CHAPPAQUA
gARDEN CLUB

Submitted by Judy Leheny

Thursday, April 6 at 10 a.m. will be the next “meeting” of the Pocket Park.  We accomplished so much on March 23 - cutting down the grasses, learning to prune the Hydrangeas, and giving the Park a spring cleanup that we decided to take a week off.  Since the 23rd, the Park has been fertilized and the trellised rose tied up and pruned.  We are well on our way to shaking off the winter blahs.  We are not at all an exclusive group and one disappointment was that no new members came to join our laugh-and-learning experience.  Contact Anne Boyd or Judy Leheny if you would like to come on the 6th

Submitted by Karen Bazik

Garden Jr. 's had 13 children attend our March Herb Windowsill Garden workshop. The children enjoyed hearing a story about planting a garden. Then, they planted their own windowsill garden. Thanks to Kent and Sue for supplying seeds and helping out. Many of the families plan to attend next month's vegetable garden workshop.

Submitted by Innes Mercean

Adam Wheeler from Broken Arrow Nursery in CT showed us how to properly cut and setup for plant propagation, during a very informative presentation, followed by a hands-on workshop. Workshop participants got to take home their test pot with three plant cuttings. Hopefully we will see new roots in a few weeks!

From Karen Bazik

Our Garden Jr. 's created beautiful cards.  The children learned how to press flowers at home using a flower press or a book. We discussed how to select flowers to press at home. Everyone was inspired to create their own valentines. One mother even shared how she preserved bouquets with the group. Thanks to Diane, Diane and Chris for helping out. 

From Judy Leheny

Pocket Park - Most of the garden is sleeping but, if you look carefully, the Winter Aconites have started to come into bloom.  We shall be selling these (from private garden) at the Plant Sale.  Now is the time to see what they look like and think where these early-flowering harbingers of Spring would look in your garden.

From Karen Bazik

The Garden Jr.'s program held its first winter sowing workshop. Families planted seeds gathered from milkweed planted last May. We also planted some coneflower seeds gathered from the Pocket Park. Families took their jugs home and some jugs were left in the library's vegetable bed.Sue Meany and Kent assisted families and they shared information about the Pollinator Pathway. Special thanks to all the members who donated empty gallon jugs.

From Judy Leheny

Making it easy to coil a garden hose for the winter: Set a garbage can  in the driveway and coil the hose around the base of it. Tie the hose in 3-4 places to keep it intact. Remove the garbage can. Neat and easy.
Don’t forget to remove the nozzle and store it separately.

From Karen Bazik

The Garden Jr's have been very busy this fall. Our October fall flower arranging workshop was buzzing with activity. Juniors learned how to dry flowers from their garden. Then, they used a variety of dried flowers to create their own arrangements in a pumpkin container. Special thanks to Judy for the giant allium flowers. 

The juniors welcomed the end of fall by creating leaf crowns. Juniors learned to identify different leaves and adhered them to  paper strips which were made into crowns. They also created Thanksgiving placemats using pressed leaves. Thanks to all the members who collected and pressed leaves for the event.