April 2007 NEWSLETTER
2007 Hidden Gardens Tour Meeting
We are having a 2007 Hidden Gardens Tour Meeting next TUESDAY, May 1st at 7 PM in the Allentown Public Library. Please join us – there’s much to do! We will have posters to distribute advertising our tour! How are your ticket sales going?
Pleasant Run Spring Plant Sale - Saturday, May 5th - 9 AM – 12 sharp
Be sure you are there btw 9 and 12, we have to be done 12 sharp!
Allentown Spring Planters - Saturday, May 19th, 9 AM
We need volunteers for
Saturday, May 19th, 9 AM to help plant summer annuals in our town planters. If we have 6 or so people, it will only take 45 minutes! Meet in front of Hoffman’s Bakery. Please contact Ginger Sharp to let her know you will be there.
Field Trip to Griner’s Iris Farm - Saturday, May 19th, 10 AM
(after you’ve helped us plant the summer annuals, join us at Griner’s!)
Bill and Martha Griner have a fabulous collection of Iris which will be in bloom and putting on a spectacular display on this date. We will have the opportunity to view the plants in full bloom, and place orders for the variety(s) we choose. Plants are sold at $4 per rhizome, and a $5 deposit will be required when placing your order (cash or check). Plants will be dug in July for pick up.
Address: 21 Bordentown-Chesterfield Road
Chesterfield, NJ 08515
Directions from Methodist Church (7 miles):
Make a Left out of church parking lot and make a Right onto Main Street. Stay on Main as it becomes Old York Road and travel for 3 miles. Turn Left onto Church Street (a different Church Street) and then a Right onto Ward Avenue. Turn Left onto Hogback Road and then Left onto Bordentown-Chesterfield Road (Rt. 528).
Mark your calendars NOW and invite your friends to our May 24th Meeting (4th Thursday)
Allentown United Methodist Church - Thursday, May 24th - 7:00 PM
Barbara Jones, owner of the Wild Bird Center in Marlton will present: "Feeding a Crowd – How to Attract Birds to your Garden"
Hidden Gardens Tour - Saturday, June 2nd, 2007 - 10 AM – 3 PM
All members are responsible for promoting our tour! So talk it up! The Garden Tour Committee is asking all members to sell up to 5 tickets. Please contact either Jennifer Elder Brady or Ginger Sharp to obtain and purchase tickets for friends and family!
Outside Club Activities
Friends of Historic Arneytown are having a flowers, herbs, and shrubs sale!
May 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th - 7 AM – 7 PM
501 Province Line Road, Arneystown, NJ
Sale proceeds to purchase markers for historic buildings and sites in Arneystown, NJ and to purchase fencing around historic Quaker cemetery!
Quality and rare plants from Lancaster County, PA!