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Calendar Wed, Oct 1 Sustainable Gardening Workshop 10-12pm

Speaker: Scott LaFleur

Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA

Tues, Oct 7 Board Meeting, 9:15am, Lee�s house

54 Hartford Street, Dover

Tues, Oct 14 Membership Mtg. & Joint Mtg. with Fox Hill, 9:30am,Hunnewell Bldg, Elm Bank

The Little Black Dress

Bill Graham, Beautiful Things of Salem

Mon, Oct 20 Holiday Bulb Potting Workshop, 9:30-11:30am Polly Pierce�s home, 354 Westfield St., Dedham

Tues, Oct 21 Visiting Gardens Program

Forest Hills Cemetery, see page 6

Rain date will be Oct. 22

Wed, Oct 29 Conservation Workshop, See page 7 for details

Tour of Genzyme

Tour and lunch at Blackstone

Tues, Nov 4 Board Meeting, 9:15am, Lee�s house

54 Hartford Street, Dover

Tues, Nov 18 Membership Mtg., 9:30am

Wellesley Community Center, 219 Washington St

The History of Persian and Islamic Gardens

Marie Stella

Whiting Bowl Exhibit�Autumn

October 2008

P2 Letter from our Pres. P3 Green Ways to Im-prove Your Home P4 Membership Mtgs. P5 Garden Club Fed. Of Massachusetts P6 Forest Hills Ceme-tery Tour P7 Visit Two Eco-friendly Bldgs. in Cambridge P8 GCA News P9,10 Elm Bank P11-13 Sept. Mtg. P14-16 Taylor Bowl re-sults P17 Trellis Workshop P18 Boston Com.

A LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT Welcome to Fall! I hope everyone is now re-adjusted from your summers and are now ready to run with all the activities Noanett will be offering you this coming year. We�ve got some great programs and workshops planned and I hope that everyone takes advan-tage of them. When I returned from being away all summer, I found this growing out of my small trellis garden that runs along my garage. My husband, who was during the weeks through out the summer walked around this every day � but did not notice it! It takes over the entire sidewalk. Can anyone guess what it is?

A PUMPKIN PLANT!! Last fall I had a fall arrangement of some small pumpkins. Once the snow came, they became hidden. One must have rot-ten and deposited a few seeds into the area. One of them managed to survive! What a site! The last picture was taken September 14, 2008. We continue to walk around this large plant as we wait for our Halloween pumpkin to ripen! It takes up the en-tire sidewalk!

Green Ways to Improve Your Home

Indoor plants: Place at least two tropical houseplants per 12X12 foot area to absorb airborne toxicants. Air purifying plants such as areca and lady palms, bamboo, ferns and spider plants should be placed close to your bed, favorite chair or other �breathing zone.�

Opening windows: open windows for at least 10 minutes each day, make sure to turn off air conditioners and heat. This will help to circulate away indoor pollut-ants.

Air out new purchases: TVs, computers, laminate or particle board furniture give off hundreds of chemicals, and the newer they are, the more out-gassing you get. Before you bring these into your house remove all plastic wrap and let them sit out-side or in your garage for a day or two to reduce exposure to these vapors.

Nonstick cooking pans: These aren�t generally a risk but if left unattended on a burner they can release 15 different toxic chemicals, including two carcinogens. Don�t burn dinner!

Cleaners: Chemicals to avoid in cleaners run from ammonia, which is known to trigger asthma, elements in chlorine bleach, which is a lung irritant, to things like glycol ethers which are used to dissolve dirt and grime and are easily absorbed by the skin to cause nerve damage. Protect your skin by wearing rubber gloves and your lungs by good ventilation. For less toxic cleaners use hydrogen peroxide, bak-ing soda or white vinegar.

Pesticides: Studies suggest there may be a connection between pesticides and Park-inson�s Disease. For less toxic alternatives try these: Ants, sprinkle cinnamon, bay leaves, cayenne pepper or baby powder in problem areas. Cockroaches, sprinkle equal parts of baking soda and confectioner�s sugar in problem areas. Mice, place cotton dipped in peppermint oil near problem areas (this really works), used kitty litter is another repellent, (yuck!).

Mosquitos, mix 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar in a glass of water placed on your deck or balcony or dab lavender oil on your wrists and elbows (mmmmm�.) and finally

Flies, small sachets of crushed mint placed around the home will discourage these pesky nuisances as well as potted sweet basil (mmmm.. again!).

This information was taken from the AARP Bulletin May 2008

For more information visit these web sites: www.epa.gov/aging ,

www.thegreenguide.com , www.greenseal.org/ , http://earth911.org

OCTOBER MEMBERSHIP MTG **** TUESDAY OCT 14 , 2008 9:30 AM

Bill Graham, the owner of Beautiful Things of Salem, will present his program; "The Little Black Dress". Using his previous retail/buying career in ladies clothing, Bill will take a "simple black

dress", change the accessories to suit the occasion (brunch, dinner, black-tie, holiday, etc.) and then cre-ate a flower arrangement to suit the outfit and the occasion.. Raffle tickets will be sold for the flower arrange-ments. Joint with Fox Hill Garden Club 9:30 am Hunnewell Building, Elm Bank

NOVEMBER MEMBERSHIP MTG **** TUESDAY NOV 18, 2008 9:30 AM

Marie Stella, Landscape Historian and De-signer, will take us through time with her presentation of the "History of Is-lamic/Persian Gardens". Marie teaches at the Harvard Landscape Institute, Tower Hill Botanical Garden and the New York Botani-cal Garden. Wellesley Community Center.

The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts

Horticulture Mornings Presents Three Symposia:

Warren Leach and Debi Hogan

Landscape designers, owners of Tranquil Lake Nursery "Classic Designs of Contemporary Gardens."

and "Miniature Gardens"

Monday, November 17, 2008

*****

Betsy Williams Current GCFMa Herb Chairman, herbalist, organic gardener designer, author

"Living with Herbs" Monday, February 9, 2009

*****

Nancy Hubert

Gardener, and graduate of Harvard Landscape Institute "The Incredible, Edible Apple"

Monday, April 13, 2009

10:00 AM, at The Espousal Center 554 Lexington Street, North Waltham, MA

off Route I-95 (128) Exit 27A Totten Pond Road

Donation $3.00 at the door

To Contact the Co-Chairmen: Rita DeLollis 978-475-1038, rdelollis@aol.com

Pri MacDowell 978-663-8514, primacdowell27@aol.com For information about canellation for snow/storm, call 781-391-0261

VISITING GARDENS TOUR FOREST HILLS CEMETERY

�top 10 places we love�

according to Boston Globe's

Explore New England

TUESDAY OCTOBER 21ST (rain date) OCTOBER 22ND 10 A. M.-11:30

Along with other great spots such as Burlington, V.T., Portland, Maine, Maine's southern coast with Mount Agamenticus, Cape Cod and the Islands, New-port, RI. and Sakonnet Vineyards, Bridge over the

Mystic River, Conn, White Mountains, Conway Scenic Railway IS

FOREST HILLS CEMETERY!

Aborist, Kevin Lynch will point out the huge array of scrubs and trees in the Cemetery including some trees which predate the cemetery and the 100 year old Weeping Beach. We will visit the Victorian Gar-den replanted each year. Cecily Miller, Executive Di-rector of Forest Hills Trust will discuss the Victo-rian and Contemporary Sculptures and the artists plus Forest Hills' rich history.

DIRECTIONS

Directions. Take the VFW Parkway to the Jamaicaway and pass the Faulkner Hospital on your left. At the bottom of the hill get on the rotary and take your first right onto Route 203 East passing the Arnold Arboretum on the

right. Continue 1/2 mile onto the overpass (DO NOT follow signs to the right for Forest Hills - this sign refers to the Forest Hills T Stop) and into the next rotary. Following 203 E take right hand turn onto Forest Hills Avenue at the sign for the Cemetery. Proceed up the avenue to the Main Gate and office building on the right. Park anywhere along there on the right. We

will meet by the gate.

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31 Court Street, Dedham, MA 02026 781-329-0077

VISIT TO TWO ECO-FRIENDLY BUILDINGS IN CAMBRIDGE Please note the following changes which makes this visit much more interesting and worthwhile. Schedule: Change of date to Wednesday, October 29. Leave the Dedham Country Club at 9:30 in arranged car pools Arrive at Genzyme for a tour from 10:30 to 11:30 am A complimentary lunch will be served by the Conservation Committee at Black-stone Blackstone tour from 1:00 to 2:00 Return to Dedham Country Club We will be visiting the new Genzyme building which has incorporated innovative and energy saving systems and then we will go to the Blackstone building now owned by Harvard University to learn how they have renovated an old building using �green� ideas.

Christmas Cocktail Party Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Gina Parker�s House 47 Bemis Road Dedham, MA

Gina Parker has graciously offered her home to host Noanett�s annual Christmas Cocktail Party.

Thank you Gina!!!

GCA 2013 Preserving the Past, Growing the Future

Theme: Trees, Our Living Legacy The Garden Club of America will celebrate its centennial in June of 2013. As a way for all clubs to take part in this exciting milestone, the GCA Horticulture Committee announces a project designed to have a significant impact, consistent with the purposes of the GCA, throughout the coun-try. The focus will be trees, an appropriate living expression of the longevity, vitality, and continuity of our organization.

Each club is being asked to select and learn about an individual tree or group of trees. The selection may be based on historical significance, need for preservation, beauty or uniqueness, sustainability or environmental value. Once a selection is made, the next step is to create and carry out a significant project focused on the selected tree species. The project may include for example:

Heritage Trees Heirloom Fruit Trees Historic or Landmark Gardens or Landscapes Biodiversity Sustainable Gardening Practices Urban Forests and Green Designs Protecting our Natural Heritage Freeman Medal Native Trees

Challenge Propagation Classes

Noanett�s first task is to pick a tree to learn about, propagate, and grow. It

could be a Dutch Elm disease-resistant American Elm in honor of our garden at Elm Bank. Wendy Ludwig has suggested Shagbark Hickory-an excellent native tree. We want to hear from you! Anyone interested in helping with this significant project please contact Carrie Waterman as soon as possi-ble. Our first GCA deadline in March 2009: Select a tree and define our project in a written report.

Elm Bank Update 2008

Listening to our members� requests, we have added flowering perennials to our garden at Elm Bank. Because it is primarily a native plant garden (the historic daffodils are not native), we chose to add members of the Aster Family between the rows of native grasses. The Aster Tribe is a large family with many North American species and looks very much at home in a field of grasses. The combina-tion is most appropriate and very charming. With time the new plants will fill in nicely. Special thanks to those members who volunteered to install the 217 new plants this past June. They are Lee Bliss, Sierra Bright, Mary Cutler, Harriet Hallagan, Becky Hamlin, Lee Patterson, Gunnila Whiting, and Carrie Waterman. Thank you to Jane Murphy for following up many times with the irrigation company to get the new plants off to a good start. Jane is also having all the new signage made up for the plants. The plants were purchased from the New England Wild Flower Society�s Nasami Farms Nursery. The list of new plants is as follows: Aster ericoides �Snow Flurry� Aster laevis

Aster macrophyllus �Visitor Center� Chrysogonum virgianum var. virginianum

Echinacea purpurea

Echinacea simulate

Eupatorium rugosum �Chocolate� Liatris punctata

Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae

Ratibida pinnata

Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii

Solidago sempervirens

Vernonia angustifolia

Vernonia lettermannii The next step for our garden is the replenishing of the daffodils. Chris Wood has made a list of what needs beefing up and will put in an order of bulbs to be planted this fall. Please come out and help us when we make that appeal. Many hands make quick work. We would like to remind all our members that this is an educational display garden where the public, and hopefully our members, can learn about historic daffodils, native grasses and woody plants, and the native members of the Aster Fam-ily.

The GCA Horticulture Committee is pleased to announce that the new fall issue (No. 11) of its online publication, TRD-The Real Dirt, is now on the GCA website. It can be accessed on the Members page or on the Committee page under Horticulture. Click the link below to access the file. http://www.gcamerica.org/membersonly/docs/hort-newsletter2/default.htm

Elm Bank Garden Workers October and November 2008

Please take the time to look over the list below and see if you are scheduled to work in either October or November. If you don�t hear from your Captain-give her a call. Re-member: if you don�t do your time there will be a fine! All we are asking is an hour and a half of your time once a year�

OCTOBER

Caroline Whitney, Capt. Sierra Bright Laurie Carney Patty Jenkins Sheilah Hollings

Willa Murray

Joy Kiser

Wendy Ludwig Sandra Einsel (1wknd)

Tricia Baylor Phyllis Slye Marcy Busch Joannie Cunningham

Audrey Briggs

NOVEMBER Jane Murphy, Capt. Kay Guild Sigrid Thorne Peggy Ford Tracy Parsons Tenney Cover Cory Alexandre Barbara Millen Polly Pierce Susan Reardon Nona Haffenreffer Liz McCabe Beedee Ladd

Federated Programs - email Lee if you are interested in more information:

Designing Principles - A series of lectures & demonstrations on Flower Arranging Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Wednesday, April 22, 2009 $25 for the series; Registration deadline October 1st

Historic Preservation of Gardens � workshop and garden tour Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:00 � 3:30 pm, Fuller Conference Center at Old Sturbridge Village. A guided tour of 4 gardens and lecture about researching and designing gardens. Go to www.GCFM.org for further details

• The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden Rededication ceremony � Saturday, October 18th. Go to www.healinggarden.net for more information.

More details for the Whiting Bowl�Autumn � will come in the Nov/Dec issue of the Columnbine

Setting up for the Hort. Show at the

Mansion at Elm Bank.

Lee Patterson and her Hydrangea that won best in show!

Note from the Horticulture Chair:

Congratulations to all the members who exhibited at this year's Taylor Bowl! What an incredible show! We had 113 entries from 17 exhibitors. 40 first-place ribbons were awarded with Lee Patterson winning Best In Show with her spectacular Hydrangea macrophyllia 'Blue Bonnet'. I know it was very painful for Lee to cut this hydrangea from her garden but it was worth it! Thank you to all the exhibitors for bringing such incredi-ble entries and making this year's Taylor Bowl a huge success! I would also like to specially thank the won-derful ladies who helped with putting on this fall's Taylor Bowl: Carrie Waterman, Anne-Marie Woodhouse, Mary Petrini, Mary Cutler, Wendy Ludwig and Elaine Fiske. Without their help and enthusiasm, we would have been there until midnight! The judges were so impressed (and I think overwhelmed!) with the quality of all the entries that I think they wanted to give everyone a blue ribbon! They took 2 hours to judge the show, subdivided almost every class (so they could award the maximum number of blue ribbons!) and had lovely comments about our Taylor Bowl. One judge after viewing the whole exhibit said "Noanett has high standards for cleaning up and presenting their exhibits". They loved the blue bottles (don't we all) and thought our plant specimens were of the highest quality! They did have a few suggestions about staging of some of the entries and I felt it worth me reiterating what they suggested: "pull stem out of water" -- some of the flowers were sunk so far into the bottle that they could not see the foliage or the flower was hiding. "make sure plant is standing straight up" -- that's what the cotton balls and saran wrap are for! Make sure your entry is fully visible and standing up so judges can see the full view of the flower "keep foliage ON" -- show the foliage. This allows the judges to really see how healthy and well cared for the plant is! As you know, we have a new point system for the Taylor Bowl (see your September Columnbine). Below are the current standings:

Carrie Waterman 85 pts. Elaine Fiske 42 pts. Susan Termyn 40 pts. Wendy Ludwig 36 pts. Laurie Rabe 34 pts. Anne-Marie Wdhse 32 pts. Lee Patterson 32 pts. Becky Hamlin 25 pts. Gina Parker 22 pts. Lin Murray 21 pts. Willa Murray 21 pts. Jennifer Jordan 16 pts. Mary Jane Devins 15 pts. Peggy Ford 15 pts. Robyn Garth 14 pts.

Above�.. Audrey Briggs and Wendy Ludwig in deep conversation.Bev Ryburn and Sierra Bright in the background. Laurie Carney, Bev Ryburn, Caroline Whitney and Sierra Bright on the porch of the Elm Bank Mansion. One corner of the show Carrie Waterman and 3 of our judges � Wendy Ludwig and Chris Battat in front of the show

Noanett Garden Club Taylor Bowl � �Autumn�s Wealth� - 9/16/08

Section A Vegetables Class 6 Cucumbers

Gina Parker Burpless Cucumber 1st Potato, �yukon gold� 1st Class 10 Peppers

Carrie Waterman Chile Pepper 1st Pepper, ethnic sweet 1st Tomato, �green zebra� 1st Tomatillo, �purple� 1st

Section B Fruit No entries

Section C Cut Flowers, Hardy Herbaceous Class 21 Anemone

A-M Woodhouse Anemone, �Sept. Charm� 1st Anemone, �H. Jubert� 2nd Class 24 Sedum, �autumn joy�

Susan Termyn Sedum, �autumn joy� 1st Mary Petrini � 2nd Ginna Parker � 3rd A-M Woodhouse � HM Robyn Garth � HM Jennifer Jordan � HM � HM Class 24 Sedum, �Herbst Freude�

Lin Murray Sedum, �herbst freude� 1st � 2nd Tenney Cover � 3rd Class 25 Grasses

Carrie Waterman Panium, �Dallas Blues� 1st Chasmanthium 2nd Wendy Ludwig Pennisetum Japonicum 3rd Class 26 Other Perennials

Lin Murray Hemarcalias, �little gem� 1st Laurie Rabe Conoclinium 2nd

Susan Termyn Cimicifuga ramose 3rd Wendy Ludwig Lobelia Cardinalis HM Leucanthemum x superbum HM Penstamon HM

Section D Annuals and Tender Perennials Class 33 Zinnia

Peggy Ford Zinnia Elegans, �envy� 1st (�quite perfect, lovely�)

Did you know?

Noanett received a Judges�

Commendation in the Dahlia class!

Class 34 Other Annuals and Tender Perennials (subdivided into 4 subclasses) Elaine Fiske Tithonia 1st Wendy Ludwig Tithonia 2nd Wendy Ludwig Lantana 1st Elaine Fiske Gaillardia, �Sundance� 2nd Wendy Ludwig Nastursium 3rd Laurie Rabe Impatiens, �parrot� HM Class 34 cont.

Becky Hamlin Mandevilla 1st Laurie Rabe Jasminum 2nd

Laurie Rabe Plectranthus 1st Wendy Ludwig Plectranthis 2nd

Section E Native Wildflowers in Bloom Class 36 Lobelia

Susan Termyn Lobelia 1st Class 37 Boltana Asteroids

Jennifer Jordan Boltania asteroids 2nd Class 38 Aster

Lee Patterson Aster novi-angliae 1st Becky Hamlin Aster frikartii 1st Susan Termyn Aster 1st � 2nd Class 39 Other Native Wildflowers

Lee Patterson Phlox paniculata 1st Laurie Rabe Eupatorium rugosum 2nd Lee Patterson Rudbeckia 3rd Section F Bulbs, Corms, Tubers, Rhizomes Class 41 Dahlia large forms

Elaine Fiske Dahlia, �swains sunset� 1st Susan Termyn Dahlia 2nd Class 41 Dahlia small forms

Elaine Fiske Dahlia, �wheels� 1st �, �Bride to Be� 2nd �, Elijah Mason 3rd �, L Anceusse HM �, Marry me HM �, Jitterbug HM Elaine Fiske Dahlia, �Jane� 1st Laurie Rabe Dahlia HM Class 43 Other

Carrie Waterman Canna, �Panache� 1st Laurie Rabe Zantedeschia aethiopica 1st Section G Branches Class 44 Other

Susan Termyn Rosa, cv 1st A-M Woodhouse Rosa, cv 2nd

Interested in a workshop on how to win blues at a flower show?

We can have one!

Just speak with Lee or Carrie...

Visit our website at http//www.noanettgardenclub.org

Susan Termyn Rosa, �Bonica� 1st A-M Woodhouse Rosa, �Bonica� 2nd Class 45 Flowering Vines

Becky Hamlin clematis, �henryi 1st Willa Murray clematis terniflora 2nd Carrie Waterman lonicera, �blanche sandman� 3rd A-M Woodhouse clematis Montana HM Laurie Rabe lonicera HM Class 46 Other Flowering Branches

Lee Patterson Hydrangea macrophyllia 1st, *Best In Show! Robyn Garth � 2nd Murray Hydrangea, �blue bonnet� 3rd Laurie Rabe Buddleia davidii 2nd Lee Patterson Daphne Burkwoodi 1st A-M Woodhouse Perovskia 2nd Willa Murray Hepaticodium 1st � 2nd Wendy Ludwig Hepatacodium 3rd Class 47 Fruited Branches with Foliage

A-M Woodhouse Malus, �Donald Wyman� 1st Susan Termyn Ilex Verticillata 1st Wendy Ludwig � 2nd Jennifer Jordan Cornus Kousa 2nd + Class 48 Branch displaying early fall color

Susan Termyn clerodendrum citri� 2nd (* needed better staging for 1st) Ilex crenata 2nd

Section H Succulents Class 51 Succulents grown in containers

Note: Carrie Waterman was the sole exhibitor in this category. She received: 3 � 1st places 3 � 2nd places 3 � 3rd places 6 � HM�s

Section I Container Grown Plants Class 52 Plant(s) grown primarily for foliage

Wendy Ludwig Bromiliad 1st Carrie Waterman Pelargomium grossular� 2nd

Section J Par Class Class 54 An exhibit of outstanding horticulture merit

Mary Jane Devins Herb arrangement 1st

Junior Exhibitor Lee Petrini succulent pot 1st

**BEST IN SHOW** Lee Patterson Hydrangea macrophyllia, �Blue Bonnet�

Elaine Fiske and her daughter Wendy Ludwig Anne-Marie Woodhouse

Carrie Waterman and Mary Petrini

Becky Hamlin's trellis in her garden

In April, rustic furniture maker Frank Hamm led 14 Noanett members in a very enjoy-able workshop on how to build your own trellis or obelisk. Members selected and cut their own wood, designed their own construction, and assembled it - all in one morning! Photos of the workshop, and some of the structures in members' gardens, are shown here.

Anne-Marie

Building Boston�s �Rose�:

The Vision, Challenges and Triumphs Behind the Rose Kennedy Greenway

BOSTON COMMITTEE OF THE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA

FALL MEETING

Thursday, November 13, 2008, 11:00AM

The Country Club

Lynn Wolff, President and Principal,

DON�T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THESE GREAT UPCOMING EVENTS !!!!!

Copley Wolff Design Group

VISIT THE BEAUTIFUL-

FOREST HILLS CEMETERY -

OCT. 21ST CONSERVATION TOURS OF GENZYME AND BLACKSTONE

IN CAMBRIDGE

OCT 29TH

October 20

Holiday Bulb potting at

Polly�s home