District II 2018 Fall Bulletin. Harvest Seeds for Future Planting

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1 District II 2018 Fall Bulletin Harvest Seeds for Future Planting HELLO DISTRICT CLUBS, We have almost made it through this hot dry summer. I hope the heat made you more conscious of the importance of planting drought tolerant plants. This summer was not an exception, but I believe it is the new normal. Areas within District II are growing so quickly, water will become a BIG concern. Please do your part to conserve our water. This earth is your home. Treat it with respect and concern for future generations. Our District theme, Plant America, Harvest Seeds for Future Planting is continuing through this garden club year. Many clubs had programs on how to harvest seeds. I hope this was beneficial to your clubs and that you will continue to promote this theme. As you plan your projects, do not forget to take advantage of the many awards that are available, some have money included. Most of the awards are due November 1 st. Contact Karen Rice for award information. Our District II Convention is October 16 in Bridgeport and should be a fun day. Please consider making this an outing for your club members and support District. Hosting clubs put a lot of work into these conventions. We have a very knowledgeable new Council President, Barbara Baker. I hope a least one member from your club will attend each Council meeting, the third Wednesday of each month Sept. - Nov. and Jan. - May at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Center. She has planned interesting programs and information to share. As club presidents, I ask you to encourage leadership from your members so that they are prepared to take offices and chairmanships. Tell them to accept new roles, as opportunities not work. I hope you start your club year with more members, projects, and fun. Send me an along the way to let me know what your club is doing. See you October 16 if not before. Where ever life plants you, bloom with grace. Barbara Bateman, District II Director District II Executive Board Website: District II Director Asst. Director, Membership Asst. Director, Scholarship Asst. Director, Bulletin Asst. Director, Awards Asst. Director, Youth Recording Secretary Treasurer Parliamentarian Barbara Bateman Pam Braak Beverly Nabors Linda Krimm Karen Rice Rachel Emond Faye Youngblood Melva Bowles Mary Ann Nicholson

2 CALENDAR OF EVENTS SEPTEMBER, Flower Show School 2, Houston 19 Council Meeting, FWBG (more information on page 5) 21 Denton Garden Club Council Meeting (more information on page 5) Landscape Design School, TAMU National Garden Clubs Fall Board Meeting, Orlando Florida 29 FW Iris Society and North Texas Daylily Society Sale OCTOBER, FWBG Plant Sale 6 Monarch Celebration, FWBG (more information page 7) 9-11 TGC Fall Convention, Addison (registration form on page 10) 16 District II Fall Convention, Bridgeport (registration form on page 3) 17 Council Meeting, location change to Texas Garden Clubs Headquarters 20 Grapevine s Butterfly Flutterby, Grapevine Botanical Garden (more information on page 5) Judges Symposium, San Antonio NOVEMBER, Club awards due to Karen Rice, District II Award Chair (more information on page 4) 14 Council Meeting, FWBG (ate change due to Thanksgiving) 16 Denton Garden Club Council Meeting (more information on page 5) DECEMBER, Japanese Garden Fall Festival, FWBG JANUARY, Environmental School 3, Old Fort Parker 16 Council Meeting, FWBG Flower Show School 3, Houston FEBRUARY, President Reports due to Barbara Bateman, District II Director 15 Denton Garden Club Council Meeting (more information on page 5) 20 Council Meeting, FWBG Landscape Design School #2, College Station MARCH, Flower Show School 1, Dallas 20 Council Meeting, FWBG tba District II Spring Convention, Colleyville APRIL, TGC Convention, El Paso South Central Region Convention, Oklahoma City Fort Worth Garden Club Horticulture & Artistic Craft Flower Show, BRIT 12 Flowercade Council Flower Show Set-ups Flowercade Council Flower Show, FWBG (more information on page 8) 17 Council Meeting, FWBG 29-2 National Garden Clubs Convention, Biloxi Mississippi MAY, Council Meeting, FWBG 17 Denton Garden Club Council Meeting (more information on page 5) JUNE, NGC Garden Week 2

3 District II Fall Convention Bridgeport Garden Club Invites you to Benefits of Bees October 16, Lakeview Dr., Runaway Bay, TX Agenda Registration Fee and Directions 9:00 a.m. Registration and Sales Tables Open Please send completed form and check for $ :30 a.m. Executive Board and Board of Directors ($28.00 after October 8) Meeting payable to: Bridgeport Garden Club 10:00 a.m. Convention and Business Meeting 11:00 a.m. Donny Johns, Master Beekeeper Benefits of Bees to the Environment and Pollination 11:45 a.m. Sales Tables Re-Open Directions: 12:00 p.m. Lunch Buffet 1:00 p.m. Tour of Suzanne Clement s Gardens 1:45 p.m. Raffles, Door Prizes 2:00 p.m. Adjournment Mail to: Deborah Lewis 604 Runaway Bay Dr. Runaway Bay, TX (443) cell Take Highway 380 West towards Bridgeport. Continue on 380 to Runaway Bay. Cross bridge and take right exit 5 (Tryall Dr.). Go through 1 stop sign and turn left on Lakeview Dr. Go to end of street and park in cul de sac. Registration Form for District II Fall Convention, October 16, 2018 Amount enclosed $ ($25.00 per person, $28.00 after October 8, payable to Bridgeport Garden Club. Bring your own chair (BYOC) as we will be sitting outside in Suzanne s yard! Name: Club: Address: City: Zip: Phone: The voting body of the Convention shall be composed of the Executive Committee, the Board of Directors, the President and two delegates from each Garden Club and Council (or any three representatives in case the president is unable to attend). Please check all that apply: Garden Club: President Delegate Alternate Member Council: President Delegate Affiliate Club Member District: Officer Chairman Charter Member Former District Director State: Officer Trustee Chairman Regional: Officer Chairman/Rep. Director Former Regional Director National: Officer Chairman Former President Life Member: District II State Regional National Former State President Former State President NGC Flower Show Judge: Master Life Accredited Student Emeritus Instructor NGC Landscape Design Consultant: NGC Garden Study Consultant NGC Environmental Consultant TGC Design Consultant Texas Master Gardener First-time District II Convention Attendee Guest 3

4 NGC, TGC AWARDS RECOGNIZE YOUR CLUBS ACCOMPLISHMENTS! It is time to apply for awards to recognize your clubs 2018 calendar year achievements. The information listed below is to assist in the award application process. All award applications are limited to three pages so please consider applying for several! Awards will be processed and judged through the various organizations and results announced at the District II 2019 Spring Convention. DISTRICT II AWARDS CHAIRMAN Karen Rice (Grapevine GC) 3333 Wilshire Ave. Grapevine TX, Phone: (817) All NGC and TGC award applications are due Nov 1, 2018 and mailed to Karen Rice (see above address). Please include contact information for person mailing the awards (name, phone number, address, club name). You may also hand deliver applications to Karen at the fall Dist. II convention, or at the Oct. Fort Worth Garden Club Council Meeting. You do not need to include return postage for applications submitted directly to Dist. II Club Rating Reports are due Nov 1, 2018 and sent directly to the TGC club rating chairman. Carol Moore 1305 E Neches St., Palestine, TX President s Reports are due Feb 1, 2019 and sent directly to the District II Director Barbara Bateman 317 Harvey Trail, Azle TX SCR award applications are due TBA and mailed directly to TGC Award Chairman. Gwen Dewitt, 178 Fairway Ridge, Beeville, TX For a TGC November/December Award submit directly to the TGC November/December Chairman by January 15, TGC Nov/Dec Chairman Idalia Aguilar 3071 Thurman Rd, Bryan, TX AWARD INFORMATION The TGC website contains downloadable award applications and instructions. Find instruction and forms such as TGC 2015 Awards Brochure (88 pages), TGC Club Ratings Application 2009 (16 pages), TGC President s Report 2013 etc. The NGC site has a fillable application form and a sample application The downloadable SCR awards brochure can be found at the bottom of the webpage Use the TGC 2015 Awards Brochure (88 pages) for the TGC numbered award applications. Use the NGC Award Rules for for NGC award applications. NGC structured a new numbering system in 2017 which has not yet been incorporated into the TGC Awards Brochure. AWARD APPLICATION JUDGING If you would like to learn about how to write a successful award application, please volunteer to help judge awards. District. II award applications will be judged during two sessions one in Grapevine on Nov 7 th, the other at TGC Headquarters on Nov 9 th. If you would like to volunteer for either session, please contact Karen Rice at kl.rice@verizon.net for details. Information from Betty Edwards, President Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. Please be advised, there are two TGC Contributing Projects that are no longer active. They are Nature Conservancy and Riverside Nature Center. Checks sent to them in May 2017 have not been returned to our bank. We have contacted all available avenues to find out about this matter with no avail. Therefore, we will remove them from our TGC list of Contributing Projects and take them off the Donation Form. If you have any questions on this matter please let me know. We consider these two projects inactive. 4

5 DISTRICT II CLUB NEWS Everyone wants to know about your Club s projects, sales, special events, anniversaries! Really, anything your Club always does is doing now or will do this garden club year. Club information to lkrimm01@gmail.com. Celebrate your Club in the next district newsletter. And THANK YOU to the Clubs who sent information over the summer. Past President (and friends), Garden Club will have a sales table at the Fort Worth Garden Club Council meeting on September 19 and October 24 for a drawing for a magnum of Champagne (value at $350.00) Stop by and help us with our fund raiser. The winner will be notified in November in time for the Holiday! Tickets are six for $5 or one for $1.00. Grapevine's Butterfly Flutterby will take place on Saturday, October 20. The festival theme is "Adventures of the Monarch. The Grapevine Garden Club works with the Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau to make this free event possible each year. This event kicks off at 10:00 A.M. with a costume parade that ends at the Grapevine Botanical Garden. The day s events include three Monarch Butterfly releases, Arts and Crafts, a Science area and Art Contest. Butterfly items are available for sale and the city provides lawn games, a scavenger hunt and costumed figures. The Denton Council of Garden Clubs will host the following programs. The meetings and programs begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Ben E. Keith Hospitality Room, located at 2801 S. Interstate 35E, Denton. o September 21, 2018, "Bluebirds - Inside the Nest Box", speaker Helen Munro, President Land O' Lakes GC o November 16, 2018, "Snowfall Dreams", speaker Joe Prevratil, owner of Holly's Gardens & Florist o February 15, 2019, "Frogs and Toads of the Denton Area", speaker Scott Kiester, Texas Master Naturalist o May 17, 2019, "Installation of Officers" Keller Garden Club is proposing a new Club project to help an Alternative School in Keller with a fully enclosed garden. The Club will be working with the Tarrant County Master Gardeners who have adopted the project for 6 months beginning in September. A simple landscape design plan has been created for the students. The teacher and Principal are seeking Grants. In addition, the Club President has gone before the City of Keller and gotten approval to use a City facility for monthly meetings. The Club will be partnering with the City on existing projects and a few future projects. The Keller Club is off to a good start and attempting to keep our membership growing. Fort Worth Garden Club Council will meet on September 19, at the FWBG Garden Center. 9:30 social, 10:00 meeting. Gail Manning will present about monarch butterflies. Gail is an entomologist and is the conservation officer at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, where she has worked for 12 years. Gail has been tagging monarchs butterflies since 1994 and has conducted a family tagging event at the garden since Gail will talk about the amazing fall migration of the monarch butterfly, as it travels through Texas coming from Canada and headed to Mexico. She will give a preview of the October 6 Monarch Migration Festival. The Arlington Garden Club was established in 1926 and is one of the oldest continuously active garden clubs in Texas. The Club meets at the Fielder Museum in Arlington and has been meeting there for twenty+ years. Over these years, we have taken over the design, funding, planting, and care of the flowerbeds at the museum. The Monarch Waystation on the grounds is maintained by Master Naturalists. The South Gardens, where the Rose Garden is located, had drip irrigation installed in the spring, The Club raised the funds for the labor and mulch used in the project by its annual Spring Plant Sale. The City of Arlington, which owns the Museum property, donated all the irrigation components. Water conservation is very important to our Club, so we decided this would be a worthwhile project to take on for Our latest project deals with the North Garden. At one time, the roses were located there, but were moved in 2015 to the 5 From back left, Anita Garmon, Molly Hollar, Julia Burgen,. Bottom left, Adell Campbell and Martha May

6 South Gardens where they receive more sunlight. The Club decided to convert the North Garden to a Bird Habitat and a preliminary design has been developed. Work will begin on this garden in the Garden Club year. The Arlington Garden Club holds two plant sales throughout the year to fund our projects and to raise funds for donations to others who help care for our earth. The Fall Sale is in late September and involves the Garden Club only. It is our way to introduce ourselves to the community. The Spring Sale in April is a much more involved project that includes presentations, representatives from the City environmental departments, other gardening organizations, and vendors. It is always a fun event and one that is looked forward to by many in our City. We are excited about the future of our Club. We will celebrate our 100 th anniversary in Our hopes are that our Club will be an even greater asset to the community and that we continue to share our love of gardening and our commitment to the earth for many generations to come. In January 2018, a Colleyville Garden Club committee, chaired by Donna Ray and Melanie Drury, met to start planning the Club s 23 rd Promenade Garden Tour scheduled on Sunday, May 6, Committee members started looking at gardens in July 2017 to determine which gardens would be a good mix for Promenade. Five beautiful gardens in Colleyville were selected to showcase on our nationally recognized tour. The focus was on different types and sizes of gardens, each unique and special in its own way. Homeowners of four of the five gardens are members of Colleyville Garden Club. Colleyville Garden Club members volunteered to work as hosts and tour guides during the tour. Master Gardeners were located throughout each garden to answer questions. Additional highlights on the tour included a raffle and educational exhibits about bees and seeds. The popular plant sale featuring plants seen on the tour as well as some plants from members own gardens was held at Colleyville s historic Webb House. Shoppers are always standing in line waiting for the plant sale to open, so that they can be first and get the best plants available. The planning committee made a decision to change what had traditionally been a Post Promenade Party to a Pre-Promenade Party. The reason for this change was that after a long day of setting up, working and cleaning up after Promenade in the hot, Texas sun, many members and homeowners were too tired to party. The party was held on Friday, May 4, at the beautiful home of one of our members and was open to Colleyville Garden Club members and their guests, homeowners and sponsors. The party An Evening under the Stars was spectacular. Three food stations were set up - Italian, Indian and TexMex prepared by club members and attendees competed over who would take home items in the Silent Auction. The Colleyville Garden Club s Promenade Garden Tour was a great success. The homes were beautiful, it was a warm, sunny day and we had a tremendous turnout for the tour. Many thanks go to our members who work so hard to put this together, our Sponsors, and ticket vendors. Promenade is the club s only fundraiser and our proceeds go toward civic beautification projects and college scholarships. DISTRICT II SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS!!! The Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce two 2018 District II scholarship recipients. Both were awarded $1,000 and are past recipients. Congratulations to Ashton and Joanne. Ashton Bisballe attends Tarleton State University. She is the daughter of Jeff and Jennifer Bisballe. Ashton s major is Agriculture Services and Development with a teacher s certification. This year Ashton has done an internship at the Fort Worth Stockyards. She has also been a supplemental instructor for an Animal Services class, preparing lessons and worksheets to provide additional study materials for students. Ashton has been on the Dean s List and has been accepted to the National Honor Society of Leadership and success. 6

7 Joanna Lambert attends Louisiana State University. Joanna is the daughter of Henry and Rachel Lambert. Her major is Horticultural Science with a concentration on Plant and Soil Systems. She has been on both the Dean s and the President s Honor Rolls and serves as Vice President of the Horticultural Club. Joanna worked as head grower for the recent plant sale at the University. She has also served as an undergrad research assistant and is presently doing an internship at Billy Heroman s Flowerland in Baton Rouge. District II Clubs Win National and South Central Region Awards. Congratulations for a job well done! NATIONAL GARDEN CLUB AWARDS MP-3(B)iv Social Media/Website $50 Colleyville GC Overall Winner G-2 Edible Gardening Waverly Park GC 1 st Place PUB 1-3AIV Grapevine GC Certificate of Merit PUB 2-8 Aiv Grapevine GC Certificate of Merit MP-4(B)6 Video/CD/DVD/Flash Dr. Dallas Flower Show Judges Founder Group Overall Winner Certificate in Appreciation of award participation to: CB-2 Bridgeport GC CB-2 Mansfield GC FD-2 Bridgeport GC G-1 Bridgeport GC PUB 2-5 Aii Bridgeport GC SOUTH CENTRAL REGION AWARDS #2 Civic Development Grapevine GC 1 st Place $25 #10 Recycling/Litter Control Grapevine GC 1 st Place $25 #13 Youth Program Awards Grapevine GC 1 st Place $25 #14A3 Newsletters Grapevine GC 1 st Place $10 #14A6 Cookbook Grapevine GC 1 st Place $10 #16-7 Yearbook Garden Club Council of Ft. Worth 1 st Place SWEEPSTAKES AWARD Grapevine GC $25 IRS 990-N REMINDER! It is time for Clubs to file their 990-N e-postcards with the IRS. As members of Texas Garden Clubs, each Club is required to file in order to remain in good standing with TGC. Here s a link if you have not already filed. To actually file, scroll down to: Ready to File? If you have questions or need online help, please call Pam Braak, District 990-N Coordinator. Phone or p.braak@verizon.net. The deadline is October 15 for most clubs who have a year end of May 31. MONARCH BUTTERFLY CELEBRATION If you d like to participate in this year s Monarch Butterfly tagging, come to the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Center on Saturday, October 6 between 1 to 4 p.m. We will be placing a tag on the underside of the hind wing where it doesn t interfere with the butterfly s movement. In the Monarch Butterfly sanctuaries in Mexico, local people look for dead tagged butterflies. They collect them and Monarch Watch pays $5 per tag to recover the numbers. This practice brings money to the community and gives people a reason to protect the sanctuary. Several nature organizations will be celebrating the Monarch Butterfly Celebration with activities from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. The Fort Worth Garden Club Council will be providing a portion of the tagging supplies for the children and tablecloths for the worktables. 7

8 Flowercade Every spring members Clubs participate in Flowercade, a design and horticultural garden show sponsored by the Fort Worth Garden Club Council. Members enter themed designs or specimens of flower, plants, or potted plants for judging and eagerly vie for the attractive ribbon awards. To enter the horticultural category, all members need do is walk out into their spring gardens and select a flower or branch to enter in the Flowercade show. Preparation of the entry is key, and how to prepare a specimen will be explained at the November, 2018 and March, 2019 Council meetings. The design section is more challenging, but great fun. The categories consist of large floral designs, table settings, and artistic crafts. The Fort Worth Garden Club Council holds workshops on design with examples of entries. More Flowercade information is coming at Council meetings and newsletters. GARDEN CLUB COUNCIL OF FORT WORTH Presents An Advanced Standard Flower Show April 13 th and 14 th Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free and Open to the Public Deborah Beggs Moncrief Botanic Garden Center Fort Worth Botanic Garden 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd, Fort Worth, TX Member of National Garden Clubs, Inc. South Central Region District II of Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. 8

9 APPLICATION FOR MONETARY AWARD FROM DISTRICT II FOR YOUR CLUB S SCHOOL GARDEN PROJECT In line with our NGC themes, Clubs are encouraged to get involved with our District schools. Children are our future and it is up to us to educate them on the importance of planting seeds for food as well as to beautify our environment. District II is happy to offer this opportunity to our District Garden Clubs. This is a chance to win an award of $ for your Club and provide an educational opportunity for youth in your community. Your entry will be judged against other Clubs in District II and is due March 1, The Award will be presented during the 2019 District Spring Convention. NAME OF YOUR GARDEN CLUB? CONTACT PERSON AND PHONE NUMBER LOCATION OF SCHOOL GARDEN WHEN WAS IT STARTED? SPONSORS? SIZE OF GARDEN? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING THE GARDEN (GRADE LEVELS)? DO YOU DO ANY EDUCATION ON HARVESTING SEEDS FOR FUTURE PLANTING? WHAT TYPE OF PLANTS ARE IN THE GARDEN (FLOWERS, VEGETABLES)? IF VEGETABLES ARE PLANTED, WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH THE PRODUCE? DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS March 1, 2019 PLEASE SEND THIS COMPLETED APPLICATION TO BARBARA BATEMAN, DISTRICT II DIRECTOR, 317 HARVEY TR. AZLE, TEXAS Questions? Contact Barbara bateman4242@yahoo.com or If you want a child s mind to grow, plant a seed. 9

10 Registration Form Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. Fall Convention October Addison, Texas Celebrating Autumn s Splendor Hosted by the Dallas Flower Judges, Founders Group & District X Name on Badge (Please Print) Address Club District Phone Credentials (Check all that apply) TGC President SCR Chairman District Director Club Member Fmr TGC President State Chairman Council President Guest Speaker Fmr NGC President State Officer Club President 1 st Time Attendee NGC Chairman Affiliate President Club Delegate NGC Life Member SCR Director Affiliate Member Club Alternate SCR Life Member Fmr SCR Director Trustee Garden Study Consult TGC Life Member Environmental Consult Landscape Design Consult Texas Design Consult Master Gardener Judge Student Accredited Master Life Emeritus PLEASE SELECT AND FILL IN AMOUNT FOR EACH EVENT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND Registration Fee $15 for one day/ $30 for two or more days $ Tuesday, October 9 Meet and Greet Lunch $26.00 $ Hands on Workshop $ 5.00 $ Dinner and Program $35.00 $ Wednesday, October 10 Optional Tour of Local Gardens $ 5.00 $ Buffet Luncheon and Program $26.00 $ Dinner with Design Program $35.00 $ Thursday, October 11 Buffet Luncheon Honoring Garden Club Member of The Year and Program $26.00 $ Reception $10.00 $ Dinner and Program $35.00 $ Total Enclosed $ Please CIRCLE any Special Dietary Needs: Diabetic/ Gluten Free/ Vegan/ Vegetarian REGISTRATION DEADLINE is October 2, 2018 ($10 Fee for Late Registration) NO REFUNDS after October 5, 2018 Make Checks payable to DFSJFG TGC Inc. Fall Convention. Send registration form and check to JOYCE COCHRAN. Her address: The Traditions /Prestonwood, Prestonwood Blvd., # 251, Dallas, TX If you have questions, contact Joyce at or her at joycecochran70@gmail.com 10

11 Nancy Groves, President , National Garden Clubs, "Plant America" Bulb Promotion A new Daffodil cultivar has been selected for NGC members only. It is registered with the Royal Horticultural Society as N.'Plant America'. Brent and Becky's Bulbs will donate a percentage of the sales to the PLANT AMERICA Community Project Grants Fund. This bulb will be available for purchase exclusively to NGC members for three years before it goes on sale to the public. To order bulbs by credit card, call or to order by check call Brent and Becky s Bulbs. N.Plant America, Item #