| "The Power of
Peonies: Gardens Ablaze!" featured talk at the Belfast Garden Club's
April
Meeting
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The
April 20th meeting of the Belfast Garden Club will feature a
talk by
Ken Liberty, President and founder of the Maine Peony Society. The
meeting,
which the public is encouraged to attend, will begin at 1pm at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Parish
House, 95
Court Street, Belfast.
Ken Liberty, President
and founder of the Maine Peony Society, grows over 100 varieties of
peonies in
his Bangor garden. He will present a slide show of the early, midseason
and
late-blooming varieties from among the more than one thousand named
peonies
that exist today.
The Belfast Garden Club has
promoted civic beautification and presented speakers to stimulate the
knowledge
and love of gardening since 1929.
The Club offers monthly
public meetings in fall, winter and spring. The meetings begin with
brief
attention to Club business, followed by a short presentation by a Garden
Club
Member on an environmental or conservation topic. This month member Ann
Mullen
will discuss “Life in a Teaspoon of Soil” a look at worms, microbes, and
plant
growth. After a break, featuring lovely snacks and finger foods provided
by the
Hospitality committee, Ken Liberty, the featured guest speaker will give
his
presentation on Peonies.
The Belfast Garden Club is responsible for maintaining over 12 public
gardens
in the City. This year a
$5,000 grant from the
Golden Rule Foundation will be used to improve the garden around the Chapel at the Grove
Cemetery.
Look for the Pink Tulips planted to support Breast Cancer Research that
are
planted in front of the Chapel; they should be blooming soon! The Garden
Club
hosts the Open Garden Days all summer, and supports education through
donations
to the Belfast Free Library, Troy Howard Middle School Garden Project,
and an
annual Education Scholarship. Each
meeting of the Belfast Garden Club is open to the public. The Club
welcomes new
members year round.
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PROGRAMS 2009-2010
The Belfast Garden Club meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m.
at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Parish House
95 Court Street, Belfast
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
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September 15, 2009
Good Karma Farm "21st Century Farming in Maine"
Jim and Amy Grant will host our Tour of Good Karma Spinning
Company and the Carrabassett Soap Company. We will meet the
alpacas, llamas, and sheep and visit the gift shop (bring bug repellent
and wear serious shoes).
October 20, 2009
The Ever-Blooming Flower Garden. A Blueprint for Continuous Color.
Garden Designer and author Lee Schneller Sligh has used her
fun and easy blueprint system to design hundreds of gardens that
bloom from frost to frost in Maine. She specializes in Japaneseinspired,
naturalistic and continuously blooming gardens. Lee’s work
has been featured in Fine Gardening Magazine. This is her first
book! Books will be available for sale and Lee will do a book signing
for us!
November 17, 2009
Early American Garden Design. Popular Landscaping in Colonial and Victorian America.
Diana George Chapin, horticulturist and owner of the Heirloom
Garden of Maine in Montville will present a collection of slides
illustrating landscape design techniques that anyone with an older
home or an interest in heirloom gardening and garden history will
enjoy! Diana will grow heirloom plants for you in her greenhouse for
spring planting in your garden.
December 8, 2009
HOLIDAY LUNCHEON & SILENT AUCTION AT 12:30
January 19, 2010
Growing Greens in Maine all Winter Long.
Judy Berk, Advocacy Communications Director for the Natural
Resources Council of Maine, has a passion for organic and natural
gardening. She has been gardening in Waldo County since 1975.
Judy will also tell us about her gardens and her work with the Natural
Resources Council and what we as garden club members can do to
keep Maine’s natural resources safe now and for future generations.
February 23, 2010 (NOTE; change of date from schedule)
Day Lilies in Maine: Extending Summer Color and Hybridizing
Susan Shaw is President of the Daylily Society of Maine and a
life member of the American Hemerocallis Society. She has created
and registered several new varieties of daylilies, focusing on those
with longest bloom, low care, and winter hardiness. Our tour of her
garden via slide show will delight us in winter. In summer of 2010, we
will be able to tour her daylily gardens in person during her open
garden days!
March 16, 2010
Fire Flower Garden: MOFGA Certified Organic
Maine gardener Barbara Walch specializes in hardy perennial
plants and fresh cut flowers, fresh and dried herbs, and organic
vegetables, selling them at the Belfast Farmers’ Market. She will
present a slide show of her gardens, telling us how she gardens and
why attaining MOFGA certification is important.
April 20, 2010
The Power of Peonies: Gardens Ablaze!
Ken Liberty is President and founder of the Maine Peony
Society. He grows more than 100 varieties in his Bangor, Maine,
garden. He will present a slide show of the early, midseason and
late-blooming varieties from among the more than one thousand
named peonies that exist today. Ken’s garden will be open June
2010 for us to visit!
May 18, 2010
POT LUCK LUNCHEON AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS
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