NOVEMBER

The next meeting will be on **November 18, 2026** at the **Tewksbury State Hospital Greenhouse**. Doors open at 6:30 for socializing and meeting starts promptly at 7 pm.

Layer Upon Layer

No pasta required! Debbie will demonstrate how to layer spring-flowering bulbs in containers using the "bulb lasagna" technique. Learn how to create weeks of colorful blooms from a single pot by combining bulbs with different bloom times.

Bring to Meeting:

· Cash for monthly drawing

· Optional: Donations for Plant-A-Tree and the Food Pantry (Toiletries)

LITERARY BLOOMS

What is your favorite book?

A beautiful floral arrangement by Joan H.

CGG Fall CLEAN UP

Fall Clean Up was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who came out to help with clean up. So much was accomplished, including:

Pulling creeping Euonymus near the Gazebo
Thinning out some of the other plants
Hosta, Lilies and Salvia cut down for the season
Lots of raking.
New border section was added to the Pleasant Street side of the War Memorial and filled in to take care of a hole that keeps opening up
The bushes were all trimmed neatly and the tree were pruned to let the light in
The Water Statue was cleaned up
Lily garden at the library cleaned up
Susan and Amelia have been collecting seeds and caring for the Native Gardens at the Annex and Muster Park.

Marie and Lisa would like to thank our hard working teams for showing up with a smile and making quick work of everything. What a blessing you all are!

OCTOBER MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

What a wonderful presentation by Lynn Iverson of Eir's Garden in Lowell. Lynn taught us about specific herbs and their usefulness for winter wellness. Sorry, we forgot to capture photos of the meeting, but there will be a summary of Lynn's presentation on herbs within the October Club Meeting Minutes.

Garden Therapy photos for Bayberry (L) and Blaire House (R):

FALL-O-WEEN

Jenni and Pam represented the club at Tewksbury's Fall-O-Ween on the 18th. we had candy, glow bracelets, and seed packets to hand out.

PHOTOS FOR CALENDAR

Last call for photographs to be included in the 2027 TGC Calendar Fundraiser!

We are looking for photos of gardens we maintain around town that can include your own personal gardens, but please no people.

Please email photos to andreajditonno@gmail.com.

TGC UPCOMING DATES

November 4 @ 1 pm – Bayberry Garden Therapy
November 10 – Arbor Day Planning Meeting
November 20 – CGG Bow Fluffing
November 29 @ 11 am – Wreath/Tree Decorating
November 30 – CGG Decorate Town Hall
December 1 @ 10 am – Blaire House Garden Therapy
December 2 @ 1 pm – Bayberry Garden Therapy
December 5 @ 10am-2pm – Wreath/Tree sale at Senior Center

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

November 2 The NGC Membership Committee is pleased to present NGC Master Flower Show Judges Bonnie Vaughters and Amye Kelly in a Membership Monday design program. Bonnie and Amye will present a holiday-theme design program, "Carols Through the Centuries", that features songs of the holidays and related floral designs. Please join us on Zoom at 2:00 p.m. CT on Monday November 2, 2026.
November 4 - 8 "Fleurs de Villes" is coming to the Prudential Center! This is an exhibit of mannequins of flowers made by local artists. It reminds me of the floats in Rose Bowl Parade. More Info.

HORTICULTURE

Preparing Trees for Winter

You’ve cleaned your vegetable beds and your flower beds, but what about your trees and shrubs?

Should you do anything to help them through the cold season?

Well, yes, actually.

Water! Your trees are much more likely to survive the Winter time if they’ve received adequate moisture in the Fall. If there hasn’t been enough rain (i.e., every season nowadays), make sure that you water your trees thoroughly before the soil freezes.
Clean and mulch. Remove weeds, or at least invasives, and apply some form of mulch around the tree, 3 inches deep, 3 inches from the trunk (a mulch “volcano” is actually quite harmful), and ideally up to the drip line.
Protect the trunk from rodents. Install fencing, plastic spirals, or this handy sanded paint to the trunks to keep them from being girdled.

Enjoy the Fall!

BOARD MEETING

The next Board Meeting is on Wednesday, November 4th at 6:30. We'll be at Pam's house. Please join us if you want to join the Board, have an item to bring up, or just want a night out. Let Debbie know if you have Board Meeting agenda items or if you want to come and see how much fun a Board meeting can be.