Water Wars! Water Wars! What else would you do on a HOT SUMMER DAY?!!! KristenMeyer / Friday, July 21, 2023 0 10635 Read more
Rainbow Connection Rainbow Connection This was our view from the Ferris Hills Parking Lot last night around 7pm KristenMeyer / Monday, June 26, 2023 0 15060 Thank you, Terry Boothman, for capturing this moment! Read more
This morning we had a little visitor just behind Clark Meadows. This morning we had a little visitor just behind Clark Meadows. This fawn was photographed from a safe distance as not to disturb mother nature. KristenMeyer / Wednesday, June 7, 2023 0 16142 Read more
Our Annual Academy Awards Ceremony at Clark Meadows Our Annual Academy Awards Ceremony at Clark Meadows The awards were given with much laughter and joy and the celebration was on! KristenMeyer / Thursday, June 1, 2023 0 11079 The pictures tell it all! Read more
"BEST TASTE" Award goes to Ferris Hills and Clark Meadows! "BEST TASTE" Award goes to Ferris Hills and Clark Meadows! 2023 Canandaigua Kiwanis Chef and Sip Challenge KristenMeyer / Tuesday, May 9, 2023 0 15418 For the win... Chefs, Tony Cafarelli and Jamison Leigh, served up Porchetta with salsa verde and pickled red onion. Our chefs worked hard preparing and presenting their creation. They enjoyed the fun competition with other respected chefs in the community. The foodies came out to enjoy this amazing event hosted by Canandaigua Kiwanis. Canandaigua Kiwanis is an active group of dedicated volunteers working tirelessly throughout the year raising money to support children. Read more
SuperUser Account / Wednesday, February 1, 2017 / Categories: Ferris Hills Blog Green Thumbs In Their Glory at Ferris Hills When considering a move to an independent living apartment, some green thumbs wonder if they will have to give up gardening. At Ferris Hills at West Lake, that couldn’t be further from the truth, and they couldn’t be happier.In addition using to the senior community’s raised flower and herb beds, many residents fill their patios and balconies with an array of verdant plans, moving them in the winter to an on-site greenhouse.Mary Bausch is among Ferris Hills’ green thumbs. While her husband Bob maintains a vegetable garden and a strawberry patch, Mary winters geraniums in the greenhouse and in the past has used the raised beds that Bob and another resident built in Ferris Hills’ woodworking shop. She has also tried growing dahlias, with a little help from a fellow resident.“I’ve never grown them before, but they’re beautiful, and they’re so abundant,” she says.Sharing the bounty from his gardens is something Bill McGeary enjoys doing, too. McGeary, a retired Rochester Telephone accountant, moved to Ferris Hills from Honeoye. A longtime gardener, he decided to try something a little different and planted Yukon Gold potatoes, along with tomatoes and gladiolus.Sharing his fondness for gardening with other green thumbs is just one reason McGeary is enjoying living at Ferris Hills, where he has found new friends to play golf, poker and euchre with, not to mention the freedom to live life on his terms. “I love it,” he says. Previous Article To Your Good Health Next Article Get Ready for Grandkids Print 24420