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March Highlights

6th – FMLCGC Flower Show
7th & 8th – Calusa GC Flower Show on Marco Island
10th – GCGC hosts Berne Davis Gardens (10:00 am-1:00 pm)
11th – BSHS Luncheon – Spanish Wells (Garden Basket donation from GCGC)
13th – FMLCGC Meeting – Riverside Community Center in Ft. Myers
17th – Tour of Betty’s Butterfly Garden (Corkscrew Woodlands 1 PM) – Leslie Allen
27th & 28th – Naples GC Flower Show at Naples Botanical Garden
REFER TO YOUR YEARBOOK FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

MEETING AGENDA – March 9, 2015

GULF COAST GARDEN CLUB MEETING

9:00 CHECK IN & HOSPITALITY
Go Green, Bring Your Own Coffee Cup
Place Green Thumb – “Salad Bowl” grown from seed
Thanks to Hostess – Joan Crowther

9:30 Pledge of Allegiance led by President
Inspirational Message – Diane Schmidt
Welcome to Members & Guests
Thanks to Lynn Bird-Garden Sculpture-Memory of Sandy Kavouras
Secretary and Treasurer Reports posted
Budget for 2015-2016 will be presented at April Meeting

9:40 Flower Show Wrap Up – Mary Lou Magliocca
Flower Show Treasury Report – LaVonne Brekke
Spring Luncheon – Denise Baier

10:05 Plant of the Month – David Southall

10:15 Election of Officers – Rose Ford
1st VP, Treasurer, Recording Secretary

10:30 Break – Raffle Drawing
Thanks to Raffle Donor – Leslie Allen & Zoe Shutka

10:45 Program – Secrets of Growing Herbs and Spices
Adrienne Diaz, a Master Gardener in SW Florida, is an
avid grower of edible fruit, veggies and herbs.

11:30 BREAKDOWN/CLEAN-UP

Anyone interested in joining the Gulf Coast Garden Club, please contact: Kathy Erickson, President – kathygcgc10@gmail.com or Mary Lou Magliocca, 3rd Vice President-Membership – mlmagliocca@gmail.com

National Garden Clubs new website

National Garden Clubs is happy to announce a redesign of our informative web site.  After spending many months in development, the site is now live and available to all garden club members.

The New NGC site has a quick reference page to all the information located on the site http://gardenclub.org/about-us/site-map.aspx this should make navigation much easier for those who do not use the site frequently.

Remember the member sign in is member and the password is world.  The National Gardener is now available to garden club members on the member only side.  Please pass on this information to your clubs. 

Please inform you webmasters that many of the old links to awards, scholarships, handbook changes, Flower show Stimulus Project and other NGC links on your state site must be re linked to the new NGC locations.  Have your webmaster check your web site for broken links.

Links to Important places
Awards  http://gardenclub.org/awards/awards-list.aspx
Scholarship  http://gardenclub.org/scholarships/instructions-guidelines.aspx
Handbook Changes  http://gardenclub.org/schools/flower-show-schools/flower-show-handbook.aspx
FS Stimulus Project http://gardenclub.org/schools/flower-show-schools/stimulus-package.aspx

This note from:
Kathy Thomas NGC Web Chairman
Kathy Romine Administrative Assistant

HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PLANTS, TREES, GARDENS?

Don’t know why your plant’s shrubs are turning brown? Wondering what fertilizer to use on your herbs? Can’t decide which bush to plant?

 Send your questions, pictures, and requests for information related to plants, trees, and gardens in general to Suzy Valentine. She and David Southall will help you.

 

Celebrate the Life of Our Friend, Betty Mazzarella

The Gulf Coast Garden Club is scheduled to host the Berne Davis Gardens on Tuesday, March 11th from 10 am to 1 pm. The Council has requested each club/society to host one Tuesday during the season when the gardens are open to the public.

GCGC will be celebrating the life of Betty Mazzarella, one of the founders of the Gulf Coast Garden Club, with a special ceremony in the Gardens at 11:00 a.m. Betty’s husband, Joe, and their son will join us.

It would be so very special if we all could turn out for this special event. Please mark your calendars and ‘save the date’. We will be sending out more detailed information regarding the ceremony as the date draws closer.