Garden Clippings December
2007
McMinnville Garden Club Vol.
7 No. 4
December
17, 2007
Holiday
Luncheon Gift / Exchange
Buffet lunch will
be catered by Hillside Dining Services
RESERVATIONS are required by 12/10: Please make your
$15 checks payable to: McMinnville
Garden Club
By
12/09 to: Marilyn
Coats, 380 SW Russ Court, McMinnville, OR 97128
Location:
Hillside Retirement Community “Activity Room” at the Manor
Arrival time: 10:30
AM, Table
centerpieces will be judged and awarded as prizes and raffled off
Gift
Exchange: Garden related gifts - $10.00 limit and please bring non-perishable food
for the McMinnville Food Bank.
President’s Message
Dear Gardening
Friends,
Winter has arrived
early bringing us freezing, but dry temperatures with snow forecast for later
this week. Despite the cold weather,
Mike and I put on our stocking caps and heavy coats and headed outside to groom
our “mini-estate.” Clippers snipped,
rakes gathered leaves and debris, and ceramic yard art was collected and placed
in the garage, safe from freezing weather.
November’s meeting
was delightful with the Santa’s Parade Committee’s report provided by Kim
Jongedyk and the Rakettes, the garden version of the Rockettes, who provided a
lively demonstration of their planned parade performance. On Friday, thirty-some Club members and 2
children participated in the parade; Bernice Brown, “Queen of the Garden”,
drove her beautifully decorated scooter through the streets of adoring fans,
many of who hailed her by name and snapped her picture. Her son was among them. We all had so much fun; we want to
participate in the parade again next year!
(See the pictures later in the newsletter.)
Back to our meeting:
Anna Ashby provided an informative presentation on winter vegetable
gardening. She even brought a variety of
vegetable plants, provided by the Newberg High School Horticulture Class, for
starting our own winter vegetable gardens.
The Club’s annual
Holiday party will be a luncheon buffet and gift exchange December 17th,
10:30 a.m. at Hillside’s Activity Room where we normally hold our
meetings. It will be a gala event so
plan to wear holiday attire and colors.
I hope to see you there. Have a blessed Holiday Season.
Gaye Stewart, President
No Field
Trip Planned for December
Winter Wonderland Parade A SUCCESS!!
Yearbook Calendar Corrections Please make these changes in your
yearbooks!
February Meeting – Should be February 18th
May Field Trip – Should be May 28th
OSFGC, Inc.
Flower Show, Feb. 20-24, 2008
Check out the Oregon Garden Club’s website for the complete flower show booklet that describes all the categories, descriptions, and rules that Gaye read to use from at the November meeting. The show is held on conjunction with the Portland Home & Garden Show at the Expo Center. Looks like lots of great ideas for “On the Street Where You Live.” (The club has a field trip planned to this event!) http://oregongardenclubs.org/Events.htm
2008 Garden Tour/Faire Jean Lierman/Georgia Queen
For those of you who participated in the Christmas Parade - "a big Thanks"! The Garden Tour got a BIG boost of advertising and every little bit helps! This event is successful only through your efforts and ticket sales. For those of you who didn’t participate – there is always next year. We had a ball and the "Rakettes" were the hit of the parade.
We've been busy finalizing the street
permits and obtaining authorizations necessary for the space used for
the Garden Faire downtown. Paperwork will be filled out and filed at
the business office to hang our Tour banner on 99W. We are going to take a breather now to get
ready for the Holidays but we hope everyone has a GREAT Holiday season and will
be ready to tackle their jobs after the New Year.
Club History Dorothy Mathieson
December 1934
“December
Special Meeting” (an addition)
This meeting was held in the Library’s basement and was open to the public, attendance was around 75.
Mrs. Tom Major was general chairman, assisted by Mrs. McLaughlin, Mrs. Nott, and Mrs. Buchannan.
Mantle decoration was worked out and explained by Mrs. Dielschneider. Mrs. Pearson had a number of wreaths, one was given as a door prize, and there were many other door prizes in the way of bulbs and shrubs. Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Travis decorated the window subtly for Christmas. Mts. Fleishauer had a nice display of dish gardens. Mrs. McLaughlin had a nice display of winter bouquets.
Main speaker was Mr. William Morse from Newberg; his topic – “The use and abuse of Christmas greens.”
A big “thank you” goes to anyone assisting in any way at this meeting.
Poinsettias
To keep your Poinsettias looking great for the holiday season, Al’s Nursery suggests the following tips for their care:
- Avoid exposing them to freezing conditions. Do not leave them in your car while you finish your shopping. Take then home and place inside the house as soon as possible after purchasing.
- Place them in a spot with bright natural light, but do not expose to direct sunlight.
- Do not place in an area where they will be exposed to drafts, heat from appliances, radiators, or vent ducts.
- The color of your poinsettia will last longer with temperatures around 75 during the day and 60-65 at night.
- Keep the soil moderately moist; check every few days and water when the soil surface feels dry to the touch. Before watering, remove the plant from decorative pot covers or foil wrapping, water to saturate the soil, and allow the pot to drain. Do not let the plants sit in standing water.
Thank You
The McMinnville Garden Club is successful due to the leadership, skill, and time devoted to our activities and projects throughout the year by many people. Bouquets to the following:
ü Kim Jongedyk, Chair of the Parade Committee, for the great planning and fun experience at the Santa Parade.
ü Cathy Burdett for arranging our interesting and varied Club programs and displays. Thanks too, for her energy and enthusiasm.
ü Jan Elliott for providing monthly mini-lessons on horticulture. The visual displays and handouts are great!
ü Elsie Carpenter and her hostesses for providing delicious treats for us at each meeting. The table is always attractive and bountiful.
ü Evelyn Mundinger for volunteering to Chair the new Awards Committee.
ü Mildred Reppetto for volunteering to handle the monthly raffle for our Club meetings.
ü Sharon Gunter for searching and securing the much-needed storage shed for Club materials. It’s so nice to have everything in one place.
ü Jean Lierman and Georgia Queen, Garden Tour Co-Chairs, for their organized and superb planning of the June, 2008 event.
ü Julie Hughes and JoAnne DeWitt, Garden Faire Co-Chairs, for preparing the letters for the January 1, 2008, mailing to potential vendors. So much paper; so much recruiting!
ü Patty Sorensen for her faithful production of our informative and entertaining newsletter.
Thank you, one and all!
Plan Ahead for the Master
Gardeners’ 2008 Tree and Shrub Sale –
This
year’s sale is no longer only bare root as we will add container trees and
shrubs for 2008
Friday, February 29 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Saturday, March 1 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Sunday, March 2 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
100 % of net
proceeds to YCMGA College Scholarship Fund for Yamhill County residents
attending Oregon Schools and majoring in several Agricultural related
disciplines.
Xmas Tree Sales at Arlene Kempf’s !
If you are looking for a great You Cut Tree Farm with Douglas Fir and Noble trees, our own garden club member, Arlene, has the tree for you! Any tree is $15 from a tabletop size to an 8 ft. tree. Located 7 miles SW of McMinnville and 1 ½ mile W of Amity. Call 503-835-9172 for directions. Open 9-5.
Sunshine
Keep Sandy Bolmer in your thoughts as her husband, Richard, continues his medical journey with another surgery in late November.
Websites
to Check Out
Get yourself organized in
your garden for 2009 with the Garden Calendar!
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/calendar/
Winter Help for the Birds.
Don’t
buy mixed seed bags unless you want all sorts of plants sprouting up around
your yard!
http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/birdfeedingwinter.html
Winter is a great time to
visit the Japanese and Chinese Gardens in Portland!
http://www.japanesegarden.com/gardens/
http://www.portlandchinesegarden.org/
McMinnville Garden Club, Organized in
1926,
PO Box 386, McMinnville OR 97128,
http://mcminnvillegardenclub.org
Information: 503-434-4344