March 2020 Update

   Welcome to the Sandy Spring Museum Garden Club Update

This blog update is an endeavor to keep us all connected and informed; visit member and regional gardens through photos, advice and recommendations; and highlight articles and websites about gardening and wildlife.  Happy Gardening!!

                     The April 19th Program has been postponed until 2021.

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STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL PREPARATIONS

We are in a time of unprecedented flux.  A great stress reducer is getting out into your garden.  Spring is bursting forth with its hopeful flourish.  Time in the garden is well spent just nurturing the beds, adding the yearly compost, pulling those tenacious weeds. And if you find you have unwanted upstarts of perennials, or need to thin out a hearty bunch, we  ask garden club members to pot those extra plants to benefit the Museum. 

So, look a daffodil in the face and take a deep breath.  Together we will get through this.

Sincerely,

Your co-chairs for the Strawberry Festival        

Kathy Ramienski and Anita Gilbert

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GARDENING WITH FRIENDS

          

In the next few issues we will be highlighting the garden of one of our members. The first is Anita Gilbert.  Those of you who helped with or enjoyed the 2019 Garden Tour may have seen this well-planned garden and the beautiful artwork by Anita and her husband, Anthony Vodraska.  As spring vegetables and flowers arrive, she eagerly awaits the perennials and self-sowing annuals to emerge, some to be moved to other locations or to be potted up for future plant sales and exchanges.

This Spring's blooms-

Photos from May, 2018   

 

How to Identify Insect Pests in Your Vegetable Garden by Maryland Grows Mike Raupp, "The Bug Guy" for the University of Maryland Extension, explains how, like a crime scene investigator, you can use clues to find out what types of insects are causing damage in your garden. Look for telltale signs like chewed leaves, discoloration, distortion, dieback, and insect products. Read more of this post

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Brookside Gardens in the Spring

Video to see:
The Gardener - Created over 75 years and three generations, Les Quatre Vents stands as an enchanted place of beauty and surprise, a horticultural masterpiece of the 21st century. See how Frank Cabot gave birth to one of the greatest gardens in the world. 
On Amazon and Hulu.
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About the Garden Club

While being responsible for planning, landscaping, and maintaining the museum’s Courtyard Garden, the Garden Club offers quarterly programs, trips, and interactive and creative workshops. Some of the fun activities include the Plant Booth at the Museum’s annual Strawberry Festival, the Holiday Greens Sale, and the bi-annual Garden Tour, featuring beautiful local, private, and historic gardens.

Garden Club Membership

Membership in the Garden Club is open to all Museum members; in other words, anyone is welcome to join.  Guests are welcome to attend any function. By becoming a member of the Garden Club, you have the opportunity to meet new people, have a great time while learning, and support the Museum, all while expanding the community’s knowledge of horticulture.  If you are interested in becoming a member of the Garden Club, please e-mail us at gardenclub@sandyspringmuseum.org or call 301-774-0022 (x 104) for more information.
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Please feel free to add a comment below or send photos and articles to
Jan Baweja, janbaw2@gmail.com.
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Gardening has NOT been canceled.