Navesink Garden Club

It’s Official, The BettyJean and Karl Meyer Art and Nature Area at The Monmouth Museum is now an official Monarch Waystation .

You may be familiar with the new project which we are doing with the Monmouth Museum. Both they and NGC have been working hard at getting recognition and at the same time, helping the environment. One way we are involved is to provide help to the Monarch Butterfly as it visits our area for its summer range.

To that end, our members have achieved status with a national program. You can go to the website to learn more, or better yet, visit the area at the Monmouth Museum to say hello.

It’s a pretty interesting website as well:

http://www.monarchwatch.org/index.html

Follow the green arrow to green frog.

Sometimes our gardens hold surprises for us. Unexpected pleasures are always appreciated, and one was encountered today. Our Ronnie Joy was investigating her yards’s eligibility for the National Wildlife Federation’s Backyard Habitat certification, to her surprise a loud sound from a small space was heard. It was only a green frog, but having a frog in her pond, along with her birdhouses and feeders, trees, natural native plantings, just complemented the yard she has so lovingly built over the years.

This is just to say, that members can and should take a survey of their existing backyard areas, and large or small, every one of us should look into this exciting program.

Now there is even more to enjoy!

Even Emma thinks this is fun!

We want to make a special mention that our current President, Marina Kerber, has been named District VIII Director. Congratulations to Marina. If you want to come meet her and our other awesome members, remember the date!

Our September flower show, is open to all.

Upcoming Meetings

hi – here is a link to access/view the Schedule for our Fall Flower Show. If you have any problems getting to it, let me know…Jo the Webmaster.

Click here for a copy of the Show Schedule

Run, don’t walk – to this location. This is on our FaceBook presence, Our FACEBOOK GROUP and it is a public group.

Please join our group, and follow our adventures in design and horticulture.

We are awaiting our final YearBook, that little booklet that holds our hopes and dreams for our coming season – our 70th year!!!

While most of the original founders have found their way to the Eden that we hope for, we are carrying on the community and personal growth that they envisioned so many years ago.

Our club is vital, active, and ambitious, and this coming year’s activities will reflect that.

In addition to our many other awards, we are hoping to get some recognition for this very site, and will begin the submission process soon.

Thank you all for your pictures and thoughts in the year just passed. We are looking forward to ripening tomatoes and lots of information from you going forward.

This week, on May 3, members are going to our twice-yearly plant exchange. This event is well-anticipated because we get a chance not only to reconnect and enjoy each others’ company and advice, but we get plants! This is also a wonderful way for prospective members to have a casual introduction to the knowledgeable and interesting members of our Club.

Going home with a new addition to our gardens is very exciting. We can trust each other that the plants are hardy, healthy and have a history with us.

This spring, it will be a little different. We will also be offering some plants from a nursery, for a nominal cost. These were left-overs from our Poricy Park event, but by no means left-outers! They are fresh, vibrant, and waiting to be part of your vegetable and herb gardens.

In addition, Irene will have some beans which will become our Fall Horticulture Challenge, another annual project that has been a fun tradition at our Club.

Also, any garden items, unwanted planters will be welcome as part of the exchange.

Hope you can make our Plant Exchange at Janine ‘s lovely home May 3, Tues. 9:30 am.