Reminder - HPAGC Perennial Plant Order

Hi everyone!!!

Sending a HUGE thank you to Freeman and John for showing us all about starting a pond and ways to make it affordable and interesting!  What a great slide show of pics and inspiration!!

Don't forget to check out the Hammonds Plains Area Garden Club Perennial Order.  If there is anything you are wanting, you need to get your order in before the weekend is over!!

Here's a link to their site where you'll find all of the details!
http://www.hpagc.ca/

Val :)

Perennial Order Pickup Wed. May 15

The PAGC Perennial Order   arrives this Wednesday! John and Freeman are organizing it!! If you are available to help 12pm-4pm, please contact them at keyplayer@ns.sympatico.ca or 852-3147.   Wed. May 15 Details for picking up orders: Time and Date: Between 5pm and 8pm on Wednesday, May 15 and Thursday, May 16. No need to call to make an appointment, just drop by during those times. Address: 12 Hunters Hill Lane, Terance Bay Link to Google map: http://goo.gl/maps/bU1UD   At White's Lake take the LEFT turn tee toward Terence Bay. • Continue through a very steep S-turn downhill to the SECOND steep downhill • At the bottom of the 2nd hill there's a X-road.  Take the LEFT onto Sandy Cove Road. • Just past the school, notice on the RIGHT at the top of the rise  a «lighthouse» with a sign «SAVE OUR FARMS»  • Turn RIGHT up the lane — you've arrived! *** if you pass the Fire Hall you've gone too far.   U-turn on the FH apron.   We're across the road on the crest of the hill.  Reminder: Our potluck and plant swap is Wed. May 22! Visit our site for all of the details http://thepagc.blogspot.com

Perennial Order Arrival & May Social+Plant Swap

Thank you to everyone who came out to enjoy Niki Jabbour at the library this week.  She had so many great ideas for crops in pots!  I think my personal favorite was the salad table!  I need to make me one-a-those!!  :)

We have received word that the perennial order will be arriving on Wed. May 15.  We can always use recycled grocery bags if you have any hanging around!  We will also be looking for volunteers who would be available to be at John and Freeman's house (12 Hunters Hill Lane, Terance Bay) starting at noon to help with sorting and bagging up the orders.  Just email or phone John and Freeman to let them know you're available: keyplayer@ns.sympatico.ca ... 852-3147

If you have a placed an order, they will be available for pickup between 5pm and 8pm on Wednesday and Thursday.  No need to call to make an appointment, just drop by during those times :)

Finally, a reminder that our May 22nd meeting is our last one of the season.  We'll be having our annual pot luck social and plant swap - and some other fun activities!  So, whip up your favorite finger food, sandwich, casserole, dessert or beverage and bring it along for our world-class buffet!!  And, if you have divisions or plant babies that volunteered where you don't want them, dig 'em up and bring them along too - they'll be sure to find a loving new home!!

As always, non-perishable donations for our local food bank are most appreciated.

Wed.Feb.27 - Niki Jabbour, Year-Round Gardener

Need more great gardening ideas? We are just hours away from our exciting Garden Club meeting with Special Guest, Niki Jabbour!   Wed. Feb. 27 Check out all of the events starting at 7pm!! Seed Swap - 7pm Bring store bought or self-harvested seeds to swap! Don't forget baggies to collect some seeds! Collecting Perennial Orders - 7pm Bring completed order forms and payment! Since we are combining orders with Hammonds Plains, we won't have time for extensions!! Niki Jabbour - 7:30pm Bring your book to be signed! Brace yourself for oodles of year-round gardening tips! Local Food Bank Donations Bring a non-perishable food item and support our local food bank at St. Timothy's! - ~ - Visit our site for all of the details http://thepagc.blogspot.com

Reminder: Feb.27 - Plant Orders & Special Events

Just a few more sleeps! We are just one week away from our exciting Garden Club meeting!   Wed. Feb. 27 Check out the speaker and events we have planned!! Seed Swap Bring store bought or self-harvested seeds to swap! Don't forget baggies to collect some seeds! Collecting Perennial Orders Bring completed order forms and payment!  Since we are combining orders with Hammonds Plains, we won't have time for extensions!! Niki Jabbour Bring your book to be signed! Brace yourself for oodles of year-round gardening tips! Local Food Bank Donations Bring a non-perishable food item and support our local food bank at St. Timothy's! - ~ - Check out our other notices at http://thepagc.blogspot.com

2013 Perennial Order Now Available

Border Bride Daylily

The long-anticipated PAGC Perennial Order is here!!
This is our yearly fund-raiser that helps cover the cost of our meeting room, speakers, door prizes, insurance, bank fees and the miscellaneous costs of our socials.

Please SHARE it with friends and family!!
Anyone is welcome to place an order!

Plant Selection Form - pics, prices and descriptions
Plant Order Form - print, complete and submit

Please use the GOOGLE TOOLBAR inside each document (just below the title) to print or download your own copy.

Orders are due at our next meeting on February 27th.

Please submit payment with your order as we have to pay for the plants before they are shipped.

Fine Print:
In an effort to provide interest for everyone, we have tried our best to include a wide variety of bloom times, colors, plant traits and prices in each category.  This year we are also offering some specialty day lilies that are schedule to be discontinued by the supplier.  We have done our best to find good pictures and descriptions of these varieties.  The cost for these special plants is higher than we usually include, but we wanted to provide the opportunity to order them if they interest you.

Have fun planning your gardens!

7pm - Wed. Feb. 27 - Save The Date!

Next Meeting - fun starts at 7pm!

• Local Food Bank Donations
• Collecting Perennial Orders
• Garden Club Seed Swap
• Guest speaker, Niki Jabbour

Tonight, we welcomed special guest, Oren Hercz who treated us to some delicious herbal remedies for cold and flu season!  Thanks for a great attendance on such a cold night!

Keep an eye out for the perennial order being posted by this weekend!  Share it with family, friends and neighbors this month and bring the order forms and cash/cheques to the Feb.27 meeting!  We always look forward to this annual fund-raiser and we hope you'll enjoy the variety in this year's selections!

Next month, we will have another special guest, Niki Jabbour, who will be educating us on the intricacies of year round vegetable gardening.  If you are so inclined, Nikki's book is available in stores or on-line in hard-cover, paperback, and e-book formats.  

We know that this topic will leave you inspired to get gardening so we'll be starting the evening off with a seed swap!  Bring your seed stash and some baggies or envelopes and get started on this year's garden planning! 

Once again, we will be collecting donations for our food bank who helps support local families in need.

It's going to be a busy night so we'll plan to start collecting the perennial orders at 7pm!  We'll aim for Niki's talk to begin shortly after 7:30pm.

Hope to see you there! :)

Inspiration Meeting: Wed. Mar. 28

Photo by sarnibill1 on Flickr

It's the time of year when we can smell the earth thawing so we dig out our gloves and go in search of signs of Spring in our gardens!  We're getting our ideas together for the season and gathering inspiration for the gardening months ahead as everything turns green again.

To help kick start your gardening season, we're planning a Garden Inspiration Meeting on Wednesday, March 28th!  This meeting will be all about our members, sharing, learning and getting the inside scoop with HOT gardening tips from each other!

Sooooooo.... for this meeting, we are asking everyone to dig around in your gardening stash and find your favorite garden-related item!!  Anything goes, everything qualifies! We would like you to dust it off, bring it to our meeting and tell us in 2 minutes or less why it's your favorite and you just couldn't imagine living without it!

What'll it be?  Your favorite:

rubber boots watering can shovel bird bath garden reference insect repellant

planter fertilizer deer repellant knee pads garden decor weed eater

garden rake plant tags tool kit garden cart composter feeder

I bet some of you will know instantly what you need to show us!  I bet some of you are wondering which of your many favorites to choose!  If it's something not easily transported, just bring us a picture of it!  I can't wait to see what everyone brings - and I can't wait to hear why!

We will once again be collecting for the local food bank, so please bring along a food item for the donation box - every bit helps!

AND DON'T FORGET YOUR PERENNIAL ORDERS!! :D

(order forms are in the right hand menu of our site)

Plant Now With Winter Sowing!

Hi everyone!

Thank you all for such a great turn out to hear Paul Dickie teach us all about bees!  I will be sharing more information regarding his farm and some bee-related links as soon as I receive them.

wintersown.org

For more information on how to start your plants right now with winter sowing, see our handout What is Winter Sowing? and visit wintersown.org for oodles of helpful tips, hints and links.

As promised, I have posted the Perennial Order Form and Plant Overview in the right-hand menu.  Just click the picture to open up the document in Google Viewer.  In the viewer, locate the menu bar just below the filename.  Here you'll see a little picture of a printer (click it to print a copy).  You can also use the File>Download option in this menu to save a copy to your computer (and email it to friends or family to collect orders! :)  All orders are due back at our next meeting, Wed. Mar. 28.

John reminded us that we had a 10% off coupon on our seed packets from Allison at Halifax Seed.  He picked up a mushroom starter kit with his - how kewl!!

Bill Mercier mentioned that we will be receiving our berries so we will be owing him for what we ordered when they arrive (urg... I believe that was going to be in April?? - please email me if I'm wrong!)

Scroll down to see a bunch of new event announcements!!

See you again in March!
Val :)

Wed. Mar. 23rdCollect Perennial Orders & Bringing Birds To The Garden

Hi everyone!

Have you been out in your yards looking for signs of spring?  What did you find?  Anyone seen a robin yet?  Wendy saw a caterpillar!

If you haven't already downloaded your copy of the perennial order form, it's in the sidebar here on this page.  Feel free to share it with friends and family.  Every plant sold helps raise funds to cover our costs, so spread the word! :)  We will be collecting the order forms at this meeting on Wednesday, March 23.

Redpole by Clarity on Flickr

Our guest speaker is going to be Clarence Stevens.  He will be talking about attracting birds to your yard and some of the benefits that can have for your plants.  I can't wait to hear his tips and tricks!  Love having all of the little finches and such in the yard!

As always, we will have a box for donations to our local community food bank at St. Timothy's.

Hope to see you there!