Author: CFGC President

NFRD Annual Meeting

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The Northern Front Range District Annual Meeting on May 21st was a great day of people, pizza sliders, prizes and permaculture!
We Thanked the outgoing and Welcomed the Incoming Officers, approved the Budget, enjoyed hearing from the many Clubs
and had a class in Hügelkultur.

New Officers are Victoria Schmidt-President, Gail Fischer- VP, June Ray-Secretary and Lowanna Morgan-Treasurer

Thank you to everyone involved and we look forward to another year of growing, learning and blooming!

The Spring Newsletter is out!

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Get featured in our Newsletter or on our Blog!

Dear CFGC Members,

You may sometimes wonder what types of articles we want for the Connection. First of all, we want news about your club and news about upcoming events of interest to our members. Remember to tell us the who, what, when, where, why and how.

Next, anything about gardening. It needs to be informative and detailed. If you routinely get a bumper crop of tomatoes, what variety do you plant, what’s the pH of your soil, what do you do about cutworms, how much do you water, etc. Pretend a new neighbor from out of state who knows nothing about gardening is asking.

If you feel like you’re not an expert, get over it. We all learn from exchanging information, even if the information is “I tried this and it didn’t work.”

We can use reviews: book reviews, website reviews, video reviews, new product reviews. I don’t think the reviews have to be on the latest book out. I’d love to know which  books are your favorite go-tos for information and why. Which videos on YouTube are the best on creating terrariums, planting iris or making bee hives?

As well as media reviews, descriptions of gardens and nature trails you’ve visited, here in Colorado and elsewhere. What do you think of Botanica in Wichita? Cross Orchards in Grand Junction? Why should a garden club member make a point of visiting? Pictures are good. (Check on permissions.)

What do you do with what you grow? Do you make bird houses from your gourds, potpourri from your herbs, salsa from your tomatoes and peppers? Right now, I’m wondering what to do with all the baby spider plants I’ve got.

Tips and tricks: have you figured out a good way to dig a deep hole without dislocating a hip or a knee? Share.

I do need to caution folks who want to submit something that we cannot use copyrighted works without permission. That poem that was read at your last garden club meeting may have been big hit, but unless you wrote it, we can’t use it, unfortunately.

Meanwhile, happy planting! It’s spring again!
Susan Pelto
Editor

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2020 Ames Tool Grant

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Members of Dig and Dream Garden Club in Centennial, Colorado, measure the success of their volunteer gardening programs by the effectiveness of their efforts and impact on the community.

Garden club members James Pickering, Victoria Schmidt and Marilyn Sotelo.

The garden club was the recipient of the 2020 Ames Tool Grant and uses the tools it received on this project, as well as at the club’s other projects, including the Pickens Technical College Rose Garden and the Ronald McDonald House gardens. The garden club also garnered an NGC 2020 Plant America Grant. The garden club also garnered an NGC 2020 Plant America Grant.

Dig and Dream Garden Club members use the tools and garden wagon they received from a 2020 Ames Tool Grant at the butterfly garden at Smoky Hill Library. Prior to earning the grant award, members furnished their own gardening tools on the project and even needed to tote water in buckets for the lack of a garden hose. The cart, and other needed items, furnished by the Ames Tool Grant, simplified garden chores, especially in the transport of plants and other materials.

Garden club members volunteered in shifts on workdays to comply with area COVID-19 guidelines.