Wollaston Garden Club - December 3, 2025

[00:00:00] Speaker A: It is time for the Wollaston Garden Club's annual holiday greens sale. That means that the Wollaston Garden Clubbers are here in studio to tell us more about it. Ann Foresman, Kathy Kervills, once again, should we call you the Garden Club Elves? [00:00:18] Speaker A: Maybe not. [00:00:19] Speaker B: There's a bunch of us. [00:00:20] Speaker C: Well, I like that. [00:00:21] Speaker B: Cute. [00:00:22] Speaker C: That's cuter. [00:00:22] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. Well, you've certainly made the studio here quite festive, so thank you for that. [00:00:28] Speaker B: All Anne's work. Very well. [00:00:30] Speaker C: No, not all my work. We have an arrangement to show. We have a couple of designers that also design for the Massachusetts. Oh, the Museum of Fine Art in Bloom. And a couple of those designers. One of them has put together a small arrangement that's an example of the kind of other smaller stuff that you'll see when you come. Okay, so we have. [00:00:52] Speaker A: Yeah, there it is. In a mug. [00:00:55] Speaker B: Yeah, and we have lots of mugs. You know, good teachers gifts and, you know, hostess gifts, things like that. And they're all just very festive. [00:01:04] Speaker A: There you go. And those are all. They did a beautiful live greenery. Right? [00:01:07] Speaker B: It's all live stuff, except a little, of course. [00:01:10] Speaker A: Yeah, there it is. So the green sale is Saturday, December 6, 9 to 11, at. I guess you're still calling it Wollaston. [00:01:19] Speaker B: Congregational Church, for lack of another. [00:01:21] Speaker A: There is no official other title right now. [00:01:24] Speaker C: Not yet. [00:01:24] Speaker B: No official title yet. But I'm sure there will be eventually. [00:01:27] Speaker A: Eventually there will be. Yes. [00:01:28] Speaker B: Yes. But it's the Wallachan Congregational Church and people usually line up. So if we open at 9 o', clock, there's usually a line out the door, which always amazes us. And then by 11 o', clock, we're sweeping up and we have filled the whole hall with wreaths and other things for the. In the home and outside the home. And it goes. I'm always amazed. [00:01:53] Speaker A: People are honed in on what they want. [00:01:55] Speaker B: Right. [00:01:55] Speaker A: It sounds like they just go right to. I want that and I'm getting it. Don't get in my. [00:02:01] Speaker B: Well, it's not like the running of the brides, but. [00:02:05] Speaker B: It'S a little, you know, people are really friendly and a lot of them are just neighbors that are, you know, always see the same faces and stuff like that. [00:02:12] Speaker A: They probably walk. [00:02:13] Speaker C: Most of them do. [00:02:14] Speaker B: Yeah. But then they need their car to bring home all their stuff. [00:02:17] Speaker A: Well, especially if they buy our snowman trio here. It's stunning. [00:02:22] Speaker B: Yes, it is. [00:02:22] Speaker A: I know Ann has been busy in the wood shop, I bet. [00:02:25] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:02:26] Speaker C: You know, I love it. I love it. Yeah, it's all reclaimed wood. [00:02:32] Speaker C: And fresh greens, so. And the greens, that's a little. I don't know if you're gonna show it again or not. [00:02:37] Speaker A: Yeah, we'll show it again. [00:02:38] Speaker B: Sure. [00:02:38] Speaker C: That particular arrangement is set into Oasis in a little removable tray. [00:02:43] Speaker B: We won't show that. [00:02:43] Speaker C: We won't. Don't try to ask me to do it. But if anybody is interested in this so that next year they could just. They could use it without the tray, or you could separate the tray and have an arrangement someplace. [00:02:54] Speaker A: Right. [00:02:54] Speaker C: You know, so it's a twofer. It's a twofer, as you said. [00:02:57] Speaker B: Yes, exactly. But they are pretty cute. [00:02:59] Speaker A: And it's not just. This is not just Christmas. This is winter. [00:03:01] Speaker C: Well, that, you know, that's very important. We have a lot of people who want to leave things up if they're going to decorate, they want to get more than three weeks out of it. [00:03:09] Speaker A: Right. [00:03:10] Speaker B: So it seems like a short season. Thanksgiving, Christmas. I don't know why. This year seems very, very short. But, yes, we do a lot of winter things as opposed to just technically Christmas things. [00:03:22] Speaker C: So pull out those shiny ornaments and leave it up for as long as you want. [00:03:25] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, you could Christmas it up and then dechristmas it, you know, if you wanted to. Right, Absolutely. But the greens will stay green all. [00:03:32] Speaker C: They'll stay green for a while. Like I said, they're set into Oasis, and if they get wilty, pull them out and put something fresh in. [00:03:38] Speaker A: There you go. Okay. So this will be at the sale. [00:03:41] Speaker C: This is at the sale. [00:03:43] Speaker B: There'll be another one of those, too. [00:03:44] Speaker A: Oh, there's two? [00:03:45] Speaker B: Yes, two. [00:03:46] Speaker C: The second one doesn't have as ornate an arrangement, but it's also. It's just as pretty. It's just as cute. [00:03:52] Speaker A: Okay. [00:03:53] Speaker B: All right. [00:03:54] Speaker A: Very good. [00:03:54] Speaker B: There's this one over here. [00:03:55] Speaker A: And then we have Ann. What a creation you have made. [00:03:57] Speaker C: Oh, you know, thanks. [00:03:59] Speaker A: Really. [00:03:59] Speaker C: So I don't. The people who know me know that I also help my friends get rid of things they don't want. So one of my friends had. [00:04:08] Speaker A: I don't want this. Give it to Ann. [00:04:10] Speaker C: And they do that. But it was. This was an old shipping crate, and it was in really awful condition. Someone had tried to use it as a big planter and grow arugula in it. So anyway, I took it, I dismantled it and used the pieces that I could. [00:04:23] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:04:23] Speaker C: And made the box. And then I made a stand for it to sit on. And then we went from there. [00:04:29] Speaker A: It's beautiful. [00:04:30] Speaker B: It's rushing. [00:04:32] Speaker A: And this is a one off, right? This is the. [00:04:34] Speaker C: This is a one off. Yeah, this is a one off. [00:04:36] Speaker A: And the lights, I'm assuming are battery. [00:04:38] Speaker C: These are battery lights powered, right? [00:04:40] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:04:40] Speaker C: You can put them on a timer. [00:04:41] Speaker A: Okay. [00:04:42] Speaker C: Yeah, just a little one. If somebody wanted something brighter for their porch, they could always string a big string of lights. [00:04:47] Speaker A: I was thinking. Yeah, a balcony or a porch would be nice. Yeah, it would be perfect. [00:04:50] Speaker C: On a covered porch. [00:04:51] Speaker A: Probably not. Outside, right. [00:04:52] Speaker C: Everything on it is perfectly okay outside. [00:04:55] Speaker A: All right. [00:04:55] Speaker C: The box has been spar varnished, which is that marine quality polyurethane. And. Yeah, it could go outside. [00:05:02] Speaker B: Okay. [00:05:03] Speaker A: All right, very good. And this. This is. Once this one's gone, it's gone. [00:05:06] Speaker C: Once this is gone, it's gone. [00:05:07] Speaker B: But there are plenty of other outdoor containers going to be okay. [00:05:10] Speaker A: Yeah, do tell us, Kathy, what's going on? [00:05:12] Speaker B: Outdoor containers again, inside things like I just showed you with the teacup. Lots of teacups. Lots of other. [00:05:21] Speaker C: A lot of table arrangements, different containers. We have a whole committee that. That's all they do is table arrangements. In addition to the decorated wreaths and swags. [00:05:32] Speaker A: Yes, yes, yes. The only thing you don't have really is trees, right? There's no. [00:05:35] Speaker C: But we have bags of greens. You could make your own tree. [00:05:38] Speaker B: That is a big hit. The bags of greens are so that you can go home and maybe fill your window boxes or make your own. [00:05:46] Speaker C: Or make an arranger or whatever. [00:05:47] Speaker B: There'll be a variety of greens. We always try for a variety. Cause you can't just use one variety. You have to use a bunch of. [00:05:55] Speaker A: Different textures and colors. [00:05:57] Speaker B: Exactly. You got it. You got it. So that bag will go home, it'll have pine cones in it and you can just. Some people just come in and get the bags. [00:06:06] Speaker A: Is that right? [00:06:06] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:06:07] Speaker A: And just build their own. [00:06:07] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. People who look around know what a bargain bags are. [00:06:12] Speaker A: How much are the bags? [00:06:13] Speaker B: They're usually about $18. [00:06:14] Speaker A: Wow. Okay. [00:06:15] Speaker C: For a large bag. [00:06:16] Speaker B: Yeah, they're a good sized bag. [00:06:17] Speaker C: So 45 gallon trash bag. [00:06:19] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:06:20] Speaker C: With a little room at the top to tie it. [00:06:22] Speaker B: You know, so some people just come in to get that because it's just so convenient to be able to open up a bag and say, oh, look. [00:06:28] Speaker A: At what they put together. [00:06:30] Speaker C: And it is sort of a mystery grab bag, because we do. [00:06:34] Speaker C: But every bag, like Kathy said, will have pine cones. Every bag will have holly. [00:06:39] Speaker A: Okay. [00:06:39] Speaker C: Every bag with berries. Every bag will have some filler, spruce, some juniper. [00:06:46] Speaker B: We got white pine. We Got black pine. I mean, you. You know what we can gather. We end up when we're done, when our decorators are done, which for me, I'm just a facilitator, give you all this stuff, and then I'll always be amazed at what you use it for. [00:07:03] Speaker A: Make something wonderful out of it, right? [00:07:04] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:07:04] Speaker B: I do not make wreaths. I do not do containers. [00:07:07] Speaker C: You've done containers, But I don't. [00:07:10] Speaker B: I'm just saying it's very modest. I just like this pot. But back to what we would started to talk about. We have committees for everything. So it's. All the work is spread out, you know, I mean, we have people like that that are just going to do the table containers. So all year they've been kind of like, oh, look at that, they're at a flea market. Oh, look at that container. [00:07:29] Speaker A: This will be good for the holidays, right? [00:07:31] Speaker B: It could be 50 cents or whatever, you know, so people like that. And then we have a whole committee of people who bring us, who make us food. So while we're working. So it's like today, tomorrow, Friday, basically just those three days to just put everything together in the Wallston Congregation social hall. And there'll always be food in the kitchen. That's their responsibility. Yeah. So they may not be creative or be able to go out and cut greens anymore, but they're going to feed us. It's important, too. [00:08:00] Speaker C: Right. [00:08:02] Speaker A: Got to keep the team active. [00:08:03] Speaker B: Very important and energized. So there are a lot of people with their hands in it doing a lot of different stuff. [00:08:09] Speaker A: Yeah. About how many in total, do you. [00:08:10] Speaker B: Think, roughly, of people that are helping right now? [00:08:13] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:08:13] Speaker C: Or members? [00:08:14] Speaker A: Yeah, members. [00:08:15] Speaker B: Oh, members. Right now we. We actually just got a couple of new ones. We had two. [00:08:18] Speaker C: Two members this week. [00:08:19] Speaker A: Oh, fantastic. [00:08:20] Speaker B: So now we're up to 127 members. And every year I show you our latest edition of the. [00:08:29] Speaker B: Good Some. One of our members took a picture of that, and it's even in the back. [00:08:37] Speaker C: Our friend Colleen. [00:08:39] Speaker B: Colleen, sorry, friend Colleen puts it together for us and very clever the way she does it. [00:08:45] Speaker C: But all of the pictures that are on that book are pictures that members have taken and submitted to Colleen, who is a professional graphic designer. [00:08:58] Speaker B: But every year it's different. But yeah, we have 127 members now. [00:09:02] Speaker A: Fantastic. [00:09:03] Speaker B: And maybe not all of them are totally active, but they're all members and they're all encouraged to come to our meetings, which we have on the third Thursday of the month every month from September to June. And we Alternate. So we do a day meeting, a day meeting or night meeting so that people who are working can still come. And we hopefully always get our. Our upcoming presenter listed in the Quincy Sun. And we encourage people to just come as a guest. [00:09:35] Speaker A: Okay. [00:09:36] Speaker B: You know, just. You see something in the Quincy sun. That sounds like an entertaining evening. [00:09:40] Speaker A: Come check it out. [00:09:41] Speaker B: Check it out. We're happy to have guests at the. [00:09:44] Speaker C: Church at which we still call in the church. And we have been told we will be able to stay there. [00:09:52] Speaker B: Yes. All the people that were in all the groups. I mean, because we've got the Boy Scouts. [00:09:58] Speaker A: That's right. [00:09:58] Speaker B: A couple of dance groups. We've got aa. That church is a community center. And when the city bought it, which many people may or may not know, when the city bought it, that was what they said, that all the community activities would still be there. So that's great news for us because we've been in that church, using their church social hall for almost 100 years. [00:10:20] Speaker A: No kidding. [00:10:21] Speaker B: Wow, that's amazing. [00:10:22] Speaker A: How old is it? [00:10:22] Speaker B: Not us. [00:10:23] Speaker A: No, no. How old is the club now? [00:10:26] Speaker C: Oh, my God. 94. [00:10:27] Speaker B: Ye. They started. They were founded in 1927, and they were incorporated into them, the Federation of garden clubs, in 1993. [00:10:38] Speaker C: Okay, so we're 99. Yeah. [00:10:41] Speaker B: So we're coming up on 100 years. We look great for 99. [00:10:47] Speaker B: And the church looks great. You know, it just needed some. [00:10:50] Speaker C: Needed some loving care. [00:10:52] Speaker B: Yeah. So the city's been doing a good job getting everything kind of up and, you know, into the tree. Ready? Yeah, ready. [00:11:00] Speaker A: Good, good. How long has the green sale been going on? [00:11:03] Speaker B: Do you know, Even just roughly, I'm not really sure. Ever since I've been a member, which is 15, almost 16 years. It was definitely a thing. So somebody else who's been in the club longer could answer that question. But I think it's been a thing. [00:11:17] Speaker C: For a long time, and I don't think it's going anywhere soon. [00:11:20] Speaker B: So it's one of our big flavors. [00:11:21] Speaker A: Judging by the popularity. Is it one of your big ones? [00:11:24] Speaker B: Yeah, we have that one and we have the plant sale in the sp. Those are our two main ways to raise funds, you know? Yep. [00:11:32] Speaker A: Right. We should point out it's. It's all the. All the proceeds go back to the club, right? [00:11:37] Speaker B: Yes. That we use for. [00:11:38] Speaker C: And Ian can tell you, I borrow your book first. So in our book, the proceeds go to us, but in our book we have. And I'm not sure which page it's on. You might be able to help me. No, not that page. We have a list of the charities and donations that we give and scholarships. And scholarships. And honestly it's two pages. [00:12:03] Speaker A: Okay. [00:12:04] Speaker C: So yeah, we give high school scholarships to Quincy High, North Quincy High and Norfolk Agricultural student from Quincy. That's all. The only stipulation is that they are going into an environmental science or. [00:12:20] Speaker C: That related field. [00:12:21] Speaker B: Yeah. Okay. [00:12:23] Speaker C: And schools, they're selected usually by the school we don't necessarily like. It doesn't have to be my son. [00:12:30] Speaker A: I understand. [00:12:31] Speaker C: Yeah. So we have no, we don't have anything to do with that. Yeah. But we are so happy to be supportive of that mission. And in addition to that, we did very recently an additional fundraiser for the Quincy Public Schools for students and where members in October brought. [00:12:52] Speaker C: Personal care products for the number. Just for the high number of kids that need them. [00:12:58] Speaker B: Gloves. [00:12:59] Speaker A: You know, you wouldn't think it would be an issue in Quincy but. [00:13:01] Speaker C: And yet it is. [00:13:03] Speaker B: And there's a lovely woman who we're not going to be able to remember her name at the Quincy that works. [00:13:09] Speaker C: With the Quincy Public Schools and is our liaison. [00:13:11] Speaker B: Right. And so. [00:13:13] Speaker A: So she knows how to direct the exact donations to where they need to go privately. Right. Because there's a. [00:13:19] Speaker B: Of course, pride and we don't ever. [00:13:21] Speaker C: Want there to be any kind of stigma related with anything. So they handle that. [00:13:26] Speaker A: Yes. [00:13:26] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:13:27] Speaker A: Which is great. And we should mention too the club beautifies a lot of city property throughout the year. [00:13:33] Speaker B: Civic beautification, people might know at the corner of Newport and across from the fire station, the Engine 4 Fire Station. Those have been with the club since Joe Costello. We just recently. One of our members recently stepped back from doing civic beautification. But she was instrumental in getting civic beautification kind of up and running. So we honored her. [00:13:56] Speaker C: At our last meeting the mayor came and gave her a proclamation. [00:14:01] Speaker B: It was really nice. Yeah, They've been. Christine, the mayor's wife used to babysit for Joe. [00:14:09] Speaker A: Oh, is that right? [00:14:10] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. So it's a really nice family connection there too. So. But we really surprised the heck out of our member Joe Costello. She really deserved it, you know, but she got that civic beautification. So I'm thinking, I don't know, 30 years maybe they've been hands on. [00:14:25] Speaker A: And there's another committee. Right. [00:14:26] Speaker B: And that's another committee that's civic beautification. Yes, exactly. In a lot of members room that we keep the. We not only plant it and everything but every other week where they are making sure there's no Trash. And it's a busy intersection. [00:14:40] Speaker A: Oh, for sure. [00:14:40] Speaker B: I mean, people, the Newport and B.L. especially this past, because they had all the construction and everything, you know, but people will be at the lights going. [00:14:48] Speaker C: Thank you, thank you. [00:14:49] Speaker A: Isn't that nice? [00:14:50] Speaker B: Absolutely. And then we were asked to do Saffit park about 10 years ago. We did a corner. And so the same thing, people, our members are always there, you know, cleaning up, pruning and stuff like that. [00:15:04] Speaker A: Sure. I mean, that saves the city time and money. [00:15:07] Speaker C: And it looks so nice. [00:15:10] Speaker B: Some of our members don't have a yard anymore, so they can get their gardening fixed. [00:15:14] Speaker A: Yeah, there you go. [00:15:15] Speaker B: And at the library down in Wallaston, the containers. And then of course, out here at the main library here, Cleophas Morris and her crew just do an unbelievable job. [00:15:26] Speaker A: It's picture worthy for sure. As fact, I see a lot of professional photographers come and take photos in the springtime mostly. [00:15:32] Speaker B: I love hearing that because it's so lovely. And she's always working on something new. [00:15:37] Speaker C: The Walliston Garden Club has a website. And when you go to our homepage of our website, that library garden is the banner photo at the top of the website. So if there's anybody who wants to see what the library garden looks like. [00:15:52] Speaker A: Go to the website, check out the. There you go. But back to the green sale Again, it's Saturday, December 6, 9 to 11. Wollaston Congregational Church. And what types of payments can folks buy their purchases with? [00:16:07] Speaker B: Cash, credit and Venmo. [00:16:08] Speaker A: Oh, okay. Okay. So you are cash cutting. [00:16:12] Speaker C: Well, we try. [00:16:12] Speaker B: Well, not credit. I shouldn't say credit. No, I should say check. [00:16:16] Speaker C: Check. [00:16:17] Speaker B: Oh, check. [00:16:18] Speaker A: Okay. [00:16:18] Speaker B: Cash and cash. [00:16:20] Speaker A: Okay. No credit cards. [00:16:21] Speaker B: No credit cards. [00:16:22] Speaker C: We take them, but we don't give them back. [00:16:25] Speaker B: Venmo. Everybody seems to love Venmo, you know, so. No, but yes, we added Venmo a couple years ago. It's very popular. Okay. Yeah. [00:16:33] Speaker A: All right. And again, these items, there'll be two of the snowmen. [00:16:37] Speaker C: Two snowmen, yeah. [00:16:39] Speaker A: One. [00:16:39] Speaker C: One of these. But you should joy. So one joy. One joy box. It could be a window box. [00:16:44] Speaker B: Okay. [00:16:44] Speaker C: That was the inspiration, I think, actually. [00:16:46] Speaker A: When I first saw it, I said it's a perfect window box. [00:16:48] Speaker C: It's a great. Yeah, yeah. So if you had a window box set up, this lifts right off the stand and it could go right there. If you don't want the stand, you don't have to buy the stand. [00:16:56] Speaker B: And we'll take it back. We'll take it back. [00:16:58] Speaker C: I'll use it for Something else. [00:16:59] Speaker A: I was just gonna say it won't go in the trash. [00:17:02] Speaker C: Absolutely not. No, absolutely not. [00:17:04] Speaker B: Again, tons of other containers. We couldn't bring them all. They're not all made yet, and they're. [00:17:08] Speaker C: Not all done yet. [00:17:09] Speaker B: Yeah, they're all going to be made pretty much between tomorrow and Friday. [00:17:13] Speaker C: Thursday is a huge workday, and that's. [00:17:16] Speaker B: Why we get all the greens there. They're already in the driveway, and people are. People are there right now trimming them. [00:17:22] Speaker C: And I know we're going to have, if anybody is looking for one, a beautifully designed sled that one of our Art Bloom designers is working on. And can we give him a shout out or would he be mad? [00:17:35] Speaker B: Go ahead. [00:17:36] Speaker C: Okay. So Kathy's husband, Joe Kerbals, has. Kerbals. He's a shy guy. But we really appreciate all the help we can get from all of our factors, all of our people and their families. And Joe has refurbished this sled for us. [00:17:54] Speaker A: So it's a real sled. [00:17:55] Speaker C: It's an old flexible flyer, but it wasn't. I don't think I should reveal that source. [00:18:01] Speaker B: But it was in really bad shape. But we all sledded with. I mean, those sleds we used when we were kids and now at Fernsburg Golf Course. [00:18:09] Speaker A: Yes. [00:18:09] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:18:10] Speaker B: But I pick it up now and I'm like, wow, that's wicked heavy compared to, like, what they use now. [00:18:14] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Well, they used real wood and metal back then. [00:18:16] Speaker B: I know, I know. But it was really refurbished over the summer, and now it's going to become a gorgeous. [00:18:22] Speaker A: So is Joe going to be at the sale? So, folks, can. [00:18:26] Speaker C: He comes and he helps us set up, and he comes and helps us break it down. [00:18:31] Speaker B: He'll have a cup of coffee with him. No, he's not that shy. Whatever. You never know where people are going to be able to help you. Yes. [00:18:40] Speaker A: There's a great example. [00:18:41] Speaker B: Yeah. We're very happy to have anybody who says, oh, I can do that. We don't know what's your skill? What did you like to do? And that's how people. And because we have new members and they come and during the process of putting together the wreaths and everything else, they get to meet other members and get comfortable with knowing other people as opposed to sitting at the back of the room and never knowing anybody. We're not that club. [00:19:07] Speaker C: We're not that kind of. [00:19:08] Speaker A: No wallflowers at the walls and garden club. [00:19:11] Speaker C: We need the help. So we're gonna lasso into something. [00:19:14] Speaker A: That's it. There's some skill that you have that we need. You just have to figure out what it is. [00:19:18] Speaker B: You have a talent. Just. Yeah. Share it, you know. So that's, that's our approach. All hands on deck. [00:19:24] Speaker A: Yeah, that's it Sounds like a great big extended family, really. [00:19:26] Speaker B: Yeah. We are community, you know, and we're always interested in new members and we do not limit. You don't have to live in Quincy. [00:19:35] Speaker A: Okay. [00:19:35] Speaker B: You know, so I mean, people have said to us, oh, I'd love to join, but I live in wherever. And I'm like, come. We don't have any rules of that nature, you know. [00:19:45] Speaker A: Very good. Open. Only been around 100 years. [00:19:49] Speaker B: I don't know how it was 100 years ago. But right now, if you want to come, we're happy to have you. [00:19:54] Speaker A: It's open to all. Okay. Anything else we should remind folks about right now? Get there early. That seems to be the theme, getting there early. [00:20:02] Speaker C: Keep your eyes open. When you walk in the door, it's overwhelming. So please be sure you look to see what all of the various little things are to your right for outdoor arrangements. Maybe. Maybe we're putting them there this year, maybe not. [00:20:13] Speaker B: We don't know where they're going. [00:20:15] Speaker A: So ask. Right. [00:20:15] Speaker C: Exactly. [00:20:16] Speaker B: Please. [00:20:16] Speaker C: Oh, and oh, that's another thing. So we have a huge crew of helpers. [00:20:21] Speaker A: Okay. [00:20:21] Speaker B: So when you walk in the door. [00:20:23] Speaker C: Yep. When you walk in the door, there are members there that all they'll do is hold the wreath while you keep shopping. [00:20:30] Speaker A: Oh, okay. [00:20:30] Speaker C: Or help you. [00:20:31] Speaker A: That's helpful, you know. [00:20:32] Speaker C: Well, it is because we want you to keep shopping. [00:20:34] Speaker A: Well, of course. [00:20:35] Speaker B: But we might want more than one wreath. You know, it might be buying for your sister in law or whoever. [00:20:41] Speaker C: Or maybe you want the lavender sachets for stocking stuffers from the. Lavender from the. [00:20:46] Speaker A: The library out Frontier. [00:20:48] Speaker C: Okay, so like there are, there are teacher gifts, there are hostess gifts, there are small things. There are personal gifts. [00:20:55] Speaker A: For yourself too. [00:20:56] Speaker C: For yourself. Exactly. Yes, absolutely. [00:20:58] Speaker A: Okay. [00:20:59] Speaker C: We're just, we just love one of our favorite. [00:21:02] Speaker B: Yeah. But by 11 o', clock. I really mean it. We're sweeping up. Come early. [00:21:07] Speaker A: Well, you still go till noon, didn't you? [00:21:08] Speaker C: It did. [00:21:08] Speaker B: We had to change it because people will come in at like 11:50 and. [00:21:11] Speaker A: There was nothing left. [00:21:12] Speaker B: Well, I thought you were having something. I'm like, oh, sorry. Yeah, we're done. [00:21:16] Speaker C: It's over. [00:21:16] Speaker A: Just the pine needles on the floor. That was all the left. [00:21:18] Speaker B: Right. So we have a sign up on Newport and Beale at the, you know, at the train fence there. And my husband will go down and he. He'll take it down 1045. Yeah. [00:21:28] Speaker A: Because you don't want people to show up afterwards. [00:21:30] Speaker B: They'll be disappointed because there are a lot of fears. So some people will go from this church fear to that church fear and that kind of thing. And that's fun. But don't come late to us. All right, Sorry. [00:21:39] Speaker A: Okay. Good job. [00:21:40] Speaker C: And I will also say that I. I mean, we all know, we all have friends in other garden clubs. Our greens bags are the sale. They are the bargain of the South Shore. So I'm sorry, folks. [00:21:54] Speaker A: It's a great thing to do with kids too, to bring home out. Just a bag full of greens. There you go. Have at it. [00:21:59] Speaker C: Yeah, exactly. Absolutely. And we have another designer. Oh, God. Jan's neighbor, but Marie, who does every year she'll do a pair of. Of outdoor arrangements containers, like outdoor containers for your front steps that are stunningly beautiful. And every year she does a matched. A sort of. A. Sort of a match pair. [00:22:20] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:22:20] Speaker C: But you know, if you want a pair, get there early. [00:22:24] Speaker A: All right. Okay. All right. [00:22:26] Speaker B: We have fun with it. But it's. It is. It is good. It's a lot of work, though. [00:22:31] Speaker A: It sounds like it. [00:22:32] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:22:32] Speaker A: But it sounds like it's worth it. [00:22:33] Speaker B: Yeah, it's fun. [00:22:35] Speaker A: Wollastongardenclub.com Is that the website? [00:22:37] Speaker B: Walastingarden Club Club.com. okay. [00:22:39] Speaker A: Check it out. Or just. [00:22:40] Speaker C: Thank you, Joe. [00:22:41] Speaker A: Oh, we're happy to do it. Happy to spotlight the club and especially this sale every year. Yeah, I know it's a very important. [00:22:48] Speaker B: Get us in the. Coming here gets us in the mood for. [00:22:51] Speaker C: It does. It's here now. [00:22:52] Speaker A: Us too. Look what you've done to our studio. Completely holiday. [00:22:58] Speaker B: Sorry, we have to take it back. [00:22:59] Speaker A: Yeah, well, that's okay. We have it on pictures. [00:23:01] Speaker B: Oh, good. [00:23:02] Speaker A: Happy holidays to both of you. [00:23:03] Speaker B: Happy holidays to you and yours too. [00:23:05] Speaker A: Thank you very much. Thanks for watching us here at AM Quincy. I'm Joe Catalano and we'll see you next time.