What a treat to have our first meeting in September at the Henry Foundation for Botanical Research located in Gladwyne.

Susan Treadway, director, gave us a captivating slide presentation on the different species of plants grown from seed by Mrs. Gibson Henry, her grandmother and the renowned plant explorer, botanist and horticulturalist. Mary Gibson Henry died at the age of 83 while on a plant collecting trip. She was among the first women who entered a male dominated field and won ...

A big thanks to Sandy Beale who arranged a tour for our club to discover Old New Castle, Delaware with the help of docents and Sandy leading the way around her town. According to the internet, New Castle is the oldest, continuously occupied town in the Delaware Valley. We not only visited a few of the historic homes and the Old Court House—all interesting– but we also saw some terrific gardens—a real treat.

We especially enjoyed being led through the ARASAPHA Garden Club Native ...

Our workday at the Grange in July was busy and fun as usual. We worked for almost two hours and were hanging out together chit-chatting and saying our good byes when a butterfly lighted on Cathy Decker’s shoulder. Wyn quickly dug out her cell phone to capture the moment as Michele looked on. We realized that we were standing in front of two large butterfly bushes—lavender and white. We watched and observed as many butterflies visited the white-bloom variety more ...

This year the Gardeners were excited to hear that we had once again won the Dorothy Buckley Zantzinger Award (otherwise know as the trophy with the antler handles, named after Stewart Spahr’s Aunt) for most points in Horticulture and Artistic Competitive Classes at the Philadelphia International Flower Show! Members worked diligently on the beautifully executed Club Entry, a Shop Window, under the Leadership of Eileen Longacre and Wyn Coghlan. Helpers included a support team of Lynn Seeburger and Becky Wein ...

In the last months of 2012, the Gardeners participated in two outreach projects. The first was the decorating of Woodford House in Fairmount Park in November. We were asked to return after a very successful outing last year- this year’s Theme was Rebecca Frank’s tea, and as you can see, the Gardeners did a wonderful job carrying out the theme in the kitchen, dining room and staircase!

Then in our annual Greens workshop, held at the Church of the Redeemer at ...