January Meeting: "Birds' Nest Botany"

Deck the Town

With balsam wreaths, gilded greens, and sparkling ribbons and ornaments, the Ipswich Garden Club brought a festive touch to Ipswich town for the holidays. (Clockwise) Seen below are decorations for Ascension Church, the Police Station, the Public Library, the Commuter Station, the Fire Station, Ipswich Schools Building, Hall Haskell House, the Butterfly Meadow (after the 12/17 snowfall), the Public Library's mantle, Market St. Square, and Town Hall.

HOLIDAY GREENS MAKING- DEC 2nd

November Meeting: "Holiday Entertaining with the Garden's Harvest"

                                                      
                   Please RSVP to Joyce by November 8th. 

October Meeting: "Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Woods" with Dr. Richard Primack

The UMass e-Newsletter for Home Gardeners

Carol Williams shares with us a fine newsletter from UMass Extension for the home gardener. See portions of the newsletter below. Lots of good ideas for fall and you can subscribe to it at the bottom link. 


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Meet Up Not In A Garden Bed But A DRY RIVER BED!

                                                                         Photo from Susan Stone
On Saturday, September 10th IGC members met in a dry portion of the Ipswich River bed to discuss ways to help conserve water and save our river. See the Boston Globe article by using the following link. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/09/11/ipswich-river/s5Jjl8QhPxDCKMm65G1v1J/story.html

Drought Emergency - Water Saving Landscape Tips by Kerry Mackin

Drought Tolerant Perennials  from UMass Amherst  https://ag.umass.edu/fact-sheets/drought-tolerant-perennials 

Drought Tolerant Plants for the Landscape from UMass Amherst  https://ag.umass.edu/fact-sheets/drought-tolerant-plants-for-landscape 

North American Plants for New England Gardens  from UMass Extension

http://www.grownativemass.org/sites/default/files/umass_native_plts.pdf 

Water-Wise Landscaping: 

Water-Smart Landscapes from EPA  https://www3.epa.gov/watersense/docs/water-efficient_landscaping_508.pdf 

Save Water, Save Money Outside from the Ipswich River Watershed Association http://www.ipswichriver.org/save-water-save-money-outside/ 

Greenscapes Guide  from Greenscapes.org http://www.nsrwa.org/files/Greenscapes-small.pdf 

How to build a rain garden:  https://www.thisoldhouse.com/how-to/how-to-build-rain-garden-to-filter-run  

Xeriscape – from EarthEasy  http://eartheasy.com/grow_xeriscape.htm 

Right Plant, Right Place:  http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/outdoors/landscaping/how-to-design-a-great-yard-with-landscape-plants 

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September Meeting: "Right Plant in the Wrong Place" with Gail Anderson

Go NATIVE!

More information on Northeast Native Plants HERE.

Summer 2016 IGC Newsletter

Read the Newsletter HERE.

HORT BITS- "A Watering Guide" from Gail

IGC Visits Three Sisters Garden Project

Learn more about Three Sisters Garden Project in Ipswich by going to their website- https://threesistersgarden.org.

One week and counting for the IGC Annual Plant Sale

Thank You Madam Presidents!

Appreciation to a decade of women who have served the Ipswich Garden Club as presidents and who by their efforts, have added so much both to the Club and to Ipswich by increasing horticultural knowledge, by supporting conservation, and by beautifying the Town of Ipswich. Thank you to Paige Mercer, Laurie McAleer, Janet Taisey Craft, Maureen Leonard, Deborah Trevarrow, and Joyce Kippin.