The Lincoln Garden Club
The Lincoln Garden Club was founded in 1928 and federated in 1930 with the joint goals of providing community service to the Town and affording members the opportunity to enhance and share their knowledge of gardening and garden-related topics. Current membership is over 130 and growing!
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Some activities that may interest club members are listed below.
February 6, Next Regular Meeting. 9:30 am at the Groves Great Room. Jay Bearsfield from Liquid Landscapes will speak on how water features can bring wildlife, sound and beauty to your landscape.
Plan ahead! Tuesday, May 22 at 10 AM at Regis College. Garden Club Federation presents Bill Harper, International Floral artist. Tickets are $15 before Feb. 1. Call Helga Frzzette 508-255-6664 (click on underlined words to open poster)
Library Flowers: Angela Kadlec has agreed to take over Library Flower coordination. The sign up sheet is shown in the member’s section of the website, but you should contact Angela to sign up for an empty slot. Thank you Laura Eschenroeder who did, such a good job over the past years to coordinate this important community service for the club.
Winter has many of the area’s best Flower Shows. LGC member Lois Frampton will be exhibiting at Flora in Winter at the Worcester Art Museum, January 26-29. If it seems far away, sign up for the Council on Aging bus trip. If you are on your own, be sure to catch the complementary exhibit at Tower Hill. The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts is trying to encourage new exhibitors at the Boston Flower and Garden Show in Boston March 14-18. If you are interested and want to learn more, talk to Joan Reals.
Wayland Winter Farmers Market I thought that members of the Lincoln Garden Club might enjoy attending the third season of the Wayland Winter Farmers Market. This year we have an expanded the layout, and added some great new vendors. There will be special Farm Fiber Days on Jan. 21 and Feb. 18th, featuring local farmers, who produce their own yarn and fleece. January 28th will be the second annual Massachusetts Farm Wineries Day with eight wineries sampling their wines. Come hungry and enjoy gourmet breakfast and lunch items in the warm, plant-filled greenhouse! Saturdays from 10 AM to 2 PM through March 10. http://www.russellsgardencenter.com/wayland_winter_mkt.html
Monday, Dec. 12 is our next Meeting
Our Holiday meeting will be a week late, on December 12, to accommodate a paying event at Pierce House. A tour to several member homes, where a holiday table setting will be featured, should put us in the holiday spirit for food, good company and honoring our Past Presidents at Pierce House.
Dec. 2, 3, and 4th, Topiaries, Trees, and Treasures at the John Nesmith House, in Lowell, MA. For more information click here. Lowell Garden Sale
Please join the Lincoln Garden Club On Monday, November 7th at 7 P.M. at the Groves in their Great Room. Paul Kwiatkowki, Staff Conservationist at Mount Auburn Cemetery, will present a talk and slides discussing SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING AT MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY. Under Paul’s leadership, Mount Auburn Cemetery is attempting to implement a comprehensive ecological grounds plan with the goal of waste free maintenance. Among some of the practices Paul will discuss from the 175 acre arboretum and active cemetery include rainwater harvesting, compost creation, compost tea application, potting mix development, mulch creation, soil building, organic IPM (integrated pest management) programs, sustainable strategies in sun and shade gardens, as well as remediation projects. The meeting will be in the Great Room at the Groves which is located at 1 Harvest Circle, Lincoln. The talk is free and open to the public. For directions to the Groves, go to the Groves link for driving directions.
Fall Programs Focus on Boston Area Green Spaces
This fall and early winter we will enjoy a variety of programs highlighting some of our local green spaces, historic and contemporary. At our first meeting, Meg Muckenhoupt will give us a beautifully illustrated talk about Boston’s green spaces. Our Fall Horticulture trip will be to one of those jewels, Mount Auburn Cemetery. And in early November the Club will host our public lecture to be given by Paul Kwiatkowski, staff conservationist at the Mount Auburn Cemetery. Paul will discuss some of the many elements in Mount Auburn’s new ecological maintenance model which contribute toward the goal of waste free maintenance. Our inspiration for holiday decorating will be table settings at members homes, followed by a brief business meeting, honoring Past Presidents, and a luncheon.
OCTOBER 3, 2011 9:30 AM Bemis Hall MEG MUCKENHOUPT, freelance environmental and travel writer from Lexington, will describe the rich legacy and history of Boston’s emerald Necklace and grand estates to the city’s contemporary green revival. Her beautifully designed book, Boston’s Gardens and Green Spaces, reveals how Bostonians are creating, using and cultivating their open spaces today. Website: unionparkpress.com
Friday, September 30, WCVB at 7:30
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Sunday, October 2, 3:30 p.m. Tick Talk by Dr. Tom Mather at the Brooks Auditorium.
Monday, October 3, 9:30 a.m. at Bemis Hall. REGULAR MEETING
Our first regular meeting. Meg Muchenhoupt, freelance environmental and travel writer from Lexington, will describe the rich legacy and history of Boston’s emerald Necklace and grand estates to the city’s contemporary green revival. Her beautifully designed book, Boston’s Gardens and Green Spaces, reveals how Bostonians are creating, using and cultivating their open spaces today. http://www.unionparkpress.com/
(Please do not park in the nursery school parking lot) 
Naturalist John Root will lead an edible wild plants walk at 6:30 PM on Friday, July 1 at Lindentree Farm, 10 Old Concord Road in Lincoln. Free, all ages welcome. This program is supported in part by a grant from the LIncoln Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
The National Park’s free Garden Social will be held at the North Bridge Visitor’s Center this Sat from 11am-2pm.
We know your garden club members must love the opportunity to go on a garden tour and we have just the right opportunity coming right up in Carlisle, Friday June 10th and Saturday, June 11th from 10:00 am – 4:00pm both days.
Learn all about the World Flower Show coming to Boston June 15 – 19 by clicking on the link below. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity – right here in Boston. World Flower Show
Monday, June 6, at Noon, Our Annual Luncheon Meeting at the Codman Barn. It is preceded by an Agape tour of Member’s gardens at 10 am. Reservations are needed for this. See Members Calendar for more information.
Monday, May 2 at 9:30. Our Regular Meeting at the Thoreau Institute was with Kristen DeSousa, Senior Horiculturalist at New England Wild Flower Society. She gave us an inspiring talk about her edible native plant garden at the Garden in the Woods. Please click to view the wonderful resource list she has shared with us. DesouzaResource List
Thursday, April 28th from 8:30- Station Park Work Day
The wonderful artwork by the School Children transformed the rooms of Pierce House on April 10th. The art is a sampling of the curriculum K-8 from the Lincoln School (Smith and Brooks).The art work inspired Garden Club members to create beautiful flower arrangements. There is an exhibit in the hallway of the Superintendent of the artwork from this event. Pictures of the flower arrangements are displayed also.
View photos of artwork and arrangements.
Spring is here!
Sunday, April 10, 1:30-4;30
Phoebe shared this link/pdf which may inspire and guide flower arrangers.
Art Exhitis for Lincoln School Children
April 7th-29th: Lincoln Public Library Gallery-Lincoln Public Schools (both Hanscom and Lincoln) art
exhibit.
May 13-22: DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum-gift shop building-Lincoln Public Schools (both Hanscom and Lincoln) art exhibit. Reception Thur. May 19th 4:40- 6:30.
link to Conservation Committee News
Save the date: Sunday, April 3, 1 pm, Bemis Hall
March 7, 9:30, Bemis Hall. Our Regular meeting was a Flower Arranging Demo by Bill Graham. He is a talented designer and witty owner of Beautiful Things in Salem.
Feb. 7, 9:30, Bemis Hall. Our Regular meeting was called The Herbalist’s Garden with John Forti. He is the Curator of Historic Gardens and Landscapes at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH. He gave us a wonderful talk and slideshow that illustrated the roots of herbalism and explored the old adage that “the cook is half a physician.” He inspired us to think about our herb garden to add beauty to the landscape and to promote wellness.
10 am, Wednesday, January 19 Tarbell Room, Lincoln Library At the horticultural workshop we discussed Garden Journals and Raised Beds. For follow-up information look in the Members area under Clipboards.
THE RHODE ISLAND SPRING FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW! (The Lincoln COA is sponsoring this trip)
Come and join us on Thursday, February 24th for a trip to the Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show at the Convention Center inProvidence. The Show features garden displays, vendors, demonstrations and lectures. The theme is “Gardening with Heart” and each garden is a reminder of a movie, song or novel, like An Affair to Remember, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind and Sleepless in Seattle. A Doherty bus will pick us up at 9:30 am at the Lincoln Mall and return us at approximately 3:30 pm. Tickets are $13 with a minimum of 15 people. Lunch is on your own at Murphy’s Deli, a well-known Providence eatery. Send a check for $13 made out to FLCOA/Trips to Barbara Terrano, 15 Hillside Rd., Lincoln, MA 01773. For more information, call Barb at (781) 259-8882.
We held our last meeting Monday, Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. at Pierce House. Janet Ganson greeted past presidents and other members of the garden club. After viewing beautiful table arrangements by members the hostesses served a delicious lunch. Flower arrangers mentioned using Wilson Farm in Lexington, Russo and Sons in Watertown, and Idylwilde Farm in Action for flower supplies.
Winterberry in November
On Tuesday evening, November 2, at Bemis Hall our own Robin Wilkerson gave an inspiring presentation about Native Heros, local plants with beautiful color and form that also provide nourishment and habitat for birds, mammals and insects. And we welcomed three new members at the meeting!
If you live in Lincoln and are not already a Garden Club member, check out our What We Do and Join Us web pages. The Lincoln Garden Club is a member of The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts and National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Lincoln Garden Club wins Merit Award for Roadsides Report, Brochures and Website. Click here to read more.
Composting! Patty Hilpert reports that Station Park’s composting bin has been put up. Here’s the flyer that is posted on it. Station Park is owned by the Town of Lincoln and maintained by the Lincoln Garden Club.
Beth and Janet read it to us. Thanks Terry for finding it
Get a laugh from this insightful Dialog about Lawns, between God and St. Francis.
Pictures taken on our trip to Cricket Hill Peony Farm.
You may be interested in reading eNews published by the New England Wild Flower Society. Click here to read eNews
Check out our Club newsletter, clippings winter 2011, to see what we’re doing … 
