The Gardener’s  June Rose Show was held at  Bolingbroke Mansion on June 12, 2012. The arrangement classes were titled “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (a design incorporating a place setting and identifying the person invited) and “A Culinary Caper” (a design using flowers, fruits and/or vegetables). Wyn Coghlan gets special mention, winning a first place in both classes, and a best in show!

After such a warm winter – everything blooming ahead of schedule –  we feared that the cut-rose specimens would ...

On Saturday May 12, four Gardeners did yeoman’s labor at Concourse Lake! Our club was given the job of making-perfect the newly-established tree and schrub beds at the 50^th Street entrance to the lake, and it was acknowledged that we had the weediest beds of all!!  Sarah Collier brought out her pitch fork, Wyn Coghlan had her trowel in the dirt (and presciently brought Gatorade), Connie Stelzenmuller manned her spade, Betsy Crowell had broom and garbage sacks, and we all ...

Sandra Hudson gave a flower demonstration to The Garden Workers Garden Club assisted by Anne Barnett. The theme was “Shop your closets, using everyday items for flower Arrangements and making arranging fun.

She did arrangements using containers such as soup tureens, soup bowls, egg cups, soup cans, baskets, a Clementine wooden box and an antique wooden box secretary. There was an assortment of flowers from a wholesaler, from her garden and small plants such as prim-roses, mini ferns and mini violets.

So much work has been completed at the Grange over the winter months. The re-pointing of the “ruin” and the adjacent wall has made such a big difference to the Water-wheel area, one of the locations where The Gardeners have been clearing and planting. The main development at the Grange has been the clearing of the new ‘amphitheater’, a long-overgrown slope with the wall and ruin as background, that will be developed for performances. This will be a perfect setting for local ...

Dear Gardener Friends,

The Philadelphia Flower Show, Thanks and Gardeners’ News:

Thanks and Congratulations to all our participants!! The Gardeners had many exhibitors, but also many more members assisting others and doing expert work behind the scenes, all equally valuable to the success of the show. It was also lovely to see many Gardeners at the Preview Party rooting on their fellow members!

I know we are all anxious to hear of our members’ awards, but the final results are shared very slowly, ...

In January, our splendid Christmas decorations at Woodford Mansion were taken down, supervised by our project co-chairs, Lynn McGregor and Sandy Beale. The Woodford staff were effluent in their praise, and their board members pronounced that Woodford had never looked better. Gold stars to all the ladies of the committee, with a very special mention ...