JoAnn and Dianne did not start the blog until summer. These are some of the activities the East Hampton Garden Club participated in during the first half of 2010.
The April meeting was held at the gazebo in the village center where the Belltown Garden Club maintains the gazebo, flagpole, and traffic triangle plantings. We divided the perennials for repotting for the club's annual perennial plant sale in May.
Garden club members pitched in to help make the dividing and repotting go quickly. Each member took some potted plants home to "nurse" until the May plant sale. The town of East Hampton does most of the heavy work of maintaining the planting beds, such as edging, mulching, and removing overgrown plants.
We are looking for photos of the May Plant Sale in 2010. Does anyone have some for the blog and the scrapbook?
In July, the garden club entered a float in the Old Home Days Parade. Peggy and Lori ride in Peggy's car filled with plants donated by Paul & Sandy's Nursery and Garden Center.
In August, we had an opportunity to work with the East Hampton Public Library on a project at Sears Park near Lake Pocotopaug. We helped a local boy scout troop and a local girl scout troop replant a buffer garden disturbed by construction near the boat launch. The library had a grant from the Rockfall Foundation to purchase plants from Ballek's Nursery & Garden Center. We cooperated by showing the young people how to read garden plans and how to dig, plant, and water new plantings. The plants were native plants which provide cover and food for wildlife as well as prevent erosion along the shore of the lake.
Holly demonstrates the digging techique for the scouts.
The scouts give it a try as Sue Berescik, the library director, supervises.
Almost finished setting plants and the bench in place.
Stop by Sears Park near the boat launch to view this newly replanted buffer garden of native plants and enjoy the view of Lake Pocotopaug and native wildlife.
