Little elves, also known as Crofton Village Garden Club members, scurried around the community yesterday to hang holiday wreathes and bows for the holiday season.
Roseanne Thiel prepares wreathes for hanging
Sally Moore attaches wreathes to Village Green light posts
Sunny Frank, Harriet Kiilehua, and Sally Moore get some help from Warren Kiilehua
Don’t forget to get your tickets for the Crofton Holiday House Tour on December 13, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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Crofton Village Garden Club is sponsoring a Holiday House Tour on December 13, and tickets are almost sold out. Don’t wait another day to call Sally Moore at 301-261-6818 to get your tickets!
You’ll have an opportunity to visit seven homes, all decorated for the holidays, including historic Linthicum Walks where refreshments will be served. Other homes on the tour are:
Tickets are $15, or $12 in advance. Since they’re nearly sold out, be sure to contact Sally as soon as possible for your tickets.
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Bring your poinsettia order forms and payments to the Crofton Village Garden Club meeting on Wednesday, Ladies. In order to have them delivered to Crofton on December 5, the order must be placed by November 5.
Four colors are available: Red, White, Pink, and Marble (a pink and white blend)
Three sizes and prices:
Prices include sales tax.
No one will mistake these poinsettias for those available at local box stores or the grocery store, because their beauty and quality is distinctive. Each Beautiful Behnke’s Signature Poinsettia Plant ordered through the Garden Club comes with a foil-covered pot and each plant is wrapped in a Behnke’s signature protective sleeve. As we all know, Behnke’s poinsettias are legendary in this area for their beauty and quality.
Funds raised through this poinsettia sale will help fund garden club projects including decorations at Crofton front gates and the Village Green, as well as holiday wreathes for the Crofton Library and local area schools.
To read the full article, click on Poinsettia Sale Benefits Crofton Village Garden Club
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Order Your Poinsettias Now
October brings colorful fall leaves, pumpkins, gourds, and ghosts to Crofton, but don’t forget it’s also POINSETTIA SEASON for Crofton Village Garden Club.
Place your order during October (deadline is November 5) to have your beautiful “signature” Behnkes poinsettia plants delivered to Crofton on Friday, December 5. You can pick them up at the Crofton Village Green.
Anyone who has ever seen Behnke’s “signature” Poinsettias will tell you how very pleased they were with the plants’ beauty and quality, and what a stunning addition the poinsettias were to their holiday decorations. No one has more beautiful poinsettia plants than Behnkes, and they are definitely NOT like your box-store or super-market poinsettia plants!
FOUR COLORS:
Marble (white with pink streaks) in addition to traditional red, white, and pink.
THREE SIZES:
All pots are covered with green foil and your poinsettia will be wrapped in a signature Behnke’s sleeve.
ORDER:
For more information or to place your order, contact Margaret Woda by email at mwoda@msn.com. Be sure to include the best time to call you, usually within 24 hours of your email. If you prefer, you can print the form, complete it, and mail it to Crofton Village Garden Club, P.O. Box 3662, Crofton, MD 21114
In the past, many people have purchased very large quantities for decorating their place of business or using as business gifts. This year we will deliver orders over $350 to your specified destination at no extra charge, as our way of saying “thank you” for your large order in this challenging economy.
Crofton Village Garden Club is very pleased and proud to partner with Behnke’s, and we appreciate your support for our ongoing projects to beautify Crofton.
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At our September meeting, President Sunny Frank wore two hats – presiding officer for the business meeting and presenter for our program.
Take a look at this arrangement she taught us to make during a workshop on creating a Happy Hour floral design.
Lined up behind the demonstration arrangement in this photo are enough martini glasses for 50 people, each filled with a jello-like substance colored to resemble a Margarita. White mums crowned the top, and the arrangement was completed with a straw, a slice of lime, and a contrasting smaller flower for garnish.
This was easy to make and fun to see; ideas for using it were endless. I left Garden Club and took my arrangement to my mother, who lives alone in a senior condo complex, and it really brightened her day. It’s something I look forward to doing again many times in the future.
Thanks, Sunny!
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The Crofton Village Garden Club has a couple of activities coming up before Christmas that you won’t want to miss.
HOLIDAY HOUSE TOUR – Saturday, December 13 -Mark your calendar now because that’s such a busy time of year. We’re sponsoring a holiday house tour for the first time in twelve years. Linthicum Walks and six privately owned homes in Crofton will open their doors for you to see their beautiful holiday decorations. The tour starts at 11 a.m. and goes until 5 p.m., with refreshments served at Linthicum Walks. More information will follow, but take a minute now to mark your calendar.
GREAT GIFT for those co-workers and others that are soooooo hard to shop for! Only $12.00. Tickets will go on sale October 1, and more information will be posted on this website.
POINSETTIA SALE – October 1 – November 1. We’re already getting calls from people who purchased our Behnke’s poinsettias or received them as gifts last year. They were beyond all expectations!
The selection of colors and sizes is amazing, and the prices signficantly lower than you would pay to purchase the same plants at Behnke’s, Homestead or other source of quality plants. You can pick up your order right here in Crofton in early December, and large orders (over $350) include free delivery to your office or other destination.
Proceeds of these activities will benefit the club’s community projects including:
More details about the House Tour and Poinsettia Sale will follow soon, so check back often.
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What’s a “Happy Hour Floral Design”?
Find out on Wednesday, September 3, as Sunny Frank presents a workshop for members to create a floral design, using a martini glass as your container.
The meetng will be held, as always, at 9:30 a.m. at Fellowship Hall of Prince of Peace Church in Crofton.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Saturday, December 13, 2008. Crofton Holiday House Tour. More information coming soon!
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If you’re new to Crofton and want to find out about joining the Crofton Village Garden Club, contact President Sunny Frank at 301-261-6181 for information.
Crofton Village Garden Club is a member of Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, District II
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As a follow-up to the program I presented Crofton Village Garden Club in May, here’s a brief video on Curb Appeal, featuring several Crofton homes.
If your home is one of those pictured, contact Margaret Woda before August 20 to win a $25 gift card for Homestead Gardens.
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If you’re new to Crofton and want to find out about joining the Crofton Village Garden Club, contact President Sunny Frank at 301-261-6181 for information.
Crofton Village Garden Club is a member of Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, District II
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Crofton Village Garden Club President Sunny Frank wants you to know that a notice arrived recently from District II about membership in The American Rhododendron Society.
According to their website (http://www.rhododendron.org), “The American Rhododendron Society is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to encourage interest in and to disseminate information about the genus Rhododendron. Members’ experience ranges from novice to expert. Society activities include public education, flower shows, seed exchanges, scientific studies, and communication through publications and local and national meetings. ARS chapters are located throughout the United States and Canada and in Denmark, Holland, Scotland, Sweden and Sikkim.”
District II joined as an Honorarium for our speaker at the Semi-Annual Meeting in October 2008.
Sunny will share more information with us at the September meeting, but Crofton Village Garden Club members will enjoy exploring the organization’s website until then (http://www.rhododendron.org).
REMINDER: If your address, phone number, or email address has changed since the last directory was published, please email it to Margaret Woda at mwoda@msn.com
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If you’re new to Crofton and want to find out about joining the Crofton Village Garden Club, contact President Sunny Frank at 301-261-6181 for information.
Crofton Village Garden Club is a member of Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, District II
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When you pull out the pachysandra that’s growing in places you don’t want, what do you do with it? The easiest thing, of course, is to throw it away. I admit to doing that sometimes, but often I recycle it. Here’s how:
After removing any lower leaves and cutting the root so the plant is no more than about eight-ten inches long from one end to the other, tie the root in a knot before planting your pachysandra in your garden. The plants most likely to succeed are those with hairy roots.
If you don’t have a place in your own yard to plant pachysandra, offer some to a neighbor or friend. When I was a 20–something first-time homeowner, members of Crofton Village Garden Club shared with me their pachysandra, hostas, mums and bulbs – a generous gift that saved me a lot of money and gave them much satisfaction for sharing the fruits of their own gardening labor.
‘Don’t have time or desire to knot those roots on plants you’re giving away? Just put your plants in a bucket of water and tell the recipient how to prepare and knot them. That knowledge is a gift they’ll appreciate for even longer than those plants, and it will probably be passed on to future generations of gardeners.
P.S. You can also plant your excess pachysandra in a flat to sell at your local flea market or plant sale.
By Margaret Woda
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For more information about joining Crofton Village Garden Club, contact President Sunny Frank, 301-261-6181.
Crofton Village Garden Club is a member of Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, District II
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Look for Crofton Village Garden Club at the Craft Fair tomorrow.
I’ve been dividing the hostas in my yard, potting red maple trees, and even putting pachysandra into flats to sell tomorrow at the Garden Club booth. Other garden club members are hard at work, too, while community organizations and crafters are busy getting their booths ready, as well.
Don’t miss it, in the north parking lot of Crofton Country Club, from 10 a.m. ’til 4 p.m.
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If you’re new to Crofton and want to find out about joining the Crofton Village Garden Club, contact President Sunny Frank at 301-261-6181 for information.
Crofton Village Garden Club is a member of Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, District II
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