IGC Winter 2015-2016 Newsletter

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                                Winter Newsletter 2015-16 

Thanks to the Institution for Savings Charitable Fund

They're Here... Winter moths!

              http://www.massaudubon.org/learn/nature-wildlife/insects-arachnids/winter-moths

Ipswich Garden Club Holiday Islands

Touchstone Farm Holiday Open House

Cathy Chadwick sells honey every year at our Plant Sale. Check out her holiday Open House.

IGC Annual Greens Meeting and Luncheon- December 4th

Dahlia Swap- November Hort Minute

IGC November Meeting: "The London Flower Show" with Maureen Bovet

IGC October Meeting - Community-Based Agriculture in Ipswich

IGC opens New Season with Tour of Mill River Winery in Rowley

IGC 2015-2016 Officers and Committee Members

Summer 2015 IGC Newsletter

Click HERE to see the Summer 2015 IGC Newsletter

Summer Hort Post - Annuals for the Long Haul by Horticulturist Gail Anderson

Ipswich Garden Club June Romp- Saturday, June 13th

June 1, 2015 New report highlights strategies to move garden industry in bee-safe direction

READ MORE: Bee Friendly Plants and Bee Killing Pesticides PDF

Another Sucessful IGC Plant Sale

Tell Everyone About the Plant Sale

Thanks to Laurie McAleer for arranging for the Plant Sale banner again this year!

Spring 2015 IGC Newsletter

Click HERE to read the IGC Spring 2015 Newsletter Online.

Join Us for the Arbor Day Assembly April 30th

HORT MINUTE - April Meeting with Gail Anderson

See you all at the Plant Sale -- our only fundraiser of the year.

THREE SISTERS GARDEN PROJECT

A new Ipswich CSA with a mission to educate and provide fresh produce for community food programs-- Although the CSA is at Cuvilly and associated with the Sisters of Notre Dame, the CSA is also in partnership with local colleges,  Accord Food Pantry, Open Door Food Pantry, Ipswich Sustainable Education, Ipswich Schools, The Trustees of the Reservation, Ipswich Farmers Market/Agriculture Commission. The name, Three Sisters is a metaphor for cooperation and sustainability-- native people cultivated the three sisters: nitrogen-fixing CORN, weed-keeping-out leaves that also keep moisture in of SQUASH, and climbing BEANS that grow on the cornstalks. THREE SISTERS is nearing its fundraising goal but still needs your support. To donate and learn more, go to www.threesistersgarden.org

"Parks of Paris" Tuesday, April 14th

Remise au mardi, avril 14th. De vous y voir.

Alicia suggests a trip to Topsfield's Seed Library

2015 Greenslet Cup Competition

IGC Annual Garden Club Meeting- April 8th

HORT MINUTE - March Meeting w/ Therese Armstrong & Paula Jones

Double Click Here for 2015 Plant Label List (PDF).

Double Click Here for 2015 Plant Label List (Word Doc).

This information on plant labeling is also under the page Annual Plant Sale tab and it replaces last year's format. Thanks to Gail Anderson for all her efforts on producing this helpful format and listing.

March 24th Meeting - "History of Castle Hill and other Estates"

Please RSVP to Deb Trevarrow by March 19th.

Be like the Snow Drop in Spring...

Making Cut Spring Tulips Last in a Vase

Click Here for-More Fresh-Cut-Tulip Hints

Anxious for Spring? Alicia suggests Warming Up in the Blooming Indoors...

Alicia suggests a terrific post from WBUR's "The ARTery" for us all to experience the beauty of Spring right now. 
Click Here for Boston Greenhouses to Visit

HORT MINUTE- with Kerry Mackin - February 2015 Meeting

The Butterfly Meadow?

February 25th Meeting "British Age of Plant Exploration"

please RSVP to Deb T. by February 19th.

Alicia suggests:

Environmental Gardening w/ Catherine Carney Feldman COURSE FILLED.

Due to weather-related challenges, the film screening of "Vanishing of the Bees, scheduled for this Thursday, February 5th, has been postponed to Thursday, February 12th, 6:30 to 8:30 at our Cox Reservation

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle... thanks