September 2021 Sandy Spring Museum Garden Club

 

Garden Club News

Repurpose and Recycle 

Fall Decorating Workshop

Sunday, September 19       2:00-4:00 PM

$7.50 for Museum members, $15 for non-members

Join Garden Club members as they demonstrate unique fall items to decorate your home.

Fall entertaining ideas, including tablescapes and appetizers, will be featured.

Attendees will have the opportunity to sample the appetizers and beverages highlighted in the presentation.

Our New Compost Bins

We have new compost bins for helpers in the Museum courtyard gardens. It was designed and built by Scouts from Olney Troop 264 using free recycled pallets, some hardware and hard work. Thank you Scouts!

Garden Tour

                                                     THE FRIENDS HOUSE GARDEN

  Located on what was once Quaker farmland in historic Sandy Spring,

  Maryland, the nearly two-acre garden includes beautifully managed

  vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowerbeds as well as an apiary. Friends

  House residents maintain the gardens, employing organic practices that

  emphasize sustainability and land stewardship, and that seek to attract

  pollinators. The joy and satisfaction of nurturing a garden and being

  outdoors are also therapeutic and pleasant experiences for many. In

  recent years an increased emphasis has been placed on making the

  garden more accessible for all residents as well as practical for aging

  gardeners. There are approximately 35 active members of the garden committee.

  Currently, there are 22 cultivated beds bordered with wood and 10

  raised beds; all are surrounded by an electric fence to discourage deer.

  Gardeners may request private plots for their own personal gardening

   and there are also a number of community beds. Specialty gardens

   include the rose garden, the butterfly garden, the Shakespeare garden,

   and the cutting gardens that provide flower arrangements for the main

   building. Just outside the garden fence is the greenhouse, used for

   starting plants from seed and caring for houseplants throughout the

   year. A greenhouse subcommittee manages the greenhouse and the

   care of Flower Alley, located in the commons of Friends House, where

   plants are on display. From the greenhouse, paver paths lead past the

   cutting beds to a pergola where small groups can gather. 

                    

   Within the garden are four compost bins for which the FH gardeners have won

    awards from the Montgomery County Recycling program for the

   composting operation. The apiary currently contains six productive

   beehives; honey from our bees is sold each year, which helps fund

   garden activities.

                    

                                                        September Garden Events

Saturday, September 11, 2021 (10.00 AM - 3.00 PM)
PLEASE NOTE: (Saturday, 8 AM - 10 AM - open to FOBG members ONLY)

Sunday, September 12, 2021 (10.00 AM -1.00 PM)
Brookside Gardens Visitor Center (South Terrace)
1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902

MEMBERS RECEIVE 10% DISCOUNT ON ALL PLANTS!!

(RAIN or SHINE, may be subject to change due to Montgomery Parks policy)

MASK POLICY: All patrons are reminded that masks are required inside the Visitor Center and recommended outside while shopping. THANK YOU.

Welcome to the Sunflowers of Lisbon!

Woodbine/Lisbon will be open September 17, 2021-October 10, 2021.

Check for more details

• September 24-26:  National Capital Dahlia Society Annual Show
•  Brookside Gardens, Wheaton MD – 2pm to 5pm on Saturday and 9am to 3pm on Sunday (Bloom Sale at 3 pm on Sunday)

September Garden Chores

Maintenance

Weeding. Spend 1-2 hours per week keeping up with weeding in your garden. Diligent weeding helps prevent weeds from going to seed and also prevents disease in next season’s garden.

Stop pruning and fertilizing. At this point in the season, pruning and fertilizing only promotes new growth that most likely will not make it through the winter.

Repot houseplants if necessary and bring indoors. Place them by a sunny window that has good airflow and make sure to check for pests.

If you want annuals to self-seed, stop deadheading in September. Annual Poppies, Zinnias, Sunflowers, and more will drop their seeds and (most likely) come back next year.

Leave Echinacea, Sedum, Grasses, and Clematis alone to provide habitat and food for birds over the winter months. These blooms also add texture and interest to the winter garden.

Write in your garden journal. Take note of what grew well, dividing your gardens up into sections as it makes sense (containers, vegetable garden, annuals, perennials). This will be a big help when you are planning your garden over the winter months.

Start cleaning up plants as they fade. Cut back any perennial that is diseased or that has started to turn yellow, including Daylilies, Iris, Peonies, Bee Balm, and more.

Dig up/divide Daylilies, Iris, Hostas, and more in September if they have become overcrowded or outgrown the space.

As you cut plants back and continue to weed, top up mulch in all of your garden beds to provide a nice layer of protection for the winter months.

Dig up and store tender bulbs and tubers such as Dahlias, Begonias, Gladiolus, and more.

https://www.americanmeadows.com/blog/2017/08/29/september-gardening-chores

                              

The Garden Club is a body of the Sandy Spring Museum

Learn more about our activities and how to join the Garden Club.

https://www.sandyspringmuseum.org/programs-and-events/garden-club

email:  gardenclub@sandyspringmuseum.org or call 301-774-0022.

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