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Green Sheet
MARCH 2023
PROGRAM
Join us for our IN PERSON EVENING meeting.
Guests, wait list and The Evening Group members are all welcome.
EVENING Meeting
Thursday, March 16, 2023
First Parish Church in Weston Center
Doors will open at 6:30 pm for refreshments and socializing
7:15 pm – Quick Business Meeting
7:30 pm - Presentation
Program: Raised Bed Gardening by Trevor Smith
The “grow your own” movement has really taken off and for good reason. Growing your
own vegetables is not only rewarding but it gives you access to unparalleled flavor
when it comes to your vegetables. You will learn, step-by-step, how to garden through
the seasons, as well as recipes for soil amendments and foliar feeding that you will not
find on any YouTube channel. You will learn the pitfalls to avoid and tricks to apply to
set you up for a wonderful nutrient-dense harvest.
And remember, at this meeting we will also hold an Opportunity Drawing for a
special raised bed. Come prepared with your dollar bills for your chance to participate
in this fundraiser and perhaps, bring home the beautiful elevated garden
($1/ticket or $5/6 tickets).
PUBLICITY
Great job Publicity Team!
Did you all see the post about this month’s program in the Weston Owl?
WESTON OWL
NOMINATING
Weston Garden Club will vote on the Budget and Slate of Officers for 2023-2024 at the
Annual Meeting on May 4.
Click HERE for Proposed Budget 2023-2024
Click HERE for Proposed Slate of Officers 2023-2024
For the upcoming 2023-24 year, the President and Vice President will be one-year
terms. For the 2024-25 year, the Vice President will become President for one year.
This is on a trial basis and the tenure change will be evaluated and could be reversed
back to 2 year terms as determined by the Board of Officers.
CIVIC
Spring is in the air and The Civic Committee is looking ahead to change over the
Watering Trough and the Town Center Planter with Spring inspired plant material. The
Town Center Planter is mostly perennials and will be supplemented with Spring
annuals.
CONSERVATION
The Conservation Committee would like to extend an invitation to the entire Club to join
us for our book discussion on Wednesday, April 12 at 7 pm at the home of Lisa
Greenberg. We will be reading Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard, the
world’s leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their
connections to one another.
Location: 35 Westland Road
RSVP: lwgreenberg@gmail.com
Spring Clean Up at Forbes Land on Thursday, April 20 from 11:00 -12:30
(note time change), with a rain date of April 21.
Field Trip to the Arnold Arboretum on Wednesday, May 10 at 10 am for a 90
minute docent led tour. Carpooling suggested.
DESIGN
Join Thelma Shoneman, Award-winning Floral Designer and Master Flower Show
Judge, for the Design Demonstration/Workshop “Kaleidoscope of Color” Monday, April
3rd, 10:00 am in the Weston Public Library Community Room. Thelma will have
several Creative Design examples ready for discussion of the effective color schemes
designers choose. Referring to a color wheel:
1) Monochromatic - Textural contrasts, tints, tones and shades of one color
2) Analogous-adjacent colors, 1/3 of color wheel… example, green yellow, yellow,
yellow orange, and orange
3) Complementary- colors directly opposite like purple and yellow
4) Polychromatic- many color(choice of form and texture ensures harmony)
Each participant will be able to put flowers together to create a floral design. Bring a
container and your floral design tools.
Please join Thelma for another terrific workshop to prepare for the May Sweet Tray
Competition “Kaleidoscope of Color.”
Cost: $35 - includes flowers for each participant
Make check payable to Elizabeth Eaton
17 Spring St. , Essex MA, 01929
ebe.eaton@gmail.com
REMEMBER TO BRING CASH OR CHECK TO THE
MARCH 16 MEETING TO SIGN UP
BUILD A TERRARIUM WORKSHOP
Date: Tuesday, April 25 at 10 am
Location: Weston Library Community Room
Join Beth Jakubowski to build a Terrarium and create your own indoor garden.
Cost: $30 - All materials provided: container, plants, and soil
Make check payable to Jean Zhou
128 Rolling Lane Weston, MA 02493
For more info: 617-817-2691 zhouxiaojingbj@hotmail.com
REMEMBER TO BRING CASH OR CHECK TO THE
MARCH 16 MEETING TO SIGN UP
ART IN BLOOM
“Springtime in France” by Robert Vonnoh, 1890
Mark your calendars!
Art in Bloom Thursday, April 27, 2023 - Sunday, April 30, 2023
Elizabeth Eaton (designer) and Trish Scozzafava (assistant) will be representing the
WGC.
HORTICULTURE
We had 7 exhibitors and 20 entries in our February Thrall Bowl. Beverly Dillaway
and Trish Scozzafava tied for 3rd place. Yuko Kojima received 2nd place and
Heather Mahoney took 1st place. It was wonderful to see such beautiful
specimens. We would like to thank the entrants, facilitators and our judges for putting
on a fun and friendly competition.
HOSPITALITY
The hospitality team is geared up and looking forward to this year's second evening
meeting. We hope that you will join us for some delicious evening hors d’oeuvres and
flavorful mock tails. A chance to try something new and spend an evening with
friends.
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Save the date! The Landscape Design Committee is organizing a tour of the Blue
Garden and The Topiary Garden in Newport, RI on Thursday, June 15th. We
will start at the Blue Garden at 11am with a 1 hour (max) guided tour, have lunch
nearby (TBD) and finished with a self-guided tour at The Topiary Garden. The cost for
both gardens will not exceed $50pp. Sign up to follow in April.
MEMBERSHIP
Be sure and say “Hi” to our new members Audrey Bosse
and Mike Kerwin
Our general meetings are open to the public. Please invite friends to our monthly
meetings to learn more about our club and enjoy our speaker programs. We have lifted
the residency requirement, so they don’t necessarily have to live in Weston.
If there are questions about the application process, contact either Cheryll-Anne Lane
or Lisa Howe or refer to our website westongardenclub.orgTHE EVENING GROUP
This month we join the Weston Garden Club for Trevor Smith's landscape lecture, "The
Secret to Raised Beds" on March 16th, 6:30PM at First Parish Church.
In April the Evening Group has two events:
• Carolyn Ellis will be leading a workshop on designing sensational center pieces
with succulents on Monday April 3rd, 7PM at Land Sake's Barn.
• A group outing to the MFA's Art in Bloom on Friday April 28th. Ha Orbon will
design an arrangement to compliment a breast ornament from the Solomon
Islands that is part of the MFA's Asian Art Collection. The artifact is a necklace
with an abstract design of a frigate bird worn by men on special occasions. Art in
Bloom at the Museum of Fine Arts runs from April 28th - 30th this year.
WGC CALENDARMARCH 16 - March Meeting 7:15 PM
APRIL 3 - Design Workshop Demonstration – Thelma Shoneman.
10:00AM Weston Public Library - Sign Up
APRIL 3 - The Evening Group Workshop, 7:00PM at Land Sake's Barn
April 12 - Conservation Book Group Discussion
7:00PM at the home of Lisa Greenberg
APRIL 13 - April Meeting 9:45AM
APRIL 20 - Forbes Land Cleanup, 11:00-12:30 (Rain Date: April 21)
APRIL 25 - Terrarium Workshop
10:00AM Weston Public Library – Sign Up
APRIL 27 to 30 - Art in Bloom, MFA
MAY 4 – Annual Meeting & Luncheon
11:00AM Weston Golf Club
May 10 - Field Trip to Arnold Arboretum, 10:00AM
MAY 20 - Celebrate Weston Table
June 15 - Field Trip to Blue Garden and The Topiary, 11:00AM
MARCH FB HORTICULTURAL HINTSCLICK HERE
Please visit the GCFM website for updates.
Click Here for Winter 2023 Mayflower
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, WEBSITES AND LECTURES
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EVENTS
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VIDEO
RHODE ISLAND HOME SHOW
Featuring RI Flower and Garden ShowMarch 30 - April 2, 2023
INFORMATION
GCFM DESIGN WORKSHOP
Click HERE for Event Detail
MASSACHUSETTS MASTER GARDENERS ASSOCIATION
Click HERE for The DIRT March Tips
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