MARCH MESSAGE

Greetings Garden Friends,

As we break out from our dormancy, it is time to start all over again. Every season has its beauty, especially this passing one as I watched falling snow blanket and then gleam from my garden.  According to the Farmer's Almanac, spring will take its time coming this year, allowing winter conditions to linger; a distressing thought to those tired of winter's chill. From balmy to sleet to rain or snow, with March you just never know.

Several members were able to meet at Dee-Jay's Dive Bar & Grill and Sieb's Irish Pub for our January and February luncheon outings. Good food and great conversation was something members all needed. With March now here, it's time to pay those membership dues. Now that the  Chadwick has closed, the District IX March 27th Member's Day Out will be held at The Camelot Event Center on Swinderman Rd in Wexford, beginning at 11am. The registration, as well as, Art Show submission deadline date for District IX members, desiring to showcase great paintings or photographs, is March 10th. GCFP Convention registrations are still being taken from Feb 23 - March 1 with a late fee of $25 for "It's a Gardening Revolution" in King of Prussia, PA. With IGC, Emily Stein from the Pennsylvania Resource Council will be presenting a program on Backyard Composting, that is nature's gold to some of us.

"Oh March! The month where flip-flops meet snow boots."

Julie, Your President