Norchester Garden Club - ABCS - Matzke Butterfly Garden

Information in support of NGC, the gardens of Matzke Park, and our home gardens. A 501c3, Association for Better Community Schools (ABCS), was founded in 1994 and successfully preserved these 20 acres for public use. In 2007 ABCS and Norchester Garden Club (NGC) members developed, and still maintain, the Butterfly Garden. NGC projects, meeting notices, and programs are reported here and the public is welcome to participate. Email questions or comments to ABCS.Park@att.net

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

2018 New Year Begins

Matzke Butterfly Garden is looking very much like the dreary skies we have been having. Janet, Kathleen, Joan and Carol lent their hands to clipping and clean up on the gingers, turks cap, candy corn salvia, crepe myrtles and dead salvias. One of the beds is run a muck with fire ants hills! Please be watchful. Thank goodness the Park guys pick our clippings.

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Garden Club January 2018 Meeting

Some terrific reasons to join a garden club: Fun with friends; interesting places to go; introduction to new and current plants; free plants; plant challenges; door prizes but most of all fun with friends. Guest speaker today was Tom Keepin on Vanda slat basket planting. Tom brought a lot of begonias and Vanda slat baskets and 5 of our members put together a basket to take home. Plus we all got a free plant and Tom generously shared his knowledge. He has become a great friend to our group. He also donated the huge begonia. We meet the lst Thursday of each month Sept-May. We have many exciting programs and trips, guests are welcome to visit at the Norchester activity center on Jones Road in the subdivision of Norchester.