PLANT SALE APPEAL & April Speaker Recording

Greetings from the Plant Sale Committee
 
Our Plant Sale is only 16 days away so we thought it prudent to recap a few items and focus on the importance of getting plants dug so our fundraising efforts can be as successful as we all want them to be! We need as many healthy plants contributed as possible and thank you in advance for your assistance. Here is a summary we hope you’ll find helpful: 
* If you have already dug and potted your plants for the sale, wonderful.  If not, the plants should be dug and potted in the next day or two.  Once the plants are potted, please give them TLC for the next two weeks.  We need these plants to look good and healthy on the day of the Sale.
* Do you need extra pots?  If so, contact these club members; Sandy Conrad, Marty Wallace, John Althouse.  They have extra pots and are happy to share.
*  12 donated plants are required from each club member.  However, 12 is the minimum number; 20, 30 or more are even better.  The more plants we sell the more money we have to put toward our grants and scholarships.
*  For those who do not have a mature garden and are unable to divide and pot plants from your garden, purchasing nursery plants is an option. Also, some members may have enough to share, in exchange for your sweat equity. Leann Griesinger has enough plants to divide if you’re willing to dig: first come, first served. If other members have dividable plants to spare, please email Julia Farwell-Clay; this post can be edited to add your names.
*  The drop off location is Amanda von Weise’s home at 839 Lowell Road.
Day and times are:  Tuesday, May 3, 9:00 a.m. to noon & 1:00 p.m. to 4:00.  Wednesday, May 4, 9:00 a.m. to noon & 3:00 p.m. to 6:00.  If you are out-of-town during these drop off days, please have a friend deliver your plants.
 
* We are having a bake sale and a separate communication with sign up details will be sent. For those providing baked goods, please drop them off at Jen Lannan’s home on the morning of Friday, May 6th. 
 

Recording: Climate Change at the Arnold Arboretum

TriCon’s technology maven, Amy Bruning, recorded the zoom call during our meeting Wednesday, and sent along this link to the dropbox file where it is stored. If you missed the meeting, or want to revisit part of Andrew Gapinski’s talk, please do so soon in case this is a limited time offer. As a follow up, we may organize some version of a group visit to the Arboretum. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, the Bee Houses Andrew recommended can be found at the Crown Bees website

And speaking of follow-ups,

Ellen Whitney’s flowers exceeded expectations, using materials gleaned exclusively from our members’ gardens. Here are a few photos she took of the seasonal hellebores, hazelnut blossoms, and variegated leucothoe that drew so many compliments from everyone able to be with us Wednesday. Enjoy.