The Woodlands Garden Club

March meeting

By webmaster | March 11, 2010

: Photo of bunnies donated by club members for Montgomery Women’s Shelter children

: Program co-chair Mary Vacek and March speaker Corrie Ten-Have

: Corrie explaining her Transparency design

: Corrie Ten-Have

: close up of Transparency design

: close up of Mono-Botanic design

: close up of Pot-et-Fleur design

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Brookwood Community Volunteer Day

By webmaster | March 8, 2010

: Jane and Anh work with begonia plugs under the directions of Kathy, Brookwood volunteer overseer

: Harriette getting ready to load her finished tray of plugs on the carts going to the greenhouses

: Club member volunteers (l to r) Harriette, Becky, Anh, Patti and Jane

: Patti and Anh pose with hanging baskets that are ready for the retail store

: one of the residents gives club member volunteers a tour of some of the greenhouses

: another one of the greenhouses

: some of the plants are put outside of the greenhouses to get more sun and hasten blooming

: Patti and one of the Brookwood senior gardeners in one of the 48 greenhouses on the property

Brookwood Community is a residential facility for disabled adults and has a huge plant retail store on site as well as in Old Town Spring. Brookwood Community also sells their plants to schools, churches, grocery stores, and provides plants for special occasions.

Numerous residents work in the 48 greenhouses and the horticulture building. Residents water plants, label pots, transplant, mix and fill pots with soil, and perform many other jobs.

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