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March 2019 NL ! ! THE HORTICULTURAL ALLIANCE HAH Happenings HAH OF THE HAMPTONS ! ! hahgarden.org March 2019 The Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons 631.537.2223 hahgarden.org P.O. Box 202, Bridgehampton, NY 11932-0202 at the Bridgehampton Community House HAH Monthly Lecture - Sunday, March 10, 2019 - 2 pm “Reconsidering the Cutting Garden?” Ed Bowen and Taylor Johnston of issima Informed by collective decades of horticultural experience and shared philosophical inclination, we wonder, ought a cutting garden merely be defined by productive rows? Can a cut flower present an opportunity to consider a heightened expression of what one wants to achieve in a border? Join us as we share two years' of observation, experimentation and inquiry into the idea of the cutting garden. Taylor Johnston's work in horticulture spans nearly 2 decades, working with hardy plants, tropicals, cut flowers, and edibles in both a public and private setting. Most recently, after leaving her perch managing the gardens and greenhouses at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and after a brief stint as head grower at NYBG, she teamed up with Ed Bowen, fellow reformed philosopher, hands-on gardener, occasional garden writer, and former proprietor of the nano-nursery Opus Plants, to form a collaborative, experimental nursery project called issima. Current work with issima focuses on growing and selecting under cultivated, garden worthy plants, growing specialty cut flowers, and pursuing a limited number of garden design projects, including most recently, at the Guggenheim in Manhattan. Taylor and Ed will bring along a small selection of plants for sale to members! The Life and Gardens of Beatrix Farrand Join us for a film screening followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, Emmy award-winner Karyl Evans. Saturday, March 30th at 3:30pm At LTV Studios, 75 Industrial Road, Wainscott NY, 11975 Tickets: $10 Purchase tickets Online For more details and tickets by mail see page 7. HAH MARCH CALENDAR OF EVENTS Saturday, March 2, 10:00 am, HAH Roundtable, in the HAH Library, for details see page 4. Sunday, March 10, 2:00 pm, HAH Lecture, in the big hall at the Community House, Bridgehampton, see above Saturday, March 16, 11:00 am, HAH Book Group, in the HAH Library, see page 3 for details. Saturday March 30, 3:30 pm, Beatrix Farrand FILM, see above and pages 6-7 for details and tickets. Roundtables and Book Groups are free & open to all. Lectures are free for members and $10 per person for not yet members. ✍ PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ✍ Dear Fellow Gardeners, March is a time of new beginnings for us, even if we do still have the odd snowstorm. So much more is emerging in our gardens and we see beginnings of the vernal push that will soon result in a flood of growth. Anyone living near a wetland or pond will soon start to hear Spring Peepers, male tree frogs calling out for froggy love, and by the end of the month, our Ospreys will begin to return from where they’ve been wintering in South America or the Caribbean. Like the Red Winged Blackbirds, male Osprey return to their nests first, getting things ready for their mates who arrive a few weeks later. Keep an eye out for an email that will announce an open day in Ernie Cavallo’s garden to see his snowdrop collection. He’s never sure exactly when this will happen, but lets us know when there’s a significant group of cultivars that are open. Even if we need to bundle up, this is a wonderful way to know that spring is here. Also look for an amazing crocus lawn, on a steep slope in front of Piazza Horticultural Group’s offices on route 39, just past the Sunoco gas station - shocking beauty in an unexpected place. This has been a work in progress for Tony Piazza and his team for a few years; they use several different varieties and it can sometimes bloom over a two-month span. Please read Sarah Alford’s article about the Member Survey. We were thrilled to have approximately 108 responses on line, with 4 delivered on paper. That’s an enormous response rate for an organization with over 300 memberships. We truly appreciate that you took the time to do it, and we found your responses and ideas really useful for our strategic planning session. Among other things, your responses let us know that more people than we thought are comfortable with online transactions, at the same time we love our newsletter and want it in paper form. See Sarah’s article for more details. Think spring, Alicia HAH 2019 sss OFFICERS: (an officer serves for a 1 year term) President Alicia Whitaker A Note from your Editor First Vice President Bettina Benson Second Vice President Susan Brackett We try to bring you as much reporting on Recording Secretary Janet Donohoe Ollinger Corresponding Secretary Erika Shank our activities at HAH as we can comfortably fit Treasurer Pamela Harwood on the pages of the newsletter. We also try to DIRECTORS: (a director serves for a 3 year term) Sarah Alford ‘19 include notices of other garden related events Rick Bogusch ‘19 beyond our doors that we think members would Jeffrey Glick ‘20 like to know about, both locally and in the city. Marie DiMonte ‘20 Elaine Peterson ‘21 Your survey comments were taken note Erik Brockmeyer ’21 of and we hope to bring you more articles on a On occasion the board may appoint someone to fill an unexpired variety of plants, especially those we can grow term if necessary. LIBRARY CHAIR (serves on the board with a vote) locally; member profiles on how their own Susan Kennedy Zeller gardens grow; and more general plant NEWSLETTER/WEBSITE EDITOR information. Elaine Peterson If you would like to write an article [email protected] related to your own experience with gardening, Submissions must be received by the 10th of the month prior to publication. Please include NL in the subject line. your love and knowledge of a certain plant or a MAILING particular garden you have visited, please send it John Benson to us! The more member participation on these PHOTOS Sarah Alford, Ernest Cavallo, Elaine Peterson pages, the more we will all benefit from our collective experience as gardeners. 2 BOOK REVIEW GROUP HAH Library Footnotes1 March 2019 SATURDAY, March 16, 2019 Susan Kennedy Zeller in the HAH LoGerfo Library 11:00 am New Books are arriving thanks to your suggestions and our acquisition Chair Carolyn Gemake. Of course we need to process Sarah Alford: Beatrix Farrand: them into our computer system BUT if you have a particular interest Private Gardens, Public Squares - in one or more please let us know and we can hold it for you. Then as Judith Tankard soon as it is processed we can notify you for picking it up. Here is a preview : Susan K. Zeller: The Overstory - Richard Powers True East; Farming Ancestral Lands on Long Island's East End. Jane Iselin: The Inward Garden - By Wendy Chamberlin (Peconic Land Trust. The focus is on four east Julie Moir Messervy end gardens steeped in heritage. We have the Book Reviews on the third Beautiful American Rose Gardens by Mary Tonetti Felbe. The Saturday of each winter month. If you special beauty of 24 different rose gardens. have not been before, we do them a unique way. You are NOT expected to Bold Visions for the Garden, Basics, Magic and Inspiration, essays have read any of the books being reviewed. Instead each presenter does and photographs by Richard Hartilage are a WOW. the reading for you and recommends...or not! A nice, easy way to make Identification of Trees and Shrubs in Winter. Timely for now until discoveries and chat during the winter. we start to sprout our leaves on the east end. Amazing compendium of Open to all! 1900 illustrations, all by the Royal Botanic Garden author and illustrator Bernard Schulz. THANK YOU, CAROLYN GEMAKE, FOR MANY YEARS OF STEADY GUIDANCE, AND FOR The Garden in Every Sense and Season, by a favorite author, Tovah ENCOURAGING US TO Martin. Focus on sight, smell, sound, touch and taste. PARTICIPATE IN THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM! Ground Rules by Kate Frey. 100 easy lessons for growing a more The program will resume next winter. glorious garden. A compact compendium with 'rules' for your senses. The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone. The adventures of the globe Friends of the Garden trotting botanist who determined what Americans eat. (David Fairchild 19th century traveler), (FOG) Thank you to all who The Nature Principle by Richard Louv, “Human Restoration and the worked with FOG in 2018 End of Nature Deficit Disorder.” Seven basic concepts to reshape our especially Antone Hugel, Bettina lives by tapping the restorative power of basic nature principles. Benson, Don Cirillo, Joan DiMonda, Joanne Handloser, Marie Peony, the Best Varieties for Your Garden, by David C. Michener DiMonte, & Ruth Richards. and Carol A. Adelman. Organized alphabetically with superb Looking forward to seeing photography. you all in the Spring. Anyone interested in joining is welcome. Garden Ponds, Fountains and Waterfalls for Your Home. By Kathleen Fisher. Designing, constructing and planting an Our first meeting will be Tuesday encyclopedia of ideas. April 2 at 10AM. The Dates after that are: April 30, May 28, June 25, The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens By Linda A. July 23, August 20, Sept 17, Chisholm with photos by Michael P. Garber . Here is a taste of the October 15 and November 5. chapters, Piety and Protection, The Measure of Mankind is Man, This (Rain Dates are Thursday of the Fragile Earth, Our Island home, Lush and Fleeting, Spare and Lasting.
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