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Winning Tips
What works in your Garden, Club, District?
A column for all to send something shown to be a garden-related winner.
It could be a tool, how-to, recipe, etc.
To start it off, here's what the Executive Committee affirms
as being the best pollinator plant in their gardens.
Plant mounds of purple lavender in your garden for an
aromatic display that enjoys the sunlight
and relatively dry soil.
I would like to THANK all the Members of OSFGC for
two wonderful years as your State President.
It was a pleasure getting to know you and
working with every one of you!
In Love and Friendship , Peggy Forget-Me-Not
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Table of Contents From the President’s Desk 4 Presidents Projects 5 Executive Committee Reports 1st Vice President 6 2nd Vice President 6 Treasurer 7 Parliamentarian 7 Awards National, Pacific Region, State 8 Ellen Ambuhl Conservation Award 11 Threatened Botanical Areas of SW Oregon 11 Photo Contest 12 Committee Reports Backyard Wildlife Habitat 13 Blue Star Marker 13 Book of Friendship 14 Book of Remembrance 14 Community Service 15 Container Gardening 12 Environmental Awareness 16 Gardener of the Year 17 Garden Therapy 15 Flower Show School 18 Flower Show School Credentials 19 Leach Botanical Garden 15 Oregon Garden 23 Oregon Roadside Council 20 Oregon State Judges Council 19 Poster Contest 10 Scholarships 14 Wild Flower Project 20 Yearbooks 9 Youth 25 District Reports Clackamas, Klamath 21 Mt. Hood, Portland, Rogue 22 Willamette 23 Pacific Region News Convention Report 24 Trees and Shrubs Project 24 National Garden Club news President’s Project 25 The Frightened Frog 25 Calendar 26 Invitation to Fall Board Meeting 26 Convention Photos 27 The Mahonia editorial page 31
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From the President’s Desk From the President’s Desk From the President’s Desk Shirley Schmidt
OSFGC President 2015-2017
“Nurture Nature – Nurture Friendships”
It was my third grade teacher that introduced me to the actual gardening experi-ence when the class was invited to plant our own garden in an open area back of the playground. We watered and tended to the little vegetable seeds we had planted and then on a magical day we were found digging the produce and soon preparing our very own salads. My first gardening experience! So yes, how im-portant the role of teaching children the joy of gardening! Thankfully, this term will find us more involved with our youth.
This president is challenging our Districts and Clubs to try things that inspire us. Let's “leap into action” by upgrading a project or taking our projects to a higher level by adding something new to it – perhaps something that we've never done before. Remember that Colonel Sanders had retired when he tried something new, and look what happened. Let's have courage and not be afraid.
Our biggest challenge will be to “Share the Bounty – Tip the Scale” in providing our abundant supply from our gardens for the thousands of Oregonians who suffer food insecurity – hunger. Food pantries are available all over the state to accept our donations which then share with charitable organizations. Each member's personal goal is to donate in pounds what our personal weight is!!! We can invite our neighbors and friends to assist us with our making this goal. We can do this!!
Shirley Schmidt
Friendship is always a sweet
responsibility, never an opportunity—
Khalil Gibran
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On the last day of Convention, I stood up for Madame Shirley Schmidt’s President Project: “Share the Bounty – Tip the Scale” to encourage our District Directors and everyone to share this project with their club members, neighbors, family and friends to open your hearts to help feed Oregon's hungry. Please plant extra vegetables in your gardens, volunteer to work in an established garden to pick produce, purchase extra food at the super market or can an extra jar, weigh it and share with your local food bank, food pantry, church, neighbors and soup kitchens and keep a personal record. Make your own body weight your personal goal to share produce in pounds as often as you wish. Go to www.ampleharvest.org to find a food pantry in your area. Choose someone in your club to collect data monthly and report to your District Director or directly to me. Let’s try to collect 405,000 lbs. of food and produce in the 2015-2017 term. Don’t forget all holidays: Buy an extra turkey, ham, pot roast, fresh and canned food to share with your food kitchens. There are 2700 members in our Oregon Garden Clubs with an average body weight of 150 lbs (just an example, nothing personal). That totals 405,000 lbs of product do-nated to feed the homeless and less fortunate. Invite your friends and neighbors to share their produce too and claim their body weight as your own. Let’s all do our part to help feed the one in six people in Oregon who struggle with hunger. Thank you, Lucy Chambers 541-218-5370 [email protected]
Share the Bounty -Tip the Scale President’s Project Lucy Chambers, Chair
Water Project
State President Peggy Olin’s President’s Project State President Peggy Olin’s President’s Project State President Peggy Olin’s President’s Project West Point Garden Club, Chair
West Point garden Club gratefully acknowledges your support of donations in the amount of $7,000+ (final accounting at State fall Board meeting)
Clean and accessible water is a gift you made possible to two villages in Guatemala. Our final contribution
will touch the health and welfare of a third village. Please keep the people of Guatemala in your thoughts and
prayers
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Executive Reports
The OSFGC has currently 2703 members with 122 new members joining our organization during the past year.
We celebrated the districts with the most increases in membership: Clackamas, Mount Hood, North Coast , Pacific, Portland, Rogue and Santiam.
Rogue District won the Walter and Marian Allen Membership Trophy, a traveling trophy awarded annually at Convention to the District with the largest percentage increase in membership for the current fiscal year.
2nd Vice President2nd Vice President2nd Vice President---Protocol and District DirectorsProtocol and District DirectorsProtocol and District Directors Gaye Stewart 2013-2015
1) Protocol and 2) Mentoring of the 15 District Directors/Co-Directors.
For the protocol portion of my work, you may recall my candid sharing of “googling” the precise definition of the word, and learned it was the valued traditions, or ceremonies of an organization paired with respect and courtesy. With that broad definition, a series of mini-lessons were presented each time the “teachable moment” arose. Generally, the protocol instruction was modeled, or taught in reports to the State Board or at Conven-tions.
As for my work with District Directors, personalized notebooks were developed and distributed two years ago and workshops provided information to use in their Districts by sharing the information with clubs. The notebook became a storage and retrieval reference tool. Now, at the end of their term as District Directors, the books may be passed on to their successors. Some of the workshops focused on the goal development in sup-port of Air, Water, Forests, Land and Wildlife, key components in our Conservation Pledge. Small groups brain-stormed and generated an action goal specific to each of the “I promise to Protect” areas in our Conservation Pledge.
Thank you for the opportunity to work with you in building leadership ideas in support of our valued organi-zation. Seamless implementation, coordination, and sharing of successful strategies creates the foundation for growth, purpose, and longevity for The Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.
Together we CAN make a difference!
Thank you, Gaye Stewart
Joan Johnson, Rogue
District Director with the
Walter and Marian Allen
Membership Trophy
1st Vice President1st Vice President1st Vice President---MembershipMembershipMembership Shirley Schmidt-2013-2015
Anniversary Certificates of Merit.
80 years Coos Bay Garden Club - Rogue District
70 years Eastmoreland 1 – Portland District
50 years Wilshire Garden Club – Portland District
40 years Sandy Garden Club – Clackamas District
25 years Beaverton Garden Club- Pioneer District
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It has been a busy year. I have answered questions about installations, policies, procedures, bylaws, standing rules, quorums and much more. The By-laws committee has worked many hours fine tuning the by-laws and standing rules that were ratified this convention.
I encourage each of you to get those Policy and Procedures done. They are not difficult, unless you are doing them for State. That is a massive job and Karen Brown has worked diligently to get those done. She does need your help if you have been an officer or chairman for the State. What was done and what needs to be done yearly. Let her know.
Know your by-laws and standing rules. Are they up to date and are they valid? Remember your members have passed those by a 2/3 vote. They are important to them. Apply them. I look forward to one more term, but someone needs to be trained to take the position. If you are interested in Parliamentary Procedure, please contact me and I will suggest what you may need to do before volunteering. [email protected]
TreasurerTreasurerTreasurer Karen Brown
ParliamentarianParliamentarianParliamentarian Nancy Ebsen 2013-2015
Some former and new Board of Directors members. Lauri Baker-Secretary, Gaye Stewart-1st Vice President, Karen Brown-former State President and Assistant Treasurer, Peggy Olin-Outgoing State President, Shirley Schmidt-our new State President, and former State Presi-dent Garnet Ascher.
1. Before August 15th, send payments and warrants to Karen Brown, 5211 Salmon River Hwy, Otis, OR. 97368 or email [email protected]. After August 15th, new OSFGC treasurer Nita Wood will accept your treasury mailings and emails at 5210 River Rd. N., Apt. 2011, Keizer, OR. 97303 or email [email protected]. 2. Always make checks payable to OSFGC or Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. unless directed to do something else. Do not make checks to an individual or the name of a project, please. 3. Look for appropriate forms on the oregongardenclubs.org website. You will find instructions for submitting payments and requesting funding, with lines to fill in so the important information is not overlooked. Project chairmen can provide forms if you have trouble accessing them there. Besides the standard club remittance form for dues and projects and the newly revised warrant, forms are also needed for Penny Pines donations, and Book of Friendship and Book of Remembrance donations, also Oregon Roadside Council grant applications.
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First Place winners only; go to www.oregongardenclubs.org for a complete listing
National AwardsNational AwardsNational Awards
NGC ScholarshipNGC ScholarshipNGC Scholarship———Marcel Ann Ortiz, $4000 Marcel Ann Ortiz, $4000 Marcel Ann Ortiz, $4000
2013-2015 President’s Project
Making a World of Difference-Choices Matter
Pacific Region AwardsPacific Region AwardsPacific Region Awards
Scholarship Marcel Ann Ortiz -$1,000 for the 2015-2016 academic year
District Newsletter or Official Publication Pioneer Press, Pioneer District Yearbooks, Club under 20 members Columbian Garden Club, Multnomah District State Newsletter
OSFGC Newsletter - The Mahonia Civic Beautification McMinnville Garden Club – West End Project Youth Poetry Kindergarten, Elijah Davidson, Sunny Hills GC, Clackamas
State AwardsState AwardsState Awards NewsletterNewsletterNewsletter Pioneer Press, Pioneer District Eugene Garden Club News, Willamette District YearbookYearbookYearbook
Under 20 members Columbian Garden Club, Multnomah District 20-29 members Oak Lodge Garden Club, Clackamas District 30-44 members Jacksonville Garden Club, Siskiyou District 45-69 members Villa Garden Club, Portland District
Awards Karen Varty, Chair
Second Place McMinnville Garden Club “The West End Project”
Certificate of Participation - State
To OSFGC, Inc. given in recognition of your state’s outstanding effort to promote and sponsor educational opportunities to en-courage our members and the public in making responsible choices to protect and conserve our natural resources our Air-Water-Forests-Land and Wildlife.
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70-99 members Grants Pass Garden Club, Siskiyou District Yearbook CoversYearbook CoversYearbook Covers
20-29 members Oak Lodge Garden Club, Clackamas District
30-44 members Jacksonville Garden Club, Siskiyou District 45-69 members Ashland Garden Club, Siskiyou District 70-99 members Grants Pass Garden Club, Siskiyou District
Yearbook and Yearbook Cover Reminder A reminder that Yearbooks and Yearbook Covers are due to the judges by November 1. Please mail three copies to the new chairman listed below. The application forms are on the website or available from the State Awards Chair. Mike Zerwer 201 Whispering Pines Ln Grants Pass OR 97527-4521 541.955.5076 No email History ScrapbookHistory ScrapbookHistory Scrapbook Sunny Hills Garden Club, Clackamas District Grants Pass Garden Club, Siskiyou District
Horticulture AwardHorticulture AwardHorticulture Award Linda Stokes, Inominata Garden Club, Rogue District Linda gardens on over two acres of forest land east of Gold Beach. The property is landscaped with native plants, leav-ing several hedgerows for wildlife shelter. The garden is a mixture of ornamentals and vegetables.
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State AwardsState AwardsState Awards---YouthYouthYouth
PoetryPoetryPoetry
Kindergarten Elijah Davidson, Clackamas District
First Grade Olivia Humphreys, Blue Mountain District
Second Grade Levan Whitbeck, Blue Mountain District
Third Grade Adeline LaRue, Blue Mountain District
Fourth Grade Hope Chase, Blue Mountain District
Smokey BearSmokey BearSmokey Bear
First Grade Jaden Costillo-Vaelez, Blue Mountain District
Second Grade Leven Whitbeck, Blue Mountain District
Third Grade Kendall Wilson, Klamath District
Fourth Grade Jack Palmer, Klamath District
Fifth Grade Kaden Bolanos, Klamath District
Third Grade Autumn Ackerman, Blue Mountain District
Fourth Grade Hailey Villegas, Klamath District
Fifth Grade Sierra Gonzales Hendrix, Klamath District
Woodsy OwlWoodsy OwlWoodsy Owl
Third Grade Autumn Ackerman, Blue Mountain District
Fourth Grade Hailey Villegas, Klamath District
Fifth Grade Sierra Gonzales Hendrix, Klamath District
Smokey BearSmokey BearSmokey Bear---Woodsy Owl Poster ContestsWoodsy Owl Poster ContestsWoodsy Owl Poster Contests Bernie Wood, Chair
As the new State Chairperson for these two poster contests I would like to encourage each district to do these great projects. If you do not have a person who is chairing this in your District ask around and see if you can find someone. (Bernie is a retired school teacher with lots of contacts, so someone like her would make a great candidate). Contact your School District office and see if they are willing to help you. They can distribute the information electronically to all the teachers. I connected with local artists and members of our Garden Clubs to do the judging.
Claudia Castro-Vaughan
with Bernie Wood incoming
poster contest State chair
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The Kalmiopsis Audubon Society Named for the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, the Kalmiopsis Audubon Society has been the primary conservation advocacy group in Curry County for 35 years. We honor them today for their mission to protect the extraordi-nary and diverse natural habitats of the area. Threatened Botanical Areas of SW Oregon-Update
At the recent convention, luncheon speaker Ann Vileisis, President of the Kalmiopsis Audubon Society and winner of the Federation’s 2015 Ellen Ambuhl Award for conservation, talked about the proposed Veva Stansell Botanical Area and mining threats in southwest Oregon. She has an update for us: Dear Garden Club Friends, Thanks for the opportunity to tell you about the proposed Veva Stansell Botanical Area and the other botanically important public lands threatened by nickel strip-mining in Southwest Oregon at your state convention last month. I am pleased to update you with some good news.
Congressman DeFazio and Senators Wyden and Merkley have recently introduced legislation to withdraw the threatened areas from mining, and in tandem, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has temporarily segregated these three fragile areas from new mining activities. This is a welcome time-out that will hopefully give Congress time to provide permanent protection. In the meantime, the BLM is now accepting public comments, which af-fords us all a crucial opportunity to express support.
You can help in two ways. First, please sign our petition in support of the Veva Stansell Botanical Area and with-drawing the area from new mining at our website: http://vevasbotanicalarea.blogspot.com I will print out our petition and mail it into the BLM as part of the comment period.
If you don’t have access to the internet, or if you want to do something more to help protect all three threatened areas, please send a letter of support to the BLM by Sept. 28. Here is a sample you can use:
Dear BLM Director Jerome Perez, I am writing in support of the BLM’s withdrawing of three botanically valuable are-as in Southwestern Oregon from all mining activities while Congress considers the Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act of 2015 (H.R. 682 and S. 346). The botanically significant areas include the watershed of Rough and Ready Creek, which hosts the highest concentration of rare plants in Oregon; the headwaters of Hunter Creek, which hosts Hunter Creek Bog, the Red Flat Botanical Area, and the proposed Veva Stansell Botanical Area; and finally Baldface Creek at the headwaters of the North Fork Smith River which hosts large, complex rare plant wetlands (Serpentine Darlingtonia fens). Our region is globally recognized for botanical bio-diversity, and these rare plant strongholds are now at high risk owing to nickel mining proposals that would strip apart the landscape to ac-cess soils with low mineral concentrations. As a person who appreciates plants and wildflowers, I believe that pro-tecting Oregon’s irreplaceable botanical resources and natural heritage for future generations should be a high pri-ority. Sincerely,…..
Mail to Oregon State Director, BLM, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965.
Stopping the mining threat is now our highest and most urgent priority, but we’re also still working on designa-tion of the botanical area in honor of beloved botanist Veva Stansell. If any Garden Club Presidents are interested in writing a letter of support on behalf of your club, please contact me at [email protected] or 541-332-0261, and I’d be happy to provide you with a sample letter to make it easy and wildflower bookmarks for your members to make it fun. Thank you for your help and for Oregon Garden Clubs’ longstanding commitment to conservation of our state’s unique botanical resources. Warmest regards, Ann Vileisis, President, Kalmiopsis Audubon Society Ann Vileisis, president Kalmiopsis-Audubon Society P.O Box 1265, Port Orford, OR 97465 541-332-0261 http://www.kalmiopsisaudubon.org/
State Awards State Awards State Awards Ellen Ambuhl Conservation AwardEllen Ambuhl Conservation AwardEllen Ambuhl Conservation Award Norma Curtis, Chair
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Photo ContestPhoto ContestPhoto Contest Karen Ramsey, Chair
First Place WinnersFirst Place WinnersFirst Place Winners
Landscapes/Seascapes Color: Sue Martino Friends of Hinsdale Rogue B & W Kathie Hupp St Helens – Pioneer Gardens Color JoAnne Danton North Coast District B & W Suzy Ramm Chehalem – Pioneer Floral Color Lynn Stevens Tigard – Pioneer B & W Pat Fifer Oak Lodge – Clackamas Birds, Butterflies, Insects Color Kathie Hupp St Helens – Pioneer B & W Jeannette Rogers Illinois Valley – Siskiyou Pets Color Karen Olberding Oak Lodge – Clackamas B & W Pat Fifer Oak Lodge Clackamas
Landscapes Black and
White
Kathie Hupp
Container GardeningContainer GardeningContainer Gardening Sally Thompson, Chair
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Backyard Wildlife HabitatBackyard Wildlife HabitatBackyard Wildlife Habitat Joan Foley, Chair
Certify your Back Yard Do you provide food, water, cover and places for wildlife to raise their young? If you do, the National Wildlife Federation, in partnership with National Garden Clubs, Inc., is providing our members a special discounted package in which you will receive a Certified Wildlife Habitat certification, an attractive metal yard sign, a one year subscription to National Wildlife Magazine, and NWF’s online Garden for Wildlife Newslet-ter. This offer expires on September 30, 2015. The cost of this package is $35.00. Just go to http://www.nwf.org/CertifiedWildlifeHabitat/UserAccount/Signin?campaignid=WH15FGC or the link on the NGC’s website, gardenclub.org. You will need to establish a password and fill out a brief ques-tionnaire about your backyard habitat. No photos will be required.
Million Pollinator Challenge Because of our renowned reputation, and the strength of our membership, NGC has been invited to be a found-ing Gardening and Habitat Planting Partner of the National Pollinator Garden Network, recently formed to help establish one million gardens to assist in restoring critical pollinator population recovery in the United States. Over the next two years, the Network will bring together the science and garden capabilities of industry with the outreach of nongovernmental organizations to empower a million private citizens and organizations to plant pollinator gardens nationwide.
BEE a Wildlife Action Hero Ask ALL of your clubs, members, and friends to commit to Garden for Wildlife and show them the way—not only in your own backyards, but in your public places, and with your junior gardeners at their homes and schools. Practice sustainable gardening and provide food, water, cover, and a place for our wildlife and pollinators to raise their young. Visit NGC’s website www.gardenclub.org for detailed information on each of these programs. For more information contact Joan Foley, OSFGC Chairman, Backyard Wildlife at [email protected].
Committee Reports
I sat in for much of the year for Jan Iseli. I will continue into the next biennium as official Blue Star Marker Chair. Oregon State has 77 markers and that is more than many states. It is a great way to celebrate the lives that are dedicated to our freedoms. As important is keeping those markers in good condition. Each of us is responsible for that up-keep. Each District Director received guidelines with suggestions for just that job.
Estacada Garden Club dedicated a Memorial By-Way Marker in August 2014. Milwaukie Garden Club dedicated a Memorial Highway Marker in October 2014 and St. Helens Garden Club dedicated a Memorial By-Way Marker on Memorial Day 2015 in Columbia City. New to the program are the Gold Star Memorial Markers. These will be dedicated and supported by Gold Star Families, but with the guidance of a Garden Club.
Blue Star MarkersBlue Star MarkersBlue Star Markers Nancy Ebsen, Chair
Shirley Schmidt, our new State President is encouraging
each District to consider placing a Marker during her
administration.
Memorial Highway Markers shipped with a 7' post, includes
shipping: $1,410 per Marker.
By-Way Markers, includes UPS shipping: $470 per Marker
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ScholarshipsScholarshipsScholarships Vivian Chelstad, Chair
Peggy Olin, Garnet Ascher Pamela Hawkes, Shirley Schmidt, Committee What a special year for the OSFGC Scholarship Committee. The applications for the academic year 2015-2016 were outstanding and the need for financial assistance seems to continue The Compton Fellowship of $ 750.00 was awarded to Javier Fernandez-Salvador. He is working on his PhD degree focused on Organic systems for blueberries. The Pacific Region Scholarship for $ 1,000.00 was awarded to our candidate Marcel Ann Ortiz, and the National Scholarship for $ 4,000.00 was also awarded to Marcel Ann Ortiz. What an outstanding student and worthy applicant. Marcel is going into her junior year at Eastern Oregon University college of Agricultural Sciences. She grew up working with her family and grandparents in their Peony Gardens.
The Claire Hanley Scholarships were awarded to four OSU students majoring in Horticulture. Each will receive $ 1,500.00 for the academic year 2015-2016. Rachel Bartunek, Senior interested in design for functional suburban and urban farm landscapes. McKensie Lui, Senior with an interest in sustainable landscape design. Tracy Quint, a Junior with an interest in having her own cutting garden that would benefit the community . Zachariah Wood, Senior with an interest urban forestry and in the designing of cities to be more agriculturally-minded.
All of the recipients are U.S. Citizens and Oregon residents, with a financial need to continue and complete their education in Horticulture.
Book of FriendshipBook of FriendshipBook of Friendship Linda Shamp, Chair The Book of Friendship is a way for us to honor special people in our Garden Clubs, or others who do good things for our Clubs. To have someone listed in the Book of Friendship fill out the application: http://oregongardenclubs.org or give me a call and I will send you an application. Then, you send a $10.00 or more donation to the State Treasurer. Your donations go to the Claire Hanley Scholarship Fund for Horticulture stu-dents at Oregon State University. This year we have 22 people entered into the Book of Friendship. Carolyn Elsten and I will be chairing the Book of Friendship together for the next 2 years. Applications are due May 15.
Book of RemembranceBook of RemembranceBook of Remembrance Sandra Riegler, Chair
For the past two years it has been my honor to be the chair for the Book of Remembrance. During those two years we have lost 90 Garden Club members, friends and beloved family members. How sad is that. This past year we lost loved ones from Clackamas-5, Mt.Hood-5, Multnomah-2, North Coast-1, Pioneer-6, Port-land-9, Santiam-13 and Siskiyou-10. I would encourage all Garden Clubs to honor special members, gardening friends and loved ones who have passed on by contributing to the Clair Hanley Scholarship Fund in support of Horticultural scholarships at Oregon State University. http://oregongardenclubs.org
The new Book of Remembrance Chair will be Sylvia Ketch.
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Community ServiceCommunity ServiceCommunity Service Dolores Smith, Chair
Thank you Shirley for giving me a topic dear to my heart. Community Service Projects. Our communities sup-port our many projects, such as our plant sales, garden tours and other money making activities. It is my belief that we should, in turn, support our local organizations. I hope the following suggestions will encourage and in-spire your club to do just that.
Schools: Elementary-Establish a youth Garden Club, Community garden, Experience Corps (tutor K-3 in reading) Lunch buddies aarp.org/experiencecorps, http://www.getsmartoregon.org/ Middle and High school-Establish a youth Garden Club, start a seed saving program, backpack program (provide blankets for homeless youth for the weekend) College-Scholarships, donate food for their food bank. Clackamas school district has a Community Care Day to get the schools ready for the students in September. More suggestions will be in the next edition of the Mahonia.
Garden TherapyGarden TherapyGarden Therapy Tanja Swanson , Chair
Garden Therapy-There are so many ways to do Garden Therapy in your communities. I am sure lots of clubs are involved in this.
You can work in a nursing home garden, plant bulbs or make flower arrangements with residents. Or you can just bring some flowers to homebound people, especially former Garden Club members! Work together with ac-tivity directors in your area In our district we work together with the outreach person at the library.
Katie Smith will take over the Garden Therapy Chair. I hope you’ll send her lots of samples of what your clubs and districts are doing. It is an important part of Garden Club.
Leach Botanical GardenLeach Botanical GardenLeach Botanical Garden Shirley Marchion, Chair
With the addition of twelve plus acres from adjoining properties, many new projects are being planned for the gardens. Leach Garden Friends and the Portland Park’s Board have some wonderful suggestions for keeping the Botanical theme in the gardens.
We wanted to stress the education thoughts being carried on and increased by the Friends and other volun-teers.
Adult classes include hikes led by knowledgeable botanists. Children’s activities start with the “Honey Bees” (Little ones age 2 to 5) meeting each Wednesday morning. Several Saturday or after school classes are held for the older children. Hikes can be taken with plant identification. Indoor studies continue identifying plants and planting so the plants will grow.
These projects will not affect the lovely gardens and home donated by John and Lilla Leach. The house was built in 1936 and the city of Portland is lucky to have it. Great care is taken to keep it in great shape. For some of you younger members, several early garden clubs formed “Leach Garden Friends”. This early group not only en-couraged garden clubs to donate clean-up time and make money donations, but urged the city commissioners to make the Gardens a major project.
http://www.leachgarden.org/
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Environmental AwarenessEnvironmental AwarenessEnvironmental Awareness Stan Chiotti, Chair
God and St Francis Talking
God: You know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there on the planet Earth? What happened to the dandelions, violets, milkweed and stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand drought and multi-ply with abandon. The nectar from the long-lasting blooms attract butterflies, honey bees, and flocks of songbirds. I expected to see a vast garden of colors by now. But all I see are these green rectangles.
St. Francis: It's the tribes that settled there, Lord. The Suburbanites. They started calling your flowers “weeds” and went to great lengths to kill them and replace them with grass.
God: Grass? But it’s so boring. It’s not colorful. It doesn't attract butterflies, birds, or bees; only grubs and sod worms. It's sensitive to temperatures. Do these Suburbanites really want all that grass growing there?
St. Francis: Apparently so, Lord. They go to great pains to grow it and keep it green. They begin each spring by fertilizing grass and poisoning any other plant that crops up in the lawn.
God: The spring rains and warm weather probably makes the grass grow really fast. That must make the Subur-banites happy.
St. Francis: Apparently not, Lord. As soon as it grows a little, they cut it, sometimes twice a week.
God: They cut it? Do they then bale it like hay?
St. Francis: Not exactly, Lord. Most of them rake it up and put it in bags.
God: They bag it? Why? Is it a cash crop? Do they sell it?
St. Francis: No, Sir, Just the opposite. They pay to throw it away.
God: Now, let me get this straight. They fertilize grass so it will grow. And, when it does grow, they cut it off and pay to throw it away?
St. Francis: Yes, Sir. God: These Suburbanites must be relieved in the summer when I cut back on the rain and turn up the heat. That surely slows the growth and saves them a lot of work.
St. Francis: You aren't going to believe this, Lord. When the grass stops growing so fast, they drag out hoses and pay more money to water it; so they can continue to mow it and pay to get rid of it.
God: What nonsense. At least they kept some of the trees. That was a sheer stroke of genius, if I do say so myself. The trees grow leaves in the spring to provide beauty and shade in the summer. In the autumn, they fall to the ground and form a natural blanket to keep moisture in the soil and protect the trees and bushes. It's a natural cycle of life.
St. Francis: You better sit down, Lord. The Suburbanites have drawn a new circle. As soon as the leaves fall, they rake them into great piles and pay to have them hauled away.
God: No! What do they do to protect the shrub and tree roots in the winter, and to keep the soil moist and loose?
St. Francis: After throwing away the leaves, they go out and buy something which they call mulch. They haul it home and spread it around in place of the leaves.
God: And where do they get this mulch?
St. Francis: They cut down trees and grind them up to make the mulch.
God: Enough! I don't want to think about this anymore. St. Catherine, you're in charge of the arts. What movie have you scheduled for us tonight?
St. Catherine: “Dumb and Dumber”, Lord. It's a story about....
God: Never mind, I think I just heard the whole story from St. Francis.
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Pay attention to what God and St. Francis were trying to tell you. With the drought affecting so many Districts, let your lawns go brown. They will turn green again with the fall rains. Remember that like us humans who like to eat all year-round, plant seasonal flowers so our bees, birds
and butterflies can do the same .
Gardener of the YearGardener of the YearGardener of the Year Char Mutschler, Chair
Gardener of the Year is a special program that is open to all members of OSFGC. It is an opportunity to high-light those members who are “the Gardeners of our organization”. Individuals, garden clubs or districts can nominate an individual and write a detailed outline of the individual’s gardening activities – whether it is work at home, in a community garden, in public areas or elsewhere. It could be developing a garden (any kind) from soil preparation to harvest, to bloom to maturity. The “how to” of main-taining a garden throughout all seasons can be educational, informative and of interest to many folks. It simply is a profile telling the story of a true gardener.
The late Dr. Gary Simone was announced as the 2015 Gardener of the Year for Oregon at the State Convention in North Bend. A certificate and $25 check was given at the presentation.
Dr. Simone was a member of the Columbian Garden Club (President twice), Multnomah District. His life-long professional career included Biological Sciences, Plant Pathology and Agricultural Sciences. He was a recipient of multiple grants and awards and became a horticulture instructor at Mt. Hood Community College. He organized and taught Gardening Study School under the Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs.
Dr. Simone was constantly aware of the fragile nature of our environment and was an avid recycler and conser-vationist. His intellect, creativity, analytical skill and enthusiasm were boundless as he sought to gain knowledge each day. During his life, he never stopped creating and growing.
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September 29 and 30, 2015, Testing: October 1, 2015
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. 3405 SW Alice St
Portland, Or 97219; 503-244-4558
Cost Course #3: Testing and/or Refreshing $105
1 day only: Horticulture or Design, No testing $50
Daily lunch and snacks included are courtesy of Multnomah Garden Club (Peggy Olin
and Nancy Ebsen)
Instructors: Marva Lee Peterschick Flower Show Procedure/Horticulture: Container-grown Foliage, Zinnias, FS Procedure Mary Lou Waitz Design: Creative Design, Abstractions, Featured Objects, Accessories Where to stay: Aladdin Inns & Suites
(4 blocks from church)
1 bedroom $71.95, 2 bedroom $69; plus taxes
Hospitality Inn & Suites
(.5 miles from church, larger breakfast)
1 bedroom $71.95, 2 bedroom $80.95; plus taxes
Remember it is less expensive to share rooms… find a roommate!
Contact Phyllis Olson, FSS Registrar;
[email protected], 541-467-2601
Advisor: Char Mutschler
FSS Chairman: Garnet Ascher
FSS Registration Chairman: Phyllis Olson
Credentials: Suzy Twist-Powell
Flower Show School #3 Garnet Ascher, Chair
Sponsored by Portland Judges Council
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Flower Show School CredentialsFlower Show School CredentialsFlower Show School Credentials Suzy Twist Powell, Chair
Currently there are forty-eight (48) judges in Good Standing serving as Student and Accredited Judges on various levels in the State of Oregon. Among those in good standing are three (3) Student Judges, ten (10) Accredited Judges, seven (7) Accredited Life Judges, and twenty-eight (28) Accredited Master Judges. We honor all of our Accredited Emeritus Judges. Our State is very proud of everyone’s achievements, either past, present, or future.
We anticipate two students taking the October semi-annual Handbook Examina-tion.
Oregon State Judge’s CouncilOregon State Judge’s CouncilOregon State Judge’s Council Garnet Ascher, Chair
I worked with Pacific Region Convention Chair, Sherry Cossey and encouraged our Judges Councils to partici-pate in her Convention dinner designs. Each council was given a theme and each council provided enough funds necessary for the design materials. Each was very effective, unique and well received. This idea took me a year to put together! Some things just don’t happen overnight! I was pleased to note in the NGC Judges chair report that this idea could make life easier for everyone by taking a portion of the design work. Portland Judges Council held a 2-day flower show at my church in Cedar Mill. Publicity was outstanding. Two hundred came to see what a Flower Show is about. We served soups and held a tea along with the show. Oregon has completed courses 1 & 2 of Flower Show School. After much discussion we will continue courses 3 & 4 in the Portland area. Oregon needs new judges. Is there any way we can make it easier to gain new judges? We are currently sharing symposiums with Washington State and that works out well.
Floral Design Honoring
National Garden Clubs President,
Sandra Robinson
“The Sky ‘s the Limit”
Design created by Suzy Twist-Powell
Siskiyou Judges Council
Grants Pass Garden Club
One of the Floral arrangements
at the Pacific Region
Convention in Eugene.
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Oregon Roadside CouncilOregon Roadside CouncilOregon Roadside Council Nan Jean Roller, Chair
Oregon Roadside Council’s commitment is to maintain an organization for conservation of Oregon’s great as-set: Her scenic beauty. These goals were set forth in 1932.
We have just granted the remaining funds of three grants:
The Oak Lodge Garden Club for the Sara Hite Memorial Rose Garden.
The Klamath Tree League and the Klamath District Garden Clubs for the planting of several tree and flower plant-ings.
Clackamas District 2015 Community Services Project, ID Markers and Tools for the Wilderness International Youth Conservation Corps, starter herbs for the Campbell Community Garden, and chips for the School Garden sponsored by Sunny Hills Garden Club.
Another project that was completed last fall was the Columbia City Veterans Memorial Park, Hwy. 30 in Columbia City.
The ORC purchased 25 pounds of wildflower seed for planting by Garden Clubs to honor the 50th anniversary of Lady Bird Johnson’s Historic Highway Beautification Act.
We will continue giving grants for 2015-2016. We are asking for the same budget amount of $3000. Thanks to all who support the ORC.
Wildflower ProjectWildflower ProjectWildflower Project Lynn Chiotti
Six months ago, this project officially kicked off with a meeting in Salem where it was proposed that we plant wildflowers to honor the 50th anniversary of the Highway Beautification Act. Although a little slow in gaining mo-mentum among the various Garden Clubs and Districts, it has now gained a head of steam and it beginning to show results. No one anticipated that we would be dealing with severe drought conditions.
It only takes a few to plant a plot of wildflowers. In our area, we had to deal with solid rock, but we now have plants. How? We were able to bring in compost and soil to create the plot. Three to four inches of good rich com-post and we could plant. Now to keep the city from wanting to mow it. That’s where landscape flags help. They are not supposed to dig or spray in areas marked with the flags.
Kids really love to “play in the dirt”. Remember, you can plant, with permission, at a school or park.
Please work with ODOT and plant seeds in visible locations. Or work with a property owner, or a school. St. Helens planted four plots with a group of six members and took about six hours total.
Pray for glorious Oregon Rain and take pictures as the seeds come into flower.
October 22nd is the 50th anniversary of the Highway Beautification Act.
If you want to use my Power-Point presentation for a program, contact
Tanja Swanson [email protected]
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ClackamasClackamasClackamas Co-Directors Dolores Smith and Darby Walker
We would like to thank all of our eleven clubs and over 300 district members for their participation, enthusi-asm, and contributions so that we were able to fulfill our theme:
Fun, Fellowship, and the Future.
Fun: Each of our district meetings and luncheons had a theme. “What’s the Buzz” was the theme for the Octo-ber meeting. Mason bee houses were made by the Oak Lodge Garden Club and used as centerpieces. Awards were passed out at this time, and Sunny Hills Garden Club was recognized for it’s National Garden Club Award for their school garden project. Saundra Rassi of Sunny Hills Garden Club was recognized as OSFGC Gardener of the Year.
In April, “Spring into Action” was the theme with the program “Organic and Natural for the Garden”. We want to thank the State officers and our neighboring District Directors who were able to attend our luncheons.
Fellowship: Each club was responsible for the sale and raffle tables for one of the luncheons. And board, visi-tors and speakers were all sitting together. Thanks to the leadership of Peggy Wyatt, we were able to raise over $1200.
Future: We chose several community service projects to support. Other Actions: Two new Blue Star Mark-ers were dedicated in Estacada and Milwaukie. A brochure identifying our Marker locations was created Two clubs celebrated milestone anniversaries: 90 years-Lake Grove, 75 years-Milwaukie. All clubs were bustling with energy as they supported local gardens with their labor, provided flower arrangements to community are-as, and sponsored plant and garage sales for fundraising. Dolores and I look forward to supporting our new dis-trict officers.
KlamathKlamathKlamath Director Tanja Swanson
We still have three clubs: Northside Garden Club is busy all year long. The Running Y Garden Club is work-ing on a booklet with pictures of plants that work well in their area. Evening Primrose Garden Club is down to just a few active members. I am so relieved that they decided not to dis-band.
We have some very helpful dedicated and faithful members. We honor our longtime members!
This year again we are displaying our photos that we entered for the photo contest. Last year they were dis-played at the Klamath County Museum’s gallery and this year at the Library.
We have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Highway Beautification Act with programs and multiple plantings.
In October, we hosted the Fall State Board meeting. We had our District meeting in the same weekend with 9 State visitors. How wonderful! Thanks to all who came!
Karen Varty deserved a “golden screwdriver” for making all those beautiful awards and for all her help she has given our District in the past year! While giving out those beautiful awards to our Woodsy Owl and Smokey Bear poster contest winners all over our county a few weeks ago, one of the teachers said: “This is so wonderful! Such an opportunity for students, who otherwise don’t get recognized to shine!” We keep working at making our Dis-trict shine in our community! Thank you.
District Reports
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Mt. HoodMt. HoodMt. Hood Director Norma Curtis
I have been District Director 3 terms and it was a very rewarding time meeting all the 5 different clubs in the Mt. Hood District.
Dufur Garden Club has been active with youth and they have a greenhouse at the school. They have plant sales and work on the Hall flower bed.
Hood River Evening Garden Club started their own seed library and maintain a rose garden by the Hood Riv-er Museum by the Blue Star Marker.
Maupin Garden Club is the fastest growing club in our district. They are busy beautifying their town. Their Blue Star Memorial Garden is a focal point in town and they work diligently to maintain it.
Odell Garden Club continues to host the Hood River County Fair. We make wreaths and swags for Odell busi-nesses and shut-ins. We have our annual tea party. Weekly, two of our ladies arrange flowers for Heart of Hos-pice patients. We have been doing this for at least 7 years. Our club does table designs and bud vases for all the residents of the Hood River Care Center.
Parkdale Garden Club improved the Memorial Garden. It will be on the Master Gardener Tour. However a mo-torist drove his car into the garden causing $9,000 damage.
PortlandPortlandPortland Co-Directors Nancy Ebsen and Lauri Baker
We began with six clubs and ended with five. Each of the clubs have worked to”Plant in Special Places”, create a “Rainbow of Color” around the Portland area and figure out how to make our small district work as costs rise.
Most fun has been creating a “Butterfly Garden” at the Zimmerman House. Ongoing maintenance is a great ex-cuse to gather together, work hard and eat lunch on the old fashioned wraparound porch...even when it rains..
The Districts oldest club, Multnomah Garden Club will be celebrating their 90th Anniversary in the Spring of 2016
RogueRogueRogue Director Joan Johnson
2014-2015 has been a time of club building, membership increase, and preparation for hosting the 2015 Ore-gon State Federation of Garden Club’s Convention.
We have been fortunate enough to welcome the Friends of the Hinsdale Garden Club into the Rogue District. That brings the Rogue District to 5 very active clubs. The five clubs have been meeting together in preparation of the convention. It’s been a period of hard work, lots of interaction and super results.
Individually, each Club has been actively involved in their own projects and fundraisers including plant sales, garden tours, raffles etc. in order to generate funds for scholarships, and other worthwhile concerns while pro-moting the love of gardening and civic environmental responsibility.
The Coquille Valley Garden Club has an ongoing project of keeping up the downtown flower boxes. The Hinsdale Garden Club has attracted donations to help in the upkeep of the old Hinsdale Estate. Both Innominata and Sunset Garden Clubs continue to generate funds for scholarships and other civic events. Coos Bay Garden Club has generated funds for a scholarship to a college bound graduate from Marshfield High School.
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At our website
WillametteWillametteWillamette Director Sharon R Wilson
Willamette District is made up of six clubs with 174 members. We have had a little bit of growth in the last year but some losses also. Each club has one or more community service projects. Some of them are planting along railways, at rose gardens, city squares and historical houses. We do arrangements for seniors in retirement homes. Our clubs have plant sales and make wreaths for fund raising. This year many of the District members helped putting on the Pacific Region Convention in Eugene. Many thanks go out to all of you who send baskets and goodies for that event. A huge thank you to Peggy Olin for the wonderful bags she sewed and painted for the Pacific Region Convention.
You can now find the whole Mahonia on
our website
oregongardenclubs.org
The Fifth Grade Environmental Education Program
Regretfully, we must share with you that this program will sunset November 30, 2015. Roth’s Benefit Founda-tion made the decision to discontinue the program with the retirement of Cindy Quam, Director, and the passing of Orville Roth, who made it possible with his devotion and passion for educating youth.
Your contributions to this program since the 2001-2003 administration of Beverly Seibel have allowed us to send $1,000 annually to help fund the cost. Over 60,000 students attended the Education Program. With untold gratitude...Thank you!
The funds have been transferred to the new Youth Activity Program. Carolyn Olley is the Youth Chair.
Oregon GardenOregon GardenOregon Garden Marcia Kay Whitelock, Chair
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Pacific Region of National Garden Clubs Convention April 20Pacific Region of National Garden Clubs Convention April 20Pacific Region of National Garden Clubs Convention April 20---22, 201522, 201522, 2015 Sherry Cossey, Chair
“From the Mountains, to the Valleys, to the Waters”
The 72nd annual convention for the Pacific Region of NGC was hosted by Oregon at the Hilton Eugene,
Jennifer Rabner was the Registrar. Total registration for the event was 96 folks.
Pacific Region Director Elaine Gunderson from Arizona presided and the convention finished with the installa-tion of the new director, Kristie Livreri from Nevada, by NGC President-Elect Sandy Robinson from Kentucky.
The hotel was wonderful to work with.
Our local committee began planning the summer of 2013. I so appreciate all of their efforts to produce a won-derful convention for garden club members. We had terrific floral designs made by Siskyou, Portland, and Willamette’s Judges Councils and dozens of beautiful rhododendron trusses to display. A variety of programs at meals included Jane Franklin Mecom, David Droppers on Butterflies, Char Mutschler: Designs, Harold Greer on Rhododendrons, and the Eugene New Horizons Band. Workshops and tours were well attended.
I really appreciate all of the contributions from Clubs and Districts around the state for fundraising items and those of you who helped in person in many ways. Thank you to our president Peggy Olin for producing wonderful tote bags for folks to fill and also use in the future. And thank you all who came to take part.
Pacific Region News
Trees and Shrubs Project 2015-2017
Every District in the Pacific Region is asked to plant a tree and/or shrub by the end of January of 2016. Regional Director Kristie Livreri has asked that if possible children be involved in this project.
Send a form with name of District, name of City and State, name of contact person, address, phone and e-mail, kind of tree or shrub (common and botanical name,) pub-lic location where planted, describe program and/or oc-casion, and attach photos.
Deadline February 13, 2016. Send to Robyn McCarthy, PR Trees and Shrubs Chair, 3178 Thayer Bridge Circle, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402.
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Everyone who attended the Convention in Coos Bay had the opportunity to meet our new National Presi-dent Sandra H. Robinson. She has some very im-portant messages and projects for us all to work on.
2015-2017 Presidents Project: Leap into Action!
Preserving and Nurturing our Bio-Indicators
In the next two years her focus as president will be to guide our resources, message and action plan to re-versing the population declines in amphibian and pol-
linator species: Particularly frogs, bees and Monarch butterflies, as well as the population decline in our upcoming leadership ranks. Each of these has been challenged by environmental factors - some imposed by nature, and some by human beings. In order to reverse these trends, we must step in and actively create the attitudes, environments and habitats that will nurture healthy populations and return each to a strong footing. By strengthening all of these we will be contributing enormously to the health and preservation of our planet and our organization.
YouthYouthYouth Carolyn Olley, Chair
“The Frightened Frog” An Environmental Tale “There’s more to frogs then you might suppose, I’m frightened because we have many woes. Pesticides, diseases, habitat loss, and pollution, Where, oh where do we find the solution?” (An excerpt reprinted with permission from Ms. Gerry St. Peters, NGC Print Communications Coordinator.)
So starts the new book. The book is directed towards K-4th grades and tells the story of the loss of frogs and other amphibians from a frog’s perspective. It is a great conversation starter for units on the environment, for talking to our children about the essential amphibians we might find in our gardens and around our ponds and streams, and to acquaint children with problems facing frogs and toads.
The book is well written and has beautiful, large, illustrations. There are even “Fun Frog Facts” in the back of the book, as well as a “Glossary” of terms.
Three donors have stepped forward to offer to pay for one book for each of Oregon’s fifteen Districts. Watch for more information about when your District’s book will be arriving!
To purchase The Frightened Frog An Environmental Tale, go to the NGC website (www.gardenclub.org) to order one for $10 (+ shipping). The K-4 amphibian lesson plan is FREE from the NGC website.
Grow the future. Learn something new. Educate someone new. Plant something new. It makes for a better…YOU!
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Calendar of Events
2015
September 15-19 NGC Fall Board Meeting, St. Louis, MO
September 29-30 Flower show school, Portland
October 1 Testing
October 4-5 OSFGC Fall State Board Meeting, Oral Hull Gardens of Enchantment, Sandy
2016
March 6-7 Spring Board Meeting
April 4-8 Pacific Region Convention, Henderson, Nevada
May 2-7 NGC Convention, Grand Rapids, MI
June 13,14,15 OSFGC Convention, Hood River
September 26-Oct 2 NGC Fall Board Meeting, Portland, Maine
welcomes our colleagues to
Oregon State Federation of Garden Club’s
Fall State Board Meeting October 4-5, 2015
Oral Hull Gardens of Enchantment, Sandy, OR
At the Oral Hull Foundation for the Blind
The park features the beautiful five senses Garden of Enchantment which is maintained by Clackamas and Multnomah District Garden Clubs. Oral Hull is a rustic camp setting of 22 acres: Most areas are natural, some are planted, others planted specifically for those with
low impaired vision to smell, touch, and admire the plants. This full service facility hosts weddings, reunions, musical groups,
and the Oregon Garden Club! This will be a retreat to enjoy nature, to meditate on the meaning of
life, and of course, attend the State Board Meeting on Monday. Do plan on attending this weekend meeting with us.
Save the Date for October 4th and 5th, 2015. Learn more about the park by visiting their web address at
http://www.oralhull.org Your Clackamas Hostesses,
Jane Sercombe, District Director 2015-17; Darby Walker, Co-District Director 2013-15; Kathryn Israelson, District Director 2007-09; 2011-13; Sara Petersen, District Director 2003-05; Karen Varty, Assistant District Director 2011-15; Carolyn Olley, District Treasurer 2013-17
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Convention Memories Clean, Green and PristineClean, Green and PristineClean, Green and Pristine
Thank you Rogue District for a wonderful Convention!Thank you Rogue District for a wonderful Convention!Thank you Rogue District for a wonderful Convention!
Ginny Timmerman,
National President Sandy Robinson
State President Peggy Olin
Dry Sculpture
Designer
Kirk Johnson
Tessa or
Destyni from
“Passin Notes”
Don Slyter
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“Along the Oregon Trail”
Hood River and Blue Mountain Districts invite you to next year’s convention
Peggy Olin
presides over her
last meeting
Shirley Schmidt
and Lucy
Chambers
Cheryl Drumheller
gets a hug from
Smokey Bear.”
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Pacific District
Winner of the Lighthouse contest
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Outgoing President
Peggy Olin and incoming
President Shirley Schmidt Center pieces for Shirley’s
installation
designed by
Suzy Twist-Powell
Bernie Wood, Wanda Baker
and Kathryn Israelson
Katie Smith, Lucy Chambers
and Shirley Schmidt
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To publish a Forget-Me-Not in the next issue of the
Mahonia: Send your $10.00 check (after August 15) made out to OSFGC to:
Nita Wood , 5210 River Rd. N., Apt. 2011, Keizer, OR 97303 Send message to: [email protected]
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Mahonia subscription fee for 4 issues of the printed version $6.00. Send checks (payable to OSFGC) to: Darby Walker 128 North Shore Road Lake Oswego, OR 97034-6702 Phone # 503-675-0173 [email protected] All Former State Presidents, Executive Board members, District Directors and Club Presidents will re-ceive a free e-mail edition of the Mahonia. Presidents are asked to forward the e-mailed edition to everyone in their clubs. For members without e-mail or who still like to receive the black and white printed issues the annual subscription covers current fiscal year -July 1 - June 30. Subscription rate is $6.00 when started in summer, $4.50 in fall, $3.00 in winter and $1.50 in spring. Send names and checks to Darby Walker. Date on mailed “Mahonia” is subscription end date. For mail delivery (please print): Name of Garden Club: __________________District: ______________________ Phone # of contact person——————— New Order _____Renewal_____ Name_______________________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________________ City: ____________________________________________________ State: ______ 9-digit zip code: ___________________________________ Fall issue deadline 9-30-2015 Submit articles to: [email protected] Let us know what your District and Clubs are doing. Send pictures and celebrate some of your most colorful members! Please let me know if you have suggestions for the Mahonia. Would you prefer shorter but more frequent updates (e-mail only)? If your report was not included, please e-mail me your report! Sorry if your report was left out… I will try to put it in the next issue. Thank you! Tanja Swanson, Mahonia Editor 2015-2017 Assistant Editor: Jaye Weiss Advisers: Karen Brown, Pat Fifer.
