Holiday Pots for Senior Shut-Ins

On Friday, December 2, 2011, seven garden members helped Debbie put together holiday pots for the Senior Shut-Ins as part of the "Meals on Wheels".  A special thanks goes out to her for organizing this wonderful event and we had fun putting them together( as you can see by the pictures below).

Hartland Heritage Days September 17, 2011

Thanks to all the garden members who made "Hartland Heritage Days" a huge success:  Debbie for the use of her table, chairs and tent; Jan, Pat H., Marilyn, Barb S., Lynn and Anne for donating cut flowers; and Jan, Colleen, Pat H. and Anne for  taking care of the booth between 10 am til 4 pm.  Our booth with advertizing cost $20.00, but we made $37.00 in donations from our cut flowers.  We came out $17.00 in the black which is always good.

Garden Club Brick at MSU Children's Garden!

For those members who did not know, our club has a "brick" at the MSU Children's Garden that was dedicated in 1992.  Is this cool or what!!

Michigan Garden Club Yearbook Award 2011

Congratulations "Hartland Home and Garden Club" for receiving an award for our 2010 - 2011 Yearbook.  Thanks go out to Pat C. for putting together a lovely, well done book.

Heritage Day 2011 Community Scarecrow Contest!

Come view our "Scarecrow" in the Cromaine Library garden and vote for either the most interesting, most historic or most colorful by Friday, September 16th!  You can vote at either these websites:  info@hartlandchamber.org or cmarlow@cromaine.org.  Thanks go out to Anne and her hubby Dave for putting together the scarecrow for the Hartland Home and Garden Club.

Michigan Wildflower Farm visit August 19, 2011

On Friday, August 19, 2011, the Hartland Home and Garden Club took a field trip to the "Michigan Wildflower Farm" in Portland, MI.  We first stopped at "Cheeky Monkeys" to have lunch then took a nice tour of the farm.  We learned about the native wildflowers that grow in our area as well as how to collect, clean and store seeds.  A good time was had by all!!

LACASA Garden Tour a huge success!!

Thanks go out to all our Garden Members for making the "LACASA Garden Tour" a huge success!  Not only was it fun, but it was great seeing all the beautiful gardens and learning new ideas to try in our own gardens.  I do have to admit, our "Garden Crawl" in June was comparible to LACASA's.  Maybe one of those gardens can be a part of the LACASA garden tour in 2012??  Just a thought.

Second Annual Garden Crawl on June 21st huge success!!

The Hartland Home and Garden Club had their second annual "Garden Crawl" on June 21st.  Three beautiful member gardens were visited and fun was had by all.  The weather cooperated and the lightning bugs gave us a grand display of fireworks at Anne's house.  Thank you to all the hostesses, Marilyn, Mary Ann and Anne, who put on a GREAT showing of their gardens.  I can't wait until next year!

Another succesful Plant Exchange May 21, 2011

The Hartland Home and Garden Club along with the Cromaine Library put on another successful plant exchange this past Saturday, May 21st at the library.  The turn-out was great, the plant selection was fantastic and the weather cooperated.  Word of advice, get there as soon as we start at 9:00 am because most of the plants were gone by 9:30 am.

District IIB Meeting May 17th!

Four members from the Hartland Home and Garden Club attended the District IIB Meeting May 17th in Lansing with the theme:  "A Capital Spring".  We had the pleasure of meeting our new District II B Director, Barb Benner, as well as garden club members from the area.  The speaker, Dr. Arthur Cameron, Director of Horticulture at MSU was excellent.  Mark your calendars now, the Fall District IIB Meeting will be October 19th in Brighton and Gretchen Voyle will be one of the speakers.

Successful "Hoe Down" at the Cromaine Library May 11, 2011

On Wednesday, May 11, 2011, the Hartland Home and Garden club had a "Hoe Down" meeting to get the Cromaine Library Gardens ready for the upcoming summer season.  Thanks to all the members who helped along with beautiful weather, we had the gardens looking great in just over one hour.

Flower Show March 17 - 20, 2011

Seven people from the Garden club worked the District IIB Garden show at MSU pavillion the week-end of March 19th.  Congratulations to Debbie and Mary Ann for their entries in the competition.

Next Meeting March 9th!

  Steve Schinder, from Morrison's Farm in Fowlerville, is a popular organic grower and vendor at local area farmers markets.  He will be speaking about organic produce in today's market.  Come and join us as we learn how we may grow our own produce, organically, for our family.  Join us at the Hartland Senior Center, 6:30pm on March 9th.  For more information, call 248.887.9431.

Six Annual Tea

The Hartland Home and Garden Club cordially invites you to our Sixth Annual Tea.

Judith Coebly will present a lecture on "WHN A ROSE IS NOT A ROSE"  Women Civil War patriots in disguise.

Hartland Educational Service Support Center, Senior Center Entrance, 9525 Highland Road.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Tea and refreshments served.

Tickets by mail only, $18.00.  contact Lynn Smith at 517.545.9370.  Please indicate seating.

Proceeds to benefit Hartland Township.

Tool sharpening party with Janet Macunovich on February 13, 2011

Garden club members took advantage of a tool sharpening party with Janet Macunovich on Saturday, February 13, 2011.  This is a great time to get your garden tools ready for the upcoming Spring weather!

UM Matthaei Botanical Gardens

The Hartland Home & Garden Club first field trip of 2011 found us at the UM Matthaei Botanical Gardens.  What a great place to visit when it is very cold and snowy out.  The outside trails will have to wait until this summer.

Presentation by American Roots Wildflowers & Native Plants

Trish Hacker Henning, Owner of American Roots Wildflower Nursery gave an informative talk on native plants and wildflowers in our area.  In addition, she supplied us with a list of good books and everyone needs to check out:  "100 Easy to Grow Native Plants" by Lorraine Johnson and "Landscaping with Native Plants of Michigan" by Lynn M. Steiner.

Next meeting January 12, 2011

Trish Hacker Henning, founder and owner of American Roots Wildflower Nursery, will talk about the use of wildflowers in the landscape.  Trish is an Advanced master Gardener.  She has been active in many wildflower rescues and a leader for Oaklnad Country Planning & Economic Development Services Prairie Restoration.  She has a nursery in Ortonville that stocks Oakland county genome wildflowers.  Join us at the Hartland Senior Center, 6:30pm on January 12th.  For more information, please call 248.887.9431.