Despite the quarantine that was instituted as a result of Covid-19, our club has managed to maintain contact. At the start of spring we posted a virtual spring garden walk that members were able to view. We also made a decision to hold a member’s only garden walk with all the necessary safeguards that were required. We visited gardens of six of our members, all members present wore their masks and maintained a safe distance from others. Despite all the hot, humid 90 degree days we had for many days prior to our walk, the weather changed and it was a pleasant day for our walk.
Here are some of the pictures that were taken of the gardens.
First on the route was the garden of Jill Fox.
Jill has a very lush garden and nestled amoung the plants are some charming statues 
Eileen Lucietto is leading the way through the garden. Following her are Sandy Swenson, a new member Linda Fatima, Wally Groble and another new member Esther Dickes 
Wally Groble is going deeper into the garden for a closer look 
Maria Sarli-Dehlin and Patti Loomis and keeping a safe distance while visiting. Some of you will note that Patti does not have her mask on. She left it in her car but wore her mask throughout the rest of the gardens 
Some of the lush green plants 
In the shade of Jill’s garden , we found a fairy reading a book 
Jill is in the middle, Maureen Ernandez is on the left and Patti Chipman is on the right.
On to Jan Buedel’s garden
A group of our members gathering in Jan’s garden. In the group up front is (from left to right) Sue Stocks, Kelsey Fox, Jill Fox and a new member Pia Allison 
Jan has a large vegetable garden 
Patti Chipman and Kate Burlette are checking out what is ready to pick 
More of Jan’s vegetable garden 
Jan had a large oak tree taken down in her front yard and these five stumps were rolled into the back by her five grandchildren 
Clockwise starting in the back is Kate Burlette, Patti Loomis, part of Julia Olsta, Jim and Linda Fatima and Esther Dickes
From Jan’s garden we went to Tracy Smodilla’s garden. Tracy’s garden backs up to a native conservancy.
Tracy’s front yard has a beautiful garden with a path curving through it 
What do you call a group of members? For geese its a gaggle, for cattle its a herd , lions are in a pride. Guess I’ll just give you their names. Tracy is on the far left, then Wally Groble, Sandy Swenson, Pia Allison, Eileen Lucietto, Sue Stocks and Esther Dickes. 
I think they are trying to figure out which one will get the hammock. Pictured are from left to right, Tracy Smodilla, Wally Groble, Sandy Swenson and Sue Stocks 
Patti Chipman and Kate Burlette walking along one of the many paths in this garden 
There are beautiful hosta’s and interesting garden ornaments throughout 
Her ligularia were in full bloom 
From Tracy’s garden we went to the garden of Sue Stocks
Sue also has a large vegetable and herb garden 
A nice place to sit in the garden and enjoy the view 
Another cozy space in the garden 
A lush planting of perennials 
Beautiful fountain among the plants 
Part of Sue’s herb garden 
Cute fairy garden 
Another beautiful corner of the garden 
Sue’s front yard does not have one blade of grass, just beautiful flowers 
The front parkway is another garden space
Julia Olsta’s garden was next on our walk
Great border garden with a cute bird watching over it 
No, this is not a live chicken but it is a cute garden vignette 
Peggy Reinhardt and Patti Loomis can be seen behing the display of beebalm 
All gardens need a hidden place to sit and relax 
Julia had a whole fairy village under her tree 
What a beautiful, welcoming, patriotic front door 
You can never get lost in Julia’s garden 
Such a creative way to display an herb garden
Our last stop was at Eileen Lucietto’s garden. In addition to beautiful plants, Eileen also has beautiful statues that were created by her husband, Lambert Lucietto.
Speaking of Eileen’s husband, here’s Lambert with his statue that he named paradise. He named it that because he considers the garden as pair-a-dice 
A garden in the foreground with a couple of statues in the backround. 
Lambert and one of our new members, Jim Fatima, carefully examining one of Lambert’s statues 
Members in the garden. From left to right is Patti Chipman, Eileen Lucietto, Jill Fox, Maureen Ernandez and Julia Olsta 
Beautiful ferns in this shady spot of the garden 
Julia Olsta is getting a closer look at the statue that I believe he named “Spirit of 76:” 
Linda Kroman and Peggy Reinhardt checking out Eileen’s vegetable garden bed 
Through the arbor is a fountain and another statue.
After everyone looked at the garden a few of our members brought chairs with them and sat to visit with those who also stayed. It was a great day and how nice was it to be able to visit with members after all this time.