tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39635594385419688102024-02-07T07:14:53.933-05:00Capitol Hill Garden ClubSince June 26, 1952CHGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15744495568811492029noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963559438541968810.post-71453876473416728192014-01-06T09:00:00.000-05:002014-01-06T09:00:06.595-05:00New Website LaunchedJanuary 6, 2014: Capitol Hill Garden Club has launched a new club website at <a href="http://capitolhillgardenclub.wildapricot.org/">http://capitolhillgardenclub.wildapricot.org/</a>CHGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15744495568811492029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963559438541968810.post-47418203773025535122013-12-05T14:08:00.000-05:002013-12-05T14:08:00.899-05:002013 DECK THE HALLS WORKSHOP<div style="text-align: justify;">
December 4, 2013: Capitol Hill Garden Club's annual floral design workshop is a long tradition and a continued success.</div>
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--<i>photos by Bill Dean</i>CHGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15744495568811492029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963559438541968810.post-10663665952395894912013-11-14T10:43:00.001-05:002013-11-14T10:43:22.709-05:00USDA Seeks Apple Tasters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Favorite and Reliable Perennial Introductions was the topic for Jessica Bonilla and Drew Asbury, gardeners from the <a href="http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/">Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens</a>. They featured a variety of recently introduced perennial cultivars which due well in our Zone 7 from shade to sun, wet to dry, good soil to poor. [See list below.]</div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Baptisia australis, False
Blue Indigo <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Verbena bonariensis, Tall
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<span style="color: #020000;">Agastache rupest</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">r</span><span style="color: #020000;">is, Sunset Hyssop <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Perovskia atriplic</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">i</span><span style="color: #020000;">folia, Russian Sage <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Verbascum 'Southern Cha</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">r</span><span style="color: #020000;">m', Showy Mullein <br />
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldstrum', Black-Eyed Susan <br />
Sedum rupestre </span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">'</span><span style="color: #020000;">Angelina</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">'</span><span style="color: #020000;">,
Angelina Stonecrop <br />
Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy', Pineapple L</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">i</span><span style="color: #020000;">ly <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Nepeta x faassen</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">ii </span><span style="color: #020000;">'Walke</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">r</span><span style="color: #020000;">'s Low</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">'</span><span style="color: #020000;">, Catmint <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Chrysan</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">t</span><span style="color: #020000;">hemum </span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">'</span><span style="color: #020000;">Sheffield Pink', Hardy Mum <br />
Echinacea purpurea 'Mag</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">n</span><span style="color: #020000;">us', Purple Coneflower <br />
Amsonia hub</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">r</span><span style="color: #020000;">ichtii, A</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">r</span><span style="color: #020000;">kansas
B</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">l</span><span style="color: #020000;">ue Star <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Athyrium nipponicum 'Pic</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">t</span><span style="color: #020000;">um</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">'</span><span style="color: #020000;">, Japanese Painted Fern <br />
Hellebo</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">r</span><span style="color: #020000;">us orient</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">a</span><span style="color: #020000;">lis,
Len</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">t</span><span style="color: #020000;">en Rose <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Hakonechloa macra 'All
Gold', Japanese Forest Grass <br />
L</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">y</span><span style="color: #020000;">simachia nummularia 'Aurea</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">', </span><span style="color: #020000;">Creeping Jenny <br />
T</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">i</span><span style="color: #020000;">arella 'Elizabe</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">t</span><span style="color: #020000;">h Oliver'</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">, F</span><span style="color: #020000;">oam Flowe</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">r <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">P</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">r</span><span style="color: #020000;">imula japonica, Japanese Primrose <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c0a08;">C</span><span style="color: #020000;">helone Iyon</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">i</span><span style="color: #020000;">i </span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">'</span><span style="color: #020000;">Hot Lips'</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">, </span><span style="color: #020000;">P</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">i</span><span style="color: #020000;">nk Turt</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">l</span><span style="color: #020000;">ehead <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Liriope </span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">'</span><span style="color: #020000;">Monroe White', L</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">il</span><span style="color: #020000;">y Turf <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Ast</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">i</span><span style="color: #020000;">lbe chinensis </span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">'</span><span style="color: #020000;">Superba</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">'</span><span style="color: #020000;">,
Chinese Astilbe <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Astilbe chinensis '</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">P</span><span style="color: #020000;">umila'</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">, C</span><span style="color: #020000;">hinese Astilbe <br />
Epimedium perra</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">l</span><span style="color: #020000;">chicum </span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">'</span><span style="color: #020000;">Frohnleiten</span><span style="color: #0c0a08;">', </span><span style="color: #020000;">Barrenwort <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Polygonatum odoratum
'Variegatum', Variegated Solomon's Seal <br />
Trillium grandiflorum, Wood Lily <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Ceratostigma
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<span style="color: #020000;">Heuchera 'Caramel',
'Citronelle' </span><span style="color: #020000;">& </span><span style="color: #020000;">'Mocha', Coral Bells <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Hosta 'Krossa Regal',
Hosta <br />
Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears', Hosta <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Acarus gramineus 'Minimus
Aureus', Dwarf Golden Sweet Flag <br />
Geranium 'Rozanne</span><span style="color: #010000;">'</span><span style="color: #020000;">, Cranesbill <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's
Pick', Stokes' Aster <br />
Phlox paniculata 'Shortwood', Garden Phlox <br />
Eupatorium fistulosum, Joe Pye Weed <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Yucca filamentosa 'Color
Guard', Adam's Needle <br />
Panicum virgatum 'Northwind', Switch Grass <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #020000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">New </span></u><b><u><span style="color: #020000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">and Exciting <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Thalictrum 'Black
Stockings', Meadow Rue <br />
Kniphofia Popsicle Series, Poker Plant <br />
Coreopsis 'Mercury Rising',</span><span style="color: #2a2828;">.
</span><span style="color: #020000;">Tickseed <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Helenium autumnale
Mariachi Series, Sneezeweed <br />
Brunnera macrophylla 'Alexander's Great', Siberian Bugloss <br />
Lobelia cardinalis 'Black Truffle', Cardinal Flower <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Delosperma 'Fire Spinner',
Ice Plant <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Agave neomexicana, New
Mexico Hardy Century Plant <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #020000;">Agave salmiana 'Crazy
Horse', Crazy Horse Hardy Century Plant <br />
Schizachyrium scaparium 'Standing Ovation', Little Bluestem <br />
Sporobolus wrightii 'Windbreaker', Giant Sacaton Grass <span style="font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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"I didn't grow this," she said. She plans to donate it to the U.S. National Arboretum compost.CHGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15744495568811492029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963559438541968810.post-50284262181536270882013-10-24T12:20:00.000-04:002013-11-13T12:28:49.033-05:00Hill Gardens News for November 2013<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Capitol Hill Garden Club Bulb Sale is in the home stretch. Please contact Carol
Casperson, <a href="mailto:carol.casperson@gmail.com">carol.casperson@gmail.com</a>
or 202-714-0566, to volunteer. All volunteers will receive a deep discount bulb
purchases. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: green; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tuesday, November 12</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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perennials work best in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Washington</st1:state></st1:place>
gardens? Jessica Bonilla and Drew Asbury
from Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens will share their love of perennials
with garden club members. Tried and
true, new interesting cultivars and some of their personal favorites will all
be presented. Hillwood, the former home
of heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, gives these two experienced gardeners 13
acres of formal gardens (plus greenhouse and cutting garden) in which to
observe <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3963559438541968810" name="_GoBack"></a>as well as try new plants and planting
combinations. They will be bringing
their experience and expertise to share. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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usual the garden club meeting starts with informally with refreshments at 7:00
pm with the presentation at 7:30 pm. See
you at the Church of the Brethren, corner of <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">South Carolina Avenue</st1:address></st1:street> <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">and Fourth Street, SE</st1:address></st1:street> (enter by the <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">4<sup>th</sup> Street</st1:address></st1:street>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jessica
Bonilla is the Lead Gardener at Hillwood.
She was previously employed caretaking gardens at a private estate in <st1:city w:st="on">Rochester</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state> and started her career managing garden
installations at Leisure World in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Silver
Spring</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Maryland</st1:state></st1:place>. She has a bachelor’s degree in Landscape
Contracting from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Penn</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place>. Drew Asbury is Hillwood’s Greenhouse and
Cutting Garden Grower. Drew was
landscape supervisor at Baywood Greens in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Rehoboth</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">Delaware</st1:state></st1:place> and started his
horticulture working in a tropical greenhouse while in college. He has a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Indiana</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place> and graduated from the
Longwood Gardens Professional Gardener Training Program in 2006. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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October, Regina Lanctot, plant specialist at <st1:placename w:st="on">Merrifield</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Garden</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype>
in <st1:place w:st="on">Fair Oaks</st1:place>, gave a lively presentation
October 8 on “Gardening in the Great Indoors.” Starting with the psychological
and health benefits of houseplants, which like all plants absorb toxins in the
air, she provided many suggestions on how to keep houseplants thriving. Among
the highlights:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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careful when transporting plants home; even brief periods in the car in
freezing winter can kill newly purchased plants, especially orchids but other
tropicals as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Houseplants
need time to acclimate to your home’s surroundings; gradually introduce plants
to new settings. Try to replicate the conditions in which they thrive in their
natural habitat. Even cacti can burn if thrust suddenly in a very sunny spot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Many
houseplants like humidity, especially during the winter when artificial heating
creates desert like conditions. Don’t spritz houseplants with water. It’s
better to place them in a saucer on pebbles in tray above a small layer of
water. Gravel at the bottom of a pot is not helpful for drainage, either
(contrary to common perception). A clever way to prevent water accumulating in the
potting soil is to place a block of Styrofoam at the bottom of a jardinière and
set the pot on top of it. Clear plastic “growers’ pots,” which permit a good
look at the plant’s root system and general state of in-soil health, are
especially good for this technique of displaying houseplants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Plants
love an occasional hose-down with water to provide moisture and to eliminate
some kinds of insect pests.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t
repot houseplants often; some actually thrive in root-bound conditions. And
never report a new houseplant until it’s clearly adapted to your home’s
surroundings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Indoor
plants, like those outdoors, need ventilation, which helps prevent fungus. In
still air try a gentle fan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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layer of activated charcoal can help prevent root and stem rot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t
overwater plants, notably succulents. Houseplants love rainwater, free of many
compounds present in tap water that can be harmful to plants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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over fertilize houseplants, and don’t fertilize at all during their natural
“resting periods.” Light-colored deposits on the top layer of houseplant soil
can be a sign of fertilizer salt accumulations, which can be treated by running
water gently through the plant’s soil in the pot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Another
sign of overfertilization can be leaf tip discoloration, which can also the
result of other difficult-to-diagnose problems. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Orchids
like to be potbound, but when the bark and other aerating planting medium
breaks down and gets mushy, it’s time to repot, generally in 2 years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t
prune more than one-third of a plant’s foliage or its roots at a time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Insect
pests come in many varieties, some of the common ones being mealybugs (which
look like tiny cotton tufts) and scale
(look like tiny shields); both are sap suckers (often resulting in “honey
dew”—sticky, carbohydrate-rich goop from the insects’ feasting on your plants)
and are best treated by plucking them with Q tips and alcohol.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Two
good websites are toptropicals.com and davesgarden.com.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
is but a sampling of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Regina</st1:place></st1:city>’s
thorough presentation. For more information, visit <st1:placename w:st="on">Merrifield</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Garden</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype>
at Fair Oaks and talk to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Regina</st1:place></st1:city>
one-on-one. But do call the center at 703-968-9600 to make sure she’s there. <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Regina</st1:place></st1:city>’s a busy lady who
conducts many workshops, including those for Master Gardener candidates, and was
recently asked to organize all Merrifield workshops and related activities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mail your membership form to Donna Brauth.
Only members will be able to register for the Holiday Greens Workshop
& Potluck Dinner, which will be held on Wednesday December 4 at 6:30 pm. Watch your email for further details and the
workshop registration form.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">On
May 17, 2014, District I of National Capitol Area Garden Clubs is
sponsoring a bus trip to Fallingwater,
the amazing southwest <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state></st1:place>
home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. This all day trip includes transportation
by motor coach, a morning stop to purchase breakfast, a guided tour of
Fallingwater with extra time, and a late lunch (included) at the Stone House
Inn. The tour is open to all Capitol
Hill Garden Club members. Registration
fee is $100. For further details, please
see the registration form. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Member of National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc.,</i></span><br />
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Garden Club Bulb Sale</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">YOUR HELP
NEEDED IMMEDIATELY</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">The bulb sale begins on
Saturday and Sunday, September 28 and 29.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We do not have enough volunteers to sell bulbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you can donate two hours, please contact
Bulb Sale<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chairs Leanna Fenske
(202-544-4331) or Carol Casperson (202-714-0566) without delay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Selling bulbs is fun and easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No expertise is needed. There will be “how
to” instructions available for buyers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Volunteer shifts beyond the first weekend are also available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The success of our sale depends on you.</span></div>
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was the topic covered by Adam Pyle, Horticulturist from the US Botanic Garden,
at the first meeting of the Capitol Hill Garden Club on September 10 at the
Church of the Brethren. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For five years
Adam was lead gardener of Bartholdi Park, planning displays and trying out new
gardening techniques for the mid-Atlantic region.</span></div>
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1) plant in full sun (may be under deciduous trees which come into leaf
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2) moderate moisture—with excellent drainage is required</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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3) bone meal or an organic fertilizer is preferred</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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4) plant to a depth of three times the height of the bulbs</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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5) use a pine straw mulch—or, if in a pot, overplant with pansies.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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If you are planting bulbs in pots, the pots should be at least 12-14 inches deep
and wide. Use a mixture of potting soil and perlite, fill half way up and then
start layering bulbs as close as shoulder-to-shoulder covering each layer with
soil before adding the next layer—up to 7 layers in very deep pots. Experiment
with color and bloom time.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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When do you plant your bulbs? Usually when the soil temperature reaches 55
degrees. Practical hints: when the asters and mums are on the wane or you turn
on the heater in your car.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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In planning for use of tulips, Mr. Pyle recommends aiming for patches or
splashes of color with no less than 10 tulips with similar heights and blooming
times, but varied flower shapes and patterns in a color scheme of two or three
variations. He also suggested staggering bloom times when planting larges swaths
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He very generously gave us his email address: <a href="http://adamjpyle.com/think-spring/">http://adamjpyle.com/think-spring/</a>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(under the heading "Think Spring") for
checking out blossom heights, bloom times, etc. on several charts he has
created. This information can be enormously helpful.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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He did not confine himself to tulips and daffodils, but included ideas about
crocus, snowdrops, fritillaria, alliums, dwarf iris, and anemones. He
especially recommended the multiflowering hyacinth ‘Anastasia,’ which multiplies
readily and will last for years—unlike tulips, which he treats as annuals,
because hybrid tulips decline rapidly after their first blooming, losing size,
color, or sometimes disappearing altogether.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And yes—he recommended leaving the green leaves of perennial bulbs to die
back naturally without cutting or tying so the bulbs can develop strength for
their next year’s flowering.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> –Pat
Driscoll</span></div>
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29, 2013</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">3:00 –
5:00 PM</span></b></div>
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Garden</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">
Party</span></b></div>
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Carolina Avenue, SE</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></b></div>
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20003</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Join us at the fall
garden party and please bring a friend or neighbor to learn about more about the
garden club. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Please bring a donation of food for six
people</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">finger food only</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Label your containers to make them easier to
reclaim as you leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beverages will be
provided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The party will be held at the
home and garden of Diane Brockett. All are welcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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2013</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Gardening
in the Great Indoors</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Regina</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">
Lanctot</span></b><span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Cold weather needn’t
spell an end to the many rewards of gardening. Regina Lanctot, Merrifield Garden
Center’s expert on houseplants, will discuss plants that thrive indoors—how to
promote their optimal growth, banish common pests, and other topics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Regina</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> was born in Brazil and
has degrees in software engineering from universities in Brazil and Japan. After
working on Wall Street, and then for Fairfax County Public Schools, she found
her true love and cure for burnout in 2005 working for Merrifield Garden Center
as a Plant Specialist in the indoor tropical greenhouse at the Fair Oaks
location. Since working at Merrifield, Regina, in addition to her usual work in
the tropical greenhouse, has taught numerous classes, given lectures, regularly
hosts field trips for children of all ages, coordinates and hosts workshops, and
has taught the indoor plants chapter for the Loudoun County Master Gardeners’
program in Virginia (and will be teach it again this coming year). Regina lives
with her husband and three sons in Fairfax County, Virginia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Also, at the October 8
meeting, Garden club members will vote whether to approve the budget for
2013-2014 proposed by the Board of Directors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A draft of the budget will be posted on the Capitol Hill Garden Blogspot,
<a href="http://capitolhillgardenclub.blogspot.com/">http://capitolhillgardenclub.blogspot.com/</a>,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for your review prior to the meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">You can also find <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the 2013-2014 Capitol Hill Garden Club
membership form and questionnaire at the blogspot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Membership dues for 2013-2014 are due by
October 31.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Green With Greens</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Did you participate in
the 2012 Deck the Halls Workshop?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If so,
please let us know whether you had leftover greens in your bag that you either
discarded or gave away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are striving
to order the right amount of greens this year—not to much or too little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you had excess greens last year, please
take just a minute to email a note to Sandra Bruce, <a href="mailto:cococonure@gmail.com">cococonure@gmail.com</a>, this
week.</span></div>
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Fallingwater</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">On May 17, 2014,
District I of National Capitol Area Garden Clubs is sponsoring a bus trip to
Fallingwater,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the amazing southwest
Pennsylvania home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. This all day trip includes
transportation by motor coach, a morning stop to purchase breakfast, a guided
tour of Fallingwater with extra time, and a late lunch (included) at the Stone
House Inn..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tour is open to all
Capitol Hill Garden Club members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Registration fee is $100.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
trip will fill quickly so act without delay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For further details, please contact David Healy. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Capitol</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> Hill
School</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> Seeks
Gardeners</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Carole LeRoy would like
to establish a garden at Ludlow Taylor Elementary School on 7<sup>th</sup> and G
Streets, NE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are interested in
working on this project, please contact her at Leroycaroleny@yahoo.fr.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Capitol</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> Hill Garden</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> Club 2013-2014 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Membership
Form & Questionnaire</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Please carefully read
and complete this form (<b>both sides</b>) and mail it with your check, payable
to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Capitol Hill Garden Club</b>, to Donna
Brauth, CHGC Treasurer, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1100 Constitution Ave., NE</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">, Washington
DC 20002</b>
– or bring your form and check/cash to a meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Membership
renewals for 2013-2014 are due by <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">October
31, 2013</span>.</u></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 2.0pt;"> </span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All contributions over and above the dues are tax
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Membership dues: $25 person ____<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$45 couple ____<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New Member____</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Additional Tax
Deductible gift _______________ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Name(s)
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">City,
State, Zip<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>_____________________________________</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-variant: small-caps;">Fall
Bulb Sale</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The club’s primary source
of income is selling spring-flowering bulbs from Holland every autumn at Eastern Market. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">All Capitol Hill
Garden Club members are encouraged
to help sell bulbs for one 2-hour stint.</b> Sales begin Saturday and Sunday, September
28 and 29 and run for two-day weekends through October or until all bulbs are
sold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be a sign-up sheet for
bulb sellers at meetings. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also for the
following essential tasks, please check where else you can help: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">_______ Help once or more to <b>transport bulbs</b> to the market at
6:00-7:30 a.m. on a Saturday or Sunday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">_______ Help once or more to <b>transport bulbs</b> back to storage from
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on a Sat. or Sunday.</span></div>
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especially welcome. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Capitol Hill Garden Club only succeeds through
active member participation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition
to the annual bulb sale, club by-laws strongly encourage members to serve on at
least one committee or event of their choice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Please sign up below for as many
as you wish.</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">___ <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Communications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Help with writing, editing and/or
publishing the bi-monthly newsletter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>___
Help to maintain the web site by answering inquires or posting <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>periodic updates to web content.</span></div>
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</span>Community Projects. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Help organize special projects to serve
the community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">___<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Membership.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Welcome new members by email, phone
and at meetings; help raise awareness among underrepresented populations; with
the treasurer, update and maintain membership records. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">___<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2014-2015
Programs.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help plan meeting programs
for next year. (Committee meets once, in the Spring of 2014.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">___<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hospitality
Committee. </b>Help obtain, serve and manage clean-up of refreshments for a
meeting or</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an event. This includes providing a
plate of savory or sweet items from time to time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">___ <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nominations Committee.</b> Help indentify a
slate of officer candidates for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
April 2014 election.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">___<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Watering
Co-op.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Be part of a co-operative
group who water one another’s gardens during absences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">___<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">By-laws
Review.</b> Help review club by-laws and recommend revisions. (Meets once
bi-annually.)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Garden Design Consultation Committee.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Experienced gardeners<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>offer suggestions on garden makeovers and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>garden designs for Club members requesting this free service.</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 2.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">___<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, I am an experienced gardener who would like to help.</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 2.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">___<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, I would like design assistance or advice for a garden makeover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you have special knowledge or skill on
any aspect of gardening?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If so, please
tell us about it so that we all can benefit from our in-house expertise, as the
need may arise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">2. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you have enough space in your house and
garden that you would be willing to allow the club to hold a small <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>event? — such as our annual fall party, or
our gathering after the spring garden walk. _______________</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">5. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do you get information about the Capitol
Hill Garden Club?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>____________________________________</span></div>
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events/classes offered through the </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">National
Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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the Capitol Hill Garden
Club</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2013-2014 <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Capitol Hill Garden
Club Calendar</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">September 10, 2013 </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bodacious Bulbs</b></div>
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The best time to think Spring is in the Fall. U.S. Botanic
Garden horticulturist Adam Pyle will offer ideas for using the right bulbs and
other spring blooming flowers for a fine show in our gardens.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">September 28, 29, October 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27,
2013</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">8:00 AM–5:00 PM*</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bulb Sale</b></div>
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The garden club’s sale of spring flowering bulbs at Eastern
Market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This fundraiser supports the club’s
activities.</div>
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* Dates may be added due to inclement weather; September 29
only, 8:00 AM<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">–</b>3:00 PM</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">September 29, 2013</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">3:00–5:00 PM</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fall</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Garden</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Party</b></div>
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All are welcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The board
of directors encourages you to come to learn about more about the garden club
and mix with friends and neighbors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Location
to be announced. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">October 8, 2013<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gardening in the
Great Indoors </b></div>
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Cold weather needn’t spell an end to the many rewards of
gardening. Regina Lanctot, Merrifield
Garden Center’s
expert on houseplants, will discuss plants that thrive indoors—how to promote
their optimal growth, banish common pests, and other topics.</div>
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Adoption of 2013–2014 budget.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">October 31, 2013</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Membership Renewal
Deadline for 2013-2014</b></div>
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Mail dues and completed membership questionnaire (available
at http://capitolhillgardenclub.blogspot.com/) to Donna Brauth, Treasurer, or
submit at a meeting.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">November 12, 2013</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Favorite Perennial
Introductions</b></div>
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Hillwood Estate lead gardener Jessica Bonilla will share
some of her favorite perennials, including some recent introductions. She will
let us know which perform reliably. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">December 4, 2013 (Wednesday)</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">6:30 PM</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Deck the Halls
Workshop & Potluck</b></div>
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Join us in making wreaths, swags, and table
arrangements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Members only. Prior
registration and fee required.)</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">January 14, 2014</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Let Me Tell You About
My Garden</b></div>
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Three club members will each describe notable features of
their gardens and their experiences as gardeners with visuals and Q&A.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">February 11, 2014</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Nature of
Ikebana </b></div>
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Ikebana, an ancient floral art of Japan, has captured people’s
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John Bartram Lives</b></div>
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Election of officers.</div>
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CHGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15744495568811492029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963559438541968810.post-17870338858477925502013-07-25T09:19:00.001-04:002013-07-25T09:19:15.225-04:00Member Reports on 33rd Seed Savers Exchange and Campout<div style="text-align: justify;">
Decorah, Iowa, July 19-21, 2013: Member Beth Purcell reports on this month's <a href="http://www.seedsavers.org/Education/2013-Conference/">Seed Savers Exchange and Campout</a>:</div>
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<a href="http://www.seedsavers.org/">Seed Savers Exchange</a> (SSE) is a nonprofit organization
devoted to enhancing genetic diversity by preserving seeds of heirloom
varieties of fruits, flowers, and vegetables.
SSE collects heirloom seeds, and facilitates members’ exchange of
seeds. It maintains the largest
non-government seed bank in the US. SSE
has test gardens and meeting facilities at Heritage Farm in Decorah, Iowa
(northeast Iowa). Each year they grow-out hundreds of heirloom varieties at the
farm, and enlist members’ help to test heirloom seeds in gardens around the
country. </div>
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SSE offers seeds for hundreds
of vegetables and annual and perennial flowers. You can see many varieties
growing in the test gardens. Red
Milkweed (<i>Asclepias incarnata</i>),
5-feet tall, hardy to Zone 4, would complement the white milkweeds available on
Capitol Hill. Ground cherry (<i>Phusalis pruinosa</i>, Aunt Molly’s OG) is
an attractive pest-resistant plant with fruits similar to a tomatillo, and
great in pies and preserves; it matures in 70 days and needs full sun. They use cocoa mulch in the test gardens because
it’s excellent for weed suppression, however it tends to block water, and dogs
sometimes eat it. </div>
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Every July SSE holds a conference,
offering seed-sharing exchanges, workshops on seed-saving, gardening ideas, and
expert speakers on garden-related topics. One speaker covered the challenges of
plant patents to farmers and gardeners: “Bag tags” on patented corn and soybean
seeds are a license prohibiting the farmer from keeping seed from this year’s
harvest to replant the following year. If
the farmer opens the bag, he or she agrees to be bound by the license. As a result, the farmer must buy seed year after year from the seed company. Seed companies have successfully sued farmers
to enforce this license. While plant
patents and bag tags are now an issue for farmers, gardeners may soon be
affected - Monsanto has developed a
tomato with the same restrictive license.
A concern is that seed companies may begin to modify garden seeds from
the public domain, obtain patents, and sell seeds with restrictive
licenses. However, open-source
unrestricted plant breeding programs and seed-sharing organizations like SSE
might survive using licenses similar to Linus Torvald’s Linux open-source
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A trip to SSE Heritage Farm in
Decorah, Iowa might be part of an enjoyable family vacation. The farm is almost 1,000 acres, with test
gardens, a herd of heritage cattle, and flocks of heritage poultry. There is a lot to see at the farm, and
nearby. The town of Decorah is very
charming, with restaurants, parks, and a bike trail circling the town. The Mississippi River is not far. Heritage Farm offers camping during the
conference, or you can stay in a dorm room at Luther College in Decorah (room
was comfortable, sheets and towels provided, and A/C worked great). You can fly to Waterloo, Iowa, rent a car and
drive to Decorah. The scenery is
beautiful – gently rolling hills becoming hillier in the northeast (and no
billboards anywhere). The roads are
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For more information on the conference, saving heirloom
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--<i>post and photos by Beth Purcell</i></div>
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June 1, 2013: More than 40 members attended the annual June Garden Party held for the first time in the <a href="http://www.ncagardenclubs.org/fs_garden1.html">Friendship Garden</a> at the United States National Arboretum. The garden, designed by the Capitol Hill firm of <a href="http://ovsla.com/">Oehme van Sweden</a>, was a gift to the arboretum from National Garden Clubs, Inc.. National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc. oversees the Friendship Garden endowment on behalf of National Garden Clubs, Inc.<br />
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Arboretum Director Colien Hefferan (<i>standing right</i>) welcomed the club for a second year to the U.S. National Arboretum for its June garden party. She commented on the club's knack for picking beautiful evenings and the efficiency of its operations.<br />
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Party committee members Joyce Jones and Johann Yurgen presented President Carol Edwards with a picnic basket containing a thermal hot/cold interior.<br />
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The club recognized member Wendy Blair (<i>far right</i>) who retired after 14 years as editor of <i>THE HILL GARDEN NEWS</i>. The self-styled "Problem Lady" took the opportunity to reminisce about the club. On behalf of the club, President Carol Edwards (<i>right</i>) presented her with a Tiffany crystal bowl.<br />
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Member David Healy (<i>left</i>) wore the president's pin for National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc. It's the first time that a Capitol Hill member has led the state garden club.<br />
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--<i>photos by Bill Dean</i>CHGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15744495568811492029noreply@blogger.comNortheast Washington, Washington, DC, USA38.912003814179712 -76.971959322290138.905825814179714 -76.982044322290108 38.918181814179711 -76.9618743222901tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963559438541968810.post-79903735584897718922013-01-08T19:30:00.000-05:002013-01-30T09:01:05.170-05:00Members Gardens<div style="text-align: justify;">
In a lively session club members Jeffery Johnson, Barry Brauth, and Denny Lane
described the development of their gardens, illustrating their experiences with
images of their spaces at different stages of development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Although each garden was unique, their
stories shared common themes and advice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Jeffery and Barry both realized that it would be a worthwhile investment
to hire a landscape professional to develop the bones of their garden
spaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They advised anyone hiring a
garden designer to interview several candidates before hiring and choose someone
with experience in designing small gardens. Both successfully worked with Derek
Thomas, a landscaper with lots of Capitol Hill experience.<br />
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All three speakers encouraged us to think
deeply about what we want from our gardening space and be prepared to describe
our wishes to the design professional in detail while remaining open to
suggestion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we have a limited budget,
our presenters advised us to ask the landscaper to segment the work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first step is to get a well thought out
and practical written plan, one that encourages us to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">use</i> our garden space. Second is to
develop the hardscape.<br />
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Since
gratification is important to perseverance, our presenters cautioned us to save
some of the early budget for plants. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Patience may be a virtue in general, but it is
essential in developing a garden. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plantings that appear sparse and puny in their
first few years, fill-out and fill-in over time, giving us the look that we had
hoped for as we browsed gardening magazines <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at the beginning of our gardening
projects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the presenters felt it was
important to make their gardens personal—whether it was bringing in
architectural "finds" from overseas travel, adding a favorite plant, making a
play space for a child, or encouraging a sense of neighborhood pride in the
development of the garden over time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <i>--Carol Edwards, photos by Bill Dean.</i></span><br />
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December 5, 2012: About 50 members enjoyed the annual Deck the Halls workshop.<br />
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Sandra Flowers presented a program entitled "The Leaf Alone" to the regular monthly meeting of the Capitol Hill Garden Club.</div>
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She explained in her introduction: “This presentation is about making plant choices based on
the contribution of texture, color, size or shape of the plant’s leaf
alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the plant has a lovely flower
also, that is just icing on the cake! </div>
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“All plant leaves have a job to do – making carbohydrate for
the use of the plant to grow and thrive. Within that very utilitarian job
description, nature has given us an amazing variety of leaves that often rival
the beauty of their flowers and since the leaves last longer than the flowers,
they have an important impact on garden structure and interest.</div>
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“It is all too easy to become enamored of the beauty of
flowers and neglect to think that flowers are usually at their peak for 1-3
weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does that plant contribute
to the garden for the rest of the </div>
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year?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A case in point is a rose, which has lovely flowers and even lovely
foliage if you live in England
or New England or the Pacific Northwest…which
we don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We live in hot, humid
Washington DC – which results in Black Spot fungus, eventual defoliation and
bare stems for much of the summer.”</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gold Heart Dicentra spectabilis</td></tr>
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This was her list of "Some foliage that warrants inclusion in our DC gardens and
garden pots":
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Gold Heart Dicentra spectabilis</div>
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Begonia grandis</div>
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Hakonechloa grass</div>
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Carex ‘Evergold’</div>
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Autumn fern (dryopteris erythrosora)</div>
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Japanese Holly Fern (cyrtomium falcatum)</div>
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Japanese Painted fern (athyrium niponicum)</div>
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Caladiums - White Christmas & Fannie Munson</div>
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Arisaema ringens- Cobra lily</div>
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Soloman’s Seal (polygonatum multiflorum)</div>
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Helleborus orientalis (Lenten Rose)</div>
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Helleborus niger(
Christmas rose)</div>
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Hostas - Sieboldiana elegans, Lemon lime, Frances Williams
(& many others)</div>
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Rohdea japonica – Japanese Sacred lily</div>
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Ligularia dentata ‘Desdemona’</div>
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Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’</div>
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Asarum splendens -Japanese ginger </div>
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Saxifraga stolonifera<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Strawberry begonia</div>
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Schizophrama hydrangeoides ‘Moonlight’</div>
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Caryopteris divaricata ‘Snow Fairy’</div>
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Heuchera ‘Silver Scrolls’</div>
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Heuchera ‘Caramel’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Alternanthera dentata - ‘Brazilian Red Hot’ & ‘Party
time’</div>
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Coleus - Saturn</div>
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Angel Wing Begonias</div>
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Fuschia gartenmeister</div>
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Calathea lancifolia</div>
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September 22, 2013: A number of Club members were right in the heart of this year’s Barracks Row Festival, helping attendees to pot bulbs at the CSX Booth. This community festival on 8th Street SE had something for everyone, including the DC State Fair. </div>
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Families, singles, couples and lots of children were drawn to the booth where they potted a tulip or daffodil for planting later in the community and one for themselves to plant at home. For many festival participants it was their first exposure to bulbs and gardening; for others it renewed desires to garden. </div>
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Sporting their Garden Club aprons and armed with Club literature and brochures our volunteers won lots of smiles as they assisted and answered questions about bulbs. Many thanks to Club members Sonia Conly, Mary Weirich, David Healy, Bill Dean, Faith Brightbill, Mary Ann Sroufe, Sandra Bruce, Gene Smith, and Sharon Calkins-Hubley for lending their expertise and rolling out the welcome mat for those interested in learning more about our Club. </div>
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CHGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15744495568811492029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963559438541968810.post-44008891412756013822012-09-20T13:00:00.000-04:002012-11-10T16:20:37.265-05:00Cleaning Up the Arboretum’s Glenn Dale Azalea Site<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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September 20, 2013: U.S. National Arboretum research horticulturist
Scott Aker, walked a group of around 20 volunteers and potential volunteers
(two from Capitol Hill Garden Club) through the Glenn Dale Hillside Renewal
Project site to show the condition of the area and the work to be undertaken in
the hillside renewal. The work focuses on the removal of invasive plants such
as English ivy and porcelain berry and sapling trees, the trimming of limbs and
branches from remaining trees to provide more light, and pruning dead or leggy
branches that struggled to find light from the azaleas. Aker said, “The
azaleas will benefit greatly from reduced competition for light, nutrients and
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extraordinary hybridizing, work, which culminated in hybrids with larger flower
size, wider range of flower color and bloom time, and hardiness in the
Washington, DC, area. Morrison was USDA plant breeder and first director of the
National Arboretum.</div>
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The renewal work will be done mostly by a contractor under
the supervision of Arboretum staff, the Arboretum staff, and--azalea collection
volunteers. That’s where garden club members come in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The curator of the Arboretum Azalea and Rhododendron
Collections, Barbara Bullock, has invited garden club members to join other
volunteers on azalea clean up days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
upcoming work day is scheduled from 10 am to 2-3 pm, December 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have an interest in participating send
an email to <a href="mailto:barbara.bullock@ars.udsa.gov">barbara.bullock@ars.udsa.gov</a> and details of the clean up will be forwarded to you. </div>
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-- by Doris Celarier (<i>photos by David Healy</i>)</div>
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Kevin Conrad, the curator of woody plants at the U.S. National Arboretum, returned for a second year with more suggestions for small trees and shrubs. Between our video projector and his laptop, Conrad was forced to talk us through his presentation without the accompanying video, which is now reproduced below.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">SEPTEMBER
11, 2012,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">SMALL
TREES FOR CAPITOL HILL HOMES</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Returning
by popular demand, Horticulturist Kevin Conrad, eloquent species
developer at the U.S. National Arboretum, will focus on smaller trees
that suit small urban gardens. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">3-5
PM, 638 A Street NE</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">FALL
GARDEN PARTY </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">We
hope non-members will join us to learn more about our club. Members
are invited to bring neighbors and friends to this, our annual fall
mixer, presented by the Board of Directors of the Capitol Hill Garden
Club.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">OCTOBER
9, 2012 </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">A
BEE'S EYE VIEW OF NATIVE PLANTS </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sam
Droege, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, will present his
research on native bees. We will learn the plant-pollinator
relationship from the bee's point of view, and consequences of our
planting choices. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">NOVEMBER
13, 2012 </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">THE
LEAF ALONE</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Horticulturist
Sandra Flowers will show plants with distinctive leaves. Sometimes
the leaf is more beautiful than the flower, and gardens can be built
entirely around the varied foliage. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">DECEMBER
5, 2012 </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(PLEASE
NOTE: ON A WEDNESDAY) </span></span></i></span></span><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />DECK
THE HALLS WORKSHOP & POTLUCK SUPPER - 6:30 P.M. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Join
us in making wreaths, swags and table arrangements. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ANNUAL
GREENS PARTY IS FOR MEMBERS ONLY. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">PRIOR
REGISTRATION AND FEE REQUIRED. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">JANUARY
8, 2013</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">MEMBERS
PANEL - LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY GARDEN</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Three
club members will<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>each describe notable features of their gardens,and
their experiences as gardeners - good and bad. Q and A. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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12, 2013 </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">HOW
TO TAKE REALLY GOOD DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS<br />OF GARDENS AND FLOWERS </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Karen
Rexrode, horticulturist and artist, will discuss new digital
techniques for photographing the plant world. The basics, with
some new tips. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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Mirenda, orchid specialist for. the Smithsonian Institution, will
discuss the amazing array of new orchids we can expect to see in U.S.
markets. Growing Tips too .</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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9, 2013</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #010000;"><span lang="he-IL"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">A
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offer a case study on integrating sustainable, eco-friendly practices
into this modern English garden. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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this Annual Walking Tour of our own neighborhood, members share the
beauty of local gardens in springtime. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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year's finale is an elegant dinner. Members come in party finery to
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June 2, 2012: Capitol Hill Garden Club celebrated its 60th anniversary at the annual June Garden Party held for the first time on the patio of the headquarters building at the <a href="http://www.usna.usda.gov/">United States National Arboretum</a>. Violent thunderstorms Friday evening left us with a beautiful Saturday evening to enjoy potluck hors d'oeuvres, dinner and dessert.</div>
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Sisolak passed the gavel to incoming president Carol Edwards.<br />
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</span></span>CHGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15744495568811492029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963559438541968810.post-75202756523987786492012-05-08T14:02:00.000-04:002012-05-22T15:54:08.587-04:002012 May Garden Walk<div style="text-align: justify;">
May 8, 2012: Rain threatened, but the 2012 May Garden Walk remained dry as we migrated from the Sherwood Recreation Center via St. James Church to the Verizon Switching Station on 7th Street NE:<br />
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