For our last meeting of this term, we had our June Garden Party at our VP Brenda Powell’s home. We have visited Brenda’s garden previously, but it was in August so this was an opportunity to see it in a different late Spring mode.
Our hostesses put together some lovely arrangements for the tables featuring luscious peonies and served hors d’oevres and carried plated entrees to all. I didn’t take pictures of the main course–sorry!
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- Photogenic Karen places peonies just so
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- Finished arrangement
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- Yay! Fuit kabobs!
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- Colorful salad
Brenda had set up tables indoors while Gayle and Sue very much enjoyed eating outdoors on the covered patio with a pleasant breeze in the shade.
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- Caution: Hostesses at Work
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- Kitchen table group
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- In the adjoining room
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- Ladies of the Round Table
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- The Covered Patio
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- Gayle and Sue liked lunching al fresco
We had our business meeting and honored Nancy Heiberg for *just everything*! with a Certificate of Appreciation and the gift of a large ceramic planter. We had intended to give her the gift at West End Place for her long years of heading up the work there, but she was unable to attend that.
Our Horticulture Exhibit was displaying blue flowered plants of which there are not many true blue, many trend toward lavender-purple. Some, like our friend Jan, don’t care for intense blues so she had brought very soft silvery blues. Sue won the Peppermint Patty Prize with her intensely blue Anchusa.
Horticulture Blues
Afterwards, we had the garden tour, led by our hostess. Brenda very much likes container gardens, statuary, garden art & kitsch and experimenting with themes because she is an adventuress at heart. Many enjoyed strolling down the paths as Brenda talked about what was new in her garden, successes and issues. In her vegetable area, the tomatoes were thriving. She said she has to fence in her peppers because her dog is a gourmet who will pluck and eat all her peppers!
Garden Art
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- So cute!
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- Lily likes the Fairy Garden
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- Fairy garden-closer
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- I detect a liking for BLUE.
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- Planted pots
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- Where’s the Blue Bottle Fly?
What’s growing in Brenda’s Garden:
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- This, like Carmen’s lawn, would be awesome for croquet.
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- Amethyst colored iris
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- Brenda says these trees are new
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- Peonies by the gate garden
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- She has several areas of Jack in the Pulpits.
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- This is an herb knot.
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- Additional herbs
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- Yet more herbs. Mine always overrun each other.
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- A chatty moment.
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- Here’s another “garden room”.
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- Successful with Lamb’s Ears.
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- At the intersection
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- Nice stand of Lily of the Valley. And sculpture.
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- I like the irredescent globe with these hardy geraniums.
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- Brenda and Sally at the Espalier.
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- Lilacs and Larkin–great combo
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- Using grass mulch around tomatoes.
Made for Shade
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- Joan, Lura, Jan and Barb enjoy the patio
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- Barb, Julia and Marilyn have a friendly chat.
The day concluded with our usual June plant swap and all who participated to were happy go home with one or more new items for their garden.
