Mary Ann Kurtz opened the meeting.
Plant sale--$1465 (7% sales tax & a couple of other expenses not yet paid). Will do tweaking for the next sale. 76% of our members participated. Take pictures this summer of plants you may donate. Could separate this fall.
Colleen Fingal asked members to bring small thank you items for our speakers.
Passavant Garden--Helen Dean told story of a patient who was so appreciative
50 50 raffle—Mary Ann won $12, 2nd place was a guest won the tea cup sculpture/bird feeder.
Bill Goff introduced our speaker, Penn State Master Gardener Sandy Csikari who presented “Best Plants for a Carefree Garden”
She showed numerous slides of the plants she mentioned and most of these were from her own garden. (the projector was not picking up all of the colors, but even then, we could see how the plants looked). Her handout listing the plants followed concurrently with her talk. The handout is a great resource as it has common name, botanical name, height, bloom time and miscellaneous information for the categories such as shrubs, perennials for shade, etc.
Take home points: For a carefree garden, plants need the right soil and the right location. If this not followed, carefree it won’t be. Pick plants which are long-blooming, have good foliage, provide seasonal color or interest, and are resistant to deer and pests. Sandy does use drip irrigation for some areas of her garden and likes the tubes which can be coiled around a plant or snaked through the garden and more tubes can be connected by attaching another tube. Sandy is very involved in the Hosta Society and is also a judge. “Hostas are the love of my life, after my family,” she said.
Dates to Remember
Saturday, June 1, Hosta Sale and Show at Soergels 9 -4 p.m.
Tuesday, June 25, LAGC “Redoing a Garden,” Alan Peacock speaker
