Welcome to a chilly start to June! Hopefully you all have had some time in your gardens on the beautiful days we have had? Our gardens are starting to bloom and grow, with great hopes for summer, and so it begins. Enjoy!

I’d like to thank all you who came to our Annual Meeting. It was a lovely turnout and a great event. I must make apologies for running the meeting overtime and also for being a bit chaotic at the end. I forget to acknowledge my wonderful Board of Directors, and Committee Chairpersons in a proper fashion! This was my first time doing this and hope that I will improve tremendously before I do it again next year!

Come and join us for these upcoming events:

• *  Wednesday and Thursday, June 17 & 18
  94th Annual Convention, Garden Club Federation of Maine “Gardens at First Light” Hosted by St. Croix District Garden Club
• *  Thursday, June 25 – 1:00PM. “Move Well, Garden Well: Protecting Your Body in the Garden”. Dr. Lee Spencer (PT,DPT,FMS). Co-owner of Midcoast Functional Training St. Charles Borromeo Church, 132 McKeen Street, Brunswick
• *  Thursday, July 16 – 1:00PM. “Summer Arrangements from the Garden” John Sundling, Owner and Lead Designer, The Plant Office
  Outdoor event at Centennial Hall, weather permitting

  There are plenty of opportunities to help with Wedding and Event flowers – busy summer days ahead. Contact Judy Stallworth if you’d like to donate some flowers and greens from your garden or would like to come along and join in the fun of arranging them!

  Also weeding and watering continues throughout the summer in the gardens we maintain. Please sign up to help or speak with the perspective chairperson for each garden.

  Our 250th Independence Celebrations are happening on July 18th. We will have Centennial Gardens open with garden club members there to answer any questions about plants and the gardens. It would be lovely to see our HGC members there as well.

  Enjoy your gardens and think about opening your garden for members to come and see what you have done. It’s always great to see other people’s plants and ideas. This is a great way of learning what grows well here in Maine!

  Cheers,