Rehoboth Garden Club News

The Rehoboth Garden Club has been as busy as bees, to attract bees! Not just bees, but butterflies, hummingbirds, and many other pollinators are the club's desired visitors to every garden.

At the end of May, several members took on the job to clean, refurbish and plant perennials and annuals in the garden in front of the Blanding Library. That garden, which had previously been named a "Certified Butterfly Garden", is now an even more pollinator friendly place, and a lovely sight to behold.

During National Garden Club Week, June 3-6, 2018, beautiful and informational displays were set up in the Blanding and Seekonk Libraries by club members. More than 80 free packets of wildflower seeds were given to library patrons, to encourage pollinators to visit their gardens.

"Bees and Butterflies" was the theme of the Rehoboth Garden Club's entry in the recent Newport Flower Show's Club Challenge. Talented members Marj DeAngelis, Sally Phillips, Susan Thayer, Dawn Leland and Dianne Burns created a colorful, picket fence lined garden in front of a "tiny house" on the Rosecliff mansion's lawn. For their efforts the judges awarded them a Second Place Red Ribbon. Congratulations for a job well done!

For information about the importance of pollinators, and how to attract them to your garden, please visit the following websites:
Pollinator Partnership
National Garden Bureau
Bee Spotter!
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
The Honeybee Conservancy

New members are always welcome to our club. For information, contact Dianne Burns at dburns54@comcast.net or 508-336-9933.
Happy Gardening!