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Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club, Inc.

January 2019 Editor

Gwen Allen

M e m b e r o f T h e N a t i o n a l G a r d e n C l u b s , I n c . , D e e p S o u t h R e g i o n ,

F l o r i d a F e d e r a t i o n o f G a r d e n C l u b s , I n c . — D i s t r i c t V I I

Inside this issue:

Executive Board

President Claire Griffis

First Vice President/Programs Bernadine Delafield 2nd Vice President/Membership Cyndi Nelson Nancy McDonald 3rd Vice President/Hospitality Bonnie Lachowicz

Carolyn Drummond Recording Secretary Arlene Polacheck Val Swadling Corresponding Secretary Marge Lynch Treasurer Carole Baird Parliamentarian

Ann Todd

Calendar 2

President’s Message 3

Game Day 4

Garden Fair 5

Horticulture 6

Leu Gardens Field Trip 6

Savannah Field Trip 7

Shirts & Directories 8

About SWOGC Inc. 9

December Meeting

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Happy New Year!

9:30 AM Social

10:00 AM Meeting

First Baptist Sweetwater Church

3800 Wekiva Springs Road

Longwood, Florida

PROGRAM:

“The Preservation and Importance of Trees

In our Forests and Neighborhoods”

HOSPITALITY Refreshments:

Carole Baird

Mary Delaney

Marjorie Abbas

FLORAL DESIGN Rae Martin

Greeters:

Linda Richcreek Min Schwenderman

JANUARY GENERAL MEETING Monday, January 14, 2019

CALLING ALL GAMERS!

The days may be long but the time is short for signing up and helping us get an accurate attendance count for tables and goodies.

Please keep the Silent Auction and Raffle gifts coming. We have some really interesting items and it is a good time to share your extra treasures for a great cause.

Thank you, my friends. We look forward to making this a day for your enjoyment.

Remember, just call Min for a pickup or if you have any questions. BLESS YOUR HEARTS!!

Min Schwenderman

Circle January 31st On Your Calendars & Send In Your Checks For $27.00 For A

Fun Day With Friends,

Relatives and Neighbors.

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“Creative Christmas & Tea Tasting” at FFGC

Headquarters Winter Park

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General Meeting

SWOGC Game Day

SWOGC Game

Day Reservation &

Payment Deadline

Junior Gardeners

Hospice

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A very Happy and Healthy New Year to all my Garden Club friends. 2018 has just flown by but it ended with a delightful

Christmas tour and lunch. What a treat, who knew a gem

like Sydonie Mansion was in our backyard? Thank you Bernie Delafield!

Coming up is our Card Party. Min and Shirley have been

working hard to make sure all is ready. I know they still

need items for the silent auction so please get your goodies to these two ladies. The kitchen crew has already started putting the menu together.

This should be a fun event at our new venue, the Baptist Church and there will be plenty of parking.

Can you believe the Garden Fair is only two months away? Wow! Margaret Kirkpatrick and the Garden Fair Committee have been hard at work. Please

mark March 2nd and 3rd on your calendars. We need all members to participate besides its fun. Also you get first dibs on unusual plants for your home or

garden. Francis Bacon said "God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it

is the purest of human pleasures."

I am looking forward to seeing everyone at our January 14th General Meeting.

Claire Griffis, President


A Word From Our President

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SWEETWATER OAKS GARDEN CLUB GAME DAY


Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club

Game Day and Fundraiser is fast approaching!

EVENT DATE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019

10:00 AM–2:00 PM

First Baptist Sweetwater Fellowship Hall

South Campus, 3801 Wekiva Springs Road

Longwood, FL

Across from Church

RESERVATIONS and ”$” DEADLINE is NO Later

Than MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019.

Cost is $27.00 PP

Make Checks Payable to

Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club

Min Schwenderman

Create your table of 4 or more to play your game of choice!

Select a “Table Captain” (Memo her name on your check).

Breakfast Items, Lunch, Raffle Items,

Money Tree, Silent Auction!

Min Schwenderman Card Party Chairperson

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GARDEN FAIR


Happy New Year! Now that the holidays are past, it is time to focus our attention

on the Garden Fair which is only 2 months away – March 2nd-3rd. This is a scary

thought with so much that needs to get done by then. We need the support of our

members to assure that the fair will be a success!

Committee chairmen will be telephoning members and passing around sign-up

sheets at the meetings asking for helpers in different areas. Everyone can help in

some small way from acquiring sponsors and vendors (these are the backbone of our

success), to making telephone calls, helping with setup and take down, vendor

helpers, or working our hospitality & information booth. Or you can help by simply

spreading the word about our fair to your friends and neighbors. You can also help

by becoming “A Friend” and, by contributing as little as $100.00, your name will be

listed in the Orlando Sentinel 8-page edition.

Our Garden Fair has grown into an event that reaches beyond our local community. The new location

at Protegrity Plaza has given us greater exposure and a big increase in attendance. Attendees come

from all around the Orlando area. We can be very proud of how far we have grown since the tiny seed

was planted for the first Garden Fair 14 years ago. Let’s all do our part in helping to make this year’s fair

the best ever!

Margaret Kirkpatrick Garden Fair Chairperson

Garden Fair Sponsorships Needed!

As you know, the majority of the funds raised by the Garden Fair come from our wonderful sponsors. This year will be different, because we won’t have the gracious donation from our dear friend Harriett Lake. So I am calling upon all of our garden club members to find just one sponsor for our 14th annual Garden Fair to be held March 2nd and 3rd. Some

suggestions are your lawn service company, your investment firm, your dentist, hair stylist, or your favorite restaurant. Who do you have a relationship with that would like to thank you for your business by becoming a Sponsor or Friend of the Garden Fair?

Sponsorships begin at $250, which is very inexpensive advertising. We are again producing the Garden Fair Special Section in the Orlando Sentinel where all sponsors may place their ad, size depending upon the amount of their donation. Sponsors loved this idea last year, and we did sell out all ad space.

Another category is the Friends, which involves a donation of $100.00 to be mentioned in the Special Section. Of course, we gladly accept donations of any size. Sponsor folders and Friend letters will be available at our January General Meeting. In the meantime, think about who you might ask to help us raise funds for our scholarship programs. Thanks.

Carole Baird

Garden Fair Sponsorship Chairperson

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Welcome back from the Horticulture team of Marjorie and Min! Wowza! Did you see that pink flowering tree? That purple bush? That vine with the red flowers? COLOR delights our spirits and raises our gardening I.Q. This year we are continuing our focus on color in the landscape for our horticulture meetings. Green is a great neutral color in nature. It sets all the other shades off. When you look around your yard and neighborhood do you see colors jump out? No? That's because Nature is waiting for those complimentary colors to bounce off of all that green neutral she provides us. This year our committee wants to concentrate on color in the landscape. Many of our members’ yard visits have excited us with their colorful choices. Get the color wheel out and set the dial to "Screaming Color".... Red with Green, Purple with Yellow, Orange with Violet, Blue with Gold. Watch out neighborhoods the ladies of Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club are on the prowl.

Horticulture Committee Min Schwenderman and Marjorie Abbas

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HORTICULTURE

Bob Hotaling and Pam Frisbey Horticulture Co-Chairpersons

Our next field trip will be February 7, 2019 at Leu Gardens. The Camellias should be blooming! We will be given a private and personal tour of the Camellias by Robert Bowden, Executive Director for Leu Gardens and longtime friend of Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club.

Robert has kindly waived his tour fee and reduced the entrance fee so each of us will pay only $8. Checks should be made out to Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club.

If you have a current Leu Gardens membership, there will be no charge.

Please sign up at the January meeting.

Bernadine Delafield 1st Vice President - Programs

January 2019 Plantings

Vegetables: Asparagus, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, collards, endive, horseradish, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard, onion sets, peas, potatoes, radicchio, radishes, roquette, rutabagas, spinach, Swiss chard and turnips.

Herbs: Anise, bay laurel, cardamom, chives, coriander, fennel, garlic, ginger, lavender, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, sweet marjoram, thyme and watercress.

Flowers: Alyssum, baby's breath, calendula, California poppy, cleome, candytuft, carnation, delphinium, dianthus, dusty miller, foxglove, gaillardia, geranium, godetia, hollyhock, Iceland poppy, lobelia, nasturtium, ornamental cabbage & kale, pansy, petunia, shasta daisy, statice, stock and sweet pea.

Bulbs: African iris, Asiatic lilies, amaryllis, blood lilies, bulbine, crinum, day lilies, Louisiana iris, society garlic, spider lilies, rain lilies, refrigerated Dutch iris, tulips, daffodils and hyacinths for forcing.

PROGRAM - LEU GARDENS FIELD TRIP

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Spring Excursion to Savannah Home and Garden Tours

March 28-29, 2019

Our spring excursion will be so much fun! It is a great time of the year to visit Savannah. A lot is packed into the two days. If you have never been to this historic city, it will be a trip to remember. The city is full of history and graced with beautiful gardens. So invite your friends and family to join us. It's a wonderful opportunity you won't want to miss.

The following itinerary will need to be adjusted as more information is available, but it will be helpful now as you are making plans. Information helps to make good decisions.

Itinerary Thursday Meet at First Baptist Church parking lot to board bus for departure. 6:00 AM Bus departs for Savannah. You may bring breakfast/snack to eat during the 4 ½ hour drive. It is requested that items be easily contained so crumbs and spillage can be avoided. No canned drinks are allowed. Water will be provided. The coach is self-contained so our only stop will be Savannah! 10:30 AM Arrive at visitor's Center for Old Town Trolley Tour. 12:30 PM Lunch at Lady and Sons Restaurant (Paula Dean's restaurant). 2:00-5:00 PM Home and Garden Tours begin at Marshall House. 5:15 PM Check into Springhill Suites, 150 Montgomery Street, 912-629-5300. Dinner on your own, City Market. 8:00 PM Savannah Live at Historic Savannah Theater (cannot be confirmed until January). Friday Breakfast in hotel. 9:15 AM Leave for Home and Garden Tours. 10:00 AM-1:00 PM Home and Garden Tours 1:00 PM Lunch 2:30 PM Bus leaves for Longwood. 7:00 PM Arrive at First Baptist Church. We will be staying at the Springhill Suites. Rooms have 1 king bed or 2 queen beds plus a pull out sofa making it easier for friends to share a room. Large separated bath. Refrigerator and microwave. Free Wi-Fi and complimentary hot breakfast. Reservations should be made individually by January 30 using the Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club code (tbd). The hotel has a new restaurant, The Toasted Barrel and Bourbon Bar. It specializes in gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. It also serves soups and salads. It is open for lunch and dinner. Based on 30 travelers and excluding Savannah Live which may or may not be showing while we are there, the cost for the trip will be approximately $165. Hotel and meals are your preference and should be planned for individually. If we are fortunate enough to see Savannah Live, there would be an additional $32. If we have more than 30 travelers, the trip cost will go down so invite your friends. Of course, if we have less than 30, it will also affect the cost. Please plan for the trip so it will not be inconvenient when payments will be due in January. Taking payment now will not include Savannah Live and would require additional payment from you once the schedule is posted in January. The tours require walking. We will receive a map leading us to each home on the tour. Streets are cobblestones and there is other uneven terrain but tours are at your own pace in a 3 hour block so you have time to walk carefully. More information will follow as it is received.

Bernadine Delafield 1st Vice President - Programs

January 2019

SAVANNAH FIELD TRIP


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GARDEN CLUB POLO SHIRTS


Please contact Rae Martin to purchase a

Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club Polo Shirt

for the Bargain price of $25.00!

BRING YOUR YEARBOOKS

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BOARD MEETINGS First Monday of the Month September-May at 10:00 AM

810 Fox Valley Drive, Longwood, Florida

GENERAL MEETINGS

Second Monday of the Month, September-May at 9:30 AM

First Baptist Sweetwater Church

3800 Wekiva Springs Road. Longwood. Florida

HORTICULTURE GROUP MEETINGS

Fourth Monday of October, February and April at 9:30 AM

See the Calendar of Events for Location

JUNIOR GARDENERS

Second Tuesday of the Month at 9:00 AM

FLORAL DESIGN

Every Thursday at Hospice of the Comforter 12:30-3:00 PM

Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club, Inc. Meeting Schedule

Club Flower—Rose

Club Bird—Cardinal

We’re on the web!

www.swogc.org

Member of National Garden Clubs, Inc.

Deep South Region

Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.

District VII

Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole & Sumter Counties

Organized—January 9, 1974

Federated—January 27, 1975

Incorporated—September 14, 1992

ABOUT SWEETWATER OAKS GARDEN CLUB, INC.

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 915233

Longwood, Florida 32791


The purpose of Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club is the education of its

members and the community in their relationship to horticulture,

conservation and environmental needs, as well as the art of floral design.

Deadline for February Newsletter is January 20th.

If you know of a member who could use an extra kind thought,

please contact me. I prefer receiving the information by

email, but please call if you don't have email access.

Marge Lynch

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December Luncheon Photos - Courtesy of Audrey Karwandy And Gay Momberger (More Photos on Shutterfly)


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