“Gardening in Difficult Locations: Site Preparation for Landscape Transformation”
Speaker: Kathleen Connolly
Landscape Designer
Kathy is a landscape designer, writer, reporter, and speaker who emphasizes earth-friendly designs, native plants, and low-impact land care techniques.
OPEN MEETING, Guest donation $10.00
Presider: Ann Schoeninger
Program: Beth Ann L. Sennett
Flower arrangement: Nancy Lemega-Watt
Two people are needed. You will meet at 1:15 pm to set up and then work with the patients from 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm. Please contact Marj if interested in helping.
“Principles of Horizontal Flower Arranging” will be via Zoom. Check your email for information.
During the session there will be a brief explanation of the principles along with a demonstration, and time for you to create your own arrangement and share it with your fellow Zoomers. Attendance is free.
We will meet via Zoom on February 16th from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. We will ask that you provide a low container (plastic is fine) filled with soaked floral foam and:
* Six medium-sized flowers such as roses, mums or carnations, all one color
* Four or five sprays of smaller flowers such as button mums or mini carnations that are a different color and type from the medium flowers
* Several stems of a floral filler such as baby’s breath
* Five to six branches of greenery, such as leatherleaf ferns, or a bunch of greens from the grocery store or two or three evergreen branches from your garden.
Because the session will be two days before Valentine’s Day, it is highly recommended you get your materials before February 14th. We have been told that there may be very little choice after the holiday.
Please sign up by February 11th by texting Charlotte Massie at 860-280-6802 or emailing her at charmassie@yahoo.com. Please call Charlotte Massie or Nancy Lemega-Watt at 860-944-3122 if you have any questions.
Untermyer Gardens: Past, Present, & Future” with Timothy Tilghman
The Connecticut Horticultural Society is thrilled to welcome Timothy Tilghman, who will present “Untermyer Gardens: Past, Present & Future.” The virtual discussion is at 7pm and is followed with a Q&A.
Tilghman, head gardener at Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, introduces us to this celebrated property, its recent restoration of its 43 acres in Yonkers, NY, and how it is being cared for today by the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy.
In 1899, Samuel Untermyer purchased Greystone, the former estate of Samuel Tilden. In the 41 years Untermyer owned Greystone, he transformed the gardens and greenhouses into some of the most celebrated gardens in America. The Conservancy was founded in 2011 and collaborates with the City of Yonkers to facilitate the restoration of Untermyer’s gardens. Untermyer Park and Gardens is a City of Yonkers public park.
The talk is free for members and $10 for non-members. Click here to register.
For more information or for non-members to register, go to www.cthort.org/join.
Click here to join us via Zoom.
- Meeting ID:856 0113 5238
- Passcode: 647962
- Or call in to join us on the phone :646-558-8656 (the meeting ID and the passcode are the same for phone calls).When you link to the meeting, please choose to not appear on screen. Also, please mute your phone/computer microphone. Timothy’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 Timothy for all to hear. Log in by 7:00 p.m. on February 17th, and you will be let in from the Zoom ‘waiting room’ when the presentation is about to start.
For more information, check this website: CT Flower and Garden Show.
For more information, check this website: CT Flower and Garden Show.
For more information, check this website: CT Flower and Garden Show.
For more information, check this website: CT Flower and Garden Show.
Please bring your WHGC 2021-2022 Yearbook.
Spring Greenhouse Show
The Elizabeth Park Conservancy opens its Spring Greenhouse Show on Friday March 4, featuring a spectacular array of spring bulbs and plants. The show is FREE and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 4 through Friday, March 11.
Included in the floral display: French hyacinths, Muscari, tulips, daffodils, amaryllis, scented geraniums, pansies, trellised sweet peas, culinary herbs, hanging baskets, Spanish oregano, Alpine strawberries, Dianthus, and a collection of tropical plants and succulents. The bulbs and plants were grown by Conservancy Horticulturist Rosemary Aldridge; Gardeners Wesley Gage and David Rivera; and many volunteers.
The show will take place in the historic greenhouse in Elizabeth Park.