Why Design and Plant a Butterfly Garden? Oct.14th Meeting

My Butterfly Garden at the Ipswich Inn

Thanks to Catherine Carney-Feldman who shared her expertise and the butterfly garden she designed and planted at Ray Morley's B&B with the IGC! Catherine inspired us with much information about the life cycle and habitat of butterflies. She presented a slide show, gave many handouts and encouraged all to create a butterfly garden.
                                The meeting was held in the afternoon to catch the light in the Ipswich Inn garden had 22 members in attendance. The vote for changing the fiscal year to July 1st through June 30th passed. The Club is going forward to come under the Garden Federation of Massachusetts' umbrella of a 501C3 organization (registered non-profit).

September 13th Meeting

Thanks to Richard Scott, Supervisor, Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, who entertained and enlightened us with his long experience, love and wit about the state parks that are right here in our backyards. Certainly, we are all excited to see with new eyes both Bradley Palmer and Willowdale after Richard enlightened us on each park's history, flora, fauna and their present uses.

Janet reminded us that IGC has mailed everyone this year's program guide. Its bright lime green color should help keep it visible. Thanks were givien to Paige and Dorcas who worked so hard to preserve trees on Washington St. Susie Winthrop volunteered to take the open position of Plant Sale Chair.

Aldyth Innis and Lynda Mathey were hostesses for the event and they prepared delicious fall refreshments for us all.

See you all at our next scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 4th at 4pm at the Ipswich Inn on East St. Catherine Carney Feldman will be sharing with us butterfly-garden planting.

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FOOD WASTE PLUS Curbside Pilot Program -- and MORE!

COMPOSTING... ANOTHER WAY TO RECYCLE!
Would you like to be able to take your food waste, kitty litter and dirty paper (napkins, paper towels, pizza disks) out of your trash barrel and have it be composted?! If yes, then the ‘Food Waste Plus’ Curbside Collection Pilot may be for you! There is a pilot program planned for the fall.  Go to www.ipswichrecycles.org and sign up. You'll find more about recycling in Ipswich there too.

Click HERE to read more about curbside composting.

If you are interested or have questions and comments, please attend our second informational meeting at the Ipswich Library on Wednesday, Oct. 5th at 7pm in the Collins Room.


* NEW! Bulky, rigid plastic items (e.g. laundry baskets, trash barrels, plastic toys) are accepted at the Transfer Station, Wed & Sat 8am-3:30pm.

*NEW!  Scrap Metal items are now accepted at the Transfer Station also!  Items must be at least 60% metal.  No TV's or Monitors please.

Annual Recycling Extravaganza
Please come to our "Recycling Extravaganza"! It will be held at Winthrop School Saturday, September 24 from 9-1.  We accept electronics, scrap metal, books, and household items to be part of our "everything is Free" Yard Sale!


 Ipswich Recycling Advisory Committee

No Volcano Mulches around Trees

Hi Everyone,

Please visit this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgPn54cqx8I Deb from Corliss explains why not to mulch every year and what over mulching your landscape can do to your shubs and trees.

IGC Summer Newsletter is here!

Here is a copy of the IGC 2011 Summer Newsletter in a pdf form.
          Ipswich Garden Club Summer Newsletter 2011 pdf

June 11th Boston Harbor Island Tour

Raindrops couldn't deter members and their guests from the June 11th tour of the Harbor Islands. Janet Craft, Johanna Zabriski and Alicia Moore arranged the annual IGC field trip.Twenty-five participants boarded an early bus in Ipswich and headed for Boston on a very cloudy and drizzly morning. From there, they took a passenger ferry to tour Spectacle and George's Island. Everyone had a great time and many commented that they would like to return to explore the harbor and islands more! 

See more photos of the Harbor Island trip and other club events in the IGC Summer Newsletter coming to your post box next week!

AHS Hosta Convention - Hostas and Heritage-- this weekend!

 AHS Hosta Convention - Hostas and Heritage
June 22 - 25, 2011 in Marlborough, MA
www.hosta2011.org

Special Events - Free and Open to the Public!
Location:  Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel,
181 Boston Post Road West, Marlborough, MA

Hosta Show Viewing
Thursday, June 23,  2:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Cut Hosta Leaf
Container Grown Hosta
Beautiful Trough and Arrangements featuring Hosta

First Look Seedling and Sport Competition - view some of the exciting not yet registered hosta!


Vending Sales
Vending Sales Open to the public:
Thursday, June 23, 8:00-12:00 Noon and 1:00-10:00pm
Saturday, June 25, 2:30-4:30pm
     There are 16 different vendors selling the newest varieties of hosta as well as
     hard to find woody shrubs and trees, interesting pottery and hypertufa!

Luna Moth by Alicia Moore

This fairy-like Luna Moth was a surprise visitor on our window screen early the other morning. The next night he was gone, hopefully to meet a female and make more of his kind...
Alicia

Pavilion Beach Garden

Thanks everyone for all your hard work on June 11th. You brought your smiles, optimism and gardening perseverance to the beach. It was a great show of teamwork, know how and incredible energy to get the job dome. Much appreciation to each and every one of you for giving up your Saturday morning. But, it's what you do in this special club of ours. The garden is beautiful.

Maureen

Deb Lambert's Newsletter, website and blogs

Hi everyone,
For those of you who may know Deb Lambert at Corliss, you know she is an extraordinary horticulturalist and a "go to" person when you need help in your garden. You may also know she has a wonderful website for herself and Corliss and several delightful blogs. One of my favorites is "Plants Behaving Badly". Deb is a brilliant writer, poet and photographer. I love her work and subscribe to her weekly newsletter. I recently asked her if I could share her links with our members and she enthusiastically replied:

"Paula ~ Link away, with impunity!

Each newsletter has its own link, so the best way to share that is via subscriptions.  Anyone interested in a free subscription can sign up at gardenauthor1@verizon.net.  Just have them leave their name and phone number and I'll add them to our growing list (over 600 subscribers, so far).  The phone number is just in case the newsletter bounces back ("mailbox full", wrong address, etc.)  Without the phone number as a backup contact, I have no choice other than to drop them from the list.

Nice to have some sun and warmth... finally!  Hope your spring gardens are flourishing."

Deb Lambert

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Massachusetts Parks Budget at Risk

We have a speaker from the Dept. of Conservation and Recreation for our next IGC September's program.

Best, Alicia

MA State Parks Budget at Risk — Ask Your Senator To Restore Funding!


Many Massachusetts residents and visitors depend on state parks run by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) as special places for hiking, swimming, camping, and cycling. Recent budget cuts put access to these summer outdoor traditions at risk.

The budget for Massachusetts state parks and recreation areas has been reduced by approximately 30 percent during the last few years, resulting in the loss of nearly 200 staff at DCR and the reduction of many services the agency provides. The Massachusetts House of Representatives restored a small portion of DCR’s operating budget, but the Senate did not include that funding in its original budget. An amendment to the Senate budget would now restore $500,000 to help ensure our parks are staffed, safe, and clean.

We need to urge Massachusetts State Senators to restore this funding because we depend on our parks, beaches and pools to stay active and healthy. Without additional funds, some campgrounds, pools and beaches will be closed and those that stay open will have their seasons shortened by several weeks; park ranger and interpretive staff will be cut; beach trash collection will be reduced; forestry services and police details will be cut; and DCR will have a diminished ability to complete its legislative mandate of establishing Resource Management Plans for its facilities.

This amendment will be debated this week, so time is of the essence. Your voice is important to your senator, so please call today.

TAKE ACTION
Call Sen. Bruce Tarr
Phone: (978) 283-3148 and ask them to support restoration of funding for DCR parks and programs by supporting Senate amendment #171 to increase funding for DCR. You also can mention your favorite state park or other area that you are most concerned about.


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A Terrific Effort by all!

Lots of fun!

Great plants.

And we made $5,100.00!!

Special thanks to Laurie M, and Laurie McA for co-chairing,

to Gail Anderson for once again doing such a wonderful job with the antique plants,

and to Joyce Kippin for her amazing contributions of 800 organic, greenhouse grown, vegetables and flowers.

Fantastic!
Janet

The 2011 World Flower Show Takes place June 15-19

WORLD ASSOCIATION OF FLOWER ARRANGING...IN BOSTON @ THE WORLD TRADE CENTER...IT IS PUT ON BY THE MASS HORT SOCIETY & GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASS...I KNOW THERE IS THE BOAT EVENT THE WEEK BEFORE JUNE 11TH... JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS ALTHOUGH  MANY OF YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW...I KNOW I PLAN TO ATTEND SOME SESSIONS.

THANKS,
JANI GUNSAULUS
See you all this Saturday.

 Boston, Mass – Floral design enthusiasts, art lovers, competitors, conservationists and connoisseurs of international culture should all mark their calendars to attend the 2011 World Flower Show taking place in Boston, Mass. at the Seaport World Trade Center June 15-19, 2011. Members of floral art societies from the 30 countries that comprise the World Association of Flower Arrangers (WAFA) will convene by the tens of thousands for the week-long event, which caps the United States’ first-ever three-year tenure as host country for WAFA.

“We chose our show theme, ‘This Glorious Earth,’ because it embraces both the worldwide scope and the celebratory nature of this event,” says Liza Weihman, Director of Publicity & Public Relations for WAFA USA. “This is the first time that the United States has hosted the show, which probably won’t return to the States in this generation.”

The World Association of Flower Arrangers (WAFA) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization of floral art societies representing 30 member countries. WAFA was founded in 1981 and moves from country to country every three years. During its tenure, the host country organizes an International Seminar, stages a World Flower Show, convenes a General Assembly, produces a book portraying national floral designs and plans various other educational events. 

(from WAFA website)

For more information, visit www.wafausa.org.

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IGC helps Town-Wide Clean Up on Saturday, May 21st- Call for Volunteers

The Ipswich Shade Tree and Beautification Committee is holding a TOWN-WIDE SPRING CLEAN-UP.

Ann Wright and I have volunteered our Ipswich Garden Cub members to clean up the Railroad Station on Saturday morning 8:30-11am May 21st.
We will meet at TDBank for coffee and garbage bags and then head to the RR station.

It is the week after the Plant Sale - hopefully you will have some energy left to help make give our town a nice Spring Cleaning.
With many hands we can make short work of it.
Thank you for your help.
Janet