July 2020 Update

Garden Club News

Before training the wisteria

Our beautiful wisteria at the Sandy Spring Museum will bloom again on its newly painted pergola!!!  We had major assistance on this project from Phil Normandy and Roger Haynes from Brookside Gardens.

Before the pergola was painted last fall, the wisteria had to be taken down. Kathy Gaskill spoke with Phil, who recommended Roger Haynes as he is in charge of all the wisteria at Brookside Gardens. Roger came out to the museum and offered to help us get the wisteria growing again up the columns and not wrapped around the columns.  We are using the method used at Brookside Gardens where Roger takes string, ties it at the base of the column and attaches it to the top of the column.  He selects the healthiest wisteria shoot and wraps it around the string to get it growing vertically up the string.  Roger will be training the wisteria with us the rest of the year to make sure it is growing properly. Pictures taken by Roger Haynes. 

Selected wisteria shoots are trained up a vertical string.

The wisteria is making it's way to the top

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Craft Time

Our gardens continue to marvel us through the summer with their colorful displays.  Why not preserve that beauty by pressing, drying and printing with those lovely flowers and herbs.  Here are a few projects to try. Click on the craft name For directions.

                           Lavender wands: 

Anne Petzold suggests picking the lavender while blooming and stems are flexible.

                 













                                                                 Pressed flower pictures

You can even dry flowers in the microwave!

Dried herb wreaths                                          

A great way to dry herbs...and smells good too!

   Hydrangea Wreath

Our resident expert, Penny Sidell, suggests picking hydrangea in September. Put them into water before wiring them onto the frame which has been wrapped with old stockings or tulle.

Fabric or paper printed with flowers

This is a fun project to do with kids...try using a rubber mallet.

What's Blooming in your Garden?

Amy Cohen shares her July bloomers

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Happy Gardening

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