Labeling Your Plants for the Perennial Sale

Thank you for taking home (from the Gazebo clean-up) some divisions to "nurse" for the plant sale on Sturday, May 28.  Mine are looking fine and not needing much care except for watering with the windy days we've had recently. Many of us are also dividing our perennials and potting them up in our home gardens.  Hollye, Ellen, and Bonnie have been working in some gardens around town with Dig 'n Donate.

You'll need to label your plants when you bring them Friday night, May 27, to the plant sale set-up at the Congregational Church.  We've used many labeling systems over the years:  metal blind slats, stick-on labels for the pots, tongue depressors, and a fill-in-the blank card. All of these work and Holly thinks the metal blind slats written on with permanent marker are great.  Here's another choice from last year that is easy to use: 

Skewers, cardstock, and clear plastic packaging tape

We have a box of  labels pre-printed on card stock.  We can tape the label to barbecue skewers with clear package tape front and back, making them waterproof.  The skewers go in the soil in the pot and --Voila!-- the plant is labeled.  We just need to know what plants you may have to make this work.  Please check the list below to see if your plant's information card is already printed and filed in the label box.  If not, we'll make a new set of cards for that plant.

These are plants we have sold in the past:  Astilbe, Bee Balm, Bishop's Cap, Black-eyed Susan, Bleeding Heart, Bugleweed, Catmint, Colombine, Cone Flower, Coral Bells, Cranesbill, Daylily, Dead Nettle, Evening Primrose, Feverfew, Forget-Me-Nots, Foxglove, Gayfeather, Globe Thistle, Goldenstar, Goose Neck Loosestrife, Ground Phlox, Hakone Grass, Hardy Chrysanthemum, Hosta, Jacob's Ladder, Joe Pye Weed,  Korean Lilac (Dwarf), Lady's Mantle, Lamb's Ear, Lily of the Valley, Montauk Daisy, Obedient Plant, Ox-Eye Sunflower, Peonie, Pot of Gold, Rose of Sharon, Shasta Daisy, Siberian Iris, Spiderwort, Stonecrop, Summer Phlox, Sundrops,  Sweet Woodruff, Tickseed 'Moonbeam', Tiger Lily, Trout Plant, Vinca, Wisteria.  If you don't see your plant here, contact Dianne and we'll have a label ready for you Friday evening at set-up. Many thanks, Dianne and Hollye

Berkshire Botanical Garden Trip

Join us for a garden trip to the Berkshire Botanical Gardens in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in June.  We will carpool to Stockbridge to visit the gardens and, perhaps, the Norman Rockwell Museum also.  We might have lunch at the Red Lion Inn--or brown bag our lunch.  Details are still being decided. We are most likely not going to rent a bus due to budget constraints.  But it should be a wonderful day of blooms, art, and good friends.
Originally planned for June 25th, the date is being changed to Saturday, June 18th to accommodate more members and their busy schedules.  Please let Karen Gallmon know if you are available on June 18th.  We hope to include as many members and friends as possible.

Perennial Plant Sale May 28 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The East Hampton Belltown Garden Club presents their annual plant sale Saturday, May 28th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the lawn of the Congregational Church in conjunction with the church's Open Air Market.  Members have contributed divisions of perennials from their own gardens, from the civic projects gardens in the village center, and from Dig 'n Donate projects around town.  You are sure to find some old favorites like Iris, Black-eyed Susan, and Daisies.  We have plants for shade like ferns and Hostas and plants for sunny locations like Sedums and Cone Flowers.  Be sure to shop early for the best selection. After noon, plants will be discounted. So, if you want a bargain be sure to stop back in the afternoon.  The proceeds of this sale go to the scholarship fund for an East Hampton High School senior pursuing further education in botany, horticulture, or environmental studies.

We hope to see you at the plant sale.