East Longmeadow Garden Club
2012 2013
PROGRAM INFORMATION
MEETINGS
September through May 2012 2013
Our meetings
are always on Thursdays. Please check the date for each month.
During the course of the 2012-2013 year, we will meet on the 4th Thursday
most of the time. However, during two months we will meet on the 3rd Thursday,
and we will meet on the 2nd Thursday one month and on the 1st Thursday one
month. As noted in this yearbook, if there is inclement weather, an alternate
Thursday is listed
TIME & MEETING
LOCATION
12:00 noon
Fellowship Hall
First
Congregational Church
7 Somers
Road
at the East Longmeadow Rotary
Please join
the ELGC for inspiring, interesting and fun field trips which are planned for
your enjoyment. We always carpool!
If you need
a ride to a meeting, please call Lavada Munoz at 525-3910.
DUES
$20
Active Membership
$20
Sustaining Membership
$ 5
Guest Fee
Please note:
Our Constitution states: “A Sustaining Member is a person who has been an
active member for at least five years and is now unable to participate actively
in club projects.”
PROGRAMS
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September
27, 2012
Guest fee $5
4th Thursday at 11:45 a.m.
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Photo
Review of 2011-2012 –Our 43th Year
“Birds, Butterflies, Bees and other Beneficial Insects” George Kingston
& Jean Delaney
Attract birds, butterflies, bees & other beneficial critters to your
garden, minimizing the ones you don’t want.
Potluck--Bring by last name:
Salads
A - F
Main
Dish
G - O
Dessert
P – Z
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October 25, 2012
Guest fee $5
4th Thursday at 12 Noon
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"Brown is Beautiful”
Larry Lirot
Using natural materials in natural colors
to enhance natural artifacts for your home.
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November 15, 2012
Guest fee $5
3rd Thursday at 12 Noon
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“Della Robbia: Fruit Boards for the Seasons”
Dennis Picard
The term, della robbia, is used for a category of decorations utilizing
natural fruit, vegetables and greens affixed to a rigid board or base.
Most commonly it is applied to a decorative plaque that is customarily
placed above an entryway or window. The most familiar location to find
examples of this type of work today is at Williamsburg, VA
during the Christmas season.
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December 13, 2012
Guest fee $5
2nd Thursday at 12 Noon
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“Holiday
Musical Favorites and Sing-a-Long”
with Eva Cappelli & the Watershops Band
Kate Mitchell, EL High School student, will sing.
Potluck--Bring
by last name:
A - F
Desserts
G - K Salads
L – Z Main Dish
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January 24, 2013
Guest
fee $5
4th Thursday at 12 Noon
(snow date-Jan. 31)
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“Dotage Diversions: Why this Old Man Tends Bonsai” -
Charles B. Hayward
We’ll survey native New England Bonsai culture from scrawny seedlings to
proud elders. Living life
in a pot from specimen selection, lifting, root pruning, potting,
wiring, shaping, to winter hibernation.
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February 28, 2013
Guest fee $5
4th Thursday at 12 Noon
(snow
date-Mar. 7)
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“Immortality:
Ancient Blossoms and
Ancient
Mummies”
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Irene and George Hayward
Egyptian coffins & the mummies they contained linked blossoms & plants
with immortality. View a
29 minute National Public Television film telling the story of
how the Haywards decoded the mysteries of an ancient Egyptian burial
ensemble & reunited it with its owner, fulfilling the ancient promise of
his immortality. Then
we will learn about images from ancient Egyptian sources of plants and
flowers and explain the pious promises each held for believers.
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March 21, 2013
Guest fee $5
3rd Thursday at 12 Noon
(snow date-April 4)
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“Flora Now & 100 Years Ago in the
Springfield
Area”
David Lovejoy
A comparison of flora of early 20th Century and flora now by
the author of “Flora of Springfield,” published
in 2008
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May 2, 2013
Guest fee $5
1st Thursday at 12 Noon
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“A Container for All Seasons”
Suzanne Reed
How to have one container & a variety of plants work for you throughout
the seasons. Includes information about planting containers, preparing
the pots, selection of plants and how to get the most of your plants
until the late fall.
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May 23, 2013
Guest fee $5
4th Thursday at 12 Noon
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“Emily Dickinson--
Her Life, Her Poetry and Her Gardens”
With
impersonator, Gerry Baribeau.
Potluck--Bring by last name:
A – G
Main Dish
H - K Desserts
P – Z Salads
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Community Projects
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Library Desk Arrangements
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Library Showcase
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Conservation Garden,
Heritage
Park
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Memorial Garden,
Center Hill
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Town
Center
Beautification:
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Seasonal Center Plantings
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Town Hall Sidewalk
Garden
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Flagpole Garden
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War Memorial Garden
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6 Center Tubs, 4 Shaker Road Tubs
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Nov.-Jan. Town
Lampposts
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Winter Greens, Center Planting
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Decorate Storrowton
for Yuletide
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April 2013: Arbor Day
at Mountain View &
Mapleshade Schools
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May 11 2013 Plant & Bake
Sale
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2013 Summertime Garden Strolls
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August 2013 Annual Night Out
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ELGC Scholarship
Printable
East Longmeadow Garden Club 2013
Scholarship Application Form
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Giving Tree Project in conjunction with First Baptist
Church to benefit Christian School and East Longmeadow Food Bank
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Plantings at East Longmeadow Historical Museum and at
Council on Aging Building
Green Thumb Award
2012--Suzanne Reed
The East Longmeadow
Garden Club was organized
in 1969 under the direction of our founder, Esther Rosati.
The Club has
been an active organization since 1969 with an abundance of challenging
projects, educational opportunities, and informative programs.
Members have been eager and intent, and their enthusiasm has inspired
others.
Our purpose is to educate and facilitate interest in
all phases of home gardening, better horticultural practices, civic beauty, and
conservation of natural resources in East Longmeadow.
We
welcome men and women from East Longmeadow and surrounding towns to join.
You do not
have to be a gardener to belong, but you should have a keen interest in the
above mentioned.
Website:
www.eastlongmeadowweather.org
ELCAT schedule is
available on the website
ELCAT Schedule on channel 5
(public access)
ELCAT Schedule on channel 19
(government access)
ELCAT Video Library
(go to EL Garden Club folder for Clubs Videos)
There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep
up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling.
Mirabel Osler