As this very strange year continues, we are faced with continuing to cancel events. Our picnic is next on the chopping block. The Cooperative Extension offices are still closed – it doesn’t make sense to hold a gathering there if the building is closed and bathrooms would not be available. So we felt it was the best decision to cancel the picnic.

We are also cancelling our Annual Sale at Faddegon’s Nursery in August. It would be difficult to control the number of people in the annual house at one time and social distance the line of people waiting. Also, there is a limit to the number of people that can be in the garden center at the same time. Faddegon’s isn’t comfortable hosting the sale. In addition, the sale prep would be difficult to coordinate. So, all in all, we felt it was best not to hold the sale this year.

We have decided to cancel the June Meeting and Members’ Sale for this year. The Cooperative Extension offices are still closed.

We are still anticipating holding the Annual Sale at Faddegon’s in August. However, as we muddle through this pandemic, things could change.

Discussions are underway about whether we will be able to hold the picnic. No decisions have yet been made and there will most likely be restrictions.

We had to cancel our originally scheduled meeting in early May as you all know. However, the Master Gardeners have graciously set up a Zoom meeting for us so we can all hear Cathie Gifford’s presentation on ‘Shakespeare in the Garden.” The Zoom meeting is set for May 30th at 10:30 am.

It’s very easy to attend a Zoom meeting. Just go to Zoom.us and download the software to your computer, tablet or phone.

There is a link in the notice below which will register you for the meeting. You will then receive an email from the Master Gardeners with the link for the meeting itself. If you have already registered, you should have received a recent email from Carole Henry which also contained a password to join the meeting. In case you have trouble joining the meeting, the password is 8uCJVB.

Just open the email on Saturday May 30th at 10:20 am and click on the link. It will take you out to the meeting where you will be admitted by the meeting administrator.