by Julia Farwell-Clay | Mar 13, 2022 | gardening, Newsletters
Happy Spring! This small delight emerged in my patio garden last week. In the fall I planted 100 Elwesii snowdrops just to get things going in that brand new bed, and was thus rewarded with an early arrival. That area gets full sun from 8 am onward these days,...
by Julia Farwell-Clay | Feb 13, 2022 | Newsletters
February Program: Plants and Pollinators Please join us for a virtual presentation on Wednesday, February 16th at 1 p.m. by Samantha Richardson, a lecturer at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Samantha will discuss Northeastern plants and their relationship with pollinators. She...
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 Julia Farwell-Clay | Dec 2, 2021 | Newsletters
Town Wreaths, 2021 Dear Members: There is so much happening this month, nay this WEEK! December is the culmination of so many of our community projects. Wreaths, grants, trees, cans, mugs . . . It’s enough to wring us all out. So because we’ve been...
by Julia Farwell-Clay | Nov 14, 2021 | Newsletters
Concord Museum’s Family Trees Event, November 24- January 2 From the President Dear Members: It is with no small amount of astonishment I find myself writing to you in November, with the turkey ordered, clocks reset, spring bulbs planted, and firewood stacked...
by Julia Farwell-Clay | Oct 17, 2021 | Newsletters
The Castor & Pollux Fountain at Tower Hill Botanical Garden From the President Dear Members, Doesn’t October seem especially beautiful this year? The sky deepens with each passing day as the earth tilts away from the sun, while our New England autumn...
