DUNNVILLE
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
GENERAL MEETING
THURSDAY, APRIL 16TH, 2009 AT 7:30 P.M.
GRACE UNITED CHURCH, BROAD STREET
CALL
TO ORDER
MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT KAREN WALTHAM WITH APPROXIMATELY
20 MEMBERS PRESENT.
SPEAKER
JESSICA
DWEYER FROM VERMEER'S IN WELLAND SPOKE AND DEMONSTRATED THE CORRECT
WAYTO ASSEMBLE A HAND HELD BOUQUET, OF WHICH SHE MADE THREE. WE THEN HAD 7
MEMBERS SIGN UP TO MAKE THEIR OWN AT COST OF $25.00 EACH TO COVER COST OF
MATERIALS.
READING
AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF LAST MEETING.
SECRETARY DORIS THOMSON READ THE MINUTES OF LAST MEETING HELD MARCH 19TH
2009. APPROVED AND 2ND BY ADITZIA DE BLY.
MAIL
RECEIVED;
REMINDER THAT THE HOME AND GARDEN SHOW
WILL BE HELD APRIL 17 & 18TH IN THE DUNNVILLE ARENA, IN WHICH WE
WILL HAVE A BOOTH. DIANNE BLANCHARD SMITH IS IN CHARGE.
DISTRICT
9 GENERAL MEETING WILL BE HELD MAY 2ND FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M.
AT SENIOR CITIZENS BUILDING, LIVINGSTON AVENUE, GRIMSBY. BETTY BALLANGER WILL BE
IN CHARGE OF OBTAINING $20.00 GIFT FROM OUR SOCIETY.
REMINDER THAT OUR ANNUAL PLANT SALE
WILL BE MAY23 AT GRACE UNITED CHURCH PARKING LOT AND ADITZIA DE BLY
IS IN CHARGE.PLEASE REMEMBER TO POT UP YOUR DONATED PLANTS AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT
THEY ARE MORE PRESENTABLE THE DAY OF THE SALE AND ALSO BRING THEM IN THE NIGHT
BEFORE.
SAD TO HEAR THAT DORIS LIGHTHEART DIED
MARCH 19TH IN HER 99TH YEAR. SHE HAD BEEN A
PAST DISTRICT 9 DIRECTOR AND ALSO PAST PRESIDENT OF THE O.H.A.
EACH YEAR THERE IS A SILVER
TRAY PRESENTED TO THE SOCIETY WITH THE MOST MEMBERSHIPS IN ONE YEAR
AND FORTUNATELY WE WON THAT HONOUR LAST YEAR. I PERSONALLY HAVE MANY MEMORIES OF
BEING INVITED WITH OTHER SOCIETIES IN DISTRICT 9 TO GARDEN PARTIES AT HER HOME
IN RIDGEWAY WHERE SHE GREW ENORMOUS BEDS OF ASSORTED LILIES.
ORGANIC
LAWN CARE BASICS WILL BE HELD FREE
SATURDAY APRIL 18 10;00 A.M
AT VERMEERS WITH JEFF BOKMA EXPLAINING THE BASICS OF GETTING A GREENER LAWN THE
ORGANIC WAY.
EARTH
DAY SALE, WEDNESDAY APRIL 22ND AT VERMEERS IN WELLAND, WITH SAVINGS
OF UP TO 70% ON SELECTED TREES, SHRUBS, PERENNIALS, TROPICALS AND GIFTWARE.
GRIMSBY GARDEN CLUB IS HOSTING
A FUNDRAISER FOR McNALLY HOUSE
(
A HOSPICE) IN GRIMSBY. TICKETS ARE
$25.00 THE WEB PAGE IS;
http://the
grimsbygardenclub.ca
YOU ARE INVITED TO DAVID & MARY'S
"SPRING OPEN GARDEN AND PERENNIAL PLANT SALE" MAY 7,8 AND 9TH
FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. AT 18 FLEMING AVENUE, DUNDAS.
THEIR
GARDEN CONTAINS THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT PERENNIALS, BULBS, SHRUBS AND TREES. MOST
PLANTS ARE ON SALE AT $3.50 OR $5.00.
TREASURER'S
REPORT
TERESA BORODYN READ THE MONTHLY TREASURER'S REPORT STATING;
MEMBERSHIP
26
BALANCE
FWD; $ 3, 456.43
BALANCE
$ 3, 486.18
WAYS
AND MEANS DRAW;
$13.00
MOVED
AS READ AND ACCEPTED, 2ND BY HELEN EDL.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRESIDENT KAREN WALTHAM ASKED MEMBERS TO PLEASE PARK ON THE ROAD OR ELSE
ACROSS THE STREET UNLESS DISABLED OR HANDICAPPED, AT MEETINGS.
MEMBERS WORKING AT THE HOME AND GARDEN
SHOW ARE ASKED TO WEAR
BADGES WITH THEIR NAMES. PRINT OUTS FROM JUDY JEFFERY WILL BE HANDED OUT WITH MEMBERSHIP
INFORMATION AND PACKAGES OF SEEDS.
PRESIDENT KAREN HAS SPOKEN WITH MARY KONKLE AND WE WILL BE TRANSPLANTING
ANNUALS SHORTLY AS THEY ARE NOW READY.
THANK YOU TO REFRESHMENT HOSTS LUCI
RONALD AND MARY McKINNEY FOR SUPPLYING TREATS TO GO WITH OUR TEA AND COFFEE.
KAREN MEADE SPOKE ON OUR FREE
ROSE DRAW WHICH WILL BE DRAWN NEXT MEETING BETWEEN MEMBERS.
REPORTS
OF COMMITTEE'S
ADITZIA DE BLY, IN CHARGE OF PLANT
SALE, ASKED FOR LABELLED NAMES ON PLANTS AND ALSO TO BRING THEM IN
FRIDAY NIGHT FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. DIANNE BLANCHARD SMITH WILL BE BRINGING
TABLES SATURDAY MORNING. CASHIER
WILL BE IAN STEEL AS HE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB LAST YEAR!
KAREN MEADE PRESENTED THE NEW SCHEDULES FOR OUR
ANNUAL "70TH" FLOWER AND VEGETABLE
SHOW TO BE HELD SATURDAY AUGUST
15, 2009 AT GRANDVIEW LODGE.
NEXT
EXECUTIVE MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY MAY 14TH AT
7:00 AT DUNNVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
NEXT
REGULAR MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY MAY 21
AT 7:30 P.M. AT GRACE UNITED CHURCH.
PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
TREASURER
KAREN
WALTHAM
DORIS THOMSON
TERESA BORODYN