Jan 11, 2022
I have been collecting books on gardening and horticulture for at least fifty years, amassing over three thousand. Julia asked that I share my favorites and most influential. Most Cherished Gertrude Jekyll, A Memoir Francis Jekyll Jonathan Cape, 1934 This is the first...
Jan 6, 2022
Happy New Year, everyone! I’ll be sending out a newsletter next week, but I did not want to wait until then to send along the recording of our bonus program with Doug Tallamy from Wednesday. It was the kind of session that can shift priorities, so I know...
Nov 27, 2021
Dear Members: Last week Cassie Banning of the Land and Garden Preserve treated us to an introduction to three incredible Downeast Maine gardens (Asticou Azalea Garden, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden, and Thuya Garden) and we learned there is such a thing...
Oct 31, 2021
As a follow up to our October program, Lili Herrera of Oehme van Sweden has sent along the promised plant list and, for those who were interested, the link to the Report on The White House Rose Garden. Let me again thank Jane Deering for facilitating this...
Sep 25, 2014
Our first meeting was a talk entitled” Dirt on your Hands, Soil in the Garden” given by Betty Sanders. Very interesting and she had great points about how to create a garden from the ground up and tips on making your own compost. Ellen Whitney brought...
May 23, 2013
These pictures are taken by Leslie Cheney and Mary Ann Ferrell.