Garden Club Members Only! Special Preview Sale- Baubles Bling & Blooms

Ardith's Jottings

Garden Club Members Only!

Special Preview Sale- Baubles Bling & Blooms

Feb. 10, 2012              2-4pm

19 East Camden

Fearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC

Remember that great estate sale I told you about that had an outstanding amount of quality floral books, containers, supplies, all new, unopened and unused at Super Prices plus lots of other fabulous stuff?  Well, Phase Two of the Estate Sale will be held Feb. 11, 2012 from 8-4 and Feb. 12, 2012 from 12-4.  A Special Preview Sale for garden club members and their guests only will be on Friday, February 10th from 2-4 pm.  The contents of the second home has been combined with newly discovered treasures at 19 East Camden.  The owner had inherited her late sister's jewelry collection.  The sister was as fixated on jewelry as was our lady about flowers, flower arranging, Ikebana and gardening.  The jewelry will be included in this Sale.  This is why I told you to save your Christmas and/or mad money.
 

It is necessary that 40 garden club members (or their guests) attend the Friday Preview to make it worthwhile to hire the workers and security.  RSVP to cmlhampton@nc.rr.com 
if you plan to attend the preview and how many, if any, guests you are  bringing. 

If you are unable to attend the Special Preview Sale, do attend the Sale Feb. 11 and 12.  This is an eagerly anticipated Event so get there early. Excellent quality items throughout.

Daylily donates to Watts St. Baptist Church

Daylily GC donated $250 to the Watts Street Baptist Church Stanley Mission Center for the purpose of placing two evergreen planters at the entrance to the house.  The house is used by the Host Homes Program to provide a home-like housing situation for patients and their families who are receiving long-term treatments at Duke University Medical Center.  The house has recently undergone extensive renovations and Daylily GC was glad to give the home an extra welcoming touch!

HOME GARDENING WORKSHOP SERIES

News from the North Carolina Botanical Garden

From the beginning, the North Carolina Botanical Garden has offered learning opportunities to gardeners. In 2012 NCBG staff and other local experts will be instructing in a super line-up of offerings for our “Home Gardening Series.” Generally 2 hours long on a Saturday or Sunday, these workshops provide participants with new tools and ideas. Starting with Weeds 101 on February 11, “Queen Weeder” Sally Heiney shows you how to identify weeds and suggests strategies for managing them. On February 18 gardener Bob Peoples offers Get Ready for Spring: A Vegetable Gardening Workshop. These are followed by Native Plant Seed Propagation, The Dos and some Don’ts of Pruning, Identifying & Controlling Invasive Plants, and Native Plant Propagation (cuttings). Don’t miss these, and more (Photography … All About Grains … Medicinal Herbs). Visit our recently updated website for details and how to register: http://ncbg.unc.edu/classes-workshops/

From the EXTENSION MASTER GARDENER DURHAM COUNTY NEWSLETTER

Rick Fisher’s Photography was able to donate $24,000 to charity this past year. His goal is to make $30,000 to donate to charity. Rick is also teaching a course in digital photography at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens and will be leading a 3-day trip to view wildflowers and waterfalls along the Blue Ridge Parkway for the Sarah P. Duke Gardens in May.

Leanna Murphy Dono and Marsha Booker-Hibbs are serving on the steering committee of South Durham Green Neighbors. Leanna is one of the co-founders and is currently serving as chair. South Durham Green Neighbors (SDGN) is an all-volunteer community group to inspire individuals in south Durham County to take responsibility for the Earth via small group dialogue and discussion
groups. For more information please contact either Leanna or Marsha or go to www.sdgn.net.

Extension Gardener Seminars at Sarah P. Duke Gardens
These seminars are free but pre-registration is necessary.
Please call Sara Smith at (919) 668-5309 to register.

Sunday, February 26, 2:00-4:00 PM: “Native Plants in Our Gardens,” Michelle Wallace, Durham County Extension Horticultural Agent.

Sunday, March 18, 2:00-4:00 PM: “Container Gardening.”
Extension Gardener Seminars at South Regional Library, 4505 South Alston Ave, Durham, free to register call (919) 560-7409

Sunday, February 19, 2012: 2:30-3:30 PM. “Durham Gardening 101- Getting Ready to Grow!” Sustainable Garden Workshop at Durham Center for NC Cooperative Extension, 721 Foster St.,
($25 fee, includes lunch and materials) to register call (919) 560-0525 or e-mail prjones@durhamcountync.gov

Monday, February 27, 2012: 9:00 AM-3:00 PM. Soil management, smart watering, rain garden, vegetable gardening, critter management.
Plants, Pests and Pathogens
These sessions are eligible for Continuing Education Credit. See:
www.ces.ncsu.edu?depts/hort/garden/PlantsPestsPathogen/1012.html for more information.
• Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• Tuesday, June 26, 2012
• Tuesday, August 28, 2012
• Tuesday, October 23, 2012