Holiday party 2016 at Sal & Pepe's

What a wonderful time, great people, plants and food!  Happy Holidays!!!
Looking forward to seeing everyone next year.

Everyone went home with their choice of these beauties

Look at this great tie!

Presents for our President

John Passander grew & made this beautiful orchid corsage

Could this be Sandy's missing drink?

Edible plants I think not.

Bee keeping with Scott Bond

When Scott Bond is not traveling around the world as a hair stylist and entrepreneur with his own product line of organic hair & beauty products you will find him in his weekend home he calls Funny Farm in Goshen CT.  

Scott decided to raise bees on his farm near his silo.  Scott shared his experiences,how he created this space, the benefits of honey, what he learned and how he found the time to work with bees. We found out so many new things about the lives of bees.

We can't wait to hear about his honey harvest Spring 2017. He is hoping to have 50 pounds worth of honey.  Some of the honey will be used in his new line of beauty products.  He certainly is a busy bee.
http://www.bondstreethair.com/about

Sunflowers galore Aug. 2016 at the Victory Garden.... way to grow

Look at these beauties......amazing!!!

Victory Garden 2016 weeding and potluck

Our meeting was held at the Victory  Garden to help weed  the rows  of veggies and flowers that have been so lovingly taken care of by Tamarra McMahon, her husband Richard, Brendon and the rest of the group.

This fun event was followed up with a delicious pot luck supper.

Attracting birds to your yard

Margaret Robbins, owner, Wild Birds Unlimited, 317 Federal Rd., Brookfield  provided us with great information on attracting humming birds, orioles and other local birds to our yards.  She discuss nesting materials and resources to provide housing for the birds. Margaret is so knowledgeable about all kinds of birds  and there were plenty of questions.

Raffles were held and prizes were distributed.  I will never think of birds the same way again.
Tips: 
Take an orange cut it in half place at least 7' up to feed the birds,  fill the other half of orange with grape jelly.  When feeding birds feeders should be at least 5' + from the ground.
Check on the freshness of your seed. 
 Clean your bird houses every spring.  
Don't cut your trees from April - Nov.  remember there are birds nests.
Make your own hummingbird food with water and sugar nothing else.
Birds need 1" of water only in bird baths.
Birds like running water
Happy birding!

Birds like movement in water so dripping or moving works

Great brand

Tammara made a home made rhubarb cobbler fresh from her garden yum!

One of the happy raffle prize winners!!

Gail volunteers in the Victory Garden

Victory Garden 2016

A quick early spring tour of our rows at the Victory Garden.
Looking good, can't wait to go back for another peak.
Volunteers are always welcomed - speak with Tammara.

2016 Annual Trade & Swap

The cold rainy day did not stop people from attending as they shared there gardening goodies & stories at the annual  Trade and Swap at Dickinson Park, Newtown, CT. Grateful for all the trading and the pavilion to stand under when it rained.

Happy planting! .

Trinity and the Newtown Horticulture Club sponsor this yearly event.  This is the 6th time we have traded, this is so much fun so keep this in mind for next year.  

Tag Sale Annual event

• We are still planning on having our Tag Sale on September 30, 2017 so please start saving some items you would like to donate.  

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April 2016
Place: Miller’s Barn - A big thank you to George and Shane Miller for letting us use their wonderful barn for our tag Sale which was a great success. This event helps us continue to earn funds to support the Newtown Scholarship Fund, speakers and other projects. We all had fun, purchased goodies and sold lots of great stuff!