It was a beautiful Fall day today and a perfect day to sit on a park bench and watch the passing scene. So I went over to Leiper and Orthodox to see what was happening at the festival. I finally got the opportunity to get Diane and John on camera to find out once and for all what they are up to. You can see the results below.
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Frankford Garden Club Update
Frankford Garden Club Update
The Annual Plant Sale did great this year! We sold out around 2:30pm with a profit of $200 – our best haul yet!
Yes, Charlie, $200, not $195. I forgot about the $5 I had at home for 5 little potted Black-Eyed Susans I sold.
Mark your Calendar for a Celebratory meeting on Tuesday May 25th at our Wissinoming Park home 6:30 pm – Pot Luck
(use parking lot entrance by the playground on Cheltenham Ave between Frankord Ave. and Charles St)
At this meeting
- Time to make our Summer Plans!
- Are members interested in Judging in the City Garden Contest this year?
- Latest info on Entering your Garden into the Contest
Thanks go to Diane Kunze, Una Esther Coyle, and Janet Bernstein for driving out to Delran NJ to pick up the plants for the plant sale from Bart’s Nursery; and to all the members who came out to help at the sale:
Cara Kaminski, Nancy Tweed, Mary Ellen Post, Marie Zimmerman, Maria Goldston, Connie Whitmore, Pat Hoberg, Joan Long, Gloria Green (with her eyepatch!) Charlie Bugg, Una Coyle, and Nona Bloom -oh, and myself and Diane Kunze too. Yup, we was a crowd!
Cara, Marie Z., Una and Nancy finished up the tail end of the sale (was it one or 2 hours?)
AND thanks to Betsy Baxter, Librarian, and the Frankford Library, for letting us set up shop in front of the Library, and for coming out on her day off to give out Library information.
AND thanks to Simone Wood (staff member for PA Rep Tony Payton) for designing and printing the Sale flyers-
OH! Thanks to Johnnie Mae Parker fr getting the flyers out and about!
AND Special Thanks to Bart’s Nurseries for supporting our Club by providing strong healthy plants at a fantastic price for our Sale.
Lots of supporters and neighbors came out to shop, and we thank them too! (Like you, Sloane and Jennifer Folks and Yvonne Philips) Thanks to Frankford Gazette, the online Fkd website, Second Baptist and others for publicizing the Sale!
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Janet E. Bernstein
6946 Jackson Street
Philadelphia, PA 19135
(267) 343-3267 home
(267) 982-9620 cell
jamberstone@gmail.com
jamberstone@aol.com
Overington Love Your Park event May 8th
Overington Love Your Park event was a big success!
We had 47 volunteers come out and plant , weed, and mulch our park, Frankford Garden Club members, Frankford ROTC members, a group from Philly Cares, neighbors, and Friends of Overington Park (Leiper and Overington Streets). We worked from 11:30 to 3:00. We gave away 44 recycling bins along with information on signing up with Recycling Bank.
Thanks to Maria Quinones-Sanchez, our councilwoman, and her aid, Jason Dawkins. We planted 50 seed packs in the park and gave away 150 packs to our volunteers, along with seed starting instruction workshops. We painted over 9 benches that had been covered in graffiti. We added 2 new flower beds, and planted over 20 new plants and shrubs in our beds. We cleaned the sidewalks surrounding the park of weeds. We received a snack, soft pretzels and water, from ward leader Dan Savage, for all our hard work.
A discussion was held about future work in the park, we spoke about water being opened, lighting being upgraded, park signs, and event planning. We came together, worked hard, laughed, and felt good about making the park a better place for everyone. Thanks to all the fine people who helped make this event a big success! We couldn’t do this without you!
Diane Kunze, Friend of Overington Park
Overington Park Recap
From Diane Kunze and the Friends of Overington Park:
We had 52 people come out and help clean up the park. ROTC from Frankford High School, grade school children from John Marshall School, Northeast treatment center gentlemen, Frankford Garden Club members, Friends Of Overington Park, and neighbors that use the park every day!
We painted benches, our cannon, and the SEPTA poles that had been tagged up and down Orthodox St.. We cleared the flower beds and mulched them, trimmed our butterfly bushes, cleared the sidewalk of weeds, emptied trash cans, picked up and removed 60 bags of debris form the park.
The park looked beautiful by the time we were done. People stopped to thank us for our good work in the park, and I would like to thank everyone for all the hard work that went into making the day a success! The park looks fantastic and will be well used by the people in our neighborhood. Another success in Frankford! Good day, good people, good time.
Our next event will be May 8th from 12 noon till 3. We will plant new bushes and flowers, open a new flower bed, mulch trees and beds, hold a seed starting demonstration, and give away seeds to our volunteers.
Thanks again for all the support you have given us! Diane Kunze, Friend of Overington Park
Diane also reports that the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will be planting 15 new trees on Wednesday morning, April 15th. Feel free to stop by and have a look.
Frankford Gardeners are Winners
Una Esther Coyle's garden
Several Frankford gardeners won recognition in the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 2009 City Gardens contest.
- In the Combination Vegetable/Flower Gardens category, Diane Kunze & John Neugebauer of the 1300 block of Orthodox Street won first place.
- In the Flower Gardens category, Una Esther Coyle, of the 4600 block of Hawthorne street, took third place.
- Overington Park too third place in the community garden category.
Thanks to these folks and the Friends of Overington park who selflessly work to beautify and our neighborhood.
