President’s Message -January 2026
Happy New Year, Garden Friends! All the garden articles tell us to order our seeds, plan our garden and clean our tools in January. Instead, it’s 51° out and I just finished watering. How about tips on watering after you have winterized your irrigation system instead of how to plan a vegetable garden? That’s what I need this winter!
Regardless of the challenge the weather is bringing, I am looking forward to our new year. Our first meeting of the year will be on Wednesday, January 28th at First Lutheran Church. Our speaker is Brett Stadsvoid, the Longmont City Forester. Did you know that this year marks the 40th anniversary of Longmont’s designation as a Tree City USA? Did you know we had a city forester?!! I didn’t but check out this Longmont Forestry Department website, Forestry – City of Longmont and come meet Brett on the 28th to learn more.
Thank you to our wonderful volunteers. All of the major committee chair positions are filled. We are looking for one more person to join Janelle Wagner to plan field trips. I don’t know how our field trip committee chairperson comes up with so many great ideas but sharing that job with someone else makes it so much easier and fun, so please consider volunteering to help Janelle. This is a great way for new members to join a committee because you will be doing it with someone else. And the Fundraising Committee still needs a chairperson. We have not had a Fundraising Committee chairperson for two years and while we have been smoothly going along, it is a position that needs to be filled.
The last item to bring to your attention, the 6th Annual Longmont Library Gardening Fair will be held on Sunday, February 22nd at the library. Hoe & Hope has participated everyyear. It’s a fun event where you meet other groups involved in gardening and answerthe public’s questions about gardening and our club. We will have a sign-up sheet onthe 28th.
Mary