September 27, 2016
Business Meeting
President,
Mary Anne Kurtz, welcomed members and visitors on a beautiful autumn
evening.
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Our
gardens are blooming with mums, dahlias, ageratum, sedums, anemones and
daisies.
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Update
your directory listing now with Linda Brown for the 2017 Handbook.
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2017
Officers: President, Claudia Hickly; Vice President, Mary Ann Kurtz;
Corresponding Secretary, Dianne Machesney; Treasurer, Denny Brown.
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2017
Committee Chairs: Blog/Historian,
Esther Nagy; Community Service, Helen Dean & Peggy Elizeus; Handbook,
Marlow Madeoy; Hostess, Anita Wagner & Heidi Sestrich; Membership, Linda Brown & Ellen
Dvorsky; On Line Communicator, Lynn Betts;
Plant sale, Mary Ann Kurtz; Programs,
Jenna Noker; Publicity, Patty Bumbaugh; Recorder, Rose Mary Highman.
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Hartwood Acres Mansion
Tour ~ November 19th @ 11:00 a.m. followed by lunch (optional) at The
Hartwood Restaurant. Tour fee must be paid (Adults $6, Seniors $4) and luncheon
choice made by October meeting. Register with Claudia.
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HELP—if you downloaded the
video from LAGC 65th Anniversary, please let Mary Ann know.
Technology crashed and there is no copy; we need yours if you have it.
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Members
signed up for 2017 Hostess Duties. Contact Anita or Heidi if you missed this.
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A
donation of $100 to Eden Hall Campus was approved. Treasurer Denny said the
balance was $2900, $600 over budget because of successful Plant Sale.
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Plant
Sale—purchase of four new signs approved; Full Sun, Full Shade, Sun/Shade, This
& That.
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Short
discussion of having a web site. No decision made.
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Mary
Anne thanked Victoria Zieger and Sharon Walston for arrangement and dessert
respectively.
Program: “The Truth
about Ferns: Sex, Lies, Betrayal, Bad Attitude and a Gone Gay Generation” by
Len Lehman
Colleen Fingal introduced speaker Len
Lehman former college and high school teacher, member of Men’s Garden Society
of Pittsburgh and almost every plant society. Len gave an enthusiastic talk
with slides, handout, and four different fern spores (found on the underside of
fronds) for hands-on planting.
Take home points:
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Coal
is fossilized ferns and one can often see the frond outline within the coal.
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Ferns
are a transitional form from Devonian period and don’t have true roots. Growing
within water the easiest as temperature nearly constant, gravity isn’t as much
a factor as on land, and the nutrients come to the plant.
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Ferns
in Victorian bouquets ‘said’ I will protect you.
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Most
fern care includes non-chlorinated water, bright light if in water, sparingly
applied fertilizer 1/100.
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Ferns
can be 2” tall to over 12 feet tall, some remain colored all year.
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Grow
native ferns such as maidenhair ferns (Adiatum) for beautiful texture.
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Reread
“Where the Red Fern Grows.”
Calendar
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October 25 – Pay
membership dues, $15.00 per person
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October 25 – “Why Don’t My Hydrangeas Bloom?” by Sandy Csikari.
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November 19 – Tour
Hartwood Acres Mansion, see above.
