Randolph Garden Club

Deck the Halls with a French Bobeche-Inspired Workshop

2011-12-13T15:14:00.000-08:00


President Lori Peirce

Randolph Garden Club's holiday workshop, held today at the Vermont Tech greenhouse classroom, was a blast! Lori Peirce led a great workshop, using beautiful red-berried holly, fragrant fir, blue-berried cedar, golden green cypress. and fresh pine in making a bobeche-inspired design which rests atop a candle stick, giving the candle a lovely, festive skirt of greenery and color.

Sam Florance offered a mini-demonstration on making birch bark trees for a non-traditional centerpiece, adding rose hips, old man's beard, and various woodland mosses to create a natural setting for the tree.

Carol Rogers provided a gorgeous entry way design with beautiful proportions for an outdoor entry setting. Featuring varieties of greenery and abundant red fire berries, Carol's arrangement would create the perfect welcome.

The VTC greenhouse classroom made a great venue (we could get messy)--and where else but a college campus could a young man wander into a meeting full of ladies (who could be his mother), strike up a good-natured conversation without batting an eye, and leave with a bag full of tulip bulbs for his mother's Christmas gift? Our terrific treasurer (and chair of the bulb sale), Ellen Shepheard, is always on the ball!

Eggnog and delicious sweet treats by Lori and Mary Lou Konecsny rounded out the afternoon. And, of course, we always leave a space in great shape, no matter how the pine needles might fly. Many thanks to Nancy Tabor for managing that part of the program.

Everyone went home with some great ideas and a beautiful candle arrangement (or two!). Deck the halls!

Most garden club programs are open to the public. We're at the end of our gardening year now, but please view the programs for this year, and come back to check out our new program year in April.

Garden Design Program Nov. 8

2011-10-29T12:08:00.000-07:00

Join us on November 8 for a terrific program on garden design to be presented by Nancy Nicholas.

Nancy is nearing completion of a degree in landscaping and ornamental horticulture at Vermont Tech. She is a member of Randolph Garden Club, and also a Master Gardener. Nancy designed plantings for the newly finished Habitat for Humanity house in Randolph and has been active in civic beautification projects, including landscaping in front of Kimball Library on Main Street.

The program will be at the home of Jackie Wilder in Brookfield, at 1:00 pm. The public is invited. Please call Ellen Shepheard at 728-6652 for more information.

Spring Bulb Sale - Just in time for fall planting!

2011-10-12T06:30:00.000-07:00

Passing Fancy Tulips

Passing Fancy is just one of the great bulb selections available from Randolph Garden Club.

View the entire collection, chosen by our bulb committee to grow beautifully in our area. Selections include early, mid, and late bloomers. There are also blue squill for naturalizing and paperwhites, which make great holiday gifts. Proceeds help fund our VTC scholarship and local beautification projects.

You may purchase bulbs at our garden club meetings, or you may call or email Marda (276-3808 or mardadonner@hotmail.com) or Ellen (728-6652 or elshepheard@gmail.com) to arrange for payment and pick-up. Please make checks payable to Randolph Garden Club.

The Dried Flower Workshop was Great Fun for All!

2011-09-15T16:32:00.000-07:00

Lynn with one of her arrangements.

What a terrific program Lynn Lipkvich presented. She showed us quite a variety of dried materials, gave suggestions for growing and for using dried materials, and guided us through making a lovely floral arrangement with all the great dried materials she brought. The air was fragrant with the scent of sweet annie! V iew some of the fun and great arrangements that everyone made.

Lynn Lipkvich's Dried Florals Workshop

2011-09-13T06:43:00.000-07:00

The Randolph Garden Club will meet this Tuesday, September 13 to learn the art of Dried Floral Arranging from Lynn Lipkvich of Spruce Lane Farm. Lynn has been creating dried flower arrangements for about 25 years. She grows and dries her own dried flowers at her home in Brookfield. She sells her gorgeous designs at local farmers’ markets, the Chandler Christmas Bazaar, and many other venues. There will be a business meeting at 1 pm, followed by Lynn’s presentation at 2 pm, all at the Old Town Hall in downtown Brookfield.

The Hall is not heated, so bring along a sweater.

We will also have a Make-it and Take-It Workshop after the presentation, when you can make a small basket of dried flowers. Lynn will provide the dried flower material, foam, small baskets, and any floral tape or wire we may need. You need to sign up for the workshop, so that Lynn can bring enough material. The fee for the workshop is $15, and you can take your basket home. Bring some scissors for the workshop, and if you have these things, bring them: lazy susan, tweezers ~ 6", and/or a hot glue gun. If you don't have these things, don't worry about it. Please let me know by Monday evening or sooner if you'd like to do the workshop. Reply to this e-mail or call me at 276 3072.

Preserving Our Native Species

2011-08-21T19:16:00.000-07:00

Submitted by Gay Gaston with appreciation to the Mountain Gardeners' July newsletter, Sandra Reilly, Editor.

"Have you noticed how Mother Nature has planted her wildflower gardens all over the Valley? The
Queen Anne's Lace, Black-eyed Susans, Culver's Root, pink clover, bedstraw and many other flowers make the fields and roadsides a lovely place to walk. Note in the Valley Reporter that there are also some "thugs" out there that we should be pulling. The purple loosestrife and wild honeysuckle are ready to send their seeds all over the area. If you would take a plastic bag and collect the seed heads and berries and throw them in the trash you would be helping to keep the native plants from being overrun by these invasives."

"The Secret Gardens of Randolph Village" Garden Tour 2011

2011-07-15T11:13:00.000-07:00

Join us Saturday, July 16, 10 - 3 for the Secret Gardens of Randolph Village Garden Tour. Visit 4 beautiful gardens tucked into locations not viewable from the street.

Directions (with map and garden descriptions) will be available to those who purchase their ticket ribbon.

Tickets will be available at merchants in downtown Randolph: Blue Moon, Bud and Bellas Bookstore, Ken’s Barbershop and the Chef’s Market. Tickets will also be available at the gardens. The cost is $5.00 per person. Children are free.

Come enjoy some lovely gardens!

Wonderful Edible Flowers Program

2011-07-12T14:44:00.001-07:00

Garden club president, Lori Pierce, presented a terrific and delicious! program on edible flowers today at the Pond Village Church. Her audience was treated to daylilies stuffed with chicken salad, a greens salad with rose, violet, calendula, and marigold petals dressed with a homemade raspberry vinaigrette dressing. We didn't leave a crumb on her table.

The lemon yellow daylily stuffed with chicken salad was especially delicious. Just before you took a bite, there was the lovely scent of the daylily, followed by the salty tang of the chicken salad. What a treat!

Lori shared lists of edible flowers, the beautiful book pictured here, chock full of color photos and information, and tips for gathering and preparing the flowers, with special considerations for those with allergies.

There was a lot of audience participation as the group got caught up in the topic. If you missed it, you can still catch one of our other great programs. Just check our online program guide.

Randolph Garden Club Celebrates 50 Years!

2011-07-11T19:50:00.000-07:00

RandolphHerald / Bob Eddy

Mary Lou, Carol, and Nancy were among the garden club members celebrating the club's 50th year in the Fourth of July parade, 2011.

Susan Banta discovered this great picture on the Herald photo page and shared the link. Thanks, Susan!

Creative Contain Gardening - No Yard Required - June 14, 1pm, Brookfield Town Hall

2011-06-06T17:09:00.000-07:00

Who better to share years of experience planning and planting beautiful container gardens than the owner of a garden center? Helen Shay of Dandelion Acres Garden Center in Bethel, Vermont, will show Randolph Garden Club members how to create and care for winning combinations for porch or patio, 1:00 pm at the Brookfield Town Hall, Brookfield, VT. Guests are welcome. Refreshments served.

Dandelion Acres Garden Center
2274 Vt Rte 107
Bethel, VT 05032-9110
(802) 234-6622

Helen Shay shares the work at Dandelion Acres with two partners, Debra Bacon, and Eileen Ahern. Together they sell a wide variety of colorful annuals, perennials, house plants, fruit trees, ornamental trees and shrubs, and a host of gardening tools, seeds, and supplies. Add to that a charming shop of garden gifts, books and accessories, along with friendly, knowledgeable service, and you have a garden lover's destination!

The Life-Long Garden

2011-04-06T12:45:00.000-07:00

Northern Gardening Symposium

last modified March 02, 2011

The Life-Long Garden

Northern Gardening Symposium

Saturday, April 9, 2011, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center VT

Three gardeners share their lifelong experience to help you plan, plant, and maintain spectacular native plant gardens over time. Well-known author Sydney Eddison discusses topics from her new book, Gardening for a Lifetime. Charlotte Albers, a Vermont landscape designer and educator, addresses designing with native plants and how they contribute to enduring landscapes. Ardent plantswoman Liz Krieg speaks on the enduring nature of rock gardens.

“Change: The Passage of Time in the Garden” is the title of Sydney Eddison’s presentation. Change in a garden can be gradual as in the maturation of woody plants, like rhododendrons, or it can be sudden as in the felling of a large oak by lightning. But like it or not, gardens change from hour to hour, day to day, season to season, from one year to another, and in the case of my garden, over a period of many years. Although this process is ongoing and inevitable, change is one of the least talked about aspects of gardening and one of the most fascinating. For gardeners, time is the fourth dimension. How we respond to changes that occur due to the passage of time depends on our temperaments and on our gardening styles, but respond we must. Plants wax and wane. Some are long-lived; some are not. The decisions we make as we go along are what gives each garden its special character.
Sydney brings to her lectures all the skills gained in more than twenty years of teaching drama. To her writing she brings the joy, enthusiasm, and experience of a life-long gardener. For her work, she received the Connecticut Horticultural Society’s Gustav A. L. Melquist Award in 2002; the New England Wild Flower Society Kathryn S. Taylor Award in 2005, the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut’s Bronze Medal in 2006, and in 2010 the National Garden Clubs, Inc. Award of Excellence. Sydney has written seven books on gardening as well as articles for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden handbooks in the 21st Century Gardening Series. Most of us have read her articles in Fine Gardening Magazine and other publications.

In our second presentation, “Designing with Native Plants,” Charlotte Albers of Paintbox Garden, a landscape design business based in Shelburne, VT, presents new combinations that include great examples of naturalistic design including her long border. Charlotte studied botany and plant taxonomy at the U.S. National Arboretum, holds certificates in Horticulture and Landscape Design from the USDA Graduate School in Washington, D.C. and completed the Master Gardener program through Virginia Cooperative Extension. Through workshops and classes she continues to explore the art of the garden and promotes sustainable landscapes as a volunteer habitat steward with the National Wildlife Federation and as a member of the Town of Shelburne Natural Resources & Conservation committee.
She has been an education consultant to The American Horticultural Society and The Massachusetts Horticultural Society, worked in public horticulture as an environmental educator and has been a contributing writer to The American Gardener magazine, People Places & Plants, Vermont Life, Publishers Weekly and others. She currently writes for The Burlington Free Press.

Native plants, particularly xeric species from the Great Plains and northern western intermountain regions, are of particular interest to our third speaker, Liz Krieg. As seen in this presentation “Rock Gardens For All,” these plants and other small north east regional plants are quite useful. Covering cultural needs, selection and use of rock, plant choices, garden creation and care of rock gardens; this show will give anybody with a pile of rocks true inspiration to “dig in!”
Liz Krieg is a degreed horticulturist, a Vermont Certified Horticulturist, an Accredited Organic Land Care Professional, a Vermont Master Gardener, and an instructor for New England Wild Flower Society. She formerly taught at Vermont Technical College for the Landscape Design and Ornamental Horticulture program. She is a garden writer, educator, and popular lecturer. Liz is an industry expert, known as an ardent plants-woman with a passion for plant research. She is a plant colorist that enjoys leaving swaths of floral beauty in her wake. Ever the plant connoisseur, she grows high quality, unusual and hard to find plants at her business Rising Sun Greenhouses and Landscape Company located in Bethel, Vermont.

The spring symposium is presented by The Vermont-New Hampshire Chapter of The New England Wild Flower Society and will be held Saturday, April 9, 2011, at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center VT, which is located at exit 4 off Interstate 89.

The fee which includes cafeteria lunch, free parking and the symposium packet, is $53 for non-members and $47 for members of the cosponsoring organizations: The Friends of the Horticulture Farm, the Hardy Plant Club, The Fells, Master Gardeners and New England Wild Flower Society.

TO REGISTER please send your check, payable to NEWFS-VT (preferred) or Visa or Master Card number and expiration date, with your name, address, phone number and e-mail address (for confirmation and directions) all clearly written to Thelma Hewitt, PO Box 2333, New London, NH 03257. No refunds after April 1.

Saturday, April 9, 2011, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Location: Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, VT
Course Code: sym1001
Instructor: Sydney Eddison, Charlotte Albers, Liz Kreig
Fee: $47 (Member) / $53 (Nonmember)
Limit: Credit:
Cosponsor: The Friends of the Horticulture Farm; The Hardy Plant Club; The Fells, Master Gardeners

Carol Wins! at the Vermont Flower Show this Weekend

2011-03-05T16:05:00.001-08:00

Carol's award-winning design.

Randolph Garden Club’s 2009 & 2010 Club President, Carol Rogers, won the blue ribbon in the design division, Section B – Sugar Plums, Class 6, Shimmering Sprinkles, Designer’s Choice this weekend at the Vermont Flower Show. Not only did Carol win the blue ribbon for the class, she also picked up the Award of Design Excellence AND the Designer’s Choice Award, both of which require a score of 95 or above! Way to go, Carol!

FGCV Spring Flower Show

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http://greenworksvermont.org/vermont-flower-show/

Federated Garden Clubs March 2011 Flower Show Schedule

Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont

Presents
    A National Garden Club Standard Flower Show

            Sweet Dreams

at Champlain Valley Exposition
   105 Pearl Street

March 4 – 6, 2011

Time and Location Exhibitors Information Seminars & Speakers

Festival of the Trees - Dec. 6, 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Three Stallion Inn

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Garden Club Presents Festival of Trees Gala Evening Benefit

Randolph Garden Club kicks off the holiday season with a gala Festival of Trees, Dec. 6, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at the Three Stallion Inn, Randolph. Everyone is invited to enjoy an evening of trees, food and fun in support of the club’s Landscape Development and Ornamental Horticulture Scholarship at Vermont Tech.

The Three Stallion Inn will be festive with the glow of beautiful holiday trees, each decorated in a different theme by garden club members,” says Jackie Wilder, chair of the Festival committee. “An elegant tree in shimmering silver and white, a ‘let’s wave the flag’ tree with patriotic colors and Americana memorabilia, a woodland tree filled with natural materials, and one decked in elegant Christmas stockings are just a few of the themes planned.” Boxwood trees made by garden club members will be for sale, as well as paperwhite and amaryllis bulbs, which make great Christmas gifts.

“Thanks to the generosity of local businesses, friends, and organizations, there will be over 40 terrific items in our silent auction, something for everyone,” notes Wilder. Auction items include a one-week, two-bedroom-condo getaway at the Four Seasons Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona; a therapeutic massage by Teri Heath of Massage Professionals; a kitchen consultation with Catamount Kitchens & Design; a family photo shoot with Janet Osha Miller Photography; one month workout at Curves; a music box from Porter Music Box Company, a hand-crafted cherry side table by Ken Stevens; green fee and cart for four at Montague Golf Course; dinner for two at Ariel’s Restaurant, a very special cheesecake by Kathy Nowlan, holiday wreath by Barbara Meaney of Rt. 66 Garden Center--and many more. A complete listing can be found online at randolphgardenclub.org.

“While you’re browsing the auction items for that perfect gift,” notes Wilder, “you can enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres prepared by the Three Stallion Inn. There will be plenty to eat.” The cost for the gala evening is $25 per person. Reservations are required and may be made by calling the Three Stallion Inn, 802-728-5575.

Proceeds from the Festival of Trees will support Randolph Garden Club’s scholarship, awarded annually to a Vermont resident enrolled full-time in the Landscape Development and Ornamental Horticulture Program at Vermont Tech. For more information, visit our website or call Jackie Wilder at 276-3959.

Garden Club Program for Nov. 9

2010-11-02T13:38:00.000-07:00

Garden Club Hosts Program on Sustainable Farming

“Students, Coffee, and Honeybees: a Look at Sustainable Farming,” will be presented by Dr. Joan Richmond-Hall in an evening program, November 9, 7:00 pm, in Green Hall, Room 128, on the Vermont Tech campus. The program, sponsored by Randolph Garden Club, is open and free to the public.

That morning cup of coffee that millions drink--how many of us think about where it comes from or the challenges of growing it in a sustainable yet profitable way? Dr. Joan Richmond-Hall, Associate Professor of Science at Vermont Technical College and Program Director of Sustainable Design & Technology, along with a group of Vermont Tech students, got hands-on with these issues during a trip to Costa Rica. There, the students worked with coffee farmers trying to form a cooperative to sell organic coffee.

“Our work focused on how farmers can organize their farms and crops to attract a wide variety of pollinators,” says Richmond-Hall. “Native as well as European honeybees help to increase coffee pollination and production,” critical aspects of making the crop profitable. Richmond-Hall’s presentation of the students’ work with the coffee farmers will include “lots of great photos, a good story and [internet] links” to tell about the trip and its results.

“This evening program is a departure from our regular schedule of daytime programming,” notes Carol Rogers, president of Randolph Garden Club. “It’s also a departure from our focus on local gardening topics to a more global outlook on sustainable practices. We hope an evening program will attract community members who can’t attend daytime programs, and that a cross-cultural view of sustainable practices in another community may shed light on challenges that face Vermont farmers as well as home gardeners.” Randolph Garden club sponsors a scholarship to a student in the Landscaping and Ornamental Horticulture program which also includes the study of organic and sustainable practices.

To locate Room 128 of Green Hall, Rogers suggests using the door to the left of the VTC greenhouse entrance. The meeting room is the first room on the left. To learn more, contact Carol Rogers, 276-3072 or crogers@vtc.edu, or visit online at randolphgardenclub.org.

This year at NER

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Pictured at NER with FGCV president, Stephanie Hockensmith, are Carol Rogers, who is finishing a terrific two-year tenure as club president, and Lori Peirce, who has done a great job this past year as vice president, and who will soon step into Carol's big shoes! Well done ladies!

NER's 76th annual meeting "Going Green," was held at Stratton Mountain Oct. 18-19. Speaker was Julie Moir Messervy. "With thirty years of experience, four books and numerous high-profile lectures, Messervy has emerged as a leader of a movement in which landscape design is as much a personal journey as it is leaving a unique imprint upon the earth. She has inspired a new generation of landscape designers, homeowners and others to create soulful gardens that reflect an inward vision deeply rooted in outdoor archetypes, childhood imagination and aesthetic impulses." [text from NER website]

Some photos of the flower arrangements at the meeting: Photos from NER

Garden Club Grant Helps Local Habitat Chapter

2010-10-10T21:13:00.000-07:00

Sunday, October 10, between 1 pm and 4:30, a hard-working crew gathered at the Friend Street Habitat house, now nearing completion in Randolph.
Ten student volunteers from Norwich University, along with garden club members Wendy Ross, Nancy Nicholas, Carol Rogers, Sam Florance, Gay Gaston, and Millie Chase, plus the partner family dad, Todd, and a friend, worked at the site to install much-needed landscaping.

Nancy Nicholas, a garden club member who is working toward a Landscape and Horticulture degree at Vermont Tech, created the garden design for the site. She also secured $270 worth of donated perennials and trees for the Habitat house to add to a Habitat grant of $325 awarded to the garden club by Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont. Donors (and vendors who offered discounts) included Dandelion Acres, Rt. 66 Garden Center, and Standing Stone Perennials. Thanks to all!

The beds had to be dug and cultivated first, so it was a big job. A large bed of mixed perennials and small shrubs was put in at the front of the house, and a bed of hosta and astilbe at the back. Another very large job included planting an extensive swale with vinca. The use of a ground cover is necessary there because the area is too steep to mow safely. The swale project is ongoing. About 20% of the project was dug, cultivated and planted Sunday. More vinca is needed, as well as several more work sessions. Volunteers heartily welcomed!

What a day! The sun shone, the work was cheerfully shared, and the results were amazing!

The Boutique at Oct. 4 FGCV Meeting

2010-10-03T17:10:00.000-07:00

Gay Gaston coordinated a marvelous boutique for the social time during today's FGCV meeting. It was fast, but fun! And it earned money for the FGCV and local crafters. A good deal for all! And did I say it was fun? Our own Ellen Shepheard, Bonny Willett, and Millie Chase sold paperwhite and amaryllis bulbs to benefit RGC's Vermont Tech Landscape and Horticulture Scholarship. Vendors included Mountain Gardeners with a great club cookbook for sale, Twin Birch bath and body goodies, Dandelion Acres Nursery with Halloween and Christmas items as well as plants for indoors, Randolph Garden Club indoor bulb sale, and Lynn Lipkvich, with beautiful dried wreaths and arrangements.

Come Christmas Lynn will have amazing greenery, wreaths and arrangements for sale. Rumor has it that Lynn might be persuaded to give a workshop for the garden club in the coming year. Hope so!

Garden in a Bottle - September 14 Program

2010-08-24T11:32:00.000-07:00

Randolph Garden Club will present “Garden in a Bottle,” a terrarium workshop to be led by Lori Peirce and Jackie Wilder, Tuesday, September 14, 1:00 pm at the Pond Village Church in Brookfield. The public is invited to attend this free, “make it, take it” workshop where participants will create their own enclosed mini-ecosystem.

The workshop will include a history of terrariums. Says Peirce, “terrariums were originally called Wardian cases, and were often wonderful little gazebos made of iron or wood and glass.” You can actually make them from panes of glass or buy them at garden shops, she notes. “They’re wonderful because they can contain a whole, self-sustaining environment. The trick is getting the right plants in them.”

Plants--as well as charcoal, sand, and moss--will be provided for the workshop, but participants may also bring their own plants if they wish. The main requirement is that they be small specimens. Suitable plants might include african violets, miniature orchids, dwarf ferns or very small ferns from the woods, peperomias, pileas, or small herbs. The plants can be a seedlings of a larger plant, small begonias, or rootings of coleus. Let the size of your glass container be the guide. Plants should have ample space.

Attendees should bring their own clear glass container such as a brandy snifter, fish bowl, berry bowl, kitchen storage jar, vase with some depth, candy bowl, footed jar--even a wine glass would work for a smaller terrarium. Clear glass containers may be lidded, domed, or open.

For more information, contact Jackie Wilder, 276-3959. To view all garden club events, go online at randolphgardenclub.org.

Meetings of Note

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FGCV 2010 Falll Meeting

October 4, 2010
Three Stallion Inn, Randolph, VT
Speaker: Judith Irven

NER 2010 Fall Meeting

October 18 & 19, 2010
Stratton Moun
tain, VT
Will Include Standard Flower Show

44th Annual Flower Show July 31, 1-5 pm

2010-07-13T14:22:00.000-07:00

Randolph Garden Club will host the club’s 44th Annual Flower Show, Art in Bloom, on one day only this year, Saturday, July 31, at Chandler Gallery, Main Street, Randolph. The show, which is co-sponsored by Chandler Center for the Arts, is open to the public for viewing and to exhibit. Public hours of the show will be from 1 - 5 pm Saturday.

“This year’s theme is an exciting one, sure to please lovers of art and flowers,” says club president Carol Rogers. There will be eleven classes, each inspired by a famous painting. The paintings and classes in the design division include Degas, Ballet Rehearsal On Stage (a line-mass arrangement); William Hogarth, The Shrimp Girl, (an arrangement using a Hogarth Curve); Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World, (an arrangement using grasses); Van Gogh, Sunflowers, (a mass arrangement of brightly colored flowers); Piet Mondrian, Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue (a parallel design); Zhao Hao, Chinese Scroll, Flowers after XuXi, (an arrangement in the oriental style); Claude Monet, Water Lilies, Evening Effect (a design involving water); and Henri Matisse, The Dinner Table (a place setting with an individual flower arrangement, no silverware).

In the horticulture division, the paintings and classes include Georgia O’Keeffe, Red Poppy (a specimen flower, but not necessarily a red poppy); Paul Cezanne, Potted Plants (a potted plant, flowering); and Hema Rana, Foliage (a potted plant, non-flowering).

“The key word is inspiration,” says Rogers. “Floral designs for the show should be inspired by the painting, but the description of the class should be the main guideline and what judges will be looking for as they choose a winning entry in each class.”

The design inspiration can come from the painting’s colors, theme, content, era, or style suggests Rogers. “Å detail from the painting might be the inspiration.” The expression of the class description could be through the choice of flowers, container, colors or form.

Entry information and show guidelines will be available at local florists and garden centers. Small replicas of the paintings that inspire each class, as well as general entry rules, may also be viewed online at the garden club’s website, randolphgardenclub.org.

Randolph Garden Club members and non-members are encouraged to exhibit in the flower show. Only one entry per class is allowed, but entries in all classes are encouraged. Entries will be received between 8:15 am and 9:45 am on Saturday, July 31st.

Exhibitors are asked to list the plant material in their arrangement, using the common names of the plants, and botanical names if possible. Flower Show Committee members will be available to help entrants with botanical names of plant material. Please bring arrangements early if you desire assistance with names.

Only fresh or dried materials may be used. No artificial flowers, fruit or foliage will be allowed. Accessories are allowed, but must not dominate the arrangement except for class 8 (the place setting). No invasive flowers or plants may be used.

Ribbons will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place and Honorable Mention in each class. "Best of Show" ribbons will be given by the judges to the best design and horticulture entries. A "People's Choice" award will be given for the design chosen by the viewers as their favorite. Entries may not be removed before 5:00 pm on July 31st but must be removed before 6:00 pm.

Please call Carol Rogers, 276-3072, or email crogers@vtc.edu for more information.

Randolph Garden Club Receives Landscaping Grant for Habitat

2010-07-12T14:28:00.000-07:00

Randolph Garden Club has received a Habitat for Humanity landscaping grant from the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont in the amount of $325. The grant will be used to plant shrubs and an ornamental tree at the Habitat house currently under construction on Friend Street in Randolph.

The landscape plan is being developed by Nancy Nicholas, a garden club member who is completing a horticulture and landscaping degree at Vermont Technical College.

Garden club members who are on the Habitat for Humanity committee, Habitat for Humanity volunteers, and the partner family will install the plants and keep them watered throughout the summer and fall.

The grant will allow a beginning level of landscaping. Those who would like to help build on this initial landscaping plan may contribute by contacting Wendy Ross, garden club secretary and chair of Randolph Habitat Chapter’s fund-raising committee, at 728-5731 or e-mail ross.w@myfairpoint.net.

All About Daylilies - July 13, 1:00 pm

2010-06-29T13:27:00.000-07:00

Randolph Garden Club will host “All About Daylilies,” a program led by Ellen Shepheard and Bob Wagner, Tuesday, July 13, 1:00 pm at Pagoda Pond Daylilies, 228 Blanchard Road, Braintree.

Visitors are invited to the program which will include the history of daylilies, planting, propagating, and hybridizing tips. A tour of the daylily farm will showcase old-fashioned original species as well as more elaborate hybrids. Attendees will be able to try their hand at hybridizing. “It’s easy,” says Shepheard. “The hard part is labeling and record keeping to track the results.”

Shepheard and Wagner are both experienced daylily growers and hybridizers. Shepheard is also a Master Gardener of 20 years. Bob is “much more of a maniac about hybridizing than me,” laughs Shepheard, ”hybridizing up to 3000 daylilies a year.” Together the two are creating a joint business, Pagoda Pond Daylilies.

“We have 550 named varieties of daylilies growing at the farm,” notes Shepheard, “and some of the names are pretty unusual: Laughing Giraffe, a bicolor yellow and red daylily with a toothed edge, Adorable Tiger, orange with a red eye, Hyperion Supreme, which is very fragrant, Creature of the Night, a dark red, and Strutter’s Ball, dark purple---to name just a few."

Pagoda Pond Daylilies is not officially open yet, but on the day of the program a selection of daylilies will be available for sale. The proceeds will benefit the garden club’s Main Street summer flower basket program or the club’s horticulture and landscaping scholarship at VTC.

To reach the farm, turn onto Farnsworth Brook Rd. off of Rt. 12 (across from Snowsville Country Store). Go up the hill and take a right onto Blanchard. The farm is on the right.

For more information, contact Jackie Wilder, program coordinator, 276-3959.

Some of the Smiling Faces of Randolph Garden Club - Come Join Us!

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[Click photo to enlarge]

Our fun, hard-working Plant Sale Committee. Proceeds from the sale support our Horticulture and Landscaping Scholarship at Vermont Technical College. View our other committees--you might see one you'd like to be part of!

Left to right: Shirley Patneaude. Gay Gaston, Susan Banta, Cynthia Liepmann, Carol Rogers (our President), Diane Lyons, Wendy Ross (Plant Sale Chair), Mary Lou Konecsny, Sam Florance.

Garden Club Workshop Features Oriental Arrangement - June 8

2010-06-02T19:00:00.000-07:00

Randolph Garden Club will host a flower arranging workshop led by Karen Hamblin, June 8, 1:00 pm at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church, Rt. 66, Randolph. Participants in the workshop will create an oriental line arrangement.

“Simplicity is the key to oriental design, said Hamblin, “simplicity and minimizing use of materials, where space and line take the place of the abundance of flowers in a traditional mass arrangement." The container is also important in oriental design. It should be in proportion to the size of the arrangement and should complement the colors of the foliage or floral material.

“Floral arranging is an ongoing learning experience,” notes Hamblin. “Just have fun and learn--that’s how you evolve as a designer. I’ve learned that way myself as opposed to formal instruction.”

Hamblin has been making flower arrangements since age 13. She designed arrangements for her own company, Simply Beautiful Flowers of Cape Cod. She continues to create arrangements for functions, events, and weddings as time allows.

Floral material and oasis foam will be provided for a $5 materials fee. Participants should bring a container and clippers or a knife to cut stems. Those who wish to bring their own floral material should cut flowers or foliage early in the morning of the workshop or in the evening the day before. Put material immediately into a container of luke-warm water and place in a cool, dark location for several hours or overnight to condition them to take on water efficiently. Participants who prefer may also wish to bring their own pin holder.

Contact Karen Hamblin, 508-737-4341, for more information. To view upcoming garden club events, go online at randolphgardenclub.org.

Plant Sale Coming Up! May 29

2010-05-18T05:33:00.000-07:00

Randolph Garden Club's 2010 Plant Sale will be at the Randolph Gazebo on Main St., Saturday, May 29, 9am - 1pm

Come select perennials, annuals, herbs, and vegetables potted from members gardens or started from seed.

Garden club members will be on hand to provide information about the plants. Rain or shine. It's a great event, and it supports the funding of our VTC scholarship.

Help Control Vermont Invasives

2010-05-17T19:59:00.000-07:00

Carol Rogers, president of RGC, has provided this list from the Vermont Master Gardener website of the plants that have been identified by Vermont as invasive and noxious. These plants cannot be transported, sold or distributed in Vermont. She urges all to be working to eliminate these. Chervil isn’t on the list yet, but meanwhile, certainly consider it invasive.

Invasive and noxious weeds in Vermont (from the VT Master Gardener website):

(1) Aegopodium podagraria L. (goutweed)

(2) Ailanthus altissima (tree-of-heaven)

(3) Alliaria petiolata (A. officinalis) (garlic mustard)

(4) Butomus umbellatus (flowering rush)

(5) Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. (Oriental bittersweet)

(6) Fallopia japonica (Polygonum cuspidatum) (Japanese knotweed)

(7) Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L. (frogbit)

(8) Lonicera x bella (Bell honeysuckle)

(9) Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)

(10) Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle)

(11) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow honeysuckle)

(12) Lonicera tatarica (Tartarian honeysuckle)

(13) Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)

(14) Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian watermilfoil)

(15) Nymphoides peltata (Gmel.) Ktze. (yellow floating heart)

(16) Phragmites australis (common reed)

(17) Potamogeton crispus L. (curly leaf pondweed)

(18) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)

(19) Rhamnus frangula (glossy buckthorn)

(20) Trapa natans L. (water chestnut)

(21) Vincetoxicum nigrum L. (black swallow-wort)

Hardy Perennials Program - May 11, 1:00 pm

2010-05-10T20:06:00.000-07:00

Lynne Hall and Jeanne McCullough of Standing Stone Perennial Farm in Royalton will present a program “Hardy Perennials” to Randolph Garden Club, Tuesday, May 11, at the home of club vice president, Lori Peirce, 249 Partridge Hill Road, Randolph. The program begins at 1:00 pm, and will be followed by refreshments. Visitors are invited to attend.

“At Standing Stone, we’ve specialized in growing and propagating plants suited to Vermont’s changeable climate for twenty four years, “ said Hall. “Most of the 700 or more varieties of perennials we sell are propagated in our gardens and sold in large pots at farm stand prices. We grow all our plants sustainably, without chemicals, pesticides, or other non-organic techniques, paying great attention to soil fertility.”

Hall and McCullough’s program will begin with brief, general information on selecting, growing, and propagating hardy perennials. “But because everyone’s garden is different,” said McCullough, “with different soil, sun/shade, and water conditions, and different design needs, we’d like most of the program to come from participants’ specific gardening challenges. Come ready with your questions, and we’ll share what’s worked for us.”

Standing Stone Perennial Farm is located 1 mile off Route 14, 36 Johnson Hill Road, Royalton. They are open mid-April through mid-September, Wednesday thru Saturday 9-5, Sunday 10-4, closed Monday and Tuesday.

For more information about this program, call or e-mail Carol Rogers at 276-3072 or crogers@vtc.edu. To view all programs for the 2010 gardening season, visit Randolph Garden Club on the web at randolphgardenclub.org.

Making a Hosta Garden

2010-04-20T14:48:00.000-07:00

George Africa of The Vermont Gardener blog talks about making a hosta garden. Great information and terrific pictures trace the development of his garden.

Photo credit: George Africa, The Vermont Gardener Blog

You can order a whole hosta collection, 5 each of 4 different hostas from White Flower Farms for $75 (Purchased separately at a garden center, about $200.) There was only one review for this collection, but it was a glowing one.

Late Blight-A Review of Last Season and Looking Forward to Next - Ann Hazelrigg, UVM Extension (submitted by Carol)

2010-04-14T14:41:00.000-07:00

Vermont vegetable gardeners witnessed a "perfect storm" of events last growing season that resulted in substantial losses of tomatoes and less devastating losses in potatoes. The weather was very wet and cool, perfect for the fungus-like pathogen, Phytopthora infestans. This pathogen causes the... Read the rest of the article.

Houseplants 101 - Randolph Garden Club Opening Meeting 2010 - by Carol Rogers

2010-04-09T19:44:00.000-07:00

The first meeting of the year for the Randolph Garden Club will be Tuesday, April 13 at St. John’s Episcopal in Randolph, beginning with a noon potluck luncheon.

The program will be “Houseplants 101,” presented by Carol Rogers, president of the club this year. Rogers is a Master Gardener and chair of the Gifford Houseplant Committee, in which capacity she cares for or oversees the care of all the houseplants in the public areas of Gifford Medical Center, including the Menig wing.

Rogers’ discussion on houseplants will center on tending to the needs of your houseplants—light, water, fertilizer, humidity, and potting media. She will also discuss special treatment of houseplants in spring and summer, and several houseplants that are very easy to grow. Members and guests are encouraged to bring in a favorite houseplant for display.

Garden Club programs are open to the public, so anyone interested in houseplants, is invited to come. The program should begin around 1 pm.

“Please put this date on your calendars,” Rogers said. “It will be a great time to see old and new faces, greet the spring, and find out all about the wonderful plans for the 2010 garden club season!”

The Randolph Garden Club meets the second Tuesday of each month, starting in April. Programs are generally about garden design, landscaping, conservation, ecology, horticulture, flower arranging, or historical gardens.

This year’s programs will include topics such as houseplants, rock gardens, flower arranging, daylilies, terrariums, sustainable gardens, and holiday designs. If these areas interest you, consider joining. Call or e-mail Rogers at 276-3072 or crogers@vtc.edu.

Great Gardens Symposium (submitted by Gay)

2010-03-18T13:41:00.000-07:00

Seventh Annual Great Gardens

and Landscaping Symposium

April 23 & 24, 2010 at The Equinox,
a world-class resort in Manchester, VT.

Gardening Symposium To Be Held at VTC (submitted by Gay)

2010-03-17T14:13:00.000-07:00

The Lowdown on Gardening Down Low
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, Vermont

Three inspiring gardeners share their experience and knowledge about creating that all-important lower layer in the garden. Whether you are looking for tips about plants that tolerate shade under a canopy, native groundcovers that require low maintenance, or “survivalist” plants that grow in alpine crevices, you will benefit from our experts’ advice at this day-long symposium.

The Symposium will cover Crevice Gardening, presented by Anne Spiegel; Under the Canopy: Shade Gardening with Native Plants, presented by Scott LaFleur; and Groundcovers for Northeast Gardeners presented by Mary Crain Penniman.

The fee which includes lunch, free parking and the symposium packet, is $53 for non-members and $47 for members of the cosponsoring organizations, The Friends of the Horticulture Farm, the Hardy Plant Club, The Fells, North American Rock Garden Society, Master Gardeners and New England Wild Flower Society.

To register please send your check, payable to NEWFS-VT (preferred) or Visa or Master Card number and expiration date, with your name, address, phone number and e-mail address (for confirmation and directions) all clearly written to Thelma Hewitt, PO Box 2333, New London, NH 03257. No refunds after April 1. For further information, phone NEWFS at 508 877 7630, ext 3303.
For More Information.

2010 Gorgeous Gardens & Green Living Show

2010-03-03T08:08:00.000-08:00

GreenWorks

Vermont Nursery & Landscape Association

Proudly presents the

First Annual Gorgeous Gardens and Green Living Show,

March 13 and 14, 2010

● Riley Rink ● Manchester, Vermont

Click their poster when you arrive at their site to view all the show details.

Master Gardener Class to Begin at VTC

2010-01-16T09:02:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Gay Gaston for news about the Vermont Master Gardener course, offered through the University of Vermont Extension Program. The course will begin Februrary 2 at locations around the state. Vermont Technical College at Randolph Center is one of those locations.

Sessions will meet on Tuesdays, February 2—April 27, 2010, 6:15-9:00 pm on the VTC campus. Visit the UVM Extension program site for more information or to download a registration form. You may also contact: Vermont Master Gardener, University of Vermont, 105 Carrigan Dr., Hills Building, Burlington, VT 05405-0082; Phone (802) 656-9562; or email master.gardener@uvm.edu

Curriculum

This course covers the basics of home horticulture and what it means to be a Master Gardener (MG). The instructors are comprised of UVM faculty and VT horticulture professionals. Course topics include: Botany, Turf and Weeds, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Vegetables, Soil Science, Perennials and Annuals, Sustainable Landscaping Intro, Integrated Pest Management, Invasive Plant Control, and UVM Extension Volunteering. All course requirements must be completed by May 31, 2010. Click here for a sample syllabus

Volunteer Internship & Certification

Remember, to receive your certificate as a Vermont Master Gardener, you must complete a volunteer internship of 40 hours in addition to the Course. Graduates (MG Interns) will partner with Certified Master Gardeners on local projects. The 40 Hour Internship must be completed by December, 2011.

Paperwhites

2009-12-25T21:58:00.000-08:00

The whiskey experiment (see post for Nov. 16) was definitely a success. The paperwhites were beautiful and needed no tieing or staking at all.

According to William B. Miller, Professor of Horticulture and Director of the Flower Bulb Research Program at Cornell University, you needn't sacrifice Black Jack or Wild Turkey. Rubbing alcohol will do the trick as well.

Now, if only someone would breed a scent-free paperwhite.

Boxing Around - Our Great Holiday Workshop

2009-12-15T18:25:00.000-08:00

'Twas three weeks before Christmas, when all through the hall
Workshop goers were designing, having a ball...

Club members and guests shared clippers, an impromptu carol sing, helpful advice, and stems of boxwood. After a while, you didn't know where your pile of boxwood stopped and your neighbor's started, but nobody seemed to mind. Gay and Bonny gave us the basics and then turned us loose to make our trees. Amidst terrific company, with yummy refreshments to keep our energy high, some beautiful trees arose from those piles of boxwood. It was a great event! See more of the trees, thanks to these pictures taken by Rocky Mockus.

Paperwhites are up!

2009-12-07T08:19:00.001-08:00

This vintage graniteware pan is loaded with large round gravel so that it can't possibly tip over, no matter how tall these paperwhites get. The paperwhites are receiving the 'whiskey' treatment, so they'll be more compact as they grow (see the previous post for explanation of the 'whiskey treatment.')

They were planted about four or five days ago. Having been left a bit too long in the garage before planting, they had sprouted in strange, crooked ways. They've straightened up now and seem to be well on their way. The whiskey was added to the water today.

Now, they just need to be moved to a cooler spot so they don't grow too quickly. The mosses tucked in around the bulbs were gathered the same day the bulbs were planted. The mosses have dried out now because they're above the water level (which is just at the base of the bulbs), but they kept their soft green color beautifully. In spring, they can be planted outdoors again, and should be fine if they're given some water until they get established again.

The paperwhites should be blooming in about two weeks, maybe sooner, but they're lovely even at this stage. There's a delicious anticipation about what's to come.

Pickling Your Paperwhites--an anonymous gardener's confession

2009-11-16T21:01:00.001-08:00

My most tragic indoor gardening experience involved paperwhites--but it really wasn't their fault. The bulbs were planted in a sweet, over-sized, toile-patterned soup cup and saucer that I had fallen in love with (and envisioned eating soup from in the gloom of January) at a favorite shop near the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, called Hot Cakes.

The bulbs were already started in the pretty soup cup. I brought them home, watered, and waited for beauty. I wasn’t disappointed. The paperwhites grew quickly, bloomed profusely, and perfumed the house throughout the holidays.

Though I didn’t notice right away, the paperwhites were getting taller. And taller. And taller still. Somewhere in the back of my mind, vague memories of the laws of physics tried to get my conscious attention, but to no avail: one day I came home to find my sweet, toile-patterned soup cup shattered on the floor, pea gravel and bulbs everywhere. The stems of the paperwhites had grown so tall that they overbalanced the soup cup and tipped it over. I was stricken! Not only was the lovely little cup broken beyond repair, but the paperwhites were a mass of wrecked foliage and flowers lying in a puddle of water on my wood floor.

I still have the pretty saucer. It reminds me of my first, and--until now--only foray into the pleasures and pitfalls of indoor bulbs. Tempted by our garden club’s fall bulb sale, and armed with some experience, I'm ready for another go. I’m starting the paperwhites myself this time and choosing a safer, albeit less whimsical, container. And I'm going to try something new.

I’m going to get the bulbs drunk! Pickled! Three sheets to the wind! Well, not really, but I am going to feed them alcohol. Not beer or a glass of wine (too much sugar). No, I’m going to give them something more like a White Lady (only leave out the Cointreau and the lemon juice, keep the gin).

If you think I’ve been smoking my paperwhites instead of planting them, check out this research from Cornell University’s Flower Bulb Research Program that explains how (recipe given) planting your paperwhites in alcohol can keep the ‘overbalancing act’ from spoiling your bulb show. And the great part is, it doesn’t alter the bloom size or blooming time of the bulbs. It just reduces the legginess of the stems.

You can stake and tie paperwhites, but wouldn’t it be fun to try something a little bit outside the box, er...clay pot? You can share the recipe with friends who ask how you managed to keep your paperwhites so compact and beautiful. But I don't think I'd plant them in a soup cup, no matter how cute it is.

Dried Flower Workshop on November 10

2009-10-27T07:23:00.001-07:00

Just when it seems winter is not far off, a bit of color preserved from the summer garden promises to light up the dark of November. Clotilde Hryshko will present a dried flower arranging workshop at Pond Village Church in Brookfield, November 10, at 1:00 pm. The workshop is sponsored by Randolph Garden Club and is open to the public.

At the workshop, Clotilde will talk about the annual flowers that grow best in the Vermont climate that can be successfully dried for arrangements. She'll guide participants in creating a hanging swag dried flower arrangement to take home.

In late summer, Carol Rogers and Jackie Wilder gathered armfuls of beautiful flowers at Clotilde's organic farm, Camp Merrishko, to dry in preparation for this workshop. Other garden club members have been picking and drying flowers from their gardens all summer long in anticipation of this fun event.

But you really don't need to bring a thing for the workshop except a pair of clippers or sharp scissors for cutting the dried flowers. Everything else needed to create a beautiful hanging swag arrangement will be provided. There will be three colors of the papery, clover-like flowers of gomphrena, also called globe amaranth, plumes of wheat celosia, salvia, and ornamental grasses. Wire and background material for the hanging swag will also be provided. Just bring your clippers and plan to have fun!

Pre-registration is requested. Contact Jackie Wilder, 276-3959 for more information or to register.

Click to read more about Clotilde's farm-->

Lois Jackson's Botanical Drawing Workshop - A Great Learning Event

2009-10-21T19:38:00.000-07:00

Children's book illustrator Susan Banta and retired educator Janice Dean discuss the challenges of accurately rendering a complex subject at the recent botanical drawing class presented by botanist and botanical artist Lois Jackson. Lois not only shared great drawing techniques but also practical tips gained through her many years as a botanical artist. She emphasized the importance of looking for the details in plant subjects that give life to a drawing. We learned about lighting, shading, and recognizing geometric shapes in the subject--as well as the kinds of materials budding botanical artists should outfit themselves with. Lois provided great drawing materials, allowed plenty of time to work hands-on, and shared individual feedback during the session. What a great class! Oh, and did I mention Carol Rogers (our very thoughtful president) arranged for yummy cookies and cider?! Those chocolate things with the coconut center--they were "to live for." I think that was Lois's phrase.

Botanical Drawing Workshop

2009-10-02T19:56:00.001-07:00

Autumn is a fine time for capturing--at least on paper--the sometimes fleeting beauty of nature. Corinth botanist and botanical artist Lois Jackson leads an evening workshop on botanical drawing hosted by Randolph Garden Club, October 20, 6 - 9 pm, in the Gifford Hospital Maple Room. The public is invited.

Jackson uses traditional techniques of botanical and scientific illustration to bring the flowers, lichens, mushrooms, and seed-pods she loves, to life in watercolor, graphite, pen and ink and color pencil. Her portraits of anemones, lady’s slipper, trillium and other plants she finds on woodland walks or in the garden are not only beautiful, they are botanically accurate. Jackson’s work has appeared in numerous shows and exhibitions, and she is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists and the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. Prints and notecards of Jackson’s work will be available to purchase at the workshop.

Drawing plants and flowers starts with observation, according to Jackson. “You can look at a lot of things without truly seeing them,” she observes, “but you really see them when you draw them.” Skills learned in this class, such as identifying the geometric shapes in an object and using shading and comparative darkness in some areas, while retaining brightness of intensity in others, are essential for any kind of drawing. And when you gain experience with observing and capturing detail, you will see the beauty of nature around you in a whole new way.

Jackson will provide plants for sketching. For those who would like to bring their own, she suggests choosing plants with simple rather than complex forms. Jackson will also provide drawing materials, but attendees may bring their own if they wish.

Advance registration is requested, and there is a workshop/materials fee of $20. Please call Sam Florance, 728-7188, to register. Class limited to 12-15 participants.

Spring-Flowering & Christmas Bulb Sale 2009

2009-08-09T13:09:00.000-07:00

View the bulbs
Bulbs are an easy and inexpensive way to beautify your yard and home for years to come. Our selection of colorful, classic and unusual varieties will bloom from early spring though July. All spring-flowering bulbs are hardy in our zone 4 climate. The amaryllis and paperwhite bulbs are a great addition to your holiday decorating. Make your holiday gift decision-making easy with amaryllis gift boxes. All bulbs are purchased from a company with a reputation for excellent quality. Planting instructions will be included with your bulbs.

The profits from this sale will benefit the Club’s education programs and community service efforts, including the scholarship fund at Vermont Technical College.

Thank you for supporting the work of Randolph Garden Club.

For more info: cynthia@liepmann.us

Print Bulb Sale Order Form

2009-08-08T14:14:00.000-07:00

You can download and print the order form if you'd like and mail it to Cynthia Liepmann. Bulbs are for local pickup only. Thanks for your support!

A Long Tradition: 43rd Annual Flower Show

2009-08-06T20:15:00.000-07:00

On July 18 and 19, one hundred and fifty show goers attended Randolph Garden Club’s 43rd annual flower show, “Reflections of Yesteryear,” at the Chandler Gallery on Main Street, Randolph. The club, which has a membership of 47, hosted 123 exhibits: 45 in Design, 71 in Horticulture, and 7 in Special Exhibits. The show was terrific fun and a lot of hard work. The Flower Show Committee made this an event to look forward to.

Thanks to the committee, designers, and visiting judges. Well done!

And the winners are....!

View Photos from the Show

2009-08-02T05:50:00.000-07:00

Bonny Willett has posted her photos of the flower show at Snapfish.

Garden Tour '09 was a great success!

2009-06-30T18:00:00.000-07:00

Despite bouts of sun and showers--and let's be frank--downright downpours, tour goers didn't let the weather dampen their spirits. Visitors enjoyed six beautiful area gardens Saturday, June 27, 2009 despite the weather. Umbrellas sprouted as gaily as the flowers, and wine and refreshments at several gardens added to the fun.

Susan Banta's charming poster was a great advertisement for the tour, and Alice Wakefield's terrific signage literally led everyone over the river and through the woods, not to mention down the garden path. Owners were graciously in their gardens, greeters were on hand to extend a welcome, and the gardens were gorgeous. Despite the rain, it was a truly enjoyable day.

Millie Chase and the tour committee did a fantastic job. Thanks to everyone's hard work, the tour was a terrific event.

Highlights of the Gardens

2009-06-30T17:00:00.000-07:00

Garden Notes

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Randolph Garden Club

Deck the Halls with a French Bobeche-Inspired Workshop

Garden Design Program Nov. 8

Spring Bulb Sale - Just in time for fall planting!

The Dried Flower Workshop was Great Fun for All!

Lynn Lipkvich's Dried Florals Workshop

Preserving Our Native Species

"The Secret Gardens of Randolph Village" Garden Tour 2011

Wonderful Edible Flowers Program

Randolph Garden Club Celebrates 50 Years!

Creative Contain Gardening - No Yard Required - June 14, 1pm, Brookfield Town Hall

Dandelion Acres Garden Center2274 Vt Rte 107Bethel, VT 05032-9110(802) 234-6622

The Life-Long Garden

Northern Gardening Symposium

Northern Gardening Symposium

Saturday, April 9, 2011, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center VT

Carol Wins! at the Vermont Flower Show this Weekend

FGCV Spring Flower Show

March 4 – 6, 2011

Festival of the Trees - Dec. 6, 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Three Stallion Inn

Garden Club Program for Nov. 9

This year at NER

Some photos of the flower arrangements at the meeting: Photos from NER

Garden Club Grant Helps Local Habitat Chapter

The Boutique at Oct. 4 FGCV Meeting

Garden in a Bottle - September 14 Program

Meetings of Note

44th Annual Flower Show July 31, 1-5 pm

Randolph Garden Club Receives Landscaping Grant for Habitat

All About Daylilies - July 13, 1:00 pm

Some of the Smiling Faces of Randolph Garden Club - Come Join Us!

Garden Club Workshop Features Oriental Arrangement - June 8

Plant Sale Coming Up! May 29

Help Control Vermont Invasives

(21) Vincetoxicum nigrum L. (black swallow-wort)

Hardy Perennials Program - May 11, 1:00 pm

Making a Hosta Garden

Late Blight-A Review of Last Season and Looking Forward to Next - Ann Hazelrigg, UVM Extension (submitted by Carol)

Houseplants 101 - Randolph Garden Club Opening Meeting 2010 - by Carol Rogers

Great Gardens Symposium (submitted by Gay)

Gardening Symposium To Be Held at VTC (submitted by Gay)

2010 Gorgeous Gardens & Green Living Show

Master Gardener Class to Begin at VTC

Paperwhites

Boxing Around - Our Great Holiday Workshop

Paperwhites are up!

Pickling Your Paperwhites--an anonymous gardener's confession

Dried Flower Workshop on November 10

Lois Jackson's Botanical Drawing Workshop - A Great Learning Event

Botanical Drawing Workshop

Spring-Flowering & Christmas Bulb Sale 2009

Print Bulb Sale Order Form

A Long Tradition: 43rd Annual Flower Show

View Photos from the Show

Garden Tour '09 was a great success!

Highlights of the Gardens

Dandelion Acres Garden Center
2274 Vt Rte 107
Bethel, VT 05032-9110
(802) 234-6622