Winter is still all around us, but escape the ice and cold by using your Internet to travel to gardens around the world...and to investigate new plants for your garden this spring....a good place to check the comments on some of the newer varities is at:
Cornell University's Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners Web site. Gardeners can register at the site http://vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
VGC February Newsletter
Next meeting: Tuesday, February 12th at 7:00 pm at the Manor House. Please note: The business meeting starts at 7:00 pm SHARP. The program begins at 7:30 pm.
Hostesses: Diane Sedore, Louise Winter and Stephanie Pratt
Note: Hostesses need to coordinate with each other desserts, creamer, and decorations for the table. Please arrive at 6:30 so you have plenty of time to set up before the meeting. Thanks!
Program: “Seeding Operations & New Annual Arrivals”
Sean Giles, Sunny Gardens
**Sean Giles and Gail Ruit are owners of Sunny Gardens. They do so much to support the club. Why not invite a friend to hear Sean speak and show our support for them!
Joyce provides the following quote to prepare us for this program:
SEED GARDENING IS THE MOST REWARDING TYPE OF GARDENING! To take a small, dormant capsule of life and unlock its culinary and/or aesthetic potential is glorious indeed! Thank you for supporting a family-owned business! ~ CURTIS AND JUDY, CO-OWNERS
© 2007 Botanical Interests, Inc. www.botanicalinterests.com
Joyce will have hand outs and catalogs available at the meeting.
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.
Program Updates: April 8th Meeting will be Laura Bell of Mountain Laurel Florist speaking on “Growing Medicinal Herbs.” On May 13th Reba Laks will be speaking on future plans and initiatives at Stony Kill. I have decided to take on doing the schedule of programs for next year. If you have a suggestion please give it to me as soon as possible so I can contact the person(s) and get our schedule going for next year.
YEARBOOK: If you haven’t received yours yet please see Gail Whitefield. Please note this update: June Joyce’s phone number is 838-1584. Please correct your yearbook.
Harvest Festival: Thank you to everyone for completing her section of the report. Copies of the report will be available at the next meeting.
The Orchid Show: The New York Botanical Gardens is having an Orchid Show. Go to http://www.nybg.org/tos/ for additional information. I am looking to form a trip to the show on either Sunday, March 16th or Sunday, March 30th. Please let me know if you are interested in going. The tickets are $20 a person and $18 for seniors. Groups of 15 or more receive a discount. Karen Vitek will have a sign up sheet at the meeting. We will meet at the train station and ride the train to the city.
A quote especially for February~
"That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense,
is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.”
– Edgar Allan Poe
Hostesses: Diane Sedore, Louise Winter and Stephanie Pratt
Note: Hostesses need to coordinate with each other desserts, creamer, and decorations for the table. Please arrive at 6:30 so you have plenty of time to set up before the meeting. Thanks!
Program: “Seeding Operations & New Annual Arrivals”
Sean Giles, Sunny Gardens
**Sean Giles and Gail Ruit are owners of Sunny Gardens. They do so much to support the club. Why not invite a friend to hear Sean speak and show our support for them!
Joyce provides the following quote to prepare us for this program:
SEED GARDENING IS THE MOST REWARDING TYPE OF GARDENING! To take a small, dormant capsule of life and unlock its culinary and/or aesthetic potential is glorious indeed! Thank you for supporting a family-owned business! ~ CURTIS AND JUDY, CO-OWNERS
© 2007 Botanical Interests, Inc. www.botanicalinterests.com
Joyce will have hand outs and catalogs available at the meeting.
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.
Program Updates: April 8th Meeting will be Laura Bell of Mountain Laurel Florist speaking on “Growing Medicinal Herbs.” On May 13th Reba Laks will be speaking on future plans and initiatives at Stony Kill. I have decided to take on doing the schedule of programs for next year. If you have a suggestion please give it to me as soon as possible so I can contact the person(s) and get our schedule going for next year.
YEARBOOK: If you haven’t received yours yet please see Gail Whitefield. Please note this update: June Joyce’s phone number is 838-1584. Please correct your yearbook.
Harvest Festival: Thank you to everyone for completing her section of the report. Copies of the report will be available at the next meeting.
The Orchid Show: The New York Botanical Gardens is having an Orchid Show. Go to http://www.nybg.org/tos/ for additional information. I am looking to form a trip to the show on either Sunday, March 16th or Sunday, March 30th. Please let me know if you are interested in going. The tickets are $20 a person and $18 for seniors. Groups of 15 or more receive a discount. Karen Vitek will have a sign up sheet at the meeting. We will meet at the train station and ride the train to the city.
A quote especially for February~
"That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense,
is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.”
– Edgar Allan Poe
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