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Tewksbury

Garden Club

Tewksbury, MA, USA

Established in 1969

tewksburygardenclub@gmail.com

There's still time to be WICKED !!!

Monday through Wednesday, January 23 through 25,

10 am through 9 pm, dine in, take out, or delivery

Mention the Tewksbury Garden Club when you order

Wicked Cheesy will donate 15% of sales to the Garden Club

Garden Club Meeting, Wednesday, January 11

Thanks and kudos to our hospitality team for a delightful

New Years celebration, above, and below left.

Loved the ring dings and sparking cider combination.

Special thanks for the generosity of the members,

we collected three bags of toiletries for the Food Pantry, below right.

January's featured speaker, Tony Bonannno, above right,

TBO, Try to be Organic Gardening

Tony's talk covered quite a spectrum from RTFL: Read the Full Label,

jumping worms, leashes on ladybugs?, sun: you have it or you don't,

and quite seriously, water slowly, and water early in the morning.

Wintry Horticulture

To prolong the bloom of amaryllis:

Once the flower bud opens, remove the yellow anthers inside the flower with tweezers before they shed pollen. The flowers will also last longer if the plant is moved to a cooler room at night (55-65F) and out of direct sunlight during the day.

Get out your catalogs and visit

your favorite online garden stores because it’s time to start

placing plant and seed orders

for spring.

Thanks Karen Favreau, for sharing your collected wealth of horticultural tips.

January 2023

Literary Blooms

Created by Cheryl Petrola

January 2023

Garden Therapy at Bayberry

Craft created by Connie Monaco

The Tewksbury Garden Club's

ART IN BLOOM

has been rescheduled until spring 2024.

The Museum of Fine Arts

ART IN BLOOM, 2023

Friday, April 28 through Sunday, April 30

There is no advertising yet, for

The Needham/Newton Garden Club

ART IN BLOOM

The Travel Club has relaunched!, and held their first meeting since . . . in a very long time.

Fingers crossed, a 2023 destination will be announced, and a sign up sheet avaialble at the February meeting.

We have collected $68, the desgnated amount for a Penny Pines Plantation.

A ballot was distributed at the January meeting,

in memory of?, in honor of? and it was a tie.

Additional discussion will be held at the

February meeting.

Our February meeting

is on Wednesday, February 8. and will be held at the Greenhouses at Tewksbury Hospital, with Bob Baden as our host and speaker. We will

meet in the FRONT HOUSE (the new greenhouse), which is the

greenhouse at the corner of Greenhouse Road and Nichols.

It will be well lit. There are parking lots to either side of the greenhouse but Bob suggests using the large parking to the right of the greenhouses (up Greenhouse Rd and take a right, park and walk the short distance back). We’ve been asked to please park in the lots and not on any of the roads.

The greenhouse will be warm and well lit. I’ll be on hand to help direct members into the parking lot and greenhouse. Anyone who is not

comfortable driving at night should reach out to another member for

ride or let me know. --- Gail Errera, Vice President

2023 Gala

Wednesday, November 8

Thank you Rose O'Neil and Cathy Harvey for investigative work done. We have made a down payment with the Elks Lodge, 777 South Street,

as a location for our 2023 gala.

Please speak with Tricia Keddie if you are interested in stepping into the role of

Gala Chairperson, and coordinating a gala team.

For 2023-2024, the club is also seeking:

President

Co-President

Treasurer

Recording Secretary

Corresponding Secretary

Responsibilities for these positions are listed in the Garden Club Yearbook.

Please speak with Tricia Keddie if you are interested in stepping up.