It is with such pleasure and pride that I announce to you that Barbara Geltosky, our GCA National Affairs and Legislation Committee Vice-Chair for Energy, was awarded The Zone Conservation Award at the Awards Luncheon at the Zone V meeting this past week. Lindsay Marshall, the GCA National Affairs ...
I can’t say enough about how beautiful the grounds are looking in all the gardens we have landscaped surrounding the perimeter of the new amphitheater. We still have work to do; such as, removing some hosta from the water wheel garden and replacing with other plants to give more variety; then, there is the Washington Walk that runs along the length of the amphitheater to the water wheel garden and into the woods where Roy and our garden club have cleared vines and ...
Continue Reading →A really good crowd of Gardeners–human and canine–arrived for the August cleanup of The Grange from near and far. I guess Sandy Beal came the distance from New Castle, Delaware, and was among the last to leave. Sandy didn’t let her fused spine stop her. She sat on the ground, found a good position and weeded. Amazing! Also great to see one of our new provisional members–Liz Mercogliano in the mix.
All our new plantings are so lush and green thanks ...
Continue Reading →Sometime back in May, we asked for photos of what was blooming in your garden. Several of you did send pictures. This spring, in the view from my sun porch where my husband and I have again returned after this long winter, we have a very old wisteria vine that we now have propped up with a board because it is so heavy. It bends down to say hello to the very old azaleas that line the front of our house. We have ...
Continue Reading →What an exciting June show. Lots of entries. Classes were interesting and camaraderie was there among the members. Someone remarked that she was glad to see so much visiting going on at the end of the show.
Many of you have either run the flower show committee or worked as a member of the committee so you know what it takes to put on one of our flower shows. The tables and supplies come by truck from Chester where everything ...
Continue Reading →The planting and transplanting continue at The Grange. When we arrived in June, many thought the two dwarf crepe myrtles in the entrance garden at the bottom of Mansion Walk had met their demise after our grueling winter; but, we should have known that these 4-yr-olds had a lot of fight left in them. We dug around the shrub roots and there at the base was green. I hope when we go back in July, we will see some new ...
Continue Reading →The Gardeners membership applauded and were so proud at our May 2014 meeting when our president Wyn Coghlan presented Joan Roberts with a GCA award in recognition of her 55 years of dedicated service to The Gardeners. In commemoration of this event, the following letter was sent to Joan from our GCA president, Katherine P. Hines:
Dear Joan,
It is with pride and admiration that I send my very best wishes and congratulations on the occasion of your 55th anniversary of membership ...
Continue Reading →Conservation Education Outreach by Barbara Geltosky
In May, 5 members of The Gardeners, with the help of community volunteers, met at St Augustine Church in Norristown to make terrariums with a group of second through fourth grade girls in an after-school program. According to their website, The St. Augustine Academy for youth is an after-school enrichment program for Norristown girls in Grades 1 – 4. The Monday and Wednesday program runs from 3:30 to 5:45 following the school calendar. The St. ...
Continue Reading →National Affairs and Legislation Committee
Barbara Geltosky
Vice Chair Energy Sources
May 2014
“Why We Should Worry About LNG”
As the US begins to produce more shale gas from fracking, the possibility of selling it to markets abroad at a higher profit is creating new dilemmas for environmentalists. Not only is the liquefaction process a potentially hazardous one, but the opening up of export markets will create a more demand for fracked gas with increased environmental impact. The current geopolitical situation, particularly ...
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