CONCORD GARDEN CLUB
We hope you enjoy the holiday season with friends and loved ones -- and look forward to spending more time gardening and learning together in 2025!
Notes from the President:
The Concord Garden Club is pleased to welcome our new members Diane Wilson and Karen McNamara. You can find their contact information in our online member directory. Please introduce yourselves to them when you see them.
We are also pleased to announce that we have brought back a paper Membership Directory and Calendar -- you can pick yours up directly from Gena Cohen Moses, or at our Holiday Gathering or a future Garden Club event.
Did you love the Garden Club’s Garden Tour in 2023? Would you be willing to help bring it back in 2025? We would like to form a committee to take on this project. The committee would solicit participating gardens, sign up volunteers to host at each location, create a program/map, advertise the event and sell tickets. Please get in touch with me if you can help with this fun event. Thank you.
Gena
FINAL GARDEN CLUB EVENTS OF 2024
Holiday Greens Workshop
If you have signed up to participate, don't forget to attend this Wednesday's Community Service Holiday Greens Workshop
Wednesday, December 4th
1-3pm
The Merrimack County Nursing Home
325 Daniel Webster Hwy,
Boscawen NH 03303
Black Forest Nursery will provide primarily balsam greens, so other types of greens you may provide will be welcome, along with your clippers and a pair of scissors. Everything else will be provided.
For those who would like to begin with lunch, bring your own bag lunch and plan to arrive at noon.
If you plan to attend but haven't signed up yet, please RSVP here by Sunday, December 1st at the very latest.
Questions? Contact Melissa Smart lisbeetea.ms@gmail.com
Holiday Cocktails
Our 100th Anniversary Party at Tricia Wentworth's in September was such fun that we thought our Holiday gathering would be most enjoyable if we simply mingle and enjoy an appetizer or holiday sweet. (Please note the change in time!) The Woman's Club of Concord is a lovely place where we will all feel at home.
Thursday, December 5th
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Woman's Club of Concord,
44 Pleasant St, Concord, NH
Members are invited to bring a guest, who might be a significant other or a potential new member.
We look forward to a variety of holiday refreshments from you. If your last name begins with A - H, please bring a savory appetizer. If your last name begins with I - N, please bring something sweet. If your last name begins with O - Z, please bring a bottle of wine. Please feel free to bring food in addition to the wine if you have something special you'd like to make. Finger foods only, please!
In lieu of the Yankee Gift Swap we've done for the past few years, we've decided to support the Woman's Club's collection drive on behalf of the Crisis Center of Central New Hampshire (CCCNH) and are asking Garden Club members to bring donations of personal hygiene items (toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc.), or something from else from their full list of current shelter needs:
Diapers (sizes 4, 5 and 6)
Pullups
Wipes
Deodorant
Shampoo & Conditioner
Body Wash
Laundry Soap
Dishwasher pods
Cleaning Supplies (Lysol cleaning spray, bathroom cleaner, toilet cleaner, Drain-O, etc.)
Lysol
Clorox wipes
Swiffer Wet Jet Spray
Paper Towels
Concord PAYT purple trash bags (size LARGE)
Blankets
Twin Sheet sets
Clothing, any size
Gift Cards - Grocery, Gas, Walmart, Target, Visa
Please note: All donations must be new and unused
Alternatively, the Crisis Center has an Amazon wish list here. If you would like to learn more about CCCNH and the critical work they do, have a look at their website, or ask Johane Telgener who is a member of their Board. Among their many worthy initiatives, of particular importance this time of year is their Adopt a Family program. For this program you can reach out to Billie at 603.225.7376 or billie@cccnh.org. Your kindness can create lasting memories for families in need!
Looking ahead to the New Year, here comes.....
ART and BLOOM 2025
Mark your calendars for CGC’s 22nd annual Art and Bloom. Our dates are Thursday 1/23/2025 through Saturday 1/27/2025. It will take place at Kimball Jenkins Estate, as it did last year. The Women’s Caucus for Art, NH Chapter will be providing our art inspirations in their show entitled “The Invincible Within”.
Don’t forget that there will be a sneak preview of the art and arrangements for CGC members at 1pm on 1/23, immediately before the show opens to the public at 2pm. We will have an opening reception that day from 5-7pm.
Right now we are looking for volunteers! First we need 1-2 volunteers to help us coordinate our Thursday opening reception in conjunction with the Women’s Caucus for Art. The time commitment should be minimal for that, mainly in December, and then on the day of the reception. We also need 2-3 volunteers to help distribute our posters around town in early January. If we have enough volunteers that should only take a short amount of your time.
Nicki Kilfara will be coordinating our hosting schedule for the event closer to the time. You will be able to sign up for a 2-hour shift that fits best with your own schedule.
Remember, if we want our signature Garden Club event to be the success it has always been, WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please call or text Millie LaFontaine at 603-491-6428 or contact her at lafontainefamily@comcast.net to volunteer to work on the reception or the posters, or you just might be getting a call from her asking you directly for help…
Millie LaFontaine
Chair, Art and Bloom
Holiday Greens Bow Making Workshop
In preparation for the Community Service Committee's annual Holiday Greens Workshop at the Merrimack County Nursing Home, Club, members gathered last month to make bows and other decorations for participants to include in their holiday creations.
Jeanie West shared her bow making skills, and much fun was had!
UPCOMING PROGRAMS FOR 2025
The following is a replication of information about the first few programs of 2025. Information on all upcoming programs appears in the Programs area of our website's Members Only page.
VERY IMPORTANT: please click through to our website's Members Only page to learn full details, and to RSVP.
As a reminder, when you click the link to RSVP to a CGC event, you will be taken to our website's Members Only login page. Once logged in, navigate down the page to Upcoming Events, where you will find RSVP information and links for each program. If you need help logging in to the Members Only page, contact Gena Cohen Moses for help (bgjam@comcast.net).
AND -- once you've RSVP'd, don't forget to put them in your calendar, and note whether you have paid or not.
22nd Annual Art & Bloom -
Thursday, January 23 - Sat. Jan 25th
Join us for the Concord Garden Club's signature winter event!
The event spans three days and is free and open to the public.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
Thursday 1/23:
CGC preview 1PM
open to the public 2PM - 5PM
opening reception 5PM - 7PM
Friday 1/24: open to the public 10 AM - 6PM
Saturday 1/25: open to the public 10AM - 4PM
Suggested donation $10 at the door to support the Kimball Jenkins Estate.
Proven Winners with Amy Cardillo
Amy Cardello, Regional Retail Account Manager for Pleasant View Gardens, will provide us with a Power Point presentation illustrating what actually goes into creating a plant worthy of the “Proven Winners” name and reputation. Ms. Cardello will also introduce us to some of the new 2025 varieties that will be coming to garden centers everywhere in the spring.
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
NH Audubon Society
84 Silk Farm Rd,
Concord, NH 03301, USA
Members Only, Please -- RSVP here
Questions? Contact Lauren Savage.
Hydrangeas & Spring Clean Up with Jess Zander
Thu, Mar 27 2025
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Woman's Club of Concord,
44 Pleasant St, Concord, NH 03301, USA
Jessica Zander is a garden coach and consultant based in the Boston area (zone 6b), also doing virtual consultations all over the country and Canada.
She has been gardening since the early 1990s and she started You Can Do It Gardening in 2022, to help people feel more confident about doing it themselves. With no formal training but a passion for gardening and helping others discover the joy of it, she teaches skills, provides guidance and suggestions, and works collaboratively and efficiently with clients to make small and large improvements in their outdoor space. It is one of her greatest joys to help people feel more confident.
Members Only, please -- RSVP here
Questions? Contact Johane Telgener.
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