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2018-2019
Theme: Plant America: Growing for Maryland
Photos/Scrapbook/History
President: Esther Neckere
Vice President: Dot Lower
Treasurer: Pat Hall
Recording Secretary: Iona Black
( Historian:Deborah Determan
Photographer: Pam Smart
Immediate Past President: Gilda Allen
President's Goals:
Grow Membership
Grow Participation
Grow Community Outreach
Grow Gardening Skills
September Meeting - Hostess Connie Dalpra
Presentation (Envirnmental Program) by Gilda Allen, Club Member & Former Environmental Specialist at the DC Department of Environment
"Raising Monarch Butterflies"
Gilda Allen Presentation_Monarch Butterf
Gilda Allen Presentation_Milkweed
Gilda Allen Presentation_Butterfly House
Esther leading the meeting
Listening to meeting items
Lorraine looking at horticulture brought
Arrangement by Lorraine with a glass ins
Deborah Determan showing the club websit
October Meeting - Hostess Arminta Donovan
Presentation by Margaretta Danshaw, Local Gardening Artist
"Math in Plants"
Speaker Margaretta Danshaw
Margaretta Danshaw, artist and President of a garden club in Mount Vernon, speaker on math in plants
Speaker Margaretta Danshaw
Margaretta Danshaw, artist and President of a garden club in Mount Vernon, speaker on math in plants
Arminta, Dot, Mary Beth and Mary
Esther, Linda, Carol and Elaine
November Meeting - Hostess Diana Morse
Presentation by Franklin Robinson, Owner of Serenity Farm, Inc
"From Tobacco to..."
Speaker - Franklin Robinson
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December Meeting - Hostess Dot Lower
Holiday Pot Luck, Gift Exchange, Wreath Contest
Wreath Contest (any size): using natural materials
Only 3 wreaths were entered so no winners were chosen
Hostess - Dot Lower
Holly from Dot's yard in her dining room arrangement
Dot's wreath
Julie's wreath
Gilda's wreath basket
Dot's tree with garden club gifts
Carol, Linda and Joyce
January Meeting - Hostess Carol Ober
Presentation by: Colin F. Dunphy, Owner/Operator Wyoming Farm LLC
"A startup Chestnut and PawPaw Orchard"
February Meeting - Hostess Elaine Arnold
Presentation by: Greg Kearns, Head Naturalist at Patuxent River Park, Croom
"Recent Advancements in Wild Rice"
Hostess - Carol Ober
Presenter - Colin Dunphy
Lorraine Leonard - Design of Carnations in small bottles
Iona Black, Lorraine Leonard
Hostess - Elaine Arnold
Presenter - Greg Kearns
Presenter - Greg Kearns
Connie, Elaine and Diana
March Meeting - Hostess Lucille Gwynn
Presentation by: David Kitwell Flack, Soil Scientist at Natural Resource Conservation Services
"What's in Your Dirt?"
April Meeting - Luncheon at TBA
Presentation at Homestead Gardens
"Stop Those Four-Footed Munching Machines!"
Presenter - David Kitwell Flack
Guest Larry, Connie Dalpra, Diana Morse
Arminta Donovan, Mary Beth Cecil
Pam Smart's floral arrangement
Linda Millette
Presenter - Heather
Deer Fences
Connie Dalpra
Carol Ober, Julie Harrison
Mary Beth Cecil
Mary Beth Cecil
May Meeting - Hostess Iona Black
Club Planning (suggestions on programs, goals, trips)
Annual Plant Exchange
Tea Cup Arrangement Flower Show - arrangements in tea cups
Judges: TBA
Awards for: Most Creative: ______________
Best Use of Color: ______________
Best Coordination fo Container and Design: ____________
Hostess - Iona Black
Esther Neckere, Dot Lower
Elaine Arnold, Mary Washington
Teacup Floral Arrangements
Esther Neckere, Dot Lower, Connie Dalpra, Joyce Meyer, Deborah Determan
June 12 Luncheon - Hanabi Japanese Grill in Brandywine, MD
Annual Picnic: Hostess Pam Smart
Horticulture Contest Winners: ________________
Marilyn Berkut, Linda Millette, Joyce Meyer
Iona Black, Esther Neckere
Esther Neckere, Diana Morse
Arminta Donovan, Lucille Gwynn, Mary Beth Cecil
Dot Lower, Elaine Arnold
Outgoing President - Esther Neckere
District 1 President inducting new Club President - Diana Morse
District 1 President Julie Harrison installing newly Installed Officers - Linda Millette standing in
Esther Neckere and Deborah Determan (new club historian)
Al and Gilda Allen with Gilda's sister
Connie Dalpra, Charlie Arnold, Diana Morse
Carol Ober and Don Smart
Trips
December 4 - Villa de Alpacas Farm
A lovely afternoon-wow! Angel Forbes Simmons put out a phenomenal lunch spread for us on on the back porch of the Victorian house, built by her from her family in 1802. The first building is the loom house. The loom is the most expensive model made world wide. The second building is the original Victorian farmhouse, where lunch was offered and the shop with alpaca products and clothing are available for purchase. The photos of the animals show the more curious and friendly guard animals, llamas, in front and the less friendly alpacas towards the back of the herd.
Loom House
Original 1802 Victorian House
Dot and Iona
Projects
Holloway Gardens
Holloway Garden is especially beautiful and showy in June. The lavender plants which Pam put in several years ago are doing quite well against the hot cement sidewalk, a perfect spot for them to flourish. The pinkish red Knock Out Rose is the highlight of the garden and easy for drivers by to spot. The spring daffodils have now given way to Marian Moreland's triple layer orange daylillies. It was very fortunate that Marian's daughter gave Pam a few of her mother's daylillies (circa 1910) which have become quite prolific in Pam's garden as Hollaway Gardens.
Mums at Club Garden - Plant America
Dupont Park Elementary School
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Fund Raisers
Donations and Scholarships
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Nature Conservancy, President's Project
Awards - Given in 2019 for 2018
District 1 Awards
Mount Airy Claybreakers won 2 District 1 awards, 1 Citation and 5 Recognitions
Pam Smart was our "Busy Bee" Awardee
Esther Neckere won Bloom Award
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District 1 Program2
District 1 Program3
District 1 Certificate
Pam busy bee
NCAGC Awards
Mount Airy Claybreakers won 1 Certificate of Merit and 1 Citation
NCAGC Awards Program 1
NCAGC Awards Program 2
NCAGC Awards Program 3
NCAGC Awards Program 4
NCAGC Awards Program 5
NCAGC Cert of Merit Electronic Newslette
NCAGC Citation for Outstanding Garden Cl
Prince George's County Beautification Award
Linda Millette - Year 1
Linda Millette - Year 1
PG County Beautification Award2
PG County Beautification Award Linda Mil
Morning of Design - November 2nd
2018 Nov 1 NCAGC Floral Design Program (
Dot and Elaine
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Designer Robin Hammer
Designer Robin Hammer
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2018 Nov 1 NCAGC Floral Design Program (
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