Garden Clippings January 2006
Winterbloom
Social time:
Optional
Brown bag lunch – dessert, coffee and tea provided by hostesses:
Lynda Corbin – Carolyn Davis –Ruth Miller-Judy Peden
Program:
Powerpoint presentation, question/answer time and
plant sale
Phil
Thorburg is a well-known and respected speaker among
many community groups for his knowledge in landscape design for all
seasons. Owner of Winterbloom, Inc. Phil will
be sharing his knowledge about plants with fall and winter interests and
decorative appeal.
He will teach us about plant choices for shady area, plant selection for larger
pots or permanently planted pots, deciduous trees and shrubs that have
branching patterns that look great against a wall, an evergreen background or
just against the sky. Plant choices with a focal point (one that will
demand attention) could be a dwarf conifer, a rock with moss or possibly an
Azalea with red and orange blooms. As Phil says, “he strives to help
homeowners create private
Phil graduated from OSU with an Agricultural and Horticultural degree. In
1983 he started his career with a pickup truck, a few tools and a
wheelbarrow. Help from friends, co-workers and reading books Phil learned
the landscape design and installation business. Phil uses little or no
pesticides that are not considered “natural” such as glyphosate,
corn gluten and various slug baits as well as compost to protect his plants.
For more information about Winterbloom
please visit: www.winterbloominc.com
Field Trip
Companion
Plants –
Interactive Discussion With Evelyn Mundinger
Carpool
from
Evelyn Mundinger is, a member
of the
Please feel
free to bring with you articles, books, and/or photographs to share with other
members. What are your favorite combination plants?
What has worked well for you? Do you have a favorite color combination of
plants that you would like to share with us?
Hello and Happy
New Year from the President.
Christmas
is over and we’ve said good-by to 2005 and hello 2006!! Boy, how time flies
when you’re having fun. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is looking
forward to a great new year. Our Garden Club is need of a volunteer to take on
the chores of the Yard of the Month. If
you are interested, be sure to contact me!
Our December party, “Christmas Around the
World,” was a great success. Sandy Ford and I want to thank everyone that
helped make it a special day. Many thanks to Brad Howard of Willamette Valley
Catering for a fantastic lunch. His
demonstration was fun and a great learning experience in cooking with herbs.
Kate Parker of Katula Herbs gave an informative talk on the history of herbs
and how to grow and preserve them which answered many of our questions. The
White elephant gift exchange was a lot of fun and some of those gifts were very
funny and I think that we might see them again… I took the can goods to the
Food Bank and it was much appreciated. Thanks to you all for participating in
this worthy cause.
Winterbloom is our next
program. Phil Thorburg is looking forward to sharing his knowledge with us and
will bring plants to sell. Just a reminder so you can be thinking about what
you might like to find. See you on
January 16th at our next meeting. Until then take care and enjoy
winter at its best. Fondly, Kim Jongedyk
Backyard Habitat
This
winter as you consider making changes to your established yard or creating new
habitat areas, be sure to give thought to welcoming wildlife. Are you ready to join thousands of property
owners around the country who have welcomed wildlife into their backyards,
schools, workplaces and communities? Let the National Wildlife Federation be
your guide as you transform your ordinary backyard into a certified Backyard
Wildlife Habitat site.
A Backyard Wildlife Habitat site provides for wildlife
the four
basic elements needed for survival; food, water, cover and places to raise
young. Property owners also employ sustainable gardening practices that
conserve natural resources.
Why certify your
yard? Aside from offering wildlife a
wonderful place to thrive, you'll be eligible for the following benefits,
including:
- a
Certificate of Achievement suitable for framing
- a
lifetime subscription to the Habitats newsletter
- the
option for NWF to send a press release to your local newspaper announcing
your achievement
- a
free one-year membership to NWF
- and
much
more!
Upon certification
you will be eligible to order and post an attractive yard sign to display your commitment
to wildlife conservation and the environment.
(Article from National Wildlife Federation’s website ) Cindi
Miller is one of our club member’s whose yard is certified by the NWF.
Hort. Beat
With so many hours of darkness plus cloudy days, you may be
feeling like a cave dweller. Your
houseplants are feeling it too as they stretch toward the light. Waiting for days to lighten up, they can
settle into a no-growth period, your cue to adjust your maintenance. A moisture meter is helpful to determine when
your plant has completely dried out as opposed to just testing surface
dryness. Keep plants clean by wiping the
leaves with a damp cloth, rather than leaf shine products. Let plants rest in healthy conditions,
without fertilizing until spring beckons with longer daylight hours.
With the trend toward eating more flavorful and healthy foods, the
word ‘heirloom’ describing a fruit or vegetable, boasts of superior flavor. Until recently my favorite ‘heirloom’ food
was the
Outdoor plants, especially deciduous trees and shrubs, need
protection from certain diseases and insects, which can become a problem if not
recognized and remedied. Their cycles
continue through winter dormancy, so now is the time to take preventive
action. Both aphids and spider mites
over-winter as eggs among the buds, while scale prefers branches. Disease spores can be more difficult to
recognize unless it lurks in previous infected cankers. Visit your favorite nurseryman and solicit
help for these problems. Gail Gredler,
with OSU Extension, suggests that ‘horticultural or dormant oils’ can be an
effective and less toxic method of pest control on woody plants. She also advises that they can be sprayed
during spring and summer for pest control.
Spraying during dormancy, before buds swell, will give you a healthier
garden later. Happy New Year and focus
on the pleasure of gardening.
Evelyn Mundinger
Club History
(Note at side of minutes – page: Treasurer reported having paid per capita tax
to State Federation for year 1928, $1.00 and 1929, $1.35.)
Garden
Club met at the home of Mrs. Earl Wright.
Ten members present. A letter was read from Clayton B. Lewis asking for
our support for HB 311 to encourage the bulb industry in
Interesting
pamphlets sent by Standard Oil Co. arguing against highway signs were passed
around and were finally given to the billboard committee. This committee reported that they had called
upon the
There being no further
business, Mrs. Gowdy read a number of interesting clippings. Club adjourned. Mrs. Frank
Wortman, Sec. Treas.
Balance in treasury: $8.05
($10.40 - $2.35 per capita tax)
Dorothy
Mathiesen
Garden Tour 2006
As the New Year approaches and we begin our
2006 calendars, don’t forget to mark the date for our Garden Tour, Sunday, June 25. It is also time for us to start gearing up
the activities needed to support the tour.
Committee Chairs will gather at
the home of Patty Sorensen immediately following our January meeting for a
short organizational meeting.
Websites
to Check Out
Winter weather getting you down? Try these Virtual Garden
http://www.suite101.com/files/topics/413/files/tourguide.htm
Oregon State University’s NW Gardener’s E-News
http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/garden/enews/jan_05.html
The best fertilizer is the gardener's
shadow. ~Author Unknown
Organized in 1926
McMinnville OR 97128 http://mcminnvillegardenclub.org Information: 503 434 4344 Meeting Information Meeting Day: Third Monday September through
June Optional Brown Bag Lunch 2155 West 2nd,
Meetings are open
to the public. Executive
Board
President Kim Jongedyk Vice President Sandy Ford Secretary Judy Eggers Treasurer Marilyn Coats Conservation
Pledge
I pledge to
protect and conserve the natural
resources of the planet Earth, and promise
to promote education, so we may be
caretakers to our air, water, forests,
land, and wildlife. Ongoing Projects The Scholarships for
Horticulture Garden of the
Month Blue Star Memorial
Marker City Beautification “Garden Clippings” is a monthly publication of the Contact Kim
Jongedyk, (503-434-9130), or 503-434-4344 for info.
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Committee Chairs Backyard Habitat Julie Maahs Garden Tour 2006 Judy
Eggers Patty Sorensen Garden Faire 2006 Gaye
Stewart Historian Dorothy Mathiesen Horticulture Eveyln Mundinger Hospitality Rosemary Vertregt Membership Sandy Bolmer Newsletter Patty Sorensen Anne Silverthorne Parliamentarian
Gaye Stewart Publicity/PR Sandy
Ford Scholarship Cindi
Miller Sunshine Joan
Friese Telephone Mary Whinery Yard of Month 2006
Yearbook Kim Jongedyk Sandy Ford The newsletter deadline for submission of
articles for our
monthly newsletter is the last day of the
previous month. Please send them to Patty Sorensen.
Do you know of any
prospective Garden Club members? Be sure to let Sandy Bolmer know names and addresses.
We would love to send them our newsletter for three
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