Westport River Gardeners in full bloom at their Annual Garden Sale

Westport River Gardeners in full bloom at this year’s Annual Garden Sale!

EverythingWestport.com

Saturday, May 17, 2008

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“We did very well in flower sales this year,” reports Patricia Bennett, WRG President. “What a successful day it was! In all our past Garden Sales we trucked out the remaining plants. This year we will plant our few remaining flowers in settings around town.” That’s the Westport River Gardeners; beautifying Westport one small plot at a time!

“We sold all of our heirloom tomato plants early on,” Elizabeth Newton of Dartmouth said. “If I would have known, we would have brought more!”

It was a gray, drizzly morning, but the day quickly moved into a lovely warm afternoon at the Macomber Community Center. Many turned out to support this wonderful neighborhood group.

The Westport River Gardeners is a club for learning, sharing and community service. Their goals are to beautify their community while helping each other. “We enrolled 12 new members today,” Ms. Bennett said. “That’s phenomenal!”

WRG members Florence Lees and Patricia Butler said the sale of raffle tickets was brisk. “We have a whole bucketful of tickets,” exclaimed Ms. Lees. “Everybody wants the garden wagon.” WRG member and event chairperson Geri Fortier made a beautiful matching garden jacket and tool utility tote bag for the raffle, as did Betty Deveue who made a quilted bag. “A lot of our members not only donated their time and effort,” said Ms. Bennett. “Many also donated plants and raffle items.”

“We wish to thank our many generous donors, among which are Pete’s Nursery and Garden Center who donated a gift certificate, and Steve Hancock of Northstar Farm in Westport who donated many perennials,” said Ms. Bennett. “All proceeds went to support the efforts of the Westport River Gardeners.”

Major raffle winners were:

Susan Pelletier - Matching garden jacket and tool utility tote bag

Pat Butler – Trellis

Alice Wood – Bird Feeder

Catherine Duarte – Bird Bath

Claire Kenney – Grand prize, the garden tractor

Visit their website: www.westportgardeners.blogspot.com. Join the Westport Gardeners Club. Initial fee $25 with an annual fee of $15 thereafter. Email wrgardeners@yahoo.com.

Westport River Gardeners meet the first Saturday of each month (except January) at 8:30 a.m. at Lees Market Community Room in Westport.

Welcome all - no gardening experience required!

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