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The nation plants, designs,

and works to help the

environment – together!!!

Meeting 2nd Friday of the month, Sept – May 9:30 – 11:30 at College Station WW Facility

2200 North Forest Parkway College Station, TX 77845

NEWSLETTER : NOVEMBER 2018

See inside for Calendar of Events

November and December

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Texas Garden Club of the Year (Bronze) 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Texas Club of the Year 2016 Texas Garden Club of the Year

(Silver) 2017 NOW A GOLD CLUB

President:

Heather White

Co- VP Programs: Michele Wehrheim &

Khris Thurmond

VP Yearbook Ann Gundy

VP Community Events

Jane Cohen

VP Hospitality: Martha Green

Recording Secretary Suzanne Milstead

Corresponding Secretary

Judy Anderson

Treasurer Kelli Kerns

Co-Historian

Idalia Aguilar/Carolyn Parsons

Reporter Deana Dossey

Immediate Past President

Helen Quinn

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OCTOBER IN REVIEW October 7 – Recycling Workshop – Heather W. RECYCLING WORKSHOP – OCTOBER 7,

FAMILY PROMISE RESIDENTS Approximately 15 residents and a few friends of Family Promise participated in the Recycling Workshop held on Oct 7. After viewing a video on Land and Air Pollution, as well as general Recycling, the residents participated in creating collage frames and bee hives from recycled materials. The workshop was great fun and many thanks to Sherry Ellison, Kelli Kerns, Marianne Maxwell, and Heather White who assisted.

October 12 – Regular monthly meeting. Our speaker, Robert Martinez, told us all about Heirloom Bulbs, including different varieties of Crinum, Lycoris, Hippeastrum, Hymenocallis and Zephrantes. He brought bulbs to sell, many of which went to new homes with happy GC members!

October 13 – One World Flower Show See full Report on pages 3 & 4.

October 21 – City of CS 80th Birthday

See last page for Jane’s comprehensive report and additional photos.

A&M Garden Club members attended

TGC Fall Meeting, "Celebrate Autumn's

Splendor" on Oct 10-11 in

Addison/Dallas.

By. Jane C.

Picture - Front Row, L-R: District V

Director Michele W, Texas Garden Club

President Betty E, National Garden Club

President Nancy H. Standing: Linda K,

Jane C, Idalia A, Khris T.

October 31 – District V Fall Meeting Michele, Jane, Khris and Helen traveled to Georgetown from Navasota/College Station for this meeting, Deana traveled from Austin. Historically the Fall meeting is “minimal official business” just fun, and this was no exception. We had a program on growing gourds in the morning, and a session on decorating them in the afternoon. Food was delicious, provided by Violet Crown club of Austin. The sunken garden at the venue was in full bloom and full of butterflies, and Zone II has a new “World Gardening Club Member” – me!!! No room for pictures, but here’s one of the costume finalists from our zone: Fourth from left is the overall winner, Sarah

McRacoon 😊

NOVEMBER IN THE GARDEN PLAN: To rake and collect all dead tree leaves for mulching and winter protection of tender plants or for compost pile. Design and prepare beds for roses and other shrubs. PRUNE: Flowering perennial stalks that have finished blooming. Trim dead part of leaves from bearded iris. Stop cutting spent rose blossoms off so the bushes will go dormant for cold weather. PLANT: Lily of the Valley and Dutch Iris in pots for gifts. Tulips and hyacinths that have been rerigerated may be planted this month and next. Most other bulbs, phlox, poppy, pinks, salvia,

scabiosa, sweet peas, sweet William, trumpet creeper, wisteria, clematis, honeysuckle, larkspur, petunia. FERTILIZE AND MULCH: Dig superphosphate into all bulb beds and around bearded iris. Give extra feeding to bulbs as soon as tops come into view. Sweet peas, pansies and amaryllis need fertilizer. SPRAY: As needed. WEATHER PROTECTION: Bank soil around shrubs if frost is predicted. Cover smaller plants carefully. Water sufficiently. BLOOMING: Alyssum, calendula, candytuft, mums, cosmos, Michaelmas daisy, petunia, roses, verbena, jasmine, lantana, loquat, shrubs and vines. VEGETABLES: (Give or take a few days.) Broccoli plants, 9/10-11/15 Brussels Sprouts plants, 9/10-11/5 Cabbage plants, 9/15-12/31 Carrot, 9/15-11/30 Chard,Swiss, thru 11/15 Kohlrabi, 9/20-11/30 Lettuce, leaf, 9/15-11/30 Mustard, thru 11/15 Turnip, thru 11/20 Radish, 9/1-11/30

CALENDAR THRU DECEMBER 2018

NOVEMBER 2 AMGC Board meeting 9:30 – 10:30 2 Arbor Day Celebration, Richard Carter Park 11:00 9 AMGC Regular Meeting 9:30- 11:30 Program on Century Oak 16 AMGC Tour and Lunch at Brookwood Tour starts 9:30 am. Leave CS 7:15 am 27 Craft (snowflake assembly) 2 – 5 pm at Ann’s 22 HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

DECEMBER

14 AMGC Regular Meeting – special program with special guests – College Station Fire Dept. Pot luck luncheon. 21 Coffee at Classic Rock Café, Navasota 9:30a Further details of the above events are available On our website amgardenclub.com, and in your

Yearbooks. FLOWER SHOW 2018 “One World” – Heather

The 2018 A&M GC Flower Show “One World” was held on Saturday, October 13, 2018, from 1-3pm, free and open to the public. There were quite a variety of horticulture specimens despite the unusual timing of the show, and the winners of the top exhibitor awards were scattered among a number of people (see below). The big winners of the show were Judy Schafer for her design in the Class Water, which won the Award of Design Excellence, Suzanne Milstead for her Aloysia which won both an Arboreal Award and the Horticulture Excellence Award, and Helen Quinn, for her educational exhibit, Global Partners Running Waters, which won the Educational Exhibitors Award. Congratulations to all who won and many thanks to all who helped with the Family Promise Sponsored Group Workshop on Recycling on October 7, the staging on October 12, and the extensive entry, classification and placement process on October 13. The Flower Show Chairman, Heather White, is also grateful to Family Promise, Rose Rock Capital Group, and the Restoration Church for the opportunity to partner with them and stage the show at their facility. Extensive photos are available on the Facebook and Web pages.

“ONE WORLD” 2018 FLOWER SHOW WINNERS*

Division I – Design Class 1 Air – Khris Thurmond Class 2 Land – Greta Merritt Class 3 Water – Judy Schafer Award of Design Excellence (highest scoring exhibit in Design) – Judy Schafer for Water Division II – Horticulture Section A – Marianne Maxwell Award of Merit for Gomphrena Section B – not placed (judges felt nothing merited 95+) Section G – Johanna Roman Award of Merit for Philodendron Section H – Norma Jean Stokes Growers Choice Award for Tiger Aloe Section I – Norma Jean Stokes Growers Choice Award for Colocasia Section J – not placed (judges felt nothing merited 95+) Section L – not placed (judges felt nothing merited 95+) Section N – Heather White Arboreal Award for Pittosporum Section O – Suzanne Milstead Arboreal Award for Aloysia Section T – Judy Schafer Award of Merit for Rosemary Award of Horticulture Excellence (highest scoring exhibit in Horticulture) – Suzanne Milstead for Aloysia Division III – Education Helen Quinn – Educational Exhibitor Award for Running Waters (NGC Global Initiative) Division IV – All members who participated from the Family Promise Residents received Certificates of Achievement and Appreciation

VP AND COMMITTEE REPORTS

Nominating Committee – Heather W.

Nominating Committee for 2018-2019 According to our Bylaws, Section IX, a Nominating Committee was named to fill the slate for 2019-2020. The Chairman is Jane Cohen, with members Rose Jarnagin and Kelli Kerns. Please consider serving if called – your club needs you!

ByLaws Committee – Heather W. After extensive work this summer, a reading in September, publication, and a second reading in October, the Bylaws of A&M Garden Club were revised. They will take effect immediately and will be in the Yearbook for next year.

Arbor Day Dedication – Carole H.

November 2 at Richard Carter Park.

Speakers have been contacted and a

program created for the upcoming Arbor

Day celebration and Tree Dedication at

Richard Carter Park on November 2, 2018

at 11:00 A.M. The Pecan Tree selected by

Stephen Richardson, CS Parks Operation

Manager, will be planted prior to the actual

dedication and we will have a ceremonial

turning of the mulch at the tree site following

the program at the Gazebo in the park. We

are recognizing Margaret Ann White and Dr.

John Robert Ellison, deceased members of

the A&M Garden Club.

I wish to thank the members of the Arbor Day Committee who are serving with me for

this event. They are Cheryl Lewis who will present the Arbor Day Statement and History and Sherry Ellison who has been the contact with the Mayor's Office and with the Parks and Recreation Department of College Station. Judy Schafer, A&M Garden Club Member, will present the Indian Legend of the Pecan Tree. I anticipate this program should be completed by 11:30 A.M. All Members of the A&M Garden Club, and their guests, are encouraged to attend this program.

.VP-Yearbook – Ann G.

We will be making Christmas Snowflakes from toilet paper rolls to give to the residents on the Meals on Wheels Program at Crestview Nursing Center in early December. Instructions were emailed previously - if we can individually get the snowflakes constructed, glued, and painted prior to the Nov 27 craft workshop, we will be able to finish the glue/glitter and tie on the ribbon hangers.

I will have a sign up sheet for the workshop on Nov 27 at the November 9th Garden Club Meeting.

Christmas Craft Workshop: Thursday, November 27, 2018

2:00 - 5:00 PM 1720 Starling Drive

College Station, TX 77845 979-690-7452

Global Gardening – Johanna R. The small vegetable garden that some of

our Garden Club members established with

kids in Guatemala is doing well. It is still the

rainy season, so vegetables are growing

fast! We hope to receive some pictures

soon.

The Gardens Texas A&M – Johanna R.

Johanna is working with administrators at

The Gardens and with our Junior Master

Gardener partners to set a date in the

Spring of 2019 to conduct a JMG Fair for

elementary school kids using grant funds

from NGC's Plant America Grant that we

were awarded.

Garden Tours: Weekly walking tours of The

Gardens are available on Wednesdays and

Fridays at 9:30 am, except for holidays. No

reservations are needed. Simply meet at the

Gardens sign across from the AgriLife

Center at the Event Lawn. Also, self-guided

tours are available. See details

at: https://gardens.tamu.edu/events/

Reporter’s Report – Deana D.

A&M Garden Club had a picture of our

speakers at September and October

meetings published in the Our Neighbors

section of The Eagle on September 30 and

October 21.

Community Events – Jane C.

College Station's 80th Celebration was on

Sunday Oct 21, at Richard Carter Park,

with over 125 people attending. Beautiful

weather and a festive air added to the

celebration. Jane & Bob got a great picture

at the welcome display. CS's birthday cake

and mini cupcakes added to the celebration.

(BB2Cake)

A&M GC was a major factor in the success

of the event, with six "educational" stations.

Thanks to the many GC members who

helped - 1. GC Membership Table - President

Heather White staffed the table with

membership information and seeds.

Thanks to Heather and Judy for additional

seeds given away at our membership

table. The basket of seeds by Heather

featured historic preservation and Plant

America, with a monarch butterfly.

2 & 3. Plant Beds - Sherry E.

(CS14aPlanting), Sherry M., Helen. Q &

Carmen B.

4. Wreaths near Interpretative Center - Kelli

K.

5. Indian Legends near Statue - Judith S.

6. Wildseed Planting Table near Statue -

Ann G.

7. Floater/Coordinator - Interpretative

Center - Jane C.

8. Other Docents - Ellen F., Millie P.

I heard many positive comments about how

informative the Docents were. Thanks to

those members who helped with various

parts of the celebration. You were the

roots/backbone an outstanding community

event. Our tables were great!!!

https://gardens.tamu.edu/events/

Youth Contests. Jane C.

Poems from 53 - 4th graders at Spring

Creek Elementary, one 7th grader home

schooled, and one essay from Bryan HS

student were judged on Thursday, Oct 25.

The poem theme was "Pop Goes the Seed"

with winning 4th grade poems on "Growing

Up", "Pop Goes the Seed," "Dandelion." and

"Fireworks of Seeds." Winning 7th grade

was "Genesis." Winning 12th grade essay

was "Impact of Bottled Water”. Jane C.,

Poetry Chair and Marianne Maxwell, Youth

Chair, judged, along with Brazos Writers

Karen Riedel, Keven Pearce and Benita

Clark; and Retired Teachers Eugenia

Williams and Carolyn Parsons (both also

A&M GC members). Many, many thanks to

them.

Judging Poems:

Seated - Carolyn Parsons, Benita Clark,

Eugenia Williams, Marianne Maxwell.

Standing Keven Pearce, Karen Riedel, Jane

Cohen

Thanks to Eugenia Williams for special

treats to the judges. The "school teacher"

and gracious Garden Club member in her

made it special for the judges with a basket

of paper clips, binder clips, and assorted

supplies. One of the judges asked about the

A&M GC and plans to visit a meeting. One

of the youth entries and her Mom plan to

visit a meeting and possibly join.

Additional info about the Poetry Contest -

Poems could be traditional verse, acrostics,

blank verse, cinquains, diamond poems,

limerick or Haiku, and do not have to rhyme.

Help next year and learn more about poetry.

With 55 entries, we needed two more

Garden Club judges. If we have this many

entries next year, we may need more

Garden Club members to help pre judge

some of the entries, to cut down on amount

of time needed to select the top 4 poems in

each grade. Help recognize the youth

and learn more about poetry, the youth

awards program, judging, etc. And, we do

want more entries.

Judy Anderson was traveling, but was

Essay Chair and received a 12th grade

student's essay on "Impact of Bottled Water

on the Environment and the Water Supply"

and got it to us for the judging.

Thanks to the other Youth Committee

members who helped promote the

youth contests - Khris Thurmond, Carole

Hopp and Barbara Linick and

others who expressed interest.

Coffee time

December 21, 2018

9:30 am

. Because of the Brookwood Pilgrimage in

November, we are bumping the Coffee to

Friday, December 21. This will be an

opportunity to do some last minute shopping

and see how downtown Navasota is

decorated for the holidays. We will meet at

the Classic Rock Coffee Company, 129 E.

Washington Ave., Navasota, at 9:30AM.

Following some coffee and fellowship, you

are free to shop the town. For those

wanting to carpool from College Station,

we will have a rendezvous point at HEB Tower Point at 9:00AM

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