Deep South Region Sixth Grade: First Place, Jad Alsaghah

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1 May/June 2018 Volume 30 Issue 5 President s Theme Sharing Our Passion for Gardening and the Environment President s message: Green Thumb Fort Lauderdale Garden Club, Inc. Est Dear Members, Reflections on the Year Past It is with pride we can all look back to Garden Club Year So many accomplishments and progress were made in so many areas. Once again, we are sending 41 children to Camp Wekiva. As we all know, these are well deserved children who went through a year of instruction, tutoring, guidance and volunteering. We are mentoring and educating future stewards of our environment. The Secret Garden Tour and our Standard Flower Show, which require the support and hard work of all members, were big successes. They are showcases of what FLGC does, and what we are willing and able to accomplish. Our Garden and Shade House are places to meet, work and share our love for Gardening and the Environment. Our newsletters, s, classes, meetings, social media and celebrations are just some of our means to care and share. I hope I did not leave too many events out of this list. I do know, that we can measure many of our accomplishments with the appropriate metrics. Congratulations! At the End-of-the-Year Luncheon, The FLGC Presented the Following 2017/18 Awards: Bayberry Circle won the Membership Award for having the greatest percentage increase in membership during the year. Bayberry was awarded a $25 check for this achievement. Cordia Circle won the Attendance Award for having the highest membership attendance at the general meetings and programs of FLGC. Parkinsonia and Moringa Circles won the Exhibiting Award for highest participation of members entering the Flower Show. Parkinsonia Circle won the Blue Ribbon Award for the greatest number of blue ribbons awarded in the Flower Show. What we cannot measure so easily is the impact we leave on the world, the positive learning everyone is providing, the wonderful friendship we are making. And we are having fun doing it. Come and join us for any of the working days and events at our Headquarters. Remember to follow, like and share us on Facebook. I hope you enjoy the months of rest, and I ll see at the next event. Roswitha Sidelko President of Fort Lauderdale Garden Club Fort Lauderdale Garden Club Wins Numerous State and Deep South Region Awards Moringa Garden Circle Award #39-2 Arbor Day Celebration FFGC Moringa Garden Circle Certificate of Appreciation for planting 134 trees FFGC Moringa Garden Circle Deep South Certificate of Appreciation Award 9ii: Tree planting 2 nd Place Parkinsonia Circle Certificate of Recognition for planting 45,702 trees FFGC NGC Youth Poetry Contest FFGC Sixth Grade: First Place, Jad Alsaghah, Sunrise Middel School ($25) Deep South Region Sixth Grade: First Place, Jad Alsaghah FFGC Seventh Grade: First Place, Micah Barrett, New River Middle School ($25) FFGC Eighth Grade: First Place, Kaitlyn Espinosa, St. Jerome Catholic School ($25) NGC Youth Sculpture Contest FFGC Sixth Grade: First Place, Jad Alsaghah, Sunrise Middle School ($25) Deep South Region Sixth Grade: First Place, Jad Alsaghah FFGC Eighth Grade: First Place, Kaitlyn Espinosa, St. Jerome Catholic School ($25) Deep South Region: Second Place, KJaitlyn Espinosa NGC High School Essay Contest FFGC Tenth Grade: First Place, Gabriela Molina, Ft. Lauderdale High School ($25) Deep South Region: Honorable Mention, Gabriela Molina

2 Page 2 HISTORY BEING REMEMBERED "Celebrating 90 Years" A Standard Flower Show A giant THANK YOU to all who entered and helped make our "Celebrating 90 Years" Standard Flower Show such a success. It takes many hands to produce a fantastic flower show, and we have the best hands around. I guess when we do a show every year, we have the old timers who mentor the newbies and it all works!! It is lots of fun, and we're so proud of our beautiful horticulture and designs - keep up the good work. Sincerely, Becky Schuberth, Flower Show Chairman Note: See a list of all Flower Show winners on Page 3 Important Meeting! A Organization Meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 16 th at the Garden Center at 10 a.m. Activities/Events/Calendar/Budget and more will be finalized! Please RSVP to Roswitha Sidelko at rhsidelko@aol.com Welcome New Member FLGC and Parkinsonia Garden Circle welcomes new member Maria Salgado 648 NE 25 th Way, Ft. Lauderdale Cell: , mariasalgado@me.com Maria is a volunteer and member of three local Boards of Directors: Friends of the Museum of Art; The Opera Society; Broward International Women s Club The Shade House Needs Clay Pots - All Sizes If you have any that you can donate, please contact either Florence Miner (frsminer@att.net) or Laney Drath (love2hike@hotmail.com). The Shade House does not have a regular schedule during the summer; however, if you want to get your hands dirty and help get plants ready for sale for our upcoming meetings, please contact us. We will try to coordinate our calendars/schedules to meet you for a morning of stress free fun and gardening. Also, we are always in need of plant/tree cuttings to propagate. If you have any to contribute, let us know. YOUTH GARDENING CELEBRATION! This year s culmination of our Youth Gardening Program began with our Youth Flower Show, Celebration, which started on March 9, 2018 at the FLGC General meeting with the presentation of the entries of the Little Schoolhouse students and BFF Intermediate members, under the direction of youth leaders Jackie Schoettle and Melissa Weekley, respectively. On Wednesday March 21, 2018 In-school Youth Flower Shows were held simultaneously in three elementary schools, Harbordale, Floranada and Virginia Shuman Young, judged by our District XI judges and others from District X. The In- School shows excited the student population in the schools as well as the staff and parents. Thanks to Becky Schuberth who coordinated the judging that day with the shows. We had 169 students enter the shows with 839 entries. Points were accumulated from all entries in the show and camperships plus transportation have been awarded to 41 students. Special thanks go to Jackie Schoettle for being the Registrar for the camping session again this year. She also rides the bus to the camp, volunteers for the week and returns with our campers at the end of the week. Thanks so much for your continued support and work with our youth Jackie! The John Schandelmayer Award for $25. for the best plant grown from supplies provided by the garden club, the Elsie Allison Award (a book award) for the best poster, journal or notebook were awarded in each school as well as an NGC Youth Award which is an automatic campership award. Our BFF Intermediate Students (grades 6 to High School) entered the National Garden Club High School Essay, Youth Poetry and Youth Sculpture Contests and the listing of their awards appears in this Green Thumb. We await the results from the National Garden Club at the end of May. We are very proud of all of our youth gardeners and we appreciate all the help and contributions of our members to our youth program. Thanks so much! Sandy Lynch and Becky Schuberth, FLGC Youth Chairmen

3 Page 3 The Fort Lauderdale Garden Club, Inc.,Adult Standard Flower Show Celebrating 90 Years April 7-8, 2018 Horticulture Division Awards - Horticulture Silver Awards Ruth Patton Silver Award Diane Casserly Bayberry Chamaecereus Plumeria Silver Award Gene Cain MAL Begonia mazae Cordia Silver Award Jillian Cain MAL Peperomia hoffmanii Pachira Silver Award Virginai Garver MAL Adiantum Doris H. Gordon Silver Award James Miller Parkinsonia Aglaomena Ida Powers Silver Award Becky Schuberth MAL Saintpaulia Dorothy Kitchell Silver Award Hadny Fayyaz Moringa Rosaceae Casablanca Clusia Silver Award Joy Litton Parkinsonia Neoregelia Fireball Moringa Silver Award Brian Hufford MAL Cattleya National Horticulture Awards Arboreal Award Jillian Cain MAL Zanthoxylum coriaceum Arboreal Award Maggie Dunn Parkinsonia Thryallis longifolia Award of Merit Hadny Fayyaz Moringa Rosaceae Casablanca Award of Merit Karen Hagedorn Parkinsonia Bougainvillea Award of Merit Beth Waldrof Parkinsonia Amaryllis Collector s Showcase Jillian Cain MAL Cryptanthus Grower s Choice James Miller Parkinsonia Aglaomena Grower s Choice Gene Cain MAL Begonia mazae Grower s Choice Joy Litton Parkinsonia Neoregelia Fireball Grower s Choice Joy Litton Parkinsonia Euphorbia lachtea cristata Grower s Choice James Miller Parkinsonia Spathoglottis Grower s Choice Jillian Cain MAL Primulina USBRG Elfin Award Joy Litton Parkinsonia Acalypha pendula Marie Lamb Memorial Awards Winner Susan Kreusser Parkinsonia Plectraanthus Mona Lavender Runner-up Bonny Cole Moringa Adenium Design Division Awards National Design Awards Petite Award Maggie Dunn Parkinsonia, 21 at Last Table Artistry Award Beth Waldorf Parkinsonia 90 th Anniversary Designer s Choice Andrea Hellman Parkinsonia Our Home in the Tropics Design Silver Awards Member-at-Large Silver Award Sandra Lynch Parkinsonia Breakfast in the Park Bauchinia Silver Awarde Cindy Rieger Moringa Reflect Over the Years Award of Design Excellence Andrea Hellman Parkinsonia Our Home in the Tropics Sweepstakes Awards Horticultural Jillian Cain MAL Design Maggie Dunn Parkinsonia Educational Division Education Award Rebecca Schuberth MAL NGC Goals Botanical Arts Division Photography Award Laney Drath Parkinsonia Florida Native Flowers

4 Page 4 The War on Invasives By Agnes Gallo At the March general meeting I had the privilege to speak to the audience about the vision of transforming the Garden Club grounds into a beautiful botanical garden and I explained that the first step in this daunting endeavor was to eliminate all invasive plants. I concentrated my efforts on the obvious culprits: Syngonium podophyllum (arrowhead vine) that is choking our trees, and Sansevieria hyacinthoides (mother-in-law plant) that is taking over large areas in such a way that nothing else can grow. I soon found out that I wasn t alone to declare war on invasives. At Hugh Taylor Birch State Park there are currently two young women from the Army Corps of Engineer civil works program whose job it is to remove invasives. Becky and her workmate helped me identify more invasive plants and gave me tips on how to remove them. They also started working around the Garden Center and pledged to help me next time they could gather some volunteers. Last week, a small army of park rangers and Aquatic Vegetation Control workers, chainsaw and machete in hand, went through our grounds, cutting and ripping, digging out roots, and ultimately filling up dozens of garbage bags. It was a merciless invasive massacre! I understand that some of our favorite plants now belong to the extensive invasive plant list and that we are reluctant to part with them. Some even have beneficial properties like removing VOCs from the air. Sansevieria is the perfect example. But only Sansevieria hyacinthoides is a problem in Florida natural areas, so you have 69 more species to choose from! I would encourage all of you to visit the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council FLEPPC.org to learn more about the devastating effects of non-native invasive plants on our ecosystem and what we can do to prevent it. Click on this link to view the complete list and some useful information. SUBMITTEDTOALTA.pdf There is still a lot of work to do on our grounds, but I am confident that with your help, we can win the war on invasives! The importation and spread of invasive vegetation can be significantly reduced by public education. It is the responsibility of those who are aware of the problems caused by invasive nonnative plants to educate others about their identity, impact, and control so that further ecological degradation of native ecosystems can be reduced. UF/IFAS Extension Service Editor s Note: It is especially important that invasive plants are not introduced into or planted in Birch State Park, so what we do around the Garden Center is especially important to the health of the park. Check the link above before planting anything in our garden! Yearbook Updates! Circle Presidents! Please remember to submit all Yearbook information to Gene Cain and Tamara Pope for the updating of the Yearbook. Please include all contact information for your members including changes to continuing members information, meeting/program schedule information, committee and officer lists to Tamara Pope at Popetkay@aol.com and Gene Cain at auxcain@bellsouth.net DEADLINE AUGUST 15 ST! FLGC Members: Please update any changes to your contact information, awards, and/or course completions to your Circle President or MAL Liasion so that the Yearbook is current! The following FLGC officers for were elected at the April General Meeting: President Roswitha Sidelko Vice-President Virginia McCormick Recording Secretary Florence Miner Corresponding Secretary Bonny Cole Treasurer Robert Lynch

5 Page 5 FLGC People, Places, and Plants Around Fort Lauderdale Moringa ladies and friends went on a fieldtrip to Green Cay Nature Center near Boynton Beach in March Parkinsonia Circle Member Susan Kreusser won Best in Show for her Mona Lavendar at the April Standard Flower Show Celebrating 90 Years Beth Waldorf, Parkinsonia Circle, won the Table Artistry Award at the April Standard Flower Show Celebrating 90 Years with her table design 90 th Anniversary. Moringa Garden Circle and the City of Fort Lauderdale held an Arbor Day Dedication Ceremony by planting trees memorizing loved ones at Synder Park on April 27 th. PHOTO BELOW: FLGC President Roswitha Sidelko welcomes Richard Brownscombe. Richard was the guest speaker at the March meeting. He spoke on Broward s Native Plants.

6 Page 6 FLGC Sails Away for the Summer, But Not Until a Final Luncheon and Installation of Officers at the Lauderdale Yacht Club Good Food Good Times! FLGC Members enjoy a wonderful End of the Year Luncheon at the Lauderdale Yacht Club Joy Litton, Raffle tickets, anyone? Green Thumb Gene Cain, Editor auxcain@bellsouth.net Fort Lauderdale Garden Club, Inc. Est Glenn F. Bates Garden Center Hugh Taylor Birch State Park 3109 E. Sunrise Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, Florida Mailing address: P.O. Box 4114 Fort Lauderdale, FL PHONE: VISIT THE FLGC WEBSITE AT AND LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Flower Show School District XI (Broward County) and District XII (Miami-Dade County) are co-sponsoring NGC's Flower Show School. Course 1 will start next Fall, November 12-14, 2018 at FLGC's Garden Center. This course is open to everyone, whether you want to become an NGC Flower Show Judge or not. You will become aware of the whys and hows of organizing flower shows, meet interesting people and learn about plants and artistic design. There are four courses in the series, and you must take Course 1 in order to continue on to Course 2, 3, and 4. Please check out the brochure attached to this Green Thumb (or see it on the FLGC website Feel free to call or me with any questions. Thanks, and have a great summer. Becky Schuberth bjschube1@gmail.com or ) May 16 Wed FLGC Organizational Meeting, Garden Center, 10 a.m. Jun 3-9 National Garden Week Aug 15 Deadline for Yearbook Information Sensory Garden Volunteer Schedule May/June MAL July/August To Be Announced Sep/Oct Parkinsonia

7 National Garden Clubs, Inc. FLOWER SHOW SCHOOL COURSE I November 12, 13, 14, 2018 Presented by Florida Federation of Garden Clubs District XI and District XII Judges Council Hosted by Fort Lauderdale Garden Club At Garden Center in Hugh Taylor Birch State Park 3109 East Sunrise Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL Flower Show School Chairman Rebecca Schuberth Registrar Joanne Nelson Purpose To train and accredit Flower Show Judges. To increase interest and knowledge in the fields of horticulture and design. To encourage beautiful and educational flower shows. Information All lectures are open to the public for stated fees; only members of a garden club belonging to NGC, Inc. are eligible to receive credit toward Nationally Accredited Judges Certificates. Students taking the course for credit must be in their seats throughout lecture time; front seats assigned to them. Seats will be numbered and assigned in the order in which paid reservations are received. Bring to class Handbook for Flower Shows, 2017 Edition (HB). Course I Study Outline ( ed or mailed in advance to registrants taking the exam), clipboard and paper. Attendance Cards punched at beginning of each session; serve as proof of attendance. Point Scoring Exam end of each class day. Required Reading List The National Gardener (TNG) Magazine; 1. TNG Online PDF 2. TNG printed version for subscription 3. TNG NGC online store- Handbook for Flower Shows, 2017 Revised Edition Outlines of Period Flower Arrangement (Hannay) Horticulture Exhibiting and Judging Recommended Reading List Guide to the New Petite Floral Designs (Anna Barns) Hortulana, The 21 st Century Edition (Heber) Plants and Their Respective Families Designing by Types (Osborne) Table Settings for All Seasons (Wood & Smith) Plant Families for Designers Constructing Monobotanic Designs

8 Specific reading assignments to be announced in Student Packet. Order Online: Order Direct: NGC Headquarters: Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. President Claudia Bates Florida Flower Show Judges President Mary Silas FFSJ Credentials Chairman Sondra Quinn District XI Judges Council Director Rebecca Schuberth District XII Judges Council Director Nancy Miller Flower Show School Chairman Rebecca Schuberth 2536 Laguna Drive Fort Lauderdale, FL Cell Registrar Joanne Nelson 400 Circle Drive Pompano Beach, FL Directions Fort Lauderdale Garden Club Hugh Taylor Birch State Park 3109 East Sunrise Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL (Sunrise Blvd and A1A (Atlantic Ocean) REGISTRATION Flower Show School Course I November 12, 13, 14, 2018 Name Address City State Zip Phone Garden Club District ( ) Two-Day Course and Exam $ ( ) Two-Day Course without Exam $ ( ) Monday only (Horticulture) $ ( ) Tuesday only (Design) $ (Fee includes lunch and handouts) Total remittance enclosed $ Make Checks payable to: District XI Judges Council Memo: Flower Show School Mail Check and Copy of Registration Form to: Joanne Nelson 400 Circle Drive Pompano Beach, FL Jwwnelson04@aol.com Registration Fee not refundable after October 12, 2018 $10.00 Cancellation Fee Program Course 1 Monday, November 12, 2018 Tuesday, November 13, :15 8:25 Registration 8:15 8:25 Registration 8:25 8:30 Announcements 8:25 8:30 Announcements 8:30 9:30 Flower Show Procedure 8:30 9:30 Flower Show Procedure 9:30 9:45 Break 9:30 9:45 Break 9:45 12:00 Horticulture 9:45 12:00 Design 12:00 1:00 Lunch 12:00 1:00 Lunch 1:00 2:45 Horticulture 1:00 2:45 Design 2:45 3:00 Break 2:45 3:00 Break 3:00 4:00 Horticulture 3:00 4:00 Design 4:00 4:15 Break 4:00 4:15 Break 4:15 5:15 Point Scoring Exam 4:15 5:15 Point Scoring Exam Exam consists of 10 questions each in Flower Show Procedure, Horticulture and Design. The tenth question in each section will be taken from the Handbook Glossary or the lecture or student outline.

9 Instructors Flower Show Procedure and Horticulture Darlene Newell Darlene Newell, a retired nurse and nursing home administrator, is a NGC Master Flower Show Judge, Landscape Design Consultant, Horticulture, Flower Show Procedure, and Symposium Instructor and Daffodil Judge. She has lectured in eighteen states. She is a life member of WVGC and NGC and a member of the American Horticulture, Hosta, and Daffodil Societies. She serves on the NGC Board of Directors on the Handbook Exam committee and on the state level as the WV Flower Show Chairman. In 2001, she founded the annual Community Thanksgiving Meal Project. To date, hundreds of volunteers have provided over 18,000 hot meals on Thanksgiving Day. Special interests include growing plants from seeds, gardening with her five grandchildren, and creating stained glass projects. Design Parke Finold Parke Finold resides in Bradenton, on the west coast of Florida with her very understanding and patient husband and Goldendoodle. She has been a garden club member for 11 years. After discovering a love for floral design through design workshops, she became involved in her own club as well as Florida Federation of Garden Clubs currently, as Director of President s Special Projects. She teaches Floral Design Study to Florida clubs and is a member of 3 Floral Design Study groups. She is an NGC Flower Show School Instructor and is Director of District VIII Judges Council.