From: Capitol Hill Garden Club CapitolHillGardenClub@wildapricot.orgSubject: CHGC Newsletter - April 2018

Date: April 8, 2018 at 2:11 AMTo: Anthony Pontorno anthonypontorno@gmail.com

The Capitol Hill Garden Club's

Hill Garden News

April 2018

SPRING HAS ARRIVED!

Greetings,

Our April meeting will prove to be an action-packed meeting. We hope you have had time tooverlook the roster of candidates for the 2018-2019 season. Here is a reminder so you can votewisely on Tuesday, April 10, 2018.

Edwin Peterman, President

I have offered to serve as President of the CHGC again for three reasons: first, I love the club,the CHGC is composed of fascinating, passionate, community-minded members who practicetheir convictions; second, we are not afraid to think outside of the typical garden club box whenit comes to presentations (from my perspective, the most interesting presentation that we’vehad during my tenure focused on turning human waste at Blue Plains in to garden fertilizer);third, I want the club to succeed and I need to be honest…..we need stability as we focus on thefuture of our club in upcoming months. We must have a full board in place before mid-June,including committee chairs and if reelected, I will do everything in my part to be an agent ofchange and help lead us to that next level. I have a lot of experience as President, for one termI served as the Vice President while also serving as de facto President; in a second term I servedas Vice President with Gail Giuffrida and when Gail stepped down I finished her term.

Stephan Bauer, Vice President

Steve Bauer's love for gardening was established and grown in Buffalo, NY where he built andmaintained a large garden for more than twenty years and became a long time member ofBuffalo's innovative Urban Roots Garden Club. In 2013-2014 he built a second garden toparticipate in the 2014 Buffalo Garden Walk. Moving to Washington DC in 2014, Steverecognized the need to learn or modify in his gardening practice. He quickly joined the CapitolHill Garden Club for companionship with its well-established and knowledgeable gardeningcommunity and to partake in its excellent learning opportunities. Steve believes that gardensand gardening have deep personal and societal value. He looks forward to working with Clubmembers with the purpose of strengthening the CHGC in the coming years."

Janice McKenney, Secretary

Over the years, I've enjoyed club programs and activities. For the last two years, however, I'vebeen fairly inactive, and I feel being Secretary would be a good way to get back intoparticipating in the club again. In addition to being the Club’s historian, I was Vice President forone year.

Lisa Stuart, Treasurer

I love living on Capitol Hill and enjoy viewing the gardens of my neighbors and professionalsalike. I’ve lived here 15 years but just joined the Garden Club 4 months ago after my preciousgarden was ripped apart while replacing the sewer pipes. As an economist during the day, Ihope I can help the Club in the evening as treasurer.

The most important way to keep CHGC vibrant is for our members to take part andconsider a leadership role. We have so much to share with each other as well as thecommunity around us.

Please consider these candidates who have stepped up to the plate to serve inleadership positions.

Respectfully,

The Nominating Committee

Sandra Bruce

Joyce Jones

Mary Ann Sroufe

March Meeting RecapMarianne Willburn delighted us with her beautiful photos, a brief review of her book Big

Marianne Willburn delighted us with her beautiful photos, a brief review of her book BigDreams, Small Garden - A Guide to Creating Something Extraordinary in YourOrdinary Space as well as her recommendations on how we can utilize the lessons in ourgardens. We had a terrific time engaging with Marianne by asking lots of questions. We weresurprised that she thanked us for the beautiful tulips and daffodils that greeted her as shearrived in Our City.

One of the most important things we learned was it is OUR garden and we have creative licenseto try new and different things. Make gardening fun and fulfilling. If something does not workone season, it is ok to pull it out. The garden is never finished and is always waiting for our nextbig idea.

April Meeting

Hot, New Tried and True Annuals and Perennials

Speaker: Ruth Rogers ClausenOur final speaker for this season is Ruth Rogers Clausen. Ruth was trained in horticulture atStudley College in England and received her MS in Botany from Kent State University, Ohio.Since 1976 she has freelanced as a teacher, lecturer, and author in the US and Canada. In 1989she co-authored Perennials for American Gardens, which was awarded the Quill &Trowel awardfrom the Garden Writers of America Association in 1990. She has written for The AmericanGarden Guides: Perennial Gardening (1994) with The New York Botanical Garden; AnnualGardening (1995) with MissouriBotanical Garden; Trees (1996) with Chicago Botanic Garden. Hearst Books published Dreamscaping in 2001.

Ruth has contributed articles to several Brooklyn Botanic Garden Handbooks, to horticulturalmagazines, and consulted on horticultural books. She often serves as a “show garden” judge atflower shows, including Cincinnati Flower Show, ChicagoFlower Show, the South African CapeTown Flower Show, and the Ellerslie FlowerShow in Auckland, New Zealand. She wasHorticulture Editor for Country Living Gardener magazine for 7 ½ years. Ruth is currently a free-lance writer, and lecturer at symposia, shows, and to garden clubs across the country. She is onthe Board of Directors for Delaware Botanic Gardens. She is also a Member of the Corporationfor The NewYork Botanical Garden and serves on the Advisory Committee for the SchoolofProfessional Horticulture.

We are excited to see what Ruth has to share!

7:15 PM

The Northeast Library

The Northeast Library

Lower Level Conference Room

7th & Maryland Ave NE

Washington, DC 20002

Other News From The ClubMember Care

We recently found out that Martha Connor-Donnelly had a tumble on the stairs at home. Marthais now in rehab and is expected to come home next week. Let's continue to keep all of our sickand shut-in members, in our hearts and minds.

It's Time To Renew Your Membership

With the new season upon us, you can renew your membership atthe next meeting.

Couple's Membership - $55

Individual Membership - $35

To ensure that you receive all member benefits, please bringyour payment to the meeting. Please see Ed Peterman,Elizabeth McClure, or Jennifer Cate.

If you have friends or neighbors who want to become members, please send them to ourwebsite to the Join Now page where they can complete the registration process. Keep in mindthe benefits included in being a member of the Capitol Hill Garden Club.

NCA Capital Column for April

April is here!

We, gardeners, are really fools for April—showers, flowers, and busy garden hours keep us

going and growing!

Many NCA members are growing and showing all over the Washington area! So much is

happening—it’s a great time for gardeners!

Top of our list for NCA’s Amazing April—the 2018 NCA Conference & Flower Show! Sign Up

NOW! NCA Spring Conference 2018. We need your vision! We need your talent! Show us

what you grow!

Join friends—old & new—on Friday. April 13—we will have two nationally known speakers,

Join friends—old & new—on Friday. April 13—we will have two nationally known speakers,

amazing NCA workshops, and our NCA Flower Show! NEW! Our own NCA stars will guide us

through a few District I Gardens! The Conference location is great, the food delicious, and

the day will fly by! Remember, you have to be in it to win it! Like all good things—-you have

to show up!

Start Saturday morning April 14 with a light breakfast and a demonstration of Paige

Canfield’s new designs for spring—“Small Grouping—Thinking Outside the Box!” Then, the

meeting you have been eagerly awaiting, our NCA Spring General Meeting, “The State of the

State”—with a report from every garden club on “A Garden For Every Garden Club” and a

new special NCA presentation featuring photographs with ALL OF YOU in YOUR

GARDENS! Please email Lisa Cort TODAY at LFBCort@aol.com to confirm your Club is

included in this special presentation!

We will have Awards!! Our Luncheon speaker is bringing her talents along with her brand

new & gorgeous book, “Second Bloom,” and we will help make your Mother’s Day shopping

a breeze—we will wrap the book, along with your wonderful new purchases from our Arbor

House Gift Shop collections—available at the Conference!

Please come! Please enter the Flower Show! Enjoy a workshop and a delicious meal—come

for any of these great reasons—and bring a friend! We are sharing ideas together as we

grow together!

The NCA programs & events continue—classes to keep your mind engaged and your skills

sharp; trips close by and our NCA trip to the Newport Flower Show, June 21-24th!

The Newport Flower Show, Cottages Smart and Small, will be held 22 - 24 June

2018 at Rosecliff Mansion. Rosecliff Mansion was built in 1898 and is one of the Gilded Age

mansions of Newport. The mansion is situated on 6 acres and its beautiful landscaped

grounds are a perfect venue for this show.

The NFS is a juried event with beautiful floral designs and outstandinghorticulture specimens. In addition to our planned itinerary, there will beother free lectures, workshops, and demonstrations by noted experts in floraldesign and horticulture throughout the two days that members may attend. Thegrounds at Rosecliff will offer garden displays throughout and its OceansideBoutiques and Gardeners Marketplace will offer you a unique shoppingexperience.

Includedinouri,neraryare:

· Round-triptransporta,ontoandfromNewport

· Busaccessibilityduringthe4-daytrip

· 2-daysadmissiontotheshow

· A,cketedfloraldesigndemonstra,on,lecture,andluncheon

· A3-hourdocenttrolleytourtoincludeanoverviewofNewport,itsbeau,fulhistoricalbuildingsandneighborhoods,grandmansionsandaTen-MileOceandriveendingwithaself-guidedtourofthe

BreakersMansion.

· AformalfarewelldinnertobeheldatMarbleHallMansion.

The cost of this trip is $550.00. Members are responsible to make their own hotelreservation. Reserved rooms are in the name of the National Capital Area GardenClubs. Reservations are based on two persons in a room. Breakfast will be provided eachmorning at the hotel. Spouses are welcomed to join us.

To register, please click this link

Sign up TODAY! Be a part of NCA—learn and laugh a little with us—and please bring your

friends! The information you will receive is good enough to share and twice as much fun

with a friend!

Upcoming Schools Registrations:

Environmental Studies School - Thursday, May 17 and Friday, May 18, 2018 Registrationand Brochure

Landscape Design/Gardening School Bi-Refresher Trip – June 12 and 13, 2018Registration

Interested In Native Orchids?

The North American Orchid Conservation Center has a terrific newsletter. NAOCC was

The North American Orchid Conservation Center has a terrific newsletter. NAOCC wasestablished by the Smithsonian Institution partnering with the United States Botanic Garden.The mission of this organization is to assure the survival of all native orchids in the United Statesand Canada. Offering assorted programs, a conservation initiative as well as the Fred CaseGrant, the North American Orchid Conservation Center has a lot to offer. to find out more, visittheir website - https://www.northamericanorchidcenter.org ;

There Is A Garden Party and We Need Volunteers!

A few volunteers from the Capitol Hill Garden Club are needed to staff a booth at Frager'sHardware. What a great way to re-introduce CHGC to the new owners at their new location. Itwill be the Frager's First Annual Spring Garden Party. The date of this event is Sunday, April 22from 12 noon until 4:00 pm. The new location is at 1123 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. IF you arewilling to smile, answer garden-related questions and of course share all the benefits of joiningthe Capitol Hill Garden Club - WE NEED YOU!!

Please contact Jennifer Cate at jennifercate@hotmail.com if you can spare some time.

Adopt an Urn At Lincoln Park

Karen Cohen has reached out to the CHGC to see if we want to Adopt and Urn. Karen runs anorganization called P.L.A.N.T.S. (People Living Actively Near Their Sites). Last year she started aproject in partnership with the National Park Service. They have created a plant plan to redo theLincoln Emancipation Statue area. They will need volunteer help to execute theadoption/volunteer project to beautify this area.

To find out more about this project here is a link from the article that was shared in the Hill Rag:http://hillrag.com/2017/09/13/flowers-for-lincoln-park/

If this is something that interests you, contact Karen Cohen 704-200-5135

Interested in a Community Garden Plot? The 1200 Potomac Avenue Community Garden Association (PAGA) is looking for groups,organizations or individuals who would like a free garden plot this year to foster the value ofgardening and community. PAGA is looking for groups or individuals who work with youth,seniors or other communities.There will be up to four free plots offered this summer. PAGApartners with Dila Construction, who sponsors this program and owns the land where the gardenis located. Please read NextDoor.com for more information.

There Is So Much For Gardeners To Do In Washington

The Capitol Hill Gardens Club's Local Events and Opportunities page on our website has lots ofthings for you to do in and around the Washington area.

Plan to visit this page often to see what new items are posted, or just visit the page one timeand click Subscribe. When you subscribe, you'll receive automatic emails each time a

new activity is posted.

Many thanks to Carol Edwards for posting all of these events for us on the website.

Capturing the Season...

Do you have a cell phone? A camera? Let's start sharing our photo's monthly as we capture theseasons in our Washington, DC. neighborhoods. If you would like to send a photo that you areproud of, please upload and email them to teri@cottageinthecourt.com We would love to see

how we can capture the beauty that surrounds us.

how we can capture the beauty that surrounds us. Share your pictures!

Dear Problem LadyThe Capitol Hill Garden Club presents

The Capitol Hill Garden Club presents

Dear Problem Lady,By Wendy Blair

We always spend winters away from home. My husband insists, now that April’s here and we’re backhome, that we have missed the correct time to prune our large and badly overgrown beech tree. Hewill not hear of pruning it now. But I can see very high branches ready to fall, and a canopy that –although leafless as yet – is going to be jammed with crossing branches. How can I persuade himotherwise, or shall I just hire a pruner and let the chips fall where they may?

Your beech tree might be an exception that proves the rule. Your husband is entirely correct. Most treesshould be pruned while they are dormant. Otherwise, they suffer – rather like a human being suffering surgerywithout an anesthetic. But the reasons for pruning are many. The tree may suffer, but still survive, if younotice an insect infestation or rot or disease. You shouldn't wait for the appropriate seasonal timing in thiscase. Similarly, thinning a canopy that contains broken and crossing branches will avoid hurting people anddamaging property. It will also allow air and sunshine to reach the interior of the tree – aiding its longtermhealth and beauty.

My usually big bushy Spirea, having suffered through the past winter, is dry and brown. Should I cutit right back, or will the brown disappear with time and cascades of white flowers return?

Spirea seems to produce leaves late, as its white flowers arrive. Since your Spirea is probably a bridal wreathtype, it will bloom on new (or this year’s) wood. That means you could trim any broken or damaged branchesnow without missing any lovely May and June showers of flowers. But you do not need to.

Bridal Wreath Spirea

Other Spirea – often the pink kind -- do bloom on “old” (or last year’s) wood. The time to prune these is afterthey bloom, before summer, when they produce next year’s buds.

I have forgotten what perennials I should have planted to hide the fading leaves of my splendid butnow dead daffodils. Can I still plant something?

Of course, you can. Many people choose lilies. The bright green spears of Daylilies dart up in April to blendwith expiring daffodil leaves. Your horticultural instincts are excellent -- allowing daffodil leaves to live on tofeed their bulbs and thus hardily bloom again next spring. Cutting Daffodils back prematurely injures theirbulbs. Any other summer-blooming perennial would be fine to plant – Rudbeckia, Shasta daisy, a prettyperennial geranium – even a colorful biennial such as Sweet William or foxglove – or annuals like Zinnia,Cleome or Cosmos.

The next public meeting of the Capitol Hill Garden Club will be on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at 7:15pm at the NE Public Library. Meetings are free and open to all. Membership details:

capitolhillgardenclub.org.

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