In April, 1977, then-President Patsy Boyce called on members for a variety of tasks. Tickets for an upcoming neighborhood garden tour were sent out to be sold (you know the drill: sell them or buy them yourself), and a sign up sheet for hostessing during a tour shift was circulated. Everyone was to contribute 60 cookies (up from 50 the previous year) and a Library Courtyard planting was scheduled.  In addition, members were asked to contribute ten plants to the Garden Club table at the Neighborhood Street Fair  in June.  While these requests seem modest, we all know how difficult corralling volunteers can be. Currently, we have a brigade of “Dirty Girls” willing to step to the plate for hands-on projects in the neighborhood, from cleaning out window boxes at Hale House to planting around a statue on the Mall. Below is a picture of the Sarmiento statue, with our plants circling the base.  If you are not already on the Dirty Girls email distribution list but would like to be added, contact us at info@bostonflora.com. You don’t even have to be a Garden Club member, just a willing volunteer with access to a trowel or clippers (although even these can be provided.)