Lake Pocotopaug Cleanup, Saturday, April 16, 2011

Saturday, April 16th, members of the East Hampton Belltown Garden Club will join other community service organizations to clean up the public areas of Lake Pocotopaug, including the planting areas in Sears Park.  All members are encouraged to participate in this day of service to our community and our environment.

The English Lady Speaks at Middle Haddam GC

Maureen Haseley-Jones, also known as The English Lady, will speak at the Middle Haddam Garden Club meeting, Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 66 Middle Haddam Road (Rt. 151).  President Pat Day invited the East Hampton Belltown Garden Club to attend to hear The English Lady's message on Garden Earth.
For more information on Maureen Haseley-Jones click on this link to her blog: The English Lady

Yoga for Gardeners Program March 28th at 7 p.m.

East Hampton Belltown Garden Club

presents

Yoga for Gardeners

Led by

Sharon Coriaty

Certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor

with a studio in Willimantic

Monday, March 28, 2011

in the East Hampton Public Library’s

Community Room

Beginning at 7 p.m.

This regular Belltown Garden Club meeting

is open to the public. 

Guests and new members are welcome.

Please wear comfortable clothing.

Exercises will be practiced

seated or standing.

Please call 860-267-4584 if you plan to attend.

EH Belltown Gardeners on the Martha Stewart Show

Gloria was able to get tickets for the Martha Stewart Show on Tuesday, March 1st.  Five garden club members were able to travel by car or train to Martha's Chelsea studio in New York City on an almost spring-like day.

Bonnie crafted a unique gardener's hat from an old straw hat, some fabric cabbage roses, and embroidery appliques she made with bright green fabric.

We were seated as a group.  Many garden clubs from Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, CT, and Pennsylvania attended. 

The garden clubs from Bedford, NY and East Hampton, Long Island, NY were seated in the center audience.  Martha maintains homes in these places. 

Bonnie is taking a photo of the image of us on the audience monitor.  That's a stage light in the upper right corner.  The row behind us was not yet filled.

We ate at a cafe after the show and admired the boxwood-- Martha's favorite plant because it is green all year.  We agree!

We took home several goodies: a plastic trug, gardening books and a magazine, garden gloves, insect repellant, seeds and seed pots, a solar radio,

a poster, and compostable lawn bags.

Everyone had a good time and enjoyed the gardening tips we learned from Martha and her panel of experts on the garden-themed show that day.

Garden Club Meeting at It's So Ranunculus Flower Shoppe

The East Hampton Belltown Garden Club met Monday, February 28th

at It's So Ranunculus Flower Shoppe in Marlborough.

Floral designer, Leah Miner O'Hearn, demonstrated her creativity and style while arranging several floral designs.  This design was bouquet-style for a water-filled vase with a variety colorful blooms, grass, and greenery.

Leah starts a basket arrangement in floral foam

with lemon leaves and bear grass as a greenery base.

Leah adds colorful blooms to create the high points

and add texture, as well as color, to the arrangement.

The finished basket is a work of art--and a hint of spring after a long winter.

President Karen Gallmon proposed that the EH Belltown Garden Club contribute to the Dover Air Force Base Memorial Garden for the Fallen.  More information on this memorial garden can be found in your green CT Federation News, the newsletter of the Federated Garden Clubs of CT, Inc., or at the web site MemorialGarden-Dover.org 

Club members agreed that it was a worthwhile project and voted to send a $200 donation to the Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs for the Memorial Garden at the Center for Families of the Fallen at Dover Air Force Base, home of the nation's only stateside military mortuary.

Sue Hewes proposed that we create an embroidery logo for our garden club to use on hats, capris, T shirts, or canvas bags. She showed us several options for a logo with a bell and a "catch phrase."  Members agreed to have her go ahead with the process.

Next meeting is Monday, March 28th at the East Hampton Public Library.

The program is "Yoga for Gardeners."