Colleen Fingal, president opened the meeting up by welcoming all members and guests.
Snowdrops, Dutch Iris, Crocus, Daffodils and Helleborus currently blooming in member gardens.
Old Business:
· McCandless Environmental Council town hall meeting – no one attended
· Asian Jumping Worms – reminder to members to use sterile potting soil when potting up plants for plant sale to avoid spread of Asian Jumping Worms.
New Business:
· Northmont Church Fellowship Hall Agreement for 2019 is the same as 2018 - $360
· Dianne Machesney presented the treasurer’s report. After expenses of hall rental, donations and hostess supplies ending balance is $2,653.10.
· Ross Township made a request for volunteers to assist in community service project at Denny Park. Would involve mentoring students and scouts in planting a rain garden in the park. Tentatively set for Saturday, 4/27 in the morning. Colleen will send follow-up e-mail to all members to determine if there are enough volunteers.
· 2019 Garden and Landscape Symposium & Marketplace – donation opportunity. Membership voted to donate $100. The symposium will be held at Shady Side Academy, Fox Chapel, April 27 from 8 – 4. There is a marketplace, free to the public, with many plants (perennials, annuals, vegetables & herbs), garden books and garden tools available for purchase.
· Mary Ann Kurtz review upcoming plant sale. 4” pots are smallest size that should be used, and pot up at least 10 pots / member for the sale. More are always welcome. This year a price list cheat sheet will be available for customers and Jane MacCredie will be our statistical tracker.
· Kurt Malecki from Best Feeds will present Ponds and Pond Gardens at our April meeting
· Thanks to Linda Brown for the delicious desserts and Chris Kerin for the beautiful arrangement.
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Speaker: Len Lehman presented
“The Other Bulbs: Beyond Tulips, Hyacinths and Daffodils”
Key takeaways:
· Many varieties of other bulbs available. Classified as either bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes.
· In a bulb the entire plant is packaged into 1 case. If you slice it in half, you will see everything the plant produces, including the flower.
· Onion family is the largest family of bulbs in the world.
· Can have color from late winter/early spring with snowdrops, all the way through fall with fall blooming crocus, if you plant a variety of bulbs, tubers, corms and rhizomes.
· Planting depth of a bulb is always 3 times as deep as the bulb is wide. Corms - 2 – 4 times as deep as the diameter of the corm. Tubers - 4 – 6” deep with the eye up. Rhizomes – 2 – 3 times deep as the diameter of the rhizome.
LAGC Meeting – March 26, 2019
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