by Julia Farwell-Clay | Jan 28, 2022 | flowers, skill sharing
In spite of the storm on Saturday, History In Bloom at the Concord Museum will be on view for the weekend. Eight floral artists (many happen to be Garden Club members) were invited to create beautiful arrangements to accompany paintings and objects from the...
by Julia Farwell-Clay | Jan 16, 2022 | Newsletters
I waited for all my adult kids to return to their own nests before I pulled down the tree and dragged all the dessicated wreaths out to the compost pile. I am not one of those poinsettia preservationists: out they went too, along with the depleted paper whites and a...
by Garden Club | Jan 11, 2022 | gardening, skill sharing
I have been collecting books on gardening and horticulture for at least fifty years, amassing over three thousand. Julia asked that I share my favorites and most influential. Most Cherished Gertrude Jekyll, A Memoir Francis Jekyll Jonathan Cape, 1934 This is the first...
by Julia Farwell-Clay | Jan 6, 2022 | gardening
Happy New Year, everyone! I’ll be sending out a newsletter next week, but I did not want to wait until then to send along the recording of our bonus program with Doug Tallamy from Wednesday. It was the kind of session that can shift priorities, so I know...
