The Bl ming Bulletin June 2017 A monthly publication of the Plantation Garden Club Find the Plantation Garden Club on Facebook! Executive Board President: Peggy Tingle 1 st Vice President: Diana Little 2 nd Vice President: Jeannette Smith 3 rd Vice President: Sheryl Melson Treasurer: Cindy Bates Recording Secretary: Paulette Kandel Corresponding Secretary: Mimi Sakal Committees & Chairs: Auditing Committee: TBA Budget: Sheryl Melson By-Laws: Sheryl Melson Chamber Representative: Donna Faul Cuttings Table: Nancy Widmer Commemorative Trees: Peggy Tingle Education: Georgia Brown Greeter/Monthly Opportunities: Judy Malloy High Tea: Jeannette Smith Hospitality: Jan Kolenda Inspirational: Lorraine Timmes Membership: Jeannette Smith Newsletter: Liane Hess Not-For-Profit: Peggy Tingle Publicity: Liane Hess Telephone: Jeannette Smith & Addie Travers If you have any comments about this newsletter, please contact Liane at: 33violet@comcast.net. Be sure to put Newsletter in the subject line. President s Message Dear Fellow Gardeners: Welcome to a new year for the Plantation Garden Club, Inc. We have enjoyed many successes and accomplishments over the past 54 years. I look forward to working with you all and many more new members during the coming months and years as we continue to work toward the goal of: Promoting environmental, civic, and community responsibility, supporting local gardening and environmental education, and encouraging the use of native plants to preserve South Florida s unique habitat. This can only be accomplished as we work together as a team to complete each undertaking. I look forward to meeting and greeting each of you personally and working with you to make the coming year one of our best ones ever. Thank you for your confidence in me and support of me as we go forward together. Peggy Tingle President Plantation Garden Club is now listed as a charity on AmazonSmile About the AmazonSmile Foundation The AmazonSmile Foundation is a private 501(c)(3) foundation created by Amazon to administer the AmazonSmile program. All donation amounts generated by the AmazonSmile Program are remitted to the AmazonSmile Foundation. In turn, the AmazonSmile Foundation donates those amount to the charitable organizations selected by our customers. Amazon pays all expenses of the AmazonSmile Foundation; they are not deducted from the donation amounts generated by your purchases on AmazonSmile. You may not make a direct donation to the AmazonSmile Foundation. The only way to support your charitable organization through the AmazonSmile Foundation is to shop on AmazonSmile. https://smile.amazon.com/
Plantation Garden Club News MAKE A NOTE! Members of the High Tea Committee and the Executive Board members are being invited to the next Board meeting at Covenant Village on June 14 at 11: 30 for lunch and a tour of the venue where the High Tea will be held. Gardening Wisdom from Roxie Pelliccia 954-370-2872 /954-370-2802 Welcome to Summer! SAVE THE DATE! Annual High Tea Saturday, October 14, 2-5 pm Covenant Village 9215 W. Broward Boulevard (just west of Pine Island Road on the north side of Broward) Usual activities will include Hat Parade, Table Contest, Raffle Baskets, 50/50, and Silent Auction. Join us for lots of fun, food and festivities for an entertaining afternoon. Memorial Tree for Jean Haines The tree has been ordered for Jean Haines and will be planted near Dot Bates tree in the City Arboretum on the west side of the park. There will be a commemorative plaque placed at the base of the tree. To all our new people who ve first moved here, get ready for high humidity and high temperatures. Don t be discouraged about gardening, first pick a cooler time to do it. Early morning or evening is good. This is why we love our winter here, and gardening is great. Of course some of our beautiful trees and shrubs look their best in summer. The trees are Royal Poinciana, Crape myrtle, Plumeria, Jacaranda. Heliconias and gingers, and Bird of Paradise start blooming now through fall. For ground covers, we have pursulane, portulaca, vinca, these are the strongest to plant now. Things that must be done in June are: first fertilize all palm trees, all fruit trees and shrubs. Use a good palm fertilizer for trees and palms. For fruit trees, use citrus, mango, for all fruits. Second, trim all old wood from your trees. Then prune all bushes that need it. We need to get ready for the hurricane season. The rainy season starts this month, and we really need it. If you have anything to plant, do it now. Try to stay cool but enjoy your garden.
Plantation Garden Club News PGC End of the Year Luncheon at Brio It was wonderful to see everyone who came to the End of the Year Luncheon - the food was delicious! Thanks so much to Claudette Hammond for her help in the installation of next year s officers.
Plantation Garden Club News PGC Trip to Redlands Orchid Festival Those who attended had a really great time at the Orchid Festival in the Redlands also having a nice lunch at Schreiber s BBQ (Orchid photos from Mimi Sakal)
Other Events of Interest
2016/17 Monthly Schedule Reminder: There are no member meetings scheduled for June, July and August The Board will be brainstorming for other ideas for fundraisers so if anyone has those they may send them to Peggy by email. Executive Board Members Meeting Dates Peggy would like to have a by-laws review this year so anyone who is interested in volunteering for that task, please get in touch with her. Thanks. June 14, 11:30am @ Covenant Village July 12, 3:00 pm @ 7142 E. Tropical Way August 9th September 13th October 11th November 8th December 13th January 10th, 2018 March 14th, 2018 April 11th, 2018 May 9th, 2018 Provided by Lorraine Timmes: Happy Birthday! Gladys Thompson 5th Shirley Tristam 5th Paulette Kandel 10th Jeannette Smith 19th The Board voted to raise the amount of the two scholarships to $1,000 each for Elise Anderson and Theodore Reyer, both students in the environmental Magnet at South Plantation. South Plantation Magnet Awards Night Phyllis Kowal, Addie Travers and Georgia Brown presented the awards Thanks to those volunteers who helped us raise $70.00 at the Plantation Heritage Society Plant Affair in May! Jeannette Smith Liane Hess Sheryl Melson Georgia Brown Diane Little Mary Pavlinek Sharon Hall Paulette Kandel Mimi Sakal Cindy Bates Phyllis Kowal Kathy Fadgen Jan Kolenda Patricia Parker Rose Facey Peggy Tingle Special Thanks to the Saturday morning crew who carried all the items over and set up the table for the weekend. Thanks Nancy, Rose, and Sharon. Congratulations to the lady from Miami who won the Chinese Hat Plant A very big thanks to Roxie at Wonder Gardens for the plant donation!