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The Colonial Garden Club of Marlborough holds its regular meetings on the second Wednesday of every month from September through June. There is no regular meeting in January. Unless noted otherwise, meetings are held at 7 pm in the Jaworek Elementary School at 444 Hosmer Street, Marlborough. September, 2009 WELCOME NEXT 50 YEARS As we say goodbye to summer and welcome fall, we come together for an evening of FOOD, FUN, and FRIENDSHIP. Our ice breaker evening is sure to have members scrambling to renew old friendships and make new ones. We will enjoy a night of laughter as we celebrate 50 years young. This will be a very social event sooooo bring your thinking cap. Additional September Events October Pear Tree Boutique Workshop Due to the overwhelming success of last year’s Boutique, we will once again be dedicating the October meeting to “prep” for the Boutique. We will be utilizing everyone’s time and talents for various work projects such as bow-making, pinecone painting, kissing ball form prep, and putting dried fruit on picks. These projects are very important as they will help to maximize the efficiency of the Boutique workshops, so everyone’s help is greatly appreciated! Please bring scissors, wire cutters, clippers, gloves, paint brushes, pine cones, dried flowers, a yard stick AND your calendar as we will have Boutique workshop sign-up sheets, as well as a sign-up for any greens you can contribute from your yard or property. Additional October Events November Birds In Your Backyard Betsy Grecoe will present an entertaining slide slow/lecture featuring gardening tips to enhance backyard bird watching. Topics will include what birds to expect at your feeder, how to feed and house them, and how to landscape and plant to attract those birds. A selection of birdhouses and bird related items will be available for sale after the lecture. Additional November Events December Pear Tree Boutique Holiday Celebration Once again we join together as friends & club members for our annual Holiday Dinner Meeting. Enjoy seeing the Historic Longfellow's Wayside Inn dressed for the holidays by some of our club members as well as members of other area garden clubs. Entertainment will leave us all feeling the joy of the season. We will also once again participate in Marlborough's Santa's Helper Program. We will adopt a local family to make their Christmas brighter. Additional December Events Additional January Events February, 2010 MYTHS, LIES AND ALL THE LATEST DIRT
Do you put a layer of rocks or broken pottery in the bottom of your pots “for drainage”? Do you think that a lawn that has moss needs lime, or that bark mulch robs the soil of nitrogen? And how often have you been told to mist your houseplants to improve the humidity, or to divide perennials by scissoring two garden forks back and forth? Join C. L. Fornari, The Garden Lady, for some myth-busting advice. This presentation looks at conventional beliefs about fertilization, mulching, planting and pass-along plants with an eye to current research, a time-saving approach to yard work and looking at our gardens from the plant’s point of view. Ms Fornari is an expert on gardening and the host of GardenLine on WXTK radio, where she enthusiastically covers a variety of subjects from flowers and trees to turf with features like I love this plant/I hate this plant and Green Thumbs Up/Green Thumbs Down. Additional March Events March ROSES ROSES ROSES Has growing roses been a thorny issue for you? Now is the time to learn everything you ever wanted to know about roses. Irwin Ehrenreich, known as the Rose Man and owner of The Rose Man Nursery & Emporium in Carver, MA, will present all the information you need to care for roses throughout the growing season, including what are the newest and easiest to grow. There will be plenty of information to take home so you, too, will be able to “stop and smell the roses.” Additional March Events April SHOWER YOUR NEIGHBORS WITH FOOD Since the meeting tends to be lengthy, we will forgo a formal program and instead welcome back the Pot Luck feast prepared by all of our members. Below is your assigned contribution to the meal based on last name. Also, we are requesting for each member to bring in a donation to the Food Pantry. Look for a listing of what items are most needed in the March newsletter. Additional April Events May 15th Annual Plant Sale
It's the Fifteenth Annual Plant Sale and the beginning of our second fifty years as a club! This is the perfect opportunity to share that prized perennial or spectacular shrub, that special plant that stopped members in their tracks during a garden tour or drew a compliment from your neighbor or postal carrier. Share what you love: whether it's the blossom, bark, color, fragrance, foliage, texture, berry, seedpod, or cast-iron constitution that appeals to you, please get a photo to demonstrate the plant's virtues. Some customers (and members) will shop for tried-and-true favorites, while others will be hunting for a novelty to perk up their garden designs. GARDENING IN THE SHADE Additional May Events June Annual Dinner Meeting To celebrate the end of the year we will be having a progressive dinner. We will meander through a neighborhood of members’ homes visiting their gardens and eating one course of dinner at each home. Details will follow before the event. Additional June Events NOTE: July and August events will be announced in the newsletter.
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