Installation Lunchon

 On May 5, the Norchester Garden Club ladies enjoyed lunch together to celebrate the installation of officers for the next year.

It's Been 15 Years

 It is very hard to believe that it was 15 years ago, in 2007 that members of the Norchester Garden Club cleared an empty space at the South end of Matzke Park and created the Butterfly Garden. We stopped by yesterday to add a bit of soil in the bare spots, and thanks to the indefatigable Miss Janet, the NE corner is being prepared for where the memorial to our veterans will be developed. If you would like a 16 min. slide show of the garden's development, Just click   https://youtu.be/YSDtotJKnuI  The music is soothing and many of the folks are still keeping things nice for the many visitors.

Valentine Fun

 The Norchester Garden Club Ladies know how to have fun!

With Hearts.. not just Flowers.

During the February meeting they enjoyed making valentines that were to be given to Nursing Home patients to be placed on patient trays.

Refreshments and door prizes are always a part of our meetings.

 

On March 3rd, at our next meeting, we will have a program on soils then we will be potting Plumeria's.  

 

Please Help Support the Butterfly Garden

 One of the ways the Matzke Park Garden is helped for its maintenance and new plants is through the Kroger Good Neighborhood program.   Every 3 months Kroger sends a check (about $45) to the garden's supporting organization as described in the heading of this blog.  It is done through the use of your Kroger discount card being linked to ABCS. Although surprising, at the current time less than a dozen families are linked to the garden. Most folks are just not aware of this option for help.  Your fuel points are not impacted by signing up.

Here is how to sign up for the Kroger Good Neighbor program.

1.  You can tell if you are already signed up to support the garden by checking the bottom of a Kroger paper receipt.  It will tell you what, if any, organization you may already be supporting.  If it is our garden club, it will say Association for Better Community Schools.  This is ABCS which gives all of this money to the garden club. If your receipt indicates you are supporting some other organization, you can easily change with the instructions on the Kroger website below. 

2.  Assuming you have a Kroger card, you then need to have, or to sign up for, a "Digital Kroger Account" .  This will get you an email or two a week that provides "digital coupons" that automatically discount the items when you check out with your Kroger Card.

3.  Then you will need to "link" your Kroger card to the desired organization

4.  The ABCS organization has the NPO Number  WT732  that is all you need

 

Here are the instructions from the Kroger website:

.https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards

Nov 4 2021 Garden Club Meeting

 Norchester Garden Club and guests enjoyed  a fantastic presentation  by Sheri from Plants for All Seasons.  She educated us on fall vegetables, soils and their needs, seeds, mulch, and Microlite fertilizer. Sheri is a gifted speaker and shared many gardening secrets. Plants For all Seasons provided us a very nice place to hold our meeting as usual. They also donated 3 Microlite products to our door prizes. Cathy C made our birthday carrot cake . Jennifer and Linda provided plants for the door prizes.. All gardeners are welcome to these meetings.  It will be well worth your time!  If you have an interest, drop an email to ABCS.Park@att.net for information,

Sep 1 Garden Club Meeting



The club met at Plants for All Seasons

Ray Allison, president of the American Plumeria Society was our speaker.  Ray brought 15 plumeria plants and 15 bags of plumeria seeds to give away.   Ray has 500 plumeria at his townhouse in Houston.  We have gotten a great deal of information and the Horticulture Chairperson will produce a March 2022 Horticultural Report with our learnings and also our plumeria seed challenge. Sep2 was Ray's birthday so Shirley presented him with a birthday cake (see picture).

We also had a new member join.  Marsha is a fellow teacher, friend to Jennifer and Shirley. Please welcome her to our club.

The board voted to buy items (plants, etc.) from Plants For All Seasons since we are meeting there at no charge.  These purchased items will become our door prizes.  We also decided to honor those who have birthday's with a birthday cake. Elecee provided a delicious chocolate cake.  September birthdays are Shirley, Arlene and Carol B.. October birthdays Kathleen and Jacque.

Door Prizes for September 1 Meeting

 

 

Summer Sunflowers

 

A fine batch of sunflowers keep watch over the tomato plans
in our garden.   Although it is hot, there is much to appreciate.