NEWSLETTER - April 2005
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March
Happenings |
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28, 2005 Business Meeting: 5:00 – 6:00 Program:– 6:00 – 7:00 pm Speaker: Steven Julison Topic: Hydroponics At the Everett Boeing Rec Center, Activity Rm |
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What
to do in your garden in April Spring is coming! Early spring is an ideal time to repot houseplants or begin new container gardens. |
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Come to the club’s Plant sale Saturday April 16th 10:00 – 3:00 pm 7328 192nd PL SW Lynnwood, WA 98036 |
Next
Month's Meeting May 26, 2005 5:00 – 7:00 pm |
March
24, 2005 Meeting Minutes.
Prepared by Barb Beaman
Meeting was called to order at 5:00 pm
New
Membership
We
introduced Don Onu, and Mike & Sandy Stoy. Welcome to our Garden Club.
We went around the room and each person was introduced.
Activity
Calendar
Angela briefly reviewed our Activity Calendar. We need July ??? through
Dec 2005.
July
– Potluck to be at the Fairfield's on July 23rd. This is a Saturday.
It will be a potluck, garden tour and wine tasting. It was not definitely
decided if we would still have our Thursday meeting, July 28th. This is
to be discussed at a future date.
Old Business
Bank Account – Barb reported out in detail our Savings and Checking. Balance is $621.18 in Savings; $27.53 in Checking. Total = $639.71
Club
Dues - A reminder that 2005 Club Dues is now due.
New Business
Plant
Sale Reminder
Each member is to bring at least 10 plants.
Place: Sue Davis’s house
When: April 16th
Where: 7238 192nd PL SW, Lynnwood, 98036 425-640-6461
Time: 10 – 3 pm.
We need volunteers!!!
Pots will be for sale depending on design and with or without plants.
Sue’s friend wants to have a garage sale along with our plant sale.
We all voted in favor of this. Angela to get back with Sue on this. Friday
night we will price everything out. Don Woods to bring doors. Richard
to bring saw horses to put the doors on. Barb to get advanced dollars
for the sale.
OSO
– NW Native Nursery Tour (out of Arlington)
On March 5th, Angela led a group of 10 to the Nursery. The presentation
was on cuttings and grafting. 50 start cuttings are now being cared for
by Jennifer and Richard Fairfield. Possible Open House at the Nursery
will be in April or May.
African
Violet presentation
Richard suggested if we wanted unusual violets that we buy them April
23rd at the Gems of Africa show and sale. Center for Urban Horticulture,
12 pm to 4 pm
Garden
Club Link
Ken Slade talked about our Garden Club link on Boeing website. We need
to make a change and put our link on a server. Tripod is a web hosting
product. There are other websites which might be cheaper. We had a discussion
as to whether we wanted to budget for a paid website.
Questions came up about a website. Do we want a web person? Will it be
another position? It was stated that this should be an appointed position.
More to come on that in the future months.
REACH
The definition of REACH is Regional Events and Activities for College
Hires.
This group is made up of about 600 new hires with 5 years or less with
the company.
They are holding an Activities Fair on May 3rd from 11-1 pm in Everett.
They want participation from different organizations.
Ken asked if we’d like to participate.
Activity
Program – Carnivorous Plants
Kevin Snively lives by Don and Christine Woods. He was kind enough to
bring several carnivorous plants and presented them to us. Kevin runs
a small wholesale company. He mainly sells to Willow Creek Nursery. Plants
at Kevin’s presentation were not for sale, but thank you for sharing.
Share
Info –
Bill and Bonnie Whipple brought a wonderful garden sprayer to give to
Don Woods for arranging the Carnivorous plant presentation this evening.
Local Plant Sales
May 14th - Greater Seattle Plant Sal 12735 1 Ave NW Seattle 9 to-2
May 20-21 - Sno-King Plant and Garage Sale 8426 200th SW Edmonds 9 to2?
April 16 - Alderwood Garden Club Mill Creek Community Church 16415 North
Creek Rd. 9 to noon
What to do in your garden in April (Tips provided by Angela Hoard)
Perennails:
Shop nurseries for basket-of-gold, bleeding heart, columbine, rockcress,
sweet woodruff, and wallflowers. Plant immediately.
Annuals:
Nurseries offer cool-season color (calendual, English daisy, pansy, snapdragon,
stock sweet alyssum, viola), as well as summers annuals (impatiens, marigolds,
petunias, portulaca, zinnias).
Cool-season vegetables
Set out transplants of broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, chard, kale, kohlrabi.
Lettuce and spinach. Sow seeds of carrots. Peas and radishes directly
in the ground, and set out see potatoes.
Repot Houseplants
A well-know supplier of garden products is promoting April 3 as National
Repot your plant day.
(www.miraclegro.com)
Repotting
revitalizes and promotes healthy root development. It's time to repot
if:
Roots are densely wound inside the pot. - Roots grow out of the drainage
holes.
Bottom leaves turn yellow and drop off. - Potting mix is faded and crusty.
Repotting
in early spring has a few key advantages:
It helps maintain good plant health.
You get to renew the "tired" soil in the existing pot, and thereby
give the plant a fresh supply of essential nutrients.
Stepping up to a larger pot gives the plant roots more room to grow before
they enter their active growth phase.
You can use this as a time to change the style of pots you're using or
as a way to enhance your home's decor with a colorful container.
You reap the emotional benefits that come with repotting; you feel good
when you know you're doing something good for your plant.
Repotting in early spring is a great way to shake off the winter blahs!
Whidbey
Island Garden Tour
For the first time in its ten-year history, the Whidbey Island Garden
Tour is scheduled to coincide with the explosion of rhododendron blossoms
and other flowers that are never seen during summer tours.
Ticket
holders will have access to five unique private gardens as well as complimentary
access to Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens. The 2005 Tour is on Saturday,
April 30. Don’t miss this opportunity for a peak springtime experience!
http://www.wigt.org/