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🌺 🌺 🌺 Summer Youth Gardening - The Burlington Garden Club continues the Summer Youth Gardeners program, in collaboration with UVM Master Gardener’s Extension office. This program meett at the Wheeler Garden Park on Dorset on Thursday throughout the summer 10 am-Noon. All food harvested will benefit the Food Shelf. Weekly attendance is not mandatory. All ages are welcome including parents. A comprehensive curriculum will include composting, garden critters, battling weeds and much more. No fee for this program. Summer 2023 THE BURLINGTON GARDEN CLUB Growing Young Gardeners Summer 2022 Weekly Series at the Vermont Garden Park, 1100 Dorset Street, South Burlington Seeds are traditionally planted around Memorial Day. Dates to be determined Seed sowing will be done on -- Seed Sowing. All sessions below are on Thursdays -- Composting Basics Worms & Weeds Earth Friendly Gardening Methods Pollinators Birds and Bugs Invasive Plants Garden to Table, Cooking & Eating Garden to Food Shelf: Sense of Community Harvesting Free – no charge For ages 4 to 10 participation of parents and grandparents encouraged ….Each session will begin in the garden to do easy child-friendly gardening and learn about what is happening there. Other gardening subjects will be covered at an informal, gentle pace. There will be walks through the other adjacent gardens with much to see and discover! There will be snack time, and perhaps the reading of a book relevant to each week's subject. …. Weekly attendance is optional. ….All vegetables harvested are donated to the South Burlington Food Shelf. Last summer's donations totaled five hundred pounds. All grown and harvested by the children! ….. Please bring gloves, hat, sunscreen, and water bottle. Garden tools and snacks will be provided. Coordinator: Jan DeSarno – [email protected] phone 802-372-4058 - cell: 343-0847 MEMBERS PURCHASE TREE FOR VERMONT GARDEN PARK The Tree at Dinosaur Land Since the beginning of time, trees have furnished life’s living essential elements of food and oxygen. The Burlington Garden Club (BGC) responded to the challenge and opportunity from the National Garden Club’s President Gay Austin “to improve our observation of our diverse environments” and encouragement of club members across the United States to plant native trees in their neighborhoods. The members of the BGC forged ahead to find a special native tree. The journey began consulting with Dr. Mark Starrett whose areas of expertise in horticulture, plant pathology and wood ornaments at the University of Vermont helped members to select and purchase a native red maple tree “Red Sunset” from a local garden supply. The red sunset maple tree has a superior fall color with leaves of vibrant shades of red and orange. Clusters of showy red flowers appear in early spring before the leaves appear. Interesting also are the silver bark and the red brick branches. A decision was made by club members to plant the new red maple tree in the Vermont Garden Park to shade children playing in Dinosaur Land. Jan DeSarno, club co-president, consulted with the South Burlington city arborist, Andrew Noonan, for expert advice on planting, soil, and location. His recommendation was to move the Dinosaur sand pit to a new location. The placement of the tree in a perfect location made it adaptable to sunlight, soil type and the tree’s preference for acidic soil. The tree’s ability to grow approximately 50 feet and a high canopy of spreading branches 40 feet is the perfect covering for the many children visiting and playing at Dinosaur Land. A special and happy tree was planted on September 4th by the South Burlington Parks and Recreational department crew and watered over the remainder of the fall by the Burlington Garden Club members. The purchase of the tree was from the Burlington Garden Club funds. The maintenance of the tree will be part of the volunteer work of the Burlington Garden Club members.  Jan DeSarno Co-President BGC
 Burlington Garden Club Celebrates National Garden Week Celebrate National Garden Week: June 4-10, 2023 SUNDAY, JUNE 4: The Garden Conservancy OPEN DAYS GARDENS in Vermont. Tickets available on the website. MONDAY, JUNE 5: Burlington Garden Club members donate and plant flowers/vegetables at Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare. FLOWER DONATION DROPOFF 9:30–10:30 a.m. at Vermont GARDEN PARK PLANTING 11:00 a.m. Planting at Birchwood, Starr Farm Road TUESDAY, June 6: Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont (FGCV) Annual Meeting @ Philo Ridge Farm in Charlotte, VT 10:00 am Installation of Doris Van Mullen as Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont state president. Guest speaker: Gail Kirby, BGC member. Topic: "Herbs for Health" WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7: Join club members in the BUTTERFLY Garden at 9:00 a.m. and GRANDMA & GRANDPA Gardens at 10:00 a.m. Vermont Garden Park, 1100 Dorset Street. Bring garden tools. THURSDAY, JUNE 8: SHARE The Love of gardening – take a bouquet of flowers, a houseplant or perennial to a friend or neighbor. Bring an arrangement to a local school, store, or business along with a National Garden Club poster. Encourage others to join a local garden club! FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Tour a local garden center, visit a Farmer’s Market, enjoy a nearby vineyard, walk through a local art gallery or peruse your favorite Gardening book. SATURDAY, JUNE 10: Rest and rejuvenate – Read a book, take a walk or enjoy a nap in your favorite garden space. Watch your favorite garden movie or a YouTube video of a garden you would like to someday visit or for inspiration. Movies about Gardening Fiction: The Secret Garden – A classic about a young girl sent to live with her uncle on his remote country estate in the Yorkshire moors. While exploring, she discovers a secret garden. Green Fingers – A Quirky British 90’s classic inspired by the true story of convicts becoming gifted gardeners and being allowed to enter their prize flowers in the Hampton Court Garden Show. Dare To Be Wild – A true story of a garden designer and her designs for the Chelsea Flower Show. Sweeping landscapes, lovely gardens and a little bit of love. A Little Chaos – Starring Kate Winslet as a 17th century landscape gardener at Versailles. Non-Fiction: The Gardener- A Dedication to Frank Cabot, “amateur” gardener, horticulturist and influential philanthropist who created The Garden Conservancy Back to Eden – An educational film about no-till gardening. Coming up June 30 - currently filled MONTREAL BOTANICAL GARDENS TRIP WITH HOST CHARLIE NARDOZZI FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2023 IN THE MORNING MEET YOUR GARDEN HOST CHARLIE NARDOZZI AND TRIP DIRECTOR DEB FLANDERS. BOARD OUR PRIVATE COACH AT THE DOUBLETREE BY HILTON HOTEL ON WILLISTON ROAD IN SO. BURLINGTON AND DEPART FOR A FULL DAY EXCURSION TO MONTREAL’S BOTANICAL GARDENS. ENJOY EXPLORING THE GARDENS AND SPECIAL EXHIBITS WITH THE GUIDANCE OF CHARLIE NARDOZZI. A BOXED LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED FOR EACH PARTICIPANT. AFTER OUR EXTENDED VISIT WE’LL RETURN TO BURLINGTON IN THE EARLY EVENING. 2023 Summer Garden Tours Coordinators: Susan Hartman, Margie Larson All members of the Burlington Garden Club are invited to participate in the Summer Garden Tours. Each tour is a visit to one garden. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. Details of the tour will be announced in advance by email, with a request for an RSVP. Please inform the coordinator if your plans change, as it is a courtesy to our host to have an accurate count of attendees. Those without email may request a phone contact. Garden Tour 1: Thursday, June 15, 2023, Time: 10:00 a.m. Paul Wieczoreck’s Garden 2800 Lincoln Hill Road, Hinesburg, VT Garden Tour 2: Thursday, July 13, 2023, Time: 10:00 a.m. Lorraine Vorse’s Garden 126 Hanley Ln, Jericho VT 05465 Garden Tour 3: Tuesday, August 15, 2023, Time: 11:00 a.m. A Joint Garden Tour with St. Albans Garden Club Taylor Park, St. Albans, Kelly Wakefield, MG and curator of Taylor Park Garden MONTHLY BGC MEETINGS held at FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 899 DORSET STREET, SOUTH BURLINGTON Unless otherwise noted, Club meetings are open to the community with no admission fees, and held at 12:00 on the fourth Tuesday of the month at the Faith United Methodist Church. After a short social time with refreshments - 12:00-12:30 pm, then a brief business meeting (12:30 - 1:00 pm), and starting at 1:00 pm there will be a presentation on a variety of subjects. TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2023 Annual Meeting & Luncheon TIME: 10:30 AM LOCATION: Catamount Country Club Topic: “Learning to Look: The Art of Garden Observation” Speaker: Pat Webster Coordinated by Doris Van Mullen It’s not so much what we look at that matters, it’s what we see. In this inspirational program, Patterson Webster suggests three steps to help you to get the most out of a garden visit – and shows you how to apply the ideas to your garden at home Using her photographs of gardens in Europe and North America, she shows how visiting other gardens allows us to see our own gardens with fresh eyes, helping us to pinpoint what works and what doesn’t TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 TIME: 1:00 PM Topic” “Photography– How to capture the moment through your camera" Speaker: Arabella Dane Coordinated by Doris Van Mullen Arabella will walk us thru the tools we have on our i-phones, and will present a PowerPoint on judging photography. Arabella is an accredited photography judge for the Photography Society of America, and a NGC master judge, and a Garden Club of America judge emeritus in Design, Horticulture and Photography. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022 TIME: 6:00 PM Topic: “Kitchen Garden Design” Speaker: Ellen Ecker Ogden Coordinated by Mary Scollins Learn what to grow for the best flavor and fragrance, and how to get started growing a food garden and becoming a seed saver. TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023 TIME: 1:00 PM Friends & Flowers Luncheon Deborah Flanders music/singing TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2023 TIME: 1:00 PM Topic “How Forests Work” Speaker: Ethan Tapper Coordinated by: Karen Villanti Forests play a crucial role in preserving our environment. How does climate change affect wildlife, trees, and plant habitat in our forests? How do we become stewards to protect our forests on our land or elsewhere? Ethan will provide answers for these timely, important questions. TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2023 TIME: 1:00 PM Topic: “Creating a Mini Meadow: Grow a Little Patch of Colorful Flowers Anywhere around Your Yard”! Speaker: Mike Lizotte Coordinated by Doris Van Mullen Mike will take us through the process of successfully creating a miniature meadow that suits their climate, soil, and growing goals, whether planting to beautify a hell strip, halt erosion, fill a boggy spot, or establish a nesting area for bees and butterflies. Mike known as the Seed Man will discuss the keys to creating, caring for, and reaping the rewards of thriving meadows through the seasons, year after year. TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2023 TIME: 1:00 PM Topic: “Gardening with Tried-and-True perennial” Speaker: Silvia Jope Coordinated by Andy Kenney Silvia will highlight the perennials she grows or observes every year that never fail to wow me.  2022 Summer Garden Tour - Cady Falls Botanical Gardens  Floral Arranging Class with Gail and Chris at Chappell's Florist  2022 BGC Annual Meeting Left to Right: Nancy Bell, Mary Ellen Johnson, Kirk Brown, Barbara Gaida, Cindy Lin   Using garden skills, and generosity to make the community gardens beautiful BGC 2023 - 2024 Programs
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 TOPIC: “Birds & their Habitat & their Magical Migration in the Fall Speaker: Bridget Butler – Bird Diva TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2023 TOPIC: “Using Seed Balls to Increase Native Plant Diversity in Our Shared Environment” Speaker: Brian Collier – St. Michael’s College TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024 Annual Member and Guest Luncheon: Food, Flowers & Friendship “Garden Tools Show and Tell” TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2024 TOPIC: “Spring Beauty” Speaker: Charlotte Albers - Landscape Designer TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 TOPIC: “The Asian Jumping Worm & Other Emerging Diseases and Pests in New England” Speaker: Ann Hazelrigg PHD – UVM Plant Pathologist TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024 TOPIC: “Sustainable Food Systems” Speaker: Polly Ericksen PHD - Inaugural Director of the UVM Food Systems Research Center TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2024 TOPIC: “Bees in your Garden” Speaker: Spencer Hardy - Co-owner The Farm Upstream, Vermont Center for Eco studies, Norwich, Vermont  Stepping up to meet community needs again - Flowers and Vegetables for Birchwood Residents DATE: JUNE 5, 2023 - 9:30 - 1030 am - Bring donated flower plants to Vermont Garden Park 11:00 am - Planting flowers and vegetables at Birchwood Karen Villanti - Project coordinator February 2023 - Bouquets for Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Health Center The Burlington Garden Club (BGC) members recently participated in their 3rd “Annual Bouquets for Birchwood” for residents of Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare in Burlington. The BGC gardeners used their talents of floral design, to make cheerful vases of fresh flowers. The goal was to make bouquets for each resident and brighten the day rooms and team stations. The club members’ ingenuity of coordinated flower colors and saved jars was the ideal combination to hold the beautiful floral arrangements. The colorful bouquets of flowers and flowering plants were a perfect opportunity to bring joy and happy faces to the residents and staff on the memory, long-term and subacute rehab units. “Bouquets for Birchwood emerged as a BGC project to bring beauty and smiles to long term care facility residents during the darkest, coldest part of the year”, stated Karen Villanti, BGC project coordinator. The delivery on Groundhog Day – knowing the groundhog would see their shadow and a prediction of six more weeks of winter, the BGC members’ desire for the residents and staff at Birchwood was to experience “instant Spring!” Ninety-two (92) small flower arrangements and small flowering plants were transported to Birchwood where the residents were waiting for this festive delightful joy. Linnie Aubin, Recreational Enrichment Director at Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare greeted Karen Villanti and Doris Van Mullen, club members on their arrival. Linnie, with her sparkling eyes, looking around in the overflowing lobby of stunning beautiful flowers stated, “this is my favorite day of the year! Many wonderful people think of our residents during the holidays, however during this quieter time of the year having this gorgeous variety of flowers will make everyone so happy! Thank you.” June 2022 Club members took on this robust project again.... bringing smiles and joy to residents at Birchwood Rehab and Health Care Center. Through Karen's coordination of the club members donating sun loving flowers and/or assisting reisdents in the planting of the flowers and plants in the raised boxes and pots.... flowers and club members arrived at Birchwood on a beautiful June day during National Garden Club ....flowers were planted with the help of some of the residents. Some residents came out to talk, to observe, and to participate in the plantings.... now the residents will wait for happiness of bloom in the back yard of the residence. Love and spirit resonated with people in the garden today ....the space where creativity, boosted moods, stress reduction and eliminating air pollen were great vitamins for us. GRANDMA AND GRANDPA’S GARDEN AT VERMONT GARDEN PARK (2023) 1100 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT 05403 Coordinator: Jan De Sarno The Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont, Inc. was awarded a SHELL/PETALS grant in 2002 to establish this heirloom garden. Vegetables and annuals are grown from seed chosen from heirloom catalogs. Planting and maintenance is done by Club, occasional members of the FGCV, and Master Gardeners and Interns. Over 500 pounds of vegetables were donated in the 2022 season to the Food Shelf. The following are dates for garden work at the Grandma and Grandpa Garden 1100 Dorset Street, Burlington, Vermont Schedule - 2023 Dates: All on Wednesday from 10 am to 2 pm ☐ Wednesday, June 7 ☐ Wednesday, July 5 ☐ Wednesday, August 2 ☐ Wednesday, September 6 ☐ Wednesday, October 4 ☐ Wednesday, November 1 Coordinator: Jan DeSarno Telephone: 802-343-0847 We welcome you to come and join us, share gardening skills, learn from each other, contribute and cultivate our community. GARDENS AT HOPE LODGE (2023) 237 East Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401 Committee Chair: Jane Murphy Hope Lodge, a residence-away-from-home for patients receiving cancer therapy, moved into a beautiful new building in the fall of 2007. This Club project began in 1990 at the previous site to plant window boxes and create holiday wreaths. Club members continue with planting and maintaining the garden areas and window boxes and creating holiday wreaths. Schedule - 2023 237 East Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401 9:30 AM ☐ Tuesday, May 16 ☐ Tuesday, June 13 ☐ Tuesday, July 11 ☐ Tuesday, August 8 ☐ Tuesday, September 5 ☐ Tuesday, October 10 Coordinator: Jane Murphy - cell 802-355-4466 BURLINGTON GARDEN CLUB Ronald McDonald House Garden Ronald McDonald House Garden Schedule 2023 - 2024 The following are dates for garden work at the Ronald McDonald House Gardens, 16 S Winooski Avenue, Burlington, Vermont 05401 Telephone 802-862-4943 Schedule Time – 9:30 am – Tuesday Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Tuesday, June 20, 2023 Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Tuesday, August 15, 2023 Tuesday, September 19, 2023 Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Tuesday, June 18, 2024 We welcome you to come and join us, share gardening skills, learn from each other, contribute and cultivate our community. Contacts: Andy Kenney – cell 802-399-6642 Doris Van Mullen – cell 615-390-9965 Butterfly Garden Schedule (2023) This small garden was established in 2002 at the Dorset Street location. It provides an opportunity to educate the public on how to attract butterflies and their larvae to the garden. The following are dates for garden work at the Butterfly Garden, 1100 Dorset Street, Burlington, Vermont Schedule – 2023 Dates: Wednesday Time: 9:00-10:00 AM ☐ Wednesday, June 7 ☐ Wednesday, July 5 ☐ Wednesday, August 2 ☐ Wednesday, September 6 ☐ Wednesday, October 4 ☐ Wednesday, November 1 Committee Chair: Nancy Bell - 802-862-7682 FLOWER ARRANGING WITH GAIL - 2023 Flower Arranging Workshops Chair: Gail Lang Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 6:00 p.m. Thanksgiving Arrangements at Chappell’s Florist Sunday, December 17, 2023 - 11:00 a.m. Holiday Arrangements at Chappell’s Florist BURLINGTON GARDEN CLUB GARDEN THERAPY SCHEDULE 2023 Gail Lang - coordinator The Burlington Garden Club members assist the seniors and residents with flower arranging. The club provides the flowers and members provide their floral expertise and techniques for a bouquet for the resident or an area in the facility. Birchwood Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare 43 Starr Farm Road, Burlington, VT 05403 802-863-6384 Ext 422 – Linny Aubin ABOUT THE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER Bridging the Gap Between Hospital and Home Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation - Birchwood Terrace is a short term rehabilitative as well as long-term care - a full range of medical, nursing, rehabilitation & social services & support are available to each of the patients & residents. Many of the patients go home after a few weeks &, for those who are unable to return home right away, the staff provides safe, compassionate care in an environment that fosters independence & dignity Time and Dates – Dates TBA 10:00am Converse Home 272 Church Street, Burlington 802-862-0401 A Private Non-Profit Senior Community since 1886 The assisted living and memory care community is located in a quiet, residential neighborhood in the southern end of Burlington. It has beautifully landscaped grounds that include large flower and vegetable gardens, a gazebo and many areas for residents to enjoy being outside. Just minutes away from the University of Vermont Medical Center and the many activities and cultural offerings of the city. Time and Dates – TBA 10:00am We welcome you to come and join us Committee: Gail Lang, Dana Mann As our club leaders of the past worked and strived to move our club forward and form the next generation of leaders and members, they understand the critical importance of providing members with strong mentors to learn from as well as promoting and enriching our planet through gardening and horticulture activities. Their leadership goes hand in hand with the important virtues of integrity and loyalty to a cause greater than themselves. The diversity of club members by virtue of their own commitment to success have empowered others to join and participate with positivity and energy setting the tone for a successful club. We celebrate and honor all those who have contributed to the Burlington Garden Club projects. “Consistency is a fundamental virtue driven by strong will power.” EC The Burlington Garden Club will dedicate a memoriable sign at the Annual BGC picnic to be placed in the small BGC garden in the Vermont Garden ParK.   1100 Dorset Street, Burlington, VT 05403 Coordinator: Nancy Bell In April 2000 the Burlington Garden Club created a Butterfly Garden at the Vermont Garden Park on a 100-acre property owned by the City of South Burlington. Club members worked with Senior Horticulturist Charlie Nardozzi to remove the sod from the vacant field fronting the farmhouse. In May the butterfly shape was staked out, and on Community Service Day eight South Burlington High School students moved compost to the site and helped Club members plant perennials. The Club won the 2003 Harriet Canfield Award from the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont for this project. Club members refresh the garden each spring with annuals. UVM Master Gardener Interns and Vermont Garden Park volunteers also participate with the Club members in monthly maintenance. Visitors, local artists, and butterflies love this garden! |