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JANUARY 2015

BLOOMIN’ NEWS

Garden Club of Lexington

Letter from Kim

Happy New Year to M’Ladies!

The new season of Downton Abbey has begun and for those of your
who follow this series, the timing could not be better. Our garden is
at rest for the winter and we can stay toasty and warm inside
soaking in this PBS show, reading our favorite book or watching our
UK Wildcats dominate the basketball world.

.. .
a speaker from Wild Birds Unlimited. So, please brave the cold and ‘“ LEE}
come to our general meeting next week (details below). We will " “
have no Bloomin News or General Meeting in February. We will see

you on March 19th at our Annual Meeting.

Our meeting this month is January 15th and we are honored to have

 

Last but not least, we will kick off this year by officially announcing our inner club
Photography Show schedule! The schedule will go out in an email to all
members, but take a moment to review the available photography classes.
Please consider participating in our show in January 2016! I would like to
sincerely thank Amy Kessinger and Kathy Courtney for organizing this inaugural
event for our club. We hope to have as many members as possible participate
with their favorite seasonal photograph taken with either a digital camera or
iPhone.

GCA Quick Fact:

Q: The GCA will award over $300,000 to 86 scholars and award recipients in
2014-2015. What was the first scholarship funded by the GCA and in what year?
A: Fellowship in Landscape Architecture at the American Academy in Rome, 1928.

NEXT GENERAL MEETING
Thursday January 15th (next Thursday) 10:30
at home of Melanie Dowell
Speaker from Wild Birds Unlimited
RSVP (ASAP) - 266—4205 - mmdowell@aol.com
hostesses *Melanie Dowell. Luanne Milward

ANNUAL MEETING
Thursday March 19th - 10:30 - lHCC

 

  

JANUARY 2015

NEXT BOARD MEETING
Thursday March 19th - 9,15 — prior to general meeting at lHCC

BLOOMIN NE‘» S
There will be no Bloomin News in February.
TUESDAY MARCH 3rd is deadline for articles info for March Bloomin News.

CONSERVATION - Lendy Brown
”WILD GEESE" by Mary Oliver

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.

Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting—-
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW - January 2016 Inner Club Photography Show

Please review the classes below and consider entering our inner club show which will
take place in January 2016. The title of our show is "A Year in the Garden". Registration
will open May 15, 2015. The guidelines for the schedule will be sent in an email to
members.

Photography Division Classes
Class 1 Spring--The Bud of Yet to Come color 6 entries Spring is a breath of fresh air
in Ashland garden. Everywhere you look there are buds playing peak-a-boo. Catch a
glimpse of the beauty at it’s birth, before it is in full bloom.
A flower not yet in full bloom.

 

  

JANUARY 2015

Class 2 Summer--A Garden at It’s Peak color 6 entries From toddlers to engagements
to a quiet stroll the garden. Ashland is not to missed while in full bloom. Summer is the
season of choice for capturing special moments.

A flower taken to the edges of your photo.

Class 3 Fall--|n a Whole New Light color 6 entries Look closely and you will discover
flowers and plants taking on a new appearance. Leaves change colors, stalks form
seeds, and berries pop up. The wonders of fall.

Landscape of a parterre.

Class 4 Winter--Treasure Put to Bed black&white 6 entries The garden has been put to
bed for a long winters nap. Yet as it rests, mother nature blankets Ashland with heavy
dew, frost, and snow. A winter wonderland for all to cherish.

After the garden has been put to bed.

Class 5 Outside the Garden Gates color 6 entries Inside the garden gates is what
we often focus on. Challenge yourself to soak up the beauty of the outer walls of
Ashland garden all year long. You may just discover a new love!

Outside the garden gates & walls at dusk.

Division Class Consultant: Kim DeCamp 859-539-6899 kimberlydecamp@gmail.com
Note: Photography has a registration form and an entry form. Entry form is to be
submitted with the entry attached to the photograph.

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR/ll!

 

 

 BLOOMIN - NEWS
GARDEN CLUB OF LEXINGTON
MARCH 2015

Letter from Kim

Lendy and I just returned from our nation’s
capital as we represented our Club at the Garden Club of
America National Affairs and Legislation meeting, a non-
partisan meeting focused on current legislative affairs.
We spend four days with over 300 Garden Club Members
representing every state in our Country including Hawaii.
For many of you who have attended this meeting in the
past, it is exhilarating, educational and exhausting! The
GCA NAL meeting cuts to the core of the GCA mission:
“to restore, improve and protect the quality of the
environment through educational programs and action in
the fields of conservation and civic improvement”. As
you can imagine, it was a busy week in Washington, as
issues involving funding for the Department of Homeland
Security trumped the focus and energy of our Senators and Congressmen.
Fortunately, we were able to meet with Congressman Barr as well as the
aides in the offices of Senators McConnell and Paul. We have offered an
invitation to each of them to speak at the NAL Meeting next year as it is
important to hear and learn from both political parties on topics of
environment and conservation. Please read Lendy’s article as she
describes our experience and highlights areas of focus that are extremely
important to the environment and conservation of the beauty of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky and the US. l would encourage members of
our Club to consider attending this event in the future. It is extremely
important for us to have a voice in Washington and to share information
regarding legislative agendas that involve our people and the natural

resources of Kentucky.

GCA Quick Fact:

0: Lady Bird Johnson famously worked to eliminate the biight of

billboards in America and she was instrumental in. the development of

the Highway Beautification Act of 1965. When did the GCA first focus

{stir-emit)“ on the issue oi biiltwaru’ siuiter'?
A: Billboards were one of the first areas of focus shortly after the
founding of the GCA. The war on bitlboards ignited against the American
florists‘ billboard initiative “Say it With Flowers" in 1919,

 

 

 THE ANNUAL MEETING
Thursday March 19th - 10:30 - IHCC
Hostesses:
Sarah Davis, Philippa Fogg, Mimi Milward, Martha Trussell
“Edie Gess - 268-5107 - ediehgess@gmail.com

NEXT BOARD MEETING
Thursday, March 19th - 9:15 - prior to annual meeting at IHCC

MEMBERSHIP CHANGES

JUNE 1ST is the deadline for membership status changes. in writing to Melodye
Kinkead,

GCL - TREASURER - Betsy Bulleit
At their January meeting the Garden Club of Lexington membership approved the
recommendation of their Board to increase the dues $25.00 for active members - the
affiliate dues will remain the same. Dues for active members will now be $175.00
and affiliates will remain $150.00. Please bring your dues checks to our annual
meeting making them payable to Garden Club of Lexington. You can also mail them to
Betsy Bulleit - 760 Montclair Dr. Lex. KY 40502.

GARDEN PROJECT - Philippa F099 and Elizabeth Freeman
We are thinking about Spring! If you would like to make a change in your parterre
assignment, please let Elizabeth know. egfreeman3@gmail.com

The Garden Club of America
2015 Shirley Meneice Horticulture Conference
Seattle, Washington
September 21 -23, 2015

Please see the photography web site
for updated photos of the NAL Meeting in Washington as well as the Pomegranate
Photo Shoot at the Beehive. One of the photos will be used for the Flower
Magazine ad summer edition. (wwwmrdencluboflexington.smugmug.com)

CONSERVATION - Lendy Brown
THE 2015 ANNUAL NATIONAL AFFAIRS AND LEGISLATION MEETING

i went to the Washington. DC. NAL meeting with trepidation,
not only because of the unknown, but because of the really
nasty weather and flying reports. May I say, Kim was calm and
collected on all counts. Our appointments with our Kentucky
Senators and Representative were scheduled, hotel and
conference registrations secured. Our flight was easy, and we

 

  

 

hit the ground ready to meet and greet 300 different state GCA gardeners with
conservation vengeance in their eyes. For three days of group meetings, nineteen
speakers, videos, meals. cocktails, bus rides, individual senator/representative talks,
and dreaming GCA dreams. we never lost the conservation mission.

Most interesting was the list of speakers...Laura Turner Seydel (Chairman, Captain
Planet Foundation, etc.) Collin O'Mara (President, National Wildlife Foundation)
Stephen Ayers (Architect of the Capitol), Sheldon Whitehouse (Senator, (RI), Barbara
Boxer (Senator, CA), Rear Admiral Jonathan White (Oceanographer and Navigator of
the Navy, etc.) and Nat Mudd (Legislative Director, Southern Environmental Law
Center). The list goes on with varied specialists on numerous concerns and interests. All
conservation related. We were listening to the most diverse, educated, accomplished,
speakers and l was overwhelmed.

Kim and l met personally with Representative Andy Barr, plus aides from Senator
McConnell and Senator Rand‘s office. Kim outlined and condensed, from the vast topics
on the GCA Position Papers, the subjects we would discuss and most represented our
KY interests: Reestablishing The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCP), Fish and
Wildlife Funding (emphasizing pollinators), Clean Air Act (especially
dealing with coal ash) and Land Conservation Tax incentives.

We left Washington filled, rather overflowing, with conservation
ideas and renewed efforts. We will see how many of these we can
incorporate into our own garden, town, or city. But, we are really
wondering about the big picture. Did our congressmen really hear
us and perhaps pay attention to our conservation wishes? We will
see how much influence 300 DC gardeners, representing over
18,000 USA gardeners, had on our government elected officials. It's
the vote that counts.

 

PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW - ‘A YEAR IN THE GARDEN’
Kathy Courtney and Amy Kessinger

Registration for our upcoming photography show to be held January 21, 2016 will
open on May 15, 2015. Please look over the schedule of classes and think about your
photographs you already have or which classes interest you for photographs you will
want to take in the near future. An interesting blog you might want to check out:

Cindi Hobgood iPhone Photography

Cindi@hobgood.com

For more than 25 years Cindi and her camera have worked for the entertainment
business taking hundreds of pictures to find the perfect location in order to translate a
”sense of place“ to the directors. The technical elements of film scouting and
location management helped her hone her photography skills. In recent years Cindi is
known for using the iPhone, garnering numerous Mobile Photo Awards. Her blog is
interesting and her photographs beautifulll

 

 HORTlCULTURE - Donna Cornish
March makes us think of spring and especially with the past few weeks of cold. snowy
weather it certainly can’t get here too soon. l read a recent article on “How Dirt Can
Make You Happy”. There is a natural antidepressant in soil called Mycobacterium
vaccae. This substance has been under study and has been found to mirror the effect
on neurons that drugs like Prozac provide. The bacterium is found in soil and may
stimulate serotonin production, which makes you relaxed and
happier. It appears to be a natural antidepressant in the soil with
no adverse health effects. Gardeners inhale the bacteria, have
topical contact with it and get it into their bloodstreams when there
is a cut or other pathway for infection. 80 the actual act of
gardening can be a stress reducer and mood lifter as many of us
have found over the years working in the garden. The fact that
there is some science behind it adds some credibility to it. Soil
microbes and human health now have a positive link which has
been studied and found to be verifiable. All we need now is for the
snow to melt so we can get out there and play in the dirt.

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Sheilagh Hammond

Our club will need to vote on one of three projects at our March meeting:

Zone ll Sasqua Garden Club Fairfield, Connecticut
The Sasqua Club Members have spent two years restoring teaching spaces at the
Birdcraft Museum and Santuary in downtown Fairfield. Member have removed
invasive plants and reintroduced native plants. The Founder’s Fund award will
allow the Sasqua club to turn the garden habitat into a living classroom. A
woodland is being transformed into five Habitat Gardens to better nourish 120
bird species. Educational signage and free mobile tours will make available to
residents and inner city children the importance of habitat biodiversity. Sasqua
research study will track how native plantings impact insect and bird populations.

Zone V The Wissahickon Garden Club Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stenton is a lovely Philadelphia colonial house with a farm and garden. This
home was the founding location of Garden Club of America in 1913.

Stenton is a National Historic Landmark in a densely populated and underserved
neighborhood. The Wissahickon Garden Club proposes to plant an “urban
meadow” on one acre of the property to create the original agricultural landscape
as well as an outdoor laboratory for public school students. The “ urban
meadow” will help students learn sustainability of farming, healthy eating and
environmentally friendly practices. Students will practice composting through
hands on activities. Benefits of the meadow will also include increased
pollinating, biodiversity of plants / flowers and new habitats for flora and fauna.

 

  

Zone Ill The Carolina Foothills Garden Club Greenville, SC
Falls Park on the Reedy has been a project for the Carolina Foothills Garden Club
for 50 years. The garden club set out to protect the land around the falls. Fall Park
had once been a place to be avoided but now is a special place, an example of
civic improvement, land and water conservation. The Founder’s Fund Award will
allow members to complete the park with interpretive panels and plant markers to
enrich the park’s history for the many annual visitors.

COFFEE TREE PROJECT

How about this weather?! i know it is hard to believe, but soon we will need to
collect coffee tree pods. Once the snow melts please start collecting and
dropping them off at either my house or Donna's, whichever is easier for you. I
know some of you have easy access to trees and there are a couple of trees at
Ashland in the Richmond Rd /Woodspoint area that have had lots of pods in the
past. it you know you are able to collect some, please email me back and let me
know.

ENVIRONMENTAL lSSUES (cont) - Dottie Cordray

11?
l’m challenging each of you to re-think your buying habits and £33
commitment to “going green” for the sake of your health and those “and

you love as well as our earth & environment! Let’s all champion
the use of safe products as if our lives depend on it.....because they
do! My wish for you is better health and a safer environment for us all!

The most common chemicals used in perfumes, colognes, hairsprays,
deodorants, detergents, shaving creams, shampoos, dishwasher detergents,
fabric softeners, laundry bleach, bar soaps, air
fresheners, laundry detergents,nail color and remover,
and/or lotions include: ACETONE, BENZALDEHYDE,
etc.

ACETONE acts as a central nervous system (CNS)
depressant.

BENZALDEHYDE also a CNS, causes irritation to the
mouth, throat, eyes, skin, lungs, GI tract and may
cause kidney damage.

 

to be cont...

In the Garden at Ashland - Brenda Barrett

 

 

     

Helleborus x hybrids Helleborus are abundant throughout the flower borders in
the Garden at Ashland. Most are found in the northern borders adjacent to the yew
hedge. Helleborus, also called Lenten Roses, are one of the first signs of spring.
They are a delight to everyone when the flower buds begin to
open in the late winter to reveal pretty, white, cream, pink or
mauve flowers. The nodding cup- shaped flowers bloom early and
remain attractive well into early summer when their original color
will often fade to a pale green as the seeds begin to develop.

These hardy and long-lived perennial plants have been cultivated for
centuries in Europe where they were used for various medical
purposes. The name has its origins in the Greek words hele, to take
away; elein, to injure; and bora, food. Helleborus do contain chemicals
that could lead to poisoning if ingested in large quantities. Modern day
interest in Helleborus x hybridus as an ornamental plant has grown
steadily in the last few years and in 2005 it was named ‘Perennial Plant of the Year’ by
the Perennial Plant Association. Today’s hybrid plants are the result of crosses between
Helleborus orientalis and many other closely related Helleborus species.

These hybrid plants generally resemble H. orientalis, but due to the enthusiasm of today’s

. growers and breeders there is a great deal of variation especially with regard to flower
color and form. In addition to the cream and mauve colored Helleborus petals you can
find in the Garden at Ashland you can find Lenten Roses in a wide range of colors
including Chartreuse, magenta and dark purple. Additionally you can find variegated and
spotted blooms as well as double and semi-double flowered forms.

Lenten Roses form tight attractive clumps 18-24” in height and width. The large thick
shiny leaves have a serrated edge that can scratch your skin. Leaf color is a medium to
dark green. Helleborus can be evergreen, but in Central Kentucky the foliage is usually
battered by our unpredictable winters and they are semi-evergreen at best. One of the first
garden chores of the year is to cutback the old foliage in order to best enjoy the
emergence of the new flower stalks.

Helleborus are on my list of essential plants for the shady or partially shady garden. They
are easy to grow and while they prefer high organic, moist, well—draining soil they are
adaptable and they will withstand many different growing conditions. Plants will easily
reseed themselves and this is great for naturalizing. However, if the numerous seedlings
are unwanted they can be easily removed or transplanted. Transplanting the young
seedlings is an easy and fun garden project. Look for the young plants at the base of the
. parent plants and carefully dig the seedlings in order to minimize any disturbance to the

 

  

mature plants. A teaspoon will work well for this job. The young plants can then be
potted in small containers and shared with friends until ready to transplant. The seedlings
will take about three years to mature and start blooming. Once established the mature
Helleborus are a great addition to any garden. They are long-lived, easy to care for and
division is seldom if ever needed.

 

  

APRIL 2015

BL OOMIN ’ NEWS

GARDEN CLUB OF LEXINGTON

Letter from Kim

Spring is here! I hope that I am not jinxing the arrival
of spring, but I "believe" that we have turned the
corner to a beautiful time of the year. The work in the
garden has begun and I am happy to renew
relationships with all of my fellow members! Spring
brings the rejuvenation of new projects. One of our
new projects this year is the butterfly project.

 

Katie Hein, GCA President, would like for each of the
200 GCA clubs across American to consider developing a pollinator project this
year. The monarch population in the eastern US has decreased by 90 percent in
the past 20 years. There is not one cause or reason. Shifts in climate, increased
development and changes in forest topology are just a few of the factors that
affect monarch migration and proliferation. We need to work together in Ashland
garden and in our community to make a difference and to help the monarchs and
pollinators thrive in our shifting environment.

Our Conservation and Horticulture Committees will be
joining together this year to develop a butterfly garden next
to the garden shed which will consist of one or

two varieties of milkweed. These committees will also be
considering a project that is off site and more appropriate
for the propagation of multiple types of milkweed, the food
of choice for butterflies. Below are some definitions

to begin our journey of the milkweed plant and the monarch
butterfly.

 

"Butterfly bush" = Buddleia davidii (NOT a milkweed)—-popu|ar in gardens; an
invasive plant that out competes beneficial native plants. A non-native plant (from
Asia) that produces nectar but does not help proliferate the butterfly population.
Some people use this name for milkweeds, but the butterfly bush is not a
milkweed.

Milkweed plants are the required host plants for monarch caterpillars. Here are
examples of three milkweed plants that are native to the US: "Butterfly weed" or
"butterfly milkweed” = Asclepias tuberosa (also "orange milkweed"). This is a
perennial plant with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to
early fall. This plant favors dry soil and full sun and could likely thrive in the

 

 

 zinnia bed outside of Ashland Garden. "Swamp milkweed" =
Asclepias incarnata, This is a herbaceous perennial plant that
grows in clamp to wet soils. It is also cultivated as a garden
plant for its flowers which attract butterflies and other
pollinators with nectar. This plant likes full sun and one of the
best attractors of the monarch butterfly. This is plant is also a
potential candidate to plant and observe in the zinnia bed
outside of Ashland Garden. Plain ”milkweed" or ”common
milkweed" = Asclepias syriaca . This is a perennial herb and produces fragrant,
nectariferous flower. This milkweed can be very invasive, so it is not
recommended for planting in the bed at Ashland.

NEXT GENERAL MEETING
Thursday April 16th - 10:30
at
Wilson’s Greenhouse in Frankfort
followed by a box lunch at Sage (adjoining Wilson’s)
Hostesses: Dottie Cordray, Leslie Baldwin“ please RSVP by Sunday
April 12th (Iesliebb@usa.net)

. NEXT BOARD MEETING

Monday, May 4th - 9:30 at Marcia Slabaugh’s -

SAVE THE DATE
Our Garden Party is September 10th!

A DEDICATION
Friends and Flowers Garden Club has purchased a garden bench for the
grounds at Ashland in memory of Wende Bell. Plans are for it to be near
the peony beds. Our Garden Club has been invited to a short dedication
ceremony on Friday, June 12th at 5:30.

! YOUR DUES !
Members, please remember to send your dues to Betsy
Bulleit as soon as possible. All dues must be paid by June
tst in order for you to remain in good standing with the
Garden Club of America. Dues for active members are $175
per year. Dues for affiliate members are $150 per year.
Please make your checks out to: Garden Club of Lexington.
You may mail your check to Betsy Bulleit, 760 Montclair
Drive, Lexington, KY 40502.

 

 HORTICULTURE - Donna Cornish
The Garden Club of America has announced that the Plant of the Year, the
Montine McDaniel Freeman Medal Award goes to Ouercus macracarpa, Bur
Oak. This majestic oak is found in USDA zones 4-8, commonly reaches 200
to 300 years of age and often is 100 feet tall and wide. The fiddle shaped
shiny green leaves are 8 to 10 inches in length and the acorn is the largest
of all native oaks. The Bur oak is both pollution and drought tolerant and
provides food and shelter for pollinators, birds and animals. it is an anchor
for all ecosystems. The Bur Oak was nominated by Nancy Linz, Garden
Club of Cincinnati, Zone X.

COFFEE TREE PROJECT
The packets for the Coffee Tree Project will be assembled over the next
several weeks and taken to the participating schools. If any of you still
have some coffee tree seeds and/or pods please let me or Elizabeth
Schnabel know. We would be happy come by and pick them up or bring
them to Ashland garden on Wednesday. Donna Cornish

THE CINCINNATI FLOWER SHOW - April 15 to 19
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 Outside the Garden at Ashland
Spring Beauties
Claytonia virginica

Nothing quite heralds the arrival of spring in Central
Kentucky like the blooming of the Spring Beauties at
Ashland. This abundant little flower carpets the grounds
and causes one to stop and wonder if indeed we have
received a late winter dusting of snow. Spring Beauties are
one ot‘the first signs ofspring. They are a delight to
everyone when the flower buds begin to bloom in late
March or early April to reveal pretty white flowers with
subtle pale pink stripes.

 

These perennial wildflowers are native throughout eastern
North America. Linnaeus named the Spring Beauties
Cluyronia virginica in honor of Virginia botanist John
Clayton (1694-1773). In Kentucky they are found in moist
woodlands, lawns, fields and along roadsides. Spring Beauties are common throughout the bluegrass in
part because they can withstand environmental degradation such as the clearing of trees and the grazing
oflivestock. They adapt to semi—shaded lawns il‘mowing is delayed. At Ashland mowing is always
delayed until after these pretty native flowers have begun to set seed. In addition to spreading by seed
Spring Beauties are also perennial. They have small, potato—like, underground corms. These corms are
edible with a chestnut—like flavor, and they were consumed by American Indians who would cook them

. like potatoes.

Spring Beauties are well
suited to lawns are because
they are only 3—6” tall.
There light green foliage is
narrow, grass-like and
rather fleshy. Small flower
clusters occur on the end of
each stem. Each individual
llower is about 1/3 inch
across and consists of5
petals. The petals are white
with pale pink stripes, and
occasionally you can find
plants with brighter pink
stripes. Spring Beauties
will open fully in the sun
and close during cloudy
days or at night. The blooming period is between March and May, and the length of bloom time
depends on the weather. Spring Beauties are ephemeral flowers. This means that they have a short life
cycle. Alter they are finished blooming the foliage will dieback completely and they won’t be back
again until next spring.

 

 

Brenda Barrett Bloomin" News — April 2015

”Came the spring with all its splendor, all its birds and all its blossoms, all
. its flowers and leaves and grasses. —l lcnr) W’itdS\\'ortli Longfellow

 

 

  

 

Ten Easy Steps to Enter a Club or GCA Photography Show
Kim will be hosting two workshops to help members understand the steps to enter
our Club Photography Show which will be held january 21, 2016. The registration for
entries begins on May 15th. You have until Sept. 21st to register your entry. Once you
register, you have until Oct. 31st to submit your photography entry.

workshop Dates: (this is the same workshop offered at different times)
Tuesday, April 21st - 10:00-11:30am. (II Idle Hour Country Club (family room)
Monday, May 11th - 1:00-2:30pm. (21 the home of Kim DeCamp

If you have already RSVP'd for the April 21st workshop, you don't need to RSVP
again. If you cannot attend the April workshop, please RSVP to Kim if you plan
to attend the May workshop (kimberlydecamp(a‘gmail.com).

A YELLOW RIBBON!
Kim DeCamp received a yellow ribbon in the San Antonio Flower Show (Elements of
Art)! The category was: An artfully manipulated photography portraying plant
material past its prime. Her title was: Timeless and Magical Iris. See Attached
photographs. The first is the original photograph and the second is the "artfully
manipulated" photograph.

 

OUR GARDEN PROJECT - ASHLAND

Spring is here and we started work in the Garden on April 8th!! Traditional work

hours in the garden are from 9:30-11:00. \Vhile we realize that you cannot come every

week, we expect that you will come when you can. If you
finish your work early, please ask if there is something else
you can do. Please remember the last person in your group
should sweep the brick and rake the gravel before leaving.
***Refreshments will be served at 10:45. We will have a
sign-up sheet at the April meeting and also in the garden.
Please sign up for a week!

Elizabeth Freeman and Phillipa are taking over the peony
bed for Lucy. They will ask you for your help as needed!!

 

 

  

JAMES FA RME R

We are honored to have James Farmer visit the Bluegrass in July! James is a
well known author and expert on topics such as gardening, cooking, interior
design and entertaining. He is currently Editor at Large for Southern Living

Magazine.

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James Farmer will present a special program for our Garden Club and guests at
Shakertown on Friday, July 17th. More details to follow, but please mark ~your

      

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This is .1 wonderful opportunity to support lllt \\(H'l\Hl-ll1t' l').1n\1lle (.lub .uul see some
IIlSplI‘JIIHILIl pm .He gardens. ’l‘icla-Is .U'e Sl5.lHl in 11kl\ illlCt‘ and SZHMH the day of the Garden
Tour. To buy in :itlyzmcec;1ll\\'endy Lewis and she \\'1ll \\‘()l‘lx out .1 way to get the ticket to
yntl; 859432697

You em purchast Iit‘lxels the tl.1_\' ol' the tour, Saturday, May 9. 3H] 3 .11 .1 lent lomtetl .11
(lonsululion Square. on lllL corner of \Iam and 3nd Street (across l‘rom The .\lcl )imell
house and liurlxe's l’>.il\er\ 111 [Mm lll't‘. There are 8 private gardens on the tour and II is self

guided. S.\'l‘l 'Rl).\\' — '.\1.\\").3H15 — RUN ()R Sl llNlCl

*l'unds from this tour will enable the club to continue supporting many projects that benefit Danville and

Boyle County.

PROBLEMS WITH BOXWOODS - UK Cooperative

The boxwood psyllid, Psylla buxi, causes a
characteristic cupping of the leaves on the terminal
and lateral buds of boxwood. This insect can
overwinter as an egg, or as a first instar nymph under
the bud scales. As the buds develop in the spring, the
eggs hatch and nymphs emerge to infest the leaves.
The feeding causes the leaves to curl and form a cup
which encloses the greenish colored nymphs.

The nymphs produce an white, waxy secretion which
may cover part of the body or small waxy secretion which may cover part of the body
or small waxy p