WELCOME JULY!!! Beautiful sunny, warm summer days to enjoy outdoors, in your garden or elsewhere. Oh how wonderful it is to have these long days of light.

I’d like to thank those members who came to the Garden Club Federation of Maine 94th Annual Convention in Bar Harbor. It was a great success and a lot of fun was had by all.

Our club won four awards:

1. Club of Distinction Award with 395 points

2. First Place Yearbook Award

3. Norine Veal Membership Award for most New Members 18

4. Conservation & Environmental Award for “Berry Bushes for Birds” project.

Also thank you to those who joined our meeting last week with Dr. Lee Spencer, co-owner of Midcoast Functional Training. It was fantastic! I think we all went away with some good ideas in which to help maintain our health – gardening or otherwise! Some very good questions were asked. He inspired us to keep ourselves fitter! Don’t forget to warm up before going into the garden!

Thursday, July 16th – 1:00 p.m.
“Summer Arrangements from the Garden” with John Sundling, owner and lead designer of Plant Office. This will be an outdoor event at Centennial Hall, weather permitting. Please bring a chair and hat for the outdoors.

Happy Summer to all!