Check the Calendar for other Events and Programs Submitted By Ann Thomas ~ GCFM Project Representative We need to get to work on cemeteries! In October, I have been asked to speak at the New England Regional Meeting on Beautify Blight. I need photographs and text from your work this year in the cemeteries in your area. As far as we know, we are the only state that is cleaning cemeteries under the Beautify Blight Committee so let’s show them what Maine can do! Be sure to take before, during and after photos and send them to me. This will show our progress in the Beautify Blight Project. Let’s all work together to “Make a Difference.” Camden UPDATE ON CAMDEN GARDEN CLUB’S BOOK GROUP BY BOOK GROUP COORDINATOR, LINDA HEWITT The Camden Garden Club’s Book Group continues to grow and prosper. Several of the books that we have chosen to read have had environmental themes, but we have also read a novel, two memoirs, and some creative nonfiction. Since our first meeting in October of 2008, we have read and met to discuss the following books: Here If You Need Me, by Kate Braestrup: Kate joined us to discuss her poignant memoir about being widowed and becoming a chaplain for the Maine Warden Service. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver: Following our discussion of this inspiring book, we had a pot luck luncheon prepared with locally grown Maine foods. Woman Who Speaks Tree: Confessions of a Tree Hugger, by Linda Tatelbaum: Linda joined our discussion and gave us insight into her rustic and environmentally friendly life in rural Maine. The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman: Some liked and some disliked this book, but all agreed that it is a creative, sometimes frightening, often fascinating look at how our world would be without the destructive influences of human beings. Timothy; or Notes of an Abject Reptile, by Verlyn Klinkenborg: Everyone enjoyed this tender and creative nonfiction tale of an aged tortoise’s life in an English garden. Come Spring, by Ben Ames Williams: We had a lively discussion of this very long historical novel about the founding of Union, Maine during the Revolutionary War era. Our meeting was appropriately followed by lunch at the Come Spring Café in Union. Summer World, A Season of Bounty, by Bernd Heinrich: Our current nonfiction book details a naturalist’s summertime observations of living organisms in the woods near his cabin in Maine. We have contacted the author to request his presence at our May meeting. Our book group meets every few months, with a break during the summer gardening season. We meet at a different member’s home each time, and we choose a new book to read at the end of each meeting. We have become a close group within our club, and we encourage all members to join us in socializing, reading and learning, and sharing ideas and common interests with friends. Kris Mikkelsen, our club’s Publicity Chairman, sends pictures and write-ups of the book group’s activities to local newspapers, which helps to attract new members to our club. If your club is interested in starting a book group, be sure to have a coordinator who handles communication, scheduling, and contacting local authors. Remember, reading a book by a Maine author clearly improves your chances of having the author attend your meeting, which is a great experience and also contributes to the success of your book group. Happy reading!
Beautify Blight
WOODLAWN IN BLOOM
Featuring
A Standard Flower Show
Tracing Our Roots through Woodlawn
A Joint Project
of
Woodlawn
Museum, Gardens & Park
A Property of the Hancock county Trustees of Public Reservations
and the
Ellsworth Garden Club
member of
National Garden Clubs, Inc
New England Region
Garden Club Federation of Maine
St. Croix District
19 Black House Drive
Ellsworth, Maine
Special Opening Reception July 29, 2010
5:00-7:00PM $25
Open to the Public July 30 & 31, 2010
10:00AM-5:00PM Adults $10, Children $3