FUNDY GARDENERS MEETING JAN-9th - “We’ve Got Talent ”

FUNDY GARDENERS MEET AT 7 PM

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

St. James the less Church, 1760 Rothesay Rd.

Happy New Year Fundy Gardeners

Attention: Note the date change to January 9, 2019

Speaker: ​Duncan Kelbaugh, Bob Perry and Janet Colwell

Topic: “We’ve Got Talent: Hearing From our Local Experts Speak About Flowers, Vegetables and Compost”

50/50 Draw- Thanks to Paula Weiss for volunteering for our January meeting

NOTES:

​Come with all your questions for our local experts!

• This month's refreshments are thanks to Alyson Hannah and Prissy Legere

• Review of changes to our Garden Club for 2019.

• Don't forget to wear your name tag!

• 2019 memberships will be sold - single $20/family $30.

Hope to see everyone on January 9, 2019!

Bonnie

FUNDY GARDENERS CHRISTMAS PARTY

FUNDY GARDENERS CHRISTMAS PARTY
AT 6:30 PM
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
St. James the less Church, 1760 Rothesay Rd.

Just a reminder to bring your own:
Plate, utensils, glass/mug, napkin
Potluck contribution
Centrepiece for your table, if desired
Gift for Christmas exchange( $15 or less) if desired

The following will be provided:
Turkey, Ham and Pork
Punch
Tea, coffee, cream/milk and sugar

Thanks to Elaine for coordinating our party again this year.
Also, thank you to those who have volunteered to help with set up at 4:30: Bob Perry, Jan Wilshaw, Jane Toward, Carolyn Burke, Peter and Lynn Kinsella and Ruth Rayburn
Thanking those in advance who will volunteer to clean up.


NOTES:

* Don't forget to wear your name tag!
* 2019 memberships will be sold from 6:00-6:30pm
* single $20/family $30.
* 50/50 draw


Hope to see everyone on December 5th
Suzanne and Bonnie

FUNDY GARDENERS MEET AT 7 PM Wednesday, November 7, 2018

FUNDY GARDENERS MEET AT 7 PM

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

St. James the less Church, 1760 Rothesay Rd.

Speaker:       Dr. Kate Frego  

Topic:   -  Part 2 of Exploring our Roots - this month It's "stems"

Show and Tell Table – please share any gardening tips, happenings, blooms etc. from your gardens

50/50 Draw

November Book Sale - don't forget to bring along any  gardening book/magazines and/or novels that you have enjoyed to share.

      Hardcover - $2.00

      Soft cover - $1.00

      Magazines - 50¢

      If possible bring your books before the meeting - 6:30 onwards

Greenery Workshop - outdoor pot with Barb McKelvey

at Shades of Green, 2483 Westfield Rd., Morna

Date: Wednesday November 21 at 2:30 – 4:30 pm or 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Storm date: Thursday, Nov. 22, same place and times

Fee: $ 30 must be paid at the Nov. 1 meeting

There are currently 16 members signed up for the 2:30 class and 10 for the evening class. Please pay Sharon if you're in the daytime class and Connie if you're in the evening class - they will be set up at a table Wed. night.

In the past our members have made really lovely outdoor arrangements!!

NOTES:

• This month's refreshments are thanks to Suzanne Bonnell, Gwen Henry and Elaine Brown.
• As the minutes will not be read at the meeting, please follow the link to access them.
• Don't forget to wear your name tag!
• 2019 memberships will be sold - single $20/family $30.
• Jane LeBlanc will have a calendar of beautiful St. Martins for sale for anyone interested - $16.00 - please have cash.
• AGM following break

Guest speaker is Freeman Patterson Gardener, Photographer, Author and Educator. Freeman is a Fundy Gardener member who lives at Shamper's Bluff on the Kingston Peninsula. A 250-acre property which he donated to Nature Conservancy of Canada which serves as a conservancy for an ecological reserve and an education area. Behind then the main house is surrounded by a unique collection of Rodendens, Azaleas, and natural ferns all set in a native woodland garden. On the front of the property are vast fields with wildflowers and mowed paths in which a gardener or photographer to meander.
Freeman co-founded the Namaqualand Photographic Workshops in 1984 and had been teaching each year as well as workshops in the United States, Israel, New Zealand and Australia mainly in the winter months and returns home each spring to work in the garden and continue local Photographic Workshops


Open to current members only.

Fundy Gardeners Meeting Sept 5, 2018

The Gardens of Claude Monet ​+ other European Gardens

Brian Hudson World traveler and Fundy Gardener member.

Floral Arrangement -Monet inspired arrangement

Desert Squares

Just in case you have a desire for a nice desert which was offered at the one of the Garden Club meetings. Suzanne Bonnells squares.

Meeting August 1-Growing, Storing & Preserving the bounty of your vegetable garden

Growing, Storing & Preserving the bounty of your vegetable garden
-Joe & Nico Ruggerio Frederiction Garden Club

Arrangement made using WW 2 Molly Seeds, nasturtiums-given out by Joyce Lee 2017