by Julia Farwell-Clay | May 16, 2022 | 2022, activities, field trips, Newsletters
best labels ever Dear Members: Much to report, let’s get to it! Plant Sale Day So much preparation and treasure hunting was involved in this year’s welcome return to our in-person Plant Sale. I won’t speak for the Committee, headed up by...
by Julia Farwell-Clay | Apr 18, 2022 | 2022, flowers, Newsletters
Dear Members: First things first: we will be meeting in person Wednesday April, 20th at TriCon Church beginning at 1pm. Members are kindly required to wear a mask during the meeting, as a courtesy to each other and especially for our guest speaker, Andrew...
by Julia Farwell-Clay | Mar 13, 2022 | 2022, gardening, Newsletters
Happy Spring! This small delight emerged in my patio garden last week. In the fall I planted 100 Elwesii snowdrops just to get things going in that brand new bed, and was thus rewarded with an early arrival. That area gets full sun from 8 am onward these days,...
by Julia Farwell-Clay | Feb 13, 2022 | 2022, Newsletters
February Program: Plants and Pollinators Please join us for a virtual presentation on Wednesday, February 16th at 1 p.m. by Samantha Richardson, a lecturer at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Samantha will discuss Northeastern plants and their relationship with pollinators. She...
by Julia Farwell-Clay | Jan 16, 2022 | 2022, Newsletters
I waited for all my adult kids to return to their own nests before I pulled down the tree and dragged all the dessicated wreaths out to the compost pile. I am not one of those poinsettia preservationists: out they went too, along with the depleted paper whites and a...
by Julia Farwell-Clay | Dec 2, 2021 | 2021, Newsletters
Town Wreaths, 2021 Dear Members: There is so much happening this month, nay this WEEK! December is the culmination of so many of our community projects. Wreaths, grants, trees, cans, mugs . . . It’s enough to wring us all out. So because we’ve been...
