August 1, 2018 Volume 1, Issue 13
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AUGUST NEWSLETTER UPDATED!
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Dear Membership,
Yesterday you received an early copy of the newsletter still in draft format. Haste certainly makes waste because unfortunately, it included several errors. I send this updated version with apologies to all for the mistakes. The intention was for it to send today on August 1 after being proofed! Please note the following corrections:
- Mary Page Hickey mistakenly listed as Mary Beth Hickey
- The date of our August meeting is August 14 not August 12
- Caroline Lussi named as Catherine Lussi
- The July meeting recap and link to its pictures now directs you to the updated photos
I am traveling and worked on this issue on an inadequate device -- technology can certainly be frustrating! I look forward to seeing many of you in the next few weeks at the Visiting Gardens trip on August 7 and at the next meeting to continue our 90th Celebration on
August 14.
Best,
Jennifer Lagor
Editor (loosely titled!)
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Westport Post Office
Nancy Howard - Photographer
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IN THIS ISSUE
August 14 Meeting Details
July Meeting Recap and Photos
90th Anniversary Kickoff Celebration
AGC Membership Directory
A printable version attached
July 31 Archives Workshop POSTPONED
Stay tuned for information for September
Did you know....?
Butterflies pollinate plants, but in ways different from all others
2018 Program Schedule
90th Anniversary special programs
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Musings from our President
Greetings of Mid-Summer,
It was a joy to see so many of you at the festivity of our first anniversary celebration. Clearly, Curt’s multiple pauses relevant to gardeners' potential contributions to natural science were well received. To think we might participate without any extra or heavy lifting, just observations, pencil and paper, upon doing what we love in our own backyards….Perhaps you will begin a diary. And if you have ideas for an AGC follow up, please share your thoughts with us.
Meanwhile, August is nigh and Frisky Hickey is at the ready to open our eyes to botanical art and her passion for depicting flowers in scientifically accurate detail. Johann Wolfgang Goethe is credited with saying, “You really do not see a plant until you draw it.” Let’s see you then!
Cheers!
Nancy
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AUGUST MEETING - RSVP BY AUGUST 7
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American Native Plants - Botanical Drawings
Tuesday, August 14
9:30 AM
This meeting continues our celebration of AGC’s 90
th
Anniversary featuring
Frisky Hickey, American Native Plants – Botanical Drawings. Frisky will be exhibiting many of her paintings, as well as explaining the whole process. Her book will also be available for sale at the price of $20. If you wish to purchase please pay by check (made out to Mary Page Hickey) or by cash.
Place:
The Ausable Club / 135 Ausable Road / Keene Valley
Time:
- 9:30 AM Coffee, tea
- 10:00 AM Business Meeting and the Anniversary Celebration Continues!
- 11:00 AM Break
- 11:15 AM Program
- 12:15 PM Luncheon. $25 per person including a birthday cake prepared by the staff of the Ausable Club. Please pay by check (made out to AGC) or cash. There will be a cash only wine bar.
Directions:
Proceed South on Rte. 73 from Keene Valley approx. 3 miles. In the hamlet of St. Huberts, just past the sign for the Episcopal Chapel, you will see a sign with the AC initials on it. Turn Right onto Ausable Road. Bear right just past the beginning of the golf course. Turn left in front of the tennis courts and park next to the tennis court. The Casino is to the left of the clubhouse.
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Gardens, Weather or Not!
with Curt Stager at the Lake Placid Crowne Plaza
The meeting began our celebration of AGC’s 90
th
Anniversary. Longtime member and host, Caroline Lussi provided us with the perfect setting and a lovely reception following the presentation. Curt Stager affirmed to membership and guests alike our warming climate and encouraged us to continue our efforts no matter how small or large. The icing on the cake was just that ... thanks to Chris Duncan who surprised our group with celebratory cake and wine as well as gifts for everyone in attendance. It was a very memorable afternoon.
CLICK HERE
to read more about the July meeting and see more photos.
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Nancy Howard, Cynthia Grant, Caroline Lussi
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Etta Moredock, Mo Ecclesine, Nancy Howard
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Delia Thompson &
Cornelia Forrence
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The anniversary cake and Caroline, Nancy, Curt, Lynne, and Liz
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JULY 31 ARCHIVES WORKSHOP POSTPONED
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The Archives Workshop planned for Tuesday, July 31 - at the Adirondack History Museum has been postponed until September when we will work together to move the collection. Please stay tuned for more details. Contact
Barbara Hail
if you have questions.
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Our Membership Directory is available
HERE
in a printable version. Please check that your address is up-to-date. If it is not correct, send changes to
Linda Rockefeller
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Please note the following members have changes to their email address:
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Zinnia with a
monarch butterfly
Nancy Howard - Photographer
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Butterflies pollinate plants, but in ways different from all others
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While bees are the better known pollinators, butterflies do their fair share. Bees, being connected to the commercial growing of fruits and vegetables, are considered the most important. They pollinate in smaller areas and are very good at what they do.
Butterflies can travel longer distances, ensuring coverage of equal amounts of flowering plants in a larger area. But that's not all: There are also bats and moths and birds, to name a few other pollinators. Although they all are only looking for food nectar, they actually help plants reproduce.
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The numbers of these pollinators are being reduced in alarming rates by habitat loss, through urbanization and the overuse of pesticides. Honeybees are losing ground to a parasitic mite. More than 90 percent of all plants need a pollinator to distribute pollen to set fruit and seeds. While bees buzz their way from flower to flower, butterflies glide and flit back and forth as if they know they are putting on a show for us (by Mike Malloy,
Daily News Contributor).
To read more about butterflies as pollinators
click here
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2018 AGC Program Schedule
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The Program Committee has updated the calendar for 2018. Additional details will be included in future newsletters.
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Tuesday, August 7
Visiting Garden Committee has scheduled a visit to
The Kent-Delord House Museum and Garden in Plattsburgh
Tuesday, August 14*
*Note: 2
nd
Tuesday
90
th
Anniversary
continued
American Native Plants at the Ausable Club in St. Hubert’s
Frisky Hickey – Botanical Drawings
Lunch catered
9:30 AM
Tuesday, September 11*
*Note: 2
nd
Tuesday
Annual Meeting at Lyn Flynn’s Home in Westport
Garden Tour and Lunch
Brown Bag
9:30 AM
Sunday, September 30
Pot Luck at Liz Jaques’ Home in Keene
11:30 AM
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AGC eNews
eNews is a monthly publication
produced by the Communications/Website Committee
of the Adirondack Garden Club
Editor, Jennifer Lagor
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