January Flower: Carnation |
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Message From The President |
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We closed out 2022 with a wonderful holiday swag workshop, conducted by Provisional member Sarah Worden. Members crafted over 90 small holiday decorations for recipients of the St. Michael’s Food Pantry. Click HERE to take a look at photos of the event on the Hospitality page of the LGC website. The workshop is front and center as the very first post in the Litchfield Garden Club Instagram account, now up and running. Thanks again to Jessica Travelstead and Lynn Chapman for making this a reality.
The New Year promises to be a significant one for the Club, with our Flower Show, A Tapestry of Nature scheduled for June 16-17. Sylvia and Kate have been working hard toward making this an outstanding event. We will be dedicating the Show to the memory of Ronnie Schoelzel, who always shared in the most important events of our LGC life. We will certainly miss her.
I send my very best wishes to all for a happy, healthy, joyful, and peaceful New Year.
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January 2023 Program Notice |
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It's a Zoom Meeting
January 19th @10am
We are very excited to present Tupper Thomas who will speak about the Olmsted and Vaux designed parks. Tupper served for 30 years as the President of the Prospect Park Alliance. Prospect Park is one of the finest examples of Olmsted and Vaux designed parks. Tupper is knowledgeable about parks and urban conservation throughout the country.
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January's Monthly Meeting is via Zoom. See link below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85843127213?pwd=ZkZNM3B2Z2F5cnBhSTkrN1RUMGsxUT09
Meeting ID: 858 4312 7213
Passcode: 114910
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Committee Reports & Announcements |
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The LGC Instagram Account has launched! |
The LGC Instagram Account is up and running. If you already have an Instagram (IG) account, just click on the Instagram symbol to the right to "follow" the LGC. The account is currently set up as "private" so you will have to make a special "request" to follow. |
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If you are "NEW" to Instagram you will need to set up an account if you wish to follow the LGC. We are hoping to gain many followers which will enable us to use Instagram as a tool to promote our activities throughout the year including our upcoming flower show, "A Tapestry of Nature" in June 2023.
While navigating the site, you might choose to follow the Garden Club of America by clicking HERE and the Federated Garden Clubs of CT by clicking HERE.
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LGC Member Profile
Kate Jamison
LGC Member Since: 2018
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When did your interest in gardening initially blossom?
My interest in gardening started/blossomed when ‘working’ with Dad in the garden at the age of 7. It grew in college when studying Landscape Architecture and really bloomed afterwards when I took a gardening job in San Francisco.
Favorite flower and/or tree?
The Daffodil, harbinger of the upcoming season
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What is your favorite garden tool?
My Felco (bypass) pruning shears and my Hori hori knife.
What is your favorite gardening tip or "trick of the trade?"
Red pepper flakes when I plant herbaceous plants to help deter the voles and Sustane turkey fertilizer (4-6-4) with everything I plant outside.
Who is your favorite "Gardening Guru?" This can be a person, a favorite book, or any garden-oriented website site you follow on social media or the internet.
The inspiration of Nancy DeBrule Clement, the tenacity and determination of Sal Gilbertie, and the calm knowledge/smarts of Caitlin Driscoll, a co-worker at Shakespeare’s garden.
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Flower Show Update
Entries in both Floral Design and Photography Divisions are almost complete. Members of LGC who have not entered are encouraged to do so ASAP in order to be in a class of their choice. Early horticulture entries are not required except for classes 45-48 and 50. Another planning meeting will be held in the winter months of the new year. All is going very smoothly and it will be a beautiful event. The February meeting will be a good preparation for members.
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Floral Design Update
The committee held a workshop on December 8th at St. Anthony's downstairs meeting room to prepare for the December sweepstakes and to get some ideas on swag mechanics and designs using no oasis. This was followed at our monthly meeting by a beautiful sweepstakes of 9 floral design exhibits with a capsule place setting for a Winter Holiday Dinner Party. Each exhibit was superb! You can view the entries and awards by clicking HERE.
Our judge was Beth Montgelas from CT. Valley GC, a GCA judge and former Chair of the GCA Annual Meeting in Hartford. She did a splendid job for us and was sent home with a little gift in gratitude and was also fortunate to win an amaryllis bulb! The new fabric purchased for FD table covering worked beautifully. Next FD sweepstakes will be in the spring.
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Reminder:
January 10th Deadline!
Guest List Names Needed for
Flower Show Preview Gala
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We are compiling the list of invitees to our upcoming Flower Show Preview Gala and need your input.
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This year, we will be sending both a Save the Date and a separate Invitation via Paperless Post. We are asking each LGC member to provide a list of 5-10 people that you would like to include on the invitation list. You may include friends, family members, or local contacts that you feel are good friends of the garden club.
Please email the following information to me:
1. First and last name of each guest. If the guests are a couple, please provide first and last name for both individuals. Please do not list as "Mr. and Mrs."
2. Primary Email address for each guest. You may provide only one primary email address if the invitation is going to a couple.
For example:
Guest Name: Emily Dalton and Matthew Karpas
Email address: emilydalton959@gmailcom
Guest Name: John and Susan Smith
Our timeline is as follows:
1/10/23 Deadline for submitting guest names
1/15/23 Save the Date will be sent via paperless post
4/1/23 Invitation will be sent via paperless post with a link for purchasing tickets online, as well as information for paying by check.
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Topiary Workshop
January 17th @ 1:30pm
Diane Stoner's Barn
$10 fee payable at event
Limit: 15 people
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Happy New Year!!
Horticulture is going to meet again in February, but meanwhile let’s dust off our snips or unwrap our new ones (!!) to join me in a Topiary workshop on January 17th. I will be bringing plants which we will be learning how to train, maintain and groom for our June Flower show. Please bring $10.00 with you to defray the cost of plants and soil.
You will need to sign up in advance to join this workshop, so you MUST RSVP by clicking HERE or on my name below.
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SAVE THE DATE
Kokedama Workshop
February 2nd @ 1pm
St. Anthony's Basement
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The February Kokedama workshop will be led by a great horticulturist, and horticulture judge Trina Horine from the Greenwich club Hortulus. This should be a really fun and educational workshop. Please look to the LGC calendar for particular instructions. Please RSVP by clicking HERE, or on my name below, if you plan on attending!
I look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year.
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Do you have a friend or acquaintance that you could propose for our provisional membership? Please review the guidelines for submission HERE. Three letters of support are required for each candidate and the time for submission is running out!
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Your letters must reach me via snail mail or email by the
January 15th DEADLINE.
My address is:
154 Old South Road
Litchfield
Have a wonderful holiday and see you in 2023!!
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There will be a field trip to the New Britain Museum of American Art on Wednesday, January 11. Details to follow.
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Projects and Beautification |
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Next Meeting
Tuesday, January 17th at 10am
Drew Harlow's House
The Projects Committee meeting will be meeting this month. Hope to see everyone, as we plan for the new year.
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Visiting Gardens Trip
SAVE THE DATE
February 23rd
Join us for a trip to the Connecticut Flower and Garden Show on Thursday, February 23rd. This year’s flower show theme is “Gateway to Spring” organized by the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, of which we are a member.
We will meet at 9:30 at St. Anthony’s parking lot. Tickets may be ordered in advance on-line for $17 or you can pay at the door for $20.
To RSVP or to ask any questions you can email me at npost1126@gmail.com or by clicking on my name below.
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Member News and Upcoming Events |
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SAVE THE DATE
41st Connecticut Flower and Garden Show
Federated Garden Clubs of CT
"Gateway to Springtime"
An NGC Standard Flower Show
February 23, 2023 thru February 26, 2023
Connecticut Convention Center
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For more information and to view the Schedule click HERE.
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Hostesses Needed: The Connecticut Flower Show
I'm emailing all the Club Presidents to please ask for help in filling the hostess spots for the CT Flower Show, Feb. 23-26, 2023. We have shifts each day, 10-12:30, 12:30-3 and 3-5 with a maximum of 10 members per shift. Hostesses circulate on the floor of the Flower Show answering questions and watching to be sure the exhibits are kept safe and untouched. A briefing is given before each shift. Hostesses are each given one admittance to the show on the day they volunteer. We have a hospitality room with refreshments and members are welcome to bring contributions for refreshments if they wish. Parking information will be forthcoming and I'll be in touch with all the hostesses before the show for more information.
Please have your members contact me at lindroth@aol.com with their first and second choice of shift and name of garden club. I'm happy to answer any questions. Many thanks.
Kathy Lindroth, Tours Coordinator
Federated Garden Clubs of CT, Inc.
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