Jun
16
10:00 AM10:00

Visiting Gardens Tour - LADEW TOPIARY GARDEN & CAVANO PERENNIALS

Date:  Tuesday June 16

LADEW TOPIARY GARDEN  3535 Jarrettsville Pike  Monkton MD

Arrive around 10:15.  About 1.5 hour drive from West Chester via Route 1S and Rte 23W

Lunch at SUNSHINE GRILLE & BISTRO.   12607 Ford Rd.  Fork MD 21051

Arrive  around noon.  about 20 minutes from Ladew

CAVANO PERENNIALS.   845 Sunshine Ave Kingsville MD 21087.

Just a few minutes from Sunshine Grille.

Cavano is a wholesale nursery but they will allow us to shop at prices 50%  below retail (this is higher than the wholesale price).  A vast array of fields and greenhouses makes it exhausting and overwhelming, so it's advisable to plan ahead about what you want to buy.

To facilitate carpooling, you can let Meg know if you will be going.  Warning: Think about the capacity of your vehicle to haul plants as you consider if more than one person will travel with you.

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May
26
to May 27

Visiting Garden Tour to DC & Richmond, VA

Contact Meg Spurlin with questions

BROOKSIDE GARDENS  1800 Glenallan Avenue  Wheaton MD 20902. 

Admission free; onsite parking.   Approximately 2.5 hrs. drive from Westchester.  Arrive 11:00 AM.  A 50-acre garden including many areas (Aquatic , Azalea, Butterfly, Childrens, Rose, Japanese etc.) 

Lunch around 1:00 PM at a restaurant TBD in Dupont Circle or Georgetown area.

DUMBARTON OAKS 1703 32nd Street NW  (31st and R)  Arrive 2:30 – 3:00.                        Admission $15.  2-hour street parking (A parking garage 0.6 miles away a Wisconsin and S St Parking  called Air Garage, (may require reservation).  Mildred Bliss began a (sometimes rocky) 30-year collaboration with Beatrix Farrand to develop a 16-acre garden at the highest point in Georgetown.   Terraces, borders, garden rooms, pleached avenues.

Dinner – TBD either in DC or Richmond

LINDEN ROW INN   Two-hour drive from Dumbarton Oaks.  100 E. Franklin St. Richmond VA 23219.  (804) 783-7000.  From around $200.  Historic row houses and main house restored with modern comfort. 

ST. JOHN’S MEWS/CHURCH HILL NEIGHBORHOOD/ CARRINGTON SQUARE  Near E. Broad Street.  2 miles from Linden Row Inn.  Stop by first thing in morning.  Garden Recipient of GCA Founders Fund award.   Designed and maintained by the Garden Club of Virginia, in historic district, known for its 18th century ambiance.  Framed by St. John’s Church.

LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN.  1800 Lakeside Ave.  Richmond VA 23228.  15 minute drive from Linden Row or Church Hill neighborhood.  Arrive mid-morning.  Admission $20/$15 seniors.  Onsite parking.  A variety of very fine gardens.

Lunch at the cafe.

NATIONAL ARBORETUM.  3501 New York Ave. NE Washington, DC .  About 2 hours from Gitner and 2 hours from Westchester.  (halfway on the quickest route between Gitner and home).  Arrive around 2:45 or 3:00 p.m.  Free admission; onsite parking.  Notable bonsai collection:  Pinetum beautifully designed with many specimens of “dwarf” conifers that are now sizeable.  Camellia hill (many may be

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Ways & Means Yard Sale
Apr
18
7:30 AM07:30

Ways & Means Yard Sale

Ways and Means Committee Yard Sale: Set up items at East Goshen Twp building: 7:30 am

         The sale runs from 9:00-12:00, followed by take-down.

Location:  East Goshen Township Building (1580 Paoli Pike, West Chester, PA)

For Questions contact Eva, Troy or Karan

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Apr
9
1:00 PM13:00

Floral Napkin Ring Workshop

You are invited to attend a workshop to design a floral napkin ring

Location: 1433 Carroll Brown Way, West Chester

Please bring a napkin ring, flowers, and some shears. For flowers, they should think small like chamomile, feverfew, mini mums, wax flower, baby’s breath, mini spray roses …

Linda will provide oasis floral foam, chicken wire, glue, hot glue etc. 

All are welcome, even if not participating in the flower show. 

For Question please contact Linda Craig

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