Here is what the chairs of the Public Parks and Gardens Committee–Cathy Decker and DeeDee Heyward— sent you following the May workday:

“Many thanks to Anne Barnett, Wyn Coghlan, Sarah Collier and Connie Stelzenmuller.  Plantings put in last year in the Triangle Bed are doing well.  Fothergilla is in exceptional blossom!  We look forward to all of the perennials donated by Sandy Beale to be making an appearance soon. The usual weeding was done in various beds.  Many ferns were removed behind Water ...

An ice storm at the beginning of the flower show week and a major snow storm toward  the end didn’t deter our visitors.   PHS announced that they enjoyed a 10 percent increase in visitors over last year and more than 15,000 people joined the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society by the end of the show.  That’s amazing!  What is more amazing is that The Gardeners captured the Margaret Buckley Zantzinger award for the garden club with the most points in Competitive ...

by Michele Spence

For many years the Gardeners have volunteered their time and artistic talent to bring a little joy into the lives of parents and children ...