Pop to the Wildflower Sanctuary Monday!

Hello Gardners!

The rain has softened up the soil, and the weather forecast for Monday looks perfect, so we will have a "Pop-Up" Work Day at the Wildflower Sanctuary to go after the weeds that have popped up while our backs were turned.

 

Please join us on the east (shady) side of the Riverwalk at 10:00 on Monday.  If you have them, bring gardening gloves, loppers, clippers, weed diggers, eye protection, and a bucket or tarp for the weeds.

 

Thank you so much!

Sarah

 

P.S. Please note the unusual start time.  

Natures Edibles - May 16

Join us Tuesday, May 16 for "Natures Edibles" to entice the palate and intrigue the gardening mind.  Social time at 6:45pm, short business meeting 7:00 pm, and "Natures Edibles" right after that!  We will meet at the Batavia Public Library in the large meeting room. 

Countdown to Plant Sale...Saturday, May 13

Mother Nature is busy watering all the beauties that are waiting outside our homes to go to the Plant Sale this Saturday! 

We need club members to come on Friday afternoon and evening to do the set up (from 3:30 pm to 7:30pm).

We open to the public at 9am Saturday, May 13th in the gymnasium of Bethany Lutheran Church 8 N. Lincoln in Batavia for the big native and perennial plants sale.  Proceeds go toward the Wildflower Sanctuary.

With this wonderfully lush spring, there are some new additions to what I hear will be available!  In addition to many of the perennials we all love, expect to see hellebores, dropwort, dwarf Solomon seal, trillium, May apples, Jack-in-the-pulpits, and some interestingly beautiful blooming natives.  The ferns I've already seen are spectacular! 

Plan to join us for the sale....to help or to purchase...or BOTH!

Need Pots? Need blank labels?

If you are digging plants for the plant sale and run out of pots to put them in, Yvonne Richter (630) 450-0037) has a big stash of them (she is on the south side of Geneva) or Bob Dahlstrom(630 879-2629) has a big stash of them and is mid-city Batavia.  Bonnie Hines has the blank materials for labels if you need them, too (630) 879-9434. 

Warm Up with a Public Gardens Tour

We are pleased to have Brock and Ruth Ann Seney join us Tuesday night to share their presentation "Inserting Public Gardens into Your Travels Plans.  a visit through pictures to public gardens from Hawaii to the east coast and points in between.  Come and bring a friend to enjoy this little vacation to warm places in the midst of January!

 

Social time 6:45 pm

Short business meeting (budget vote) 7:00 pm

Presentation follows business meeting

 

Join us at the Batavia Public Library meeting room and ward off winter for just a little while! 

Volunteer to help JB Nelson 5th Graders Consider a Courtyard Garden Using Native Plants

The 5th Graders at J. B. Nelson need a volunteer or two to help them learn about native plants.  They are interested in potentially using native plants in their courtyard and looking for some basic information, help finding information and to think about how they might develop a plan for this at their school.  If you are interested in helping some motivated students, parents and teachers to explore ideas and learn more about native plants this semester, please contact Diana Sharp (630) 879-7578 for more information.  You do not need to be an expert, just someone who enjoys working with others and helping them discover information about native plants.  Spread the joy of native plants!  Volunteer.  You will be enriched more than you can even imagine!

Batavia Arboretum Rededication - Saturday Oct. 22 at 10:00 AM

The Batavia Arboretum Rededication will take place on Saturday, October 22 at 10:00 a.m. The Batavia Woman's Club has purchased a plaque commemorating all those for whom the trees were planted 50 years ago.  One of their donors also donated a park bench in memory of his sister, and Davey Trees donated tree ID tags which will be attached to each tree. The arboretum is on the Main Street side of BHS, and parking is available in the Main Street lot or at the church across the street.


For more information contact Rosemary Henders


rosemary.henders@comcast.net