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Ah – March! We are closer to spring but it still seems like a long way off. We are anxious to get started with digging, sowing, and planting, but still have a good two months to go unless we are
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Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that 2024 is here. The start of a new year brings new possibilities. Soon the busyness of the holidays will be behind us, we can take the time to reflect on what
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The fall season is fully upon us, and clubs have restarted their meetings and programs after the summer hiatus. We wistfully put our gardens to bed and turn inwards to programs and activities to learn more about gardening tips and
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As we begin the new garden club season, what “face” does your club present to the public? Is it easy to find out who you are and what you do? Does the public know what community gardens are maintained by
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July 2023 Newsletter I am honored to be starting my term as your President, representing garden clubs around the state and being a part of the larger group of clubs through the New England Regional Garden Clubs and the National Garden Club.
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Winter is behind us and the promise of a new gardening season stretches in front of us. It’s time to put into action the plans we may have made this winter to enhance our outdoor spaces. It is also time
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In my part of the state, I am looking at a snowy landscape and thinking about winter in March, although much of winter has seemed like March with warm days but freezing nights. That all changes in April as
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Those who gathered at the Blaine House in December for the return of the Holiday Social hosted by the Kennebec Valley Garden Club were happy to be back together. Smiles lit up every face. Hopefully we will gather in person many times
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This issue of the GCFM newsletter puts us in the gateway of the holiday season: Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s and others. For me, the door closes this month on the outdoor gardening season. I’ll assess my successes and failures
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This summer came with the happiness the growing season brings to gardeners. At the same time, we are mourning several deaths in our garden club community. We received the very sad news that our first vice president Ann Vanosdol lost
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