GLENMOORE GARDEN CLUB: Glenmoore, PA

Chuck & MaryAnn Zeider's home: old log cabin with addition: if you are 5' 10'' you need to bend to go through the doorways. (Foreground: Chuck with Verna DeGazelle; background: MaryAnn in blue with Shirley Albert)


The second Tuesday of each month the Glenmoore Garden Club meets at a member's home. As you will notice from the photos food is a priority! Meetings and programs vary depending on the season. Some examples include: a tour of a member's gardens or public/private gardens, community service, speakers arranged/chosen ahead by the Club, exchanging plants. We are considering getting involved in the Philadelphia Flower Show. In October the Garden Club goes to a nursing home and helps each resident make a flower arrangement in a small pumpkin. Recently the Club has established the giving of a monetary award to a high school student who is interested in enviornmental studies.
May's meeting was at the home of Chuck and Dr. MaryAnn Zeiders. The speaker was Pam Baxter regarding organic gardening; and, how to grow vegetables in pots. Pam is a journalist for the Daily Local News out of West Chester, PA. and an avid gardener. Phyllis Giunta's birthday was celebrated as well.

EDITH

Years ago I established a White Garden. Spring is the best time to enjoy this garden with its profuse ephemerals. The statuary water feature is placed in honor of my mother, Mary Edith Heritage. Edith is graced by maiden-hair fern, jack-in-the pulpits, miniature hosta, ostrich ferns, astilbe's, etc. The gate leading into the garden is an old door to a tobacco barn placed between two tall poplars. White coral bells grace the path at the entrance as well as foam flower, lily of the valley, japanese fern, hostas, creeping phlox, hellebores and other ephemerals.
A bench rests near Edith to provide rest for the traveler before strolling further into the forest along a welcoming path that meanders through the woods.
Framing the white garden are two trees that have been laced together to form an arch. The arch serves as a ''looking glass'' into the white garden; autumn clematis are currently being trained to climb both arms of the arch. Overhead rises a beautiful white dogwood. An unusual bush deep in the garden is a Helesia: Fairy Bells. The bush blooms white mid-spring with flower bells at the end of each new branch. Shrubs planted late spring include: Cinnamon clethera, Virginia sweetspire and Mapleleaf Viburnum, all of which bloom white! Now we will watch for the deer and see what they choose to nibble on.