BATAVIA PLAIN DIRT GARDENERS ANNUAL PERENNIAL AND NATIVE PLANT SALE

Each Saturday before Mother’s Day, the Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners have held a perennial and native plant sale. We are known for offering native and perennial plants that are perfect for yards in the area, sold by gardeners who can advise others about their care. Funding supports the Batavia Wildflower Sanctuary and local horticultural scholarships.

Postponed last year due to COVID restrictions, we have had a year to get ready for the 2021 sale. We have moved outdoors at two locations to provide plenty of social distancing. We are asking everyone to wear masks while shopping!

Sale Date: Saturday, May 8, 2021

Time: 9 a.m. to noon

LOCATIONS:

East Side: 1168 Pine Street, Batavia

West Side: 415 Maple Lane, Batavia

Visit the one closest to your home or visit both! You might even spy some of the same plants you’re buying planted in the yards you visit.

Wildflower Sanctuary Fun in the Woods Day

This is just a friendly reminder that we will be having a work day at the Batavia Wildflower Sanctuary on Saturday (3/27) starting at 9:00.  I take that back.  Not a WORK day but a morning of getting together for fun in the woods.

We will be meeting on the wooded (east) side to work on deadheading the perennials before the spring flowers are out.  If you have them, please bring clippers, gloves, eye protection, water and something to haul the clippings in.  We will need masks for when we are close together, but can take them off if we are spread out.    

Hope to see you then!

Happy Spring!

Sarah

Rhubarb - March 16 6:45 pm Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners Meeting

Join the Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners Tuesday March 16 at 6:45 pm as our own Yvonne Richter talks about Raising Rhubarb and its many uses.  Discussion to follow.  We also will talk a bit more about the upcoming plant sale and potential garden walk.  See you on ZOOM using the following links:

Time: Mar 16, 2021  6:45 PM Central Time
Join Zoom Meeting 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83803119335?pwd=K3JUZE9iWGdEZmV5OEhPbVpNTGxxUT09 

Meeting ID: 838 0311 9335
Passcode: 318674

OR - by phone: 
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Meeting ID: 838 0311 9335
Passcode: 318674

Hello Gardeners,

Spring really is on the way! Snowdrops are booming and cranes have been flying overhead, so it is time to get back to the Wildflower Sanctuary. Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday's Zoom planning meeting. You've got me fired up and looking forward to playing in the dirt.

Please save the dates for work days starting at 9:00 on March 27, April 9, April 17, April 23, April 30, and May 15. I will have more details when they get closer, but we will start with deadheading in the woods on the east side so that we can be done before the spring ephemerals start to bloom.

Also, please help spread the word: we will be offering tours for the public on Saturday, May 22 at 9:00 and 1:00. All are welcome.

Sarah Kimber

Native Plants Chair

Hello Gardeners and Happy Spring!

OK, maybe I am being a little optimistic, but the snow is starting to melt and cardinals are calling. I know those wildflowers are waiting in the soil, ready to burst out!

We will have our annual Wildflower Sanctuary Planning Meeting at 10:00 on Saturday, March 6th, but this year it will be on Zoom. The info is below, and you can join by clicking the link or calling in by phone. Don't worry, if you cannot make it on Saturday or Zoom is not your thing, we would still love to have your help this year.

Please have your calendar handy for the meeting, and bring any ideas that you would like to see for the WFS in 2021.

If for some strange reason you would like to unsubscribe to the WFS emails, please let me know.

Thanks!

Sarah

Topic: Batavia Wildflower Sanctuary Planning Meeting

Time: Mar 6, 2021 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 985 0225 3170

Passcode: 893887

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Link for Tonight’s Batavia Plain Dirt Gardener’s Zoom.....6:45 pm TUESDAY January 16

Batavia Plain Dirt Gardener’s Zoom meeting TONIGHT

In case you deleted the email, here (again) is the link for tonight’s Zoom focused on Ferns.  See you at 6:45 pm.  We will also talk about the plant sale and garden walk. 

Link to join the Zoom Meeting (click on this link or copy it into your browser):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88093286226?pwd=akJtRkJnVlJBN0dDa3hzdjBtTkJ3QT09

Or - go to Zoom.com and use the following to sign in to the meeting:

Meeting ID: 880 9328 6226

Passcode: 387995

OR join us by phone at 

        (312) 626-6799 US (Chicago)

   using the  Meeting ID: 880 9328 6226  and Passcode: 387995

Ferns in February!

The Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners will meet "by Zoom" on Tuesday February 16 at 6:45 PM.  

Our topic this month is Ferns for the Batavia Garden.  Diana Sharp will showcase ferns that have done well in her Batavia garden and those that "just did not work out".  There will be a presentation and then we will have a discussion about our good, not so good, or "yet to have" experiences growing ferns in our area.  

Time: Feb 16, 2021 06:45 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

 

Link to join the Zoom Meeting (click on this link or copy it into your browser):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88093286226?pwd=akJtRkJnVlJBN0dDa3hzdjBtTkJ3QT09

Or - go to Zoom.com and use the following to sign in to the meeting:

Meeting ID: 880 9328 6226

Passcode: 387995

OR join us by phone at 

        (312) 626-6799 US (Chicago)

   using the  Meeting ID: 880 9328 6226  and Passcode: 387995

 Need help learning about or joining a Zoom meeting, contact Diana Sharp BEFORE the meeting to set up a mini tutorial by calling (630) 879-7578.