The Olympia Garden Club
Welcomes You
Our next meeting will be on April 25th at the Gull Harbor Church. Social time and plant sales begin at 9 am and the business meeting starts at 10 am.
The program will be on "Supporting Pollinators in Your Garden" with Debra Langley-Boyer of the Olympia Beekeepers Association. This will be the last formal meeting until we start back up in September.
Mark your calendar on April 18th for the Arbor Day Celebration at Squaxin Park (formerly Priest Point Park). Festivities begin at the Rose Garden Pavilion at 11:00 a.m.
OGC members, check out our Olympia Garden Club Facebook page.
Learn about the Washington Memorial Garden and how to honor a person, group, or event with a tribute gift.
Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs website:
www.wagardenclubs.com
Black Hills District website:
Talkin' Dirt - December 2016
by Mary Beth (The Pollinator) Riggs
Talkin' Dirt has come to a close as has another great gardening year. I want to thank everyone who has contributed to making my articles informative and fun to read. I especially thank Joyce Hawkins for sharing her gardening knowledge and motivation. In signing off I want to share with you the Marianne Binetti version of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’.
The Binetti Version of: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'
T'was the week before Christmas, and all through the yard, not a gift was given, not even a card.
The tools were all hung, in the carport with care, with hopes that St. Nicholas soon would repair,
The shovel with blade all rusty and cracked, the pitchfork still shiny,
but handle it lacked.
When out on my lawn, (it's brown and abused) I could see poor old Santa, looking confused.
No list had been left for Santa to see, no gardening gifts were under the tree.
But wait there's still time, it's not Christmas yet, and gardening gifts are the quickest to get.
You can forget the silk tie, the fluffy new sweater; give something to make the garden grow better.
If she wants a gift shiny, then don't be a fool, it's not a dumb diamond, but a sparkling new tool.
If fragrance is listed you can forget French perfume, it's a pile of manure that'll make gardeners swoon.
Give night crawlers, not nightgowns, the type of hose that gives water. (Anything for the kitchen is not worth the bother.)
Give a great gift that digs in the dirt, it's better than any designer-brand shirt.
Now look quick at Santa, this guy's not so dumb, Under his glove, he hides a green thumb.
His knees are so dirty, his back how it aches, his boots stomp on slugs, (he gives them no breaks).
The guy only works winter, you can surely see why, The rest of the year it's a gardening high.
Elves plant in the spring, pull weeds merrily all summer, in fall they all harvest, but winter's a bummer.
And so Christmas gives Santa a part-time employment, 'Till spring when the blooms are his real life enjoyment.
So ask the big guy for garden gifts this year, Seeds, plants and tools, Santa holds them all dear.
You see malls may be crowded, vendors hawking their ware, but visit a nursery, stress-free shopping is there.
Now Santa's flown off, to the nursery he goes, and his voice fills the night with loud Hoe! Hoe! Hoe! Hoes!
Merry Christmas from Marianne Binetti