McMinnville Garden Club Yearbook 2011-2012
National Garden Clubs, Inc.
4401 Magnolia Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Website: http://www.gardenclub.org/home.aspx
2011-13, President Shirley Nicolai
Theme:
"Proudly
Serving Our Members and What We Can Do…Membership Communities"
Oregon State
Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.
Website: http://oregongardenclubs.org
20011-13, President Garnet Ascher
Theme: “Just Imagine”
Pioneer District
Website: http://www.gardenclub.org/home.aspx
2011-13, Director Gaye Stewart
Theme: "The
Garden - Nature's Palette"
McMinnville Garden Club
PO Box 386, McMinnville, OR 97128
503-434-4344
Theme: Every
Garden is a Gift
CLUB OFFICERS 2011 - 2012
President Merle Dean Feldman
Vice President Cozette Caster
Secretary Rosemary Vertgret
Treasurer Mike
Stewart
2011 -2013
Committees & Leaders
(coming soon)
CLUB CONTINUING SERVICE PROJECTS
Garden Tour-Garden Faire
We proudly
present juried gardens for the public viewing and education and provide
attendees with a Garden Faire
showcasing over 50 vendors in downtown
for their enjoyment. Profits realized
from Garden Tour ticket sales and the Garden Faire vendor fees
are used to fund all Club
projects and donations.
Scholarships for Horticulture
Yamhill County
Scholarship Recipients for 2010 - 2011
Aaron
McLaughlin (from McMinnville), Philip Pursel
(Lafayette), and Nikki Dorrell (Willamina).
Yamhill
County Heritage Center
Landscape and
Hardscape Improvements
City
Beautification
Provide yearly
support/Improvement of selected community locations
National Garden Week
In June,
floral contest arrangements will be created by members and placed at the
McMinnville Public Library.
Yard of the Month
From April
through September, a garden is selected for the
“Yard of the Month” award. Check them out at: http://mcminnvillegardenclub.org/Yardofthemonth.htm
McMinnville City Library Plant Caretaker
Members
provide and maintain all indoor plants at the library.
McMinnville Post Office Landscape
Members
maintain the garden outside the front entry of Post Office.
City Cleanup (Bag Ladies/Men on Third)
Members
provide yearly Spring clean-up of the trees and plants
on Third Street.
Member Interest Groups:
Crafts,
Christmas Parade Rakettes, Field Trips
Three Hanging Flower Baskets
Club provides
hanging two baskets every summer on our lamp/flower pole at the entrance of Joe
Dancer Park
and one on the flower pole at Cozine House, home of the McMinnville Downtown Association.
(The city is
now providing the baskets at our historic lamp pole on Third Street.)
Monthly Meeting
Information
Meeting Day – Third Monday of each
month unless noted
Hillside Retirement Community
in the “Activity Room”
at
the Manor, 900 N. Hill Road, McMinnville, OR 97128
503-472-9534
Social time
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Business Meeting
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Speaker
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Raffle/Wrap-up
12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Dessert and
Beverage will be provided by hostesses (club members)
Links to other club resources:
·
The Story of the Dogwoods
in McMinnville
The
Rakettes