Allyn's Creek Garden Club

Members of the Allyn’s Creek (ACGC) and Rochester Garden (RGC) Clubs recently volunteer to help plant boxwoods at the George Eastman Museum ’s Historic Garden during the recent renovations. In 2017 both clubs donated towards replacing the terrace boxwoods. Unfortunately, boxwood blight prevented the purchase of new plants. Instead, the Eastman Horticulturist took cuttings from the original boxwoods and grew new plants. The garden is now being restored back to the original design.  Both clubs also donated toward restoration of the lily pond located in the garden.  Mary Ann Giglio, Irmeli Ratnik, Sue Lawton, Deb Hale, Linda Buttrill, Mary Clare Hamlin and Leslie Huey  

Chrissy Bennett-West, Matthew Benson, Marie McNabb and President Leslie Huey Attendees at our Spring Luncheon at the Memorial Art Gallery were delighted by anecdotes and garden tips from our guest of honor, Matthew Benson, owner of Stonegate Farm . We were not only honored to have him as our guest, but lucky, as well. Air travel can be unreliable, especially in and out of Rochester. Because of storms somewhere in the flight path, Matthew's Sunday afternoon flight to Rochester was delayed until the wee hours of Monday morning! His travel travails and lack of sleep didn't diminish his lively and inspiring talks on both growing beautiful food and garden photography. We also enjoyed a delicious lunch catered by  Brown Hound , and the event raised over $24,000 for our Club's ongoing projects. Many thanks to Chrissy Bennett-West and Marie McNabb for organizing the two-day event, and to Joan Fulreader for organizing the silent auction! The following day, nine participants accompa