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JANUARY 2008 MEETING Planning the Upcoming Year
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News from your President Susan Anselmo on happenings in the New Year!
Mass Gardens on Tour ‘08 Learning Tours Schedule
In 2008, for the first time, participants will have the opportunity to visit gardens in small groups to better understand how great gardens are designed, how historic gardens are preserved, and how to create floral designs using the flowers from your own home garden. Each tour will be led by an expert in the field. Each Learning Tour is a unique event, limited to 25 participants.
Learning Tour registration is on a first-come-first-served basis; tickets are $45. To reserve your place on a tour, call 781-237-0336.
When calling to reserve a space for a Learning Tour, you must identify the tour by number as well as by description. After you receive your confirmation, your check must be received within seven days.
All tours begin at 9:30 and conclude by 11:30 a.m. A complimentary continental breakfast, coffee and tea will be offered at each site.
Metro West Gardens
Tour #1
Dover, Friday, June 6, 2008
Landscape Design Tour with Kevin Doyle
Noted landscaper Kevin Doyle was approached by homeowners who wanted to add a large stone pool to their property. What has evolved is a stream, a waterfall and a swimming pond that Mother Nature would like to take credit for. It’s a fully-formed landscape design that delights the eye and the imagination. Mr. Doyle will explain how he integrated all this into an existing garden.
Tour #2
Wellesley, Friday, June 6, 2008
Landscape Design Tour with Tom Wirth
Tom Wirth Associates’ designs have won multiple landscaping awards over the past few years, but few projects were as much a challenge to Tom as this in-town property in Wellesley. Mr. Wirth will explain how deception is grand in landscaping a ‘small parcel’.
Tour #3
Medfield, Friday, June 6, 2008
Floral Designs from the Garden with Linda Ladd
The backdrop alone makes this a learning experience: a nineteenth century farmhouse and barn, a heart-shaped pond, and a breathtaking cutting garden surrounded by a stone wall. Floral designer Linda Ladd will take you through the owners’ garden, discussing what blooms to grow, and what else to cut when you are in the garden. She’ll then do multiple arrangements with those flowers and offer invaluable ‘how-tos’ for the floral designer in all of us.
Tour #4
Dedham, Friday, June 6, 2008
Floral Designs from the Garden with Mabel-Maria Herweg
Noted designer and landscaper, Mabel Maria Herweg has spent years traveling the world and using what she learned to perfect her own style of floral arranging as well as her garden. She will share her expertise along with her historic home for this Tour.
Tour #5
Natick, Friday, June 6, 2008
An Intimate Look at a Private Arboretum with Jim Ingram
In the 1960s, a Natick couple purchased six acres of land and began a remarkable quest to create their own, private arboretum. Over the decades- starting many trees from seeds or cuttings – the couple have achieved what few ever dream: a world-class collection of specimen tree and shrubs, arranged with an uncommon sense of design, texture and form. Arborist Jim Ingram is working on the long-term plan for this unique property’s preservation and will introduce you to species and cultivars you may have never have before encountered.
Tour #6
Dover, Saturday, June 7, 2008
Landscape Design Tour with Kevin Doyle
Same description as Tour #1
Tour #7
Wellesley, Friday, June 6, 2008
Landscape Design Tour with Tom Wirth
Same description as Tour #2
Tour #8
Medfield, Saturday, June 7, 2008
Floral Designs from the Garden with Linda Ladd
Same description as Tour #3
Tour #9
Dedham, Saturday, June 7, 2008
Floral Designs from the Garden with Mabel-Maria Herweg
Same description as Tour #4
Tour #10
Natick, Saturday, June 7, 2008
An Intimate Look at a Private Arboretum with Jim Ingram
Same description as Tour #5
Northeast Gardens
Tour #11
Rowley, Sunday, June 8, 2008
Designing Your Own Dream Garden
It started with a simple landscaping plan for a Rowley family’s home; an opportunity to create an oasis for after-work and weekend tranquility. Starting with no gardening experience, over twenty years, they have created a stunning landscape that is still unfolding. They will lead you through their trials and triumphs in transforming their property into one you will not soon forget.
Tour #12
Gloucester, Sunday, June 8, 2008
Landscape Tour with Hilarie Holdsworth
Hilarie Holdsworth of Walker Creek Garden Design has evolved her own garden in stages, creating new planting beds to coordinate with existing ones; adding, subtracting, and building as inspiration and time dictate. A Malaysian inspired sleeping pavilion overflowing with silk cushions tells you this is no ordinary garden. Ms. Holdsworth offers a world of inspiration in 31/2 acres.
Tour #13
Ipswich, Sunday, June 8, 2008
Floral Designs from the Garden with Elaine DiGiovanni
Elaine DiGiovanni’s romantic floral designs are consistent winners at standard flower shows, and you’ll see why when she explores the extensive garden designed over many decades at a 20-acre estate near Crane Beach. When she has the flowers she wants, she’ll arrange them into original designs and share with you some of the inside knowledge she uses to win all those awards. P.S.: Don’t mind the alpacas. This is a working farm, after all.
Tour #14
Manchester, Sunday, June 8, 2008
Floral Designs from the Garden with Mary Huntoon
What happens when one award-winning floral designer has the pick of blooms from the garden of another well-known designer? We think the result is going to be well worth seeing as Mary Huntoon, a floral designer whose work can be seen at the New England -- and many other-- Flower Shows each year, explores the garden of one of Manchester’s better known designers. Mary will transform what she cuts into arrangements and offer ideas that tour-goers may take home with them.
Tour #15
Beverly. Sunday, June 8, 2008
Designing and Building a Railroad GardenA Beverly couple will explain how they combined their hobbies to create a railroad garden. The G Gauge model train runs through scale model villages and pass a wide series of delightful vignettes. In addition to planning and building the railroad, there was the process and finding the right plants to complete the illusion, while designing the remainder of the yard to provide a summer of color. Not just for railroad buffs, this tour is for anyone who has imagined creating a private world.
Tour #16
Rowley, Monday, June 9, 2008
Designing Your Own Dream Garden
Same description as Tour # 11.
Tour #17
Gloucester, Monday, June 9, 2008
Landscape Tour with Hilarie Holdsworth
Same description as Tour #12.
Tour #18
Ipswich, Monday, June 9, 2008
Floral Designs from the Garden with Elaine DiGiovanni
Same description as Tour #13.
Tour #19
Manchester, Monday, June 9, 2008
Floral Designs from the Garden with Mary Huntoon
Same description as Tour #14
Tour #20
Beverly, Sunday, June 8, 2008
Designing and Building a Railroad Garden
Same description as Tour #15
Tour #21
Danvers, Monday, June 9, 2008
Historic Preservation at Glen Magna
Please note: this Learning Tour is offered only on Monday June 9 Glen Magna Farms is a hidden gem of the north shore. The nineteenth century home of the Peabody and Endicott families, its multiple gardens were created by some of the premier garden designers of the era. Since 1963, the Danvers Historical Society has worked to bring the gardens back to its original splendor. Designer Cathy Gareiri, who has worked extensively on the gardens, will walk you through the various ‘rooms’ and explain what is required to restore and maintain a property such as Glen Magna.
What a splendid summer! We began the season with our best Plant Sale ever-- wonderfully run by Brigitte Lagoutte and Mary Jane Williams. On the most perfect night in June, Carolyn Lynch graciously opened her spectacular gardens and hosted our 80th Anniversary Cocktail Party. A number of members were busy attending events at the National Convention in Boston in May. I was delighted to collect on your behalf a Service Award for Special Achievement for the Paul Tukey Event at the GCFM Annual Meeting. Your Board continued to meet throughout the summer and had the great pleasure of welcoming aboard Day Gotschall as VP and President-Elect.
Tuesday mornings found many busy workers (and goodie makers) at the Lee Gardens which have never looked better. We had the opportunity to visit a member’s garden, explore a variety of gardening venues on monthly field trips, and even learn to create our own Nantucket Baskets, thanks to the talents of Gail Michaud and Jennifer Flanagan!
Along with our many joyous moments, we also experienced great sadness as we said goodbye to Jane Martin, friend and member for 35 years. Jane’s many friends contributed generously in her honor and we are currently discussing how we will use these funds in her beloved Lee Garden.
A new season is upon us. The refreshing autumn breezes bring new energy as we look ahead. My goal for this year is to broaden our planning horizon. I’d like to suggest that we take a slightly longer view of our activities-- say 3-5 years. Over this period of time, what would you like your Club to offer? -- to be involved in? -- to look like? What would you like your committees to focus on? How can we make the Lee Garden even better?
Did you know that together we represent 1,394 years of Marblehead Garden Club experience? With that amount of collective floracultural interest and wisdom behind us--we can do anything!
Harvest Hugs! --Susan Anselmo
MGC STUDY GROUP
From Diane Christian: The study group had a meeting and a nice lunch at Darcie’s house. We talked about the information we have gathered thus far. We also standardized the information and created a common form that we distributed to all study group members.
We will be meeting sometime in the fall to review the information that was gathered on shrubs. Each study group member is responsible for researching and writing on the standard form, 8 to 10 shrubs. Given that most members have computers, we are planning on storing the shrub information electronically and hope we can post the information to the MGC website. When we meet this fall, we will go through all of the shrubs and their descriptions and further cull the list of shrubs to a final master list appropriate for planting at the Lee Mansion. Our goal is two fold: To supply the Garden Club and Lee Mansion with a list of appropriate shrubs for the Garden, and to generate a list for all members of period shrubs that can be planted in zones 4 to 6.
Study Group members also have a place on the form where they can submit their own advice and information on particular plants and their experiences growing them.
MGC ARCHIVES
From Alex Garfieled: Many of you know that we will now be storing the majority of the MGC records on disc. My role is to collect, sort and store on disc all important minutes, year-end reports, scanned photos from the media, etc. at the end of our calendar year. I will need all minutes from committees by October from the year, despite our calendar change, and again next spring. This way I will not have 21 months of data to sort in July, 2008.
If you have not already sent them to me at beatriceg@comcast.net please do so as soon as possible as a PDF, a Word or text document. Please call me at 781.639.2578 with any questions. Your committee work will be valuable research for future MGC members.
From Beth Willard & Anne Clark, Garden Advisory Co-Chair: Greetings! As cooler weather quickly approaches, we are all thinking of what needs to be done in our gardens to protect our plants from the cold months ahead. This is what’s happening at the Lee Mansion Gardens, as well. Garden heads should be thinking about what plants in their garden areas need to be protected in winter months with marsh hay. Marsh hay is put down after the first frost in the fall.
We are also doing a lot of cutting back and pruning of plants, so that they will have a good start in the spring. I’m not sure if you are all aware, but we are in charge of cleaning out our own beds in the spring. Lassana only takes care of the lawn. As much clean up as we can get done now, will save time in the spring, when we are preparing for our plant sale!
Anne Clark and Stacy Sullivan have done a wonderful job re-vamping the herb garden! It’s well worth the price of admission and is still full of color! We will be looking for volunteers to form a committee for the redesign of the birdbath garden this winter. We are hoping that we can get it planted next year.
