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Programs
SALEM GARDEN CLUB PROGRAM
2009~2010
Please note meeting dates carefully. An * indicates a change from usual first Thursday date. Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings take place at the First Church in Salem, 316 Essex Street. Refreshments 6:45; Business meeting 7:15; Program 7:30
Introduction of New Members | Floral Workshop | Succession of Bloom | SGC Boutique | Membership Talent Show | Your Garden as Habit | Planning Your Window Boxes | Developing Theme Gardens | Annual Dinner
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 6:45 PM
Introduction of New Members
Guest night – Bring a friend – Guest Fee $5IRISES IN THE GARDEN
Linda Corapi, owner of Gardens Galore, will present a series of three
virtual tours of a garden’s seasonal progress, featuring over 70 bearded
irises surrounded by perennials in a natural landscape setting. Q & A
session will follow each presentation.
Hostesses: Co-Chairs: Carolyn Bussolari, Marcia Burns
Marcia Lambert, Carolyn Kent, Carol Michaud, Betty Montoni,
Nancy Lutts, Ellen Sweet, Mary Lou Tranos, Theresa Beaupre“To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” -Mohandas K. Gandhi
*SEPTEMBER 30, 2009* 6:45 PM
FLORAL WORKSHOP
LOCATION: FLOWERS BY DARLENE
130 CANAL STREETCreate a beautiful fall arrangement under the direction of Darlene Gallien, owner of Flowers by Darlene. Bring clippers, scissors, etc. A $25 materials fee will be collected at the September meeting.
Hostesses: Co-Chairs: Nancy Perroni, Pat Jalbert
Kathie Ballou, Ruth Brennan, Joan Berry, Karen Jellison, Janice Martin, Barbara Sirois, Eleanor Soucy, Helen Marcotti
“Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh how beautiful!’ and sitting in the shade.” -Rudyard Kipling
NOVEMBER 5, 2009 6:45 PM
Guest Night – Bring a Friend – Guest Fee $5SUCCESSION OF BLOOM
Having something in bloom over a long period of time in a limited amount of space is the perennial gardener’s great challenge. But it can be done! This slide lecture offers suggestions on how best to utilize your space while getting maximum bloom from March to October. Presenter Ginny Ballou has been a garden lecturer for over 15 years and teaches a 6 week perennial gardening class.
Hostesses: Co-Chairs Joanne Mizioch, Joan Hannah
Betsy Bouchard, Ellen Bouchard, Virginia Kieran, Ellen Lomasney, Judy Giunta, Adele Maestranzi, Amy Alpert, *Kathy Homan“The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied. They always look forward to doing something better than they have ever done before.” -Vita Sackville-West
DECEMBER 3, 2009 6:45 PM
SGC BOUTIQUE WORKSHOP
Coordinators: Heidi Milman & Kathleen PiconeAll members are needed for this annual major fundraising event. Enjoy, share, and learn from the creativity of fellow garden club members. Participants may make purchases at the workshop.
Bring: your workshop kit: wire cutters, floral cutters, wire, scissors, paper, pencil, apron and plenty of energy.
Hostesses: Co-Chairs: Martha Bagby, Kathy Harper
Colette Gormley, Ruth Kapnis, Mary Little, Betty Little, Marjorie Reynolds, Barbara Perroni, Marjorie Snow, *Mary Hayes
“All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar.” -Helen Hayes
FEBRUARY 4, 2010 6:45 PM
MEMBERS’ TALENT SHOW
Members of our club will showcase their wide-ranging talents in a casual format. Share in the fun and take home some wonderfully creative ideas!!
Hostesses: Co-chairs: Sharon Longo, Tami DeSantis
Judith Bonaiuto, Tina Scoulogenis, Kathy Connolly, Barbara Robinson, *Sheila Billings, Michelle Ywuc, Janet Kendall
“A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself." -May Sarton
MARCH 4, 2010 6:45 PM
Guest Night: Bring a Friend – Guest Fee $5YOUR GARDEN AS HABITAT
Author, illustrator and designer Kim Smith will present the necessary elements for making your garden welcoming to birds, bees, butterflies and other wildlife. This talk will feature the interconnectedness of the world that we share with plants and wildlife. Thinking about your garden as food source and shelter will influence all of your horticultural decisions. Kim will have copies of her book Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities available for sale.
Hostesses: Co-Chairs:Anna Geraghty, Win Wilkens
Mary Usovicz, Sara Takis-Welch, Mary Wilson, Karen Pelletier, Carolyn Maloon, Vittoria Della Monica, Mary Bates, *Mary Ellen Halliwell
“Let no one think that real gardening is a bucolic and meditative occupation. It is an insatiable passion, like everything else to which a person gives his/her heart.” -Karel Capek
APRIL 1, 2010 6:45 PM
Guest Night: Bring a Friend – Guest Fee $5
PLANNING YOUR WINDOW
BOXES AND PLANTERSLisa Fox of Fox's Flower Boxes in Salem, MA will demonstrate the art of creating a balanced design for a flower box and planter. With texture, color and motion in mind, Lisa's style tends toward delicate arrangements. In this demonstration she will be combining spring flowers, bulbs, greens and dried elements. Both arrangements will be raffled off at the end of the demonstration.
Hostesses: Co-chairs: Janice Charlton, Sylvia Flynn
Dorothy Bates, Aurea Bettencourt, Lucille Civiello, Toni Porter, Claire Gauthier, Lorelle Viselli, Maggi Smith-Dalton, *Sophia O’Brien
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” -Margaret Atwood
MAY 6, 2010 6:45 PM
DEVELOPING THEME GARDENS
Betsy Williams, who has shared her talents with us before, will show us the fun of creating theme gardens, whether in garden beds, borders, pots, or boxes. There are gardens for Christmas, tussie-mussie gardens for weddings or special anniversaries. If you love pizza, cook up a pizza garden. Grow a garden for the fairies or a garden of edible flowers. Theme gardens are based on historical uses of plants. Down through the centuries certain plants have become associated with relevant events. Betsy will share her imagination and creativity and will provide handouts with plant suggestions for theme gardens as well as a book list..
Hostesses: Co-Chairs: Evelyn Russell, Sam Ashton
Pat Butler, Carol Cimini, Edie Dyer, Jane Koza, Denise Lawrence, Rosemary Mroz, Sylvia Ywuc,
*Maureen Dalton
June 3, 2010 6:00PM
ANNUAL DINNER MEETING
Hawthorne HotelHostess: Maribel Steadman“Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a seed in the blank earth and the result thereof.” -Julie Moir Messervy