The Trumpet is our monthly newsletter.
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March 2022
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature”
Anonymous.
All winter, we sat and envisioned how our gardens would look. Now it’s time to act and get the garden ready. Because of the fickle March weather, we need to proceed with caution. Sudden changes in temperature and chilling winds remind us it’s still winter. We may be tempted to start removing winter mulches from flowerbeds, but . . . WAIT. As plants show signs of new growth, gradually remove mulch to allow light and air to reach the new growth.
While waiting for that perfect dig-in-the ground gardening day, get busy with other chores. Clear away any fallen leaves, twigs and branches that may still be in the yard. Tidy up perennials and remove dead stems before new growth gets too advanced. Cut back unruly vines and ornamental grasses. Prune flowering bushes, shrub roses and fruit trees as needed or desired. Now is the perfect time to plant, transplant or divide hostas, perennials, bushes and trees while they are dormant. Scatter fertilizer over flowerbeds and around roses, shrubs and hedges. While working outdoors, be sure to examine plants and eliminate hibernating pests like slugs, snails, bugs and aphid colonies cowering in closed spaces.
If you love seeing the brave little snowdrops that have forced their way through the cold ground, now is the time to plant them in a shady area for next winter. As soon as the ground is workable with little chance of a late frost, March is also the ideal time to plant summer bulbs such as dahlia, lilies, gladiolus, crocosmia and freesia. Plant them now and enjoy the beautiful flowers later in the season.
We all agree that weeding is one of the most dreaded tasks, but since we’ve been diligent all fall and winter, there’s not too much weeding to do. We hand-pulled, dug and cultivated the weeds out of the garden before they could flower and go to seed. Now, just the rebellious stragglers need to be removed while they’re young. While doing other gardening chores, keep a cultivator handy and nip any weed in the bud before it spreads. Your plants will thank you for the additional light and nutrients that the weeds were taking from them, and your garden will be healthy and beautiful for years to come.
March is probably one of the most exciting months of the gardening season. There are signs of new life as everything starts to wake up. Many of the beautiful spring flowering perennials and shrubs are beginning to bloom. Stop and enjoy them as they brighten your days after a long and dreary winter.
Stay well, stay safe and Happy Spring!
Elaine Frongillo, President
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
The podium flowers have been done by Liz Wolff for this meeting.
FLOWER SHOW:
We will have our last Floral Workshop for this year on Monday April 18th at St. David's Church, Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, from 10am until noon. We can celebrate spring with all the beautiful fresh flowers that bloom in this season. We will discuss the basic forms of arrangements and will make one of an asymmetrical design [just means it's lopsided!].
You will need:
Container, not too tall.
Oasis, wet before you arrive, must be at least an inch above rim of container.
Flowers, at least 2 varieties, more if you want to.
Greenery
Clippers.
There is a sign-up sheet at the back table.
Joy Shipp
ANNUAL MEETING:
The Annual Luncheon Meeting will be held at Skippy's Pier 1 Restaurant and Marina on Neptune Lane in South Yarmouth. Luncheon details with the reservation form will be available at our meeting on March 15th. Reservations must be received by May 1st.
Mary Preikszas and Paula Wilson
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
Looking for a chair person. Jan Brogan has filled in temporarily for Ed this past year but the committee now needs a permanent Head Chair. Jan will work along with you and all the gardens have Co- Chairs. Please contact her as committees will be changing this spring.
PROGRAM:
Let's Celebrate!
Your Program Committee cordially invites all GC of Y members and guests from the West Dennis Garden Club to the inaugural celebratory event in honor of our 50th Year Anniversary. On Tuesday, April 19th, the GC of Y will present Joan Butler, horticulturist and accredited flower show judge, and Jana Milbocker, author and garden designer, who will delight us with their armchair tour of public gardens and hidden gems of the Northeast. Copies of Milbocker's books: 120 Destination Gardens and Nurseries in the Northeast (2018) and The Garden Tourist's New England (2020) will be available for purchase. Mark your calendars!
COMMITTEE CHOICES
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If you haven’t already done so, please complete and return to me the form with respect to committee choices for the upcoming year. Also, kindly note if there is any change in your address, telephone number or email. This information is needed to prepare the Club’s Handbook for 2022-2023. The forms are available at our March membership meeting. Please return it to me either at the March members meeting or mail it to me at my home address which is listed in the Handbook by April 15, 2022. Thanks so much for your cooperation.
Elaine Frongillo, President
WAYS AND MEANS:
PLANT SALE!! PLANT SALE!!! SATURDAY, MAY 21ST 8-12 AT THE MASONIC LODGE
Did YOU sign up for your job? EVERYONE needs to work so pick your slot!!
We are adding crafts/ flower planters/ demonstrations this being our 50th Anniversary Year!! and expanding our sale but we need you to assemble/ paint rocks/ sew if only for a few items. Contact Paula Wilson, Eileen West, Diane Tlapa. They have the ideas but are looking for assistance. If time is limited the day of the plant sale, then you can help out beforehand.
PERENNIALS need to be dug placed in pot with identifying marker (a plastic utensil knife works) the plant, shade or sun and color if known. These should be done in April/early May or as soon as they can be divided. We want a good presentation and not last-minute wilted plants. Further instructions next month.
T-SHIRTS!!! We will be placing an order! Some new members and worn-out T-shirt replacements have been requested. Please sign up TODAY (April the latest) $15 pay later but need sizes to place order in time to wear for plant sale.
ASAP-REQUESTS: We need wine corks!! We need cuttings from house plants--Swedish Ivy, Philodendron, Spider plants----give Paula Wilson a call. This is for our plant sale craft area.
RAFFLE HELPERS: Cheryl Silvestri needs a couple more people to get raffle items. ---She has the list of places and will be meeting Tuesday April 12th 10:00 at her house to discuss a game plan. Help out! This is a BIG money raiser!
Thank You So Much!
Jan Brogan
GENTLY USED ITEMS CORNER AT THE PLANT SALE:
As you think about this year's gardening needs, check out your storage shed and consider donating your gently used tools, containers, garden art, birdbath tops or bottoms and related items to our corner at the sale this year. Please price them yourself and bring your items to the Masonic Lodge on the morning of the sale. Questions? Call Sandee McGrath
March 2022
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature”
Anonymous.
All winter, we sat and envisioned how our gardens would look. Now it’s time to act and get the garden ready. Because of the fickle March weather, we need to proceed with caution. Sudden changes in temperature and chilling winds remind us it’s still winter. We may be tempted to start removing winter mulches from flowerbeds, but . . . WAIT. As plants show signs of new growth, gradually remove mulch to allow light and air to reach the new growth.
While waiting for that perfect dig-in-the ground gardening day, get busy with other chores. Clear away any fallen leaves, twigs and branches that may still be in the yard. Tidy up perennials and remove dead stems before new growth gets too advanced. Cut back unruly vines and ornamental grasses. Prune flowering bushes, shrub roses and fruit trees as needed or desired. Now is the perfect time to plant, transplant or divide hostas, perennials, bushes and trees while they are dormant. Scatter fertilizer over flowerbeds and around roses, shrubs and hedges. While working outdoors, be sure to examine plants and eliminate hibernating pests like slugs, snails, bugs and aphid colonies cowering in closed spaces.
If you love seeing the brave little snowdrops that have forced their way through the cold ground, now is the time to plant them in a shady area for next winter. As soon as the ground is workable with little chance of a late frost, March is also the ideal time to plant summer bulbs such as dahlia, lilies, gladiolus, crocosmia and freesia. Plant them now and enjoy the beautiful flowers later in the season.
We all agree that weeding is one of the most dreaded tasks, but since we’ve been diligent all fall and winter, there’s not too much weeding to do. We hand-pulled, dug and cultivated the weeds out of the garden before they could flower and go to seed. Now, just the rebellious stragglers need to be removed while they’re young. While doing other gardening chores, keep a cultivator handy and nip any weed in the bud before it spreads. Your plants will thank you for the additional light and nutrients that the weeds were taking from them, and your garden will be healthy and beautiful for years to come.
March is probably one of the most exciting months of the gardening season. There are signs of new life as everything starts to wake up. Many of the beautiful spring flowering perennials and shrubs are beginning to bloom. Stop and enjoy them as they brighten your days after a long and dreary winter.
Stay well, stay safe and Happy Spring!
Elaine Frongillo, President
PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT:
The podium flowers have been done by Liz Wolff for this meeting.
FLOWER SHOW:
We will have our last Floral Workshop for this year on Monday April 18th at St. David's Church, Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, from 10am until noon. We can celebrate spring with all the beautiful fresh flowers that bloom in this season. We will discuss the basic forms of arrangements and will make one of an asymmetrical design [just means it's lopsided!].
You will need:
Container, not too tall.
Oasis, wet before you arrive, must be at least an inch above rim of container.
Flowers, at least 2 varieties, more if you want to.
Greenery
Clippers.
There is a sign-up sheet at the back table.
Joy Shipp
ANNUAL MEETING:
The Annual Luncheon Meeting will be held at Skippy's Pier 1 Restaurant and Marina on Neptune Lane in South Yarmouth. Luncheon details with the reservation form will be available at our meeting on March 15th. Reservations must be received by May 1st.
Mary Preikszas and Paula Wilson
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION:
Looking for a chair person. Jan Brogan has filled in temporarily for Ed this past year but the committee now needs a permanent Head Chair. Jan will work along with you and all the gardens have Co- Chairs. Please contact her as committees will be changing this spring.
PROGRAM:
Let's Celebrate!
Your Program Committee cordially invites all GC of Y members and guests from the West Dennis Garden Club to the inaugural celebratory event in honor of our 50th Year Anniversary. On Tuesday, April 19th, the GC of Y will present Joan Butler, horticulturist and accredited flower show judge, and Jana Milbocker, author and garden designer, who will delight us with their armchair tour of public gardens and hidden gems of the Northeast. Copies of Milbocker's books: 120 Destination Gardens and Nurseries in the Northeast (2018) and The Garden Tourist's New England (2020) will be available for purchase. Mark your calendars!
COMMITTEE CHOICES
;
If you haven’t already done so, please complete and return to me the form with respect to committee choices for the upcoming year. Also, kindly note if there is any change in your address, telephone number or email. This information is needed to prepare the Club’s Handbook for 2022-2023. The forms are available at our March membership meeting. Please return it to me either at the March members meeting or mail it to me at my home address which is listed in the Handbook by April 15, 2022. Thanks so much for your cooperation.
Elaine Frongillo, President
WAYS AND MEANS:
PLANT SALE!! PLANT SALE!!! SATURDAY, MAY 21ST 8-12 AT THE MASONIC LODGE
Did YOU sign up for your job? EVERYONE needs to work so pick your slot!!
We are adding crafts/ flower planters/ demonstrations this being our 50th Anniversary Year!! and expanding our sale but we need you to assemble/ paint rocks/ sew if only for a few items. Contact Paula Wilson, Eileen West, Diane Tlapa. They have the ideas but are looking for assistance. If time is limited the day of the plant sale, then you can help out beforehand.
PERENNIALS need to be dug placed in pot with identifying marker (a plastic utensil knife works) the plant, shade or sun and color if known. These should be done in April/early May or as soon as they can be divided. We want a good presentation and not last-minute wilted plants. Further instructions next month.
T-SHIRTS!!! We will be placing an order! Some new members and worn-out T-shirt replacements have been requested. Please sign up TODAY (April the latest) $15 pay later but need sizes to place order in time to wear for plant sale.
ASAP-REQUESTS: We need wine corks!! We need cuttings from house plants--Swedish Ivy, Philodendron, Spider plants----give Paula Wilson a call. This is for our plant sale craft area.
RAFFLE HELPERS: Cheryl Silvestri needs a couple more people to get raffle items. ---She has the list of places and will be meeting Tuesday April 12th 10:00 at her house to discuss a game plan. Help out! This is a BIG money raiser!
Thank You So Much!
Jan Brogan
GENTLY USED ITEMS CORNER AT THE PLANT SALE:
As you think about this year's gardening needs, check out your storage shed and consider donating your gently used tools, containers, garden art, birdbath tops or bottoms and related items to our corner at the sale this year. Please price them yourself and bring your items to the Masonic Lodge on the morning of the sale. Questions? Call Sandee McGrath
January 2022
December 2021
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
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.
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