The Bellefonte Garden Club

Edible Landscape Garden Work Sessions Wednesday, May 12, 9-11AM Monday, May 17, 9-11 AM... The May 12 session involve heavier labor: spreading compost and digging it in. Please bring a shovel and a rake with your name on it. I will supply a wheelbarrow. Last year’s kale will be removed. Help yourselves to the kale. It is still exceptionally good. On May 17 we will plant seeds and transplant tomatoes and amaranth. The dates were set to coincide with the last frost which seems to have occurred quite a while ago. Attached is a PDF with this year’s key. Copies will be supplied Thanks for your help.

Dear Gardening Friends, On a beautiful Spring (April 20) evening In Talleyrand Park, 19 members, three grandchildren, and one dog gathered for the year’s first meeting of the Club at 6:30pm. In a community sharing, the members learned about the recent history of the Club’s initiative to beautify the Pergola area. Importantly, we saw the beautiful, thriving plants and heard plans for the future....Continue reading

Here are some interesting facts about the dandelion flower: The dandelion is the only flower that represents the 3 celestial bodies of the sun, moon and stars. ... . The yellow flower resembles the sun, the puff ball resembles the moon and the dispersing seeds resemble the stars. The dandelion flower opens to greet the morning and closes in the evening to go to sleep. Every part of the dandelion is useful: root, leaves, flower. It can be used for food, medicine and dye for coloring. Up until the 1800s people would pull grass out of their lawns to make room for dandelions and other useful weeds like chickweed, malva, and chamomile. The name dandelion is taken from the French word dent de lion meaning lion’s tooth, referring to the coarsely-toothed leaves. Dandelions have one of the longest flowering seasons of any plant. Dandelion seeds are often transported away by a gust of wind and they travel like tiny parachutes. Seeds are often carried as many as 5 miles from their origin! Animals such as birds, insects and butterflies consume nectar or seed of dandelion. . Dandelion flowers do not need to be pollinated to form seed. Every part of the dandelion is useful: root, leaves, flower. It can be used for food, medicine and dye for coloring. Dandelion can be used in the production of wine and root beer. Root of dandelion can be used as a substitute for coffee. Dandelions have sunk their roots deep into history. They were well known to ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, and have been used in Chinese traditional medicine for over a thousand years. Dandelion is used in folk medicine to treat infections and liver disorders. Tea made of dandelion act as diuretic. If you mow dandelions, they’ll grow shorter stalks to spite you. Dandelions are, quite possibly, the most successful plants that exist, masters of survival worldwide. A not so fun fact: Every year countries spend millions on lawn pesticides to have uniform lawns of non-native grasses, and we use 30% of the country’s water supply to keep them green. Bee Happy Gardens

The Club will hold their first meeting of the new year by coming together for a potluck meal at 6:30 on Tuesday, Jan. 15 at the First Presbyterian Church on 203 N. Spring St. Please join us and learn more about the 2019 programs and general information about the Club. You need not be a member to attend, but please bring a dish to share.

TOMATO MANIA is coming to the Bellefonte Community Children's Garden Sat., Sept. 22, 10 am - 12 pm. Join us for free, family-friendly, fun tomato-terrific activities for children of all ages!

Kids can play the SEED GAME, matching seeds to their plants, flowers and veggies THIS SAT, 10 am to noon, at our Super Seeds ~ Summer Family Discovery Day!!! ... How does a watermelon seed look different than a tomato seed?! We can't wait to show you. Quite amazing really, how seeds grow into so many different, wonderful things! Bellefonte Garden Club Centre County Library and Historical Museum Penn State Extension - Centre County Master Gardeners #kidsneednature #seedsrock #gardenwithkids #gardenfun

Celebrate summer with fun, hands-on activities for kids at the Bellefonte Community Children's Garden! Super Seeds ~ Summer Family Discovery Day, Sat, June 23, 10 am - noon. See you there!

Wilda Hope Farrell Stanfield, my beloved mother, died at 8:24 this morning, after a 20 year battle with cancer. She was a devoted member and officer of The Bell...efonte Garden Club and loved nothing more than being outside with her hands in the soil, so it seems appropriate that Earth Day was her final day with us. Dad was by her side, as always, and said she was without pain and peaceful at the end. There will be a visitation and service first at Wetzler's Funeral Home in Bellefonte, PA. A memorial and celebration of life will be held shortly after in Dayton, OH. I’ll post additional details as we know them.

Growing a Medicinal Garden with Sue Morris on Tuesday, April 17 at the First Presbyterian Church Hall on Spring Street beginning at 6:30. Sue Morris has been crafting herbal salves and aromatherapy products since 2000 when she founded her business Sue's Salves in Mill Hall PA. Sue combines her interests in organic gardening, herbalism, aromatherapy and astrology in her work as a natural healer. Please join us!

If you like our logo with the wheelbarrow and flowers, you might enjoy having a T-shirt or apron with the logo. Shirts and aprons are on sale now through April 20. The shirt will be heather Irish green and the apron will be hunter green (one size). The logo will be centered on the front of the garment. Please message us for pricing information and note that garden club members get special pricing!

We are looking forward to an informative meeting of the Bellefonte Garden Club on Tuesday, February 20th, at 6:30pm at the First Presbyterian Church, Spring Street, Bellefonte. Paula Maness, our Program Chair, has asked Tom Butzler, PSU Cooperative Extension of Clinton County, to present a program on Invasive Plants and Controlling Pest. Please come earlier to enjoy meeting each other and settling in to learn from the presentation.