CLUB NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE JUNE ANNUAL MEETING, AWARDS CEREMONY, AND LUNCHEON WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, JUNE 3 at 11 AM.
The Club's Annual Meeting and Luncheon, hosted by Libbie and There Fiechter, will be held on Monday, June 3 at 11 am at the home of Libbie and Sam Fiechter. Enjoy a relaxing lunch in a beautiful setting where there will be plenty of time to chat with friends and explore Libbie's lovely garden and a special GCW plant sale.
A few notes regarding directions and parking from our hostesses: Please follow the signs to the barn garden area where the tent will be set up. Proceed straight at the intersection with the flagpole then bear right to park on the grass. Please leave those spaces closest to the barn garden for those for whom a longer walk might be difficult. You may also consider carpooling. The tent will be positioned so that there will be no steps to enter. GPS provides directions to the old driveway on Campbell Road. Please be sure to drive around the corner to the entrance at 1216 Owl's Nest Road, Wilmington, DE, 19807. Lastly, please don't drive to the old front door. All our festivities will be held on the other side of the house.
Don’t forget to wear your finest floral fancy. For tips on creating a floral fancy, please visit the Floral Design landing page of the GCW website. Please review the minutes from the May meeting and please RSVP to the Annual Meeting by Thursday, May 23.
PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING PLANTS FOR THE GCW ANNUAL MEETING PLANT SALE, ON MONDAY, JUNE 3.
If you are doing your spring gardening chores and you notice something that needs to be divided or has gotten too big, pot those plants up for the June Sale. No fancy pots necessary. We just ask that you label the plant and also put your name on it as a memento. Please contact Leslie Porter or Elaine Scott if you have plants to donate to our special sale. Houseplants, perennials, herbs, or vegetable garden plants are all welcome! Sharing something from your garden can be one of the most joyful and rewarding parts of the entire gardening experience.
EVERY LEAF AND TWIG - TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT BUT PLEASE CONSIDER SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT.
Proceeds from this special event support "The Wild Garden", A GCA Flower Show, hosted by West Chester Garden Club and The Garden Club of Wilmington and our show partner, Winterthur Museum, Gardens and Library. At this time, tickets are sold out Please consider making a tax deductible gift below to support our show at this time; CLICK HERE to show your support. Thank you for your generosity.
VISITING GARDEN TRIP TO BARNES ARBORETUM, THURSDAY, MAY 16.
The Visiting Gardens committee announces a tour of the Barnes Arboretum at St Joseph's University located in Merion, PA on Thursday, May 16th. The 12-acre arboretum is home to rare specimen trees and over 2,500 woody and herbaceous plants. The peony, lilac, and fern collections are from the early 1900’s and are important for conservation and genetic research. We plan to leave Wilmington at 9:30 by carpool from the Park and Ride (Route 52 and DuPont Road) for a pre-walk lecture at 10:30. Afterwards, we can enjoy the grounds and gardens. The cost is $40 which includes the tour, talk and a box lunch. We will go rain or shine.
HORTICULTURE DIVISION - REGISTRATION OPEN! THE WILD GARDEN GCA FLOWER SHOW - October 14-15, 2024
Together with West Chester Garden Club, we are hosting a joint GCA Flower Show at Winterthur Museum on October 14-15, 2024. CLICK HERE to view the Show Schedule and register to exhibit in the Horticulture Division.
GCW REIMBURSEMENT FORM
If you have incurred a Club expense for which you need to be reimbursed, please CLICK HERE
If you have difficulty uploading your expenses onto the form, you may email them to Libby Fiechter but you still must complete the form.
IN-KIND DONATIONS TO CLUB ACTIVITIES
We are so grateful for your In-Kind Donation to GCW. Please help us keep accurate records for tax purposes and future planning by recording your gift here. CLICK HERE to record your in kind contribution to the Club and thank you!
ITEMS OF INTEREST
ZONE V FLOWER SHOW NEWS FLASH
All Zone V GCA Clubs are required to submit a Horticulture entry to BUZZ’D, the Gardeners September 25 show at the Philadelphia Country Club. Many thanks to the 5 who brought their potted possible candidates to our Show and Tell on May 6 meeting. If there are any other interested contenders, have a look at the Division II, classes 20 and 21 in the Buzz’d Schedule:
Please send a photograph and description of your specimen in its 8” (maximum sized) pot to cynrice43@gmail.com by May 27, when a committee of GCW Horticulture judges will be selecting our entry for the show.
2034 GCA FOUNDERS FUND GRANTS
At the GCA Annual Meeting last month the 2024 Founders Fund Grants were announced. The $40,000 winning grant was awarded to Replanting Indigenous and Historic Northeastern Species to create an Edible Plant Learning Center at the Jay Estate in Rye, New York. Go to the GCA GRANTS page for more information about this project and the Founders Fund Grant
GET TO OUR WEBSITE FASTER! HANDY TIP FOR iPHONE and iPAD USERS
You can easily make our Club’s Member Home Page a shortcut “app” on your iPhone or iPad to make it easy to regularly return to the page.
On your iPhone or iPad, open Safari. Other browsers, such as Chrome, won't work for this.
Navigate to the Club’s Member Homepage. Make sure you go the Member Home page so that you will not need to login when you open this shortcut. Tap "Go."
Tap the Share button on the bottom of the page. It looks like a square with an arrow pointing out of the top.
In the list of options that appear, scroll down until you see Add to Home Screen. Tap this. The Add to Home Screen dialog box will appear.
Choose a name for the website shortcut, such as “GCW Member Home”on your home screen. You'll see the link so you can confirm it. Click Add when you're done. Safari will close automatically and you will be taken to where the icon is located on your iPhone's or iPad's home screen.
Now just tap your new club "app" on your home screen, and it will open our website in its own window. No more searching and no need to login!
Note: If you ever decide you want to remove this website shortcut, you can delete it just like you would any other app on your phone.
SPRING COOKING - NETTLE PESTO
Nettles turn into luscious nourishment once the heat touches them. When they arrive in early spring, try to get them at their most prime, before they go to seed and get too rough and woody to enjoy. They like to grow in marshy wet places, alongside fields and swamps, near creeks and moist woodlands.
When harvesting nettles, wear gloves and long pants, bring scissors to snip off the tender top shoots and if you’re lucky you can go around for a second harvest. CLICK HERE for the recipe.
ARE YOU STUCK?
If you are having trouble getting to the GCA website, or you cannot remember your password, CLICK HERE or please contact Wendy Russell.
TO ALL MEMBERS
If information on the website needs to be updated or is missing, please let us know.
The Garden Club of Wilmington was founded in 1918 by women interested in gardening through study, experimentation, demonstration and competition. Member of The Garden Club of America, since 1920 and the Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs and National Garden Club.
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