in September’s issue of The Trumpet and on our website. If you haven’t read it yet, please take a few moments to do so. To summarize, the policy states as follows: Until further notice, members and guests must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend and participate in any Garden Club in-person meetings and events.
The safety of all our members and guests is paramount. As we schedule in-person meetings, I am optimistic that by following the proper precautions and guidelines, we all will feel comfortably safe while attending in-person meetings.
Stay well, stay safe and see you soon.
Elaine Frongillo, President
FLOWER SHOW: There is a sign-up sheet today for anyone who would like to make an arrangement to go on the podium for our monthly meetings for the rest of the year. Call Joy Shipp with any questions.
HOSPITALITY: Providing a refreshment at one monthly meeting each year is a responsibility of all active members. This year the Senior Center will only allow individually wrapped items to be served so for the next few months we will be offering just baked goods and cheese &crackers. Hopefully in the new year we will be able to serve platters of fruit & veggies.
Signup sheets are available today for November, December, & January. Please sign up to bring a food item or a hospitality table floral arrangement. Snowbirds should consider signing up for one of these months.
Our policy: Leftovers go home with the member who brought them. You will receive a reminder call for what you signed up for. Please inform a hospitality chairperson if you are unable to fulfill your commitment.
Ann Libby & Mary Spurr, Co-chairs
PROGRAM: Norma Weinberg: Natural Hand Care in the Age of COVID 19 & Magical Herbs for Halloween!
WAYS AND MEANS: The Landfill collection was a HUGE success through the organization and direction of Ann Libby and Cheryl Silvestri as we several volunteers standing in the rain with smiles and thank yous to the positive responses of Yarmouth citizens. Gar reported depositing $3,003 for an all-time HIGH! Two days (0nly 8 hrs.) = $375 / hr. is pretty good pay I'd say!
Thank you, Jan Brogan, Co-Chair
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION: The water is turned off and gardens are being prepared for winter. Window boxes and planters are dressed up for fall!
A big thank you to all those who worked through the heat and rain this spring, summer, and fall. We had a sad moment but flowers will give us promise for next year--OUR 50TH! Remember the plant sale in May--divide some plants and especially tubers
( iris, cannas, dahlias) and prepare now!
WREATH TIME: Sign ups today to decorate one of the town's 14 wreathes which will be purchased by the club. More details to come later.
Thank you, Jan B
ANNUAL LUNCHEON: This year’s Annual Luncheon was held at Lorusso Lodge on a beautiful fall day In September. The catered box lunch was delicious, the raffle baskets were a big hit, and the event was well attended. But best of all, we were all so happy to meet once again in person after such a long trying year. Many thanks to all who helped Mary and I to pull this all together. And thank you to all who attended because without you this wouldn’t have been a success.
On to next year,
Paula Wilson and Mary Preikszas, Co-Chairs
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
September 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
ELCOME BACK GARDENERS AND WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
IT’S BEEN A LONG-TIME COMING, BUT WE MADE IT!
September 21 is our annual luncheon/meeting and our first in-person meeting for 2021. It is a time to relax, renew friendships, make new friends and enjoy the great outdoors at Flax Pond.
I am very optimistic that in our 2021-2022 season, the Garden Club will be able to hold in-person meetings in the Senior Center. We may not be sitting too closely, but we will be conducting garden club business and hosting many engaging guest speakers. In fact, our October 19 meeting is scheduled to be held in the Senior Center, and the Program Committee has an entertaining, informative and interesting Halloween/Fall program planned. WHOOOOOO would want to miss it?? It looks like a promising and exciting new year as we enter into our 50th year of gardening and beautifying the Town of Yarmouth. Please join in our meetings and be a part of our history in the making.
As we look forward to our in-person meetings, the safety of all our members and guests is of utmost importance. I am confident that with proper precautions and guidelines, going forward we will feel comfortable and safe while attending in-person meetings, and we will encourage other members to attend. I am pleased to inform you of the Executive Board’s resolution for upcoming meetings.
On September 7, 2021, the Executive Board of the Garden Club of Yarmouth approved the following resolution:
COVID-19 POLICY
NOTICE TO GARDEN CLUB OF YARMOUTH MEMBERS
COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS FOR ATTENDANCE AT IN-PERSON MEMBER EVENTS
The Garden Club of Yarmouth Executive Board has voted that, effective immediately, and until further notice, all Garden Club of Yarmouth members and guests will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend and participate in any Garden Club of Yarmouth in-person event including but not limited to monthly executive board meetings, in-person monthly members meetings and any and all outings. The term “fully vaccinated” shall mean that the member has received the recommended doses of COVID-19 vaccines and at least two weeks have lapsed since receiving the final dose.
The membership is hereby advised that the Garden Club of Yarmouth has not and will not monitor any COVID-19 rules, regulations, recommendations and instructions from public institutions, subject matter experts, or any other source and that the Garden Club of Yarmouth shall not make or give advice or recommendations as to the COVID-19 risk of attending an in-person event of the Garden Club of Yarmouth.
It shall be deemed that a member’s participation at any in-person event shall constitute the member’s certification to the Garden Club of Yarmouth that:
1. She/he is fully vaccinated; and
2. She/he has made her/his own informed decision regarding the risk of attendance at the Garden Club of Yarmouth in-person event; and
3. If she/he contracts COVID-19 within two weeks after attending an in-person event she/he agrees to be tested for COVID-19 and notify The Garden Club of Yarmouth of her/his condition and the results of the test; and
4. She/he holds the Garden Club of Yarmouth, officers and executive board harmless and without liability under all circumstances related to COVID-19.
Any regular member of the Garden Club of Yarmouth who is unable or unwilling to attend the required number of members meetings in 2021-2022 due to this COVID restriction shall not be required to forfeit her/his membership.
I look forward to seeing you all at our meetings. Stay safe, stay well and see you soon.
Elaine Frongillo, President
WAYS AND MEANS:
We had hoped to have a "Holiday Greens" sale along with some crafts and work with the Flower committee but due to lack of an available venue, time frame to put on a decent sale for the public to attend, as well as having some covid restrictions, we decided to forego this type of event. However, we will all need to prep this winter for our 50th anniversary/plant sale/flower show event in May.
Now we are gearing up for the Landfill Collection--
The Landfill Collection is this Saturday, September 25th and Sunday, September 26th 8 am to noon each day. If you are not volunteering, please bring your trash and some cash! Tell your neighbors, friends and strangers.
Jan Brogan, Chair and Ann Libby
FLOWER SHOW:
We are starting the year with a Floral Workshop on Monday October 18th from 10 am until noon. We will be making a fall arrangement or even a Halloween one if you want to add some spooky things. There is a sign-up sheet here today. You will need to bring following things. Any questions please call Joy Shipp at 508-398-5324
Flowers, greens. Also grasses or berries if you have some. Container
Oasis. Soak it before you come to the class. Clippers.
Don't forget the cats, witches etc. if you are going with that theme.
We will meet at St. David's Church, Old Main Street, South Yarmouth. Park in the back lot and come in through the back door to the March Room.
Joy Shipp, Chair
HERB GARDEN: We will be closing the Herb and Kitchen Gardens on Tuesday, October 12th at 8:30. Please come with tools to put the gardens to bed for the winter (ugh!). If you cannot make it please email or call me to let me know. Thank you for your continued support.
Joan Huckins, Chair
WEB:
With the passing of our committee chair and resignations from the Club, the Web Committee is looking to grow its membership. We maintain the Club’s web site www.gardenclubofyarmouth.org and a Facebook page Garden Club of Yarmouth-Cape Cod. These social media platforms help the Club communicate informally with members and others who share our interests. In the last 90 days, more than 200 people have visited the website. At present we have more than 225 followers on Facebook.
Neither Weebly, the web site builder we use, nor Facebook requires any coding or other computer internet design knowledge or skills. Instruction is available for both platforms. In the past, responsibility for maintaining the web site or Facebook group has rotated among committee members during the year so that a member may only have to update the site/page for 3-4 months during the year.
The password for the Club's members only page has not changed since September 2018. It will be found in the 2021-2022 Directories (Handbooks) you have been given for this coming year if you need it.
Regina Mullen
MEMBERSHIP:
I am pleased to welcome two new members to our club.
Linda Cipro
Linda is working on the Civic Beautification Committee.
Carol Flynn
Carol was a garden club member in Peekskill, NY. She will also be working on the Civic Beautification Committee.
Pat Holcomb, Membership Chair
OCTOBER’S PROGRAM:
Norma Weinberg: Natural Hand Care in the Age of COVID 19 & Magical Herbs for Halloween!
Kiki Becker and Cheryl Ryan, Co-Chairs
TREASURER:
There is a copy of the 2021-2022 Budget for you to look over. I will go over it with you at today’s meeting. We will vote on it at October’s Membership Meeting.
Debbi Jurek
The family of Ed Mulligan invites you to a gathering in his honor on Saturday, September 25th at 10:30 AM. Please join us at Ed’s backyard garden that he loved so much and share memories of your friend.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
MAY 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
President’s Last (Missive) Message This Season
In the dead of winter, warm days seem so far away – but – here it is May and soon to be June with sunny beach days. While not quite beach weather, there’s plenty to enjoy now as May is one of the most fragrant months in the garden.
Lilacs are one of the hardiest and most fragrant flowering bushes in our gardens. Their stalked flowers in shades of pink, purple, blue or white add a nostalgia factor to gardens. Known as the "Queen of Shrubs," the lilac’s unmistaken scent is strongest in full sun and can perfume the neighborhood. Its essence is a favorite in colognes, sachets and soaps.
But size isn’t everything. The beautiful flowers of the lily of the valley pack a big punch and are one of the most fragrant spring and summer blooms. The heavenly scent of these tiny white, bell-shaped flowers permeates the air with its sweet fragrance. The flower was Christian Dior’s favorite so French master perfumer, Edmond Roudnitska, created the iconic perfume Diorissimo. The flower’s pure scent is perfection, looking and smelling like the essence of innocence, but it is extremely poisonous.
Scented flowers add a layer of sensory pleasure to the garden. Here are some popular plants to consider. Adorning spring gardens with almost every color of the rainbow, bearded irises have a range of fragrance from anise to floral to fruity. The Dusky Challenger iris is chocolate scented but don’t try to eat it! The showy, big clusters of candy-colored blossoms of the garden phlox bear a sweet floral fragrance which intoxicates and intensifies in the summer heat. Dianthus, an old-fashioned favorite with pink, white, red, or bicolor flowers, has a spicy or vanilla-like scent. It's no surprise that lavender is one the best-smelling flowers and its soothing aroma makes it popular for perfumes, soaps, potpourri, and more. Daphne is a beautiful small shrub with flowers that emit a true perfume-quality scent that is a mix of sweet florals and earthy undertones. Peony, a richly fragrant shrub, is beautiful enough to grow just for its flowers; but the lush blooms have a clear, clean fragrance ranging from sweet to citrus to slightly spicy - scents that are very similar to roses.
And speaking of roses, “The rose is a rose, And was always a rose,” Robert Frost. The rose is a symbol of beauty, peace and nature's bounty. Well-deserving of its honor as America’s national flower, the beautiful rose comes in a wide range of colors from white to various shades of yellows and pinks to dark crimson and maroon. Climbing roses, hybrid tea roses, miniature roses and tall hardy bushes all have delightful fragrances ranging from citrus, floral, musk, or fruit scents. Endless varieties of classic to modern hybrids are available.
Unfortunately, because of generic manipulation, many modern plants are no longer fragrant. The new varieties are bred to be full, bushy, disease-resistant or perpetually blooming - and often come at the sacrifice of scent. When planting flowers for their sensory appeal, antique heirloom varieties are best.
Many fragrant plants can also be grown in pots and containers on patios or balconies. Place them where you spend the most time and where you’re likely to brush against them to release their fragrance. Once planted, make a habit of stopping to smell plants as well as looking at them – these special moments can provide little extra treats to brighten your day. When you’re too busy to enjoy life, stop and smell the flowers. Relax, take a break from everyday stresses and appreciate the beauty of life.
As golfer Walter Hagen in the 1956 book The Walter Hagen Story said, “You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry. Don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.” -- Nice.
Elaine Frongillo, President
ANNUAL MEETING:
It’s official! The Yarmouth Garden Club announces its Annual Luncheon Meeting is scheduled for September 21, 2021 at Flax Pond’s Lorusso Lodge in Yarmouth! This is an open-air facility with adequate seating, convenient parking; also, the Lodge complies with Covid requirements. Read the details of the event, box lunch choices, and the registration form in this issue of “The Trumpet”.
Be sure to send your rollup selection and check (Yarmouth Garden Club) to Paula Wilson by September1st. We hope you’ll be able to attend and look forward to socializing with you again!
TREASURER:
Dues Time of Year except for those who have earned Honorary status
Thanks to all of you who have already renewed your 2021-22 membership. If you haven't had a chance yet to do so, please mail your check to: Debbi Jurek
Deadline: May 31st
Check: $30 payable to Garden Club of Yarmouth
Thanks and a splendid summer of reawakening to all! --Debbi Jurek, Treasurer
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
Please resume your commitment to the gardens ASAP. Work has started and calls have been made to reach out for help. Some members outside of CIVIC have helped us out last year and this year. No committees have changed and are on hold. Please contact your garden chairperson for schedule and status.
Paula Phillips--Highbank Sandee McGrath--Buck Island Jan Brogan---Forest
Post Offices Mary Spurr, Kiki Becker and Donna Riley has sub at S Yarmouth
Joyce Jenkins-- Sr Center A BIG THANK YOU !
Temporary Chair Jan Brogan
. MEMBERSHIP:
Michelle Collins Clements has resigned......a new job and babysitting are keeping her busy.
Barbara Fitzpatrick has resigned......health reasons and home projects.
Best wishes for a wonderful summer.
Pat Holcomb, Membership Chair
PROGRAM:
Program Committee will meet in June to plan speakers for 2021-22 season. Fingers crossed that we will be meeting back at Sr Center! Apologies for snafu that prevented planned presentation on May 18th. Thought we had worked out technical hiccups during 45-minute run through the previous week.
Marsha Alibrandi emailed the Garden Club with the following links. She thanked “the members profusely for their patience, kindness and interesting conversation.”
This link will enable you to watch her YouTube presentation entitled “Year-Round Color”. It will have to be typed in.
https://youtu.be/wviiw2kXO4Y
This is slide presentation about which she says, “It'll be tough to interpret my landscape photos without narration, but the reset of the slides explain the various species using the best resources I could to support the use of those plants I discuss.” If you double click on it you will be able to look at her show.
REMEMBRANCE:
If anyone knows of a club member who would appreciate a card from the Garden Club during the summer, please call Margaret Huzsar.at. It might be just the thing someone needs.
SCHOLARSHIP:
This year’s scholarship recipient is Brady Holmes. He is a D-Y graduating senior and is headed to Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire in the Fall. Brady will not receive our $500 award until he presents us with a transcript of his 1st semester grades probably in January 2022. Once we know he has completed the semester, we will send him the check.
In the Fall, we will contact the schools here again to let them know we will be offering a scholarship to 2022 graduates headed to college, who are interested in taking classes in agriculture, conservation, environmental science, horticulture, landscape design, aquaculture, forestry or a related field.
HORTICULTURAL ROUNDTABLE: AKA GARDEN KNOW HOW:
As some of you have already heard, I will be stepping down as the Chair as of June 30th. I have served this position since the 2017-2018 fiscal year of the Garden Club of Yarmouth, and served other chairs and committees prior as well. I want to thank the "Garden Know How' committee members for helping plan our speakers and assisting at the meetings and road trips! It has been a joyful and rewarding adventure with all of you. I also want to thank the Board Members for their support and leadership throughout my tenure.
“Wishing everyone a happy and successful gardening season, Vicki Balboni
NEW BUSINESS:
"I am excited and pleased to announce that Margery Kelly has accepted the position of Chair of the Scholarship Committee. Thank you, Margery. I look forward to your reports throughout the year."
Elaine Frongillo
Wanted – Chair for the Garden Know-How Committee
We are looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious individual to Chair the Horticultural Roundtable Committee. As Chair, you will meet with the committee members to discuss and select “Garden Know How” topics and speakers that are of interest to the club. There will be five programs in the upcoming calendar year and the “Garden Know How” programs are held at the Yarmouth Town Hall for an hour from 10-11 am. In May or June, a garden related field trip is planned, either by bus or car on a given day, or some other special event which the committee decides upon. This is a wonderful opportunity to be actively involved in upcoming Roundtable events. The chair also attends the Executive Board meetings. If anyone is interested, please contact me either by emai or phone. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Elaine Frongillo
ADDITIONS
The reservation form for our Annual Meeting to be held in September is on the next page. Please note you can print it to send it to Paula Wilson. Otherwise you can just send your name, choice for lunch and your check to Paula.
After the form there is a copy of an article from The Boston Globe’s Sunday Magazine published earlier this year following. Although it is labeled Spring Travel Preview, a plant lover’s guide to some of the best gardens, arboretums and outdoor museums in New England these are destinations that would be of interest through the summer and fall. Some are near and others farther away. Some are familiar and others are new but they all sound interesting as a destination.
Both are attached so you can open them in a way that is best for you.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
LORUSSO LODGE at FLAX POND
WHITE’S PATH to 31 DUPONT AVE, YARMOUTH
12:30 PM… CHECK IN AND SOCIALIZE
1:00 PM… BOX LUNCH by VIOLET CATERING
COST: $20.00
By September 1st, please circle your lunch choice and mail with a check payable to:
THE GARDEN CLUB OF YARMOUTH
co / Paula Wilson
Cut along this line and send with your check……………………………………………………………..................................
MENU
Please circle your rollup choice!
Grilled Chicken Caesar on a rollup with crisp romaine, parmesan cheese and Caesar dressing
Ham and Cheese on a rollup served with fresh greens and tomato
Caprese Rollup served with fresh greens, tomato, mozzarella and balsamic glaze
All rollups served with a pickle spear, fresh fruit cup, chips, brownie, and bottled water; mayo and mustard packets served with ham rollup.
Please print your name _________________________________________________
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
APRIL 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
We made it through the temperamental weather of March. The crocuses have croaked, the snowdrops have melted and the Siberian squills have faded. April brings longer and warmer days -- and rain, but don’t let the damp days depress you, for as the saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers!”
April is when spring bulbs shine. The daffodils have waited all year for their time in the sun. Their showy yellow or white blossoms nod gently in the breeze, as they grace front yards, walkways and gardens. They add spring charm to containers and window boxes and naturalize roadways and wooded areas. What’s not to love about cheery daffodils? Not to be upstaged, the beautiful tulips are also in full bloom. In shades of red, pink, purple, yellow or white, their vibrant colors and large impressive flowers are gorgeous in gardens and spring bouquets. Did you know that red tulips symbolize a declaration of love? Long live the tulip! And of course, we can’t forget one of the most loveliest scents of spring, the hyacinth flowers. Known as “nature’s perfume,” their intoxicating fragrance and spikes of colorful blossoms are hard to ignore. They fill the garden with a variety of brilliant colors. As cut flowers, you can bring them inside for the sweet scent of spring.
Take time to look up. Tender buds are emerging on the maples, chestnut and oak trees. The stunning white and pink flowers of the dogwoods, the exquisite pink petals of the crabapples, the lush rose-pink blossoms of the magnolias and the bright purplish-pink flash of the blooming redbuds are but a few of the beautiful ornamental trees that brighten our April days. Enjoy their fleeting splendor, for only too soon their delicate petals will fall like confetti to the ground.
But let’s not get lazy admiring all the beauty nature has to offer. As experienced gardeners, we know April is the transitional month as we get ready for planting. Our spring chores include removing lingering winter debris, preparing flower and vegetable beds, pruning roses, planting new perennials and dividing old ones. We want to turn over the compost pile for faster break down, do a soil test and amend as needed. Now is a good time to inspect the lawn, reseed bare spots and fertilize. Keep weeds under control -- weed, weed, weed -- it’s never too early to weed. On rainy days, inspect garden tools and equipment to be sure they’re in good workable condition. Even if the sun isn’t shining, our plants will still need pruning, feeding and weeding.
April is one of our busiest months in the garden and spring can be short with unpredictable weather. When the weather does cooperate, we start to feel the excitement of working in the garden. Even though our to-do list seems endless, we can stay ahead by strategically planning our days one chore at a time. With our organized list and good weather, we can get through our gardening tasks easily. When temperatures suddenly soar into the 80’s next month, we’ll be glad we completed our April tasks. We can go to the beach instead of toiling in the garden!
As always, stay safe, stay well and think Spring!
Elaine Frongillo, President
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
if anyone would like to volunteer to make an arrangement for the podium at the Zoom meeting on May 18th. Please contact Joy Shipp.
PROGRAM:
April showers - Please more rain! - bring May flowers. On Tuesday May 18th, Marcia Alibrandi, Master Gardener, will present a timely program “Four Seasons of Color in Our Cape Cod Gardens.”
Marcia will instruct & inspire us on how to brighten up our garden beds and pathways. After the long slog we've endured, a splash of color would be most welcome. Join us!
TREASURER:
Ahhh, spring has finally arrived with those delightful smells of hyacinth and sights of daffodils, pansies and pussy willows. Hostas are blissfully stretching out of the soil as we welcome the season of renewal... of our soul, our inner gardener and also our garden club fellowship.
Through these challenging times your continued membership is deeply valued as we plan ahead to meeting in person in September and then on to celebrate the Club's 50th anniversary next year. We want you there.
Please mail your dues check for $30, payable to the Garden Club of Yarmouth, to:
Debbi Jurek
As always, the deadline is May31st. Thank you and joyous gardening to all!
ANNUAL MEETING:
MARK YOUR CALENDARS for September 21, 2021 If you’re wondering about the annual May luncheon, it is postponed due to Covid restrictions. In September, we will be celebrating the beginning of a new year with a box lunch and annual meeting at Flax Pond’s Lorusso Lodge. Particulars, menu, and reservation forms will be forthcoming
MEMBERSHIP:
I would like to welcome two new members of the Yarmouth Garden Club:
Michelle Collins Clements
Michelle will be working with the Civic Beautification committee.
Gail McArthur
Gail will be working with the Civic Beautification committee and the Flower Show committee
We are so very pleased to have you join us as we meet via Zoom for now.
I have recently received a letter of resignation from Jane Thomas. She has enjoyed the friendships and service of beautification to the town of Yarmouth and wishes the club well.
Pat Holcomb, Membership Chair
SCHOLARSHIP:
WANTED – CHAIRPERSON FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
We are seeking an energetic, enthusiastic person to serve as the new chair of the Scholarship Committee. Margie Kelly has graciously volunteered to work with the committee members, Barbara McManus and Louise Carbone, to complete this year’s selection process. The responsibilities of the chair and the committee involve sending applications to local high schools, reviewing the candidates’ applications, choosing a qualified candidate and obtaining the Executive Board’s approval. The chosen recipient is then notified and the scholarship is awarded to him/her. This is a fantastic opportunity to remain active in the Club without doing physical activities. No weeding, planting, or other back-breaking work required! The Scholarship Committee is an important part of the Garden Club’s mission to encourage and support students pursuing horticultural interests, and this position as chair is both challenging and rewarding. All interested persons, please contact me, either by email at or telephone and I will be happy to discuss this wonderful opportunity to assist future environmentalists.
Elaine Frongillo, President
POLLINATOR PROJECT
The appeal went out and the Garden Club of Yarmouth answered the call to join garden clubs across the Cape to participate in the project to help save endangered pollinators from extinction. Only fifteen of our members volunteered to plant pollinator gardens. They are Ann Libby, Barbara Clancy, Barbara Collins, Carol Ann Morris, Cookie Barry, Eileen West, Elaine Frongillo, Gretchen Hyde, Judy Majusky, Kiki Becker, Margaret Rice, Mary Ehbrecht, Pat Holcomb, Ruth Driscoll and Ruth Piscitelli. Each volunteer received packets of wildflower seeds for planting to encourage pollinators to visit their gardens. The benefits are two-fold – we get to enjoy the beautiful wildflowers and the pollinators get to do what they do best – pollinate! I thank you ladies for participating in this vital project to keep our pollinators from becoming extinct. The birds, bees and butterflies also thank you.
Elaine Frongillo
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
MARCH 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
This year, March came in like a lion, with strong winds and cold weather. We can only hope that March goes out like a lamb, with mild days and warmer temperatures.
After a dark winter of grays and browns, we eagerly look forward to the first bursts of spring colors. The bright white snowdrops are the earliest of the spring-blooming bulbs, often popping up when snow is still on the ground. The soft periwinkle flowers of the Glory-of- the-Snow and the electric blue blossoms of the Siberian squill are also among the earliest flowers to welcome spring, as they emerge from the cold hard ground. The bright yellow blooms of the forsythia are a sure sign of warming weather and the departure of winter. Of course, we can’t forget the lovely purple, yellow and white flowers of the crocuses. They are one of the best early spring flowers to herald in the season. The daffodils, hyacinths and tulips are showing signs of life as they start to poke their stems from the ground, waiting for their turn to blossom in the sunshine.
As the warmer days perk up our spirits, we venture outdoors to see what havoc the winter played on our yards. But don’t panic; a thoughtful cleanup plan is all we need. Start easy with some basic cleanup chores. Rake debris and sodden leaves from lawns, flower and vegetable beds. Collect fallen branches and prune broken tree limbs. Cut back dead foliage from perennials and ornamental grasses. While working outdoors, watch for slugs. They love warm weather and soft new growth, so have effective organic slug control products ready.
Beware! Don’t get over-zealous with spring cleanup in case we have a late cold snap. There will be plenty of warm sunny days to complete our outdoor projects. The important thing is to get outside and enjoy our ever-evolving landscape as the new season of growth begins.
During cleanup, don’t forget our feathered friends. Clean out and repair birdhouses for the spring nesting season. Wash birdbaths and fill feeders. As the dark-eyed juncos make their summer migration back to Canada to nest and raise their young, the American goldfinches are shedding their drab brown winter feathers for their bright beautiful yellow plumage. Bluebirds visit our feeders and stop to refuel as they fly through to their summer residences. Hang out the “Welcome” sign for our fair-weather flyers.
If you’re not sure about the birds that visit our backyards, the Program Committee has planned a wonderful presentation to be given by Chris Walz from Mass Audubon. He will share his birding knowledge and experience with us at our March 16 Members’ Meeting which will start at 1 P.M. on Zoom. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend as we say “Hello Springtime!”
As always, stay well and stay safe.
Elaine Frongillo, President
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
The Membership Meeting’s arrangement will be created by Joy Shipp.
ANNUAL MEETING:
Due to constrictions of meeting during the pandemic, the Annual Meeting normally held in May has been rescheduled. The Luncheon will be held the third Tuesday in September when we usually have our Welcome Back Luncheon. More information will be announced in the next Trumpet.
PROGRAM:
Special Guest Speaker
Mark Faherty will be speaking on Winter Birds/ Backyard Birds, bird feeding and native plants to attract birds at our Membership Zoom Meeting on Tuesday, March 16th.
Mark has been the Science Coordinator at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary since August 2007 and has led birding trips for Mass Audubon since 2002. While his current projects involve everything from oysters and horseshoe crabs to bats and butterflies, he has studied primarily bird ecology for the last 20 years, working on research projects in Kenya, Florida, Texas, California, Arizona, Mexico, and the Pacific Northwest. Mark's Weekly Bird Report airs each Wednesday on WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station. He also co-hosts Bird News, a monthly call-in show all about birds, on WCAI's The Point with Mindy Todd. If you listen to WCAI, you may be familiar with the birding radio shows he does for them.
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SCHOLARSHIP:
After serving for over seven years as chairperson of the Scholarship Committee, Claire Linnan will be resigning in May 2021. We are seeking an enthusiastic person to serve as the new chair starting in September 2021. If serving as the chair seems to be a daunting job, Barbara McManus, a current member of the committee, has indicated a willingness to serve as co-chair with another individual. Claire will remain a member of the committee and assist the new chair/co-chairs in any way she can. The Scholarship Committee is an important part of the Garden Club’s mission to encourage and support students pursuing horticultural interests, and this pro-active position as chair/co-chair is both challenging and rewarding. All interested persons, please contact me, either by email or telephone and I will be happy to discuss this wonderful opportunity to assist future environmentalists.
Elaine Frongillo, President
WEBSITE:
We gardeners love to look at gardens, be they real or just a photograph. We have a new page on our website, gardenclubofyarmouth.org, where we are posting photos of member visit(s) to off-Cape public gardens, arboretums, private gardens and the like. To see what has been posted so far, look for “In Our Gardens…” on our web site menu.
There are instructions on the page for sharing your photos with the rest of the club. Send us your best stuff and we will do the rest!
NEW BUSINESS:
The Environmental Sustainability Committee of the Rotary Club of Hyannis is hoping to expand the level of support for critical pollinators which are becoming endangered. Pollinators are keystone species that are vital to maintaining healthy ecosystems, essential for plant reproduction, and the production of genetic diversity in the plants they pollinate.
The Rotary Club of Hyannis would like to give free pollinator seed packets to every member of our garden club in the hopes that we will plant these seeds and demonstrate the value of keeping pollinator species from extinction future.
Their plan is to give one free seed packet to each of us. There is no follow up required or further obligation. Just plant and watch as the pollinators visit the plants. It might be a fun project and there might even be a coop photo op with our members and their members!
If you are interested in this pollinator project, please let me know and I will arrange to get the free seed packets to you for planting. I have attached the cover of the seed packets the Rotary Club is distributing.
Elaine Frongillo
How appropriate! Diane Tlapa found a Planting Calendar for vegetable gardens in the Yarmouth area. It is from The Farmer’s Almanac. Please read, enjoy and hopefully use.
Thank you, Diane, for suggesting this be part of The Trumpet and printing it out for those without email.
https://www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar/zipcode/02675
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
FEBRUARY 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
“A good winter with snow makes all the plants grow.”
The Old Farmer’s Almanac
There’s no denying the beauty of a snow-covered garden. The sparkling snow hangs in the tress and blankets the ground in pure white splendor. Against the pristine backdrop, the red cardinals are more vivid and the evergreens are brighter, while the ornamental grasses are topped with crowns of white fluff. In this winter wonderland, the landscape is quiet and peaceful. Under the covering of snow, all gardens become magical.
However, snow is not just beautiful; it is also beneficial to gardens. It is one of the best natural plant covers for winter. Snow insulates the soil and protects perennials, bulbs and ground covers from the alternating freezing and thawing cycles. It prevents the soil from heaving and breaking roots and drying out plants. In addition, snow conserves soil moisture over the winter so plants don’t die from dehydration.
Snow is also considered “the poor man’s fertilizer.” As snowflakes fall, sulfur and nitrogen compounds attach to the flakes. When the snow melts, these elements are released into the soil and absorbed by the plants. It’s Nature’s way of providing a gentle boost to our plants.
Vegetation is not the only recipient of snow’s benefits. There are some hidden advantages to snow that can actually be good for us, too.
When its stormy outdoors, snow lets us snuggle under our comforters, catch up on lost z’s and wake up feeling refreshed and energized. Staying indoors and curling up with a good book improves our memory and increases our learning capacity. Being stuck at home allows us an opportunity to try new recipes. Just relaxing with a cup of hot chocolate or tea gives us a break from daily tasks. As unlikely as it sounds, snow can help ease aches and pains since cold is an old remedy against aches, pains and swelling. A cold environment is shown to increase blood levels of norepinephrine, a natural chemical produced by the body to reduce pain. A quick jog to the mailbox gives us a jolt of energy and perks us up. Additionally, snow offers us a break from gardening chores and covers up all the outdoor projects we left undone. All gardens are equal under snow, and no one knows we didn’t do a fall clean-up.
Best of all, snow is temporary. In a few months’ time, the snow will be gone and spring will emerge. Plants will grow and the world will be green with rebirth and regrowth. Until then, beware of black ice when driving and icy steps and paths when walking. And as always, Stay well, stay safe and stay warm.
Elaine Frongillo, President
BY-LAWS:
The official Massachusetts State of Emergency, due to the pandemic, has changed our regular schedule and way of conducting business. In response to these changes, the By-Laws Committee has reviewed our By-Laws. The Committee reports that it is not necessary to change any By-Laws at this time. Currently, several of the By-Laws have not been and will not be strictly followed, such as in-person meetings, annual meeting, and officers’ elections. Our current By-Laws and a new Massachusetts law adopted in April 2020 will help us temporarily adjust our operations to meet our Club’s needs while protecting our status as a non-profit.
The Executive Board has voted to adopt two resolutions.
HANDBOOK:
If there are any changes to your entry in the Handbook, please notify me, Carol Ann Morris.
If anyone knows where Louise Fietz has moved please let us know.
PROGRAM:
Your Program Committee is hard at work to provide you with a speaker for your enjoyment at the March Membership Meeting!
REMEMBRANCE:
In these times it is difficult to know what is happening with members. Margaret Huszar would like you to continue to call her if you know of any member who would need and appreciate a card from the club.
WEBSITE:
Calling All Shutterbugs
We gardeners love to look at gardens, be they real or just a photograph. We have a new page on our website, gardenclubofyarmouth.org, where we are posting photos of member visit(s) to off-Cape public gardens, arboretums, private gardens and the like. To see what has been posted so far, look for “In Our Gardens…” on our web site menu.
There are instructions on the page for sharing your photos with the rest of the club. Send us your best stuff and we will do the rest!
News and Coming Events
FEBRUARY 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
“A good winter with snow makes all the plants grow.”
The Old Farmer’s Almanac
There’s no denying the beauty of a snow-covered garden. The sparkling snow hangs in the tress and blankets the ground in pure white splendor. Against the pristine backdrop, the red cardinals are more vivid and the evergreens are brighter, while the ornamental grasses are topped with crowns of white fluff. In this winter wonderland, the landscape is quiet and peaceful. Under the covering of snow, all gardens become magical.
However, snow is not just beautiful; it is also beneficial to gardens. It is one of the best natural plant covers for winter. Snow insulates the soil and protects perennials, bulbs and ground covers from the alternating freezing and thawing cycles. It prevents the soil from heaving and breaking roots and drying out plants. In addition, snow conserves soil moisture over the winter so plants don’t die from dehydration.
Snow is also considered “the poor man’s fertilizer.” As snowflakes fall, sulfur and nitrogen compounds attach to the flakes. When the snow melts, these elements are released into the soil and absorbed by the plants. It’s Nature’s way of providing a gentle boost to our plants.
Vegetation is not the only recipient of snow’s benefits. There are some hidden advantages to snow that can actually be good for us, too.
When its stormy outdoors, snow lets us snuggle under our comforters, catch up on lost z’s and wake up feeling refreshed and energized. Staying indoors and curling up with a good book improves our memory and increases our learning capacity. Being stuck at home allows us an opportunity to try new recipes. Just relaxing with a cup of hot chocolate or tea gives us a break from daily tasks. As unlikely as it sounds, snow can help ease aches and pains since cold is an old remedy against aches, pains and swelling. A cold environment is shown to increase blood levels of norepinephrine, a natural chemical produced by the body to reduce pain. A quick jog to the mailbox gives us a jolt of energy and perks us up. Additionally, snow offers us a break from gardening chores and covers up all the outdoor projects we left undone. All gardens are equal under snow, and no one knows we didn’t do a fall clean-up.
Best of all, snow is temporary. In a few months’ time, the snow will be gone and spring will emerge. Plants will grow and the world will be green with rebirth and regrowth. Until then, beware of black ice when driving and icy steps and paths when walking. And as always, Stay well, stay safe and stay warm.
Elaine Frongillo, President
BY-LAWS:
The official Massachusetts State of Emergency, due to the pandemic, has changed our regular schedule and way of conducting business. In response to these changes, the By-Laws Committee has reviewed our By-Laws. The Committee reports that it is not necessary to change any By-Laws at this time. Currently, several of the By-Laws have not been and will not be strictly followed, such as in-person meetings, annual meeting, and officers’ elections. Our current By-Laws and a new Massachusetts law adopted in April 2020 will help us temporarily adjust our operations to meet our Club’s needs while protecting our status as a non-profit.
The Executive Board has voted to adopt two resolutions.
- First, the Board has waived the attendance requirement for Club members for the 2020-2021 program year. In the fall, the Board will review whether to extend this waiver.
- Second, the Board has authorized specific actions that Law permits:
- Remote meetings (Zoom)
- Rescheduling or cancelling meetings
- Permitting Officers to continue in office until their successors are elected and take office 4.
- Allowing the Board to appoint successors to Officers including those offices that may be vacant.
HANDBOOK:
If there are any changes to your entry in the Handbook, please notify me, Carol Ann Morris.
If anyone knows where Louise Fietz has moved please let us know.
PROGRAM:
Your Program Committee is hard at work to provide you with a speaker for your enjoyment at the March Membership Meeting!
REMEMBRANCE:
In these times it is difficult to know what is happening with members. Margaret Huszar would like you to continue to call her if you know of any member who would need and appreciate a card from the club.
WEBSITE:
Calling All Shutterbugs
We gardeners love to look at gardens, be they real or just a photograph. We have a new page on our website, gardenclubofyarmouth.org, where we are posting photos of member visit(s) to off-Cape public gardens, arboretums, private gardens and the like. To see what has been posted so far, look for “In Our Gardens…” on our web site menu.
There are instructions on the page for sharing your photos with the rest of the club. Send us your best stuff and we will do the rest!
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
JANUARY 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
It’s January and we have a brand-new year ahead of us. We’ve put away our holiday decorations. We’ve made our New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier, lose weight and exercise more. We’ve cleaned closets, cabinets, and cubby-holes. Our garages, attics, and cellars are all organized. We’ve read books, watched TV, and reached out to old friends. We’ve bagged, donated, and trashed what we no longer need or want. What more can we do now?
Well, we can look forward to a brand-new year of gardening. A new year for growth and discoveries. It’s time to peruse the bulb and seed catalogs and envision spring blossoms. You may want to think about re-designing your landscape and start to sketch plans and include adding some native plants. Be adventurous and break out of your comfort zone and try something new in the garden this year, like putting a fun statuary or a birdbath in your yard, or trying your hand growing vegetables or herbs, or hanging a decorative windchime to your deck. While the winter months can be bleak and dreary, making plans for the spring and summer gardens can be uplifting and heartening. Keep a positive, optimistic outlook and before you know it, the winter is over, and the crocuses are blooming. Spring is just around the corner
To help fight the winter blues, we will have our members’ meeting on January 19 at 1:00 via Zoom. The Program Committee has two presentations scheduled for our enjoyment. Please mark your calendars. A few days before the meeting, I will send out a reminder email; and the day before the meeting, I will send you another email with the web link to join the meeting. I sincerely hope that more members will attend. It’s a great way to spend an afternoon and see some friendly faces.
Until then, I wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Stay well, stay safe and stay warm.
Elaine Frongillo, President
FLOWER SHOW; Ann Libby is doing the podium flowers for us this month.
REMEMBRANCE: One card was sent to Harriet Murphy who broke her hip.
WAYS AND MEANS: Reminder There are still our Garden Club note cards copied from our Public Service Announcement which was created by Kiki Becker They are available either 1 for $2 or a pack of 3 for $5. Call Cookie Barry or Cheryl Sylestri.
PROGRAM:
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WANTED!
Members needed /wanted to showcase their gardening creativity, tips and know-how. A ten-to-fifteen-minute program on any topic you are passionate about. Present from the comfort of your own home (slippers & yoga pants welcome).
HInts: You could demonstrate; starting plants from seeds, using your homegrown herbs in cooking or create a lovely centerpiece with dried hydrangeas. Enthusiasm welcome! Contact: Cheryl Ryan or Kiki Becker
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HORTICULTURAL ROUNDTABLE aka GARDEN KNOW HOW:
On Tuesday, January 19th during our Zoom General Meeting, I will share with all of you the variety of houseplant in my home, including care, soils and light requirements.
Attached to the Trumpet I have made a list of my plants for the discussion.
The following website is a list of plants which clean our air in our homes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Clean_Air_Study#Chart_of_air-filtering_plants
1/19/2021 presentation by Vicki Balboni
Common Name Botanical Name
Beefsteak begonia Begonia erthrophylla
Large Leaf Begonia Begonia Grandis
Iron Cross Begonia Begonia masoniano
Alocasia Polly Alocasia x amazonica ‘Polly’
Christmas Cactus Schlumbergera, Truncata group
Spider Plants Chlorophytum comosum ‘Vittatum’ & ‘Variegatum
English Ivy Hedera helix ‘florida Ivy’
Neathe Bella aka Parlor Palm Chamaedorea elegans
Arrowhead Syngonium podophyllum
Peace Lily (2) Spathiphylium
Croton Codieaum variegatum, Croton ‘Petra’
Wandering Jew Tradescanti ‘Nanouk’
Jade Plant Crassula argentea
Fiddle Leaf Fig Ficus lyrate
Aloe Aloe vera
Wax Plant Hoya carnosa
Crown of Thorns (2) Euphorbia milii ‘Helena’ & ‘Karola’
Prayer Plant Maranta leuconeura variety
Paper Plant Fatsia japonica
Pothos devil’s Ivy Scindapsus aureus
Peperomia aka Baby Rubber Plant (2) Peperomia obtusifolia & variegated
Silver vine or Satin Pothos Scindapsus pictus
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
DECEMBER 2020
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Season’s Greetings To All,
It’s already December – where did the year go? Our flower and vegetable gardens are put to bed, the last leaf is raked and our heat is turned on. There’s nothing for us to do except keep our birdfeeders full for our feathered friends and wait for the freezing temperatures to hit (and hope they never come). Just think, Spring is only three months away!
I’m pleased to report that our first Members Meeting by way of Zoom was a success! We had thirty-seven members in attendance. The podium displays presented by Eileen were beautiful, and our three speakers, Paula, Ed and Joy entertained and educated us.
Despite the difficult times, the Civic Beautification Committee has risen to the challenge, and once again, they have dressed the Town of Yarmouth in festive garb. Take a ride and enjoy the decorations and stunning wreaths, window boxes and swags at the Post Offices, Libraries, Senior Center and Town buildings. These beautiful creations are sure to lift your spirits and get you in the holiday mood. I am including in this publication a “thank you” I received from the Senior Center. It says it all.
Behind the scenes, all of our Committees are working diligently to keep our Club running smoothly and to insure that our members are informed and up-to-date of Club news in anticipation of our first “in-person” meeting.
Please mark your calendars. Our next Members Meeting will be January 19, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. Once again, it will be held on Zoom. A few days before the meeting, I will send you all the invitation and web link to join the meeting. I sincerely hope that more members will attend and enjoy our meeting and the presentation the Program Committee has scheduled.
I wish you all a very happy holiday season in whatever fashion you celebrate, and a healthy New Year.
Stay well, stay safe and stay warm.
Elaine Frongillo, President
FROM THE SENIOR CENTER:
Dear Elaine:
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your members for maintaining the garden surrounding our Forest Road Sign and for Ann Libby’s beautiful Holiday Wreaths that adorn our front entrance. We understand that Ed Mulligan heads up the Town Beautification efforts that transform many islands throughout the town. The two that we see and enjoy are the Buck Island/Yarmouth Road location and the relatively new Forest Road/Old Town House site. We are witness to some of the considerable labor it takes to keep them maintained and beautiful. There are thousands of us, residents and visitors alike, that enjoy your work and important contributions that enhance our community.
Thank you and your members for these gifts to the Town of Yarmouth.
Our Best,
Dianne Kane, Director
Karen LeBlanc, Office Assistant
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
As is our tradition, we once again decorated public buildings in Yarmouth with holiday wreaths. Thanks to our wreath-making elves: Mary Ehbrecht, Mary Spurr, Kiki Becker, Eileen West, Joy Shipp, Carol Ann Morris, Jan Brogan, Ann Libby, and Cookie Barry.
Ed Mulligan, Chair
MEMBERSHIP:
I am pleased to recognize two members who have served The Garden Club of Yarmouth for the past 25 years and are now Honorary Members.
They are:
Mary Dee
Julie Royes
These members are not required to attend a specific number of meetings or pay dues.
Thank you, ladies, for your many years of service to our club.
We are very fortunate (especially during these Covid times) to be able to introduce two new members to our club.
Joan Donah
Joan will be on our Civic Beautification and Flower Show committees.
Barbara Fitzpatrick
Barbara will serve on our Civic Beautification committee.
Members who have resigned are:
Ginny Cohen
Patti Faff
Patricia Leary
Ruth Lund
Gail Morlock
Shannan Myers
Pat Holcomb, Chair
PROGRAM:
January 19th Zoom meeting & virtual tour of Vicki’s houseplants (35 and counting) with our own Vicki Balboni, Master Gardener and plant enthusiast. Need a little pick-me-up in mid-January? Zoom with us!
Kiki Becker and Cheryl Ryan, Co-Chairs
REMEMBRANCE:
One card was sent out to Paula Phillips who has a fractured pelvis.
Margaret Huszar, Chair
WAYS AND MEANS:
We still have note cards for sale. They are perfect for any type of note, short letter or thank you. Call Cheryl Silverstri or Cookie Barry to reserve as many as you want. The package of three is a wonderful hostess gift. (if you are going anywhere).
Cookie Barry and Jan Brogan, Co-Chairs
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
NOVEMBER 2020
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
And
Welcome To Our First Virtual Garden Club Membership Meeting Via Zoom.
November is the month when we give thanks for all we have. Impossible as it seems, this November, we can be thankful for plenty. We are thankful for our health, safety, and that of our family and friends during these challenging times.
We are thankful that Zoom, or other virtual platforms, enables us to see and talk to our friends and family this Thanksgiving and celebrate with them virtually.
We are thankful for the mild early November weather so we are able to plant the bulbs of snowdrops, tulips, daffodils, alliums and other spring flowers before the ground freezes. We will be thankful for their colorful blossoms in the spring. We are thankful for our October Glory mums, hardy fall asters, Montauk daises and Autumn Joy sedums for providing us with end-of-the-season interest in our flower gardens. We are thankful for our Japanese Skimmia, American Holly, bayberry and viburnum. Their vivid red berries brighten up our otherwise drab fall landscape. We would be thankful if we could control the wandering flocks of wild turkeys and prevent them from pecking at and pooping on our lawns and gardens. There is so much to be thankful for in our backyards and in nature. All we have to do is look around us.
We are thankful for this Zoom Garden Club meeting and the interesting, informative and entertaining program presented by our talented members Joy Shipp, Ed Mulligan and Paula Phillips. In addition, we are thankful for the friendship, camaraderie and enjoyment the Garden Club provides us.
Take a moment to think about all we are fortunate to have in our lives, and you will agree, there is plenty to be thankful for.
Personally, I am thankful for the officers, committee chairs and members who selflessly and willingly give to the Garden Club in so many ways, and much of their time and efforts go unacknowledged. THANK YOU for your dedication; you keep the Club going strong in these trying times.
Stay well, stay strong and stay safe.
Elaine Frongillo, President
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
This meeting’s Platform Arrangement is created by Eileen West.
- NOTE: Eileen’s chart on the second to last page will help you design your own
PROGRAM:
For our program on the 17th we will be treated to several presentations by some of our talented members. We have interesting gardening topics as well as some humor.
If you would like to be a presenter at a future Zoom meeting, please contact Kiki Becker or Cheryl Ryan.
For all our GCofY members who have some garden experience or talent to share but hasn’t yet because of a fear of public speaking. A Zoom presentation really is just talking to your computer!
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
Holiday Wreaths for Town of Yarmouth offices
We’ve been decorating Town of Yarmouth buildings with holiday wreaths for many years. We do want to continue this tradition even though 2020 has been challenging and remains so. All club members are invited to participate.
In the past we’ve gathered someplace for an hour or so, applied ornaments, and dropped off our creations at Town offices. Sadly, the current Covid-19 guidelines make that impossible this season.
Instead, volunteers will purchase one or more wreaths, decorate them at home, and deliver them to a Town office. Civic Beautification will co-ordinate wreath distribution. Wreaths should be delivered in late November. You may request reimbursement from our Treasurer. Given our difficult financial condition, you may opt to forego reimbursement.
All club members are invited to participate.
Please call or email Ed Mulligan to volunteer.
HANDBOOK:.
We are not publishing a new Handbook this year. Please use the 2019-2020 copy from last year to access members and their addresses. The information about the different committees, their purpose and their members remain the same. We will update you with the information regarding new members and resignations
REMEMBRANCE:
A card has been sent to Arlene Lavelle on the passing of her son, Tim.
In these times it is difficult to know what is happening with members. Margaret Huszar would like you to continue to call her if you know of any member who would need and appreciate a card from the club.
WEBSITE:
New Web Page
We recently added a new page to our web site called “In Our Travels …”. It’s a place for you to see pleasing photos of off-Cape gardens and to share photos of gardens you have visited. Take a look at gardenclubofyarmouth.org and send us your best shots.
TREASURER:
The budget approved by the Executive Board will be presented and voted on at the November 17th ZOOM membership meeting, our 1st of the year. You’ll quickly notice that it’s a barebones budget reflecting the times we’re experiencing. With no fundraising, the committee chairs have aptly balanced sharpened their pencils and honoring our commitments and values. Please review the yellow “VOTED at Nov. Ex Board” column and reach out with any questions. Join in Tuesday prepared to vote! Every vote will count.
- NOTE: The Board approved budget is on paper copy.
.WAYS AND MEANS:
All our planned fundraisers have been postponed or cancelled this year (plant sale, landfill collection, and flower show with wreaths and Christmas greens) due to covid-19 and even without an income, we still have to pay basic bills to run the club.
So we have a NEW FUNDRAISER !!! Below you will see a picture of an original design note card created by our in-house artist, Kiki Becker, that was featured in the Cape Cod Times this September! Kiki has spread words of inspiration and the caring for the environment throughout the leaves; values of our club. What a wonderful gift for yourself or someone else!!
These cards with envelopes are white card stock with black etching --please disregard the brown frame as it was the tabletop in taking the photo.
Single card- $2 or package of Three - $5
TO PURCHASE CALL: Cheryl Silvestri or Cookie Barry
They have the cards so please bring a check made out to the Garden Club of Yarmouth or exact cash. Please wear a mask and support the club. BUY NOW!!!
(Image of cards available in paper version of the Trumpet)
Thank you, Kiki and to Ruth Piscitelli and Eileen West for doing all the packaging!
- NOTE: For new members or if you need a replacement, we still have T-shirts remaining -limited sizes.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2020
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Happy Autumn.
Beautiful leaves of red, yellow, and gold;
On maples, elms and oaks they unfold.
It is hard to believe it’s already October, and we were last together in February for our members’ meeting. Spring and summer have come and gone; flowers have bloomed, vegetables have grown, and warm, sunny days have turned into cool, shorter days.
Going forward, our first virtual membership meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, via ZOOM. The Program Committee is planning an informative, instructive and fun-filled agenda with presentations by our own talented members. You won’t want to miss this meeting! So, brush up on your computer skills and with patience and practice, you’ll be Zooming with confidence in no time.
I hope to “see” you all on November 17. And as always, stay safe, stay well, and stay strong.
Elaine
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
Overall, we are meeting our responsibilities in spite of the drought and the flu impact.
Forest required supplemental watering due to the extremely dry season.
I did meet our garden visitor. ‘Clint Eastwood’, one evening while I was doing supplemental watering. He was enjoying the stone bench in the cool night air and not doing any pruning and watering on his own.
We will have to move some plants closer to the emitters and replace a few plants that succumbed to the drought.
The three new trees at Forest are doing well thanks to diligent watering by the Forest crew.
The two oak tubs at the South Yarmouth post office have reached the end of their service lives. One of the metal straps has disintegrated and there is rot in the wood. We will replace them next spring.
FLOWER SHOW:
Unfortunately, there will be no October workshop at St. David’s but you never know what Joy Shipp may be persuaded to do on zoom.
Hopefully, we will be able to do the workshop booked for April. It will be a fun one called Carnation Creation where we use the flowers to make into something else, eg. cat, dog or cake.
PROGRAM:
Kiki Becker and Cheryl Ryan are planning zoom presentations of smaller ideas using the talent found in our club members because of our inability to raise funds during this time. So be prepared if asked. There are, also, other possibilities they are exploring. Who knows what they might come up with?
HANDBOOK:.
Carol Ann Morris is at a standstill because there is so much that is unknown now.
HOSPITALITY:
Autumn is here. Apples have arrived at our local markets. I found
this apple pie recipe in an old church recipe book and thought some
of you might like to try it. (No pie crust - Yeah!)
SWEDISH APPLE PIE
Fill a 9" pie plate 2/3 full of peeled sliced apples. Mix together 1 tablespoon
sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon. Sprinkle over the apples.
In a small bowl combine 3/4 cup melted butter or margarine, 1 cup sugar,
1 cup flour, 1 egg and a pinch of salt. Spread batter over apples. Bake at
350 degrees 45 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream
or whipped cream.
Enjoy,
Mary Spurr
PUBLICITY:
Our Public Service Announcement is scheduled to be in the Cape Cod Times the week of September 28th. It is a very creative depiction of our club and all it stands for by Kiki Becker. Try to get to see it. The Board was so impressed, they are exploring using it as a fund raiser.
REMEMBRANCE:
In these times it is difficult to know what is happening with members. Margaret Huszar would like you to continue to call her if you know of any member who would need and appreciate a card from the club.
TELEPHONE:
The telephone committee has had a nice long rest. But you can expect a call in November about our Zoom meeting.
WAYS AND MEANS:
At this point, they are tossing around several ideas on how to fill our coffers so we can continue to tend our regular and herb gardens, flower boxes, make wreaths for the town, give scholarships and present programs and workshops for members among other things.
Ann Libby has put off our Landfill Collection until spring. She suggested a members’ cookbook
If anyone has a good idea please contact Cookie Barry or Jan Brogan.
WEBSITE:
Although it is quiet now, please check our Website and Facebook page for any new postings to find out what will be happening.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
APRIL-MAY 2020
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
"To plant a garden is to believe in the future." I have no idea who said it but this year it's so very true, isn't it?
Fortunately Mother Nature is on the move and provides us with eye candy once again. Her gift for us is truly welcome this spring as brilliant color has exploded in every yard and garden we may pass. I never appreciated these delightful sights as much as I do today.
Although our year end activities have been put on hold for now and the camaraderie will be missed, I know we will continue to plant in our own little corners of Yarmouth and look forward to our GCOY events to come. 'Til then, go forth and garden!
Sandee McGrath
Interim April President
EXECUTIVE BOARD:
There are changes to the Board coming in September.
As Elaine Frongillo steps up to President, Kiki Becker and Cheryl Ryan will become Co-Chairs of the Program Committee.
Paula Wilson and Mary Preikszas will Co-Chair the Annual Meeting.
Our new Historian is Eileen West.
Publicity Chair is Diane Tlapa.
Gary Spurr will be the new Assistant Treasurer
After taking over in January, Margaret Huszar will continue as Remembrance Chair.
In addition, Arlene Lavelle will be in charge of our Photo Album.
COMMITTEES:
Although we normally get a chance to change committee assignments every two years according to Article III Section 2A of our By-Laws, it has been decided to have members stay on the same committee for another year.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
We are very sorry that we couldn't get together for our Annual Luncheon at The Old Yarmouth Inn to celebrate the end of our year but look forward to seeing you in September at the first meeting of our new year.
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
We are looking forward to working in our gardens this year. We will adjust our goals for the season to accommodate social distancing guidelines, of course
CONSERVATION:
Everyone is trying to go out for some fresh air, taking walks around town. I noticed there is a lot of trash as I go along. Maybe we could take a trash bag and pick it up. We are already wearing masks and gloves for protection. Help keep Yarmouth clean!
FLOWER SHOW:
Although we missed our floral workshop in April there will be another one in the fall. If any of you have something particular you are very keen on doing or learning please let me know. We do have something else to look forward to. On December 5th, a Flower Show and Christmas Boutique, once again at St. David's. The last one in 2016 was very successful and fun so we hope you will all be excited about this one and will enter an arrangement. You made so many wonderful things for us to sell last time hopefully you will help us again. Maybe while you are sequestered in your homes you can think about what you can make and if you have the materials do some things now while you have this spare time on your hands and it will help it pass a lot quicker.
I need to find a few members who would like to help out by making an arrangement for the podium for the months of October through to April for our new year. I know it's early to do this but we need the information to print in the year book. Please phone Joy Shipp if you would like to do this.
HERB GARDEN:
Herb Committee members will be responsible for taking care of the Herb and Kitchen Gardens as usual from June 15th through September 20th. Each member will sign up for one week and will take on the job of watering, weeding, and deadheading for that week. If there is a Covid19 concern please feel free to contact me (Joan Huckins) by phone or email. An email with the dates and assignments will be sent out to each member.
HORTICULTURAL ROUNDTABLE: AKA GARDEN KNOW HOW:
The two speakers we had scheduled for March and April 2020 have graciously said they would be happy to reschedule for our upcoming 2020-2021 Garden Club of Yarmouth season. Dan Pessoni of Driftwood Gardens will be presenting a talk on 'Daylillies, Hostas and Hydrangeas' and Judy Bartha will be talking on 'The Care of Hydrangeas'. Plans are in the works for other exciting topics and speakers!
Since we are all staying home during this pandemic and now have plenty of time to be out in our own gardens, I thought it would be helpful to inform you all on how to get your garden plants and supplies from our local nurseries:
Green Spot Garden Center in South Yarmouth - call ahead for ordering and curbside pickup at 508-398-3228 www.greenspotgardenctr.com
Hart Farm in Dennisport has walk-in service, curbside service or delivery. 508-394-2693 www.hartfarmnursery.com
Agway of Cape Cod in Dennis has curbside pickup only or delivery service. 508-385-8772 or email order online www.agwaycapecod.com
Hyannis Country Garden has call or email to place order for curbside pickup 508-775-8703. They are also offering online virtual learning classes www.hyanniscountrygarden.com
These are a few I have used myself and found them all very handy. Please contact your own favorite garden centers to see what they have to offer for your gardening needs too. Stay well, stay safe and wishing you all a happy successful gardening season! Vicki Balboni
PROGRAM:
Sadly, we had to cancel all our club activities for March, April and May, but first and foremost, it is all about our safety. While things are bleak now, look to a brighter future.
To help us keep a positive attitude going forward, our upcoming garden club programs will lift our spirits! At each of our 2020-2021 meetings, from October to April, we will host wonderful speakers covering a broad range of topics. We will learn about the care and maintenance of perennials and roses, be shown innovated way to avoid injuries while gardening, discover shortcuts in garden upkeep, and take a virtual tour of beautiful public and private gardens in the Northeast. In addition, we will enjoy slide shows about the habits of bees and other pollinators and gain new facts about the Cape Cod’s owls.
As you can see, we have great plans for future meetings. And, best of all, we have each other and the friendship and mutual love of gardening that brings us together. So, everyone, please stay safe, stay well and stay strong. We will be meeting and socializing soon.
REMEMBRANCE:
If anyone knows of a club member who would appreciate a card from the Garden Club especially at this extraordinary time? Please call Margaret Huzsar. It might be just the thing to bring a smile to someone’s face.
SCHOLARSHIP:
We have the applicants’ resumes and will be reviewing them. As usual, we will be letting you know who we decide to recommend.
WAYS AND MEANS:
We are so sorry that we have to cancel the Plant Sale scheduled for May 16th. The Coronavirus has changed so many things in our lives. (like I have to tell you that!). But we have fun good news for you. We are partnering with the Flower Show Committee. On December 5th we are having a Christmas Boutique. It will be held on a Saturday and will be lots of fun. Along with the beautiful flower arrangements, we will sell any crafts that you think are good for the Christmas season. This will be 9 days after Thanksgiving when people are decorating for Christmas. Besides Wreaths, Boxwood trees, Christmas stockings and ornaments we will feature a Sweet Shop. Think of all you can come up with. We are taking a year off from the Pie Sale to re-evaluate how it should be done at this time.
Hoping to see you in September. Stay Safe and be well.
TREASURER:
Membership Renewal - Dues Delay 2020:
Curious members have been inquiring how to pay their yearly membership fee due May 31st. What a great question in these complicated times! Who needs one more thing to stress about; so let's keep it simple and hold those checks until we meet again in September (hopefully). Please don't mail any checks until requested to do so.
Refunds for the Cancelled Boston Flower Show Trip:
To all who paid for the cancelled show, you're ahead of the curve! In the spirit of keeping things simple your $38 trip payment was applied to your $30 dues and you're now marked PAID for 2020-2021. Thank you to those who elected to donate their refund balance to the Club. Every donation received will add up to offset the financial loss of our biggest fundraiser, the Plant Sale.
PLANT GIVE AWAY FOR MEMBERS
Linda Cook will give away these
OFFERINGS:
BoBo Hydrangeas—White lacy cone flower I have found these really grow fast; so don’t let small pot size scare you
24-6 inch pots
40-4 inch pots
1-5 inch pot
1-10 inch pot
Bee Balm—purple Cat Mint Campanula-purple
7-4 inch pots 2-4 inch pots 1-7 inch pots
Columbine-pink Shasta Daisy Cone flower-purple
3-4 inch pots 3-10 inch pots 1-4 inch pot
1-6 inch pot 4-6 inch pots 1-6 inch pot
Lupine-purple Rose of Sharon-pink
3-4 inch pots 7-4 inch pots
Plants will be placed strategically at safe 4-foot intervals around my circular driveway. It should be just a pick up and go. Please wear masks
If people are comfortable coming to dig unlimited quantities, they can call me ahead of time and I will set up a time for them to come. I will do one-hour intervals, so there should be no overlap. Here is a list of unlimited dig plants. Just bring your own shovel and pots.
Shasta Daisy
Fall Anenomes—Pink and deep Pink
Bee Balm-Purple
Columbine-Pink
Cone Flower-Purple
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE NOT WORKING IN YOUR GARDEN
1. "The Secret Garden" (1993 version) - English orphan discovers her bitter uncle's abandoned garden with her sickly cousin and it is magical!
2. "A Little Chaos" (2014) - Female gardener (Kate WInslet) hired by Louis XIV (the late Alan Rickman) to design garden at Versailles.
3. "The Biggest Little Farm" (2019) - Award-winning documentary profiles life of Chester & Molly as they leave their 9-5 jobs, acquire and establish a self-sustaining farm in California. Mesmerizing!
4. "Green Fingers" (2000) - Inmates tend garden in British prison attract attention of celeb gardener who sponsors them to compete at national flower championship. Loosely based on true story.
5. "My House in Umbria" (2003) - Eccentric/romance writer and ex-pat Brit invites three fellow survivors of terrorist train bombing to recuperate at her pensione. Healing process (both interior and exterior) aided by the gorgeous landscape/countryside. Visually stunning. Adaptation of novella by Wm Trevor.
6. "Calendar Girls" (2003) - Dames Helen MIrren & Julie Walters play BFFs & members of Women's Institute whose - usually staid - members pose nude for calendar to raise funds for local children's hospital. It's a HOOT!
7. "The Beautiful Fantastic" (2016) - Fairy tale with quirky, overwhelmed librarian/writing a children's book who must tame the wild jungle/used-to be-a-garden in the back or be booted out by her landlord.
8. "The Martian" (2015) - Stranded astronaut/botanist (Matt Damon) must overcome nearly impossible odds to produce oxygen, water and food on Mars until a rescue can be mounted...four years later!
9. "Dare To Be Wild" (2015) - Screen adaptation of true story. Irishwoman and Celtic-centric garden designer, Mary Reynolds, came out of anonymity to win gold medal at Chelsea Flower Show.
10. "Enchanted April" (1992) - Story set in 1920s. Wife of English novelist rents Italian villa with a widow & two other women. All four find new hope, joy & love in the tranquil beauty of their surroundings.
11. "Saving Grace" (2000) - Recent widow teams with her gardener to convert her orchid hothouse into a hydroponic marijuana operation to avoid foreclosure on her home. Hilarity and mayhem ensue.
Compiled by Garden & Movie Lover, Kiki Becker
Research shows gardening provides a number of valuable health benefits, including stress relief, improved brain health, better nutrition, exercise and weight loss
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
March 2020
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Top of the morning to you!
Wishing each of you a Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It looks like spring and feels like spring but don’t be fooled Mother Nature could pull a fast one on us yet. Use your gardening expertise on plants for our Plant Sale coming up on May 16th.
Due to the worry about the Coronavirus in Boston, our Bus trip to the Boston Flower Show had to be cancelled. Vicki Balboni spent so many hours making a wonderful trip possible. Thank you, Vicki, but the consensus of everyone was ‘better safe than sorry’.
Don’t forget to sign up for our annual luncheon which will be May 19th. Yummy and fun!
Stay healthy!
Spring is coming,
Cookie
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PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
The podium arrangement this month is by Betty Whynot.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
The Annual Luncheon will be held once again at the Old Yarmouth Inn on Tuesday, May 19th, arriving for drinks at 12:30pm, no earlier as will not be able to get in and lunch at 1pm. We had such a good feedback from you after last year’s get together there that we decided on a return visit; however, the menu has changed but the price hasn't, it is still $25.
Please be sure you pick up your menu/order form at the table in the back of the room where we will happily take your money and lunch order. If you don't have your check book with you or enough spare cash you may mail it in. We will be collecting again at the April meeting. The checks made payable to the Garden Club of Yarmouth.
FLOWER SHOW:
On Monday, April 20th, at 10am we will be meeting at St. David's Church in our usual room in the main building for our Spring Floral Workshop. We will learn how to make beautiful, simple looking arrangements using very few flowers or greens in the Japanese style of Ikibana. People study for years to master the various schools of techniques but we will just concentrate on the basics.
You will need to bring a shallow dish, bowl or vase with a narrow neck, pin cushion/frog, floral putty, pebbles, twigs, flowers, few leaves and or moss. Full details on a separate paper will be given to you when you sign up today at the table at the back of the room. Any questions phone Joy. Please join us for another fun morning.
PROGRAM:
I think that I shall never see
A design as lovely as a tree.
A little tree with leaves of green
Or pretty flowers to make you dream.
Mini fruit trees to decorate and fashion
With Joy, Kiki and Liz to make it happen.
At our April 21 meeting, we will have “Treemendous Fun” as Joy Shipp, Kiki Becker and Liz Wolffe demonstrate how easy it is to make a tree and decorate it using different themes. They will create a fruit tree, topiary tree, and a lily tree. Their presentation promises to be an adventure with trees and a Treemendous Fun way to herald in the Spring.
HERB GARDEN:
We will be meeting on Thursday April 23rd at 9:00 for our annual cleanup of the herb garden. Bring gardening tools and container for collecting debris. Looking forward to seeing everyone. Please email or call if you cannot make it at jehuckins@gmail.com or 508-362-9300.
HORTICULTURAL ROUNDTABLE: AKA GARDEN KNOW HOW
Daylilies, Hostas and Hydrangeas" will be the talk presented by Dan Pessoni of Driftwood Gardens in Orleans. Dan is a member of the New England Daylily Society and opens his gardens during the Hydrangea Festival in July to the public. His gardens are fabulous and you know what I'm talking about if you've been before!
The meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 24th in the Lower Meeting Room at the Yarmouth Town Hall from 10 am until 11am. Garden club members can bring a guest free of charge. Hope to see you all there!
WAYS AND MEANS:
Sign up today for our Plant Sale May 16th. Remember this is a club activity and each of us must take part. Hope you are growing plants or checking out garden tools for our Gently used Sale. Stay tuned for more information.
It's time to look around your garage, shed and basement for possible donations of clean gardening tools and supplies. Set them aside to bring to the Plant Sale on May 16 at the Moose Club.
Shoppers also love bird baths, houses, feeders, plant stands, small metal tables, garden themed decor and signs. Galvanized tubes and watering cans are hot. We attract early bird designers who count on finding unusual items to use indoors or out!!!
Call Sandee McGrath at 774-208-8645, if you have questions.
February 2020
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Greetings!
If Punxsutawney Phil is to be trusted, we’re in for an early Spring. Yippee! Till then the GC of Y has lots of speakers and events to keep us hopping. Check out details in your monthly Trumpet!
Your executive board, especially Pat Holcomb (Membership Chair), has been hard at work trying to fill the VP slot that opens in May. To that end, the board has voted to separate the Program Chair from the VP position. The big change: The Program Chair (a two-year term) will no longer automatically move up to VP then President.
The VP will serve one year and step up to the presidency the following year. This reduces the length of commitment of six years (2 years each for Program Chair, Vice President and President) to an easily doable 2 years (1 year as V.P and 1 as Prez).
Duties of VP will include supervising the setting up/dismantling of monthly meetings, assisting the president and attending monthly board meetings. This leaves the Program Chair to fill the speaker roster and focus on the guest speaker on meeting days.
Your garden club needs YOU! Questions? See Pat Holcomb, any past VP/Prez or board member.
Trowels up!
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
The flower arrangement for the podium was made by Ann Libby.
REMEMBRANCE:
Is there a club member who would appreciate a card from the Garden Club? Someone who would welcome a “get-well”, “sympathy”, “congratulations”, “thinking of you” or other appropriate card? Call me, MARGARET HUSZAR, or see me at a meeting and I will send a beautiful card, donated by Ruth Piscitelli, to the person you name. My telephone number is in the handbook. A card might be just the thing to bring a smile to someone’s face.
EXECUTIVE BOARD:
Attention all Executive Board members: March 3rd board meeting will be held in Meeting Room B (lower level YARMOUTH Town Hall) at 9:30AM. Same day. Same time. New room - right next to usual room!’
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
At the March and April meetings we will have the menu for our Annual Luncheon, which again will be held at the Old Yarmouth Inn on May 19th, the cost will be $25 a person, so please make a note of this and be prepared to bring your money to the March meeting.
PROGRAM:
Want the buzz on honeybees? Our guest speaker at our March 17 meeting will be Deb Carmel, Recording Secretary of the Barnstable County Beekeepers Association. Deb will share with us some of the mysteries of these little creatures. She will discuss how honeybees grow and live cooperatively in their hives and talk about the important role honeybees and other pollinators play in our ecological system. Deb is also a beekeeper enthusiast, having hives for several years and is eager to tell us about beekeeping as a hobby.
As part of her presentation, Deb will include colorful slides to help us create a safe environment for bees by providing shrubs and native plants that they can use, either for nectar or for pollen. She will share with us ways that we, as gardeners, can help these busy little bees and encourage them and other pollinators to visit our perennial flower beds.
Whether you want to try your hand at beekeeping or simply learn how to encourage and protect pollinators, you will not want to miss THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES presentation. It promises to be a honey of a presentation!
HORTICULTURAL ROUNDTABLE:
Boston Flower and Garden Show
"Garden Party - Celebrating Family and Friends" is this years' theme being held at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. Our bus trip is scheduled to leave the Stop & Shop Plaza (far right parking lot) on Station Avenue in South Yarmouth on Wednesday, March 11th at 8:30 am. Please arrive 15 minutes earlier for loading the bus. We will be leaving Boston at 3:00 pm arriving back on Cape near 4:30 pm.
Ticket price is $38.00 per person which includes the bus and show fee. Lunch can be purchased at the show or bring a bag lunch (no glass containers allowed on the bus please). We have 25 remaining seats available for you and any paying guests or friends you may wish to invite along. After today's meeting, any open seats will be filled by others outside of the club.
FYI - Last Chance! - The Seaport World Trade Center as we know it will be torn down this year and the whole seaport area will be revamped along the water front. As of now, there will not be a show scheduled elsewhere next year. Don't miss out!!!
"Garden Know How" Meeting
On Tuesday, February 25th, Joe Dwelly from the MA Butterfly Club will be making a presentation on 'Butterflies on Cape Cod'. His talk which will include not only the butterflies we have here on the Cape but the varieties of plants that attract them to our gardens. PLEASE NOTE; The meeting place has been changed from the Yarmouth Town Hall to the Yarmouth Police Department, One Brad Erickson Way at #340 Higgins Crowell Road in West Yarmouth from 10 am to 11 am. Our garden club members are allowed to bring a guest for free. Hope to see you there!
JANUARY 2020
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Happy 2020! January is a wonderful time for looking back on our successes in the garden and planning ahead for more adventures to come. I love looking through my own collection of books and browsing online, but really enjoy the boatloads of magazines and resources available at our libraries. No matter how you do it, happy planning for planting!
Sandee McGrath (2012-2014)
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
The flower arrangement for the podium has been made by Donna Riley.
PROGRAM:
The winter months are an ideal time to begin to plan new gardens, focus on a garden theme, and create a plant “wish list” in advance to avoid impulsive buying. At our February 18thmeeting, our guest speaker will be Suzanne Mahler. She will present an illustrated discussion of various garden themes to help us create our individual specialty garden and select plants around a specific theme. A garden theme might include a garden for perennials, native plants, herbs and vegetables or wildlife. In her presentation, THEME GARDENS, Suzanne will provide colorful images of multiple theme gardens and glorious plants to consider buying to create an attractive garden design.
Suzanne is an avid gardener, photographer and lecturer, a member of two local garden clubs, the past President of the New England Daylily Society, an Overseer for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and writes a weekly gardening column “Green Thumbs Up” for Gatehouse Media’s South Shore Mariner Newspapers.
You will not want to miss THEME GARDENS presentation and the lovely images of gardens as we look forward to the coming of spring and our planting days.
HORTICULTURAL ROUNDTABLE:
Boston Flower and Garden Show
"Garden Party - Celebrating Family and Friends" is the theme this year at the show. We will be taking a bus trip on Wednesday, March 11th and the cost is $38.00 per person. Each garden club member is welcome to bring one paying guest with them. We have 50 seats available on a first come first serve basis.
Lunch can be purchased at the show or bring a bag lunch (no glass containers allowed on the bus). The bus will be leaving the Stop & Shop Plaza on Station Avenue at 8:30 am and returning @ 4:30 pm. Please sign up today or at the February general meeting. Thank you!
Cape & Islands Orchid Society Show
The Orchid show is open to the public on January 25th and 26th. It is being held at the Hyannis Resort and Conference Center at the West End Rotary, Hyannis. It will be open from 9am to 5pm and the entrance fee is $10. If you do attend this event, please bring your receipt/program book to Pat Holcomb at the February general meeting to count toward your membership attendance. Thank you.
December 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
May this month bring you many blessings and great joy.
May it bring happy times with your family and friends.
May the beauty of this winter season bring back memories that make you smile.
May you stay warm, sheltered and well fed.
May you share your gifts with those in need and those suffering and alone.
And finally…..
Stay Healthy! Watch your Step! Don’t slip on the ice! Enjoy each day no matter what it brings!
Merry Christmas
Happy Hanukkah
Happy Kwanzaa
Margaret Huszar, Past President, 2007-2010
FLOWER SHOW;
Thank you to all the ladies who decorated wreaths, they looked beautiful when they were all hanging together. I'm sure the buyers had a hard time choosing between them. Another thank you goes to the ladies who toiled so hard and long to make the 43 very different flower arrangements, when they were finished and placed on the tables, they looked gorgeous. The ladies who donated all the greens to us we appreciate it and thank you also.
A good time was had at the Floral Workshop [I hope] where we made boxwood trees and wreaths that were a little different than usual. The next time we get together will be in April.
PROGRAM:
It’s almost 2020 and what a great way it will be to start the new year with talk of gardening! The guest speaker at our January 21st meeting will be Kristin Andres, Director of Education and Outreach for the Association to Preserve Cape Cod. Kristin serves on several conservation boards and committees and writes a biweekly column for the Cape Cod Chronicle on natural history topics. She enthusiastically promotes using native plants in the landscape and is slightly obsessed with observing and photographing pollinators, plants and other wild critters. Her presentation, “ITSY BITSY SPIDER’S RAIN GARDEN – A GARDEN WITH A PURPOSE” will teach us what a rain garden is, how to create a rain garden and why everyone should have one. This enlightening presentation will have us all singing the song and thinking of Spring!
MEMBERSHIP:
We have two new members joining us today:
Alice Ruckert
Alice will be on the Civic Beautification committee.
Eileen West
Eileen will be on the Ways and Means Committee
Welcome Alice and Eileen!
A Gardener's Version of the Night Before Christmas
'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the yard
the branches were bare and the ground frozen hard;
The roses were dormant and mulched all around
to protect them from damage if frost heaves the ground.
The perennials were nestled all snug in their beds
while visions of 5-10-5 danced in their heads.
The new-planted shrubs, had been soaked by the hose
to settle their roots for the long winter's doze;
And out on the lawn, the new fallen snow
protected the roots of the grasses below.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear
but a truck full of gifts of gardening gear.
Saint Nick was the driver - the jolly old elf
and he winked as he said, "I'm a gardener myself.
I've brought wilt-pruf, rootone, and gibberellin, too.
Please try them and see what they do.
To start new plants, a propagating kit.
Sparkling new shears, for the old apple tree.
To seed your new lawn, I've a patented sower;
in case it should grow, here's a new power mower.
For seed-planting days, I've a trowel and a dibble,
and a roll of wire mesh if the rabbits should nibble.
For the feminine gardener, some gadgets she loves;
plant stakes, a sprinkler, and waterproof gloves;
A chemical agent for the compost pit,
and for pH detecting, a soil testing kit.
With these colorful flagstones, lay a new garden path,
for the kids to enjoy, and bird feeder and bath.
And last but not least, some well-rotted manure.
A green Christmas year round, these gifts will ensure."
Then jolly Saint Nick, having emptied his load,
started his truck and took to the road.
And I heard him exclaim through the motor's loud hum
"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a green thumb!"
Submitted by Richard Jauron, Horticulture Department. Iowa State University
Adapted from The Gardener, November-December, 1983
Thank you, Joan Huckins, for this holiday read.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
NOVEMBER 2019
Welcome to our 3rd Annual Pie Sale.
Thank You! to the Ways and Means, Flower Show, Hospitality, Publicity and Program Committees and every member who has worked hard baking, cutting greens, making floral arrangements and wreaths and everyone working today setting up, manning tables and cleaning up. Because of you we will have a successful day.
FLOWER SHOW:
Just a little reminder to those who signed up for the Floral Workshop to make the boxwood tree or a wreath, it will be held on Monday December 2nd from 10am until noon at St. David's Church on Old Main Street in South Yarmouth and as usual please use the side door. Don't forget to bring your supplies, the instructions will be handed out that morning. Any questions please phone me at 508-398-5324.
A big thank you to all the ladies who signed up to decorate wreaths and help make the Thanksgiving centerpieces for the Pie Sale, which I'm sure will be a great success. A huge thank you to Sally Hockenbury for donating 4 or more boxwood shrubs to us to sell for the making of boxwood trees.
HOSPITALITY:.
I am looking for volunteers a bring one of the following to our December Membership Meeting. I need a fruit plate, a veggie plate and a desert. Please see Ann Libby.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
The guest speaker at our December 17th meeting will be the talented and creative designer, Nancy Walsh. A member of the Hyannis Garden Club, Nancy will tell us and demonstrate how she turns ordinary items she finds throughout the neighborhood or on the side of the road into unusual and imaginative floral arrangements and “over-the-top” centerpieces. All her unique creations will be raffled off at our meeting. You will not want to miss “FOUND CONTAINERS AND HOW TO USE THEM FOR THE HOLIDAYS" presented by Nancy Walsh.
MEMBERSHIP:
s Membership Chair I would like to welcome Alice Ruckert to the Garden Club of Yarmouth. She will be introduced properly at the December membership meeting.
Also, members will now receive a copy of the Trumpet when they pick up their membership badge.
Thank you,
Pat Holcomb
A Happy Thanksgiving to all.
News and Coming Events
APRIL-MAY 2020
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
"To plant a garden is to believe in the future." I have no idea who said it but this year it's so very true, isn't it?
Fortunately Mother Nature is on the move and provides us with eye candy once again. Her gift for us is truly welcome this spring as brilliant color has exploded in every yard and garden we may pass. I never appreciated these delightful sights as much as I do today.
Although our year end activities have been put on hold for now and the camaraderie will be missed, I know we will continue to plant in our own little corners of Yarmouth and look forward to our GCOY events to come. 'Til then, go forth and garden!
Sandee McGrath
Interim April President
EXECUTIVE BOARD:
There are changes to the Board coming in September.
As Elaine Frongillo steps up to President, Kiki Becker and Cheryl Ryan will become Co-Chairs of the Program Committee.
Paula Wilson and Mary Preikszas will Co-Chair the Annual Meeting.
Our new Historian is Eileen West.
Publicity Chair is Diane Tlapa.
Gary Spurr will be the new Assistant Treasurer
After taking over in January, Margaret Huszar will continue as Remembrance Chair.
In addition, Arlene Lavelle will be in charge of our Photo Album.
COMMITTEES:
Although we normally get a chance to change committee assignments every two years according to Article III Section 2A of our By-Laws, it has been decided to have members stay on the same committee for another year.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
We are very sorry that we couldn't get together for our Annual Luncheon at The Old Yarmouth Inn to celebrate the end of our year but look forward to seeing you in September at the first meeting of our new year.
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
We are looking forward to working in our gardens this year. We will adjust our goals for the season to accommodate social distancing guidelines, of course
CONSERVATION:
Everyone is trying to go out for some fresh air, taking walks around town. I noticed there is a lot of trash as I go along. Maybe we could take a trash bag and pick it up. We are already wearing masks and gloves for protection. Help keep Yarmouth clean!
FLOWER SHOW:
Although we missed our floral workshop in April there will be another one in the fall. If any of you have something particular you are very keen on doing or learning please let me know. We do have something else to look forward to. On December 5th, a Flower Show and Christmas Boutique, once again at St. David's. The last one in 2016 was very successful and fun so we hope you will all be excited about this one and will enter an arrangement. You made so many wonderful things for us to sell last time hopefully you will help us again. Maybe while you are sequestered in your homes you can think about what you can make and if you have the materials do some things now while you have this spare time on your hands and it will help it pass a lot quicker.
I need to find a few members who would like to help out by making an arrangement for the podium for the months of October through to April for our new year. I know it's early to do this but we need the information to print in the year book. Please phone Joy Shipp if you would like to do this.
HERB GARDEN:
Herb Committee members will be responsible for taking care of the Herb and Kitchen Gardens as usual from June 15th through September 20th. Each member will sign up for one week and will take on the job of watering, weeding, and deadheading for that week. If there is a Covid19 concern please feel free to contact me (Joan Huckins) by phone or email. An email with the dates and assignments will be sent out to each member.
HORTICULTURAL ROUNDTABLE: AKA GARDEN KNOW HOW:
The two speakers we had scheduled for March and April 2020 have graciously said they would be happy to reschedule for our upcoming 2020-2021 Garden Club of Yarmouth season. Dan Pessoni of Driftwood Gardens will be presenting a talk on 'Daylillies, Hostas and Hydrangeas' and Judy Bartha will be talking on 'The Care of Hydrangeas'. Plans are in the works for other exciting topics and speakers!
Since we are all staying home during this pandemic and now have plenty of time to be out in our own gardens, I thought it would be helpful to inform you all on how to get your garden plants and supplies from our local nurseries:
Green Spot Garden Center in South Yarmouth - call ahead for ordering and curbside pickup at 508-398-3228 www.greenspotgardenctr.com
Hart Farm in Dennisport has walk-in service, curbside service or delivery. 508-394-2693 www.hartfarmnursery.com
Agway of Cape Cod in Dennis has curbside pickup only or delivery service. 508-385-8772 or email order online www.agwaycapecod.com
Hyannis Country Garden has call or email to place order for curbside pickup 508-775-8703. They are also offering online virtual learning classes www.hyanniscountrygarden.com
These are a few I have used myself and found them all very handy. Please contact your own favorite garden centers to see what they have to offer for your gardening needs too. Stay well, stay safe and wishing you all a happy successful gardening season! Vicki Balboni
PROGRAM:
Sadly, we had to cancel all our club activities for March, April and May, but first and foremost, it is all about our safety. While things are bleak now, look to a brighter future.
To help us keep a positive attitude going forward, our upcoming garden club programs will lift our spirits! At each of our 2020-2021 meetings, from October to April, we will host wonderful speakers covering a broad range of topics. We will learn about the care and maintenance of perennials and roses, be shown innovated way to avoid injuries while gardening, discover shortcuts in garden upkeep, and take a virtual tour of beautiful public and private gardens in the Northeast. In addition, we will enjoy slide shows about the habits of bees and other pollinators and gain new facts about the Cape Cod’s owls.
As you can see, we have great plans for future meetings. And, best of all, we have each other and the friendship and mutual love of gardening that brings us together. So, everyone, please stay safe, stay well and stay strong. We will be meeting and socializing soon.
REMEMBRANCE:
If anyone knows of a club member who would appreciate a card from the Garden Club especially at this extraordinary time? Please call Margaret Huzsar. It might be just the thing to bring a smile to someone’s face.
SCHOLARSHIP:
We have the applicants’ resumes and will be reviewing them. As usual, we will be letting you know who we decide to recommend.
WAYS AND MEANS:
We are so sorry that we have to cancel the Plant Sale scheduled for May 16th. The Coronavirus has changed so many things in our lives. (like I have to tell you that!). But we have fun good news for you. We are partnering with the Flower Show Committee. On December 5th we are having a Christmas Boutique. It will be held on a Saturday and will be lots of fun. Along with the beautiful flower arrangements, we will sell any crafts that you think are good for the Christmas season. This will be 9 days after Thanksgiving when people are decorating for Christmas. Besides Wreaths, Boxwood trees, Christmas stockings and ornaments we will feature a Sweet Shop. Think of all you can come up with. We are taking a year off from the Pie Sale to re-evaluate how it should be done at this time.
Hoping to see you in September. Stay Safe and be well.
TREASURER:
Membership Renewal - Dues Delay 2020:
Curious members have been inquiring how to pay their yearly membership fee due May 31st. What a great question in these complicated times! Who needs one more thing to stress about; so let's keep it simple and hold those checks until we meet again in September (hopefully). Please don't mail any checks until requested to do so.
Refunds for the Cancelled Boston Flower Show Trip:
To all who paid for the cancelled show, you're ahead of the curve! In the spirit of keeping things simple your $38 trip payment was applied to your $30 dues and you're now marked PAID for 2020-2021. Thank you to those who elected to donate their refund balance to the Club. Every donation received will add up to offset the financial loss of our biggest fundraiser, the Plant Sale.
PLANT GIVE AWAY FOR MEMBERS
Linda Cook will give away these
OFFERINGS:
BoBo Hydrangeas—White lacy cone flower I have found these really grow fast; so don’t let small pot size scare you
24-6 inch pots
40-4 inch pots
1-5 inch pot
1-10 inch pot
Bee Balm—purple Cat Mint Campanula-purple
7-4 inch pots 2-4 inch pots 1-7 inch pots
Columbine-pink Shasta Daisy Cone flower-purple
3-4 inch pots 3-10 inch pots 1-4 inch pot
1-6 inch pot 4-6 inch pots 1-6 inch pot
Lupine-purple Rose of Sharon-pink
3-4 inch pots 7-4 inch pots
Plants will be placed strategically at safe 4-foot intervals around my circular driveway. It should be just a pick up and go. Please wear masks
If people are comfortable coming to dig unlimited quantities, they can call me ahead of time and I will set up a time for them to come. I will do one-hour intervals, so there should be no overlap. Here is a list of unlimited dig plants. Just bring your own shovel and pots.
Shasta Daisy
Fall Anenomes—Pink and deep Pink
Bee Balm-Purple
Columbine-Pink
Cone Flower-Purple
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE NOT WORKING IN YOUR GARDEN
- Take pictures of how your garden changes and grows throughout the year
- Create a journal of what is happening in your garden. Possibly match it your pictures
- Using a photo album save the label/tags from each new plant purchased. Write the date of purchase on each one. The album has see-through sleeves so you can see both sides of tags for reference. You can then keep track of how plants are doing for years. Thank you, Vicki Balboni, for this idea.
- Take a virtual reality tour of botanical gardens around the world. Go to- You tube virtual reality botanical garden tours- for a long list to watch Try usbg.gov/take-virtual-tour for a tour of the Unites States Botanical Garden and www.housebeauiful.com for 8 worldwide tours.
- Watch one of the garden themed movies below or find your own.
1. "The Secret Garden" (1993 version) - English orphan discovers her bitter uncle's abandoned garden with her sickly cousin and it is magical!
2. "A Little Chaos" (2014) - Female gardener (Kate WInslet) hired by Louis XIV (the late Alan Rickman) to design garden at Versailles.
3. "The Biggest Little Farm" (2019) - Award-winning documentary profiles life of Chester & Molly as they leave their 9-5 jobs, acquire and establish a self-sustaining farm in California. Mesmerizing!
4. "Green Fingers" (2000) - Inmates tend garden in British prison attract attention of celeb gardener who sponsors them to compete at national flower championship. Loosely based on true story.
5. "My House in Umbria" (2003) - Eccentric/romance writer and ex-pat Brit invites three fellow survivors of terrorist train bombing to recuperate at her pensione. Healing process (both interior and exterior) aided by the gorgeous landscape/countryside. Visually stunning. Adaptation of novella by Wm Trevor.
6. "Calendar Girls" (2003) - Dames Helen MIrren & Julie Walters play BFFs & members of Women's Institute whose - usually staid - members pose nude for calendar to raise funds for local children's hospital. It's a HOOT!
7. "The Beautiful Fantastic" (2016) - Fairy tale with quirky, overwhelmed librarian/writing a children's book who must tame the wild jungle/used-to be-a-garden in the back or be booted out by her landlord.
8. "The Martian" (2015) - Stranded astronaut/botanist (Matt Damon) must overcome nearly impossible odds to produce oxygen, water and food on Mars until a rescue can be mounted...four years later!
9. "Dare To Be Wild" (2015) - Screen adaptation of true story. Irishwoman and Celtic-centric garden designer, Mary Reynolds, came out of anonymity to win gold medal at Chelsea Flower Show.
10. "Enchanted April" (1992) - Story set in 1920s. Wife of English novelist rents Italian villa with a widow & two other women. All four find new hope, joy & love in the tranquil beauty of their surroundings.
11. "Saving Grace" (2000) - Recent widow teams with her gardener to convert her orchid hothouse into a hydroponic marijuana operation to avoid foreclosure on her home. Hilarity and mayhem ensue.
Compiled by Garden & Movie Lover, Kiki Becker
Research shows gardening provides a number of valuable health benefits, including stress relief, improved brain health, better nutrition, exercise and weight loss
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
March 2020
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Top of the morning to you!
Wishing each of you a Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It looks like spring and feels like spring but don’t be fooled Mother Nature could pull a fast one on us yet. Use your gardening expertise on plants for our Plant Sale coming up on May 16th.
Due to the worry about the Coronavirus in Boston, our Bus trip to the Boston Flower Show had to be cancelled. Vicki Balboni spent so many hours making a wonderful trip possible. Thank you, Vicki, but the consensus of everyone was ‘better safe than sorry’.
Don’t forget to sign up for our annual luncheon which will be May 19th. Yummy and fun!
Stay healthy!
Spring is coming,
Cookie
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PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
The podium arrangement this month is by Betty Whynot.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
The Annual Luncheon will be held once again at the Old Yarmouth Inn on Tuesday, May 19th, arriving for drinks at 12:30pm, no earlier as will not be able to get in and lunch at 1pm. We had such a good feedback from you after last year’s get together there that we decided on a return visit; however, the menu has changed but the price hasn't, it is still $25.
Please be sure you pick up your menu/order form at the table in the back of the room where we will happily take your money and lunch order. If you don't have your check book with you or enough spare cash you may mail it in. We will be collecting again at the April meeting. The checks made payable to the Garden Club of Yarmouth.
FLOWER SHOW:
On Monday, April 20th, at 10am we will be meeting at St. David's Church in our usual room in the main building for our Spring Floral Workshop. We will learn how to make beautiful, simple looking arrangements using very few flowers or greens in the Japanese style of Ikibana. People study for years to master the various schools of techniques but we will just concentrate on the basics.
You will need to bring a shallow dish, bowl or vase with a narrow neck, pin cushion/frog, floral putty, pebbles, twigs, flowers, few leaves and or moss. Full details on a separate paper will be given to you when you sign up today at the table at the back of the room. Any questions phone Joy. Please join us for another fun morning.
PROGRAM:
I think that I shall never see
A design as lovely as a tree.
A little tree with leaves of green
Or pretty flowers to make you dream.
Mini fruit trees to decorate and fashion
With Joy, Kiki and Liz to make it happen.
At our April 21 meeting, we will have “Treemendous Fun” as Joy Shipp, Kiki Becker and Liz Wolffe demonstrate how easy it is to make a tree and decorate it using different themes. They will create a fruit tree, topiary tree, and a lily tree. Their presentation promises to be an adventure with trees and a Treemendous Fun way to herald in the Spring.
HERB GARDEN:
We will be meeting on Thursday April 23rd at 9:00 for our annual cleanup of the herb garden. Bring gardening tools and container for collecting debris. Looking forward to seeing everyone. Please email or call if you cannot make it at jehuckins@gmail.com or 508-362-9300.
HORTICULTURAL ROUNDTABLE: AKA GARDEN KNOW HOW
Daylilies, Hostas and Hydrangeas" will be the talk presented by Dan Pessoni of Driftwood Gardens in Orleans. Dan is a member of the New England Daylily Society and opens his gardens during the Hydrangea Festival in July to the public. His gardens are fabulous and you know what I'm talking about if you've been before!
The meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 24th in the Lower Meeting Room at the Yarmouth Town Hall from 10 am until 11am. Garden club members can bring a guest free of charge. Hope to see you all there!
WAYS AND MEANS:
Sign up today for our Plant Sale May 16th. Remember this is a club activity and each of us must take part. Hope you are growing plants or checking out garden tools for our Gently used Sale. Stay tuned for more information.
It's time to look around your garage, shed and basement for possible donations of clean gardening tools and supplies. Set them aside to bring to the Plant Sale on May 16 at the Moose Club.
Shoppers also love bird baths, houses, feeders, plant stands, small metal tables, garden themed decor and signs. Galvanized tubes and watering cans are hot. We attract early bird designers who count on finding unusual items to use indoors or out!!!
Call Sandee McGrath at 774-208-8645, if you have questions.
February 2020
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Greetings!
If Punxsutawney Phil is to be trusted, we’re in for an early Spring. Yippee! Till then the GC of Y has lots of speakers and events to keep us hopping. Check out details in your monthly Trumpet!
Your executive board, especially Pat Holcomb (Membership Chair), has been hard at work trying to fill the VP slot that opens in May. To that end, the board has voted to separate the Program Chair from the VP position. The big change: The Program Chair (a two-year term) will no longer automatically move up to VP then President.
The VP will serve one year and step up to the presidency the following year. This reduces the length of commitment of six years (2 years each for Program Chair, Vice President and President) to an easily doable 2 years (1 year as V.P and 1 as Prez).
Duties of VP will include supervising the setting up/dismantling of monthly meetings, assisting the president and attending monthly board meetings. This leaves the Program Chair to fill the speaker roster and focus on the guest speaker on meeting days.
Your garden club needs YOU! Questions? See Pat Holcomb, any past VP/Prez or board member.
Trowels up!
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
The flower arrangement for the podium was made by Ann Libby.
REMEMBRANCE:
Is there a club member who would appreciate a card from the Garden Club? Someone who would welcome a “get-well”, “sympathy”, “congratulations”, “thinking of you” or other appropriate card? Call me, MARGARET HUSZAR, or see me at a meeting and I will send a beautiful card, donated by Ruth Piscitelli, to the person you name. My telephone number is in the handbook. A card might be just the thing to bring a smile to someone’s face.
EXECUTIVE BOARD:
Attention all Executive Board members: March 3rd board meeting will be held in Meeting Room B (lower level YARMOUTH Town Hall) at 9:30AM. Same day. Same time. New room - right next to usual room!’
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
At the March and April meetings we will have the menu for our Annual Luncheon, which again will be held at the Old Yarmouth Inn on May 19th, the cost will be $25 a person, so please make a note of this and be prepared to bring your money to the March meeting.
PROGRAM:
Want the buzz on honeybees? Our guest speaker at our March 17 meeting will be Deb Carmel, Recording Secretary of the Barnstable County Beekeepers Association. Deb will share with us some of the mysteries of these little creatures. She will discuss how honeybees grow and live cooperatively in their hives and talk about the important role honeybees and other pollinators play in our ecological system. Deb is also a beekeeper enthusiast, having hives for several years and is eager to tell us about beekeeping as a hobby.
As part of her presentation, Deb will include colorful slides to help us create a safe environment for bees by providing shrubs and native plants that they can use, either for nectar or for pollen. She will share with us ways that we, as gardeners, can help these busy little bees and encourage them and other pollinators to visit our perennial flower beds.
Whether you want to try your hand at beekeeping or simply learn how to encourage and protect pollinators, you will not want to miss THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES presentation. It promises to be a honey of a presentation!
HORTICULTURAL ROUNDTABLE:
Boston Flower and Garden Show
"Garden Party - Celebrating Family and Friends" is this years' theme being held at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. Our bus trip is scheduled to leave the Stop & Shop Plaza (far right parking lot) on Station Avenue in South Yarmouth on Wednesday, March 11th at 8:30 am. Please arrive 15 minutes earlier for loading the bus. We will be leaving Boston at 3:00 pm arriving back on Cape near 4:30 pm.
Ticket price is $38.00 per person which includes the bus and show fee. Lunch can be purchased at the show or bring a bag lunch (no glass containers allowed on the bus please). We have 25 remaining seats available for you and any paying guests or friends you may wish to invite along. After today's meeting, any open seats will be filled by others outside of the club.
FYI - Last Chance! - The Seaport World Trade Center as we know it will be torn down this year and the whole seaport area will be revamped along the water front. As of now, there will not be a show scheduled elsewhere next year. Don't miss out!!!
"Garden Know How" Meeting
On Tuesday, February 25th, Joe Dwelly from the MA Butterfly Club will be making a presentation on 'Butterflies on Cape Cod'. His talk which will include not only the butterflies we have here on the Cape but the varieties of plants that attract them to our gardens. PLEASE NOTE; The meeting place has been changed from the Yarmouth Town Hall to the Yarmouth Police Department, One Brad Erickson Way at #340 Higgins Crowell Road in West Yarmouth from 10 am to 11 am. Our garden club members are allowed to bring a guest for free. Hope to see you there!
JANUARY 2020
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Happy 2020! January is a wonderful time for looking back on our successes in the garden and planning ahead for more adventures to come. I love looking through my own collection of books and browsing online, but really enjoy the boatloads of magazines and resources available at our libraries. No matter how you do it, happy planning for planting!
Sandee McGrath (2012-2014)
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
The flower arrangement for the podium has been made by Donna Riley.
PROGRAM:
The winter months are an ideal time to begin to plan new gardens, focus on a garden theme, and create a plant “wish list” in advance to avoid impulsive buying. At our February 18thmeeting, our guest speaker will be Suzanne Mahler. She will present an illustrated discussion of various garden themes to help us create our individual specialty garden and select plants around a specific theme. A garden theme might include a garden for perennials, native plants, herbs and vegetables or wildlife. In her presentation, THEME GARDENS, Suzanne will provide colorful images of multiple theme gardens and glorious plants to consider buying to create an attractive garden design.
Suzanne is an avid gardener, photographer and lecturer, a member of two local garden clubs, the past President of the New England Daylily Society, an Overseer for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and writes a weekly gardening column “Green Thumbs Up” for Gatehouse Media’s South Shore Mariner Newspapers.
You will not want to miss THEME GARDENS presentation and the lovely images of gardens as we look forward to the coming of spring and our planting days.
HORTICULTURAL ROUNDTABLE:
Boston Flower and Garden Show
"Garden Party - Celebrating Family and Friends" is the theme this year at the show. We will be taking a bus trip on Wednesday, March 11th and the cost is $38.00 per person. Each garden club member is welcome to bring one paying guest with them. We have 50 seats available on a first come first serve basis.
Lunch can be purchased at the show or bring a bag lunch (no glass containers allowed on the bus). The bus will be leaving the Stop & Shop Plaza on Station Avenue at 8:30 am and returning @ 4:30 pm. Please sign up today or at the February general meeting. Thank you!
Cape & Islands Orchid Society Show
The Orchid show is open to the public on January 25th and 26th. It is being held at the Hyannis Resort and Conference Center at the West End Rotary, Hyannis. It will be open from 9am to 5pm and the entrance fee is $10. If you do attend this event, please bring your receipt/program book to Pat Holcomb at the February general meeting to count toward your membership attendance. Thank you.
December 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
May this month bring you many blessings and great joy.
May it bring happy times with your family and friends.
May the beauty of this winter season bring back memories that make you smile.
May you stay warm, sheltered and well fed.
May you share your gifts with those in need and those suffering and alone.
And finally…..
Stay Healthy! Watch your Step! Don’t slip on the ice! Enjoy each day no matter what it brings!
Merry Christmas
Happy Hanukkah
Happy Kwanzaa
Margaret Huszar, Past President, 2007-2010
FLOWER SHOW;
Thank you to all the ladies who decorated wreaths, they looked beautiful when they were all hanging together. I'm sure the buyers had a hard time choosing between them. Another thank you goes to the ladies who toiled so hard and long to make the 43 very different flower arrangements, when they were finished and placed on the tables, they looked gorgeous. The ladies who donated all the greens to us we appreciate it and thank you also.
A good time was had at the Floral Workshop [I hope] where we made boxwood trees and wreaths that were a little different than usual. The next time we get together will be in April.
PROGRAM:
It’s almost 2020 and what a great way it will be to start the new year with talk of gardening! The guest speaker at our January 21st meeting will be Kristin Andres, Director of Education and Outreach for the Association to Preserve Cape Cod. Kristin serves on several conservation boards and committees and writes a biweekly column for the Cape Cod Chronicle on natural history topics. She enthusiastically promotes using native plants in the landscape and is slightly obsessed with observing and photographing pollinators, plants and other wild critters. Her presentation, “ITSY BITSY SPIDER’S RAIN GARDEN – A GARDEN WITH A PURPOSE” will teach us what a rain garden is, how to create a rain garden and why everyone should have one. This enlightening presentation will have us all singing the song and thinking of Spring!
MEMBERSHIP:
We have two new members joining us today:
Alice Ruckert
Alice will be on the Civic Beautification committee.
Eileen West
Eileen will be on the Ways and Means Committee
Welcome Alice and Eileen!
A Gardener's Version of the Night Before Christmas
'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the yard
the branches were bare and the ground frozen hard;
The roses were dormant and mulched all around
to protect them from damage if frost heaves the ground.
The perennials were nestled all snug in their beds
while visions of 5-10-5 danced in their heads.
The new-planted shrubs, had been soaked by the hose
to settle their roots for the long winter's doze;
And out on the lawn, the new fallen snow
protected the roots of the grasses below.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear
but a truck full of gifts of gardening gear.
Saint Nick was the driver - the jolly old elf
and he winked as he said, "I'm a gardener myself.
I've brought wilt-pruf, rootone, and gibberellin, too.
Please try them and see what they do.
To start new plants, a propagating kit.
Sparkling new shears, for the old apple tree.
To seed your new lawn, I've a patented sower;
in case it should grow, here's a new power mower.
For seed-planting days, I've a trowel and a dibble,
and a roll of wire mesh if the rabbits should nibble.
For the feminine gardener, some gadgets she loves;
plant stakes, a sprinkler, and waterproof gloves;
A chemical agent for the compost pit,
and for pH detecting, a soil testing kit.
With these colorful flagstones, lay a new garden path,
for the kids to enjoy, and bird feeder and bath.
And last but not least, some well-rotted manure.
A green Christmas year round, these gifts will ensure."
Then jolly Saint Nick, having emptied his load,
started his truck and took to the road.
And I heard him exclaim through the motor's loud hum
"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a green thumb!"
Submitted by Richard Jauron, Horticulture Department. Iowa State University
Adapted from The Gardener, November-December, 1983
Thank you, Joan Huckins, for this holiday read.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
NOVEMBER 2019
Welcome to our 3rd Annual Pie Sale.
Thank You! to the Ways and Means, Flower Show, Hospitality, Publicity and Program Committees and every member who has worked hard baking, cutting greens, making floral arrangements and wreaths and everyone working today setting up, manning tables and cleaning up. Because of you we will have a successful day.
FLOWER SHOW:
Just a little reminder to those who signed up for the Floral Workshop to make the boxwood tree or a wreath, it will be held on Monday December 2nd from 10am until noon at St. David's Church on Old Main Street in South Yarmouth and as usual please use the side door. Don't forget to bring your supplies, the instructions will be handed out that morning. Any questions please phone me at 508-398-5324.
A big thank you to all the ladies who signed up to decorate wreaths and help make the Thanksgiving centerpieces for the Pie Sale, which I'm sure will be a great success. A huge thank you to Sally Hockenbury for donating 4 or more boxwood shrubs to us to sell for the making of boxwood trees.
HOSPITALITY:.
I am looking for volunteers a bring one of the following to our December Membership Meeting. I need a fruit plate, a veggie plate and a desert. Please see Ann Libby.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
The guest speaker at our December 17th meeting will be the talented and creative designer, Nancy Walsh. A member of the Hyannis Garden Club, Nancy will tell us and demonstrate how she turns ordinary items she finds throughout the neighborhood or on the side of the road into unusual and imaginative floral arrangements and “over-the-top” centerpieces. All her unique creations will be raffled off at our meeting. You will not want to miss “FOUND CONTAINERS AND HOW TO USE THEM FOR THE HOLIDAYS" presented by Nancy Walsh.
MEMBERSHIP:
s Membership Chair I would like to welcome Alice Ruckert to the Garden Club of Yarmouth. She will be introduced properly at the December membership meeting.
Also, members will now receive a copy of the Trumpet when they pick up their membership badge.
Thank you,
Pat Holcomb
A Happy Thanksgiving to all.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
OCTOBER 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
What is more beautiful than a crisp Autumn day? Picture, stew simmering in a crockpot, Montauk daises and colorful mums in the garden and the leaves quickly changing colors. This is our life in New England.
We have a lot of fun and interesting events coming up in Garden Club. Today is your last chance to sign up for our exciting Holiday Pie and Wreath Sale on Tuesday, November 26th. This will be our November meeting.
( Please make a note that Garden Club will be on the __4th___ Tuesday in November)
Each member in the club must participate and make a pie of your choice. Look at it as a fun challenge. Be sure to sign up before you leave. Last year was such a successful and fun day.
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, October 22. There will be an informative “Garden Know How”, “Trees on Cape Cod” by Russell Norton, on the Lower level of the Town Hall.
Enjoy this lovely time of year putting your gardens to bed.
Happy baking! Cookie
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT
The flower arrangement for the podium has been created by Kiki Becker.
FLOWER SHOW
Please be sure that you check out all the tables at the back of the room as there are a lot of things to read and sign up for. Most of them are for the Pie Sale in November and we won't have another meeting before then.
There is a sign up for decorating a wreath, we provide the wreath and you take it home to decorate and bring it along with your pie on November 26th. I will phone you when I have the wreaths for pick up at my house, hopefully no later than November 20th.
If any of you would like to help to make Thanksgiving flower centerpieces for the sale, we will be making them at the Senior Center in the back room on Monday November 25th at 1pm. The flowers and containers will be provided. A fun afternoon and easy to do.
We will need lots of various greens to bundle and sell on the big day, so please think about doing some trimming of your trees and shrubs and bring them along to us. Even a small amount will help.
After the rush of Thanksgiving maybe you would like to join us on December 2nd from 10am until noon when we will have a Floral Workshop at St. David's Episcopal Church. You can choose to make a wreath from scratch or a boxwood tree. Details will be given out at the October meeting when you sign up.
Any questions for any of the above please phone Joy Shipp 508-398-5324
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE
Our second lecture in the Garden Know How series is "Native Trees in our Residential Landscape". Russell Norton from the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension is the speaker on Tuesday, October 22nd at 10 am in the Yarmouth Town Hall meeting room. Russ is the Agriculture & Horticulture Extension Educator for Barnstable County. His lectures are superb and should not be missed! Garden club members can bring one guest free of charge to the lecture series. For public non-members as advertised in the news, a $5 donation is welcome.
Save the date: Wednesday, March 1,1 2020 We will be going on a bus trip to the Boston Flower & Garden Show at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. Details will follow at a later time
PHOTOS TODAY
We encourage you to have your photograph taken today for our club scrapbook. The photos are very useful for putting faces and names together. Our ‘studio’ is set up in the back of the room and will be staffed before and after the business meeting and speaker. It’s strictly voluntary and unlimited retakes are cheerfully offered. Ed’s camera erases all flaws and gets just the right angle.
ATTENTION WREATH DECORATORS!
Sign up for wreath decorating today! As most of you know, we decorate and place wreaths at Town of Yarmouth buildings for the holiday season. All club members invited to participate. The session only takes an hour or two. This year we will be decorating in early December. Please do not confuse this with sign-ups for the pie sale in November which also includes centerpieces, greens, wreaths and such.
HERB GARDEN
We will be closing the Herb and Kitchen Gardens WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16th AT 9:00. Rain date is Thursday October 17th at 9:00. Please email or call me if you have questions or cannot make it. Thank You. (jehuckins@gmail.com 508-362-9300)
WAYS AND MEANS
Time for the Pie and Holiday Wreath Event which is open to the public on Tuesday, November 26th 1:00-3:00. We need 100 pies, so sign up TODAY! We are not using the Internet Genius Program as last year and calling everyone is time consuming. We will also be selling breads (no mini loafs). All baked goods need ingredients listed-especially nuts and double wrapped in saran. Set up and baked goods should be at the Senior Center 12:00, and if you can stay to greet and help others carry items in, we would appreciate it.
Bring your decorated wreaths and swags to sell no later than 12:30. Branches of pine, boxwood, and holly are always a sell-out; so, tie a bunch with wire or twine and let customers buy for their window boxes!
Our Raffle this year will be a delectable basket loaded with spirits and munches for a wonderful Thanksgiving gift or watching that football game by the fire!
Arrangements by the Flower Show Committee and volunteers will be a beautiful addition to anyone’s Holiday table.
Plenty of areas need your help!! Put the flyers up Nov 1st, tell your neighbors, and bring a friend. Many hands make short work in the clean-up. SO DID YOU SIGN UP FOR SOMETHING!?!
Call Cookie or Jan if have any questions.
Thank you!
HANDBOOK CORRECTIONS
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
SEPTEMBER 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Welcome Back!
Step right up to another exciting year of speakers, activities and events! Enjoy today's agricultural fair & luncheon brought to you by your very own executive board. Catch up with old friends and new. Visit the best/worst/oddest of our gardens display and vote for your favorite. Special thanks to Debbi Jurek for planting the idea of a 'Grow Show'!
On the business side: Check out schedule for interim presidents for the 2019-202 year and a listing of facilitators (your first contact) in this issue of the Trumpet. After much deliberation, this was the board's temporary (one year only) resolution to the lack of a GC of Y President.
Pick up and peruse your 2019-2020 handbook. If you spy a typo or notice an omission, contact Ruth Piscitelli. Corrections will be listed in next month's Trumpet!
I am happy to announce we have a VP/ Program Chair for 2019-2020. New member and world traveler (enjoying Sicily until the 19th), Elaine Frongillo will join us next month; and so, will her husband, Joe, as our GC of Y custodian. You'll meet them both in October!
Looking ahead ... Collection at the landfill scheduled next weekend, Sept 21-22. Rain date the following weekend. See Ann Libby or Jan Brogan for details! Second Annual Holiday Pie & Wreath Sale on Tuesday, November 26th. Bakers and worker bees needed. Questions? Contact Cookie Barry or Jan Brogan.
Trowels up!
EXECUTIVE BOARD FACILITATORS GENERAL MEETING INTERIM PRESIDENTS
Sept. 3rd---Cheryl Ryan Sept. 17th ---Kiki Becker
Oct. 1st----Debbi Jurek Oct. 15th----Cookie Barry
Nov. 5th----Cheryl Ryan Nov. 26th----Pie Sale (No meeting)
Dec. 3rd----Cheryl Ryan Dec. 17th----Margaret Huszar
Jan. 7th----Debbi Jurek Jan. 21st----Sandee McGrath
Feb. 4th----Cheryl Ryan Feb. 18th----Kiki Becker
Mar. 3rd----Cheryl Ryan Mar. 17th----Cookie Barry
Apr. 7th----Debbi Jurek Apr. 21st ---- Sandee McGrath
May 5th----Cheryl Ryan May 19th ----Margaret Huszar
HANDBOOK ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
To be added
Monday, December 2
Flower Arranging Workshop
Making Wreaths and Boxwood Tree's
10 am until Noon
St David's Episcopal Church
205 Old Main Street
South Yarmouth
Corrections
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT
The flower arrangement for the podium has been created by Joy Shipp. She has also done the arrangements for the tables.
Mary Ehbrecht is responsible for the arrangement on the Hospitality Table.
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE
Garden Know How' from the Horticulture Roundtable Lecture Series "Culinary Herbs" will be the topic presented by speaker Bob Brancale of the Master Gardeners Association of Cape Cod. Bob has many years as a speaker, very knowledgeable of herbs, and will even include some handouts with recipes for us! So please come, listen and ask any questions you may have on Tuesday, September 24th at 10:00 am in the lower meeting room at the Yarmouth Town Hall.
Save the date: Wednesday, March 11, 2020
We will be going on a bus trip to the Boston Flower & Garden Show at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. Details will follow at a later date.
FLOWER SHOW
Just a little advanced notice that at the October meeting there will be sign-up sheets for wreath decorating and making flower arrangements for the November Pie Sale. We will supply the wreaths and flowers, more details next month.
There will be a workshop on December 2nd at St. David's Church for you to either make a wreath or a boxwood tree for the holidays. Sign up and all the details will also be at the October meeting.
Any questions about these things please call Joy Shipp.
MEMBERSHIP
There are 3 new members this month.
Beverly Ross, Membership
Gary Spurr, Civic Beautification
Ginny Cohen, Herb Garden
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Be sure not to miss the October 15th Membership Meeting. Our speaker will be Mal Condon of Hydrangea Farm Nursery, President of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society and Curator/ Lecturer at Heritage Museum and Gardens who was to speak last April. Learn about Autumn Cultural Issues. Bring a friend
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION
We lost three pear trees at our Forest Road garden during the August tornado. Using loppers and saws our Forest Road crew was able to remove the trees and limbs from the beds with minimal damage. Next spring, we intend to replace the pear trees with Kousa dogwoods and a paperbark maple.
At the Senior Center we planted perennial coral bells and forest grasses to brighten the entrance.
HERB GARDEN
HERB COMMITTEE: We will be closing the Herb and Kitchen Gardens WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16th AT 9:00. Rain date is Thursday October 17th at 9:00. Please email or call me if you have questions or cannot make it. Thank you, Joan
HOSPITALITY
Providing a refreshment at one monthly meeting each year is a responsibility of all active members.
Please sign up today to bring a food item or a hospitality table floral arrangement to a monthly meeting of your choice.
Our policy: Leftovers go home with the member who brought them. You will receive a reminder call for what you signed up for.
If you cannot fulfill your commitment, you need to let a Hospitality Chair know who will take your place.
Ann Libby & Mary Spurr, Co-chairs
WEBSITE
In case you missed our club’s ad in the Cape Cod Times, it is posted on our web site and Facebook page.
News and Coming Events
OCTOBER 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
What is more beautiful than a crisp Autumn day? Picture, stew simmering in a crockpot, Montauk daises and colorful mums in the garden and the leaves quickly changing colors. This is our life in New England.
We have a lot of fun and interesting events coming up in Garden Club. Today is your last chance to sign up for our exciting Holiday Pie and Wreath Sale on Tuesday, November 26th. This will be our November meeting.
( Please make a note that Garden Club will be on the __4th___ Tuesday in November)
Each member in the club must participate and make a pie of your choice. Look at it as a fun challenge. Be sure to sign up before you leave. Last year was such a successful and fun day.
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, October 22. There will be an informative “Garden Know How”, “Trees on Cape Cod” by Russell Norton, on the Lower level of the Town Hall.
Enjoy this lovely time of year putting your gardens to bed.
Happy baking! Cookie
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT
The flower arrangement for the podium has been created by Kiki Becker.
FLOWER SHOW
Please be sure that you check out all the tables at the back of the room as there are a lot of things to read and sign up for. Most of them are for the Pie Sale in November and we won't have another meeting before then.
There is a sign up for decorating a wreath, we provide the wreath and you take it home to decorate and bring it along with your pie on November 26th. I will phone you when I have the wreaths for pick up at my house, hopefully no later than November 20th.
If any of you would like to help to make Thanksgiving flower centerpieces for the sale, we will be making them at the Senior Center in the back room on Monday November 25th at 1pm. The flowers and containers will be provided. A fun afternoon and easy to do.
We will need lots of various greens to bundle and sell on the big day, so please think about doing some trimming of your trees and shrubs and bring them along to us. Even a small amount will help.
After the rush of Thanksgiving maybe you would like to join us on December 2nd from 10am until noon when we will have a Floral Workshop at St. David's Episcopal Church. You can choose to make a wreath from scratch or a boxwood tree. Details will be given out at the October meeting when you sign up.
Any questions for any of the above please phone Joy Shipp 508-398-5324
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE
Our second lecture in the Garden Know How series is "Native Trees in our Residential Landscape". Russell Norton from the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension is the speaker on Tuesday, October 22nd at 10 am in the Yarmouth Town Hall meeting room. Russ is the Agriculture & Horticulture Extension Educator for Barnstable County. His lectures are superb and should not be missed! Garden club members can bring one guest free of charge to the lecture series. For public non-members as advertised in the news, a $5 donation is welcome.
Save the date: Wednesday, March 1,1 2020 We will be going on a bus trip to the Boston Flower & Garden Show at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. Details will follow at a later time
PHOTOS TODAY
We encourage you to have your photograph taken today for our club scrapbook. The photos are very useful for putting faces and names together. Our ‘studio’ is set up in the back of the room and will be staffed before and after the business meeting and speaker. It’s strictly voluntary and unlimited retakes are cheerfully offered. Ed’s camera erases all flaws and gets just the right angle.
ATTENTION WREATH DECORATORS!
Sign up for wreath decorating today! As most of you know, we decorate and place wreaths at Town of Yarmouth buildings for the holiday season. All club members invited to participate. The session only takes an hour or two. This year we will be decorating in early December. Please do not confuse this with sign-ups for the pie sale in November which also includes centerpieces, greens, wreaths and such.
HERB GARDEN
We will be closing the Herb and Kitchen Gardens WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16th AT 9:00. Rain date is Thursday October 17th at 9:00. Please email or call me if you have questions or cannot make it. Thank You. (jehuckins@gmail.com 508-362-9300)
WAYS AND MEANS
Time for the Pie and Holiday Wreath Event which is open to the public on Tuesday, November 26th 1:00-3:00. We need 100 pies, so sign up TODAY! We are not using the Internet Genius Program as last year and calling everyone is time consuming. We will also be selling breads (no mini loafs). All baked goods need ingredients listed-especially nuts and double wrapped in saran. Set up and baked goods should be at the Senior Center 12:00, and if you can stay to greet and help others carry items in, we would appreciate it.
Bring your decorated wreaths and swags to sell no later than 12:30. Branches of pine, boxwood, and holly are always a sell-out; so, tie a bunch with wire or twine and let customers buy for their window boxes!
Our Raffle this year will be a delectable basket loaded with spirits and munches for a wonderful Thanksgiving gift or watching that football game by the fire!
Arrangements by the Flower Show Committee and volunteers will be a beautiful addition to anyone’s Holiday table.
Plenty of areas need your help!! Put the flyers up Nov 1st, tell your neighbors, and bring a friend. Many hands make short work in the clean-up. SO DID YOU SIGN UP FOR SOMETHING!?!
Call Cookie or Jan if have any questions.
Thank you!
HANDBOOK CORRECTIONS
- Margaret Huszar should be listed with an A (Associate) before her name.
- Nancy Poulx address is incorrect.
- Paula Phillips has a new phone and email address.
- Dawn Jackson resigned in July.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
SEPTEMBER 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Welcome Back!
Step right up to another exciting year of speakers, activities and events! Enjoy today's agricultural fair & luncheon brought to you by your very own executive board. Catch up with old friends and new. Visit the best/worst/oddest of our gardens display and vote for your favorite. Special thanks to Debbi Jurek for planting the idea of a 'Grow Show'!
On the business side: Check out schedule for interim presidents for the 2019-202 year and a listing of facilitators (your first contact) in this issue of the Trumpet. After much deliberation, this was the board's temporary (one year only) resolution to the lack of a GC of Y President.
Pick up and peruse your 2019-2020 handbook. If you spy a typo or notice an omission, contact Ruth Piscitelli. Corrections will be listed in next month's Trumpet!
I am happy to announce we have a VP/ Program Chair for 2019-2020. New member and world traveler (enjoying Sicily until the 19th), Elaine Frongillo will join us next month; and so, will her husband, Joe, as our GC of Y custodian. You'll meet them both in October!
Looking ahead ... Collection at the landfill scheduled next weekend, Sept 21-22. Rain date the following weekend. See Ann Libby or Jan Brogan for details! Second Annual Holiday Pie & Wreath Sale on Tuesday, November 26th. Bakers and worker bees needed. Questions? Contact Cookie Barry or Jan Brogan.
Trowels up!
EXECUTIVE BOARD FACILITATORS GENERAL MEETING INTERIM PRESIDENTS
Sept. 3rd---Cheryl Ryan Sept. 17th ---Kiki Becker
Oct. 1st----Debbi Jurek Oct. 15th----Cookie Barry
Nov. 5th----Cheryl Ryan Nov. 26th----Pie Sale (No meeting)
Dec. 3rd----Cheryl Ryan Dec. 17th----Margaret Huszar
Jan. 7th----Debbi Jurek Jan. 21st----Sandee McGrath
Feb. 4th----Cheryl Ryan Feb. 18th----Kiki Becker
Mar. 3rd----Cheryl Ryan Mar. 17th----Cookie Barry
Apr. 7th----Debbi Jurek Apr. 21st ---- Sandee McGrath
May 5th----Cheryl Ryan May 19th ----Margaret Huszar
HANDBOOK ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
To be added
- FLOWER SHOW
Monday, December 2
Flower Arranging Workshop
Making Wreaths and Boxwood Tree's
10 am until Noon
St David's Episcopal Church
205 Old Main Street
South Yarmouth
- Mrs. Ellen Phillie 2016-2017 should be included in list of Past Presidents p. 17
- Dawn Jackson to the Membership list pp. 35-42.
- Email for Paula McGrath
Corrections
- Program Chair --Elaine Frongillo (not Frangillo), email and phone #
- Kathleen McPhee’s email.
- Sandi O’Donnell’s name is misspelled in Telephone Committee as Sandi O’Connell.
- Margaret Huszar name is misspelled on p. 37
- Under Horticultural Roundtable remove Donna Riley as Co-Chair. She is a member of the committee.
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT
The flower arrangement for the podium has been created by Joy Shipp. She has also done the arrangements for the tables.
Mary Ehbrecht is responsible for the arrangement on the Hospitality Table.
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE
Garden Know How' from the Horticulture Roundtable Lecture Series "Culinary Herbs" will be the topic presented by speaker Bob Brancale of the Master Gardeners Association of Cape Cod. Bob has many years as a speaker, very knowledgeable of herbs, and will even include some handouts with recipes for us! So please come, listen and ask any questions you may have on Tuesday, September 24th at 10:00 am in the lower meeting room at the Yarmouth Town Hall.
Save the date: Wednesday, March 11, 2020
We will be going on a bus trip to the Boston Flower & Garden Show at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. Details will follow at a later date.
FLOWER SHOW
Just a little advanced notice that at the October meeting there will be sign-up sheets for wreath decorating and making flower arrangements for the November Pie Sale. We will supply the wreaths and flowers, more details next month.
There will be a workshop on December 2nd at St. David's Church for you to either make a wreath or a boxwood tree for the holidays. Sign up and all the details will also be at the October meeting.
Any questions about these things please call Joy Shipp.
MEMBERSHIP
There are 3 new members this month.
Beverly Ross, Membership
Gary Spurr, Civic Beautification
Ginny Cohen, Herb Garden
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Be sure not to miss the October 15th Membership Meeting. Our speaker will be Mal Condon of Hydrangea Farm Nursery, President of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society and Curator/ Lecturer at Heritage Museum and Gardens who was to speak last April. Learn about Autumn Cultural Issues. Bring a friend
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION
We lost three pear trees at our Forest Road garden during the August tornado. Using loppers and saws our Forest Road crew was able to remove the trees and limbs from the beds with minimal damage. Next spring, we intend to replace the pear trees with Kousa dogwoods and a paperbark maple.
At the Senior Center we planted perennial coral bells and forest grasses to brighten the entrance.
HERB GARDEN
HERB COMMITTEE: We will be closing the Herb and Kitchen Gardens WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16th AT 9:00. Rain date is Thursday October 17th at 9:00. Please email or call me if you have questions or cannot make it. Thank you, Joan
HOSPITALITY
Providing a refreshment at one monthly meeting each year is a responsibility of all active members.
Please sign up today to bring a food item or a hospitality table floral arrangement to a monthly meeting of your choice.
Our policy: Leftovers go home with the member who brought them. You will receive a reminder call for what you signed up for.
If you cannot fulfill your commitment, you need to let a Hospitality Chair know who will take your place.
Ann Libby & Mary Spurr, Co-chairs
WEBSITE
In case you missed our club’s ad in the Cape Cod Times, it is posted on our web site and Facebook page.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
MAY 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Dear gardeners and garden-lovers,
Fingers crossed that all this 'good for the garden' rain will soon be balanced by the return appearance of that glowing orb aka the sun! Think our Cape Cod gardeners and their gardens are equally sun deprived. I join you all in welcoming back the sunshine and the shedding of fleece, gortex and galoshes. Here's to many SPF45 days in our future!
Welcome! All GCY members - active and honorary, associates and guests to our annual luncheon and meeting in our brand new venue. Isn't it delightful to be among so many friends and fellow dirt-diggers today? Thank you for the part that each of you played in Saturday's plant sale & raffle, for your continued enthusiasm and support and for so unselfishly sharing your time and talents throughout the year. That said, we are now facing a crisis that may well mean the end of The GCY after 47 continuous years of existence.
After many months without success, the search for a President and VP has morphed into a “how do we move forward until we find a leader mentality”? GCY presidents (past and present) and the current executive board have come up with a one-year only interim plan. One year, ONLY, because it means that members who already hold an office or a committee chair will now do double duty. Past presidents will serve as ad hoc presidents by running the monthly general meeting on a rotating basis. Cheryl Ryan (Publicity Chair) and Debbi Jurek (Treasurer) will act as facilitator and fill-in facilitator. The facilitator will run the executive board meetings and act as communication central. Questions/problems will go to the facilitator and be referred to the proper board member/chair. Each ad hoc president will attend executive board meetings for assigned month(s). All other board members are expected to attend all board meetings per usual.
The search for a VP for Sept 2019 - May 2020 will be intensified. The VP/Program Chair shall serve one year as VP and one year as President. It is the hope of the Executive Board and the Nominating Committee with mentoring of said board and past presidents, that transition from VP to President is a smooth one. Once the VP moves up to President (Sept 2020) a new VP will take office and transition to Prez repeated, etc, etc.
The duties of VP/Program Chair: the speaker contracts for September 2019-May 2020 have all been signed. The members of the Program Committee will decide the roster of speakers for 2020-2021. Until we have a VP, the members of the Committee will rotate the duties of the VP/Program Chair: coordinate the speaker and custodian and facilitate payment, on meeting day supervise/set up and take down chairs, etc. (with help), and introduce the speaker. A new VP will have the continued support of the past presidents (all have been VP/Program Chair) and an experienced committee! It will NOT be sink or swim.
If you have any questions/concerns/need more information, please contact any GCY officer or board member.
And so, one last time...
Trowels up!
Kiki
MEMBERSHIP:
Carol Coverly recently moved to North Carolina.
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE: AKA “GARDEN KNOW HOW”:
The Tower Hill Botanic Garden excursion is happening soon on Tuesday, June 18th, 2019! Please let Vicki Balboni. know as soon as possible if you (and a friend or family member) plan on joining us all on this wonderful and exciting bus trip. After the luncheon today, I will be filling any remaining open seats with my Master Gardeners of Cape Cod group. The cost is $35 per person.
Our bus will be leaving from the Stop & Shop parking lot near the liquor store on Station Avenue in South Yarmouth. We will leave promptly at 8:30 am and plan on returning around 5 pm. We are going rain or shine, so please dress comfortably.
Lunch is available on the premises at The Farmer and The Fork café from 11am to 3pm (which is not included in the trip fee). You may view their menu at: www.towerhillbg.org.
You also may chose to order, no later than three days in advance of our trip, a box lunch from this café to eat in the gardens. The box lunch choices are:
The Sergeant Sean M. Gannon Memorial Songbird Sanctuary located at the back of the St Pius parking lot (far left) and bordering cypress wetland, was dedicated on Friday, May 3, 2019.
The Sanctuary is collaboration between St Pius X Parish, the children of St Pius School and their YPD families, the Yarmouth Police Department and Orenda Wildlife Land Trust. The GCY was approached via Paula Phillips (Conservation Committee Chair) to contribute to the project by the director of Orenda Life Trust, and Theresa Barbo, in early Spring 2019. The GCY board voted to allocate $100 toward plantings for the proposed sanctuary. Three winterberry bushes were purchased by GC of Y and planted by AmeriCorp volunteers. The solemn dedication was limited to family and close friends of Sgt Gannon, YPD members and a few invited guests. The GC of Y was represented by: Kiki Becker, Cookie Barry, Debbi Jurek, Ed Mulligan and Paula Phillips.
The sanctuary is a place for reflection and prayer for first responders and those in need. Please visit with that in mind.
PROGRAM:
Welcome Back Lunch & Agricultural Fair at 1PM, Tuesday, Sept 17!!
Heads up, all gardeners of flowers, fruits & vegetables...Our ‘Welcome Back Lunch’ will also be our first ever ‘Annual Agricultural Fair’. Bring your prize specimens (pretty or not-so-pretty, large or small) and oddities - ugly tomatoes, misshapen veggies and the like - for camaraderie, comparison and commiserating. A little lunch will be served as will your sense of humor. Join us!
TRUMPET:
I have been honored to be the editor of the Trumpet over the past couple of years. My husband I are dividing our time between the Cape and Florida. Due to our residency change and less time here sadly I have had to resign from the GCY. I wish all the best to the Club and it’s future! Gardeners are the salt of the earth!
.
News and Coming Events
MAY 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Dear gardeners and garden-lovers,
Fingers crossed that all this 'good for the garden' rain will soon be balanced by the return appearance of that glowing orb aka the sun! Think our Cape Cod gardeners and their gardens are equally sun deprived. I join you all in welcoming back the sunshine and the shedding of fleece, gortex and galoshes. Here's to many SPF45 days in our future!
Welcome! All GCY members - active and honorary, associates and guests to our annual luncheon and meeting in our brand new venue. Isn't it delightful to be among so many friends and fellow dirt-diggers today? Thank you for the part that each of you played in Saturday's plant sale & raffle, for your continued enthusiasm and support and for so unselfishly sharing your time and talents throughout the year. That said, we are now facing a crisis that may well mean the end of The GCY after 47 continuous years of existence.
After many months without success, the search for a President and VP has morphed into a “how do we move forward until we find a leader mentality”? GCY presidents (past and present) and the current executive board have come up with a one-year only interim plan. One year, ONLY, because it means that members who already hold an office or a committee chair will now do double duty. Past presidents will serve as ad hoc presidents by running the monthly general meeting on a rotating basis. Cheryl Ryan (Publicity Chair) and Debbi Jurek (Treasurer) will act as facilitator and fill-in facilitator. The facilitator will run the executive board meetings and act as communication central. Questions/problems will go to the facilitator and be referred to the proper board member/chair. Each ad hoc president will attend executive board meetings for assigned month(s). All other board members are expected to attend all board meetings per usual.
The search for a VP for Sept 2019 - May 2020 will be intensified. The VP/Program Chair shall serve one year as VP and one year as President. It is the hope of the Executive Board and the Nominating Committee with mentoring of said board and past presidents, that transition from VP to President is a smooth one. Once the VP moves up to President (Sept 2020) a new VP will take office and transition to Prez repeated, etc, etc.
The duties of VP/Program Chair: the speaker contracts for September 2019-May 2020 have all been signed. The members of the Program Committee will decide the roster of speakers for 2020-2021. Until we have a VP, the members of the Committee will rotate the duties of the VP/Program Chair: coordinate the speaker and custodian and facilitate payment, on meeting day supervise/set up and take down chairs, etc. (with help), and introduce the speaker. A new VP will have the continued support of the past presidents (all have been VP/Program Chair) and an experienced committee! It will NOT be sink or swim.
If you have any questions/concerns/need more information, please contact any GCY officer or board member.
And so, one last time...
Trowels up!
Kiki
MEMBERSHIP:
Carol Coverly recently moved to North Carolina.
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE: AKA “GARDEN KNOW HOW”:
The Tower Hill Botanic Garden excursion is happening soon on Tuesday, June 18th, 2019! Please let Vicki Balboni. know as soon as possible if you (and a friend or family member) plan on joining us all on this wonderful and exciting bus trip. After the luncheon today, I will be filling any remaining open seats with my Master Gardeners of Cape Cod group. The cost is $35 per person.
Our bus will be leaving from the Stop & Shop parking lot near the liquor store on Station Avenue in South Yarmouth. We will leave promptly at 8:30 am and plan on returning around 5 pm. We are going rain or shine, so please dress comfortably.
Lunch is available on the premises at The Farmer and The Fork café from 11am to 3pm (which is not included in the trip fee). You may view their menu at: www.towerhillbg.org.
You also may chose to order, no later than three days in advance of our trip, a box lunch from this café to eat in the gardens. The box lunch choices are:
- Smoked North Country Turkey, cheddar cheese, greens, tomato, and garlic aioli on a ciabatta roll.
- Caprese wrap with pesto mozzarella, roasted tomatoes, & balsamic spring greens.
- Sliced grilled lemon-thyme chicken, cheddar cheese, greens, tomato, garlic aioli, on a ciabatta roll. Each box lunch comes with a bag of chips, boxed water, and a homemade cookie at a cost of $16.00.Please contact the café directly to place your box lunch order at Café@towerhillbg.org You may also bring your own lunch as a third option.
The Sergeant Sean M. Gannon Memorial Songbird Sanctuary located at the back of the St Pius parking lot (far left) and bordering cypress wetland, was dedicated on Friday, May 3, 2019.
The Sanctuary is collaboration between St Pius X Parish, the children of St Pius School and their YPD families, the Yarmouth Police Department and Orenda Wildlife Land Trust. The GCY was approached via Paula Phillips (Conservation Committee Chair) to contribute to the project by the director of Orenda Life Trust, and Theresa Barbo, in early Spring 2019. The GCY board voted to allocate $100 toward plantings for the proposed sanctuary. Three winterberry bushes were purchased by GC of Y and planted by AmeriCorp volunteers. The solemn dedication was limited to family and close friends of Sgt Gannon, YPD members and a few invited guests. The GC of Y was represented by: Kiki Becker, Cookie Barry, Debbi Jurek, Ed Mulligan and Paula Phillips.
The sanctuary is a place for reflection and prayer for first responders and those in need. Please visit with that in mind.
PROGRAM:
Welcome Back Lunch & Agricultural Fair at 1PM, Tuesday, Sept 17!!
Heads up, all gardeners of flowers, fruits & vegetables...Our ‘Welcome Back Lunch’ will also be our first ever ‘Annual Agricultural Fair’. Bring your prize specimens (pretty or not-so-pretty, large or small) and oddities - ugly tomatoes, misshapen veggies and the like - for camaraderie, comparison and commiserating. A little lunch will be served as will your sense of humor. Join us!
TRUMPET:
I have been honored to be the editor of the Trumpet over the past couple of years. My husband I are dividing our time between the Cape and Florida. Due to our residency change and less time here sadly I have had to resign from the GCY. I wish all the best to the Club and it’s future! Gardeners are the salt of the earth!
.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
APRIL 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Hellooo, Springtime!
Lots of new activity in your gardens and your garden club happening over the coming weeks. Hope you're potting up perennials, making donations for our always exciting raffle, gathering up gently used items and signing up to work at the GC of Y Plant Sale on Saturday, May 18th and marking your calendars for the Annual Luncheon at noon on Tuesday, May 21 at the Old Yarmouth Inn, Rte 6A.That's a new time and a new location! Make your reservation & menu selections with Jeanne McGrath and Joy Shipp.
Civic Beautification and Herb Garden Committees will soon be busy in the town gardens. Committee members should be on the look-out for work party and watering schedules. Chairman Ed Mulligan has already arranged for a Forest Road 'Weed Out' next week. See him for details!
Please note: The April 23rd Hort Roundtable had to be cancelled because the speaker broke her leg...OUCH! Hort Chair, Vicki Balboni continues to fill seats ($35 lunch extra) for the road trip to Tower Hill Botanical Garden on Tuesday, June 18. Don't be left behind. Book now!
Today we are lucky beneficiaries of yesterday's floral workshop at St David's. Your Flower Show Committee has been busy! Hope you made time to visit the Cultural Center for the joint art & flower show last weekend. Nicely done, ladies. And the frosting on the cake, is this afternoon's presentation "The Art of Floral Design with Rev. Frank 'Sonny' Gada. Enjoy!
Trowels up,
Kiki
PROGRAM:
Our well known and popular speaker for today is Rev. Frank (Sonny Gada). Since early years, he began a lifelong passion for arranging flowers in unusual and creative ways. He began by collecting thorny cactus plants and had so many that his father built a greenhouse for them. Later he read about learning flower arranging at home. He found inspiration in books and attended flower design classes. Sonny had exhibits featured in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts events - "Art in Bloom" annual show and he stars in his own TV show. Some topics are "Shakespeare's flowers", wreaths, shells and seasonal theme.
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Joan Shostak.
FLOWER SHOW:
Our Flower Show with the Yarmouth Art Guild was a success again and the beautiful arrangements were all very different welcoming spring. A big thank you to all who participated as without you it wouldn't have happened. I know a lot of us don't like driving at night, so if you missed the reception on Friday evening. I hope you went to visit during the rest of the weekend. With all the art work and the flowers it was lovely to see. A huge thank you to Linda Cook and her crew for the wonderful array of food that kept coming out of the kitchen until the end of the reception. I appreciate all their hard work. We had another great workshop yesterday as you can see by all the lovely arrangements on show at the back at the room. Please make sure you check out what our members have done and congratulate them.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
The Annual Luncheon will be held at the Old Yarmouth Inn, route 6A in Yarmouth Port on May 21st starting at noon for drinks. Be sure to pick up the menu and information today, after the speaker we will be taking money and signing people up at the back of the room.
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
WEEDERS NEEDED!
Help! The Civic Beautification committee is seeking helpers for a weeding work session at our Forest Road garden on Monday April 22, rain date Wednesday April 24. Being April, it might be cold, windy and misty, or in other words, normal Cape Cod weather. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? See Ed Mulligan to sign up before or after today's meeting.
HERB COMMITTEE:
Opening of the Herb Garden will take place on TUEDAY, April 30th at 9:00 AM. The rain date will take place WEDNESDAY May 8th at 9:00 AM. I will have the schedule for you to sign up for your week or two of maintenance. Remember to bring tools and buckets for debris. Please email or call me if you CAN NOT make it.
Thank-you
Joan Huckins
ANNUAL PLANT SALE:
Garden Club Plant Sale is Saturday, MAY 18 7:30 AM to 12:00PM
Please have your plants dropped off at Mary Spurr’s garden (next to the drive way), between Saturday May 11 and Thursday May 16. Make sure that your plants are labeled with a magic marker and note if sun or shade. We will be setting up at the Moose Lodge on Friday night and Saturday morning. Bring gently used items then. See Sandee McGrath for questions regarding items. You may bring raffle items Friday or Saturday morning. See Cheryl Silvestri regarding raffle. After the plant Sale please take home your raffle item you are donating and bring it to the Annual luncheon on Tuesday May 21st.
This is an ALL club function, so everyone is expected to participate. It takes all of us to make this successful! Any questions? Call Cookie or Jan
HORTICULTURE ROUNDTABLE: AKA “GARDEN KNOW HOWS”
The April 23rd meeting at the Town Hall in South Yarmouth has been cancelled. Our scheduled speaker, Helen McVeigh, had to cancel due to health issues.
ANNUAL FIELDTRIP:
Our June 18th bus trip excursion this year is to Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, MA. The fee is $35.00 per member, which is payable in full to reserve your seat. The fee includes a 45 minute long guided tour (we will be split in three groups) upon arrival at the gardens. Lunch is not included but there is a lovely café on site, or you may bring your own. We will be leaving the Stop & Shop parking lot on Station Avenue at 8:30 am sharp and returning to the Cape by 5:00 pm. Please park to the right of the store just past the liquor store where there is a large open parking lot. Please sign up today to reserve your space as the bus holds 55 seats. Thank you!
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
Don't forget to sign up today for the Annual Luncheon, which will be held at the Old Yarmouth Inn this year on Tuesday May 21st, starting at noon for cheese, fruit and crudites. The price is $25.00
Any questions or where to send your check in the mail please contact Jeanne McGrath.
GARDEN GET-TOGETHERS:
We will not be making any visits to gardens this summer as no one stepped up to host. Remember it is not a garden tour, only a visit to your garden to share with other garden club members all your hard work. It only lasts about an hour on a beautiful summer morning and you need do no more than what you would do if you were having company. It's a fun way to see what everyone's growing and a good way to keep in touch over the summer. I hope we can continue this program for the summer of 2020. If you have questions or would like to host, please contact me. Thank-you.
Joan Huckins
NOMINATING:
The search continues. So far no luck! If you haven't yet served as a committee chair or an officer this is the time for you to serve in some capacity. Without a president and a vice president your garden club cannot go forward. The GC of Y executive board and its past presidents have committed fully to mentoring and assisting whomever steps up. The survival of The Garden Club of Yarmouth depends on you!
News and Coming Events
APRIL 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Hellooo, Springtime!
Lots of new activity in your gardens and your garden club happening over the coming weeks. Hope you're potting up perennials, making donations for our always exciting raffle, gathering up gently used items and signing up to work at the GC of Y Plant Sale on Saturday, May 18th and marking your calendars for the Annual Luncheon at noon on Tuesday, May 21 at the Old Yarmouth Inn, Rte 6A.That's a new time and a new location! Make your reservation & menu selections with Jeanne McGrath and Joy Shipp.
Civic Beautification and Herb Garden Committees will soon be busy in the town gardens. Committee members should be on the look-out for work party and watering schedules. Chairman Ed Mulligan has already arranged for a Forest Road 'Weed Out' next week. See him for details!
Please note: The April 23rd Hort Roundtable had to be cancelled because the speaker broke her leg...OUCH! Hort Chair, Vicki Balboni continues to fill seats ($35 lunch extra) for the road trip to Tower Hill Botanical Garden on Tuesday, June 18. Don't be left behind. Book now!
Today we are lucky beneficiaries of yesterday's floral workshop at St David's. Your Flower Show Committee has been busy! Hope you made time to visit the Cultural Center for the joint art & flower show last weekend. Nicely done, ladies. And the frosting on the cake, is this afternoon's presentation "The Art of Floral Design with Rev. Frank 'Sonny' Gada. Enjoy!
Trowels up,
Kiki
PROGRAM:
Our well known and popular speaker for today is Rev. Frank (Sonny Gada). Since early years, he began a lifelong passion for arranging flowers in unusual and creative ways. He began by collecting thorny cactus plants and had so many that his father built a greenhouse for them. Later he read about learning flower arranging at home. He found inspiration in books and attended flower design classes. Sonny had exhibits featured in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts events - "Art in Bloom" annual show and he stars in his own TV show. Some topics are "Shakespeare's flowers", wreaths, shells and seasonal theme.
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Joan Shostak.
FLOWER SHOW:
Our Flower Show with the Yarmouth Art Guild was a success again and the beautiful arrangements were all very different welcoming spring. A big thank you to all who participated as without you it wouldn't have happened. I know a lot of us don't like driving at night, so if you missed the reception on Friday evening. I hope you went to visit during the rest of the weekend. With all the art work and the flowers it was lovely to see. A huge thank you to Linda Cook and her crew for the wonderful array of food that kept coming out of the kitchen until the end of the reception. I appreciate all their hard work. We had another great workshop yesterday as you can see by all the lovely arrangements on show at the back at the room. Please make sure you check out what our members have done and congratulate them.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
The Annual Luncheon will be held at the Old Yarmouth Inn, route 6A in Yarmouth Port on May 21st starting at noon for drinks. Be sure to pick up the menu and information today, after the speaker we will be taking money and signing people up at the back of the room.
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
WEEDERS NEEDED!
Help! The Civic Beautification committee is seeking helpers for a weeding work session at our Forest Road garden on Monday April 22, rain date Wednesday April 24. Being April, it might be cold, windy and misty, or in other words, normal Cape Cod weather. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? See Ed Mulligan to sign up before or after today's meeting.
HERB COMMITTEE:
Opening of the Herb Garden will take place on TUEDAY, April 30th at 9:00 AM. The rain date will take place WEDNESDAY May 8th at 9:00 AM. I will have the schedule for you to sign up for your week or two of maintenance. Remember to bring tools and buckets for debris. Please email or call me if you CAN NOT make it.
Thank-you
Joan Huckins
ANNUAL PLANT SALE:
Garden Club Plant Sale is Saturday, MAY 18 7:30 AM to 12:00PM
Please have your plants dropped off at Mary Spurr’s garden (next to the drive way), between Saturday May 11 and Thursday May 16. Make sure that your plants are labeled with a magic marker and note if sun or shade. We will be setting up at the Moose Lodge on Friday night and Saturday morning. Bring gently used items then. See Sandee McGrath for questions regarding items. You may bring raffle items Friday or Saturday morning. See Cheryl Silvestri regarding raffle. After the plant Sale please take home your raffle item you are donating and bring it to the Annual luncheon on Tuesday May 21st.
This is an ALL club function, so everyone is expected to participate. It takes all of us to make this successful! Any questions? Call Cookie or Jan
HORTICULTURE ROUNDTABLE: AKA “GARDEN KNOW HOWS”
The April 23rd meeting at the Town Hall in South Yarmouth has been cancelled. Our scheduled speaker, Helen McVeigh, had to cancel due to health issues.
ANNUAL FIELDTRIP:
Our June 18th bus trip excursion this year is to Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, MA. The fee is $35.00 per member, which is payable in full to reserve your seat. The fee includes a 45 minute long guided tour (we will be split in three groups) upon arrival at the gardens. Lunch is not included but there is a lovely café on site, or you may bring your own. We will be leaving the Stop & Shop parking lot on Station Avenue at 8:30 am sharp and returning to the Cape by 5:00 pm. Please park to the right of the store just past the liquor store where there is a large open parking lot. Please sign up today to reserve your space as the bus holds 55 seats. Thank you!
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
Don't forget to sign up today for the Annual Luncheon, which will be held at the Old Yarmouth Inn this year on Tuesday May 21st, starting at noon for cheese, fruit and crudites. The price is $25.00
Any questions or where to send your check in the mail please contact Jeanne McGrath.
GARDEN GET-TOGETHERS:
We will not be making any visits to gardens this summer as no one stepped up to host. Remember it is not a garden tour, only a visit to your garden to share with other garden club members all your hard work. It only lasts about an hour on a beautiful summer morning and you need do no more than what you would do if you were having company. It's a fun way to see what everyone's growing and a good way to keep in touch over the summer. I hope we can continue this program for the summer of 2020. If you have questions or would like to host, please contact me. Thank-you.
Joan Huckins
NOMINATING:
The search continues. So far no luck! If you haven't yet served as a committee chair or an officer this is the time for you to serve in some capacity. Without a president and a vice president your garden club cannot go forward. The GC of Y executive board and its past presidents have committed fully to mentoring and assisting whomever steps up. The survival of The Garden Club of Yarmouth depends on you!
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
MARCH 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Greetings!
As we inch towards Spring, so does the end of my second year as your president.
Over the last several weeks, I have asked you all to consider stepping up to fill the positions of President, VP, Historian and Trumpet Editor.
It is important that you know that your officers, especially the president, are only as effective as her/his board members, committee chairs & club members. The president is the face you see but there is an army of support and experience that makes everything work!
Should you decide to serve; rest assured that board members, committee chairs and past officers stay on as advisors and a sounding board for the new officers.
So a heartfelt thank you to all those wise and patient board members, committee chairs, past officers and the entire club membership for making the past two years among the most enjoyable and rewarding of my life.
Step up and serve. You won’t regret it.
Trowels up,
Kiki
PROGRAM:
Our March 19 Meeting topic is" Entry Courtyards" presented by Tom Strangfeld. With boundless energy, Tom has been loving and designing beautiful gardens for over 40 years. Among many places, he has spoken at the Arnold Arboretum, Radcliffe, Museum of Fine Arts and has won 5 top prizes from the New England Spring Flower Show. We feel honored that he has the time to share his knowledge with us.
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Mary Ehbrecht.
FLOWER SHOW:
We have a busy month coming in April. We have been invited once again to join the Yarmouth Art Guild at their spring show. They will supply their creative art and of course we will do the beautiful flower arrangements. You arrange your flowers at home then deliver them to the Cultural Center the morning of Friday April 5th and pick them up on the 8th to take home and enjoy them. There is no theme but think spring, showers and flowers. Please give some thought to doing an arrangement so that the Garden Club is well represented.
There will be a reception with wine and nibbles to open the show on Friday April 5th from 5 to 7pm and all are welcome. .Please come and support us over the weekend and see what our talented members have done.
We are also having a Flower Arranging Workshop doing line designs on Monday April 15th from 10am until noon at St. David's church and we will show off your arrangements at the Garden Club meeting the next day.
You will need to bring a container, wet oasis, a variety of flowers and clippers We will also have extra flowers should you need them. The only line design that needs a tall container is a vertical one, the rest use a low one. There will be more details at today’s meeting.
There are sign -up sheets on the back table for the class, the show, and the food for the show. Any questions please phone Joy Shipp.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
The Annual Luncheon will be held at the Old Yarmouth Inn, route 6A in Yarmouth Port on May 21st starting at noon for drinks. Be sure to pick up the menu and information today, after the speaker we will be taking money and signing people up at the back of the room.
MEMBERSHIP:
Please welcome our new member voted in this month:
Charlene Goddard-Lyle
She will be joining the Civic Beautification committee.
As a gentle reminder of the membership requirements of The Garden Club of Yarmouth, please make sure that you have or will have met the requirements by the end of the year. General Membership: Attend a minimum of 4 General Membership meetings per year, one meeting may be a Horticulture Roundtable.
Associate Members: Attend 2 General Membership or Horticulture Roundtable meetings per year.
Thank you,
Pat Holcomb
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE:
The presentation on March 26th, 10 am at the Yarmouth Town Hall, will be given by Pamela Phipps on "Embrace more gardens, less lawn". Pamela is a Master Gardener and owns her own landscape garden business. Please note, this presentation has changed from the original scheduled one as the speaker had to cancel.
Our June 18th bus trip excursion this year is to Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, MA. We will be leaving the Stop & Shop parking lot on Station Avenue at 8:30 am and returning by 5:00 pm. The fee is $35 per member, which is payable in full, to reserve your seat. The fee does not include lunch, but there is a lovely café on site, or you may bring your own. A 45 minute guided tour has been arranged upon arrival at the gardens in three groups. Enjoy!
News and Coming Events
MARCH 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Greetings!
As we inch towards Spring, so does the end of my second year as your president.
Over the last several weeks, I have asked you all to consider stepping up to fill the positions of President, VP, Historian and Trumpet Editor.
It is important that you know that your officers, especially the president, are only as effective as her/his board members, committee chairs & club members. The president is the face you see but there is an army of support and experience that makes everything work!
Should you decide to serve; rest assured that board members, committee chairs and past officers stay on as advisors and a sounding board for the new officers.
So a heartfelt thank you to all those wise and patient board members, committee chairs, past officers and the entire club membership for making the past two years among the most enjoyable and rewarding of my life.
Step up and serve. You won’t regret it.
Trowels up,
Kiki
PROGRAM:
Our March 19 Meeting topic is" Entry Courtyards" presented by Tom Strangfeld. With boundless energy, Tom has been loving and designing beautiful gardens for over 40 years. Among many places, he has spoken at the Arnold Arboretum, Radcliffe, Museum of Fine Arts and has won 5 top prizes from the New England Spring Flower Show. We feel honored that he has the time to share his knowledge with us.
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Mary Ehbrecht.
FLOWER SHOW:
We have a busy month coming in April. We have been invited once again to join the Yarmouth Art Guild at their spring show. They will supply their creative art and of course we will do the beautiful flower arrangements. You arrange your flowers at home then deliver them to the Cultural Center the morning of Friday April 5th and pick them up on the 8th to take home and enjoy them. There is no theme but think spring, showers and flowers. Please give some thought to doing an arrangement so that the Garden Club is well represented.
There will be a reception with wine and nibbles to open the show on Friday April 5th from 5 to 7pm and all are welcome. .Please come and support us over the weekend and see what our talented members have done.
We are also having a Flower Arranging Workshop doing line designs on Monday April 15th from 10am until noon at St. David's church and we will show off your arrangements at the Garden Club meeting the next day.
You will need to bring a container, wet oasis, a variety of flowers and clippers We will also have extra flowers should you need them. The only line design that needs a tall container is a vertical one, the rest use a low one. There will be more details at today’s meeting.
There are sign -up sheets on the back table for the class, the show, and the food for the show. Any questions please phone Joy Shipp.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
The Annual Luncheon will be held at the Old Yarmouth Inn, route 6A in Yarmouth Port on May 21st starting at noon for drinks. Be sure to pick up the menu and information today, after the speaker we will be taking money and signing people up at the back of the room.
MEMBERSHIP:
Please welcome our new member voted in this month:
Charlene Goddard-Lyle
She will be joining the Civic Beautification committee.
As a gentle reminder of the membership requirements of The Garden Club of Yarmouth, please make sure that you have or will have met the requirements by the end of the year. General Membership: Attend a minimum of 4 General Membership meetings per year, one meeting may be a Horticulture Roundtable.
Associate Members: Attend 2 General Membership or Horticulture Roundtable meetings per year.
Thank you,
Pat Holcomb
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE:
The presentation on March 26th, 10 am at the Yarmouth Town Hall, will be given by Pamela Phipps on "Embrace more gardens, less lawn". Pamela is a Master Gardener and owns her own landscape garden business. Please note, this presentation has changed from the original scheduled one as the speaker had to cancel.
Our June 18th bus trip excursion this year is to Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, MA. We will be leaving the Stop & Shop parking lot on Station Avenue at 8:30 am and returning by 5:00 pm. The fee is $35 per member, which is payable in full, to reserve your seat. The fee does not include lunch, but there is a lovely café on site, or you may bring your own. A 45 minute guided tour has been arranged upon arrival at the gardens in three groups. Enjoy!
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
FEBRUARY 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Take heart! spring is coming!!
Our garden club has so much to offer in February, March and April: carefully selected programs, uniquely hortcentric roundtables, a two hour floral design workshop focused exclusively on upcoming spring holidays, and a weekend long art & flower show presented in cooperation with the Yarmouth Art Guild. Curious? Check your handbook for details.
As you came into the ballroom, you were given a yellow information card to fill out. Please be so kind as to complete & return it to the marked basket before you leave today. These cards will help the GC of Y serve the membership more efficiently.
Grab a seat. Find old friends. Make a new one. Sit back and enjoy. We're glad you're here.
Trowels up!
Kiki
PROGRAM:
Today we welcome Warren Leach who will give us garden-saving tips on “Quenching Heat, Humidity & Drought!”, aka “Planting a rainbow of beautiful color to survive the growing season”.
In March award-winning landscape designer, Tom Strangfeld, will inspire the designer in all of us with “Entry Courtyards”. Mark your calendars!
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Cookie Barry.
SCHOLARSHIP:
Our 2 scholarship recipients had excellent semesters and are very happy at their schools.
Brett Halloran is attending Fitchburg State and made the Dean’s List. His interest is Environmental Policing.
Alexis Harnett is at UMass, Amherst/-MSLA in Montana where her courses include: Sustainable Communities, Dendrology and Botany; an interesting and impressive curriculum.
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE:
"What's in Your Garden?" is the topic for Tuesday, February 26th at the Yarmouth Town Hall at 10am in the Lower Meeting Room. Vicki Balboni will present her garden photos through the growing season while displaying common and unique varieties of her plants and trees.
This presentation will hopefully inspire other garden club members to also share their gardens in the future. What is in your garden? We want to know and learn from each other! Please contact Vicki or any member of the Horticulture committee if you are interested in doing a presentation for us. Thank you.
MEMBERSHIP:
Please welcome our three new members voted in this month. They are:
Cathy Cardia
Catherine Ryan
Elaine Frongillo
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
JANUARY 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Welcome to a new year with exciting opportunities for all our members! Please consider joining the 2019 Nominating Committee as we begin our search for a new president, vice-president, Trumpet editor and GC of Y historian. See Kiki for details.
Opportunity #2: Looking for creative members to brain storm and create public service announcements to be published in the Cape Cod Times on September 9, 2019 & September 28, 2020. Enthusiasm is a must! Experience with layout, copy, graphic arts or computer skills an added bonus! See Cheryl Ryan (Publicity Chair).
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Kiki Becker.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
What topic could be more fun in frosty January, than to learn about our famous 400 year old business of Cape Cod fishing? We are most fortunate to welcome one of the most humorous and engaging speakers from the Cape Cod fisherman’s Alliance, Seth Rohlberg on the “Stewardship of Cape Cod Fishing”. The alliance knows how to nurture a healthy marine environment to be sure there will be generations of fish and fishermen in the future.
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE:
The Cape and Islands 30th Annual Orchid Show will be held Saturday and Sunday, January 26 & 27, 2019 from 9am to 5pm at The Resort & Conference Center at Hyannis. The address is 35 Scudder Avenue, Barnstable, MA (Hyannis West End Rotary). The theme of this year is “Victorian Beauty” and the admission fee is $10. If you do attend, please save your pamphlet to get credit from the membership committee. This show counts toward your number of meetings attended with the GCOY.
THE TRUMPET:
My husband and I have established residency in Florida and will only be on the Cape five months of the year in late spring-early fall. Due to this change I cannot meet the required meeting quota and participate in a quality way. This position is fun and rewarding and I look forward to helping the new “editor” take over the position.
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
DECEMBER 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Season's Greetings!
Welcome members, friends, guests and neighbors to a creative and money-saving demonstration by designer, master gardener, flower show judge and chemist, Betty Sanders. Today's arrangements are all made with readily available materials from the yard and will span the holidays with just a few easy changes. Inspired but short on time? Raffle tickets for Betty's arrangements are on sale 3 for $5 or 7 for $10.
Reminder: There will be no Horticulture Roundtable in December.
After the Holidays, join us back here at 1 o'clock on Tuesday, January 15th, when Seth Rohlberg will address the importance Cape Cod's stewardship of fishing.
Ahhh, bliss! Escape winter at The Cape & Islands Orchid Society Show on January 26 & 27th, Hyannis Resort & Conference Center, West End Rotary. As always, attendance counts towards membership requirements so save your program.
Trowels up!
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Betty Whynot.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
What topic could be more fun in frosty January, than to learn more about our famous 400 year old business of Cape Cod fishing? We are most fortunate to welcome one of the most humorous and engaging speakers from the Cape Cod Fisherman's Alliance, Seth Rohlberg on the "Stewardship of Cape Cod Fishing". This Alliance knows how to nurture a healthy marine environment to be sure there will be generations of fish and fishermen in the future.
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
Each holiday season, and just in time for the Yarmouth Port Cookie Stroll, we deck the halls of Town of Yarmouth buildings with our hand-decorated wreaths. Thanks to this year’s crew: Kiki Becker, Cookie Barry, Marie Gates, Judith Majusky and Judy’s friend Cate, Gretchen Hyde, Debi McMullen, Joy Shipp, Harriet Murphy, Sandi O’Donnell, and Janice Martin.
FLOWER SHOW:
A huge thank you to all the ladies who came forward to decorate the wreaths and sprays with such lovely and varied designs and also those that ventured out to cut so many different greens for us to sell. The ladies who made all the beautiful centerpieces did a fabulous job and the table looked so colorful it was no wonder that they all sold quickly.
NEEDED:
THE GC of Y looking for custodian/ janitorial help third Tuesdays of the month from 12:30 til 3:30 PM. Must be able to set up and take down chairs and tables. Contact Mary Ehbrecht or Kiki Becker for details.
VOLUNTEER:
Kiki will be tapping shoulders of GCOY members in the new year to join her in vetting prospective officers for the upcoming May 2019 - May 2020 term.
MEMORIAL NOTE:
Remembering Ellen Philie: A Celebration of Life for Ellen will take place at 11AM on Thursday, December 20th at St Peter's Episcopal Church, 421 Wianno Road, Osterville.
News and Coming Events
FEBRUARY 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Take heart! spring is coming!!
Our garden club has so much to offer in February, March and April: carefully selected programs, uniquely hortcentric roundtables, a two hour floral design workshop focused exclusively on upcoming spring holidays, and a weekend long art & flower show presented in cooperation with the Yarmouth Art Guild. Curious? Check your handbook for details.
As you came into the ballroom, you were given a yellow information card to fill out. Please be so kind as to complete & return it to the marked basket before you leave today. These cards will help the GC of Y serve the membership more efficiently.
Grab a seat. Find old friends. Make a new one. Sit back and enjoy. We're glad you're here.
Trowels up!
Kiki
PROGRAM:
Today we welcome Warren Leach who will give us garden-saving tips on “Quenching Heat, Humidity & Drought!”, aka “Planting a rainbow of beautiful color to survive the growing season”.
In March award-winning landscape designer, Tom Strangfeld, will inspire the designer in all of us with “Entry Courtyards”. Mark your calendars!
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Cookie Barry.
SCHOLARSHIP:
Our 2 scholarship recipients had excellent semesters and are very happy at their schools.
Brett Halloran is attending Fitchburg State and made the Dean’s List. His interest is Environmental Policing.
Alexis Harnett is at UMass, Amherst/-MSLA in Montana where her courses include: Sustainable Communities, Dendrology and Botany; an interesting and impressive curriculum.
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE:
"What's in Your Garden?" is the topic for Tuesday, February 26th at the Yarmouth Town Hall at 10am in the Lower Meeting Room. Vicki Balboni will present her garden photos through the growing season while displaying common and unique varieties of her plants and trees.
This presentation will hopefully inspire other garden club members to also share their gardens in the future. What is in your garden? We want to know and learn from each other! Please contact Vicki or any member of the Horticulture committee if you are interested in doing a presentation for us. Thank you.
MEMBERSHIP:
Please welcome our three new members voted in this month. They are:
Cathy Cardia
Catherine Ryan
Elaine Frongillo
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
JANUARY 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Welcome to a new year with exciting opportunities for all our members! Please consider joining the 2019 Nominating Committee as we begin our search for a new president, vice-president, Trumpet editor and GC of Y historian. See Kiki for details.
Opportunity #2: Looking for creative members to brain storm and create public service announcements to be published in the Cape Cod Times on September 9, 2019 & September 28, 2020. Enthusiasm is a must! Experience with layout, copy, graphic arts or computer skills an added bonus! See Cheryl Ryan (Publicity Chair).
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Kiki Becker.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
What topic could be more fun in frosty January, than to learn about our famous 400 year old business of Cape Cod fishing? We are most fortunate to welcome one of the most humorous and engaging speakers from the Cape Cod fisherman’s Alliance, Seth Rohlberg on the “Stewardship of Cape Cod Fishing”. The alliance knows how to nurture a healthy marine environment to be sure there will be generations of fish and fishermen in the future.
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE:
The Cape and Islands 30th Annual Orchid Show will be held Saturday and Sunday, January 26 & 27, 2019 from 9am to 5pm at The Resort & Conference Center at Hyannis. The address is 35 Scudder Avenue, Barnstable, MA (Hyannis West End Rotary). The theme of this year is “Victorian Beauty” and the admission fee is $10. If you do attend, please save your pamphlet to get credit from the membership committee. This show counts toward your number of meetings attended with the GCOY.
THE TRUMPET:
My husband and I have established residency in Florida and will only be on the Cape five months of the year in late spring-early fall. Due to this change I cannot meet the required meeting quota and participate in a quality way. This position is fun and rewarding and I look forward to helping the new “editor” take over the position.
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
DECEMBER 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Season's Greetings!
Welcome members, friends, guests and neighbors to a creative and money-saving demonstration by designer, master gardener, flower show judge and chemist, Betty Sanders. Today's arrangements are all made with readily available materials from the yard and will span the holidays with just a few easy changes. Inspired but short on time? Raffle tickets for Betty's arrangements are on sale 3 for $5 or 7 for $10.
Reminder: There will be no Horticulture Roundtable in December.
After the Holidays, join us back here at 1 o'clock on Tuesday, January 15th, when Seth Rohlberg will address the importance Cape Cod's stewardship of fishing.
Ahhh, bliss! Escape winter at The Cape & Islands Orchid Society Show on January 26 & 27th, Hyannis Resort & Conference Center, West End Rotary. As always, attendance counts towards membership requirements so save your program.
Trowels up!
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Betty Whynot.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
What topic could be more fun in frosty January, than to learn more about our famous 400 year old business of Cape Cod fishing? We are most fortunate to welcome one of the most humorous and engaging speakers from the Cape Cod Fisherman's Alliance, Seth Rohlberg on the "Stewardship of Cape Cod Fishing". This Alliance knows how to nurture a healthy marine environment to be sure there will be generations of fish and fishermen in the future.
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
Each holiday season, and just in time for the Yarmouth Port Cookie Stroll, we deck the halls of Town of Yarmouth buildings with our hand-decorated wreaths. Thanks to this year’s crew: Kiki Becker, Cookie Barry, Marie Gates, Judith Majusky and Judy’s friend Cate, Gretchen Hyde, Debi McMullen, Joy Shipp, Harriet Murphy, Sandi O’Donnell, and Janice Martin.
FLOWER SHOW:
A huge thank you to all the ladies who came forward to decorate the wreaths and sprays with such lovely and varied designs and also those that ventured out to cut so many different greens for us to sell. The ladies who made all the beautiful centerpieces did a fabulous job and the table looked so colorful it was no wonder that they all sold quickly.
NEEDED:
THE GC of Y looking for custodian/ janitorial help third Tuesdays of the month from 12:30 til 3:30 PM. Must be able to set up and take down chairs and tables. Contact Mary Ehbrecht or Kiki Becker for details.
VOLUNTEER:
Kiki will be tapping shoulders of GCOY members in the new year to join her in vetting prospective officers for the upcoming May 2019 - May 2020 term.
MEMORIAL NOTE:
Remembering Ellen Philie: A Celebration of Life for Ellen will take place at 11AM on Thursday, December 20th at St Peter's Episcopal Church, 421 Wianno Road, Osterville.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
NOVEMBER 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Greetings and a big THANK YOU to all who made today possible! Shout out goes to the Ways & Means, Publicity, Flower Show, Program & Hospitality Committees for their many months of planning, fine-tuning and attention to detail. Of course, there would be no pies, floral centerpieces, wreaths, raffles or demonstrations without the commitment, generosity and hard work of the entire membership.
Take one thing off your Thanksgiving to-do list by purchasing this year's pie(s)! Don't forget there are fresh floral arrangements suitable for every table. Get a head start on decorating for the Holiday Season with a wreath, spray or assorted evergreens. Finally, learn a new skill at one of our demo tables. Stick around & have some fun!
Trowels up,
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
There is no arrangement today do to our special event. Enjoy all the arrangements available for purchase!
WAYS AND MEANS:
We want to thank everyone for their pies, breads, holiday arrangements, raffle, demonstrations, assisting the public, refreshments, and just being there to help out in every way for an all club fundraiser!! Happy Holidays!
WREATH DECORATING:
Each year we decorate holiday wreaths for the Town of Yarmouth offices. We still have room for a few more wreath makers this year. Please call Janice Martin if you can join us. We will be decorating wreaths on Friday November 30 from 9:30 to 11:30 AM at the Yarmouth Port Fire Station on 6A. Please bring natural and artificial decorations to decorate wreaths, scissors, wire, etc. to this fun event.
PROGRAM:
On December 18, you will not want to miss the opportunity to watch and hear a sensational demonstration of creative, seasonal and beautiful flower arrangements with live materials from your own gardens! Betty Sanders will engage you with her delightful personality and well-known talents. Just think, you will not have to drive to the Florist if you cut your own plant materials. There will be a drawing for Betty’s beautiful arrangements.
FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE:
Thank you to all the ladies who helped to make the beautiful flower arrangements for the centerpieces and also the ones who did such a great job decorating the wreaths and sprays. They certainly will put everyone in the Holiday Spirit.
Thanks and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Joy
MEMBERSHIP:
Welcome new member in Dec.:
Paula Wilson
Ways and Means Committee
IN MEMORIAM:
Long time member and everyone's favorite gardening grandmother, Mary Ellen Annese, passed away Friday, October 26, 2018 after a brief illness. A celebration of her life & memorial service will be held at a later date.
Ellen Philie, past president of the GC of Y, died peacefully on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. There will be a Celebration of Life Service at a later date. Donations in her memory may be made to: The Garden Club of Yarmouth, PO Box 94, South Yarmouth, MA 02664.
Mary Ellen and Ellen will live on in our memories and in the gardens they so lovingly tended.
News and Coming Events
NOVEMBER 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Greetings and a big THANK YOU to all who made today possible! Shout out goes to the Ways & Means, Publicity, Flower Show, Program & Hospitality Committees for their many months of planning, fine-tuning and attention to detail. Of course, there would be no pies, floral centerpieces, wreaths, raffles or demonstrations without the commitment, generosity and hard work of the entire membership.
Take one thing off your Thanksgiving to-do list by purchasing this year's pie(s)! Don't forget there are fresh floral arrangements suitable for every table. Get a head start on decorating for the Holiday Season with a wreath, spray or assorted evergreens. Finally, learn a new skill at one of our demo tables. Stick around & have some fun!
Trowels up,
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
There is no arrangement today do to our special event. Enjoy all the arrangements available for purchase!
WAYS AND MEANS:
We want to thank everyone for their pies, breads, holiday arrangements, raffle, demonstrations, assisting the public, refreshments, and just being there to help out in every way for an all club fundraiser!! Happy Holidays!
WREATH DECORATING:
Each year we decorate holiday wreaths for the Town of Yarmouth offices. We still have room for a few more wreath makers this year. Please call Janice Martin if you can join us. We will be decorating wreaths on Friday November 30 from 9:30 to 11:30 AM at the Yarmouth Port Fire Station on 6A. Please bring natural and artificial decorations to decorate wreaths, scissors, wire, etc. to this fun event.
PROGRAM:
On December 18, you will not want to miss the opportunity to watch and hear a sensational demonstration of creative, seasonal and beautiful flower arrangements with live materials from your own gardens! Betty Sanders will engage you with her delightful personality and well-known talents. Just think, you will not have to drive to the Florist if you cut your own plant materials. There will be a drawing for Betty’s beautiful arrangements.
FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE:
Thank you to all the ladies who helped to make the beautiful flower arrangements for the centerpieces and also the ones who did such a great job decorating the wreaths and sprays. They certainly will put everyone in the Holiday Spirit.
Thanks and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Joy
MEMBERSHIP:
Welcome new member in Dec.:
Paula Wilson
Ways and Means Committee
IN MEMORIAM:
Long time member and everyone's favorite gardening grandmother, Mary Ellen Annese, passed away Friday, October 26, 2018 after a brief illness. A celebration of her life & memorial service will be held at a later date.
Ellen Philie, past president of the GC of Y, died peacefully on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. There will be a Celebration of Life Service at a later date. Donations in her memory may be made to: The Garden Club of Yarmouth, PO Box 94, South Yarmouth, MA 02664.
Mary Ellen and Ellen will live on in our memories and in the gardens they so lovingly tended.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
OCTOBER 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Greetings!
Today we celebrate the beauty of this season with Philip Kyle's 'Fall Migration Magic'. His presentation kicks off another year of new and interesting speakers brought to you by our own Program Committee. Thank you to Chair Mary Ehbrecht and her committee members.
Make sure to visit the sign-up tables for our November Pie & Holiday Wreath Sale (1-3PM, Tuesday, November 20) and the display of candlestick arrangements created by GC of Y members and the Floral Show Committee at yesterday's workshop.
Don't miss the first Hort Roundtable meeting of 2018-19 next Tuesday, October 23 at 10AM (lower meeting room of the town hall) with Kristen Andres (Association to Preserve Cape Cod) and 'Cape Cod Native Plants'.
Looking ahead... November 20th will be all about the delicious pies, pies, pies, fresh floral arrangements for Thanksgiving Day plus Christmas bows, greens & decorated wreaths for the coming holiday season & FUN! Our goal is 100 pies and 100% involvement. There will be demonstrations. Light refreshments. Open to the public. Tell your neighbors. Bring your friends!
Trowels up,
Kiki
HANDBOOK:
Corrections:
Eugenia Anglin’s email has changed.
Diane Tlapa’s telephone number has changed.
Arlene Lavelle, who is listed in Flower Show, Ways and Means and the directory should be Arlene, not Arleen
Paula McGrath, on the Annual Meeting Committee, is misspelled as Paiula
Margaret Rice should be listed as a member of the Telephone Committee
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
The flower arrangement for the podium has been made by Sharon Carpenter.
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE:
Cape Cod Native Plants" will be the topic presented by Kristen Andres from the Association to Preserve Cape Cod. This horticultural presentation will take place on October 23rd at 10 am in the lower meeting room at the Yarmouth Town Hall. Please come and expand your knowledge of our wonderful Cape Cod plantings. ALL members of the garden club are welcome!
FLOWER SHOW:
Thank you to all who have signed up for making the Thanksgiving centerpieces on Mon. November 19th from noon until 2 pm. I will email or phone you nearer the time to go over everything with you.
The people who have offered to decorate a wreath for the November sale will be notified when to pick up their wreath once we have the delivery date, to take home and finish off. Also, on hand will be pine cones, seed pods and a variety of greens for you to take. If you have your own source of embellishments by all means use them or bring extras to share. Pick up for the wreaths will be at Joy Shipp's home.
We are also looking for different greens that can be made into tied bunches to sell and some to make into swags for doors as a change from wreaths. If you do have evergreens to offer us please cut them as near to November 19th as possible and put them in water. Please phone Joy Shipp if you will have some greens for us to use.
Any questions about the projects above please call Joy Shipp.
At the sale on November 20th there will be someone demonstrating how to make bows and they will be for sale. If however you would like one made in your own ribbon the charge will only be $1 for each bow.
MEMBERSHIP:
We have two new members this month.
Ann Cavanaugh-Stein will be on Civic Beautification and Nancy Proulx who will be on the Herb Garden and Civic Beautification Committees.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Our Program presentation will be very entertaining and factual about "Fall Migration Magic". Philip Kyle is very much in demand for his extensive knowledge about birds. He will show colorful photos of birds and accompany many with his talent for singing bird songs. He will bring some of his realistic bird carvings for us to enjoy. Cape Cod is on the flyway for thousands of birds migrating to warmer climates before the winter frosts begin. This meeting is not to be missed and you must mark your calendars for October 16!
WAYS AND MEANS:
Pie Sale——- Tuesday, November 20th.
This is a Garden Club Fund Raiser and each club member is responsible to participate. Sign up for what kind of PIES you will bring. You can sign up before and after the meeting today. The PIE sale will be open to the public from 1–3 PM. It will be a fun and festive holiday atmosphere with music, snacks and prizes.
Please have your pies at the Senior Center by 12:00 to 12:30, at the latest. There will be a club member to meet your car at the door and carry in your pies and Center Pieces, that will allow you to park your car in the far parking lot. (this will leave parking spaces for the public to come in and buy our pies, wreaths and Center pieces). Let’s make it great! Don’t forget to put a flyer in your back-car window and anywhere you think it will remind people.
WREATH DECORATING
All members are invited to sign up today for holiday wreath decorating for Town of Yarmouth offices. This year we will be decorating wreaths on Friday November 30 from 9:30 to 11:30 AM at the Yarmouthport Fire Station on 6A. Please bring natural and artificial decorations to decorate wreaths, scissors, wire, etc. to this fun event.
News and Coming Events
OCTOBER 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Greetings!
Today we celebrate the beauty of this season with Philip Kyle's 'Fall Migration Magic'. His presentation kicks off another year of new and interesting speakers brought to you by our own Program Committee. Thank you to Chair Mary Ehbrecht and her committee members.
Make sure to visit the sign-up tables for our November Pie & Holiday Wreath Sale (1-3PM, Tuesday, November 20) and the display of candlestick arrangements created by GC of Y members and the Floral Show Committee at yesterday's workshop.
Don't miss the first Hort Roundtable meeting of 2018-19 next Tuesday, October 23 at 10AM (lower meeting room of the town hall) with Kristen Andres (Association to Preserve Cape Cod) and 'Cape Cod Native Plants'.
Looking ahead... November 20th will be all about the delicious pies, pies, pies, fresh floral arrangements for Thanksgiving Day plus Christmas bows, greens & decorated wreaths for the coming holiday season & FUN! Our goal is 100 pies and 100% involvement. There will be demonstrations. Light refreshments. Open to the public. Tell your neighbors. Bring your friends!
Trowels up,
Kiki
HANDBOOK:
Corrections:
Eugenia Anglin’s email has changed.
Diane Tlapa’s telephone number has changed.
Arlene Lavelle, who is listed in Flower Show, Ways and Means and the directory should be Arlene, not Arleen
Paula McGrath, on the Annual Meeting Committee, is misspelled as Paiula
Margaret Rice should be listed as a member of the Telephone Committee
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
The flower arrangement for the podium has been made by Sharon Carpenter.
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE:
Cape Cod Native Plants" will be the topic presented by Kristen Andres from the Association to Preserve Cape Cod. This horticultural presentation will take place on October 23rd at 10 am in the lower meeting room at the Yarmouth Town Hall. Please come and expand your knowledge of our wonderful Cape Cod plantings. ALL members of the garden club are welcome!
FLOWER SHOW:
Thank you to all who have signed up for making the Thanksgiving centerpieces on Mon. November 19th from noon until 2 pm. I will email or phone you nearer the time to go over everything with you.
The people who have offered to decorate a wreath for the November sale will be notified when to pick up their wreath once we have the delivery date, to take home and finish off. Also, on hand will be pine cones, seed pods and a variety of greens for you to take. If you have your own source of embellishments by all means use them or bring extras to share. Pick up for the wreaths will be at Joy Shipp's home.
We are also looking for different greens that can be made into tied bunches to sell and some to make into swags for doors as a change from wreaths. If you do have evergreens to offer us please cut them as near to November 19th as possible and put them in water. Please phone Joy Shipp if you will have some greens for us to use.
Any questions about the projects above please call Joy Shipp.
At the sale on November 20th there will be someone demonstrating how to make bows and they will be for sale. If however you would like one made in your own ribbon the charge will only be $1 for each bow.
MEMBERSHIP:
We have two new members this month.
Ann Cavanaugh-Stein will be on Civic Beautification and Nancy Proulx who will be on the Herb Garden and Civic Beautification Committees.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Our Program presentation will be very entertaining and factual about "Fall Migration Magic". Philip Kyle is very much in demand for his extensive knowledge about birds. He will show colorful photos of birds and accompany many with his talent for singing bird songs. He will bring some of his realistic bird carvings for us to enjoy. Cape Cod is on the flyway for thousands of birds migrating to warmer climates before the winter frosts begin. This meeting is not to be missed and you must mark your calendars for October 16!
WAYS AND MEANS:
Pie Sale——- Tuesday, November 20th.
This is a Garden Club Fund Raiser and each club member is responsible to participate. Sign up for what kind of PIES you will bring. You can sign up before and after the meeting today. The PIE sale will be open to the public from 1–3 PM. It will be a fun and festive holiday atmosphere with music, snacks and prizes.
Please have your pies at the Senior Center by 12:00 to 12:30, at the latest. There will be a club member to meet your car at the door and carry in your pies and Center Pieces, that will allow you to park your car in the far parking lot. (this will leave parking spaces for the public to come in and buy our pies, wreaths and Center pieces). Let’s make it great! Don’t forget to put a flyer in your back-car window and anywhere you think it will remind people.
WREATH DECORATING
All members are invited to sign up today for holiday wreath decorating for Town of Yarmouth offices. This year we will be decorating wreaths on Friday November 30 from 9:30 to 11:30 AM at the Yarmouthport Fire Station on 6A. Please bring natural and artificial decorations to decorate wreaths, scissors, wire, etc. to this fun event.
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
SEPTEMBER 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Welcome back!
September is a busy month for honeybees, harvest and our garden club. Please check your new handbook for your personal contact info, updated committee chair/member rosters and the 2018-2019 calendar for upcoming speakers, meetings and events.
Today's lunch, abbreviated business meeting and sign-up tables are all meant to bring us back together and up-to-speed after a long, hot summer. Please take advantage of all the exciting activities/opportunities planned by your hardworking Program, Hort. Roundtable, Hospitality, Flower Show and Ways & Means Committees. Sign Up! Show up!
Guests are welcome at the October 16th membership meeting. Philip Kyle will delight & educate us with images and birdsongs in his program: 'Fall Migration Magic'.
HELP WANTED: The Garden Club of Yarmouth is looking for both a new president and a vice president for May 2019 - May 2020. Enthusiasm and a sense of humor are the only prerequisites. Everything else can be learned on the job. Mentoring available. Questions? See Kiki, Mary E. or any board member for details.
HISTORIAN NEEDED: The GC of Y is sad to lose our esteemed Historian, Carol Coverly, to the milder climate of North Carolina. Her position will open up in January 2019. Interested? See Carol or Kiki.
Trowels up,
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Ann Libby.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
I would like to thank the entire Program Committee for helping out with our Club Meeting speakers. We enjoy planning meetings that will be interesting and entertaining for our entire Membership. We have contracted for a most exciting year ahead, beginning in October 2018. We will hear from experienced gardeners who cannot wait to share their knowledge. When you receive your handbook you will want to mark your calendars for every month to attend.
If you have ever attended another club's meeting with a very special program or heard about a wonderful speaker please contact any Program Committee member or myself with your suggestions for topics starting in the Fall of 2019. We would enthusiastically welcome all of you who would like to join our privileged Program Committee.
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE:
Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary visit is on Tuesday, September 25th at 10 am (rain date 9/26). The Sanctuary has 2.5 miles of trails including the Butterfly Mosaic Trail planted with native wildlife species to host 30 varieties of butterflies. The views of Cape Cod Bay from the visitors’ center are spectacular and the Osterville Garden Club maintains gardens there as well.
Please sign up today if you are interested in going. Even though there is plenty of parking, car-pooling with other members is recommended. 345 Bone Hill Road, Barnstable is off of Route 6A where the sign to the Harbor Point Restaurant is located. Follow the Sanctuary signs to the end of the road to park.
HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE:
Providing refreshments at one monthly meeting each year is a responsibility of all active members.
Please sign up today to bring a food item or a hospitality table floral arrangement to a monthly meeting of your choice.
Our policy: Leftovers go home with the member who brought them. You will receive a reminder call for what you signed up for. If you cannot fulfill your commitment, you need to let a Hospitality Chair know who will take your place.
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
The Town of Yarmouth recently recognized our member Joyce Jenks for her volunteer service. In a post on its official Facebook page, the Town gave a “Shout out to Joyce Jenks, our incredible volunteer who keeps the Town Hall flower box looking 100%!” The accompanying picture showed the “flower box” to be the large flowerbed around the Town Hall sign on Route 28.
Joyce is a member of the Civic Beautification Committee and has been Assistant Chair
responsible for planting and maintaining the bed around the Senior Center sign on Forest Road for several years. Her work on the Town Hall flowerbed is a personal volunteer effort above and beyond her GCY activities. Thanks Joyce.
FLOWER SHOW:
This year we are having two Flower Arranging Workshops, the first on Monday October 15th, 2018 and then on Monday April 15th, 2019, from 10am until noon and as usual they will be held at St. David's Church.
In October we will be learning to do an arrangement in a candlestick, with or without a candle, it's your decision, ready for your Thanksgiving and Christmas table centerpieces.
You will need to buy a candlestick adapter and a candleholder if you are using a candle as well as flowers. They can be purchased at Michaels and A. C. Moore. Examples will be shown at the September meeting.
At the workshop you will need to bring your candlestick, adapter, wet oasis, candleholder - optional, plus some flowers and greens. When buying flowers keep in mind the size of your candlestick, as large flowers may be too big.
Any questions please call Joy Shipp.
There is a sign up sheet on the table at the back of the room.
HERB COMMITTEE:
We will be meeting to close the Herb Garden Thursday October 11th at 8:30. If you cannot make it, please call or email me. Thank-you. Joan Huckins
WAYS AND MEANS:
Please sign up for our "Yarmouth Landfill Fundraiser for one of our 1-1/2 hour time slots from 9-10:30 am or 10:30-noon on Saturday, September 22nd or Sunday, September 23rd.
We will gather at the Yarmouth Landfill and solicit donations from the residents/visitors arriving at the landfill. In return, we will offer small candies and dog treats. It is important that volunteers are comfortable with long periods of standing during this event.
The Garden Club of Yarmouth relies on donations from the public to fund our scholarships, adorn the window boxes at the Post Offices, planting material at our sites around town, as well as providing wreaths to the Town Offices during the holiday season, in addition to other local projects.
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News and Coming Events
SEPTEMBER 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Welcome back!
September is a busy month for honeybees, harvest and our garden club. Please check your new handbook for your personal contact info, updated committee chair/member rosters and the 2018-2019 calendar for upcoming speakers, meetings and events.
Today's lunch, abbreviated business meeting and sign-up tables are all meant to bring us back together and up-to-speed after a long, hot summer. Please take advantage of all the exciting activities/opportunities planned by your hardworking Program, Hort. Roundtable, Hospitality, Flower Show and Ways & Means Committees. Sign Up! Show up!
Guests are welcome at the October 16th membership meeting. Philip Kyle will delight & educate us with images and birdsongs in his program: 'Fall Migration Magic'.
HELP WANTED: The Garden Club of Yarmouth is looking for both a new president and a vice president for May 2019 - May 2020. Enthusiasm and a sense of humor are the only prerequisites. Everything else can be learned on the job. Mentoring available. Questions? See Kiki, Mary E. or any board member for details.
HISTORIAN NEEDED: The GC of Y is sad to lose our esteemed Historian, Carol Coverly, to the milder climate of North Carolina. Her position will open up in January 2019. Interested? See Carol or Kiki.
Trowels up,
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Ann Libby.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
I would like to thank the entire Program Committee for helping out with our Club Meeting speakers. We enjoy planning meetings that will be interesting and entertaining for our entire Membership. We have contracted for a most exciting year ahead, beginning in October 2018. We will hear from experienced gardeners who cannot wait to share their knowledge. When you receive your handbook you will want to mark your calendars for every month to attend.
If you have ever attended another club's meeting with a very special program or heard about a wonderful speaker please contact any Program Committee member or myself with your suggestions for topics starting in the Fall of 2019. We would enthusiastically welcome all of you who would like to join our privileged Program Committee.
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE:
Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary visit is on Tuesday, September 25th at 10 am (rain date 9/26). The Sanctuary has 2.5 miles of trails including the Butterfly Mosaic Trail planted with native wildlife species to host 30 varieties of butterflies. The views of Cape Cod Bay from the visitors’ center are spectacular and the Osterville Garden Club maintains gardens there as well.
Please sign up today if you are interested in going. Even though there is plenty of parking, car-pooling with other members is recommended. 345 Bone Hill Road, Barnstable is off of Route 6A where the sign to the Harbor Point Restaurant is located. Follow the Sanctuary signs to the end of the road to park.
HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE:
Providing refreshments at one monthly meeting each year is a responsibility of all active members.
Please sign up today to bring a food item or a hospitality table floral arrangement to a monthly meeting of your choice.
Our policy: Leftovers go home with the member who brought them. You will receive a reminder call for what you signed up for. If you cannot fulfill your commitment, you need to let a Hospitality Chair know who will take your place.
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
The Town of Yarmouth recently recognized our member Joyce Jenks for her volunteer service. In a post on its official Facebook page, the Town gave a “Shout out to Joyce Jenks, our incredible volunteer who keeps the Town Hall flower box looking 100%!” The accompanying picture showed the “flower box” to be the large flowerbed around the Town Hall sign on Route 28.
Joyce is a member of the Civic Beautification Committee and has been Assistant Chair
responsible for planting and maintaining the bed around the Senior Center sign on Forest Road for several years. Her work on the Town Hall flowerbed is a personal volunteer effort above and beyond her GCY activities. Thanks Joyce.
FLOWER SHOW:
This year we are having two Flower Arranging Workshops, the first on Monday October 15th, 2018 and then on Monday April 15th, 2019, from 10am until noon and as usual they will be held at St. David's Church.
In October we will be learning to do an arrangement in a candlestick, with or without a candle, it's your decision, ready for your Thanksgiving and Christmas table centerpieces.
You will need to buy a candlestick adapter and a candleholder if you are using a candle as well as flowers. They can be purchased at Michaels and A. C. Moore. Examples will be shown at the September meeting.
At the workshop you will need to bring your candlestick, adapter, wet oasis, candleholder - optional, plus some flowers and greens. When buying flowers keep in mind the size of your candlestick, as large flowers may be too big.
Any questions please call Joy Shipp.
There is a sign up sheet on the table at the back of the room.
HERB COMMITTEE:
We will be meeting to close the Herb Garden Thursday October 11th at 8:30. If you cannot make it, please call or email me. Thank-you. Joan Huckins
WAYS AND MEANS:
Please sign up for our "Yarmouth Landfill Fundraiser for one of our 1-1/2 hour time slots from 9-10:30 am or 10:30-noon on Saturday, September 22nd or Sunday, September 23rd.
We will gather at the Yarmouth Landfill and solicit donations from the residents/visitors arriving at the landfill. In return, we will offer small candies and dog treats. It is important that volunteers are comfortable with long periods of standing during this event.
The Garden Club of Yarmouth relies on donations from the public to fund our scholarships, adorn the window boxes at the Post Offices, planting material at our sites around town, as well as providing wreaths to the Town Offices during the holiday season, in addition to other local projects.
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
MAY 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Dear GC of Y members,
Congrats on another successful plant sale and raffle! Kudos to Jan Brogan, Cookie Barry, Cheryl Silvestri, Carol Coverly, Mary Spurr, Sandee McGrath, Cheryl Ryan (our publicist extraordinaire) and the Ways & Means Committee for a job well done! A shout out to Debbi Jurek and Pat Leary for handling the cash. A heartfelt thank you to all garden club members who donated, volunteered, worked and shopped our premier Spring event!
If you enjoyed today's luncheon and musical entertainment, please let Jeanne McGrath know. This is her last hurrah before stepping down as Annual Meeting Chair. Job well done, Jeanne! If you're lucky enough to snag a centerpiece, thank Joy Shipp & her Flower Show Committee.
Just a little unfinished business before we break for the summer... We are still looking for someone to fill chairmanships for the Annual Meeting and Hort Roundtable committees. FYI: It is our intention to eliminate the 2nd VP position that would make the Hort position a committee chair only. See Joan Huckins, Pat Leary, Gina Mullen, Barb Commons or Kiki Becker for details.
Due to time constraints and a BIGGER than ever before raffle, annual committee reports will not be read during today's meeting. For your convenience and edification, the 2017-18 reports are available on our website.
Spring into Summer with two very special GC of Y activities:
On Friday, June 22nd we will visit Rosecliff Mansion & the 2018 Newport Flower Show. This year's theme, Cottages: Smart & Small, will celebrate the tiny house lifestyle and includes stunning garden displays, beautiful floral designs, impressive hort exhibits, expert guest speakers & unique shopping opportunities! $35 covers transportation and entrance fee. Lunch for purchase on site or bring your own. Contact Vicki Balboni for details.
Back by popular demand...All 2018 Garden-get-together spots are filled but Joan Huckins will be happy to add your name to the waiting list.
Trowels up,
Kiki
“IN THE SPRING,
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
YOU SHOULD SMELL LIKE DIRT.”
-Margaret Atwood
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Joy Shipp.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
I would like to thank the entire Program Committee for helping out with our Club Meeting speakers. We enjoy planning meetings that will be interesting and entertaining for our entire Membership. We have contracted for a most exciting year ahead, beginning in October 2018. We will hear from experienced gardeners who cannot wait to share their knowledge. When you receive your handbook you will want to mark your calendars for every month to attend.
If you have ever attended another club's meeting with a very special program or heard about a wonderful speaker please contact any Program Committee member or myself with your suggestions for topics starting in the Fall of 2019. We would enthusiastically welcome all of you who would like to join our privileged Program Committee.
Enjoy your summer gardens,
Mary Ehbrecht- Program Chair
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE:
Newport Flower Show at Rosecliff Mansion:
Sign up for our June 22, 2018 bus trip is still underway. We have a few seats remaining on the bus. Please reserve your seat today by making out a check to 'The Garden Club of Yarmouth' in the amount of $35. This payment includes the bus and admission to the flower show. Lunch is not included but you will have the option to get lunch at the Ocean Café or pack a lunch to bring. The bus trip has been opened up to family and friends of garden club members in order to fill the remaining seats on the bus. Please see me today, Vicki Balboni.
HANDBOOK COMMITTEE:
Any member who has a new address, phone number or email address should contact me with those changes at canbmorris@comcast.net.
GARDEN GET-TOGETHERS:
There are four gardens to visit this year: two in June and two in July. You also can sign up at today’s luncheon FOR THE WAITING LIST or contact Joan Huckins. Garden visits are either Tuesday or Wednesday from 10:00-11:00. Directions will be available at today’s Annual Luncheon.
Wednesday June 13, Carol Ann Morris
Carol Ann’s gardens were originally planted in the 1940s. There are two small perennial gardens with annuals added for summer color. A new hydrangea garden was planted last summer with a variety of hydrangea that can tolerate more sun. Ed Mulligan helped to install a drip irrigation system to keep everything watered. There is a small vegetable garden that doesn’t get a large amount of sun, but supplies an ample amount of cucumbers and tomatoes. If it survived the winter, there is a stump garden that was created when a pear tree was cut down.
Tuesday June 26, Gretchen Hyde
Gretchen’s gardens include a perimeter of hydrangeas, roses, bleeding hearts, and Russian sage. Many assorted perennials have been planted and a variety of lilac bushes add to the landscape. The house was floated over from Nantucket and moved to Bridge Street, then to Old Main where it remains. The carriage house was designed by Gretchen to replace the old barn that was falling down. Her husband built the patio and the fountain area. Shell paths were added to enhance the restoration project the Hydes have undertaken. Gretchen is going to grow tomatoes, zucchini, ,summer squash, peppers and pumpkins in raised beds this year.
Wednesday July 11, Linda Cook
Linda’s gardens include a shade garden, a rock garden, center island garden as well as a pocket garden with a frog pond adorned with a beautiful trellis built by her husband. The property has a lovely built- in pool with many new plantings to enhance the enjoyment of the area while entertaining in the summer. Linda’s husband tends a vegetable garden on the property.
Wednesday July 25, Mike Almonte
Mike has vegetables, berries, herbs, and flowers in his gardens, and although he enjoys all types of gardening, vegetables are his favorite. He has a 7 year old, ten foot tall California Dawn Redwood tree (Meta Sequoia) that was started from seed. He has 3 types of drip irrigation that he will show as well as a simple composting system.
TREASURER:
’Tis the Season
It’s time to renew your membership for 2018-19. Your membership means that the Garden Club of Yarmouth can continue to be an active and vital part of this Cape Cod community. You may pay your dues today or mail your check to: Debbi Jurek, Dues are $30 ---unless you have earned Honorary status.
- Checks for $30 payable to Garden Club of Yarmouth
- Dues must be received by May 31st to remain in good standing so it’s good to get it done now!
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
APRIL 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Dear Garden Club of Yarmouth Members,
According to T S Elliot: "April is the cruelest month..." but my Horticulture Professor, Dr Moberg, liked to instruct his students that: "April snow is just free fertilizer!" Well, the Cape has had quite enough free fertilizer this month. Thank you very much! Like all of you, I'm looking forward to milder weather and the exciting GC of Y calendar for April, May and June.
April's calendar brings Mal Condon's 'Success with Hydrangeas'; The Art & Flower Show at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod on April 20, 21 & 22; and a Hort Roundtable entitled 'Spectacular Dahlias &Their Care' with Helen McVeigh at 10 AM, Tuesday, April 24th.
May blooms with the opening of all our municipal gardens (check work schedules), our highly anticipated Annual Plant Sale & Raffle at the Moose Lodge, Saturday, May 19, 8AM until Noon - DONATE! WORK! BRING FRIENDS! Celebrate our success the following Tuesday, May 22nd at our Annual Luncheon at The Riverway Lobster House. There will be a cash bar and light appetizers at 11:30 AM followed by luncheon at 12:30 PM. Please reserve your spot by May 8th through Jeanne McGrath.
June delights us with a road trip to The Newport Flower Show on Friday, June 22nd. Contact Vicki Balboni to reserve your spot. Also, June kicks off our perennially popular Garden Get-Togethers summer season! See Joan Huckins ASAP as available parking limits number of attendees.
Trowels up,
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Joy Shipp.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
The beautiful presentation for our Garden Club meeting today is "Success with Hydrangeas". I am sure that most of you have one or more of these gorgeous flowering bushes that make you smile every year! Our presenter is Mal Condon of Hydrangea Farm Nursery, also president of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society and Curator/Lecturer at Heritage Museum and Gardens.
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE:
Newport Flower Show at Rosecliff Mansion - Sign up for our June 22, 2018 bus trip is underway. We have 24 seats remaining on the bus. Please reserve your seat today by making out a check to 'The Garden Club of Yarmouth' in the amount of $35. This payment includes the bus and admission to the flower show. Lunch is not included but you will have the option to get lunch at the Ocean Café or pack a lunch to bring. After today's meeting, the bus trip will be opened up to family and friends of garden club members in order to fill the bus. Please see me, Vicki Balboni, after our meeting today.
The Newport Flower Show exhibits include judged horticultural exhibits, colorful floral designs, outdoor garden displays, a unique setting in a gilded age mansion, and wonderful shopping at the Gardener's Marketplace & Oceanside Boutiques, all within the grounds of Rosecliff Mansions.
The bus will be leaving the Stop & Shop parking lot near the liquor store on Station Avenue on Friday, June 22 at 8:30 am promptly and arriving in Newport at 10:30. We will all reload the bus by 3:30 and returning to the Cape by 5:30 pm. Be considerate of the time line as we don't want to leave anyone behind. Please also plan ahead for lots of walking and weather gear as needed.
FLOWER SHOW:
Please come and join us at the opening reception [which is free], on Friday April 20th from 5 to 7pm at the Cultural Center where we will be joining the Yarmouth Art Guild once again for a spring show. We have 16 members making flower arrangements to be set among the art work, where they will stay until the morning of the 23rd.
If you cannot make it on opening night please drop by another day to support us and to view the fabulous creations your fellow members have made. I am sure the art work will be worth seeing too!
A big thank you to everyone involved in making it a success, the flower arrangers, Linda Cook who is overseeing the food and wine for the reception and all the ladies contributing the food; also to Ed Mulligan for making sure it is on our website.
Allan Taylor, husband of our member and past President the late Shirley Taylor, dropped by our flower workshop last month and very kindly gave us all of Shirley's books on arranging, It is a fabulous collection which we shared between us and we thank him very much for thinking of us.
HERB COMMITTEE:
We will be opening the gardens on Wednesday, May 2nd at 9:00. For new members, the herb garden is behind the Yarmouth Port Post Office where there is plenty of parking. Hoping you all can make it as many hands make light work. If you are unable to attend please contact Joan Huckins
MEMBERSHIP:
Today we welcome new member:
Sharon Carpenter- committees: Civic B and Flower Show
GARDEN GET-TOGETHERS:
There are four gardens to visit this year: two in June and two in July. Sign-ups will take place this month at our regular meeting. You also can sign up at the May luncheon or contact Joan Huckins. Garden visits are either Tuesday or Wednesday from 10:00-11:00. Directions will be available at the Annual Luncheon.
Wednesday June 13, Carol Ann Morris
Carol Ann’s gardens were originally planted in the 1940s. There are two small perennial gardens with annuals added for summer color. A new hydrangea garden was planted last summer with a variety of hydrangea that can tolerate more sun. Ed Mulligan helped to install a drip irrigation system to keep everything watered. There is a small vegetable garden that doesn’t get a large amount of sun, but supplies an ample amount of cucumbers and tomatoes. If it survived the winter, there is a stump garden that was created when a pear tree was cut down.
Tuesday June 26, Gretchen Hyde
Gretchen’s gardens include a perimeter of hydrangeas, roses, bleeding hearts, and Russian sage. Many assorted perennials have been planted and a variety of lilac bushes add to the landscape. The house was floated over from Nantucket and moved to Bridge Street, then to Old Main where it remains. The carriage house was designed by Gretchen to replace the old barn that was falling down. Her husband built the patio and the fountain area. Shell paths were added to enhance the restoration project the Hydes have undertaken. Gretchen is going to grow tomatoes, zucchini, ,summer squash, peppers and pumpkins in raised beds this year.
Wednesday July 11, Linda Cook
Linda’s gardens include a shade garden, a rock garden, center island garden as well as a pocket garden with a frog pond adorned with a beautiful trellis built by her husband. The property has a lovely built- in pool with many new plantings to enhance the enjoyment of the area while entertaining in the summer. Linda’s husband tends a vegetable garden on the property.
Wednesday July 25, Mike Almonte
Mike has vegetables, berries, herbs, and flowers in his gardens, and although he enjoys all types of gardening, vegetables are his favorite. He has a 7 year old, ten foot tall California Dawn Redwood tree (Meta Sequoia) that was started from seed. He has 3 types of drip irrigation that he will show as well as a simple composting system.
TREASURER:
’Tis the Season
It’s time to renew your membership for 2018-19. Your membership means that the Garden Club of Yarmouth can continue to be an active and vital part of this Cape Cod community. You may pay your dues at the April meeting, the May Luncheon OR mail your check to: Debbi Jurek, Dues are $30 ---unless you have earned Honorary status.
- Checks for $30 payable to Garden Club of Yarmouth
- Dues must be received by May 31st to remain in good standing so it’s good to get it done early!
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
MARCH 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Hellooo, Spring!
Gardeners, especially New England gardeners, are a hardy bunch and eternally hopeful. We peruse seed and nursery catalogues while waiting for the ground to thaw. It always does and then we get busy! It's a busy time for our garden club, too, with: highly anticipated speakers CL Fornari today and Mal Condon in April, the biennial sign-up for committee positions, our biggest yet fundraiser/plant sale at the Moose Lodge, another fun-filled Annual Luncheon, a not-to-be-missed road trip to the Newport Flower Show and the waking up of our many town gardens!
So mark your calendars and join us in celebrating everything that makes this season and The Garden Club of Yarmouth so exciting!
Trowels Up,
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement was designed by Mary Ehbrecht.
FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE:
This is your last chance to sign up and join us for our Flower Workshop to be held on March 19th from 10am until noon at St. David's Church on Old Main Street, South Yarmouth. Come along and have some fun while you are picking up some tips and learning about arranging flowers. If you would like to challenge yourself look around your house and closet for something you love that would inspire you to interpret into your lovely arrangement. We will have some extra flowers in case you need them.
Please bring your piece of inspiration, flowers, container and some oasis that has been soaked in water. If you don't want to do the challenge but would still like to come to the class you will be welcome. Just bring your flowers, container and wet oasis. This is a good incentive to get out of the house after all the cold and snowy days we have had this winter.
Please be thinking of an arrangement that you might like to do for our combined show on April 20th with the Yarmouth Art Guild at the Cultural Center. This year it will be all about spring. Think of the colorful flowers that will be available to inspire you and help to celebrate the end of winter. There is a sign up sheet on the table at the back. This is open for all members.
Any questions you may have will be answered by Vicki Balboni.
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE:
Sign up for the bus trip to the Newport Flower Show at the Rosecliff Mansion on June 22, 2018 begins today. Please make a check out to 'The Garden Club of Yarmouth' in the amount of $35 per person to reserve your seat. The bus will be leaving the Stop & Shop parking lot on Station Avenue at 8:30 am to arrive at The Newport Flower Show by 10:30 am. We will be leaving the show by 3:30 pm and getting back home by 5:30 pm. Tickets to the show are included in the price, but lunch is not. There is an Oceanfront Café on the grounds with some seating or pack a lunch to take with you. Some of the show's exhibits include judged horticultural exhibits, colorful floral designs, outdoor garden displays, a unique setting in a Gilded Age Mansion, and wonderful shopping at the Gardener's Marketplace & Oceanside Boutiques, all within the grounds of the Rosecliff Mansion.
Mark you calendars:
A "Complete Composting - Bokashi" will be presented on Tuesday, March 27th at 10 am to 11 am at the Yarmouth Town Hall in the lower meeting room. Our guest speaker will be Emily Woudenberg, Master Gardener. All members of our garden club are invited to attend and learn more about Bokashi composting at our Horticulture Roundtable meeting.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:
We welcome 3 new members today! Please add to your Handbook.
Judith Majusky
Shirley Fitzgerald
Dawn Jackson
Klara Campos has changed status to Associate Member.
GARDEN GET-TOGETHERS:
We have four gardens to visit this summer. Look for descriptions, locations, and sign up at the April Garden Club meeting
HERB GARDEN COMMITTEE:
The opening of the Herb Garden will take place Wednesday May 2nd at 9:00 behind the Yarmouth Port Post Office. Please contact Joan Huckins if you cannot attend.
WAYS AND MEANS PLANT SALE:
Saturday May 19th is our annual plant sale. All Garden Club members are expected to take part. If you are starting plants indoors, now is the time to get started. As always, we will need plastic trays and pots. Please start saving them. Carol Coverly has very graciously offered to be a drop off depot for perennials. We will keep you informed.
REMINDER:
It is time to look around the garage, shed or basement for donations of clean gardening tools and containers. Shoppers also love bird baths, houses, feeders, plant stands, small metal tables, garden themed decor, signs, faux stems and supplies. We attract early birds who count on finding unusual items to use indoors or out!!! Call Sandee McGrath if you have questions.
FLOWER SHOW:
It is time to sign up for our wonderful show at the Cultural Center where we have our flower arrangements along with the paintings from the Yarmouth Art Guild. This is open to all of you, not just the ladies on the Flower Show Committee. You make your arrangement at home so you can take your time and there isn't any pressure. Then you take it to the Center on Friday April 20th in the morning and leave it there for the weekend, Afterwards you take it home and enjoy it.
On Friday evening there is a reception open to everyone whether or not you made an arrangement. Wine and hors d'eouvres will be served. Linda Cook will be talking to you about contributing to the refreshments for the event and has a sign up sheet. Hopefully you will be inspired once spring is here, as that is what the show is all about, SPRING; so please give this some thought and sign up if you haven't already. There are some beautiful flowers around in April that we haven't seen for a long time so think how lovely it will be to work and enjoy such blooms then soak up all the great comments that people make about your "show stopper" of an arrangement!
Please contact Joy Shipp with any inquires.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
May 22rd at The Riverway is the date and location of our annual luncheon! Cost is $23. Sign-up (with menu choices available) BEFORE & AFTER the March and April meetings. Questions? Contact: Jeanne McGrath.
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
FEBRUARY 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
One month and counting! Spring officially begins at 12:15PM on March 20th. Enough with the seed and nursery catalogues, I’m itching to dig and turn, plant and prune. How about you?
These last few weeks of winter make me so appreciate our garden club meetings & activities. Just being with likeminded garden enthusiasts and learnIng from our invited speakers keeps hope alive. Spring is coming!
Today’s speaker, Shannon Goheen of Second Nature Gardenworks, will inspire us all to become artists in the garden. Thanks to Shannon, members and guests for being here today.
Trowels up,
Kiki
PS-Breaking news: We have a new speaker for our March meeting! You won’t want to miss popular author, radio personality & garden consultant, C L Fornari at 1PM on Tuesday, March 20th. Yes, her books will be available for purchase.
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement was designed by Karen Barry.
PROGAM COMMITTEE:
Our very talented presenter today is Shannon Goheen of Second Nature Gardenworks. She will enlighten us about "The Artist in the Garden". Shannon works with plants by weaving them together to create intriguing tapestries and will bring a selection for all to see.. You may be inspired to save your own plants and flowers and create interesting pictures and maybe give them to your children or grandchildren as a memory from your beautiful garden.
FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE:
This is your last chance to sign up and join us for our Flower Workshop to be held on March 19th from 10am until noon at St. David's Church on Old Main Street, South Yarmouth. Come along and have some fun while you are picking up some tips and learning about arranging flowers. If you would like to challenge yourself look around your house and closet for something you love that would inspire you to interpret into your lovely arrangement. We will have some extra flowers in case you need them.
Please bring your piece of inspiration, flowers, container and some oasis that has been soaked in water.
If you don't want to do the challenge but would still like to come to the class you will be welcome just bring your flowers, container and wet oasis.
This is a good incentive to get out of the house after all the cold and snowy day's we have had this winter.
Please be thinking of an arrangement that you might like to do for our combined show on April 20th with the Yarmouth Art Guild at the Cultural Center. This year it will be all about spring, Think of the colorful flowers that will be available then to inspire you and help to celebrate the end of winter. There is a sign up sheet on the table at the back. This is open for all members.
Any questions you may have will be answered by Vicki Balboni.
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE:
“Ease of Hands-on Drip Irrigation" will be presented by one of our own members, Ed Mulligan. The meeting will take place at 10:00 am, February 27th, at the Yarmouth Town Hall, lower level meeting room. All members of our club are welcome to attend as always. We look forward to Ed's presentation!
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:
We welcome 3 new members today! Please add to your Handbook.
Genie Anglin
Diane Tlapa
Mary Ann Janosko
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JANUARY 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
My New Year’s Resolutions:
1.) Promote communication between the executive board and our membership. To that end, the board extends an open invitation to all club members to attend board meetings.
2.) Make new members feel welcome by asking established members to act as ‘greeters’ at the entrance & exit to our meetings. Greeters will be volunteers who rotate the position throughout the club’s calendar year.
3.) Encourage all members to recommit/remain active on their committees and to share their experience/expertise/ideas and to consider becoming a committee chair or officer!
4.) Remain open to all suggestions/ideas and continue to enjoy/learn from our dedicated, dynamic Garden Club of Yarmouth community.
Please join me!
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement was designed by Dorothy Lombardi.
PROGAM COMMITTEE:
Today you will be entertained by a former Police Chief! Be on your best behavior and listen attentively. Yes, Michael Almonte is a Master Gardener! His topic: "The BIG three: Sun, Soil and Water for Healthy Plants: The importance of soil pH!"
FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE:
We will be holding our annual Flower Arranging Class on Monday March 19th from 10am until noon at St. David's Episcopal Church, on Old Main Street, South Yarmouth. There will be a sign up sheet today and again in February on the table at the back of the room. Please bring a picture, photograph, a quilt, piece of clothing an ornament or a dish with you; something that will inspire you to make an interpretation of it in flowers.
It will be fun, just like they do at the Museum of Fine Art with their "Art in Bloom Show". All you will need to bring is your piece of inspiration, some flowers to coordinate, wet oasis and a container. As usual we will also have some flowers available for you.
In April we will be collaborating again with the Art Guild of Yarmouth to put on a Spring Show, They provide the paintings and we do the flower arrangements. Please think about what you might like to do. There will be more details later and a sign up sheet in February. This has been very popular when we have done it in the past.
Any questions to either of the above please contact Joy Shipp.
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE:
The Cape & Islands Orchid Society Show is on Saturday & Sunday, January 27th & 28th from 9 am to 5 pm. It is being held at The Resort & Conference Center in Hyannis, 35 Scudder Avenue, Barnstable (Hyannis West End Rotary). The admission is $10. This Orchid Show will count towards a horticultural attendance if you plan on going. Please save your ticket to turn in at the Garden Club of Yarmouth's general meeting to the membership committee. Thank you.
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY:
Ed Mulligan will be taking photos of new members and current members who would like a retake or have not had their picture taken today.
A reminder to members: You may borrow the pictorial membership book with information on our members and their interests. It’s a great way to put names with faces! See Ruth Lund to check it out.
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News and Coming Events
MARCH 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Hellooo, Spring!
Gardeners, especially New England gardeners, are a hardy bunch and eternally hopeful. We peruse seed and nursery catalogues while waiting for the ground to thaw. It always does and then we get busy! It's a busy time for our garden club, too, with: highly anticipated speakers CL Fornari today and Mal Condon in April, the biennial sign-up for committee positions, our biggest yet fundraiser/plant sale at the Moose Lodge, another fun-filled Annual Luncheon, a not-to-be-missed road trip to the Newport Flower Show and the waking up of our many town gardens!
So mark your calendars and join us in celebrating everything that makes this season and The Garden Club of Yarmouth so exciting!
Trowels Up,
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement was designed by Mary Ehbrecht.
FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE:
This is your last chance to sign up and join us for our Flower Workshop to be held on March 19th from 10am until noon at St. David's Church on Old Main Street, South Yarmouth. Come along and have some fun while you are picking up some tips and learning about arranging flowers. If you would like to challenge yourself look around your house and closet for something you love that would inspire you to interpret into your lovely arrangement. We will have some extra flowers in case you need them.
Please bring your piece of inspiration, flowers, container and some oasis that has been soaked in water. If you don't want to do the challenge but would still like to come to the class you will be welcome. Just bring your flowers, container and wet oasis. This is a good incentive to get out of the house after all the cold and snowy days we have had this winter.
Please be thinking of an arrangement that you might like to do for our combined show on April 20th with the Yarmouth Art Guild at the Cultural Center. This year it will be all about spring. Think of the colorful flowers that will be available to inspire you and help to celebrate the end of winter. There is a sign up sheet on the table at the back. This is open for all members.
Any questions you may have will be answered by Vicki Balboni.
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE:
Sign up for the bus trip to the Newport Flower Show at the Rosecliff Mansion on June 22, 2018 begins today. Please make a check out to 'The Garden Club of Yarmouth' in the amount of $35 per person to reserve your seat. The bus will be leaving the Stop & Shop parking lot on Station Avenue at 8:30 am to arrive at The Newport Flower Show by 10:30 am. We will be leaving the show by 3:30 pm and getting back home by 5:30 pm. Tickets to the show are included in the price, but lunch is not. There is an Oceanfront Café on the grounds with some seating or pack a lunch to take with you. Some of the show's exhibits include judged horticultural exhibits, colorful floral designs, outdoor garden displays, a unique setting in a Gilded Age Mansion, and wonderful shopping at the Gardener's Marketplace & Oceanside Boutiques, all within the grounds of the Rosecliff Mansion.
Mark you calendars:
A "Complete Composting - Bokashi" will be presented on Tuesday, March 27th at 10 am to 11 am at the Yarmouth Town Hall in the lower meeting room. Our guest speaker will be Emily Woudenberg, Master Gardener. All members of our garden club are invited to attend and learn more about Bokashi composting at our Horticulture Roundtable meeting.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:
We welcome 3 new members today! Please add to your Handbook.
Judith Majusky
Shirley Fitzgerald
Dawn Jackson
Klara Campos has changed status to Associate Member.
GARDEN GET-TOGETHERS:
We have four gardens to visit this summer. Look for descriptions, locations, and sign up at the April Garden Club meeting
HERB GARDEN COMMITTEE:
The opening of the Herb Garden will take place Wednesday May 2nd at 9:00 behind the Yarmouth Port Post Office. Please contact Joan Huckins if you cannot attend.
WAYS AND MEANS PLANT SALE:
Saturday May 19th is our annual plant sale. All Garden Club members are expected to take part. If you are starting plants indoors, now is the time to get started. As always, we will need plastic trays and pots. Please start saving them. Carol Coverly has very graciously offered to be a drop off depot for perennials. We will keep you informed.
REMINDER:
It is time to look around the garage, shed or basement for donations of clean gardening tools and containers. Shoppers also love bird baths, houses, feeders, plant stands, small metal tables, garden themed decor, signs, faux stems and supplies. We attract early birds who count on finding unusual items to use indoors or out!!! Call Sandee McGrath if you have questions.
FLOWER SHOW:
It is time to sign up for our wonderful show at the Cultural Center where we have our flower arrangements along with the paintings from the Yarmouth Art Guild. This is open to all of you, not just the ladies on the Flower Show Committee. You make your arrangement at home so you can take your time and there isn't any pressure. Then you take it to the Center on Friday April 20th in the morning and leave it there for the weekend, Afterwards you take it home and enjoy it.
On Friday evening there is a reception open to everyone whether or not you made an arrangement. Wine and hors d'eouvres will be served. Linda Cook will be talking to you about contributing to the refreshments for the event and has a sign up sheet. Hopefully you will be inspired once spring is here, as that is what the show is all about, SPRING; so please give this some thought and sign up if you haven't already. There are some beautiful flowers around in April that we haven't seen for a long time so think how lovely it will be to work and enjoy such blooms then soak up all the great comments that people make about your "show stopper" of an arrangement!
Please contact Joy Shipp with any inquires.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
May 22rd at The Riverway is the date and location of our annual luncheon! Cost is $23. Sign-up (with menu choices available) BEFORE & AFTER the March and April meetings. Questions? Contact: Jeanne McGrath.
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
FEBRUARY 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
One month and counting! Spring officially begins at 12:15PM on March 20th. Enough with the seed and nursery catalogues, I’m itching to dig and turn, plant and prune. How about you?
These last few weeks of winter make me so appreciate our garden club meetings & activities. Just being with likeminded garden enthusiasts and learnIng from our invited speakers keeps hope alive. Spring is coming!
Today’s speaker, Shannon Goheen of Second Nature Gardenworks, will inspire us all to become artists in the garden. Thanks to Shannon, members and guests for being here today.
Trowels up,
Kiki
PS-Breaking news: We have a new speaker for our March meeting! You won’t want to miss popular author, radio personality & garden consultant, C L Fornari at 1PM on Tuesday, March 20th. Yes, her books will be available for purchase.
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement was designed by Karen Barry.
PROGAM COMMITTEE:
Our very talented presenter today is Shannon Goheen of Second Nature Gardenworks. She will enlighten us about "The Artist in the Garden". Shannon works with plants by weaving them together to create intriguing tapestries and will bring a selection for all to see.. You may be inspired to save your own plants and flowers and create interesting pictures and maybe give them to your children or grandchildren as a memory from your beautiful garden.
FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE:
This is your last chance to sign up and join us for our Flower Workshop to be held on March 19th from 10am until noon at St. David's Church on Old Main Street, South Yarmouth. Come along and have some fun while you are picking up some tips and learning about arranging flowers. If you would like to challenge yourself look around your house and closet for something you love that would inspire you to interpret into your lovely arrangement. We will have some extra flowers in case you need them.
Please bring your piece of inspiration, flowers, container and some oasis that has been soaked in water.
If you don't want to do the challenge but would still like to come to the class you will be welcome just bring your flowers, container and wet oasis.
This is a good incentive to get out of the house after all the cold and snowy day's we have had this winter.
Please be thinking of an arrangement that you might like to do for our combined show on April 20th with the Yarmouth Art Guild at the Cultural Center. This year it will be all about spring, Think of the colorful flowers that will be available then to inspire you and help to celebrate the end of winter. There is a sign up sheet on the table at the back. This is open for all members.
Any questions you may have will be answered by Vicki Balboni.
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE:
“Ease of Hands-on Drip Irrigation" will be presented by one of our own members, Ed Mulligan. The meeting will take place at 10:00 am, February 27th, at the Yarmouth Town Hall, lower level meeting room. All members of our club are welcome to attend as always. We look forward to Ed's presentation!
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:
We welcome 3 new members today! Please add to your Handbook.
Genie Anglin
Diane Tlapa
Mary Ann Janosko
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JANUARY 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
My New Year’s Resolutions:
1.) Promote communication between the executive board and our membership. To that end, the board extends an open invitation to all club members to attend board meetings.
2.) Make new members feel welcome by asking established members to act as ‘greeters’ at the entrance & exit to our meetings. Greeters will be volunteers who rotate the position throughout the club’s calendar year.
3.) Encourage all members to recommit/remain active on their committees and to share their experience/expertise/ideas and to consider becoming a committee chair or officer!
4.) Remain open to all suggestions/ideas and continue to enjoy/learn from our dedicated, dynamic Garden Club of Yarmouth community.
Please join me!
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement was designed by Dorothy Lombardi.
PROGAM COMMITTEE:
Today you will be entertained by a former Police Chief! Be on your best behavior and listen attentively. Yes, Michael Almonte is a Master Gardener! His topic: "The BIG three: Sun, Soil and Water for Healthy Plants: The importance of soil pH!"
FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE:
We will be holding our annual Flower Arranging Class on Monday March 19th from 10am until noon at St. David's Episcopal Church, on Old Main Street, South Yarmouth. There will be a sign up sheet today and again in February on the table at the back of the room. Please bring a picture, photograph, a quilt, piece of clothing an ornament or a dish with you; something that will inspire you to make an interpretation of it in flowers.
It will be fun, just like they do at the Museum of Fine Art with their "Art in Bloom Show". All you will need to bring is your piece of inspiration, some flowers to coordinate, wet oasis and a container. As usual we will also have some flowers available for you.
In April we will be collaborating again with the Art Guild of Yarmouth to put on a Spring Show, They provide the paintings and we do the flower arrangements. Please think about what you might like to do. There will be more details later and a sign up sheet in February. This has been very popular when we have done it in the past.
Any questions to either of the above please contact Joy Shipp.
HORTICULTURE ROUND TABLE:
The Cape & Islands Orchid Society Show is on Saturday & Sunday, January 27th & 28th from 9 am to 5 pm. It is being held at The Resort & Conference Center in Hyannis, 35 Scudder Avenue, Barnstable (Hyannis West End Rotary). The admission is $10. This Orchid Show will count towards a horticultural attendance if you plan on going. Please save your ticket to turn in at the Garden Club of Yarmouth's general meeting to the membership committee. Thank you.
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY:
Ed Mulligan will be taking photos of new members and current members who would like a retake or have not had their picture taken today.
A reminder to members: You may borrow the pictorial membership book with information on our members and their interests. It’s a great way to put names with faces! See Ruth Lund to check it out.
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
DECEMBER 2017
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
The winter wind has started blowing.
The Christmas lights have started glowing.
We all dive right into the holiday spirit,
As the seeds of joy have started sowing!
Let's celebrate the friendship and love we share
And remember the gardens we tended with care.
May your holiday be filled with peace, love and warmth!
Embrace those we see and those no longer there.
After tinsel and pine needles are swept from the floor,
It will be out with the old and in with the new.
Counting my blessings and wishing you more.
Hope you enjoy the New Year in store!
*After a short break, we're back on Tuesday, January 16th, with Master Gardener, MIke Almonte, and his presentation 'The BIG Three: Sun, Soil* and Water For Healthy Plants!' *The Importance of Soil pH
P.S. It's never too early to start planning next year's garden!
Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas and a Healthy 2018!
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement was designed by Kiki Becker.
BY-LAWS/NOMINATING COMMITTEE:
At today’s General Meeting, the membership will be asked to approve the following amendments to the By-Laws. These amendments were approved by the Executive Board meeting and presented to the general membership meeting in November.
Amend Article VII Section 2
- by substituting the word “one-year” for the word “two-year” in line 4
- by adding the words “Corresponding Secretary” between the words “Historian” and “Recording Secretary” in line 5.
The officers shall be elected by a majority of the members present at the Annual Meeting and shall take office at the close of such meeting. They shall be elected for a one-year two-year term with the exception of the Historian, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, and Assistant Treasurer who may be elected for additional terms at the discretion of the Executive Board.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:
The Board has approved the following new member who we welcome this month:
Gail Cronin- Membership committee
Please add to your Handbook.
REMEMBRANCE/MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY:
A reminder to members: You may borrow the pictorial membership book with information on our members and their interests. It’s a great way to put names with faces! See Ruth Lund to check it out.
Sign up today: Ed Mulligan will be taking photos of new members and current members who would like a retake or have not had their picture taken at the January meeting. A dark top works best.
NOTE: The Board approved our year-end donations supporting:
Tony-custodian-$100.00; Needy fund-$200.00; Cape Abilities-$100.00
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
November 2017
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE:
SURPRISE! Much like the nearly here holiday season, we all know the first frost is coming yet it still catches most of us off guard!
Today is a doubly delicious event with: 1) shopping at the GC of Y Annual Holiday Boutique & Bake Shop and 2) planning (It’s never too early!) next year’s garden with helpful hints for ‘Fragrant Gardens & Lovely Containers’ by Donelle Denery.
After joining family & friends for Thanksgiving and just one more slice of pumpkin pie... Come back for a spectacular program & raffle on Tuesday, December 12. Designer extraordinaire Anna Holmes’ presentation ‘Floral Artistry & Hostess Gifts for the Holidays’ is certain to awaken and delight the inner floral artist in all of us! Lucky raffle winners (Tickets: 3 for $5 and 7 for $10 on sale that day.) will take home an Anna Holmes original.
Trowels up,
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement was designed by Sandra McGrath.
BY-LAWS/NOMINATING COMMITTEE:
At the December General Meeting, the membership will be asked to approve the following amendments to the By-Laws. These amendments were approved by the Executive Board at its November meeting.
Amend Article VII Section 2
The officers shall be elected by a majority of the members present at the Annual Meeting and shall take office at the close of such meeting. They shall be elected for a one-year two-year term with the exception of the Historian, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, and Assistant Treasurer who may be elected for additional terms at the discretion of the Executive Board.
Discussion: The change being made by amendment (1) is to reduce the new terms of Officers elected beginning in 2018 from two years to one year. The current President and First Vice President are serving out the remaining time for the officers elected in 2016 for the period 2016-2018 because of the vacancy created by President Ellen Philie’s resignation on account of her illness. They will be eligible for election to one-year terms in their own right at the May 2018 Annual Meeting. The progression from Second Vice President to First Vice President to President remains in place. The change being made by amendment (2) provides that all of the other officers may be elected for successive terms.
As it considered possible candidates for the vacant Second Vice President position, the Nominating Committee found it was hampered in finding members interested in committing to the full seven-year period in the current progression from Second VP to First VP to President to ex-officio member of the Executive Board. After 40 years the Committee thought it appropriate to review with the Nominating Committee the length of the terms in light of changed circumstances including changes in members’ responsibilities and interests inside and outside the home.
The president and former presidents on the Committees agree that a one year term in each of the vice president offices is sufficient preparation for the presidency.
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
We will be decorating wreaths for town departments on December 1, at the 6A Fire Station at 9:30. All members are invited to bring decoration materials and creative ideas. No need to supply bows. Please sign up today for a fun time.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:
The Board has approved the following new members whom we welcome this month:
Lynn Froleiks
Pamela Innamorati
Andrea St. Germain
Louise Wolf
Please add to your Handbook.
REMEMBRANCE:
A reminder to members: you may borrow the pictorial membership book with information on our members and their interests. See Ruth Lund to check it out.
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News and Coming Events
November 2017
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE:
SURPRISE! Much like the nearly here holiday season, we all know the first frost is coming yet it still catches most of us off guard!
Today is a doubly delicious event with: 1) shopping at the GC of Y Annual Holiday Boutique & Bake Shop and 2) planning (It’s never too early!) next year’s garden with helpful hints for ‘Fragrant Gardens & Lovely Containers’ by Donelle Denery.
After joining family & friends for Thanksgiving and just one more slice of pumpkin pie... Come back for a spectacular program & raffle on Tuesday, December 12. Designer extraordinaire Anna Holmes’ presentation ‘Floral Artistry & Hostess Gifts for the Holidays’ is certain to awaken and delight the inner floral artist in all of us! Lucky raffle winners (Tickets: 3 for $5 and 7 for $10 on sale that day.) will take home an Anna Holmes original.
Trowels up,
Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement was designed by Sandra McGrath.
BY-LAWS/NOMINATING COMMITTEE:
At the December General Meeting, the membership will be asked to approve the following amendments to the By-Laws. These amendments were approved by the Executive Board at its November meeting.
Amend Article VII Section 2
- by substituting the word “one-year” for the word “two-year” in line 4
- by adding the words “Corresponding Secretary” between the words “Historian” and “Recording Secretary” in line 5.
The officers shall be elected by a majority of the members present at the Annual Meeting and shall take office at the close of such meeting. They shall be elected for a one-year two-year term with the exception of the Historian, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, and Assistant Treasurer who may be elected for additional terms at the discretion of the Executive Board.
Discussion: The change being made by amendment (1) is to reduce the new terms of Officers elected beginning in 2018 from two years to one year. The current President and First Vice President are serving out the remaining time for the officers elected in 2016 for the period 2016-2018 because of the vacancy created by President Ellen Philie’s resignation on account of her illness. They will be eligible for election to one-year terms in their own right at the May 2018 Annual Meeting. The progression from Second Vice President to First Vice President to President remains in place. The change being made by amendment (2) provides that all of the other officers may be elected for successive terms.
As it considered possible candidates for the vacant Second Vice President position, the Nominating Committee found it was hampered in finding members interested in committing to the full seven-year period in the current progression from Second VP to First VP to President to ex-officio member of the Executive Board. After 40 years the Committee thought it appropriate to review with the Nominating Committee the length of the terms in light of changed circumstances including changes in members’ responsibilities and interests inside and outside the home.
The president and former presidents on the Committees agree that a one year term in each of the vice president offices is sufficient preparation for the presidency.
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
We will be decorating wreaths for town departments on December 1, at the 6A Fire Station at 9:30. All members are invited to bring decoration materials and creative ideas. No need to supply bows. Please sign up today for a fun time.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:
The Board has approved the following new members whom we welcome this month:
Lynn Froleiks
Pamela Innamorati
Andrea St. Germain
Louise Wolf
Please add to your Handbook.
REMEMBRANCE:
A reminder to members: you may borrow the pictorial membership book with information on our members and their interests. See Ruth Lund to check it out.
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
October 2017
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
October is my favorite month! Falling leaves. Cooler temps. New apples. Wool sweaters. Every season brings beauty and change.
Today the GC of Y says: "Thank you & job well done, Ellen." Our president has resigned to better focus on her recovery from Babesiosis. Knowing Ellen, she would remind you to check for ticks! Questions or concerns about succession? It's all covered under Article VIII Section 2-4 and Article IX Section 2 under Bylaws in your handbook (pages 12 & 13).
On a lighter note... Welcome to Neal Sanders (author, blogger & humorist) and his hilarious 'Gardening is Murder' program. His garden club-centric mysteries will be available for purchase following the meeting. Note: 10% of sales are returned to GC of Y.
Looking ahead... Don't miss our Holiday Village Boutique and Donelle Denery's (Master Gardener) presentation 'Fragrant Gardens & Lovely Containers' on Tuesday, November FOURTEENTH!
Trowels up, Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s arrangement is created by Joan Shostak.
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE:
Upcoming on Tuesday, October 24, at 10:00am in the lower meeting room of the Town Hall, will be a most unusual and humorous presentation by our own Joy Shipp, entitled, "Ancient Art of Well Dressing". This does NOT mean dressing well.
The water wells in England villages are decorated by painting beautiful pictures on them with flower petals. You MUST attend to believe the extraordinary talent of these petal paintings.
Remember: Attending one Horticulture Roundtable can count toward your annual 4 meetings per garden club year requirement.
MEMBERSHIP:
We welcomed 2 new members in September:
Marie Hamilton- She will be on Hospitality and Telephone
Shannan Myers- She will be on Civic B and Hospitality.
Today we welcome new member: Lynette McCloy, She will be on Hospitality and Scholarship.
WAYS AND MEANS:
Don't miss our new and exciting "”Holiday Village Boutique"
We will be featuring pies, breads, candy and jellies for our Bakery and Candy shop. Flower arrangements and wreaths for our Florist shop and a table for Crafts. We still welcome gently used holiday items. Reminder: If you bring items that don’t sell you need to take them home or to a new home of your choice. This is a fundraiser for our Garden Club and each member is expected to take part in it. There is a sign up sheet circulating today so we will know who is baking and making what?
We urge you to bring a friend to the meeting so they can enjoy one of the best Boutiques we have had the pleasure of presenting. Any questions? Call Jan Brogan or Cookie Barry.
HOSPITALITY:
Refreshment Sign Up: If you did not do so at the Sept. meeting, please sign up today to bring a food item or a hospitality table floral arrangement. There are 28 unassigned spots and 30 members who have not signed up yet. Remember providing refreshments for one monthly meeting is a responsibility for all active members. Some members have generously signed up to bring food to 2 meetings. Members are always welcome to do so. During the course of the year I will make calls to members who have not signed up to fill vacant spots.
Mary Spurr, Hospitality Chair
In Memoriam: Past President Shirley Taylor
News and Coming Events
October 2017
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
October is my favorite month! Falling leaves. Cooler temps. New apples. Wool sweaters. Every season brings beauty and change.
Today the GC of Y says: "Thank you & job well done, Ellen." Our president has resigned to better focus on her recovery from Babesiosis. Knowing Ellen, she would remind you to check for ticks! Questions or concerns about succession? It's all covered under Article VIII Section 2-4 and Article IX Section 2 under Bylaws in your handbook (pages 12 & 13).
On a lighter note... Welcome to Neal Sanders (author, blogger & humorist) and his hilarious 'Gardening is Murder' program. His garden club-centric mysteries will be available for purchase following the meeting. Note: 10% of sales are returned to GC of Y.
Looking ahead... Don't miss our Holiday Village Boutique and Donelle Denery's (Master Gardener) presentation 'Fragrant Gardens & Lovely Containers' on Tuesday, November FOURTEENTH!
Trowels up, Kiki
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s arrangement is created by Joan Shostak.
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE:
Upcoming on Tuesday, October 24, at 10:00am in the lower meeting room of the Town Hall, will be a most unusual and humorous presentation by our own Joy Shipp, entitled, "Ancient Art of Well Dressing". This does NOT mean dressing well.
The water wells in England villages are decorated by painting beautiful pictures on them with flower petals. You MUST attend to believe the extraordinary talent of these petal paintings.
Remember: Attending one Horticulture Roundtable can count toward your annual 4 meetings per garden club year requirement.
MEMBERSHIP:
We welcomed 2 new members in September:
Marie Hamilton- She will be on Hospitality and Telephone
Shannan Myers- She will be on Civic B and Hospitality.
Today we welcome new member: Lynette McCloy, She will be on Hospitality and Scholarship.
WAYS AND MEANS:
Don't miss our new and exciting "”Holiday Village Boutique"
We will be featuring pies, breads, candy and jellies for our Bakery and Candy shop. Flower arrangements and wreaths for our Florist shop and a table for Crafts. We still welcome gently used holiday items. Reminder: If you bring items that don’t sell you need to take them home or to a new home of your choice. This is a fundraiser for our Garden Club and each member is expected to take part in it. There is a sign up sheet circulating today so we will know who is baking and making what?
We urge you to bring a friend to the meeting so they can enjoy one of the best Boutiques we have had the pleasure of presenting. Any questions? Call Jan Brogan or Cookie Barry.
HOSPITALITY:
Refreshment Sign Up: If you did not do so at the Sept. meeting, please sign up today to bring a food item or a hospitality table floral arrangement. There are 28 unassigned spots and 30 members who have not signed up yet. Remember providing refreshments for one monthly meeting is a responsibility for all active members. Some members have generously signed up to bring food to 2 meetings. Members are always welcome to do so. During the course of the year I will make calls to members who have not signed up to fill vacant spots.
Mary Spurr, Hospitality Chair
In Memoriam: Past President Shirley Taylor
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
September 2017
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Welcome to another fun packed year with the Garden Club of Yarmouth!! What a bright, blue and beautiful September we are having! A HUGE THANK YOU to every member for contributing to our wonderful and successful 45th Anniversary Celebration. The Flower Show. Boutique and Horticulture display ware enjoyed by many members and by passersby who noticed the big white tent on the Village Green. Today is our Welcome Back Luncheon, and we all have an opportunity to share some of our garden successes, flops and surprises. On a personal note, I thank everyone for the cards, good wishes, and home cooked meals that came to my door while I have been recuperating from that nasty tick bite. They are not kidding when they say, “One bite can change your life”. Be careful out there.
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement was designed by Joy Shipp.
HOSPITALITY:
Providing a refreshment at one monthly meeting each year is a responsibility of all active members.
Please sign up today to bring a food item or a hospitality table floral arrangement to a monthly meeting of your choice.
Our policy: Leftovers go home with the member who brought them. You will receive a reminder call for what you signed up for. If you cannot fulfill your commitment, you need to let the Hospitality Chair know who will take your place.
CONSERVATION:
We are saddened to have lost our Conservation Chair Donna Hill. She is moving to the Savannah, Georgia area. It sounds like it will be a happy adventure for her, but we will surely miss her. We have one new Co-Chair, Paula Phillips, who graciously has agreed to take the job, and we are actively seeking a second co-chair to work with her. Information about the activities of Conservation Committee are available from Paula and Ellen.
COASTAL SWEEP WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th AT 10 A.M. at BASS RIVER BEACH. RAIN DATE WILL BE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st. Bags, gloves, coffee & doughnuts will be provided by the Chamber of Commerce, and results will be sent to the database of USA CLEAN-UPS. Please fill out the sign up sheet on the table by the entrance and join us in having some fun grooming our beaches!
HORTICULTURE ROUNDTABLE:
YOU WILL HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCE on Tuesday, September 26, 10:00 AM sharp with Master Gardener, Joyce Jenks while she presents a walking tour of her 90 extraordinary hydrangeas.
Please let me know if you will plan to attend. If HEAVY RAIN, we will postpone until Thursday, the 28th.
HERB:
We will be closing the Herb and Kitchen Gardens Wednesday, October 11th at 9:30 AM. Rain date will be the following Wednesday, October 18th. If you are unable to attend contact Joan Huckins.
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
Civic Beautification meets this Friday, September 22, in the Town Hall Meeting Room at 9:30. Please make every effort to attend or call Carol Coverly if you cannot attend.
GARDEN GET-TOGETHERS:
We just finished another great year of Garden Get-Togethers. There were four unique gardens this year, all offering something to help us with our own gardens. Thank you to Ann Libby, Janet Snelley, Barbara Commons, and Clint Flagg (not a club member but a speaker we have had several times) for sharing your gardens.
Please consider participating in this program next summer. Remember, it is not a garden tour but a garden visit and requires no more preparation than you probably already do for company. It is a chance to meet with members during the summer to talk about what we like to do best: gardening and experimenting with plants. If you would like to join in the fun and/or have questions please contact Joan Huckins
WEBSITE/FACEBOOK:
Thanks to all the members who have made photos available for posting on the Website and Facebook page. Hundreds of people have seen these photos since we began our contest at the 2017 Annual Meeting. To recap, we are in a friendly contest to choose the “best” and the “people’s choice” (the photo with the most “likes”) in the following two categories: Photos of Club Gardens, member’s gardens and of Club activities, e.g. the August Flower Show, garden maintenance and meeting activities. Photos should be submitted by email to gardenclubofyarmouth@gmail.com or to Gina Mullen or in person by giving a digital image to Gina, Ed Mulligan or Jane Thomas at a Club meeting. The pictures will be used by the Club for publicity. Photos should be submitted by April 15, 2018 and ribbons will be awarded at the 2018 Annual Meeting.
FUNDRAISER:
Our annual Fund Raiser at the Recycle Center will be September 23 and 24, 9:00 to Noon on both days. Please sign up at the table for this important event!
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
May 2017
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
What an active year we have had and the pace continues! My heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for the energetic contributions you have made to keep our Club strong and moving in a positive direction. Today we take the time to review and reflect on the activities of this past season, and acknowledge one another’s efforts and achievements. WELL DONE goes out to all of you!
As we move forward into the summer, our members will maintain the beauty of our Display Gardens, Yarmouth Post Offices and the Herb and Kitchen Gardens at the Bangs Hallett House. We will share in the beauty of some of our member’s gardens during our wonderful Garden Get Togethers, and will be planning for next year’s season. An especially important and wonderful event will be held on Friday, AUGUST 4th, at the Historical Society’s Bangs Hallet House, as we celebrate our 45th year as a Garden Club, by having a FLOWER SHOW and raffle. We will fill the B.H. House with floral designs, and the Kelley Chapel with Botanical Specimens. Mary Spurr has donated an incredibly beautiful quilt for the raffle, and New England Gallery of Art has donated a $200.00 gift certificate for the Raffle. Members may also want to contribute. All Committees are participating in this event, and we look forward to a happy and successful celebration. Be ready to join in the FUN~! Thank You!
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement was designed by Joy Shipp.
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE:
EXTRA FLASH!!!!
Horticulture Roundtable FIELD TRIP DETAILS:
June 8, 2017
INSTRUCTIONS
8:45 AM – Board Pina Bus at Stop and Shop, Station Ave parking lot (beyond the wine shop)- Each person will have a name sticker
10:00 AM– arrive Roseland Nursery – in pairs, explore on your own- Bring a tote bag for any small purchases.
11:30 AM – Board bus: roll call (if not on, you will walk or run)
11:45 AM – Captain’s Place – sit at tables for 4 or 6, order sandwiches, salads for quick eating. Pay one tab per table. Menus can be looked at on bus.
1:00 PM – Board bus to Haskell Public Gardens
1:15 PM – Guided tour includes famous hostas – divide into two groups- $10.00 each (checks to Garden Club of Yarmouth -collected in advance)
3:30 PM – board bus, at Main Entrance for return to Cape Cod!
4:45 PM – Arrive at S&S, Station Avenue!
Times are close estimates to keep us on schedule – not cut in stone.
Bus cost-$20.00 + $10.00 guided walking tour. Checks to: Garden Club of Yarmouth
Please mail to: Mary Ehbrecht
WEBSITE/FACEBOOK:
We now have a Facebook page. The easiest way to find it is to go to our website, http://gardenclubofyarmouth.org/ ; and click on the Facebook icon at the top of our home page. When you get to our Facebook page, be sure to 'like' it so your friends will know about it.
Calling all photographers. We all love to take pictures of our gardens, other peoples gardens, flower arrangements and plant material where ever we find it. Now you can become a published photographer and help the Garden Club of Yarmouth spread the word about our activities in beautifying the Town and showcasing what we do as a Club at our meetings and gatherings and our members’ many talents. We hope these images will attract interest in the Club and support for its civic beautification and scholarship programs.
Beginning TODAY and running until April 15, 2018 we have a contest for Club members only. There are two categories:
Ribbons will be awarded at the 2018 Annual Meeting and Luncheon next May in each category and for the “peoples’ choice”, the picture with the most likes on Facebook.
FLOWER SHOW:
The Flower Show Committee needs your help in the opening celebration of the club's 45th anniversary starting in August. We are going to decorate the Bang's Hallet House with our flower arrangements, and would like you to volunteer to make one. You can choose which room when we visit there at a later date or now if you know the one you would like.
Our last Flower Show in November was a great success and was well received by the public. Those of you who participated had fun, made wonderful arrangements and were happy with the comments and feedback. So please try your handiwork again and show off what you can do. You will make the arrangement at home, taking all the time you need, just deliver it on the morning of August 4th, then pick it up in the afternoon to take home and enjoy.
Please sign up today or please phone Vicki Balboni or Joy Shipp.
We will call you with all the details nearer to the time. THANKS!
WAYS AND MEANS:
SAVE THE DATE!!!! FRIDAY, AUGUST 4th, 10:00-3:00. Our Flower Show will be presented at the Bangs Hallet House on 6A along with our 45th Anniversary Celebration of the Garden Club. All committee chairs will instruct their members how they will be participating and if you can offer other assistance, we can really use the help. This is opened to the public and our time to stand out in Yarmouth community. The time is short and fast approaching but working together we can DO IT!!
TREASURER:
Dues Time of Year!
Dues: $30.00 by May 31st (unless you have earned Honorary status)
Check: payable to Garden Club of Yarmouth
Thanks to all of you who have already paid your 2017-18 dues. If you haven't had a chance yet to do so, there's still 2 options: the Annual Luncheon, May 23rd, or mailing a check to me, Debbi Jurek, Thank you.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
May 2017
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
What an active year we have had and the pace continues! My heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for the energetic contributions you have made to keep our Club strong and moving in a positive direction. Today we take the time to review and reflect on the activities of this past season, and acknowledge one another’s efforts and achievements. WELL DONE goes out to all of you!
As we move forward into the summer, our members will maintain the beauty of our Display Gardens, Yarmouth Post Offices and the Herb and Kitchen Gardens at the Bangs Hallett House. We will share in the beauty of some of our member’s gardens during our wonderful Garden Get Togethers, and will be planning for next year’s season. An especially important and wonderful event will be held on Friday, AUGUST 4th, at the Historical Society’s Bangs Hallet House, as we celebrate our 45th year as a Garden Club, by having a FLOWER SHOW and raffle. We will fill the B.H. House with floral designs, and the Kelley Chapel with Botanical Specimens. Mary Spurr has donated an incredibly beautiful quilt for the raffle, and New England Gallery of Art has donated a $200.00 gift certificate for the Raffle. Members may also want to contribute. All Committees are participating in this event, and we look forward to a happy and successful celebration. Be ready to join in the FUN~! Thank You!
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement was designed by Joy Shipp.
HORTICULTURE COMMITTEE:
EXTRA FLASH!!!!
Horticulture Roundtable FIELD TRIP DETAILS:
June 8, 2017
INSTRUCTIONS
8:45 AM – Board Pina Bus at Stop and Shop, Station Ave parking lot (beyond the wine shop)- Each person will have a name sticker
10:00 AM– arrive Roseland Nursery – in pairs, explore on your own- Bring a tote bag for any small purchases.
11:30 AM – Board bus: roll call (if not on, you will walk or run)
11:45 AM – Captain’s Place – sit at tables for 4 or 6, order sandwiches, salads for quick eating. Pay one tab per table. Menus can be looked at on bus.
1:00 PM – Board bus to Haskell Public Gardens
1:15 PM – Guided tour includes famous hostas – divide into two groups- $10.00 each (checks to Garden Club of Yarmouth -collected in advance)
3:30 PM – board bus, at Main Entrance for return to Cape Cod!
4:45 PM – Arrive at S&S, Station Avenue!
Times are close estimates to keep us on schedule – not cut in stone.
Bus cost-$20.00 + $10.00 guided walking tour. Checks to: Garden Club of Yarmouth
Please mail to: Mary Ehbrecht
WEBSITE/FACEBOOK:
We now have a Facebook page. The easiest way to find it is to go to our website, http://gardenclubofyarmouth.org/ ; and click on the Facebook icon at the top of our home page. When you get to our Facebook page, be sure to 'like' it so your friends will know about it.
Calling all photographers. We all love to take pictures of our gardens, other peoples gardens, flower arrangements and plant material where ever we find it. Now you can become a published photographer and help the Garden Club of Yarmouth spread the word about our activities in beautifying the Town and showcasing what we do as a Club at our meetings and gatherings and our members’ many talents. We hope these images will attract interest in the Club and support for its civic beautification and scholarship programs.
Beginning TODAY and running until April 15, 2018 we have a contest for Club members only. There are two categories:
- Pictures of Club Gardens and members’ gardens
- Pictures of Club Activities, e. g. the plant sale, the August Flower Show, garden maintenance, meeting activities.
Ribbons will be awarded at the 2018 Annual Meeting and Luncheon next May in each category and for the “peoples’ choice”, the picture with the most likes on Facebook.
FLOWER SHOW:
The Flower Show Committee needs your help in the opening celebration of the club's 45th anniversary starting in August. We are going to decorate the Bang's Hallet House with our flower arrangements, and would like you to volunteer to make one. You can choose which room when we visit there at a later date or now if you know the one you would like.
Our last Flower Show in November was a great success and was well received by the public. Those of you who participated had fun, made wonderful arrangements and were happy with the comments and feedback. So please try your handiwork again and show off what you can do. You will make the arrangement at home, taking all the time you need, just deliver it on the morning of August 4th, then pick it up in the afternoon to take home and enjoy.
Please sign up today or please phone Vicki Balboni or Joy Shipp.
We will call you with all the details nearer to the time. THANKS!
WAYS AND MEANS:
SAVE THE DATE!!!! FRIDAY, AUGUST 4th, 10:00-3:00. Our Flower Show will be presented at the Bangs Hallet House on 6A along with our 45th Anniversary Celebration of the Garden Club. All committee chairs will instruct their members how they will be participating and if you can offer other assistance, we can really use the help. This is opened to the public and our time to stand out in Yarmouth community. The time is short and fast approaching but working together we can DO IT!!
TREASURER:
Dues Time of Year!
Dues: $30.00 by May 31st (unless you have earned Honorary status)
Check: payable to Garden Club of Yarmouth
Thanks to all of you who have already paid your 2017-18 dues. If you haven't had a chance yet to do so, there's still 2 options: the Annual Luncheon, May 23rd, or mailing a check to me, Debbi Jurek, Thank you.
The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
April 2017
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Today, as we approach the celebration of our 45th year as a Garden Club, we join members of West Dennis Garden Club on this special day, as they were the ones who kindly funded the start of our club in 1972. Our Program Committees have worked together to bring to you a very special event, and are sure you will enjoy Bill Graham as he presents his signature program, THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS. Bill is well known for his amazing floral designs, his creative eye for fashion and his humor. His arrangements will be raffled to lucky audience members at the end of this program! Look for the ladies wearing those lovely aprons who are circulating with raffle tickets for sale (3 for $5.- and 7 for $10.) Following the presentation, attendees will be ushered to partake in refreshments.
Also, as you notice, there are a number of Committee Chairs seated with their balloons floating high, at the tables at the side of our room. These ladies have sign up sheets offering you opportunities to engage in a number of Garden Club activities, including our Annual Luncheon, June Horticulture Roundtable Road Trip, Summer Garden Get Togethers, Plant Sale, and participation in our Flower Show celebrating our 45th Year as a Club, which will be held at Bangs Hallet Historical Society on Friday, August 4th. Also, this is an opportunity to pay your upcoming annual membership dues.
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Joan Shostak.
HORTICULTURE:
News Flash #1 Please come see and learn about the many varieties of orchids growing on Cape Cod and see their beautiful colors and shapes. Horticulture Round Table-April 25, at 10:00 AM in the Yarmouth Town Hall lower meeting room with Rich Eldred, our notable speaker on this topic. Bring a picture of any orchid you have found and he may know its name.
NEWS FLASH #2 - JUNE 8, BUS TRIP to Acushnet MA - Sign Up today!
Our charter bus will drive us to Acushnet, MA leaving the Stop and Shop, South Yarmouth, parking lot at 9:00 AM. Please be seated by 8:45 AM - back at 5:00 PM. We will be walking through the spectacular Roseland Nursery, eating a delicious lunch of your choosing at the Captain's Place. Please bring credit card. In the afternoon we will stroll through the Allen Haskell Public Gardens. The self-guided walking tour may have some ups and downs. Choose comfortable shoes. Be prepared for any weather. We have a simple trip form to sign. You may sign up at the meetings on April18 or 25 or by writing a check to: Garden Club of Yarmouth for $20.00, and mail to me: Mary Ehbrecht, Total cost may be a few dollars more.
FLOWER SHOW:
To celebrate the Garden Club's 45 year anniversary we are holding a flower show at the Bangs Hallet House on August 4th. If you would like to help us celebrate by making an arrangement, please sign up today or at our next meeting. You may also phone Vicki Balboni or Joy Shipp. We know this is early for August but we won’t all be together again after May. All details will be given to you later.
PLANT SALE:
Plant Sale—Getting Closer! Start dividing houseplants, and think about your garden plants. Save pots for others who might need them! Mark your plants with the name and if sunny or shade loving and if possible color of flower. RED PLATES will be available at the sign up table. The By-laws of our club requires every member to take part in the Plant Sale. If you can't, a donation to the RED PLATE allows everyone to help out with the sale. If you are artistic, creative or just want to donate for the raffle (remember an item has to be new, not gently used, handmade or purchased from a vendor) we love those gifts to sell. And of course we can always sell garden decorations or tools no longer being used in our re-cycle garden section! Sign up today for the area and time you would be like to work. We need a lot of hands to make this a great success!
Perennial plants may be dropped off at Mary Spurr's garden on May 16th, 17th and 18th. Thank you!
HERB GARDEN:
We will be opening the Herb and Kitchen Gardens Wednesday April 26th at 9:30 AM. Bring tools and meet behind the Yarmouth Port Post Office at the Herb Garden. If weather is raw/rainy we will meet the following week May 3rd at 9:30 AM. Please contact Joan Huckins if you cannot attend.
ANNUAL MEETING:
See our table today for sign up, menu selection and fees for the Annual Meeting to be held May 23rd.
News and Coming Events
April 2017
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Today, as we approach the celebration of our 45th year as a Garden Club, we join members of West Dennis Garden Club on this special day, as they were the ones who kindly funded the start of our club in 1972. Our Program Committees have worked together to bring to you a very special event, and are sure you will enjoy Bill Graham as he presents his signature program, THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS. Bill is well known for his amazing floral designs, his creative eye for fashion and his humor. His arrangements will be raffled to lucky audience members at the end of this program! Look for the ladies wearing those lovely aprons who are circulating with raffle tickets for sale (3 for $5.- and 7 for $10.) Following the presentation, attendees will be ushered to partake in refreshments.
Also, as you notice, there are a number of Committee Chairs seated with their balloons floating high, at the tables at the side of our room. These ladies have sign up sheets offering you opportunities to engage in a number of Garden Club activities, including our Annual Luncheon, June Horticulture Roundtable Road Trip, Summer Garden Get Togethers, Plant Sale, and participation in our Flower Show celebrating our 45th Year as a Club, which will be held at Bangs Hallet Historical Society on Friday, August 4th. Also, this is an opportunity to pay your upcoming annual membership dues.
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Today’s platform arrangement is designed by Joan Shostak.
HORTICULTURE:
News Flash #1 Please come see and learn about the many varieties of orchids growing on Cape Cod and see their beautiful colors and shapes. Horticulture Round Table-April 25, at 10:00 AM in the Yarmouth Town Hall lower meeting room with Rich Eldred, our notable speaker on this topic. Bring a picture of any orchid you have found and he may know its name.
NEWS FLASH #2 - JUNE 8, BUS TRIP to Acushnet MA - Sign Up today!
Our charter bus will drive us to Acushnet, MA leaving the Stop and Shop, South Yarmouth, parking lot at 9:00 AM. Please be seated by 8:45 AM - back at 5:00 PM. We will be walking through the spectacular Roseland Nursery, eating a delicious lunch of your choosing at the Captain's Place. Please bring credit card. In the afternoon we will stroll through the Allen Haskell Public Gardens. The self-guided walking tour may have some ups and downs. Choose comfortable shoes. Be prepared for any weather. We have a simple trip form to sign. You may sign up at the meetings on April18 or 25 or by writing a check to: Garden Club of Yarmouth for $20.00, and mail to me: Mary Ehbrecht, Total cost may be a few dollars more.
FLOWER SHOW:
To celebrate the Garden Club's 45 year anniversary we are holding a flower show at the Bangs Hallet House on August 4th. If you would like to help us celebrate by making an arrangement, please sign up today or at our next meeting. You may also phone Vicki Balboni or Joy Shipp. We know this is early for August but we won’t all be together again after May. All details will be given to you later.
PLANT SALE:
Plant Sale—Getting Closer! Start dividing houseplants, and think about your garden plants. Save pots for others who might need them! Mark your plants with the name and if sunny or shade loving and if possible color of flower. RED PLATES will be available at the sign up table. The By-laws of our club requires every member to take part in the Plant Sale. If you can't, a donation to the RED PLATE allows everyone to help out with the sale. If you are artistic, creative or just want to donate for the raffle (remember an item has to be new, not gently used, handmade or purchased from a vendor) we love those gifts to sell. And of course we can always sell garden decorations or tools no longer being used in our re-cycle garden section! Sign up today for the area and time you would be like to work. We need a lot of hands to make this a great success!
Perennial plants may be dropped off at Mary Spurr's garden on May 16th, 17th and 18th. Thank you!
HERB GARDEN:
We will be opening the Herb and Kitchen Gardens Wednesday April 26th at 9:30 AM. Bring tools and meet behind the Yarmouth Port Post Office at the Herb Garden. If weather is raw/rainy we will meet the following week May 3rd at 9:30 AM. Please contact Joan Huckins if you cannot attend.
ANNUAL MEETING:
See our table today for sign up, menu selection and fees for the Annual Meeting to be held May 23rd.
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The Trumpet
News and Coming Events
March 2017
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Daylight Savings Time has begun and Spring is officially here. Following a relatively mild February, March has proven to be challenging with its chilly high winds. We are all hopeful for milder temperatures and sunny days to follow so that we can begin to open our gardens and decide what to pot for our May 20th Plant Sale. It was unfortunate that our February Membership Meeting needed to be cancelled so suddenly. However, the newly finished floors in our meeting room are lovely. We are thankful that our February Speaker, Ian Ives, Director of the Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, has agreed to present his Program, "Magnificent Ospreys” for us today.
Our April Meeting will be a joint one with the members of West Dennis Garden Club. Bill Graham, owner of Beautiful Things in Salem, MA, will be presenting “The Little Black Dress”, featuring his wonderful Floral Designs: inspiring, festive techniques to accessorize our basic "little black dress”. His arrangements will be raffled at the end of his presentation. One free admission ticket will be given to our members available starting today. Additional admission tickets are for sale for $5.00 each. Raffle tickets for Bill's floral arrangements (3 tickets for $5 or 7 for $10) will be sold at "The Little Black Dress" event on April 18. We encourage you to dress in black or black and white to add to the fun. A limited amount of tickets will be on sale the day of the event. Please invite your friends for this special presentation.
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Cheryl Silvestri designed our platform arrangement for today.
HOSPITALITY:
Thank you to the members who provided today’s goodies. As always, thank you to my committee members for their assistance with the hospitality service. Coming up in April members of the West Dennis Garden Club will be joining us for Bill Graham’s presentation, “The Little Black Dress.” Several members from that club have signed up to bring refreshments. I need 2 more members to bring dessert items and one member to provide the hospitality table with a centerpiece (decorative or floral). Please see me today to sign up. There will be a brief meeting of the hospitality committee in the kitchen following today’s general meeting.
PLANT SALE:
Plant Sale—Getting Closer! Start dividing houseplants, and think about your garden plants. Save pots for others who might need them! Mark your plants with the name and if sunny or shade loving and if possible color of flower. RED PLATES will be available at the sign up table. The By-laws of our club requires every member to take part in the Plant Sale. If you can't, a donation to the RED PLATE allows everyone to help out with the sale. If you are artistic, creative or just want to donate for the raffle (remember an item has to be new, not gently used, handmade or purchased from a vendor ) we love those gifts to sell. And of course we can always sell garden decorations or tools no longer being used in our re-cycle garden section! Sign up today and next month for the area and time you would be willing to work. We need a lot of hands to make this another success! Thank You from the Ways and Means Committee.
MEMBERSHIP:
Today we welcome new member Claire Olsen. Claire will be on the Handbook and Horticulture Roundtable committees. See printed or secure website Trumpet for personal information.
SCHOLARSHIP:
Checks have been dispersed to our 2016 Scholarship recipients, as all three have completed their first Semester requirements successfully. Notices of the availability of our scholarship monies available for 2017 have been published in local newspapers. All local schools have received information and applications. It is expected that in mid-April schools will forward to the Club any/all completed applications. The Scholarship Committee will review and process the applications and make selections of worthy recipients for 2017.
PROGRAM:
ATTN: All GC of Y members!! Please, please, please carpool on April 18th for BILL GRAHAM'S "THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS". Parking at the Sr Center will be at a premium. West Dennis Garden Club members have been asked to carpool, as well.
Every GC of Y & WDGC member will have the option (suggested but not mandatory) to purchase an additional ticket (or tickets) at $5 each. Tickets are limited so don't wait. "LBD" admission tickets go on sale today! Very limited tickets will be sold at the door. Questions? Need more tickets. See Kiki.
BONUS: There will be light refreshments by both garden clubs & a raffle (3 for $5 or 7 for $10) of Bill's floral arrangements!
*Feel like a party? Wear your own "LBD" or its equivalent! Hats and/or white gloves welcome, as well.
TREASURER:
It’s beginning to look like dues season! I will begin collecting dues at the March meeting for those of you who prefer to get things done early. Dues are $30 and must be paid by the end of May. Please make checks payable to Garden Club of Yarmouth.
ANNUAL MEETING:
At our meeting today there will be a table set up for sign up, menu selection and payment for the Annual Meeting Luncheon to be held May 23rd. Please pick up the sign up sheet with menu choices, fill it out at your seat and return it to our table at the end of today’s meeting. It will be helpful with the flow of sign-up.
WEBSITE/FACEBOOK:
Do you like the Garden Club of Yarmouth? Now you can “like” the Club on Facebook too! Yes, the Club now has a social media presence. You can find us by searching in the Facebook search box in the upper left hand corner of any Facebook page for Garden Club of Yarmouth-Cape Cod. That’s us. You’ll recognize our logo. The Facebook page is an additional means to communicate about the Club. It will not replace our existing communications channels. We will post Club related messages and events (like today’s meeting), images of our gardens and events, gardening topics and images that may appeal to the membership, emergency notifications (like the cancellation of the February meeting), and information for the entire community (like the plant sale and our scholarships). Take a look. ““Like” us now. Tell your friends. You can find our web site from the Facebook page and our Facebook page from our web site. Questions or comments email Gina Mullen.
HORTICULTURE ROUNDTABLE
NEWS FLASH - Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 28 at 10:AM! You will hear the most exciting news about "Beneficial and Pest Insects of the Garden" with expert, Larry Dapsis, Entomologist since he was 5 years old! We all want to know about the beneficial insects and invite them to our own gardens. You are all invited to come to the Yarmouth Town Hall lower meeting room!
ROAD TRIP - SIGN UP ANNOUNCEMENT!
June 8, 2017 - is the date for our magical road trip. You will not want to miss riding along to the spectacular Roseland Nursery, Acushnet in the morning, eat a satisfying lunch at the Captain's Place and then saunter through the beautiful Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens in the afternoon.
Be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes for any ups and downs on the paths and choose appropriate gear if the weather has rain sprinkles. You will really enjoy this self-guided tour.
Sign up with a $20.00 deposit (cash or check) at our coming meeting - March 21. You want to be sure to reserve your seat on the bus!
GARDEN GET-TOGETHERS:
Four gardens are featured this summer, one in each of the months of June, July, August, and September. Please read the descriptions, check the dates with your calendar to sign up today. You also can call or email Joan Huckins to check for available space after today.
As always you are welcome to carpool as space will be limited for individual cars. Visits run from 10-11am on either a Tuesday or Wednesday. Directions for gardens will be available at the May luncheon.
THE GARDENS:
1. JUNE 13th, TUESDAY- JANET SNELLY
Janet's yard is shady and natural with a lot of pine. Presently she and her husband are clearing out more trees and shrubs and adding a variety of hostas. Also featured on the property is a fish pond.
2. JULY 26th, WEDNESDAY-ANN LIBBY
Ann has an older established garden that includes a perennial border. The property, which abuts conservation land has a variety of ornamental, flowering and specimen trees. There is an open area formerly used as a vegetable garden which now is occupied by some perennial vegetables. The property also has a water feature.
3. AUGUST 23rd, WEDNESDAY- BARBARA COMMONS
This is a two-for-one garden visit. Barbara's flower gardens started out as a large sunny border but over time turned into a shade garden due to growing trees that now block much of the sun. Her daughter's property (right next door) hosts a large vegetable garden with raised beds and a drip watering system. She is starting to add color to the yard now that the vegetable garden is established.
4. SEPTEMBER 12th, TUESDAY-CLINT FLAGG
Clint has a series of border gardens, many of which include experiments and rescued plants. There are many ornamental shrubs and he uses vertical space for several climbers. Clint has also added a lot of whimsy to his gardens.
*See Joan Huckins for details!
HERB COMMITTEE:
We will be opening the Herb and Kitchen Gardens Wednesday April 26th at 9:30 AM. Bring tools and meet behind the Yarmouth Port Post Office at the Herb Garden. If weather is raw/rainy we will meet the following week May 3rd at 9:30 AM. Please contact Joan Huckins if you are unable to attend.
NOTE:
Ed Mulligan will be taking pictures in today to keep our membership profiles book updated. If you want a retake or need your picture taken please visit Ed’s photo area. Dark clothes work best. The profile/photo book is available for members to sign out and take home to learn about our members. It needs to be returned to Ruth Lund prior to the monthly meeting.
FYI:
Rain Barrel program is underway through the Association to Preserve Cape Cod. The cost is $79.00 for a 55 gallon barrel which is 20% off retail. Made of recycled plastic it is a healthy way to feed your garden and potted plants! Orders need to be in by April 16th with pick up at Cape Abilities Farm (RT 6A) on Earth Day April 22, 9:00 AM-noon. Please call Kristin Andres APCC.
News and Coming Events
March 2017
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Daylight Savings Time has begun and Spring is officially here. Following a relatively mild February, March has proven to be challenging with its chilly high winds. We are all hopeful for milder temperatures and sunny days to follow so that we can begin to open our gardens and decide what to pot for our May 20th Plant Sale. It was unfortunate that our February Membership Meeting needed to be cancelled so suddenly. However, the newly finished floors in our meeting room are lovely. We are thankful that our February Speaker, Ian Ives, Director of the Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, has agreed to present his Program, "Magnificent Ospreys” for us today.
Our April Meeting will be a joint one with the members of West Dennis Garden Club. Bill Graham, owner of Beautiful Things in Salem, MA, will be presenting “The Little Black Dress”, featuring his wonderful Floral Designs: inspiring, festive techniques to accessorize our basic "little black dress”. His arrangements will be raffled at the end of his presentation. One free admission ticket will be given to our members available starting today. Additional admission tickets are for sale for $5.00 each. Raffle tickets for Bill's floral arrangements (3 tickets for $5 or 7 for $10) will be sold at "The Little Black Dress" event on April 18. We encourage you to dress in black or black and white to add to the fun. A limited amount of tickets will be on sale the day of the event. Please invite your friends for this special presentation.
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
Cheryl Silvestri designed our platform arrangement for today.
HOSPITALITY:
Thank you to the members who provided today’s goodies. As always, thank you to my committee members for their assistance with the hospitality service. Coming up in April members of the West Dennis Garden Club will be joining us for Bill Graham’s presentation, “The Little Black Dress.” Several members from that club have signed up to bring refreshments. I need 2 more members to bring dessert items and one member to provide the hospitality table with a centerpiece (decorative or floral). Please see me today to sign up. There will be a brief meeting of the hospitality committee in the kitchen following today’s general meeting.
PLANT SALE:
Plant Sale—Getting Closer! Start dividing houseplants, and think about your garden plants. Save pots for others who might need them! Mark your plants with the name and if sunny or shade loving and if possible color of flower. RED PLATES will be available at the sign up table. The By-laws of our club requires every member to take part in the Plant Sale. If you can't, a donation to the RED PLATE allows everyone to help out with the sale. If you are artistic, creative or just want to donate for the raffle (remember an item has to be new, not gently used, handmade or purchased from a vendor ) we love those gifts to sell. And of course we can always sell garden decorations or tools no longer being used in our re-cycle garden section! Sign up today and next month for the area and time you would be willing to work. We need a lot of hands to make this another success! Thank You from the Ways and Means Committee.
MEMBERSHIP:
Today we welcome new member Claire Olsen. Claire will be on the Handbook and Horticulture Roundtable committees. See printed or secure website Trumpet for personal information.
SCHOLARSHIP:
Checks have been dispersed to our 2016 Scholarship recipients, as all three have completed their first Semester requirements successfully. Notices of the availability of our scholarship monies available for 2017 have been published in local newspapers. All local schools have received information and applications. It is expected that in mid-April schools will forward to the Club any/all completed applications. The Scholarship Committee will review and process the applications and make selections of worthy recipients for 2017.
PROGRAM:
ATTN: All GC of Y members!! Please, please, please carpool on April 18th for BILL GRAHAM'S "THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS". Parking at the Sr Center will be at a premium. West Dennis Garden Club members have been asked to carpool, as well.
Every GC of Y & WDGC member will have the option (suggested but not mandatory) to purchase an additional ticket (or tickets) at $5 each. Tickets are limited so don't wait. "LBD" admission tickets go on sale today! Very limited tickets will be sold at the door. Questions? Need more tickets. See Kiki.
BONUS: There will be light refreshments by both garden clubs & a raffle (3 for $5 or 7 for $10) of Bill's floral arrangements!
*Feel like a party? Wear your own "LBD" or its equivalent! Hats and/or white gloves welcome, as well.
TREASURER:
It’s beginning to look like dues season! I will begin collecting dues at the March meeting for those of you who prefer to get things done early. Dues are $30 and must be paid by the end of May. Please make checks payable to Garden Club of Yarmouth.
ANNUAL MEETING:
At our meeting today there will be a table set up for sign up, menu selection and payment for the Annual Meeting Luncheon to be held May 23rd. Please pick up the sign up sheet with menu choices, fill it out at your seat and return it to our table at the end of today’s meeting. It will be helpful with the flow of sign-up.
WEBSITE/FACEBOOK:
Do you like the Garden Club of Yarmouth? Now you can “like” the Club on Facebook too! Yes, the Club now has a social media presence. You can find us by searching in the Facebook search box in the upper left hand corner of any Facebook page for Garden Club of Yarmouth-Cape Cod. That’s us. You’ll recognize our logo. The Facebook page is an additional means to communicate about the Club. It will not replace our existing communications channels. We will post Club related messages and events (like today’s meeting), images of our gardens and events, gardening topics and images that may appeal to the membership, emergency notifications (like the cancellation of the February meeting), and information for the entire community (like the plant sale and our scholarships). Take a look. ““Like” us now. Tell your friends. You can find our web site from the Facebook page and our Facebook page from our web site. Questions or comments email Gina Mullen.
HORTICULTURE ROUNDTABLE
NEWS FLASH - Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 28 at 10:AM! You will hear the most exciting news about "Beneficial and Pest Insects of the Garden" with expert, Larry Dapsis, Entomologist since he was 5 years old! We all want to know about the beneficial insects and invite them to our own gardens. You are all invited to come to the Yarmouth Town Hall lower meeting room!
ROAD TRIP - SIGN UP ANNOUNCEMENT!
June 8, 2017 - is the date for our magical road trip. You will not want to miss riding along to the spectacular Roseland Nursery, Acushnet in the morning, eat a satisfying lunch at the Captain's Place and then saunter through the beautiful Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens in the afternoon.
Be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes for any ups and downs on the paths and choose appropriate gear if the weather has rain sprinkles. You will really enjoy this self-guided tour.
Sign up with a $20.00 deposit (cash or check) at our coming meeting - March 21. You want to be sure to reserve your seat on the bus!
GARDEN GET-TOGETHERS:
Four gardens are featured this summer, one in each of the months of June, July, August, and September. Please read the descriptions, check the dates with your calendar to sign up today. You also can call or email Joan Huckins to check for available space after today.
As always you are welcome to carpool as space will be limited for individual cars. Visits run from 10-11am on either a Tuesday or Wednesday. Directions for gardens will be available at the May luncheon.
THE GARDENS:
1. JUNE 13th, TUESDAY- JANET SNELLY
Janet's yard is shady and natural with a lot of pine. Presently she and her husband are clearing out more trees and shrubs and adding a variety of hostas. Also featured on the property is a fish pond.
2. JULY 26th, WEDNESDAY-ANN LIBBY
Ann has an older established garden that includes a perennial border. The property, which abuts conservation land has a variety of ornamental, flowering and specimen trees. There is an open area formerly used as a vegetable garden which now is occupied by some perennial vegetables. The property also has a water feature.
3. AUGUST 23rd, WEDNESDAY- BARBARA COMMONS
This is a two-for-one garden visit. Barbara's flower gardens started out as a large sunny border but over time turned into a shade garden due to growing trees that now block much of the sun. Her daughter's property (right next door) hosts a large vegetable garden with raised beds and a drip watering system. She is starting to add color to the yard now that the vegetable garden is established.
4. SEPTEMBER 12th, TUESDAY-CLINT FLAGG
Clint has a series of border gardens, many of which include experiments and rescued plants. There are many ornamental shrubs and he uses vertical space for several climbers. Clint has also added a lot of whimsy to his gardens.
*See Joan Huckins for details!
HERB COMMITTEE:
We will be opening the Herb and Kitchen Gardens Wednesday April 26th at 9:30 AM. Bring tools and meet behind the Yarmouth Port Post Office at the Herb Garden. If weather is raw/rainy we will meet the following week May 3rd at 9:30 AM. Please contact Joan Huckins if you are unable to attend.
NOTE:
Ed Mulligan will be taking pictures in today to keep our membership profiles book updated. If you want a retake or need your picture taken please visit Ed’s photo area. Dark clothes work best. The profile/photo book is available for members to sign out and take home to learn about our members. It needs to be returned to Ruth Lund prior to the monthly meeting.
FYI:
Rain Barrel program is underway through the Association to Preserve Cape Cod. The cost is $79.00 for a 55 gallon barrel which is 20% off retail. Made of recycled plastic it is a healthy way to feed your garden and potted plants! Orders need to be in by April 16th with pick up at Cape Abilities Farm (RT 6A) on Earth Day April 22, 9:00 AM-noon. Please call Kristin Andres APCC.
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