Sharon Mulvey, Judy Nellon, Roxanne Widmer-Dewitt, Kyle Van Hoeven are scheduled to help out.
Janice and Gina have connected with West Hartford Adult Librarian Andrew Piro to discuss their goal of setting up a West Hartford Seed Library and the next best steps for our Club’s participation.
Sharon Mulvey, Kyle Van Hoeven, Jane Brady are scheduled to help out.
Designing with Native Plants
with James Dillon
Thursday, January 19, 2023 • 7:00 pm
FREE for members, $10 non member donation
Landscape designer and horticulturalist James Dillon views
landscape design as the integration of science, nature and
art. In his talk, he will show us how to meld all of that
together with native plants to create a beautiful garden.
Dillon, PCH is a Certified Horticulturist with more than
20 years of experience working in the green industry. With
a B.Sc. in Biology from East Carolina University, he views
landscape design as the integration of science, nature and
art.
He practiced horticulture in the northern Delaware area,
most notably at the Delaware Center for Horticulture, with
continuing education at Longwood Gardens. Previously, as
manager and buyer of woody plants for a diversified garden
center in Chambersburg, PA, James became familiar with a
large palette of native plants and plant cultivars.
Native plant selection, environmental benefits, and low
maintenance gardens are emphasized in many designs.
James has designed several rain gardens and continues
taking coursework on ecological landscape design. James
enjoys volunteering for The Monarch Alliance (a PVAS
program), designing Monarch waystation gardens for them,
in Maryland and West Virginia.
Mr. Dillon owns and operates Native Havens LLC, a small
landscape/gardening company based out of his home, where
he’s an avid gardener in Kearneysville, WV.
Click here to join us via Zoom
When you link to the meeting please choose to not appear on screen. Also, please mute your phone/computer microphone. James’s presentation is what will be visible and heard. His talk will be followed by a question & answer session. Questions must be typed in and the moderator will present the question to James for all to hear. Log in anytime between 6:45 and 7:00, and you will be let in from the Zoom ‘waiting room’ when the presentation is about to start, at about 7:00. For technical assistance on Thursday night, please call James Milne at 860-830-3079. If you can’t join us tonight, not to worry. James’s talk will be recorded and the link will be sent to you next week. This is just one of the many features of membership – we thank you for supporting our efforts. Enjoy the presentation! ~Mary Anna |
Please let Susan know if you will be helping out. Check your email for any changes in time.
Meeting will be via Zoom if we cannot meet in person.
Our club orientation for new members will be held on Thursday, February 9, at 10:30 am in the Reception Room
at St. John’s, prior to the General Meeting that day. The thirteen new members joining from May to November
of 2022 are invited. It will be conducted by President Kathy Janis, former Co-President Joan Martin, Margaret Pulito and Beth Ann Sennett.
“Moss Life and Terrariums”
Speaker: Allie Kraushaar
Owner of Moss Life, Tariffville, CT
Inspired by the resilience of moss, Allie started Moss Life as a place for her creativity and love of nature to flourish. She will share her knowledge of terrarium building and maintenance, along with a step-by-step demonstration.
OPEN MEETING, Guest donation $10.00
Program: Lisa Martin
Flower arrangement: Mel Donoghue
Tea sandwiches, cookies and beverages will be served.
Pam Andros and Lisa Brennan are scheduled to help out.
Join us Thursday!“New Perennials: A Love Story”withDeborah Chud7:00 pm on ZoomFREE for members, $10 non member donation“New Perennials: A Love Story” is a personal introduction to the design principles of the New Perennialists, who gave rise to the hottest gardening trend in the world today—naturalistic landscaping. In the US, their influence can be seen in New York’s High Line, Chicago’s Lurie Garden, the Oudolf Meadow at Delaware Botanic Gardens, and Oudolf Garden Detroit. Deborah Chud’s six years of research on these gardens led to her own highly unusual New Perennial garden and the only known database of New Perennial plant combinations. Her talk is part memoir, part history, and part design theory–with some practical “dos and don’ts” for gardeners at every level. Deborah Chud is a retired Massachusetts physician turned garden maker, consultant and educator. In the fall of 2020, she presented her work as part of “Piet Oudolf: How Does He Do It?”–an international event organized by Piet Oudolf’s co-author, Noel Kingsbury, under the aegis of gardenmasterclass.org. She has also presented to members of the following institutions and organizations: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, the United States Botanical Garden in Washington, D.C., the Ecological Landscape Alliance, the Northwest Perennial Alliance, Toronto Botanical Garden, and Delaware Botanic Gardens.
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