Did you know that there is a Gardeners Exchange Book Club? A few years ago, several members got together and started a book club. The club operates somewhat independently of Gardeners Exchange with their own email list and meeting schedule. If you want to know more about the book club, contact Perry (see your member … Read more
by Member Juliet Silveri In February 2021 I began an ambitious, ongoing landscape project, converting overgrown but flat and sunny farm space into beauty–garden rooms, allees, rows of hedges, a terrace, and inviting paths. I hired a landscape designer, with the intent of keeping the outer areas pastoral (grass, some large trees, a fence, a … Read more
The Gardeners Exchange program committee has put together a phenomenal 2024 calendar based on members’ suggestions! It all begins with our first meeting on Saturday, February 17, with “Gardening in a Changing Climate,” presented by UNH Master Gardener Mike Koutelis. At this event we will also have our seed share and seed catalog swap. On … Read more
May 31, 2022 By Gardeners Exchange member Juliet Silveri “Your work clearing out your backyard landscape has been exemplary,” said my landscape designer at the beginning of April, as she surveyed the back yard. Last season I had had masses of invasive bushes, weeds, and forsythia cleared out, then had the areas either rototilled or … Read more
In July we had the pleasure of having our summer potluck and container contest at Greene Acres in Sudbury, MA where Steve Greene gave us a tour of his hostas and day lilies. Steve told us some great stories and educated us on day lilies and hostas. Enjoy these photos of Steve’s day lilies, hostas … Read more