Garden Club holds May 26 meeting
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On May 26, the Hillsboro Garden Club met at the Katherine Zane Granger Floral Hall with President Nancy Baldwin calling the meeting to order after a short tour of the floral updating at the north entrance plots. Labeled plants were apricot tree, lemon sawara cypress bushes, stonecrop sedum, burro's tail, black-eyed susan, lilies of the valley, gardener's garters, labium purple bloom, catnip and others.
Anne Lynch of Wilmington Garden Club had judged the plots for Ohio Association of Garden Clubs as well as the Hillsboro Library Floral Entrance Plot, which will receive a Nature and Conservation, formerly Beautification, Award at the July State Convention to be held at Shawnee State Park. Pat Lawrence, Sharon Mills, and Jennifer West attended the judging of the Hillsboro Library Plot and expressed the kindness of the judge.
"Less is More" is a theme of the decorating classes which Nancy Baldwin used in her May arrangements. Golden irises in a glossy black 6-inch oval vase were overwhelmed by too many and then changed to emphasis the theme, "Less is More." Second was a dark green flat base vase with mauve bi-colored irises using a pin frog for placement. Monica Cowdrey helped place fewer irises for a better aesthetic. An ivory yin/yang circular vase featuring dark purple irises was changed by Nancy Baldwin to once again prove that less is more. Last was a fluted bowl vase with a glass frog featuring miniature
Japanese iris or flags, grass-like foliage rather than typical blades.
Roll call was answered by "What color scheme are you planning in your garden?" Twenty members answered with the majority being a rainbow of colors. Tip of the month concerned the new hybrid Japanese flowering quince which has double pink blooms that pop in early spring, is thornless and is found to flower at 3 to 4 ft. tall, Chaenomeles Double Take Pink Storm.
Ways and Means committee Chair Ruth Anna Duff reported on the HGC Regional Sales Table with a profit of $128 and $58 for quilt raffle.
Members attending were: Nancy Sonner, Pat Lawrence, Sharon Mills, Andrea Schneider, Dena Benner, Nancy Baldwin, Cindy Johnson, and Ruth Anna Duff. Pat Lawrence reported on the speakers, which was informative and enlightening. Beth Mitchell, speaking on birds, butterflies and gardens emphasized hummingbird feeders are not to be adding red food coloring, not to wash feeders with soap but rather with vinegar or ammonia for better results.
Monte Anderson, Wilmington College agriculture professor, stated gardens shared by edible plants and flowers make for better use of space. He told of the use of edibles in the Wilmington College campus landscaping and the tip to use a cotton glove over a latex glove for spongeing weed killer on weeds that are desired gone, thus not destroying other neighboring plants.
Dena Benner relayed Sue Hess' report that there will be no limit to number of pages in Dec. 15 OAGC award competitions, which is a change from new rule book. Theresa Cudkowicz prepared a club-signed card for member Juanita Carson, who had suffered a stroke and is recuperating with therapy at Adena Greenfield Hospital. Gloria Wright resigned her membership and committee work at the April meeting.
Fair Floral Shows report given by Rosemarie Cowdrey told of May 14 meeting with 23 people in attendance from four 4-H clubs. Sample seeds of new variety zinnia were given as well as sample set-ups for Kentucky Horse Park and Serpent Mound by Cowdrey and Beryl Gruelle, who assisted. Nominating committee (Cindy Johnson, Pat Lawrence, Nancy Sonner, and Beryl Gruelle was fast at work canvassing the membership for next year's slate of officers due at the June meeting.
Program for the evening was "Lives and Laurels of Wildflowers" by Beryl Gruelle. Highlights were: Dandelions known as tulips in the grass came from Europe and Asia. The flower is rich in vitamin A and has been used in salads, as coffee, fried blossoms and grandma's dandelion wine. Forget-me-nots are in most languages as a little blue flower, closest to true blue. Lore about the name include that as God was handing out names to the animals, the little blue flower yelled out "forget me not" or perhaps it the fact that the leaves taste awful. Blood Root is pure white with red juice in red stem. The coloring was used by Indians for face paint and clothing dye. The French imported blood root for the dye in their fashion-conscious world. Europe even tried it as a cancer treatment. Blue violet, also known as Napoleon's gift to Josephine, is found to have aspirin-like ingredients. It is found in Europe, Greece and North America in colors of blue, yellow and white. Burdock, which produces 300 to 4,000 seeds, originated from Europe and Asia, where roots and stems were eaten. Hawaiians see it as an aphrodisiac.
Hostesses for the evening were Arlene Huiet and Nancy Sonner, serving orange sherbet punch, mixed nuts, strawberry cake and chocolate brownies. Others attending not mentioned above were: Louise Sprinkle, Leona Gabriel, Mary Smith, Dianna Baker, Sue Kinzer and Jackie Cowdrey.
The June 28 meeting will feature Jenny Lib, a master gardener volunteering at Adena Youth Garden in Chillicothe. Visitors are welcome and encouraged to come and join in the floral passion.
- Submitted by Nancy Baldwin, President of Hillsboro Garden Club[[In-content Ad]]
Anne Lynch of Wilmington Garden Club had judged the plots for Ohio Association of Garden Clubs as well as the Hillsboro Library Floral Entrance Plot, which will receive a Nature and Conservation, formerly Beautification, Award at the July State Convention to be held at Shawnee State Park. Pat Lawrence, Sharon Mills, and Jennifer West attended the judging of the Hillsboro Library Plot and expressed the kindness of the judge.
"Less is More" is a theme of the decorating classes which Nancy Baldwin used in her May arrangements. Golden irises in a glossy black 6-inch oval vase were overwhelmed by too many and then changed to emphasis the theme, "Less is More." Second was a dark green flat base vase with mauve bi-colored irises using a pin frog for placement. Monica Cowdrey helped place fewer irises for a better aesthetic. An ivory yin/yang circular vase featuring dark purple irises was changed by Nancy Baldwin to once again prove that less is more. Last was a fluted bowl vase with a glass frog featuring miniature
Japanese iris or flags, grass-like foliage rather than typical blades.
Roll call was answered by "What color scheme are you planning in your garden?" Twenty members answered with the majority being a rainbow of colors. Tip of the month concerned the new hybrid Japanese flowering quince which has double pink blooms that pop in early spring, is thornless and is found to flower at 3 to 4 ft. tall, Chaenomeles Double Take Pink Storm.
Ways and Means committee Chair Ruth Anna Duff reported on the HGC Regional Sales Table with a profit of $128 and $58 for quilt raffle.
Members attending were: Nancy Sonner, Pat Lawrence, Sharon Mills, Andrea Schneider, Dena Benner, Nancy Baldwin, Cindy Johnson, and Ruth Anna Duff. Pat Lawrence reported on the speakers, which was informative and enlightening. Beth Mitchell, speaking on birds, butterflies and gardens emphasized hummingbird feeders are not to be adding red food coloring, not to wash feeders with soap but rather with vinegar or ammonia for better results.
Monte Anderson, Wilmington College agriculture professor, stated gardens shared by edible plants and flowers make for better use of space. He told of the use of edibles in the Wilmington College campus landscaping and the tip to use a cotton glove over a latex glove for spongeing weed killer on weeds that are desired gone, thus not destroying other neighboring plants.
Dena Benner relayed Sue Hess' report that there will be no limit to number of pages in Dec. 15 OAGC award competitions, which is a change from new rule book. Theresa Cudkowicz prepared a club-signed card for member Juanita Carson, who had suffered a stroke and is recuperating with therapy at Adena Greenfield Hospital. Gloria Wright resigned her membership and committee work at the April meeting.
Fair Floral Shows report given by Rosemarie Cowdrey told of May 14 meeting with 23 people in attendance from four 4-H clubs. Sample seeds of new variety zinnia were given as well as sample set-ups for Kentucky Horse Park and Serpent Mound by Cowdrey and Beryl Gruelle, who assisted. Nominating committee (Cindy Johnson, Pat Lawrence, Nancy Sonner, and Beryl Gruelle was fast at work canvassing the membership for next year's slate of officers due at the June meeting.
Program for the evening was "Lives and Laurels of Wildflowers" by Beryl Gruelle. Highlights were: Dandelions known as tulips in the grass came from Europe and Asia. The flower is rich in vitamin A and has been used in salads, as coffee, fried blossoms and grandma's dandelion wine. Forget-me-nots are in most languages as a little blue flower, closest to true blue. Lore about the name include that as God was handing out names to the animals, the little blue flower yelled out "forget me not" or perhaps it the fact that the leaves taste awful. Blood Root is pure white with red juice in red stem. The coloring was used by Indians for face paint and clothing dye. The French imported blood root for the dye in their fashion-conscious world. Europe even tried it as a cancer treatment. Blue violet, also known as Napoleon's gift to Josephine, is found to have aspirin-like ingredients. It is found in Europe, Greece and North America in colors of blue, yellow and white. Burdock, which produces 300 to 4,000 seeds, originated from Europe and Asia, where roots and stems were eaten. Hawaiians see it as an aphrodisiac.
Hostesses for the evening were Arlene Huiet and Nancy Sonner, serving orange sherbet punch, mixed nuts, strawberry cake and chocolate brownies. Others attending not mentioned above were: Louise Sprinkle, Leona Gabriel, Mary Smith, Dianna Baker, Sue Kinzer and Jackie Cowdrey.
The June 28 meeting will feature Jenny Lib, a master gardener volunteering at Adena Youth Garden in Chillicothe. Visitors are welcome and encouraged to come and join in the floral passion.
- Submitted by Nancy Baldwin, President of Hillsboro Garden Club[[In-content Ad]]