Grimsby Garden Club

Message from the President 

Welcome back!  We’ve all had a short break and I’m sure, like me, you’ve all still been very busy.  Before I get onto ‘what’s new’ I would like thank all of you for your support over the past few months. 

Thanks to your contributions & purchases our plant sale in May raised over $1,700.00 for the Garden Club.  Liz Willson & her volunteers did an amazing job getting it organized. A special thank you to all of them.  They even managed to get us a beautiful spring day!

 Another big fundraiser was our Garden Tour held June 25^th.  The feedback from the Garden Tour has been exceptional.  With the guidance and organizational skills of Colleen Laverdiere, Ruth Moffatt and Wendy Chrystian the Garden Tour raised $2,257.00.  Click here for pictures of the houses on tour. We also saw many of you volunteer to make the day the success it was.  Thanks for all your time & effort. 

Our mission is to help beautify Grimsby. These funds allow us even more opportunity to do just that! 

In July we received a call from the Grimsby Lincoln News that we had won the Diamond Award for Favourite Community Service Club in their Annual Readers Selection. To quote Andrew Hanes, Retail Advertising Manager, “you garnered a large amount of votes which is fantastic”.  Fantastic indeed!  A round of applause to all associated with the Garden Club and those that voted for us.

 We’re looking forward to many great events before the end of 2011 and I encourage you to read your Newsletter carefully, for all the details, to be sure you don’t miss anything.  September 26^th is presentation of the Trillium Awards; September 27, in association with Grimsby Author Series, Marjorie Harris will be speaking at the Library (tickets available for $15.00 at the Library); October 24^th brings Russell Boles to speak on Estate Gardens and November 28^th is installation of new members of the Board and our 2^nd Annual Pot Luck. 

 See you all soon!! 

Roberta Blackie, President

Grimsby Garden Club

• Click here for your order form for the beautiful 1812 Rose

• Click here for pictures of members decorating the Christmas Tree at the new Town Hall in Grimsby.

• Look under Events for information about ordering the 1812 Rose, which is the official rose of the BiCentennial of the War of 1812 celebrations.

• Look under Events for the complete Competition Schedule for Convention 2012 hosted by District 9 at Niagara College August 17-19 2012

• Check out the Trillium Award page for pictures of the residences, and businesses which were awarded a Trillium in 2011

• Click Here for pictures of some of our members planting the baskets which will hang in the downtown area.

• Check under Meetings and  for information about our meeting dates and pictures (thank you Ruth Emerson) taken at our meetings.

•  Look in sidebar entitled "A Greener Approach" for a link to a site with fact sheets, information on the Ontario Pesticide Ban.

• Under Timely Topics, see the Fact Sheet from Toronto Master Gardeners for advice on "Taking Care of Your Lawn".

12/04/2012 04:13:00 PM

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