Saugus Garden Club

Saugus Garden Club Annual Open Meeting April 28 Saugus Garden Club is having its Annual Open Meeting at Saugus Town Hall April 28, 2010 7:00. The featured speaker will be Pernell Gerver. Mr. Gerver is founder and president of Horticultural Communication Services. His company specializes in garden writing, publishing, lecturing, photography, consulting, and television & radio broadcasting. He also has been a judge for the New England Spring Flower Show in Boston sponsored by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Pernell Gerver's presentation ?The Best Perennials through the Four Seasons? focuses on how to create a perennial flower garden with bloom all season long by combining spring, summer, and fall-blooming perennials. Perennials for winter interest are also included. The program follows the seasons from spring, through summer, autumn, and into winter. Along with common perennials, the more unusual, unique, and uncommon perennials are featured. Each perennial is illustrated and described in detail such as its flower color, flower shape, bloom season, plant height, and its use in the home landscape. Cultural instructions and proper growing conditions are discussed for each perennial such as sun or shade, moist or dry, and where to grow each plant for the most success. By choosing the right perennials for the location you have, the program shows you how to create a successful and beautiful perennial garden of your own. Included is a question & answer session after the program as well as a plant sale of rare, hard-to-find, and useful plants and gardening products. Donation is $5.00 and tickets may be purchased at the door. There will be raffles of many gardening related prizes and light refreshments will be served. For more information call Donna at 781-233-5640