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An Outing to Claymore Sieck’s’ Wholesale Florist Warehouse
In September, several garden club members took a trip to Baltimore to visit the Claymore Sieck Warehouse. Garden clubs offer opportunities to improve skills with floral arranging and design, so we...
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Lilypons Water Gardens Fieldtrip and a Stop at Sun Nurseries
Gayle and Sue drove to Adamstown, Maryland to visit Lilypons Water Gardens in September. We wanted to educate ourselves about water gardening landscape design and possibly see some birds. It was fairly...
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Audrey Carroll Wildlife Sanctuary: Butterfly Tagging and Nature Walk
Audrey Carroll was a well known individual (and a garden club member) who unselfishly donated her estate to Audubon. Today, the Audubon Society of Central Maryland maintains the 129 acre “Audrey...
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A day with Landscape Architecture student–Connie Hoge
Saturday morning, October 11, an early morning phone call from garden club pal Connie Hoge. Would I like to come along on a jaunt to Frederick, camera in hand, to document part of a project her...
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October Fieldtrip-Hiking in Cunningham Falls State Park
An adventurous threesome (Gayle, Diane and Sue) drove to Cunningham Falls Park after a two week delay. The intended week, I slipped and took a direct hit to my kneecap so we put off going for two...
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Environmental Field Trip: Blue Plains
In November, Marjorie and I toured the Blue Plains Water Treatment Plant in DC. You may wonder why garden clubbers might want to visit such a place. The simplest answer is that so many of the things...
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Fieldtrip: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
In November, Gayle, Diane and Sue took a trip out to Hagerstown to visit the fine arts museum, have lunch in the old part of the city at the Rhubarb House and check out the Hagerstown Ribbon Outlet. It...
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Visiting Stauffers of Kissel Hill and Ashcombe Farm
Brenda and Sue ventured north into Pennsylvania, up Rt 15 past Dillsburg into what Bren referred to as “her stomping grounds” to visit a couple of nurseries up there. I had driven past the bright...
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Outing: Trip to Londontown, MD
Sue, Nancy, Diane and Gayle took a trip to historic Londontown and Gardens in late May. You couldn’t have asked for nicer weather to travel and spend time outdoors! The site covers 23 acres along the...
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Exploring Bear Branch Nature Center in January
In mid-January, I had an urge to do some walking. Having missed the Audubon Sanctuary walk in Mt. Airy, I talked my son into going to Hashawha and Bear Branch Nature Center. Located off Rt. 97 at 300...
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