Autumnal Days
and thoughts on how we got through a gogga (look it up!) summer.
Happy fall or autumn or however you like to greet the changing of the season, with its long-sleeved mornings and evenings but still shorts or skirts (in my case) during the middle of the day, at least in my neck of the woods. The trees have been shedding leaves for the past few weeks, mostly due to the stressful season many of them have had. This past week, with the Hurricane that devastated inland parts of North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee we have little to complain about when it comes to weather. Still, it sure would have been nice to have received some real raindrops and not, as I like to call it, Mother Nature’s spit, which barely gets the first inch of soil moist. If you are looking to purchase plants for this fall (and no, it’s not too late) or are already starting your spring wishlist, consider buying plants from nurseries there that can use our support.
.SAVE THE DATES
10/6 - A Guided Garden Tour - Please join us on our LAST Sunday general tour of the season. Join one of the co- founders of the arboretum to learn about some of their very favorite plants as you walk around the gardens together. $20.00
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
10/19 - The Garden Conservancy & Hortus Arboretum present, Digging Deeper: Fruiting Plants From Around the World for your Garden. Prepare to get inspired (and hungry) as Allyson & Scott take you around the arboretum while learning to surround your home and grace your table with rare and beautiful fruits, and nuts. Trialing plants from around the globe, their goal is to create a “living textbook” of plant life, particularly edibles, that can be grown in New York’s Hudson Valley.
11 am - 1 pm.
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For those of you who have reached out about my connection between the gardens and my art thank you! My artwork is still on view through October 6th at the Carrie Haddad Gallery. If you are a paying subscriber you will see my next material for art in the article below…
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