As temperatures drop, we will soon be breaking out the snow shovels and ice chippers and whatever it is we use to make walking and driving less treacherous. Our Horticulture Chair, Kevin Tepas, has found a couple of articles that are worth consulting before you make that annual trip to …
By all accounts, the 2017 Christmas Market was a great success! Good weather, the delayed construction schedule at the Rowayton Community Center, generous sponsors and donors, excellent publicity, hard work by our Gardener “elves” and a wonderful selection of items (wreaths, gifts, silent auction offerings, plum pudding, tabletop trees, table …
Check out the spiffy new plant labels that identify the herbs in the flagpole garden at Pinkney Park. Thanks to Carey Hahn for her penmanship and to the 6th Taxing District for the new drip watering zone that will keep the new herbs healthy even in times of drought.
A Potting Shed gathering for young moms took place in June to benefit the Jessie Lewis Choose Love Foundation was a great success. The event was sponsored by many local businesses and organizations, including the Rowayton Gardeners. Have a look at the following photos to see some of the participants …
Thanks to a generous grant, our new compost bins were recently installed behind the Potting Shed Patch and will allow us to increase our composting efforts, making our gardens richer as they recycle garden waste. Special thanks to the staff of the 6th Taxing District for help with the project!
Our work areas around town are particularly gorgeous at this time of year. Petrea Poler and Frani Taylor just sent in photos from the May-June Sammis Street Triangle. Have a look next time you are in the area, but click below for a small gallery of pictures.
We’re excited to once again offer 6 weeks of free garden-focused programming for children in partnership with the Rowayton Library each Monday from 3:30 to 4:30 pm beginning July 10th and running through August 14th. Each week, we will feature a gardening or nature lesson that carefully ties into this year’s …
Work was done recently to preserve the plantings (and a precious nest) at the McKinley Street Triangle while the path through the area was widened and brought up to code. Thanks to great communication and collaboration, the Triangle is looking better than ever. Have a look at some photos of …
Learn how to keep your family healthy at a free essential oils class on Thursday, June 29th, from 7 to 8:30 pm at The Potting Shed. Join us as we learn to treat coughs, colds and ear infections, reduce stress and anxiety, assist in first aid and pain relief, remove …
Please join us every Friday this summer between 9 and 11am as we tend the Potting Shed vegetable and flower gardens. There are always fun gardening tasks for all ages, levels & abilities. Kids are welcome to join the fun! Contact Bridget Bennett for more information at bridget.bennett1@gmail.com.
Welcome our new officers for the coming year: President: Kathy Leeds Vice President: Lisa Shanahan Secretary: Karin Van Sloten Corresponding Secretary: Lynn Anderson Treasurer: Ellen Duggins Assistant Treasurer: Michele Casey Ex-Officio: Betsy Bain
All Rowayton Gardeners are asked to submit a new smartphone photo of themselves for our updated member directory now. Many have already sent in their photos and 30 members had photos taken at the recent Annual Meeting. Photos should show head and shoulders only with no sunglasses or hat. With …
Gardeners and Gardeners-to-be marched to honor our veterans in Rowayton’s Memorial Day Parade. Farmer Woody (and his sidekick) led off in Woodruff’s beautiful red tractor and were followed by a host of others with signs about our worksites and the lovingly bedecked Poler garden cart. More photos are welcomed if …
Join us for a complimentary evening about essential oils. Come to the Potting Shed on Wednesday, June 7th from 7 to 8:30 pm to learn how to use these gifts of the earth into your cooking, cleaning, gardening and living. No need to register – just join us!
Check out some photos from our May field trip to Stone Barns for a tour of the farm and a lovely lunch. A tour of the nearby Union Church with its magnificent windows created by Marc Chagall and Henri Matisse. Thanks to Amy Tyson and Charlotte Gannon for setting up …
The Rowayton Gardeners are excited to announce the opening of their new Seed Library! Please come by the Potting Shed to browse our plentiful supply of flower and vegetable seeds generously donated by the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company. We invite you to fill an envelope (or envelopes) with the seeds of your …
Member Priscilla Feral has put together a straightforward guide to Ten Things You Can Do Right Now to Fight Climate Change. Learn how to get involved, cutback on your waste, change the way you travel, make every drop of water count, switch to “green power,” think about what you plant, make …
This event has been canceled. Please join us for our 2nd annual Potting Shed Zen Retreat on Saturday June 3rd (8 am to 5 pm). It is a day-long affair that is certain to refresh the body and soul. This peaceful experience will treat you to a wide variety of hands-on activities, demonstrations …
January 19th was warm and boasted blue skies as we set off on our annual field trip – this year to Grand Central! Our tour was terrific, the logistics worked out ahead of time guided us flawlessly from the RCC to Darien/Metro North and then via the subway and shuttle …
Horticulture Magazine says, “What better way to wile away the winter than by sinking into a great novel that includes plenty of garden and plant imagery and maybe a gardening protagonist, too? Here are some of our favorite works of fiction in which gardens and gardeners play a role (click …
Our program on January 5th featured a talk by fellow Gardener, Priscilla Feral. You can view the slide show (with audio narration) on YouTube by clicking here. If you have any questions (the screening prompted much interesting discussion), please contact Priscilla by email at feral@friendsofanimals.org.
