June Gardening Fun

Hi folks!   The Derby Garden Club has been busy, busy with two successful fundraisers in May and some garden clean-up.   At our last meeting, Pat had some very interesting tid-bits for creating a successful environment for butterflies!   Don't we all love butterflies? 

Butterflies need a water source, a flat warm rock, and a sheltered site with trees and shrubs.  They enjoy a wet, sand-filled container and flowers such as aster, black eyed susan, butterfly weed, Joe Pye weed, zinnia and phlox.  Host plants for some butterflies are dill, fennel, parsley, milkweed, mallows and coneflowers.

We've also been busy with some overdue garden clean-up at the Church where we have meetings in their Prayer Garden.   It's such a lovely, peaceful place and we enjoy being able to contribute to it's beauty and upkeep.

 

I am super-excited about our next meeting on Monday, July 11.    We are meeting at a home in Grove City, Ohio for a personal tour of her garden and then to the Gardens at Gantz Farms for our meeting, refreshments and a self-guided tour of their gardens with their new labyrinth garden.    Anyone who is interested in tagging along, please email me at shabbygardencreations@gmail.com.

 

Keep those hands dirty!!