The Laurel Leaflet Next Meeting - Thursday, May 5, 2016-7:00pm St. Luke s Church, 232 Wyoming Avenue Parking - off-street - and behind church President: Carla Preate - First Vice President: Marisa Litwinsky - Second Vice President: Barbara Dehaba Treasurer : John Crounse - Secretary: Nancy Harvey THE LAUREL LEAFLET President s Message Just a friendly reminder...if you plan to renew your membership, please pay your dues today! The Duboistown Garden Club has extended an invitation to attend their Spring a Luncheon on Wednesday, May 18 at Genetti's in Williamsport. The guest speaker is NGC accredited Master Flower Show Judge, Terri Maclay. If anyone is interested in attending as a representative of our club, please let me know ASAP. Our club depends on fund raising activities such as the June Plant Auction. I'm counting on your support and participation to make this year's event successful once again. We need plants! Now is the time to separate your perennials and get them potted for the sale. Don't wait until the week of the auction. Start potting now; sooner is better. If anyone has extra pots that they are not using, please bring them to the May meeting to share. Also, if you have useable garden-related items that you no longer want or need, please bring them to the meeting for the Sale Table which will be held this year in September. Our club has a number of events planned in the next few months. I hope to see many of you at each one! Carla Preate, President Meeting Agenda: Guest Speaker is: Susan Crane from Two Cranes Plants and the topic will be Topiaries". May Basket Exchange - Bring a basket, take home a basket - Committee members are Michele Hoiken and Joanne Scanlon 1
The Laurel Garden Club MAY Baskets 2016 Revised 03-13-16 Choose a theme. Choose plants that best represent your theme. At least 3 different plants must be used in your basket/container. Choose healthy plants that are in good condition. Plants may be selected from your garden or purchased. Choose plants with similar growing requirements. Do NOT include artificial flowers or plants,choose a basket or repurpose a container that best represents your theme. Choose a basket/container that is sturdy enough to handle the combined weight of your plant selections and soil. Label your basket/container according to your selected theme. Provide plant information: name, annual or perennial, indoor or outdoor, light requirements, feeding.to prepare, line your basket/container with plastic that covers the bottom and up the sides or use a plastic container. Clear plastic salad containers make great liners. Be sure your liners are not visible. Sphagnum moss and small stones can improve drainage and add a finished look to your basket/container. Arrange your plants depending on how your basket/container should be viewed. If your basket is meant to be viewed from one side, arrange taller plants in the background. Add tokens that fit in with your theme to draw the eye to the intended view. Plants intended for drying might include a bunch of dried flowers placed in the center of a round basket. A grouping of coneflowers might include several butterflies strategically placed to emphasize the theme. A gnome placed in a fairy garden. Additional decorations such as bows or ribbons should be proportioned to the size of your container. A large bow on a small basket may distract away from the overall theme while a small bow on a large basket may give your basket or container an unbalanced appearance. Leaf shine may be used to enhance foliage.fill around the plants with potting soil up to 1 inch beneath the rim of your basket. Add neutral plants such as ferns and/or ivy as contrast or to fill in around plants.arrive a few minutes early at the May meeting to allow time to register your entry and placement of a ticket on your entry. The winner will be selected based on how well their entry represents their chosen theme, attention to detail and presentation. The winner will have first choice of the remaining baskets. The owner of the first basket chosen will then make the next selection and so on until all presenters receive a basket to take home. Judging will be conducted by 3 members selected from those in attendance who did not submit an entry. Refreshments: Joanne Scanlon, Joyce Crounse, Marilou Mancuso, Kay Smith, Elena Shurdom Raffle Prizes: Kay Smith, Marilou Mancuso, Marsha Scotti, Mary Ellen McCaffery, Mary Aloe Flowering bulbs and shrubs 1 or 3 specimens displayed. Competition: Things Your Need to Know Welcome New Members: Janet Rembecki, 206 Clairmont Road, Dickson City, PA 18519, 570-780-0266 and Liz Neiman, 320 Columbia Avenue, Clarks Summit, PA 18411, 570-687-2214, elizabeth.neiman@gmail.com 60th Anniversary - 2016 marks the 60th Anniversary of the Laurel Garden Club. The Club s first meeting was held on July 17th, 1956. Discussions are taking place to recognize this special year in some way. The 2nd Annual Mayor's Brunch was held at the Ramada Inn, Clarks Summit on Saturday, April 16, 2016. Clarks Summit Mayor, Patricia Lawler hosted this event to "Honor Good Neighbors." This year's recipient of the award was the Laurel a Garden Club in appreciation for all that club members have contributed in establishing the Pocket Park on Depot Street in Clarks Summit. Carla Preate, President, accepted the award on behalf of the club. 2
Dues: The 2016 membership due is $15. Those that have not paid yet can either mail the check to Treasurer, John Crounse or pay at the May meeting. Note: dues need to be paid by May 31, 2016 in order to maintain your membership in the club. April 30, 2016 - St. Luke's Church is in need of help with their gardens. Anyone who would like to assist with this project should arrive around 9:00am. Friendship - If anyone hears of a member who is hospitalized or ill, please contact Pat Coffey at 570-586- 1810, if Pat is not available, please call Ann Marie Genova 570-586-9539. Winners of April 2016 Meeting Flower Show: Mildred Myer Award: Lakshmi Mizin First place winners: Orchid - Carla Preate, Orchid - Lordes Jordan, Alaska Geranium - Mike Mizin, Genny Street Begonia - Mike Mizin, Begonia - Mike Mizin Second place winners: African violet - Ann Elaine Sribro, Burgundy African violet - Barbara Dehaba, Orchid - Theresa Demopulus Next Meeting: June Plant Auction - Please start dividing your perennials to bring for the sale. Please support this important fundraiser and share a bit of your garden with others. For the September Meeting: DONATIONS ARE NEEDED FOR OUR WHITE ELEPHANT SALE TABLE. PLEASE BRING IN GARDEN RELATED ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE. Events: Bus Trip June 25, 2016 - There are seats available. We will be going to Winterthur Gardens, Mansion, and Museum in Wilmington Delaware. Our visit will be followed by dinner at Maggiano s Restaurant, King of Prussia with lunch on your own at the cafeteria at Winterthur Grounds. Cost is $93 ($98 - $5.00 Member discount) members and $103 non-members. Price includes bus, drivers tip, admission, tram tour, dinner, tax and gratuity. The trip is open to non-members. Payment will be accepted at any time. Call Mary Kokinda with any questions at 570-969-1649. Summer Picnic - August 7, 2016 - Garden Life Outfitters - Michele Hokien - Details to be announced. Summer Garden Tours Schedule 2016 This year we have a large selection of different gardens of members and non-members. Thank you to all who are opening their gardens this summer. Please come out and enjoy the garden tours! Sunday, May 15 at 2:00pm Roya Karimi, 209 Conroy St., Scranton PA 18505, H (570) 341-0888 - Roya has a unique ground cover in her garden and has been so kind to share all the details below with us. She will also be informing us how to transform an in ground pool into a green house! DIRECTIONS: FROM DOWNTOWN SCRANTON - Take Lackawanna Ave to US-11 S - 4 min (0.5 mi), Follow PA-307 S to Conroy St - 5 min (1.8 mi),turn right onto Conroy St - The fifth house on the left Friday, May 27, 2016 at 6:30 PM Joanne & Jim Scanlon, 828 Laconia Circle, S. Abington Twp. PA 18411, H (570) 955-4721 3
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 6:30 Cherie Swetter, 1577 State Route 106, Clifford, PA 18413,H (570) 222-4628 Wednesday, June 29 at 6:30 PM Pauline Reedy, 168 Wright Street, Duryea, PA 18642, (H) 570-457-8825, (C) 570-816-5125 Friday, July 8, 2016 at 6:30 PM (570) 498-5988 Antonella Hlavac, 103 Old Orchard Rd., Clarks Green, PA 18411, H Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 10:00 AM Carla Preate, 119 Park Dr., Waverly Twp. PA 18411, 570-586-1286 ADDITIONAL GARDEN TOURS COMING UP - Rob Karp, Barbara Jamison, Patricia Kenia,The Regina House, Greystone Gardens, Countryside Conservancy Finally If you have any information or ideas you would like to communicate to the club members, please call Marsha Scotti at 570-561-5173 or e-mail me at flyt24@yahoo.com. Earth is here so kind, that just tickle a harvest. ~Douglas William Plenty her with a hoe and she laughs with Jerrold, about Australia, A Land of The Laurel Leaflet 25 Sharon Drive Moosic, PA 18507 flyt24@yahoo.com 4
5