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Volume 76, Number 4   *    MAY 2013  

In This Issue
President's Message
84th Annual Meeting
***CONTESTS***
Pollinators
The May Garden
FGCCT Travel
Native Trees
State Awards Applications
Flower Show School
Return Silver Awards
Scholarship News
Hydrofracking
Tax Alert
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Greetings!

In this season of fresh starts, we welcome our new President, Jacqueline Connell, with the new objectives she sets forth in her Message. She has enlisted Lois Nichols, Kathrine Neville and Anne Harrigan to begin a series of informative articles reflecting the themes of her administration. Our new Horticulture Chair, Pamela Weil, shares her knowledge for the May Garden. Read up on Hydrofracking, a controversial new method of extracting oil and gas from the earth.

We have wonderful coverage of April's Annual Meeting. And, once again, the Club
 Calendar overflows with plant sales and other spring opportunities. There's plenty here for our own growth as well as our gardens'.


Sincerely,  

Lynn Hyson, Editor
President's Message
 
Greetings Fellow Gardeners:  bee
 

 

As the Earth turns her face more directly towards the sun, we celebrate the season of spring-and a new FGCCT administration.  At the same time we are grateful to outgoing State President, Ronnie Schoelzel, and her Board for a very successful term.  Under their able leadership we continued to have fine schools and vibrant councils and impressive flower shows; we gave substantial scholarships and helped to replant the Merritt Parkway.  Our members and clubs earned numerous awards for many worthy projects that added to the beauty and vitality of cities and towns throughout Connecticut.  We salute all of their accomplishments.

       
Now we break new ground in our gardens and in our Federation.  Our new state theme is:

        
Bee Kind to Pollinators 
        Plant Natives 
        Create Backyard Habitats

Over the next two years we want to raise the consciousness of our members about the plight of pollinators of all types and what we as gardeners can do to help them.  We want to encourage members to plant natives to attract pollinators and design landscapes to nurture them.  We call on all CT garden clubs to further these goals by sponsoring club programs and projects to promote pollinators, natives and habitats.  To do this we have enlisted three special people to educate our members and coordinate two new exciting State Contests:

Bee Kind to Pollinators  
Lois Nichols, dogalpha@comcast.net 
Trained in Entomology, Lois Nichols, State Projects Chairman, will share profiles of various pollinators in the Connecticut Federation NEWS (CFN), describing individual pollinators and their place in our gardens.
 
       
Plant Natives
Kathrine Neville, Co-coordinator,   kgardens@optonline.net  
Kathrine Neville, our beloved horticulturalist, will research and generate articles for
CFN which each focus on a native tree and its growing requirements, etc.  She will oversee ourPlant Native Trees Contest.  (See contest announcements below.)

Create Backyard Habitats 
Anne Harrigan, Coordinator,   jonannolly@aol.com 
In articles for CFN, Anne Harrigan, wildlife conservation advocate, will present the basic concepts of creating sustainable landscapes and introduce the certification process of the National Wildlife Federation.  Anne will also oversee the
Backyard Habitat Contest.

We are privileged in Connecticut that our Former State President, Maria Nahom, is taking over the helm of the New England Region of the National Garden Clubs, Inc.  The Alternate Director is our Former State President, Donna Nowak.  Our CT theme goes right along with Maria's NER theme of "Call of the Wild" - Protecting Wildlife, Wildflowers and Open Spaces. During the next two years, let's all work together to make a difference in our state, towns and our own backyards.    

Happiest spring!

* Jacqueline Connell

Photo above by Dr. Richard E. Lau, taken in Butterfly Garden at Lockwood Farm on Plant Science Day.

 
Report: 84th Annual Meeting


The 84th Annual Meeting of The Federated Garden Clubs of CT, Inc., was held at Aqua Turf on April 17, 2013.  Three  New England Region (NER) presidents and the NER Director, Joyce Kimball, attended. Kimball called attention to the upcoming NER Annual Meeting and Symposium being sponsored by our CT Federation (FGCCT) in October.  She recognized our past State President, Maria Nahom, who will come in as the newly elected NER Director in May of this year, together with past State President, Donna Nowak, as Alternate Director. 
 
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Newly installed CT Federation President, Jacqueline Connell, is joined by other New England Region Presidents, the NER Director, Joyce Kimball, NER Director-elect, Maria Nahom, Alternate Director, Donna Nowak, plus immediate Past President, Ronnie Schoelzel. Also at the table are Merritt Parkway Conservancy Director, Jill Smyth, and State Projects Chair, Regina Neal.



President Ronnie Schoelzel presented Jill Smyth, Executive Director of the Merritt Parkway Conservancy, with a $10,000 donation from our CT Federation clubs for their "Tribute to Spring" project of replanting shrubs and trees along the nationally recognized Merritt Parkway.  Ronnie pointed out how this partnership tied in nicely with her President's theme of "Preserve Connecticut's Horticultural Treasures - Historic Landscapes."

The 2013-2015 Board of Directors was voted in, followed by Parliamentarian Inge Venus's overseeing the installation ceremony of our newly elected officers: Assistant Treasurer, Shirley Hall; second Vice President, Leslie Martino; first Vice President, Jane Waugh; and President, Jacqueline Connell.  Ronnie's farewell speech was well received, and she was applauded for the extraordinary accomplishments during her administration.   She then presented  Presidential Citations to several Federation Board members.
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Newly installed 1st VP Jane Waugh and 2nd VP Leslie Martino are joined by Treasurer Barbara Bruce, Recording Secretary Arlene Field, Speaker Julie Lampham, Nancy Lenoce, Ellie Tessmer, Maria Capella, and Parliamentarian
Inge Venus.


 
In her acceptance speech, President Jacqueline Connell outlined her theme for the 2013-2015 season:  "Bee Kind to Pollinators; Plant Natives; Create Backyard Habitats," and introduced two contests for garden club members to participate in.  Her theme will tie in closely with Maria Nahom's theme of "Call of the Wild - Protecting Wildlife, Wildflowers and Open Spaces."  Jacqueline then announced her appointments to The Federation's Board of  Directors.
 
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Jacqueline Connell's display illustrates her theme for FGCCT: Bee Kind to Pollinators; Plant Natives; Create Backyard Habitats.
Noted floral designer and master judge, Julie Lapham, was our program speaker.  Guests in attendance were able to appreciate the beautiful combination centerpiece baskets of pink Angel Wing Begonias and blue Streptocarpellas made by the Garden Club of Madison. After lunch, both "presidents" held the gavel and in unison closed out the 84th Annual Meeting.
Together they close the 84th Annual Meeting: new President Jacqueline Connell and outgoing President Ronnie Schoelzel share the gavel.
Inge Venus photos.

 
* Inge Venus
Website Chair

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***NEW CONTESTS***

PLANT NATIVE TREES CONTEST
   
To encourage Connecticut clubs to plant natives and have a lasting effect on our state's environment, the CT Federation announces a contest for clubs to Plant Native Trees. The 3 clubs (1 small, 1 medium and 1 large club) that plant the most Native Trees between April 17, 2013 and October 17, 2014 will each receive a native tree as a prize.  The winners will be announced at the Fall Awards Meeting, October 29, 2014.

CREATE BACKYARD HABITATS CONTEST
           
To win this contest, club members will create or sustain backyard habitats certified by the National Wildlife Federation.  Club members can create new ones or count previously certified ones if they are still maintained as certifiable.   The 3 clubs (1 each small, medium and large club) with the most certified landscapes at the end of 2 years each will win a native tree.  The 3 winning clubs will be announced at the FGCCT Annual Meeting,
April 15, 2015.

Note:  These contest winners will be determined solely by the numbers that are reported-there will be no books of evidence to judge.  Clubs will turn in the names and number of trees planted for the Native Tree Contest and the names of club members whose yards are certified for the Backyard Habitat contest.   

 


Perennial Planters Garden Club of Manchester, CT
invites you to attend our Twelfth Biennial
private garden tour featuring
8 unique gardens
SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2013
9:30 a.m.--3:30 p.m. RAIN OR SHINE
Advanced Tickets  $17.00, Day of Tour  $20.00
Send check before June 8th to
Perennial Planters Garden Club
134 Timrod Road
Manchester, CT 06040
For more information, please call
Sue at 860-646-2095 days or evenings.


BEE KIND TO POLLINATORS

 

The Honey Bee

 

 

Apis mellifera is known by one and all as the honey bee.  Fossil records of bees in Europe (found in cave paintings) date from the Stone Age.  Originating in southeast Asia, honey bees spread throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. Bees were domesticated since the time of the building of the Egyptian pyramids; bee hives were maintained by Greeks and Romans in the 1st century AD.  By the 1400 's,  beeswax candles were in use.

Honey bees first arrived in the New World in 1622, brought by European colonists.  Some of these imported bees escaped and spread throughout the Americas as feral bees. For many years, commercial beekeepers have been transporting their colonies to orchards and fields to pollinate crops worth an estimated 15 billion dollars.


A normal die-off of honey bees is 5-10% a year. Parasitic mites and unique diseases pose a major threat to the health of honey bees. By the mid '90s, feral honey bees had been decimated by these health threats.  In 2006 a die-off rate three times higher than usual was recorded for the European honey bee.  The term Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), wherein bees leave the colony but do not return,  was coined to describe this phenomenon which is caused by a combination of contributing factors, rather than a specific disease or poison.  What happened? Urbanization, with its weed-free lawns and pavements  equate to reduced foraging  and malnourishment for bees.   Pesticides, especially a class of nicotine-derived chemicals named neonicotinoids, used on food crops, disrupts the ability to navigate that is crucial to honey bees.


How can we help the beleaguered honey bee?  Our backyard habitats play a crucial role in the health of these populations.  Manicured lawns are the equivalent of a desert to honey bees. A diversity of plantings to support bee populations would include certain trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals, as well as what is grown in the vegetable and herb gardens.  Some examples come readily to mind: bee balm, lavender, goldenrod, blueberry bushes, and rhododendrons.


* Lois Nichols

State Projects Chair

 

We invite members to submit their photographs of pollinators to be published in the
CF News.

 

 

EYE ON HORTICULTURE: The May Garden


 

I know you will join me in thanking Kathrine Neville for her six years of service as Horticulture Chair. I always found her columns informative and inspiring. Thank you, Kathrine! We will miss you!

 

There's much to do in the May garden, including weeding, feeding, mulching and pruning. If your time is limited, spend your hours weeding and mulching. If your plants don't get pruned or fertilized, it's not the end of your garden. If the weeds take over your garden, it might be the end! 

 

All too often, we plant without paying attention to "best practices" in planting. New plants can be expensive, and it's well worth our time to plant them mindfully.

 

Before you plant, all perennials should be soaked overnight in water. Get those roots dripping wet, then remove the pot and really rough up those roots (you want to encourage the roots to grow out into your garden soil) before putting the plant in the planting hole. Fill the hole with water, let it drain. Fill the hole with soil and make a dam around the plant to hold water, and water well.

 

Ditto for woodies. With these few important additions:

 

*After you thoroughly soak the rootball, cut the four sides back to make a squarish shape. This will help to prevent the roots from growing across each other and eventually girdling and killing the plant.

 

*If you're planting a rhodie or other acid loving plant, you may want to remove the soil around the rootball entirely. Many acid loving plants have a peat-based mix. If you don't remove it, it will dry up and prevent water from getting to the roots.


*Dig the planting hole wide and shallow as shown in The Cornell Guide for Planting and Maintaining Trees and Shrubs. This informative guide can be downloaded in .pdf form at http://www.ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/3572.

plant hole
 

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Outside pots and window boxes should not be planted with Impatiens. Your local garden center may tell you that the Impatiens they sell are healthy and can be planted safely, but spores of Impatiens Downy Mildew are spread by the wind and any Impatiens you plant will not be immune to the disease.

 

This is a problem, as there is no plant that fills our need for a shade-loving spreader better than impatiens. Try Begonias, Caladiums, Coleus, Flowering Vinca, and New Guinea Impatiens. Sunpatiens (new to me) are purported to be resistant to Downy Mildew.

 

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In May, a brood of 17-year cicadas will emerge in Hamden. I saw the last brood 17 years ago, and it was well worth the trip. This year cicadas will be found in 22 towns with the larger populations near trap-rock ridges in Guilford, North Branford, Hamden, Berlin and Southington.

 

Chris Maier, an entomologist at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, says, "The best place to see them is at the Magicicada Preserve in Hamden. This 90-acre preserve owned by the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority lies north of River Road and immediately east of the Mill River. A wide trail goes 200-300 yards into the forest there."

 

When should we go? Hard to say, as it depends on the weather and when the soil becomes warm enough for the cicadas to emerge. This is a great field trip for kids and grandkids. More information can be found at www.cicadamania.com.

 

* Pamela Weil

Horticulture Chair  

 

 
The Kensington Garden Club
Proudly Presents Our

MAY PLANT SALE

May 18, 2013
9 A.M. - 1 P.M.

Berlin V.F.W. Post #10732 Pavilion

Massirio Drive, Berlin, CT.  

 

Annual/Perennial Plants at very reasonable prices
(with written information about each plant)
Fabulous Floral/Herb/Gardening Raffle Prizes-
(Created by our own members)
White Elephant Table with Garden Related Items

Contact Person: Susan Gacek - susanthemother@comcast.net



TRAVEL WITH FGCCT

A variety of  enticing and  unusual gardens awaits  travelers on the FGCCT  Mediterranean Garden tour, September 26-October 3, 2013. There are several places left for garden lovers interested in this week-long tour  through Provence and along the Cote d'Azur.   Here are a few of the treats in store for participants.
 
Abbey St. Andre with its beautiful terraced gardens of Florentine inspiration and striking views over Avignon.
 
Jardin de l'Alchimiste, a botanical garden of magical plants created by two of France's most original designers.
 
Villa Noaille, where the seasons can be distinguished by the aromas of the plants.
 
Serre de la Madone Garden, a haven of greenery, peace and beauty clinging to the flanks of the hillside in Menton.
 
Val Rameh,  whose collection offers an around-the-world botany tour.
 
Hanbury Botanic Garden, a short distance from the Italian border, where there is a Japanese Garden and a Garden of Perfumes.
 
"A Garden in the Sky"  in the medieval village of Eze .
 
The Princess Grace Rose Garden in Monte Carlo.
 
Renaissance style Villa Ephrussi Rothschild, where there are seven themed gardens, all havens of peace and beauty.
 
The registration deadline is June 15. For a brochure and registration call FGCCT tour coordinator Joan Cox at 203-262-9809,  or Carew Travel  800.621-1113. Email:  tours@carewtravel.com or download the itinerary at www.carewtravel.com.

 

Chelsea Botanical Gardens'
6th Annual Butterfly Pavilion
11 a.m. - 5 p.m. June 6 & 7
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. June 8 & 9
Hart's Greenhouse and Florist
43 Clinton Avenue, Norwich
Tickets: $4 under age 12; $6 adults
(No tickets sold after 4:30 p.m.)
 www.chelseabotanicalgardens.org
860-889-6642

 
PLANT NATIVE TREES

The Franklinia alatamaha
 (Franklin tree)
 
Hello garden clubbers, I have a new challenge and will be writing about our native trees. I decided to start with my very favorite: the Franklinia.  This tree has a history, and a legend, which makes it more interesting and also a little bit of a mystery that has never been solved.

I first learned of this tree about 12 years ago at a Horticulture conference in Philadelphia and immediately knew I wanted one for my garden. The story goes that John Bartram was a plantsman who worked for the King of England as a plant finder  and shipped the plants back to the King's gardens in the 1700's. Bartram found this tree in the area of the Alatamaha River in Georgia.  Bartram was a friend of Ben Franklin and, therefore, named the tree in Franklin's honor. The tree has never been seen in the wild since the 1700's.
 
Bartram did cultivate this tree, and we have an interesting story to tell about it.

It's a small tree, approximately 10 to 30 feet tall. It's a bit shorter in our area because of our colder winters. It is sometimes called a shrub.

The Franklinia does flower in late August through September. Its blossom is similar to a Camellia blossom:  2-3" with  ivory petals and a yellow center. It doesn't stop there. The orange-yellow fall foliage is another great feature. Recently a cultivar has turned up in Connecticut called 'Wintonbury,' which has proven to withstand our climate and be more disease resistant.

I live in zone 6, and I do believe the Franklinia can tolerate zone 5, but I am not sure. You might want to check with the nurseries that sell the tree to confirm the zone. My two Franklinia are 5 and 3 years old and seem very happy.
 
"My green thumb came only as a result of mistakes I made while learning those things from a plant's point of view."
H. Fred Ale

* Kathrine Neville



 




STATE AWARDS APPLICATIONS
DUE BY MAY 31st 

If your Club is applying for a Connecticut State award, please use this interactive Award Application (click here), which permits you to complete it online by typing directly into the document and then printing it out.  This application form is also posted on our FGCCT website
www.ctgardenclubs.org
Find it by clicking on "Forms" on the left side of our home page. 

Send your completed three-page awards application to the appropriate committee chairmen, as follows: 

Civic Development, Maureen Carson, 1335 Shippan Avenue, Stamford 06902.  

Environmental Concerns/Conservation, Louise Weber, 9 Manor Rd., Old Greenwich, CT 06870.  

Garden Therapy, Dottie Fox, 48Taft Circle, Watertown 06795. 

Historic/Memorial/Public Gardens, Nancy Lenoce, 59 Spinning Wheel Road, Trumbull 06611-2674. 

Horticulture, Pamela Weil, 67 Quinlan Avenue, Bridgeport 06605; 

Youth Activities, Barbara Norrgard, P.O.Box 448, Old Greenwich 06870. 

Please send a duplicate copy to
Awards Chairman, Janet Spaulding, at 9 Applewood Lane, Glastonbury 06033. 

Note:  Although you can complete the PDF form on your computer, you will NOT be able to save the completed form; instead, please be sure you PRINT IT  as soon as you complete it.  Caution:  Stay with the document by completing the entire page and printing it before moving away from it!!



Flower Show School Course IV
was held from April 3rd to April 5th at the Kellogg Environmental Center. Shown together with Horticulture Instructor Johnna Claire-Metz is Flower Show School Chairman Jessica Fischer, who grew the daffodils herself from bulbs for the horticulture display.
FSSpic
 
Return of Silver Awards
 
If your Club has won any silver awards at the October 31st Awards Luncheon last year, please make sure you contact Inge Venus, at ihvplanet@cox.net to arrange to have your silver award returned at the earliest possible time.

 
Scholarship News

The Scholarship Committee has sent the application of Julie M. Carson to the National Garden Club's Scholarship Program. We will hear the results of their decisions at the annual convention of the National Garden Clubs.  Our next focus will be on the CT Federation Scholarship Program with applications due by July 1st. 

The Committee wishes to thank the following Clubs for their donations to the Scholarship Fund.

Cheshire Garden Club
Glastonbury Garden Club
Green Fingers Garden Club
Haddam Garden Club
Hubbard Heights Garden Club
Kensington Garden Club
Garden Club of Madison
Morris Cove Garden Club
Norwalk Garden Club
Olde Ripton Garden Club
Old Saybrook Garden club
Garden Club of Orange
Portland Garden Club
Sasqua Garden Club
Spring Glen Garden Club
Wallingford Garden Club
West Hartford Garden Club
West Haven Garden Club

Welcome to Judy Joly, the next chair of the Scholarship Committee.
 
* Barbara Norrgard

Report: Hydrofracking


The following report was presented to the FGCCT Board at their March 20, 2013 meeting.

There has been much controversy over fracking (hydraulic fracturing), an extraction procedure that pumps pressurized fluid deep into the earth to create fractures in the rocks. This provides a pathway for natural gas or oil to rise upward. Fracking makes extracting oil and gas located deep down beneath the earth's surface a profitable venture. Traditional drilling would be too costly.

A typical natural gas well takes between 2 to 5 million gallons of fluid to frack.  Approximately 10 to 50 percent of the toxic fluids return to the surface.  The fluid contains not only toxic chemicals that were in the fracking fluid but also some radioactive materials from deep inside the earth.

Oil and natural gas companies are in favor of fracking.  They claim it's a significant new source of natural gas/oil, reduces U.S.'s dependence on foreign energy supplies, significantly increases the output of existing mines, creates thousands of jobs, and drives natural gas prices down.

The claims are all true.  However, there is potential damage. The number one concern of fracking is water contamination with higher levels of methane gas. (When methane levels reach a certain point, people can witness the burning tap water phenomenon; at higher levels, explosions can occur.)  Also, about half of the fracking fluid returns to the surface as wastewater. The wastewater may be improperly treated and discharged into streams and rivers or wastewater may be intentionally released into the environment (spread on roads as de-icing material). There are concerns over mysterious animal deaths and industrial disasters and explosions.  Seismologists have found a link between fracking and small tremors. Quakes in Ohio have been linked to "disposal injection wells" used to store fluid from fracking.

Gas drilling in PA skyrocketed in recent years due to the vast deposits of natural gas in the Marcellus Shale (geological formation stretching from TN to NY). There have been disastrous industrial accidents and poisoned drinking water - earning the state a reputation for "gas development gone wrong."

Fracking has caused so much controversy that some countries are banning the practice.  France was the first country to make it illegal due to concerns over water
pollution.  In the US, VT was the first state to ban hydraulic fracturing.  Just recently the NY Assembly passed legislation to block fracking until 2015.

There are many Connecticut organizations supporting a ban on fracking waste, among them:  Audubon Connecticut, Environment and Human Health, Inc., League of Women Voters of Connecticut, Middletown Garden Club, People's Action for Clean Energy, Save the Sound, Sierra Club, and The Connecticut Fund for the Environment.

There are no confirmed cases of fracking in CT, but there are no disclosure rules.  However, several bills have been proposed this year in the Connecticut general assembly:

Bill 5410 - an act prohibiting the introduction of fracking by-products onto roads, real property or in wastewater treatment facilities of the state and prohibiting the sale of such fracking by-products in the state.

Bill 5335 - an act banning the receipt of hazardous fracking by-products in the state.

For more information, visit sourcewatch.org and earthjustice.org.

Respectfully submitted,

* Linda Helm
Legislation/Government Action Chair

 

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URGENT WARNING

ALL FGCCT CLUBS MUST FILE WITH THE IRS!!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CLUB PRESIDENTS AND TREASURERS

 

To maintain your garden club's Tax Exemption status, your club MUST file with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) EVERY YEAR. You must file a form 990, 990-EZ, or 990N (the e-postcard).

 

Clubs that fail to file an annual 990-series return or notice, for three consecutive years, will AUTOMATICALLY lose their tax-exempt status.

 

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION

or Go To

www.irs.gov, then click link for "Charities & Non-Profits."

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