The Mercer Garden Club will meet on Monday
November 8 at 7:00
at the United Methodist Church.
Our hostess will be Natalie Shipton.
Program: Nancy will lead us in a Show and Tell by garden club members. Put on your thinking caps and come with an idea for an arrangement or centerpiece for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Be prepared to tell us about your idea, or show a picture or bring a sample.
This will be fun! Creativity is good.
The Mercer Garden Club will meet on Monday October.11 at 7:00 at the United Methodist Church. Our program will be a members review of our summer garden experiences. We will have a surprise guest that will give us an update from a group of local people that grew veggies to feed local folks this past summer. Perhaps you heard of Boaz North and Boaz South Gardens.
Hostess will be Monica Ondrusko and Arlene Peters.
Meeting agenda:
Old Business:
Reading of the minutes and treasures report
Nomination Committee report
Review Up Town Planting experiences
Review upcoming field trip details. Choose a date to visit Cleveland Botanical Gardens.
Raffle bring stuff
We will have a fund raising raffle. Anyone may bring an item for our raffle. So look around your home as see if you have something to contribute.
Program:
Plant and seed exchange. Tell us what you brought.
You will also be asked to share information about your garden experiences over this last summer. What did you learn? What would you do different? Bring photos to pass around.
This will be fun. Bring a friend. At our October meeting you will be asked to share what you have learned about gardening this summer. Bring and share photos of your garden. You may also submit gardening questions to our members. The questions will be read and solutions discussed.
When you are cleaning up your garden this fall remember to pot up something to bring for our fall plant exchange. Remember to collect seeds for our seed exchange. Please label your plants and seeds. Do not forget to put your name on the labels. Being able to walk thru your garden and remembering who gave you a particular plant is a good thing. Having a connection to members through the plants in our gardens helps to build fellowship among our members. Why is this important? The more connections we have to one another the more comfortable we will be working together on our service projects.
Our September meeting will be at the home and garden of Chris Hall.
Parking is very limited. We will car pool from the church at 6:30.
Last year I tried to find a place to have a cozy fire for us to sit around get to know each other and toast some marshmallows. Chris offered to host this event since she has a perfect place to have a fire.
I will bring corn and attempt to roast it in the fire. This was a tradition on our farm when I was growing up. The corn has a wonderful smoky flavor that cannot be matched by cooking it any other way. If by chance we have rain or its just too dry for a fire the corn roast part of this event will not happen. Nancy G.
Pictures 2008 Garden Club Picnic at DJs.The August Mercer Garden Club meeting will be a picnic at Dennis James Greenhouse and Gardens on Monday August 9. (our regular meeting night) The Picnic will begin at 6:30. Meat, beverage and tableware will be provided.
Nancy Ollinger Thiess and Pat Whiting will be hosting the summer picnic. Bring a food item to share. Since we want to have a variety of food choices, please sign up for the category of food you will be bringing (you need not be specific). Sign up call Pat 724-475-4301 or Nancy 724-662-3986 and tell us whether you will be bringing: potatoes, salad, vegetable, or dessert by Friday, August 6 .
Come and enjoy an evening of delicious food, delightful fellowship and view Dennis’ beautiful garden.
Short Meeting Agenda = Old Business:
Reading of the minutes and treasures report
Brandy Springs Group work day set day in August.
Fall bulb sale?
New Business: Nomination Committee 2011 officers
Monday May 10, Garden Club Plant Exchange Our May meeting will be held at Brandy Springs Community Building. Alan and Alice Haskel will be our hosts.
Arrive 6:00, an hour earlier than usual. Bring your gloves and tools for working to clean up our beds at Brandy Springs. Everyone working together enables us to complete this task quickly. If you have an injury and cannot work, you can help prepare for the meeting to follow. Once we finish the clean up we will retire to the building to rest, enjoy refreshments and participate in informative program about the plants we brought for our plant exchange.
We will have a short business meeting to go over the details for Up Town Planting and Welcome Garden work schedule. Then proceed to one of our clubs most popular events. Our plant exchange is amazing every year. Pass along plants are the best, they are usually healthier and bigger than the ones you can buy. In this time of economic stress many of us are having to cut our gardening budget. Free plants are very welcome. Just let our members know what you are looking for and you may find someone willing to share. Please label your plants and come prepared to tell us about the plants you have brought to share.
Fundraising raffle: Please bring stuff. This will probable be our last raffle till fall when we return to meeting at the church.
Tuesday May 18 and June 22 Gardeners Midday Meet Up 11:00 at the Mercer Library for research gardening, sharing information, walk around the square and check on our plants perhaps pull a weed or two or deadhead some flowers.
Up Town Planting May 18, 19, & 20 We will get our plants and plant our beds around the square. Wednesday will be a group mulch night. You may get together and prepare the ground and purchase and put in your plants any day during this week. We will be letting the plant choices up to the individuals that have signed up to care for certain areas. If you have not sign up that does not mean that you are left out of this planting event. All members and guests are encouraged to come and help.
June 14 7:00 Garden Club Meeting & Garden Tour The Mercer Garden Club will meet at the church at 6:30 to car pool to Joe Nemmer’s Lily Garden Bring a lawn chair. Mary Ellen Russell will be our hostess and provide refreshments.
Very Short Meeting agenda:
Reading minutes and treasures report.
Discuss maintaining up town gardens and pots.
Set a date to deadhead and weed gardens.
Program: Joe will tell us about the North American Society July 7-11. 63rd Annual NALS International Lily Show and Conference - Last year Joe presented our club with a wonderful program about Lilies. Many of us came home with Lily bulbs and everyone wanted to visit Joe’s Garden. Mark your calendar you definitely do not want to miss this chance to see this beautiful garden.
Joe will also be asking our members to volunteer to help with the Lily conference by acting as bus proctors and tour guides and security at the show. The conference will be bringing folks to visit 4 local gardens. DJ’s, Emmie’s, Altman’s, and Joe’s. If you would like to learn more about the tours and conference click the link above to go to the web pages or search www.nals2010.org
