Claudia Hickly, LAGC President, welcomed 23 members on a lovely summer evening. Members mentioned garden tours they’ve taken or will occur, see calendar below.
Claudia was pleased to announce the new officers and chairs.
· Officers 2019-2020
President – Colleen Fingal
Vice President – Denny Brown
Treasurer – Dianne Machesney
Recording Secretary – Andrea Maire
· Committee chairs 2019-2020
Blog – Rose Mary Highman
Community Service (Passavant Garden) – Evan Fingal
Handbook – Marlow Madeoy
Historian – Colleen Fingal
Hostess – Heidi Sestrich & Anita Wagner
Membership – Linda Brown & Ellen Dvorshy
Online Communicator – Lynn Betts
Plant Sale – Mary Anne Kurtz
Programs – Jenna Noker
Publicity – Jane MacCredie
Cards & Flowers – Jeanne Schomaker
Facebook – Anita Wagner
Tech Support – Evan Fingal
· Treasurer–Denny Brown said no changes from agreed upon budget.
· Passavant Chapel Garden– Helen Dean and Peggy Elizeusasked those who dead head to follow stem down lower and cut there rather than just top flower. After 26 years of tending this garden, both are stepping down.
· Publicity– Patty Bumbaugh’s submittals for this meeting were not published.
· 2019 Programs– Dianne Machesney has a 20-minute program on spotted lantern fly, Pennsylvania’s new damaging, invasive insect. Suggestion made for a program on Lyme disease and its vectors.
· Directory phone changes – email any changes to Linda Brown and Ellen Dvorsky.
· Annual Picnic 6:30 p.m. July 10th – bring chair and appetizer, salad or dessert to share, club photo will be taken. See Handbook pg 18 for details. Janine Zink’s home has a grassy area or garage stairs with railing since outside steps have no railing.
· Plants to share – Lynn Betts brought Japanese iris and common, tall, orange day lilies. Contact Andrea Maire if you would like non-blooming lamb’s ear or double flowered day lilies.
· Dessert and arrangement – Thank you to Jane MacCredie for dessert (recipes to be added to blog) and Marilyn Gurtner for the arrangement of lantana plus Ugandan clothing, bead work, and handcrafted doll with baby carried on back sling. Marilyn also wore a colorful Ugandan robe, best suited for a man, she said.
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| Jessica Walliser |
Program: Neglected Annuals by Jessica Walliser
Jessica is a well-known gardener, radio personality, and author latest book Container Gardening. She gave a lively program and showed beautiful pictures of the featured annuals. These neglected annuals are the ones our grandparents knew when there were many small plant nurseries. Now the plant breeding by the few suppliers is directed toward dwarf, stout, and bushy and patented plants available to the gardener in 3-4” pots. Just a few small nurseries grow their own stock.
· Why use these old fashioned annuals – easy care, no staking, stunning flowers, good height, fragrance, attract pollinators and provide food for many butterflies and moths.
· Many self-sow – leave one stalk, but cut off the other stalks before seeds are dropped!
· Her favorites – Kiss me over the garden gate, Bells of Ireland, poppies, Cosmos sulphureum, gomphrena, larkspur, love lies bleeding (not the best name she said), Cyprus vine, amaranth, balsam (related to impatiens, resistant to downing mildew), and sweet Annie. Plus others.
· Seed Sources – Select Seeds, High Mowing Seeds, Territorial Seeds, Hudson Valley Seeds, American Meadows Wildflowers.
Calendar:
· July 10 – Annual LAGC Picnic at Janine Zink’s home, 6:30 p.m. Directions in LAGC Handbook.
· July10, BirdBanding – at Marilyn Gurtner’s home. Come by anytime between 6 to 11 a.m. Grandchildren welcome.
· August28, 6:30 Field Trip Tour – “Native Plants in Bloom” at McDaniel’s Launch Area by Mary Alive Koeneke. See Handbook for more information. No meeting at church.
· September 25 – “Designing Your Landscape” by Martha Swiss.
Announcements
· Mt. Lebanon Garden Tour, Sunday, July 8th, 11am-4pm. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 on tour day. For more information call 412-531-1912.
· Wexford Garden & Pond Tour, July 14th. Self-guided tour 10 am-3pm showcasing 8-10 gardens within 15 minutes of Wexford. Tickets available at www.WexfordPondTour.comor contact Debra at 724-935-6100. Proceeds benefit water projects in drought-ridden NE Kenya.
