April 3, 2019 Meeting Power of the Flower-Dr. Kate Frego

FUNDY GARDENERS MEET AT 7 PM
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
St. James the Less Church, 1760 Rothesay Road

Speaker: Dr. Kate Frego
Topic: “Power of the Flower”
(Part 3 in the 3 part series on plants)


Activities:

Book Sale- April 3- Starting at 6:30
Bring your used books/magazines for resale and your money for book shopping!
Contact garden club member: Doris Coholan. Also thanks to Janet and Audrey.

Bus Trip June 14-16- this year's trip will focus on attending the Halifax Garden Festival. You will spend 2 nights in Halifax at Atlantica Hotel Halifax and also visit private gardens and a nursery.Contact garden club member: Lynn Kinsella and Jan Wilshaw


Spring Workshop- “Building a Herb Junk Garden” Wednesday, May 22
Choose from 2 available times: 2-4pm or 6-8pm
Location: Brunswick Nurseries
Sign up sheet available at April meeting
Contact Garden Club member: Connie Titus and Sharon Eldridge


Car boot sale-Wednesday, June 12 at 6pm for set up with sale starting at 6:30.
Location: Quispamsis Qplex- 20 Randy Jones
Contact Garden Club member: Pat McGill


Garden Tours:
Please consider opening your garden this summer!
Contact Garden Club members: Elaine Hoper

Notes:
* 50/50 Draw - Thanks to Pricilla Leger for volunteering for our April meeting
* This month’s refreshments - are thanks to Lynn Carr, Juliette Kilpatrick and Catherine Wareham
* Don’t forget to wear your name tag - 2019 memberships will be sold before our meeting starts. single $20/family $30.
Hope to see everyone on Wednesday, April 3, 2019!

Rain Gardens and Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Project.

Guest Speaker Ben Whalen from the Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Project will be speaking on Rain Gardens and Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Project.

Ben Whalen started working with the KWRC in 1995 as a Habitat Technician and worked here for three summers after he received his diploma in Environmental Technology at NBCC Miramichi.  After pursuing various contracts and other opportunities in his field, he returned to the KWRC as Project Manager in 2007.

Ben loves the fact that he can work in his field and make a positive difference here in his home town.  Ben and his wife, Michelle, raise their two children, and attempt a garden while living in Sussex Corner.  Ben also loves to reap the rewards of his work as an avid angler and can often be found wading down local streams casting a line as often as he can be found measuring their depths and widths. 

His familiarity and passion for the Kennebecasis watershed have proven to be an asset for the KWRC and he wants to continue to improve the watershed while also improving local communities.

FUNDY GARDENERS MEET AT 7 PM, Wednesday, February 6, 2019

FUNDY GARDENERS MEET AT 7 PM, Wednesday, February 6, 2019, St. James the less Church, 1760 Rothesay Rd.

Speaker:    Janet Kempster-   Topic:   The Monarch: An Amazing Butterfly Story
NOTES:

·        50/50 Draw- Thanks to Yolanda Kippers for volunteering for our February meeting

·         This month's refreshments are thanks to Connie Titus, Janet Flewelling and Patty Suttie

·         Don't forget to wear your name tag to be eligible for door prizes!

·         2019 memberships will be sold before our meeting starts. single $20/family $30.

 

In the event of stormy weather and you're wondering if the meeting has been canceled, please check either our Fundy Gardener Blog  - fundygardeners.blogspot.com  or the Fundy Gardener Facebook page.

      If the meeting has been canceled it will be posted at both sites by 6 PM.

 If you missed the January meeting, we will again be circulating a sign-up sheet for our June 14-16th Fundy Gardener bus trip. This year we'll be going to Halifax to attend the Halifax Garden Festival on June 15. Of course there will be lots of FUN and surprises coming and going to the Festival! If you're away, then contact Lynn Kinsella or Jan Wilshaw to get your name on the list. Payment will be due at our March 6th meeting. More details to follow.

 
Hope to see everyone on February 6, 2019!


Lynn - standing in for Bonnie

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.