With Christmas a few days away, this is a great time to learn about mistletoe. Eileen Torricelli wrote an article for the Advance called Myths, legends surround mistletoe. It tells you everything you ever wanted to know about mistletoe.
With the lighting of the 8th candle of the Menorah, we get a little closer to spring. Christmas will be here in a week. The Philadelphia Flower Show will be here sooner than you think.
Happy Hanukkah!
Feb. 1 … District Meeting & Workshop – $5.00 Fee For Flowers. Bring Your Own Container And Lunch.
Feb. 27-Apr. 11 … New York Botanical Garden Orchid Show – Cuba In Flower
Mar. 1 … District Meeting & Workshop – $5.00 Fee For Flowers. Bring Your Own Container And Lunch
Mar. 4 … Great Kill Garden Club Bus Trip To Philadelphia Flower Show
Mar. 10 … Castle Manor Garden Club Card Party. All Saints Episcopal Church 12:30 PM
Mar. 23-25 … Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc. Annual Meeting, Gideon-Putnam Hotel, Saratoga, NY
Apr. 8 … District Annual Luncheon, President’s Reports Due
Apr. 17 … Richmond Ever-Green Garden Club Flower Show, New Dorp Moravian Church
June 5 … District Flower Show, New Dorp Moravian Church.
June 6 … National Garden Week
Sept. 4,5,6 … Richmond County Fair, Labor Day Weekend, Historic Richmond Town
Sept. 13-15 … Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc. Fall Conference, Otesaga Inn, Cooperstown, NY
Oct. 24-27 … Central Atlantic Region Conference, Ocean Place Resort And Spa, Branch, NJ
The next First District Meeting will be on Monday, December 7, 2009 at 10:00 AM. We’ll be mixing holiday cheer with business.
The Richmond Ever-Green Garden Club will be holding a flower show on Saturday, April 17, 2010. The show will be held at the New Dorp Moravian Church at 2205 Richmond Road. The show’s trifold can be downloaded by clicking here.
There’s an interesting story in the New York Times about troubled veterans who find gardening to be very therapeutic. The story is about a hospital group in East Orange, NJ. The story is here.
Do you know where on Staten Island this was taken? [No, it wasn't taken in my backyard.]
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden offers a wide range of adult courses. Check out there selection here. If you haven’t ever been to the BBG, you’re missing something.
Some plants grow for a long time. You can read about one that’s been around for millions of years by looking at Lee Gugliada’s article in the Staten Island Advance. It’s here.
The end of Thanksgiving starts the buying season. For gardeners, that means you can start looking through all the catalogs to see what you might want to order for the spring. What catalogs do you like? We can compile a list…if you send the names and Web site info for the catalog(s) that you like. Send the info to shoppinglist@sigardenclubs.org.