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May 18: Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale

From David Mitchell:

The May plant sale will return to the Ithaca High School (1401 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca, New York 14850) on May 18. Sale hours are 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Set up is Friday around 4 p.m. to 7p.m. and Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. Arrive early Saturday to drop off plants and help complete the setup. Our booth will be located indoors, probably in the gym.

This year we’re asking volunteers to sign up fortime slots before the sale. Though this is not a requirement to volunteer, it helps us spread the workload. Advance praise for the following members who have volunteered to help with the sale: Carol Eichler, Joan Lawrence, BZ Marranca, Nari Mistry, Marcia Meigs, Susanne Lipari, John Gilrein, Mary Stauble, Jayne Port, Joan Hermann, and Terry Humphries. Contact me if you're willing to volunteer an hour or two. We need Friday set-up help, final Saturday set-up(8-9), sales people every hour (especially the 9-10 rush), and clean-up at 2.

Remember to pot your plants in soilless mix and to label them in advance (Latin name preferred). I have labels and pots of various sizes if you need them.

My driveway is available for drop offs any time before the day of the sale if you can’t make it to the high school Friday or Saturday morning. The driveway is on the Washington Street side of the corner of Washington and Esty Streets (402 Esty Street). My phone number is (607) 342-3660 should you have any questions about the sale. Tompkins County Cooperative Extension can be reached at (607) 272-2292 or visit the plant sale website.
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Tip #1: members receive a 25% discount on their purchases from our table. Since our membership runs the calendar year, you may not have renewed yet (or joined for the first time) this year. Membership forms will be available so you may do so at the time of your purchase.

Tip #2: the Master Gardeners will have about 50 pots of double bloodroots, from Pat Curran's garden, for sale.

Tip #3: Visitors are encouraged to bring carts or wagons to aid in transporting their plant purchases to their cars.

Friday, May 3, 2013

May 2013 newsletter

The May newsletter is online.

Highlights:
  • Ithaca Plant Sale May 18th
  • Propagation Workshop June 8th
  • Stark/Stauble Open Garden June 8th
  • Wurster Demonstration Garden
  • Rock Garden Tutorial May 7th
  • Cazenovia Day Trip
  • Do You Need a New Plant?
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

April 2013 newsletter

The April newsletter is online.

Highlights from editor Kathy Purdy:

Join us on April 20th for a presentation on garden ferns by Tom Stuart AND the annual seedling exchange--a twofer! Please note this meeting is at the Kenneth Post Lab on the Cornell campus instead of our usual location. Further information in the newsletter. Also in this issue:
  • Delaware Valley Garden Trip
  • May Plant Sale
  • Two Members Host Open Gardens
  • Propagation Workshop
  • Plant of the Month: Ferns
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Monday, February 25, 2013

March 2013 newsletter

The March newsletter is online.

Highlights from editor Kathy Purdy:

  • Know Your Soil is the topic of our March 16th program 
  • Primula auricula - Plant of the Month 
  • Spring Tufa Purchase 
  • World Class Snowdrops 
  • Interesting Nurseries
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Special newsletter edition: Tufa!

Special tufa edition of the ACNARGS newsletter.

Bill Stark has been experimenting with tufa in his own garden, which led him to research local, inexpensive sources of this ideal rock garden medium. Since his article was so extensive, we've published it as its own special issue of the newsletter. It includes:

  • Building the Rockery 
  • Building the Zen Garden 
  • Building the Tufa 
  • Planting Bed 
  • Future Tufa Gardens 
  • Hunting for Tufa 
  • Buying Tufa 
  • Tufa Pricing
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

February 2013 newsletter

The February newsletter is online.

Highlights from editor Kathy Purdy:

  • Info about Members' Share, our February meeting on the 16th 
  • Lots of news from the national org 
  • A gentle plea for feedback on trips and workshops 
  • Asheville highlights- what you will miss if you don't go 
  • A little bit about garden blogs
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Thursday, November 1, 2012

November newsletter

The November newsletter is online here: http://www.acnargs.org/newsletter/201211.pdf
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Sunday, September 30, 2012

October newsletter

The October newsletter is online here: http://www.acnargs.org/newsletter/201210.pdf
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