The Garden Club of Old Forge will hold its first meeting of the season on Tuesday, May 12 at 10 a.m. at VIEW.
Special guest will be Janice Wnuk, who will demonstrate how to make your own Hypertufa (artificial rock) planter. Hypertufa mix and finished products will be available for purchase on-site.
A business meeting will follow the presentation.
New members are always welcome.
The Adirondack Forever Wild Garden Club will hold a Garage Sale at the Forestport Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall on Woodhull Road on Saturday, August 23rd.
The sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in conjunction with the Old Forestport Days celebration.
A raffle for a huge garden-themed basket will take place at the end of the day. The winner need not be present to win. Proceeds of the sale will help fund local community projects.
The Old Forge Garden Club will hold its annual Christmas Party on Tuesday, December 3 at 10 a.m. at Lakeside Terrace in Old Forge.
Storyteller Mitch Lee will present a program during the party. Refreshments and good cheer will be provided by Garden Club members. All are welcome to join in the festivities.
The Old Forge Garden Club sponsored a Holiday Party for the residents of Lakeside Terrace in Old Forge on Tuesday, December 6.
Above: Loretta Kaye and Carolyn Trimbach draw the names of winners at the Old Forge Garden Club's party at Lakeside Terrace. Below: Brenda Carmer takes her prize wreath from Jimmy Ortiz. Courtesy Photos.
The Garden Club members in attendance brought platefuls of homemade cookies and poinsettia plants for each of the 23 Lakeside residents. Special guest Jimmy Ortiz, owner of Feathers & Boughs Inc., demonstrated how to revive old Christmas wreaths and how to make new wreaths and other holiday decorations. The seven finished decorations were raffled at the end of the presentation.
Winners were Betty Rose Byszewski, Peg Morgan, Phoebe Greene, Dorothy Walker, Jimmy Ortiz, Marilyn Gaebler, and Brenda Carmer.