Special to The Citizen

 

SCIPIOVILLE -- Thanksgiving Day traditionally means the start of the holiday season but for many area residents it is also time for the annual wreath-making workshop hosted by the Southern Cayuga Garden Club.

"The workshop has become an intergenerational event for many families," said Southern Cayuga Garden Club consultant Debi Lampman during the annual wreath-making workshop held at the Scipioville Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon. "I have been attending for 13 years now and there are people that have been attending a lot longer than that."

Lampman said that the workshop began many years ago as a fundraiser for the Howland Stone Store Museum but was transferred to a fundraiser for the garden club when the museum decided not to host it any longer.

She is also the owner of Bedlam Gardens located in King Ferry.

For Sue Gage and her daughter, Katie Meislahn, who discovered the workshop last year, the event has already become a mother-and-daughter tradition that will continue for many years to come.

"Now that Katie lives in Albany, it is a nice way to spend time together," Gage said. "I enjoyed the workshop so much last year that I cut out the ad and put in my calendar for this year."

The pair said that they will both be hanging their freshly made wreaths on the front door of their homes.