Sunday, February 14, 2016 Bats and Bees Program

What a lovely time we had at our Garden Club Program on Sunday. A warm-hearted thank you to Chelsea for presenting a wonderful program on Bats and Bees and teaching us to make the Beeswax Cotton Food Covers. 

The program began with a slide show on bats including the sounds they make. In our area the small brown bat or tr-colored bat is most prevalent.help They eat large quantities of mosquitoes and even stinkbugs! Bat boxes are a helpful roosting space and may be successful if they feel safe in it. Gardening for bats included a list of plants which bats enjoy. More information can be found at: http://dnr2.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/plants_wildlife/bats/nhpbatfield.aspx. 

The cotton beeswax covers were made by sprinkling beeswax pellets mixed with a bit of jojoba oil onto a 8or 12 inch square of pinked cotton fabic, then pressing it with an iron between two pieces of parchment paper. These covers will mold to the top of a bowl or can be folded around a sandwich or chunk of cheese.

Here are a few pictures:

 

The garden club is planning a trip to go to Glenstone Modern Art Museum and lunch at Founding Fathers on February 26th. The car pool will leave the museum at 10am. Another trip on May 21 will be to the Ladew Topiary Garden.

Attendance 24, refreshments by Claire Bode, door prize, a pink heather plant was won by Amy Cohen. 

The Museum Garden Club is preparing for our annual Plant Booth at the Strawberry Festival in June. We would like to reach out to all our gardening friends in the community and ask you to join us.

It’s time to start the seedlings that will be sold at the Booth.  Starting seeds now can also be so uplifting as we wait for temperatures to rise!  We are asking you to grow any vegetable, herb, annual flower and native seedling or plant and share them with the Garden Club.    Along with seedlings, we accept donations of perennials, shrubs, or small trees. 

When weeding and dividing plants, pot up extras to sell, especially perennials.

 We also need containers, less than 12 inches in length, and decorations for the Fairy Gardens which will be made by children of all ages at our Craft Table. Decorations can be any small object or figurine.  Be creative as you look for these objects. A good example is that we need Champaign corks and their wires to use as table and chairs.

A to Z on Bats to Bees

 

Sunday, February 14, 2016

A to Z on Bats and Bees
We’re picnic planning in B-eautiful February, in a surprising way!

First, we’ll learn about garden-friendly BATS with an exploration of their habitat, life cycle and value in pest control…after all, each bat makes a picnic out of up to 1,000 mosquitos per hour! Then, we’ll move on to a project for our own picnic baskets this spring, courtesy of ever-helpful BEES. We will create personal sets of beeswax wrap, a beautiful, functional and reusable alternative to plastic wrap. The program will start at 2:00 pm in the Dr. Bird Room. This program is open to everyone. To join the fun, please RSVP by February 6th to ssmgardenclub@gmail.com or 301-774-0022 ext. 145.

Happy New Year 2016

We want to thank everyone that came out and helped with this year’s Greens Workshop and Sale. The wreaths, arrangements and swags were absolutely beautiful. We had another marvelous sale this year.

We appreciate the support of all our friends and members. We want to give a special thank you to Sunny Banvard our amazing Greens Sale Committee Chair for her dedication and hard work throughout the year. We also want to acknowledge Kathy Gaskill and Mary Dominique for their leadership in Greens Collection and Breakdown. Finally we want to mention Penny Sidell for all the hours she spent working behind the scene, Andrea Mohr for coordinating all the orders, and Dayna Tucker for the wonderful snacks.

Again thank you all for your help,

Amy Cohen and Pat Ebner, Co-Presidents

Holiday Greens Workshops 2015

2015 Holiday Greens Workshop Volunteers Calendar

11/29 12 to 5pm Kissing Balls

5 to 9pm Boxwood Trees

11/30 1 to 9 pm Boxwood wreaths and Trees

12/1 1 to 5 pm Hurricane Arrangements

5 to 9 pm Mixed Greens Wreaths

12/2 1 to 5 pm Wreaths, Swags, Arrangements

5 to 9 pm Swags, Arrangements

12/3 1 to 5 pm Arrangements

5 to 9 pm Arrangements

12/4 1 to 5 pm Fill Orders

5 to 9 pm Fill Orders

12/5 9 to 1 pm Order Pickups

12/12 @ 1PM

ALL HELP NEEDED

Clean up Greens &

Basement

Spooky Workshop

 

Thanks to all those that came out joined us at the Spooky Workshop last weekend. We had a lot of fun getting ready for the upcoming Greens Sale. Not only did we prepare wreath forms, arrangement bases and created many beautiful bows, we had a good time with our Garden Club Friends.

 

Special thanks to all those that help us organize the event. Our Committee Chairs Lynn Mahoney and Connie Wilson did a fabulous job getting everything ready. As always we enjoy absolutely delightful refreshments provided by our Refreshment Chair, Dayna Tucker.

 

We attached a few pictures so that you can see all the fun that everyone had.

 

The fun is just beginning. The Greens Workshops begin November 11.   You will find the complete list below.   We welcome everyone to join us. No experience needed.

 

Have questions, contact Amy Cohen, CohenAmy@verizon.net.

 

 

Greens Sale Workshops

Nov 11-14     Picking Boxwood call Mary for location

Nov 16-18     Cutting Greens  meet at museum at 10:15am

Nov 20-21     Greens Breakdown

Nov 29          Kissing Balls 12-5pm

                   Boxwood Trees and Wreaths 5-8pm

Nov 30         Boxwood Wreaths and Trees 1-9pm 

Dec 1          Hurricane Arrangements  1-5pm

                  Mixed Greens Wreaths   5-9pm 

Dec 2         Mixed Greens Wreaths/Swags and Arrangements   1-9pm

Dec 3         Arrangements   1-9pm

Dec 4         Fulfillment of Orders/Set-up for sale  1-9pm

Dec 5         Order Pickup/ Clean-up 9am-5pm                   

Two Memoriable Presentations

The Garden Club had the opportunity to make 2 delightful presentations at the Museum’s General Meeting last week.  

Mary Rice Award- Presented by Anne Petzold

Every year the Sandy Spring Museum Garden Club presents a leadership award named for our founder Mary Rice.  This is not like the Academy Awards where you get an Oscar for that one outstanding performance in an unforgettable move.  This is award is for a lifetime of achievement.  This year’s recipient has made outstanding contributions to our club since joining the museum in 2001.  She has been our recording secretary and has served as co-president.  She has twice been the co-chairman of our biennial Garden Tour, ensuring its financial and social success.  Beyond holding office, she participates in Greens Sale workshops, maintains the courtyard gardens, and attends field trips and educational programs.  Above all she is valued for her responsible and discerning leadership.  This year’s recipient is Gloria Galyon! 

 

Garden Club Donation to the Museum – Presented by Amy Cohen, Garden Club Co-President

The garden club has a long tradition of working very hard to enhance the beauty of the museums grounds. We would like to continue that tradition. As a club we have put together a match for the Museums Drainage Grant from the county totaling $15,900. Allison keeps saying that drainage is not a glamorous topic. Having to walk through water, mud and ice in the courtyard and during the greens sale is not very glamorous. We are very proud to help the Museum Community. 

September 13, 2015 General Meeting Recycling and Upcycling

After our business meeting led by Amy Cohen, President, the program leader, Chelsea Soniera showed a slide presentation on the difference between recycling and upcycling, with many examples for the garden. Each member worked on glueing together a stack of plates, bowls, cups and even salt shakers.