By Birgitta Brophy
Club News and Updates
A warm sun and light breeze welcomed garden club attendees to our August meeting, held at the home of Birgitta Brophy. Guests were welcomed with snacks and then provided a little background as to how and why the gardens were developed as they currently exist. Then the group walked the modest property to also see a newly established and in-progress shade garden, vegetable garden and pond area plantings.
Agenda items discussed at the August meeting included a briefing on the Andes Central School CROP activity “It’s a Plant’s Life” held in July at Ballantine Park. The children certainly enjoyed seeing food coloring being absorbed into the white carnation flowers and using the magnifying glasses supplied to them. Congratulations was given to members who worked on the Andes Garden Club float which was awarded “Most Creative Float” and we all got to see the new trophy. Updates on activities planned for the fall were provided. Everyone is encouraged to see the updates on activities on the website and Facebook page: See links at the end of this column.
Upcoming Club Events:
Monthly Meeting: September 1st, at 5 pm will be hosted by George Dante of The Institute for Natural History Arts Catskill Biological Research Station https://www.naturalhistoryarts.org/catskill-biological-field-station located on Fish Hollow Road, Andes. Besides our standard business meeting, attendants will be in for a real treat with a tour of the collections and property of this unique facility. Everyone is welcome! For more information see our website. We encourage signing up, so that we can give attendees the full tour..
Mountain Top Arboretum Visit: September 15th, from 1 to 3 p m. There is no entrance fee but a donation of $5 per person is requested. Tour this lovely site to see and experience native and introduced plantings in situ illustrating the various environmental conditions plants favor in this region. Rain date: September 22nd. Arboretum information: https://www.mtarboretum.org/ Carpooling to this site will be discussed at our next meeting or contact us at our website (see below).
Community Harvest Picnic: September 26th, from 3 to 6 pm. This will be a potluck style event to be held outdoors. Neighbors and friends will come together to share a dish prepared from our Summer’s harvest.
Watercolor in the Garden Workshop: Rescheduled – location, date and time TBD. Please visit our website for the date, time and to sign up for this event.
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