Expressions of Gratitude From the Gardeners Gild
Thank you so much to the many volunteers, business donors and contributors who made the 2024 Arden Fair Plant Booth such a great success!!!
Please support the following businesses who generously donated items to be sold in the Plant Booth:
Action Hardware, Belak Flowers, Bread and Buttercream bakery, Friendly Gift Shop, Gateway Garden Center, Highland Orchards, Home Depot, John Petersheim Produce (Boothwyn Farmer’s Market), Marcus Hook Florist and Gifts, Marini’s, Old Country Gardens, ShopRite Grocery Stores and Stoltzfus Produce (Boothwyn Farmer’s Market).
Many thanks to these individuals who donated plants and/or volunteered their precious time and enthusiastic hard work:
Hajni Halasz, Lee Painter, Lorna Lee, Dela Muhlenberg, Carol Larson, Joy Lieb, Sue Benigni, Lisa Wolfe, Bev Clendening, Sofia Shanbhag, Elaine Schmerling, Ellie Hansen, Bob Erenburg, Susan Stith, Sharon Gilbert, RuPing Wang, Polly Brown, Shana Pinter, Gail Schneiders, Cheryl Regan, Csongor Pinter, Chris Day, Janean Clare, Steve Cohen, Mike Moran, Cindy Cohen, Linda Patton, Betty O’Regan, Vered Nohi, Elaine Hickey, Lisa Riblett, Mike Klein, Sharon Bousquet, Naomi Clark, Mandy Tocco, Janet Klimaszewski, Alida Fish, Mike Tanis, Laura Wallace and Mary Brent Whipple!
- Barbara Conway, 2024 Arden Fair Plant Booth Captain
We are very excited to have Nancy Bell giving a presentation at our October meeting (October 21, at 7:30 PM in the Gild Hall's Upper Hall). Nancy is the Education and Garden Coach Coordinator at Gateway Garden Center in Hockessin. She'll talk about preparing our garden for Fall & Winter in order to support wildlife, expand native plants, and promote plant health for the next growing season.
This topic is very timely, please come!
Dear Gardeners Gild Members and Friends...
It has been incredibly rewarding to get to know so many of you in person during these past years. I learned so much about the Ardens, about gardening, and we've had lots of fun activities, but the time has come for me to hand over the Gardeners Gild's leadership. As some of you will recall, during our party in June 2023 I announced that I am looking for someone to take over; well, the right person has just come along!
Elaine Schmerling has accepted to lead the Gardeners Gild; she really needs no introduction; she is the most active gardener (in her own garden and out in the community as well!) I've met here in the Ardens. She is knowledgeable and passionate about everything plant-related. She has boundless energy, and so many great ideas for our Gild. I can hardly wait to see what she has in mind for us!
FYI - I will continue distributing the plugs we had ordered in the Spring.
Thank you for all the support!
Hajni Halasz