VGC August Newsletter

Verplanck Garden Club
Newsletter

August 2007


Next meeting: Tuesday, August 14th at 6:00 pm Summer Social Meeting at Dottie Bell’s Home

Directions:
Directions to Dottie’s: From Wappingers Falls – take 9D south to Red Schoolhouse Road (just beyond Stony Kill’s main entrance at light)
Cross Route 52 at light and bear left at top of the hill. About ¼ mile turn right at pizza shop (post office). Stay on this street. It becomes Washington Avenue until you pass the cemetery on your left. There’s a fork in the road and bear left (DuPueyster Avenue) Continue until you reach a stop sign. This is East Main Street and Dottie lives at #330.

Park at foot of Pocket Road to the left if there are no places in front of her house.

Coming from Fishkill: take left turn onto Old Glenham Road at Sunoco Gas Station. Continue 1 mile. Post office on left. Turn left and continue as directions given for Wappingers Falls above.


PLEASE NOTE: . Please call Dottie by Friday, August 10th to let her know if you want a hamburger or a hot dog and if you didn’t sign up for a dish at the July meeting please let her know what you are bringing. Her number is 831-4341.

VGC Blog: Get all the latest news and gardening tips at our new blog website. Go to http://vgcstonykill.blogspot.com/ from any internet connected computer. You can go to your local public library to do this if you don’t have your own computer. All meeting minutes will be posted to this site.

Harvest Festival Raffle Basket: Please bring new garden related items to place in the basket at the August and September meetings.

YEARBOOK: If you have ANY information for the yearbook, please, please get this to Karen Vitek as soon as possible. (I will be at the meeting at Dottie’s) I would like to have the yearbook finished and printed in time for the September meeting.

Upcoming Events: Mark your calendars for these events.
Elant-Fishkill Health Related Center Fair: August 21st 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Beacon Day: Sunday, September 30th 12:00 – 4:00
Harvest Festival: Saturday, October 13th 12:00 – 5:00

A quote especially for August~

Just living is not enough. Said the butterfly, One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.

Hans Christian Anderson (1805 – 1875)