All are welcome to attend lectures , $5 guest fee at the door for Wed meetings with speakers meeting at 12:30 at the Lower Bucks Masonic Hall, 1600 Edgewood Rd, Yardley, unless noted otherwise , speaker starts at 1 PM
Trips and Tours 2018-2019
Friday September 28, 2018
Tyler Arboretum
515 Painter Road
Media PA 19063
Carpool leaving Masonic Hall: 9:00am Tour start time: 10:30am
Cost: $20.00 per person Bring your own lunch! We will picnic on site
*If you intend to attend this tour, please try to pre-pay at the 9/26 meeting, or bring exact change the morning of the tour.
Adult tour "From Woodlands to Meadow” is a 1/2 mile walk includes asters, little blue stem and swamp sunflowers. Beautiful late summer woods and meadows. Multiple historic buildings are on-site.
Thursday October 25, 2018
Stoneleigh "Natural Lands"
1829 East County Line Road
Villanova, PA 19085
Carpool leaving Masonic Hall: 9:00am Tour start time: 10:30am
Cost: $20.00 per person Lunch at local restaurant
Tour includes the1877 Main house and gardens that layer historical designs with contemporary native plant species. Part of a conservation easement the property includes porous paved paths, picnic pavilion, and beautiful a water fountain on site.
May 2019 3rd or 4th week (actual date TBD)
Of the Woods, Hydrangea & Peony Farm
180 Gun Club Road
Barto, PA 19504
Carpool leaving Masonic Hall: TBD, Tour start time: TBD
Cost: TBD Lunch: TBD
This is a private tour for "Peak Peony” viewing at the farm. Members can "tag their peony's for pickup in the fall. A few peony's will be available for spring transplanting. Picnic tables are available or lunch near by.
June 2019 Tour TBA…Save the date, check back for details. TRIP INVITATIONS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS Bus
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You can sign up at the monthly meetings or call/text me directly at 215-630-6149.
Hope you can join us! Karen Papastrat
facebook: Martha Washington Garden Club Bucks County
| MEETINGS: All are welcome – Guest Fee $5
held at 12:30 at the Lower Bucks Masonic Hall on Edgewood Rd , Yardley, PA
The presentations for MWGC for 2018 will be as follows:
Here's a sneak peak at some of our exciting lineup of speakers for the 2018-2019 season. Check out more details later at www.marthawashingtongardenclub.org All meeting at held at the Lower Bucks Masonic Hall, 1600 Edgewood Rd, Yardley unless otherwise stated . Meeting begins at 12:30, speaker begins at 1 PM September 26 Another fun Make and Take, we will be experimenting with incorporating designed foliage into arrangements Please join us for a fun Floral Design workshop, using techniques with leaves to hide the stems . Bring you own flowers and greens, such as a market pack, floral tools, such as scissors, pruners, and a garbage bag cut so it will open flat. The garden club is providing container, oasis, and greens for lining the glass container. We will be providing a small wide mouth Mason jar for our container. . No reservations needed. All welcome. Guest fee $10 at the door. Workshop to be held at the Lower Bucks Masonic Hall, 1600 Edgewood Rd, Yardley . A short general meeting will begin at 12:30, workshop begins approx. 1 PM. . Refreshments to follow the workshop. October 24, 2018 "A Beautiful Bounty: Color and Design in the Vegetable Garden" by Christine Thomas, Thomas English Gardens of Yardley Become inspired to create your own delicious vegetable garden and perhaps even share your bounty with family and friends! February 27, 2019 "All the Buzz about Honey Bees" by Suzanne Luciano, The Italian Bee Discover the importance and keeping of Bees by our local tenured BeeKeeper. March 27, 2019 "The 10 Most Useful Plants in PA before Columbus" by Chris Applegate, Churchville Nature Center Long before Columbus arrived, Native Americans used their botanic resources for food, medicine, building materials, fibers and dyes. Come and hear how they took advantage of hundreds of plants to meet their specific needs. April 24, 2019 "Why Fly to Holland when you can Drive to Holland (and all about Tulips) by Marco Jurjevich, Holland Ridge Farms, NJ Learn all you ever wanted to know about tulips from Holland Ridge Farm, who boast acres of over 1 million spectacular tulips in all colors during their gorgeous Spring Tulip Festival May 22, 2019 "Introduction to Hyponic Growing" by Dominick Mack, BrightFarms, Yardley BrightFarms uses the freshest local produce, delivered to your supermarket within 24 hours of harvest year-round, using sustainable growing methods. Find out about our own BrightFarms, located on Stony Hill Road, Yardley
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