President Nancy Madeoy welcomed LACG members
to the May meeting. She posed the
question of what’s blooming in our gardens?
Members have Peonies, Iris, Columbine, Larkspur and weeds😊.
Nancy reminded members that LAGC will need all
new officers for next year. Please consider becoming the president,
vice-president, treasurer or recording secretary. The descriptions of the officer’s
duties can be found on page 18 of the handbook.
Members & guests arrive as Linda B, membership chair, chats and welcomes them.
Our president Nancy addressing the group at meeting
Members "settle in" before program starts.
Mary Anne Kurtz, Plant Sale Coordinator presented
an overview of our successful annual plant sale. The weather was perfect and
members worked together to make it a great fundraiser for LAGC. Thank you to
Mary Anne for her leadership and for organizing all the details for the event.
We will discuss any areas for improvement at our June annual club picnic.
Here are some of the highlights of the plant
sale:
- 1100 plants to sell
- Profit of $4723
- Perfect weather
- 194 customers
- 826 plants sold in the first 80
minutes of the sale
- 53% returning customers
- 34 of our 40 members participated
- Members brought an average of 32
plants
- Donated 54 leftover plants
- The specialty irises which we
purchased from Larry Grundler netted a profit of $467. Many thanks to Denny and
Linda for potting up the irises. You did
an excellent Job!
- Members brought irises from their
own gardens to sell that were not marked with the color of the flower and
customers had questions. It was
suggested to take a picture now of your irises so that you know what color of
iris you have.
Vice President Marlow Madeoy spoke to members
about the planning of this year’s holiday luncheon. It was suggested to tour the National Aviary
and find a restaurant within the vicinity.
Marlow will do some research to see if the Aviary can accommodate us. Notify
Marlow with any tour or restaurant suggestions.
** LAGC Annual Picnic **
Our June 23rd meeting will be our
annual club picnic and will be held at Chris Kerin's house. The picnic starts at 6:30pm. Please bring a potluck food item to share such as an appetizer, salad, dessert or side dish. She will provide the beverages, plates, napkins and cutlery. We will need
some members to bring a chair. Look for
the upcoming e-mail for all the details.
Mary Jo Benedetti is still looking to fill a
few open slots on the sign up sheet to volunteer to maintain the White Garden
at UPMC Passavant Hospital. Please
consider helping out with this community service project.
Hostesses
Rose Kiselica brought pound cake, fruit tray
and chocolate treats.
Sue Brozick provided the beautiful arrangement
for the table.
Arrangement of peonies and iris graciously provided by Sue Brozick
Chocolate brownies and pretzels... yummy!
Moist and delicious pound cake.
A fruit tray makes a lovely compliment or alternative to chocolates and cake.
Thank you to Rose Kilselica for bringing all of the goodies!
Program - "Tomatoes!" presented by Barb Kline, PSMG
