April Club Meeting

Event Details

April 2025

Monday, April 7, at 7:30 PM

Subject: Small Space Gardening (Terraces, Patios and Decks)

Speaker: Anthony Bracco

 The thrust of this Small Space Garden talk is to raise awareness as to where our food comes from, share growing methods, and demonstrate how backyard growing methods can be adapted to a small garden space. Get inspired to build and prepare an enjoyable, fully functional garden in your own small space. 

Biography
Anthony (Bracco Farms) and his family live in Cedar Grove, NJ. Twelve years ago he and his wife bought a 25-acre farm in the Black Dirt region of Pine Island, NY. Anthony had intended to be a hobby farmer on just an acre growing his family the cleanest produce possible using Non-GMO seeds, hand cultivation of weeds, old fashioned farm equipment, picking only when ready, and without chemicals, fertilizers, irrigation, pesticides, or herbicides, and allowing the soil to naturally regenerate each season. These sustainable farming techniques produced a shocking abundance of produce. After just one season, Bracco Farms was born out of the demanding momentum of the growing food movement.

 
Artistic Design Exhibits
 

Theme: Daisy

 Challenge: Tapestry Design, see Handbook, p.79

Intermediate: Reflective Design, see Handbook, p.75.

Novice: American Traditional Mass Design in an Oval Shape, see Handbook, p.71.

Open: Designer’s choice (one entry per member).

Artistic Design Exhibits – Please read “Artistic Design Rules” beginning on page 13 of the MGC Yearbook as well as the 2017 revised edition of the Handbook for Flower Shows.

Horticultural Exhibits – Please read “Horticulture Division Rules” beginning on page 14 of the MGC Yearbook as well as the 2017 revised edition of the Handbook for Flower Shows.

1. Narcissus (Daffodil), 1 potted or cut specimen
2. Helleborus (Lenten Rose), maximum 2 entries per member
3. Aquilegia (Columbine), 3 stems in a single container
4. Open (maximum 2 entries per member)