1. Saturday May 14 - Bayard Cutting Arboretum
They have a plant sale that day and we can also have lunch or The Victorian Tea they offer. If anyone is interested in the Victorian Tea they offer please let me know and if enough are interested I will get the price and make reservations.

2. Saturday May 27 - get together at Sylvia's house from
11-2. You can email her directly for directions.

3. Saturday June 10 - Brooklyn Botanical Gardens - open from 10:00 - 4:30. Fee is 5.00, website states free admission from 10-12. (hope I read it correctly)

4. Saturday June 24 - New York Botanical Gardens - open from 10:00-6:00 (admission is 13.00)

5. Saturday July 8 - Peconic River Herb Farm - open 9:00=4:00. Pack a lunch, they encourage people to bring lunch and enjoy it by the River. I don't think there are any tables--I'll bring a blanket to sit on.

6. Saturday, July 22 - Planting Fields Arboretum - open 9:00-5:00 - I only see a fee for admission into the Coe Hall House Museum which is 5.00. Parking is 6.00.

As the time gets nearer to these events I will list the time we will meet.

As I get dates from people who offer their house/yard for get togethers, I will add them to the list.

If anyone would like to add anything to the list, please do so.

I look forward to seeing you all again.

have a good night
Maureen

I've been trying to hook up with a local Garden Club. At the Hofstra flower show, I signed up to be contacted by a mid-island club. I also contacted the NYS Federated Garden Clubs on-line and expressed interest. So far, zippo.

After I retired 5 years ago, I had my propety re-landscaped and since then have become a gardening 'nut'. I just wish I had started sooner. There is so much I don't know.

Barbara

Maureen

Ok, so far 3 for the tea. I'm going to call them and inquire about price/reservations.

Thanks for keeping the list Marci.

Maureen

Count me in for the tea too...

Marci, I emailed you in response to your 4/22 post.

Millie

HI Millie. So glad you are going too. I will bring both the New Dawn cuttings and the plumeria seeds that day.

anyone else joining us?

Have a great night everyone

oops, I haven't visisted the garden web in a while and almost missed our next meeting .... I'll be at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum on 5/13.
See you there, Bee

Maureen

Nice to see the plans are still going.

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the 13th (menu tasting for wedding), the 27th (godson's birthday), or the 10th (wedding is the next day)!

But I'd love to join the NYBG trip on June 24th. My membership will be expired by then but I have an extra 2 parking passes so you park for free (it's usually $10.) I'd just suggest carpooling if possible. I'd be happy to take three people in my car if we could meet in Merrick or Wantagh, maybe in the train station parking lot.

I'm afraid I won't be around much till then, the wedding plans are starting to keep me real busy. I hope everyone has a great time!

Trish

Haven't checked this thread in a while... what time is the Bayard Cutting meeting going on!!?? I definitely want to go, but may have to cut it short as there is a BBq for a friend who just returned from Iraq... Can someone post the time.

Thanks Marci for helping to coordinate the time and place. 10:30 sounds good to me at that dunkin donuts. If anyone wants to meet me at my house in Lindenhurst, we can hop in my car and head to the Dunkin donuts in E. Islip.

Maureen

Maureen

The forecast calls for rain/showers all weekend.
Are there any back up plans in the event of rain?

Millie

Millie

Maureen

Maureen

Maureen

Sorry, I'm going to have to pass on today's outing!!! Just found out the furniture we ordered is in two weeks early and so now we're scrambling to paint the room before it arrives. Have fun and take lots of pics. and I'll see ya'll in two weeks.

sandd916@yahoo.com for directions!

Syl

Jannie - sorry you couldn't make it. We had a really nice time. Hope your feeling ok.

Maureen

LIR

Anyone else interested?

Millie

As an added incentive, I am also hoping I can unload some bird feeders at the same time, for any of you bird lovers out there. Over the years, as I've gotten more into the birding thing, I've tried a number of feeders. Some of them just never worked out, in some cases because the feeders weren't appropriate for the types of birds in my immediate area; not being one to just throw things out, I'd like to recycle them if at all possible.

I'm not sure what kind of an rsvp rate past events have gotten, but my place could probably accommodate 6-8 people. Anything beyond that, it might feel a bit crowded. Do folks rsvp right here in the thread? Is there an email/list to which I could send an official invite to in order to receive rsvps? Is a first-come first-serve policy the norm? Note that I will also be extending an invite to a particular woman I've been corresponding with on another board on this site... she also lives in Manhattan.

Closer to the date I will send out my exact address and directions (I assume all of you would drive) to my place. There is often a parking space or two available in front of my apartment, and there is also a parking garage across the street. I've no idea of the hourly rates, but would assume it's very cheap as compared to the more downtown garages (I live way up in Harlem).

After my place, some of you might be interested in checking out some gardening centers in Manhattan just for the heck of it. I've never been to Dimitri's in Spanish Harlem, but understand it's quite "large". There's also the flower district in Chelsea, which is essentially an entire street of mainly indoor flower/plant vendors. Chelsea Garden Center sells primarily outdoor plants, and is probably the most upscale of the aforementioned places (and the most expensive!). They have really beautiful trees, shrubs and plants for sale, as well as some nice urns, fountains, etc.

Thanks!

Lynn/yippee1999

So... the new date for a visit to my little patio will be July 15.

Thanks!

just as well yippee I have a wedding on the 17th..... I like the sound of that nursery in S. Harlem.

Millie - I don't know if I can make it to Sylvia's house next Saturday. If I'm not in NJ for the weekend, I will see if I can get a sitter for a few hours. Don't think I will have enough time for Sylvia's and the plant sale.I'll have to skip the plant sale. Millie, your not doing to believe this -- my sage does NOT smell like pineapple. Remember I had 2 and put one down, well the one I kept has NO scent at all. I am so bummed!! I don't even know what it is, it has no name tag on it. But it looks just like the pineapple sage plant. And I lost the tuberose. Not sure where I put it. When I find it, what are the planting instructions for a container? Any idea?

Aspiring - the Bayard was great. It was me, Millie, Marci and Barbara. You guys haven't met Barbara yet because she was not at the coffee shop when we first met. She is a super nice lady -- Hi Barbara :-) They had a plant sale -- the plants were great and the prices were right! I got a black-eyed susan vine, a NOT pineapple sage :-(, agastache tutti-frutti, a lemon scented geranium (smells just like lemon pledge) and cukecumber plants. Then we had a delicious lunch - quiche and a salad plus a piece of homemade apricot rum cake and tea for 11.00. The cake was out of this world. Then we walked around the property and the sun was out finally. It was a great day. I really had a good time. Oh, and I can't forget the great gift shop they had. Really nice things and inexpensive.

So who is going to Sylvia's next Saturday?

Have a good night all
Maureen

Hi all, Hope you guys can make it on the 27th!! Must warn you all about the golfballs, they are flying high this time of year!! Just had one hit the house so hard it chipped the siding!! Oh yes!!! We're going to have to nip this in the bud right away!! But until then, bring your helmets!!! :)

Have a great weekend and enjoy the weather while it holds!! I hear more rain is comin' our way!

Syl

P.S.- Barbara,
I tried to send directions, but it bounced back, is your mailbox full? The error message eluded that it may be something like that.

aspiring- can u believe I brought my camera but left it in my car (which stayed at Maureen's house since she was kind enough to drive)!! I was so bummed, it's a beautiful place...

Lynn- It's very nice of you to invite us! I'm glad you joined us. I'd love to take a bird feeder off your hands :)

Maureen- Believe it or not, the tuberose didn't come with any info what so ever! I think I planted it about 4 inches deep lying sideways as opposed to planting it up & down, that way whichever end is the top will find it's way up at some point, and I've got green peeking out on 4 of the 6 I've planted, which is exciting.

Syl- I'd like directions also, you can email me at MissSpoiled24@optonline.net please.

Barbara- It was very nice to meet you, thanks for joining us!

I hope to see everyone else soon!

Millie

I saw a feature of the NY botanic. this week. that place is gorgeous (SP?) also we simply must visit the gardens at farmingdale university.

june 27th my little preemie is one :) but Im doing a little something for him on the 24th so, im sorry I cant come that day :(

see ya'll soon.

Glad to hear the trip to the Bayard was a sucess... I know I havent been around much. I have soooooo much going on. We have been trying to get our roof replaced for the last two weeks... it keeps raining on those days. We also have been hard at work developing our new 65' back yard beds so that I can plant them this year. Nothing more wasteful that a turned bed that is not ready to plant. As soon as the roof is done, we are going to have several yards of soil delivered to build up the height, then I will be good to go! Cant wait.

I was really looking forward to seeing you all at Syliva's, but we have a family gathering. Terribly disappointed, but what are you gonna do.

I am planning on making it to the Brooklyn Botanical trip and hope to see you all then.

--Candace

But now that I'm a married woman and my schedule just got really really open, I'd love to make a few get togethers.

Anyone planning on going to the NYBG this Saturday the 24th? The weather doesn't look so hot for the end of this week into the weekend.

I'm definitely going this summer, the first good Saturday I can get. So if the garden club is now defunct but someone wants to join me, feel free to email me: greenfreak1@yahoo.com.

Thanks!