The Connecticut Daylily Society invites you and your club members to our next meeting, September 23. There is a noon social hour with light refreshments and then our speaker, Adele Keohan, member of the New England Daylily Society and editor of the national daylily society’s outstanding journal. Adele will speak at 1 pm on DAYLILY BASICS. We want to start off our 2023-24 season with a GALA get together with CT gardening friends. So please let your members know; there is no admission.
Rebecca Nisley, President
860-306-6315
THE SERIES
Creating a Happy Habitat: Virtual Lecture with
Nancy DuBrule-Clemente
Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 7pm
Nancy DuBrule-Clemente, author and founder of Natureworks Horticulture Services, will explain the difference between a homegrown national park and a pollinator pathway, illustrate why organic gardening is important, and share a keystone plant list.
Check FGCCT‘s website for information
The Floral Design Committee is sponsoring a hands-on “Make Your Own Terrarium” workshop. The workshop will be led by Allie Kraushaar, the owner of Moss Life in Tariffville. Allie will supply all the material. The cost to attend is $25.00. The workshop is limited to 25 attendees with a minimum of ten (10). If interested, sign up and pay at the General meeting in September or email eva.jakuba@gmail.com of your interest. The cutoff to receive payment is September 14, 2023.
Please plan to give us at least one hour of your time during the morning. Please bring your favorite tools for weeding and pruning. A co-chair will arrive at the garden by 8:30 a.m.
PARKING: Parking will be in the paved lot next to the Amos Bull House on South Prospect Street. We encourage you to carpool as space is limited.
We plan to work if the rain is light. If it is pouring, you will get a cancellation call by 8:00 a.m.
• If you are unable to work on your signup date, please let me know so that we can reschedule you and help you find a replacement for your shift.
• Kindly confirm that you have received this message, by replying to ljaldrich@hotmail.com or text 860-227-2730.
Thank you for helping to make the Butler McCook garden such a treasure for the greater Hartford region.
Best regards,
Linda Aldrich, Co-Chair, 860 227-2730
Steve Kovack, Co-Chair, 860 521-6563
Charlotte Massey and I have put together the first Field Trip of the 2023-2024 WHGC year for Tuesday, October 3, with a guided Tour at 11 am at Hollister House Gardens, 300 Nettleton Hollow Road, Washington, CT. The tour will last an hour to an hour and a half of the Gardens and House. Cost is $15 per member.
Please make your check out to West Hartford Garden Club and mail to Billie Reese or Charlotte Massey. Deadline to sign up is September 15. We plan to carpool. RSVP to our emails, billie.reese@cbmoves.com and charmassie@yahoo.com. When you RSVP, please indicate if you would be willing to drive and how many passengers you can take. Ideally, we’d like no more than 4 people per car.
Lunch will be after the tour, at The White Horse Tavern, Route 202, New Preston, CT, a fifteen-minute drive. We will be ordering off the menu.
See below, description of Hollister House
“Beautifully situated on a sloping, terraced site in the rolling hills of Litchfield County in northwestern Connecticut, Hollister House Garden is an American interpretation of such classic English gardens as Sissinghurst, Great Dixter and Hidcote, formal in its structure but informal and rather wild in its style of planting.”
Happy Gardening!
Charlotte Massey and Billie Reese
Field Trip Co-Chairs
Please remember to bring your gardening tools.
If you are unable to work on your signup date, please try to find a replacement and let us know so that we can reschedule you.
Susan Grew at srider56@comcast.net or Maureen Gould at mcgould89@comcast.net.