LAGC President Nancy Madeoy welcomed members to the September meeting with a joke about the difference between a cat and a comma.
Membership Coordinator Linda Brown collected the 2027 membership dues. Dues will also be collected in October. Dues will remain at $15 per year. Cash and check will be accepted. Make the check payable to LAGC.
LAGC is a winner of the Remarkable Tree Challenge. We won the Community Favorite award for the Tulip Poplar tree that we planted at Northland Library. The plaque will be displayed at Northland Library. Great job to the committee for submitting the entry! Thank you to Claudia, Helen, Bill and Nancy.
Claudia gave a report about LAGC’s participation at the McCandless Community Day. Overall, it was a great success. Visitors to the LAGC booth enjoyed the giveaways of seed and bulb packets, drawstring nature bags and removable tattoos. We also raffled off perennials and Best Feed gift cards, as well as guess the number of peanuts in the jar game. Members passed out information about our upcoming programs and answered gardening questions of booth visitors. Thank you to all the members that donated seeds or who worked at the booth. A special thanks to the planning committee of Claudia, Helen, Mary Anne and Nancy for creating such an engaging booth, donating supplies and organizing the activities.
Jane, Hostess Coordinator circulated the signup sheet for 2027 for members to bring the dessert or flower arrangement to our meetings. Members who didn’t have the opportunity to sign up can sign up in October or contact Jane with any questions.
After much discussion LAGC members took a vote and approved that we will donate $250 to the four organizations which we usually support: Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Botanic Gardens of Western PA, Tree Pittsburgh and Pine Creek Watershed Council in place of the North Area Environmental Council. This year we will also donate $250 each to two additional organizations: Allegheny County Parks Foundation and Allegheny Land Trust.
LAGC members voted to give a one-time donation of $500 to the Rosalinda Sauro Sirianni Community Garden for their 2027 project of building a new fence. We voted this year so that the community garden can plan their fundraising for the project but, the funds will be distributed in 2027.
The Ingomar Garden Club invited LAGC members to
their 80th Anniversary Celebration on October 19th.
Tickets are $25 with an October 5th reservation deadline.
Hostesses
Chris Kerin and Mary Jo Clayton created a glorious dessert table with mini lemon scones, almond puffs, brownies, cheese and meat tray, olives, grapes. The delicious food was complemented by a beautiful arrangement of pink/white and coral dahlias from Mary Jo’s garden. Thank you!
Program: “Supporting Wildlife in Winter”
by Chris Kubiak of the Audubon Society
A Praying Mantis visiting Chris Kerin's garden this fall! ☺
LAGC President Nancy Madeoy welcomed members to the August meeting with an oddity fact from the Farmer's Almanac.
The LAGC Holiday Luncheon details are confirmed.
On Saturday, November 14, 2026, we will start at 10:30am with a tour of the
National Aviary and afterward we will meet at Max’s Allegheny Tavern for lunch.
The club will pay the tour admission fee for members. Members are responsible for
paying for their own meals at the restaurant via separate checks.
The 2027 membership dues will be collected by Membership
Coordinator Linda Brown in September and October 2026. The dues will remain at
$15 per year. Cash and check will be accepted. Make the check payable to LAGC.
It’s time to decide which charitable organizations
LAGC will donate to this year. Members discussed three new potential ideas:
Allegheny County Parks Foundation, Allegheny Land Trust, Rosalinda Sauro Sirianni
Garden (fence replacement). We’d like members to familiarize themselves with
the suggested organizations before we vote on who will receive the donation. If
you have a suggestion then, please send a short synopsis to Nancy about the organization
so that it can be distributed to members in preparation for next month’s vote.
The committee for LAGC’s booth at the McCandless
Community Day on Saturday, September 19, 2026, has planned the following
activities:
The volunteer signup sheet to work at the LAGC
booth was circulated. Volunteers will engage with the public and talk about
gardening and our club. Please contact Claudia ASAP If you are interested in volunteering.
We could use more volunteers.
Hostesses
Mary Jo Benedetti brought delicious mini fruit trifles and chocolate brownies. Nancy Madeoy’s lovely arrangement completed the table display. Thank you!
Program
by Susan Morris, Historical Dilettante
