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CENTRALIA FLOWER AND GARDEN CLUB 
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2011 News & Meetings March - June 2011 Programs On March 12, 2011 the Centralia Flower & Garden Club hosted another outstanding program at the public
library as part of our continuing series of free programs for our Garden Center Project. Kevin Alferman, representing Songbird Station and Gold Crest Distributing LLC, presented a fun, thorough program on specific birds, their foods, nesting needs, feeder preferences, brood information, and more. He brought many examples of feeders and feed that were passed around for everyone to see. At the end of his presentation, attendees were invited to shop at a discount and many went home with new things. Co-chairs for the Garden Center Project are Arlene Grace and Marjorie Motley. Arlene had a drawing for 4 gourd houses which she made, and Kevin donated a Birds of Missouri Field Guide. Click here to view the photos in the March 2011 album _____________________________________________________________________________________ March Meeting
At our March 14 meeting, we will be meeting at the home of Mary Ann Meador, past State President and current Asst. Director of Central Region. The program will be 'Staying Green' presented by member Arlene Grace, who is a Master Gardener as well as a National Garden Consultant Life Member. The Centralia ladies were treated to an excellent presentation by Arlene Grace, Master Gardener, National Garden Consultant Life Member, and Environmental Awareness Chair for the club, on 'Staying Green'. She covered types of energy saving, materials needed, kitchen equipment energy ratings, lighting, flooring, insulation, heating and cooling. Arlene also brought many handouts that she received from the Conservation Department. The club was further treated to a beautiful Tubular Design by member Shirley Heinrich.   Arlene Grace Shirley Heinrich
________________________________________________________________________________________ 2011 FGCM Convention in Branson, Mo. April 12 - 14, 2011 Several members attended the convention in Branson where they celebrated their 50th Anniversary status.
 Upon our return, we will continue to celebrate at our April 18 meeting. There will be a catered luncheon, a
sharing of club history by member Dorothy Kaiser, and an outstanding program on floral design presented by Kay Schaefer at 1:30 pm. There will be several guests from around the state invited to attend the design program. A tea will follow Kay's presentation. On May 7, we will hold our annual plant sale. This year we are moving indoors at the City Hall Community Room. It is the same day that we plant the flower boxes in the City Square and plant a patriotic garden in front of City Hall. On May 9 we will hold our regular monthly meeting to review our plant sale and projects. On June 13, the club will travel to Harrisburg to tour the garden of Charlene Larkin who grows over 200 varieties of daylily. Charlene is a member of the American Hemerocallis Society. After the tour, we will share a salad luncheon. That covers our first half of the year. At each meeting, a member is presenting a specific floral design to aid all members in learning to design as a springboard to our flower show in 2012. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Adopt a Highway - Litter Cleanup 2.0 Miles
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Citation Presented to Centralia Family Clinic
Members of the Centralia Flower & Garden Club presented a Citation to the Centralia Family Clinic on Feb 23, 2011. Members are (front) Marjorie Motley, (back) Shirley Heinrich, Joan Ball, Mary Frances George, 2011 President, Dorothy Thompson, and Kay Overfelt.
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Centralia Flower & Garden Club 2011 February Meeting
Marie Pasley, Master Gardener, gave a presentation on "Steps to Designing a Landscape". Dorothy Kaiser demonstrated a Multi-Rhythmic design.
Click here to view the photos in the February 2011 album ________________________________________________________________________________________ Centralia Flower & Garden Club 2011 January Meeting At our January meeting in Centralia, President Mary Frances George presented her program on Native Missouri Birds. She had a large display showing the birds, and Marjorie Motley used the Bird Songs book to play some of their songs. Mary Frances told us about the size, coloring and markings, nest types, eggs, number of broods, feeding habits. Oneda Roberts demonstrated how to do a miniature design and read some of the rules and regulations to make an entry successful in a flower show. Click here to view the photos in the January 2011 album ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2010 News & Meetings
Centralia Flower & Garden Club December Meeting On Dec 13, 2011 the Centralia Flower & Garden Club gathered for our annual Christmas luncheon and installation of new officers. We exchanged cards, gifts, won gifts as prizes, and had a fantastic luncheon hosted by Dorothy Kaiser. Our new officers were installed: Mary Frances George, President, Vicki McCandless, 1st Vice President, Kay Overfelt, 2nd Vice President, Marjorie Motley, Treasurer, Mary Ann Meador, Parliamentarian, Shirley Heinrich, Corresponding Secretary, Randy De Garmo, Recording Secretary and the installation officer was member and Central District Director Debbie Nix. Randy passed the gavel and President's pin to Mary Frances, and Debbie presented Randy with her Past President's Pin. Randy awarded several members with certificates of distinction, as well as a few for several of the husbands. Click here to view the photos in the December 2010 album _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4th Garden Center Program Held at Public Library December 4, 2010
The Centralia Flower & Garden Club hosted the 4th program of the year for the Garden Center Program held at the public library. This was led by members Shirley Heinrich, Debbie Nix, and Karen Dutton. The topic was on decorating and gifting for the Christmas holidays. A door prize was given to an attendee. Click here to view the photos in the Dec. 2010 album ________________________________________________________________________________________ Centralia Flower & Garden Club November Meeting
The Centralia Flower & Garden Club, member of FGCM, Central District and NGC, met November 15, 2010 at the City Hall Community Room for their regular meeting. The program, led by member and past FGCM President, Mary Ann Meador, was making pinecone wreaths and decorations, utilizing what Mother Nature has given us. Also, the club held their annual Decorated Lunch Box auction which is a yearly fundraiser. As part of the business meeting, member Marjorie Motley demonstrated to the members how to make a Reflective Design, which was quite interesting and fun. Various committee reports were given about Horticulture, Habitat for Humanity, the flower boxes in the city square (which the club is going to fill with winter greens very soon), and plans for the club's 50th Anniversary Luncheon and celebration in April 2011. The next meeting will be at the home of Dorothy Kaiser, December 13, 2010. It is the club's annual Christmas luncheon where the members exchange small gifts and Christmas cards and enjoy a formal luncheon. This year it will also be the installation of the new President Mary Frances George and the new board. This is a private celebration for club members only.  ________________________________________________________________________________________
2010 FGCM Fall Board Meeting
5 members from Centralia attended the Fall Board Meeting in Jefferson City Nov. 7 - 9, 2010. A beautiful fall theme greeted everyone the first day, and was transformed into a Father Christmas wonderland for our banquet and gift exchange.
 Click here to view the photos in the Nov. 2010 album ___________________________________________________________________________ September/October 2010 Events
The end of September and beginning of October have been really busy for the Centralia Flower & Garden Club. We finished Phase 1 of our Habitat Project and already have plans for Phase 2 for 2011. This has been so rewarding and was an easy way to incorporate working with local people such as a landscaper. We cleaned 2 miles of highway which has been a project for several years now. The Club hosted our 12th in a series of Gardening related programs at the Centralia Library as part of our Garden Center project. This was FUN WITH GOURDS, presented by Boonville Garden Club member Sharon Walther. She is also a recognized merchant at the Columbia Farmers Market. She taught everyone about the actual growing and care and marketing of gourds. Click here to view the photos in the Oct. 2010 album ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OCTOBER 2010 MEETING
At our October meeting at Karen Dutton's home, we first enjoyed a program organized by Karen with the help of Arlene Grace, Shirley Heinrich and Joan Ball. We learned some history of how the Halloween Pumpkin came into popularity, then Arlene showed some of her beautiful gourd creations from when she had her own business in the area, Joan made a small replica of Ma & Pa Kettle (made of squash), and Shirley created a hanging gourd floral arrangement as we watched. Karen ended it by showing her plans for a triple pumpkin 'person' she is making for the Habitat family as well as a floating witch that will hang from their porch. We were then treated to a fabulous luncheon prepared and served by Karen, Arlene, Joan and Shirley. The business meeting followed with many reports and plans for finishing up current projects. Our next meeting will be our annual Lunch box Auction, along with a workshop led by Mary Ann Meador for making pine cone wreaths and other beauties from our outdoor bounties. Click here to view the photos in the Oct. 2010 album ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2010 CENTRALIA FLOWER AND GARDEN CLUB PRESIDENT’S REPORT
FALL DISTRICT MEETING SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 FULTON, MO
Our theme for the year is “The Life Cycle of Nature Must Continue”. It has been our
goal as we continue to study the Missouri Wildflower Resolution to learn how to best preserve Mother Nature’s Estate while we beautify the world around us using the bounty already provided. We have completed this study. Our new study for the year has been to have a member present and teach a floral
design at each meeting. This has been very helpful and enlightening and I hope encourages more members to enter the design classes. We relied heavily this year on our own members for program presentations and
workshops. We learned of the new plants available for 2010, the importance of and how to preserve native grasses, went to the gardens of New Zealand through the eyes of a gardener who did, celebrated Mother Nature at our Anniversary Luncheon, learned to make terrariums, and how to propagate the beauty we already have in our gardens. We held our annual plant sale in May. The plants are a combination of ones from
our own gardens and plants grown by the high school students in their greenhouse. In June, we toured 6 of our member gardens, learning techniques as well as
problems in maintaining them.
At the 2010 CD Fall Meeting Shirley Heinrich received a Life Membership from
Randy De Garmo for her outstanding membership! Randy was unable to attend and Mary Francis George presented the pin. In September we will travel to an Alpaca Ranch in New London to tour the farm
and learn first hand about an incredible kind of recycling…fur and waste. We will also tour the gardens there. A picnic luncheon will be provided by committee. We will work together in October and November in workshops led by members
to create beauty from everything we can collect from Mother Nature by working
with gourds and pumpkins in art, and making pine cone wreaths. At these workshops we will enjoy lunch together. In November we will create wonderful ‘lunch boxes’ to auction to each other as
a fundraiser. Then in December, we will celebrate the holiday and install our new president.
The incredible highlight of our year came at the convention in St. Louis. Besides
winning numerous awards for our hard work, our own Dorothy Thompson received the Award of Honor. She then was so honored at the Regional and National Level. Needless to say we were ecstatic. Dorothy was feted in Centralia by her club and her friends with a beautiful reception. Our Garden Center at the library continues to grow with 3 more outstanding
programs so far this year, including a tour of the renowned Chance Rose Gardens. We continue to maintain gardens around City Hall, fill the flower boxes in the City
Square, plant and maintain a beautiful area on the highway we call the Triangle. In addition, we are helping a teacher and her class at the Middle School to create gardens there. We also continue to maintain our Blue Star Memorial at the cemetery.
Our newest project is to design and put in gardens for Habitat for Humanity at a
new home in Centralia. This will be ongoing for 2-3 years. We participated in many creative ways in the Plant It Pink campaign, as well as the Golden Days. We planted our downtown pots, filled flower beds at the middle school, and have planned a 14’ bed at the Habitat , all filled with gold. Last, but not least, we will begin this fall to landscape the memorial area at the
cemetery for Charter Member Winnie Fadler who passed away. It has been a very busy, rewarding, and informational year for us, as well as gaining
3 new members. I am quite certain this trend will continue. Click here to view the photos in the Sept. 2010 album _____________________________________________________________________________ Centralia Flower & Garden Club Members Attend the 2010 CD Fall Meeting in Fulton, Mo.
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July Meeting - Terrariums
At our regular meeting July 12, member Karen Dutton instructed the club on making a luminary design. It was so quiet while she worked that you could hear a pin drop...we were all mesmerized. Karen is a true craftsman with flowers and creativity. Our regular program July 12 was on making terrariums, which several of us did. Member Oneda Roberts brought plants, containers, creek gravel to share as well as good instruction on making the terrariums. Members brought a sack lunch and we had some quality sharing time. Click here to view the photos in the July 2010 album __________________________________________________________________________________ Member's Garden Tour held June 14, 2010 19 members and 1 guest of the Centralia Flower & Garden Club met at 8 am at Marjorie Motley's house for a breakfast feast. The feast committee was Marjorie, Ruth Williams, Vicki Mc Candless, Shirley Heinrich and Dorothy Thompson. After the feast, we braved light rain and visited 6 member gardens. All were beautiful, innovative and gave all of us so many new ideas for our own gardens. Some of the yards had low water areas and many creative plantings became lovely gardens. It was a chance for us to ask questions, divide a few plants, steal wonderful ideas from others and help solve some problem area plantings. We finished our tour at Dorothy Thompson's yard...most of us have beautiful daylilies in
our gardens that were courtesy of Dorothy. And, many of her plants were courtesy of other Centralia Garden Clubbers. It's such a great way to build friendships as well as gardens. We then had our monthly meeting, enjoyed mint, orange and regular tea along with a
beautiful cake created by member Vicki McCandless. The cake was actually an edible photograph of Dorothy taken at the convention when she was awarded the Award of Honor. What a delicious way to end our rainy morning. ______________________________________________________________________________
Dorothy Thompson - NGC, CR & FGCM Award of Honor Member
On Sunday May 23, 2010, the members of the Centralia Flower & Garden Club hosted a
special reception for Dorothy Thompson, 30+ yr member and winner of this year's FGCM Award of Honor, Central Region Award of Honor, as well as NGC Award of Honor. This was a thrill for everyone involved, and totally overwhelmed Dorothy. Besides members, local friends of different organizations that Dorothy attends, as well as
FGCM members from other cities in Missouri were there. Dorothy's daughter from Iowa was also there. Member Marjorie Motley read the biographical background she wrote when she nominated
her long time friend for this award. She then congratulated her for her State award, the Region award, and then announced that she was giving her the pin for the National award. Dorothy had no idea, and neither did her daughter...both were totally shocked. What a wonderful moment for all of us. The refreshments were made by the members, highlighted by the beautiful cake with
Dorothy's edible photograph on it, edible butterflies, and petits fours (also with edible butterflies). Member Vicki McCandless was the artist for these creations. The decorations were huge paper flowers in floor pots, and 4 original creations in the windows made with bases that were from the convention in St. Louis. Member Dorothy Kaiser created these. Centralia boasts a previous winner of all three Awards of Honor, Winnie Fadler, charter
member, who passed away in 2009. There is no other club with this kind of recognition. We truly belong to the best. Click here to view the photos in the May 2010 album ________________________________________________________________________ 2010 April Happenings Centralia Flower & Garden Club has been busy the past 2 months. In April we celebrated
our 49th Anniversary and brought in 3 new members. We cleaned 2 miles of highway for Adopt A Spot;  11 members attended our Central District Spring meeting where our own Debbie Nix chaired her first meeting as District Director.     11 members attended the state convention in St. Louis, where our own Dorothy Thompson received the Award of Honor! She is also the Region Award of Honor winner and now the NGC winner. At the convention some of Dorothy's family came from as far as California to surprise her.  Also at the convention, Kay Overfelt received a Life Membership from Marjorie Motley. As a club we won many awards and a total of $ 150 to further our projects. We were a Purple Ribbon Club, had a Blue Ribbon Flower Show, 1st Place for our Garden Center at the Library, had 2 students win 1st in the Smokey Bear contest, 1st place for our civic involvement with beautification, had a Blue Ribbon Yearbook, 1st place for Publicity Pressbook, and a couple more that I cannot recall. What a great convention!  In May we held our annual Plant Sale and planted the flower boxes and City Hall beds on
the same day. Rain has kept us from beginning our landscaping at the Habitat for Humanity House. At the May meeting, member Joan Ball received her life membership from Marjorie Motley. We continue to study design at each meeting and are close to finishing our 2 year study of the Missouri Wildflower Resolution. In June we will have our tour of 5 member gardens which is always a highlight. We're so
proud of all we do!! _______________________________________________________________________ A Message from the President
Happy 2010 to gardeners everywhere! In Centralia Flower & Garden Club we have many
new plans for the year. After celebrating with a spectacular Christmas Luncheon and party in December 2009, we are ready for new challenges. This year, we have new projects. With the passing of our last remaining charter member,
Winnie Fadler, a large collection from the public is going to ensure a beautiful landscape memorial in the Centralia Cemetery. Members are working on the plans and will secure approval from the city soon and work will begin. We are actively planting daffodils everywhere we can for the National Garden Clubs, Inc.
projects, "Golden Days" and "Planting it Pink". We are going to do landscaping for the first time in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity in Centralia. Plans will be drawn up and submitted to FGCM for additional funding. At each meeting we are continuing our studies of the Missouri Wildflower Resolution to
help in preserving the rare, endangered and watch list plants. This is part of our theme. We are adding a monthly study of Flower Design, according to the Handbook for Flower Shows, we continue to beautify the City Square of Centralia as well as a garden area on Highway 22, we will have our annual member garden tour, plant sale, anniversary luncheon and are working with a group of students at the middle school who wanted to establish landscape gardens at the school with our help. This year we are having several workshops at our meetings which will promote not only
gardening, but working together as a group of friends. It's going to be a GREAT YEAR! Visit our website to see photos of some of our activities. Randy De Garmo, 2010 President
Centralia Flower & Garden Club
___________________________________________________________________________________________ Central District Director hosts Meeting
On April 16, 2010, Debbie Nix hosted her first meeting as Central District Director at
Tipton, MO. 11 members attended the meeting. Everyone took home a small wooden bird box, shopped at the Ways & Means tables and enjoyed a delicious luncheon as well as a Faux Fun Flower Show, led by show judges and student judges. It was a wonderful learning session. The group made more plans for attending the FGCM convention April 22-24. And, we shopped our way home, stopping at an Amish store and various garden centers. Plans were finalized for our work day April 28...starting with cleaning 2 miles of highway,
then checking on the various gardens we tend in the city and hopefully begin on the Habitat for Humanity landscaping. Click here to view the photos in the April 2010 album _____________________________________________________________________________________ Centralia Flower & Garden Club Celebrates 49th Anniversary
The Centralia Flower & Garden Club celebrated their 49th Anniversary April 12, 2010 with
a lovely luncheon. The program was by Tim Reinbott, Director at Bradford Farm Research facility in Columbia, MO. He presented a slide show about their work with native plants which is quite extensive. The Club made final plans for the Central District meeting in Tipton April 16, the Convention
April 22-24, and an all day work day April 28. We will be picking up our 2 mile stretch of the highway, checking on the gardens at City Hall, the new student garden area at the Middle School and cleaning up the garden on Highway 22. We also hope to start on the Habitat for Humanity landscaping. Our busy time is here! In May we have our annual Plant Sale and we will be planting the flower boxes in the City Square as well as the area around City Hall. A very special highlight of our anniversary luncheon was that we gained 3 new members!
We are very excited to have them. Also, Randy De Garmo presented a 'transparency' design as part of our new study and every person present went home with a beautiful new native! Mary Frances George made a presentation for the memorial for Winnie Fadler which will be at the Centralia Cemetery entrance and will be a four season landscape. Winnie was the last Charter Member and also Mary Frances' mother. Click here to view the photos in the April 2010 album _________________________________________________________________________ Centralia Flower & Garden Club holds 10th Library Program
On Saturday March 27, at the Centralia Public Library, the Centralia Flower & Garden Club presented the 10th in a series of programs related to gardening as part of an ongoing project in conjunction with the library. The program was presented by Tom Maxwell, Master Gardener and owner of Maxwell Gardens in Mexico, MO. The topic was about propagation of plants. On the same day, the garden club presented the library with a permanent sign that officially
names the Garden Center within the library. It will be permanently hung next to the special award the club won for their work on the Garden Center. The sign was made by member Mary Frances George and her husband Lloyd. Centralia Flower & Garden Club is a member of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc.
and Central District. Tom Maxwell, presenter, is shown in the first picture. The presentation of the sign is the
second picture. From left is Becky Wilson of the library, Shirley Heinrich Garden Center Chairman, Mary Frances George member, and Randy De Garmo President. Click here to view the photos in the March 2010 album ______________________________________________________________________ 2010 Centralia Flower & Garden Club holds March Meeting on Design
The program for the March 8, 2010 meeting was Designs. Click here to view the photos in the March 2010 album
______________________________________________________________________ 2010 Centralia Flower & Garden Club Centralia Flower & Garden Club held their first meeting of the year on Monday, January
11, 2010. This year we have a new study at each meeting. A member demonstrates how to complete one of the floral designs from the NGC Handbook for Flower Shows. Our first one was how to do a Parallel Design, demonstrated by Dorothy Thompson. She also included reference books members can borrow to further their design instruction. At the same meeting, Debbie Nix, member and Central District Director, presented new
plants for 2010 from many sources to entice all of us and get us into the Spring planting mood. Click here to view the photos in the January 2010 album
___________________________________________________________________ 2009 Centralia Flower & Garden Club
Centralia Flower & Garden Club holds Holiday Party
December 14, 2009 18 members and 1 guest enjoyed the annual Christmas Luncheon
and Party. The luncheon was prepared by a 5 member committee. Mary Frances George did all the beautiful decorating. After the luncheon, a short business meeting was conducted. Cards and gifts were exchanged during the party. Before leaving, a drawing was held to determine the winner of an original watercolor donated by the husband of a member to raise money for some of our projects, one of which will be Habitat for Humanity. Everyone left with a happy heart, ready for a well deserved break before starting back to our gardening projects in January. Click here to view the photos in the December 2009 album
________________________________________________________________________ Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl
November 30, 2009 Co-chairs Ruth Williams and Lois Rohl presented the winners of the
Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl contest with their awards. There were 39 entries from the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades from Chance Elementary School in Centralia, Mo. The 1st place winners received a $10 gift certificates from McDonald's as well as a certificate and many small items from the Conservation Department; the 2nd place winners received a $5 gift certificate from Mc Donald's as well as the certificate and items from the Conservation Department. All entries received the items from the Conservation Department. In the photo, the front row shows the 1st place winners, the second row shows the 2nd place winners, and in the back, from left, are Ruth and Lois. Click here to view the photo in the November 2009 album
_________________________________________________________________________ Centralia Public Library Meeting November 14, 2009
On Saturday Nov. 14, 2009 at the Centralia Public Library, we presented the 9th program
in our Library Center Series. This one was taught by member Oneda Roberts, "Creative Grapevines for the Holidays". Oneda demonstrated how to make the wreath from scratch, then how to decorate it. Participants were involved in a hands-on presentation and one lucky attendee walked away with a beautiful finished wreath! Click here to view the photos in the November 2009 album
_____________________________________________________________________ 2009 FGCM Fall Board Meeting
In the Centralia Flower & Garden Club, 6 of our 20 active members are on the State Board.
We attended the 2009 FGCM Fall Board meeting in Jefferson City Nov. 8-10, 2009. Left to right: Randy De Garmo, Mary Frances George, Mary Ann Meador, Debbie Mix, Marjorie Motley and Dorothy Kaiser. Click here to view the photo in the November 2009 album
_______________________________________________________________________ Centralia Flower & Garden Club - Community Involvement
On Friday October 2, 2009 more than 50% of our Centralia Flower & Garden Club gathered
to clean our 2 mile stretch of highway as part of our community improvement. We even had a couple of husbands join us. After that, we checked on some of our other beautification areas. Click here to view the photos in the Oct. 2009 album
________________________________________________________________________ Centralia Flower and Garden Club Members Attend CD Fall Meeting
On Thursday, Sep 24, 2009, 13 out of 22 members of the Centralia Flower & Garden Club
traveled to Ashland, MO for the Central District Fall Meeting. Our own Debbie Nix was installed as Central District Director and our own Mary Frances George was installed as Secretary. Jean Roseman, FGCM President, was on hand to do the installation and also in attendance were Judy Sheets, FGCM 1st Vice President, Joyce Lewis, FGCM 2nd Vice President, Alice Hanson, FGCM 3rd Vice President, Marjorie Motley, FGCM Treasurer and Alternate Regional Director Mary Ann Meador. It was quite a day for the Centralia Club! Click here to view the photos in the Sept. 2009 album
_________________________________________________________________________ "Nature's Palette" A Standard Flower Show
On Friday Sep. 18, 2009 Centralia Flower & Garden Club held a Standard Flower Show, 'Nature's
Palette', at the Centralia City Hall Community Room in Centralia, MO. The club earned 5 Awards of Merit in all 5 design classes. We are now busy preparing our book of evidence. Click here to view the photos in the Sept. 2009 album
____________________________________________________________________________ "Growing, Cooking and Enjoying Herbs"
On Thursday August 20, more than 30 people attended a program at the
Centralia Public Library that was hosted by the Centralia Flower & Garden Club, member of Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc. in Central District. “Growing, Cooking and Enjoying Herbs” was the title of the program which was presented by Barb Kribbs, Heart of Missouri Master Gardener. Each attendee received a very large and inclusive booklet that included recipes,
growing and drying herbs, herb gardens, cultivation notes, and many hints and shortcuts. The booklet was prepared by the Extension Department of the University of Missouri in conjunction with Master Gardener projects. Barb passed around many fresh herbs for the audience to see, touch, and smell
as she explained their use in cooking. Many recipes were explained, and a couple of examples were passed through the audience. People were asked to describe some of the ways they use herbs in their homes, and several named herbs they have in abundance and would be willing to share. There were 5 door prizes which included plants, seeds, and gloves. All were
invited to taste herb tea, herb lemonade, and pesto. The final treat was lavender ice cream. This program was part of the continuing series hosted by the Centralia Flower
& Garden Club in partnership with the Library, and for which the club has won national and state recognition in the past 3 years according to guidelines set out by the National Garden Clubs. Click here to view the photos in the August 2009 album
___________________________________________________________ "Orchids"
On May 26, 2009 at the Centralia Public Library, Debbie Nix, member of the Centralia Flower
& Garden Club, presented a program open to the public on "Orchids". This program was part of an ongoing project between the garden club and the library. The Centralia club is a member of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc., and Central District. The members have won an award two years in a row from the FGCM for their work on this project. Another program, on herbs, is planned at the library on Thursday evening, Aug. 20, 2009
at 6:30 PM. Door prizes are awarded at each program, and printed information is always available to the attendees. Click here to view the photos in the May 2009 album
________________________________________________________________________ Members attend FGCM Convention in Sedalia, Mo.
Thirteen of the twenty-three members of the Centralia Flower and Garden Club attended the FGCM
Convention in Sedalia, and were basking in the glow of the many awards won this year. Hard work pays off in so many ways! It’s fun to plan and execute the many things we do, but then to be recognized so nicely is truly a golden bonus for us. Click on the April 2009 album to view the photos
___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2009 Annual Plant Sale
Saturday May 9, 2009 7:00 AM - noon...Gazebo in City Square. In case of rain, sale will
be in City Hall Community Room. After the plant sale the beds of City Hall were planted in red, white and blue. Click here to view the photos in the May 2009 album
_______________________________________________________________________ 2009 Garden Club Tour (members gardens)
Monday, June 8, 2009 8:00 AM beginning with breakfast in a member's home, then a
business meeting. Tour will follow, with 3 homes in Centralia, then travel to 1 in Madison, ending with 1 in Monroe City (President Randy De Garmo's home). Click here to view the photos in the June 2009 album
______________________________________________________________________ Nature's Palette
This beautiful painting can be yours!!!! Richard Dutton, artist and husband of one of our newer
members Karen Dutton, painted it. The title is 'Nature's Palette'. That is also the title of our Standard Flower Show to be held at the Centralia City Hall on Friday September 18. This beautiful picture is on the cover of the show schedule. Richard donated the copyright to our club to use as a fundraiser. The members are selling 'donation chances' for the actual framed painting...the winner will be announced at the annual Christmas Luncheon of the Centralia Flower and Garden Club in December. The chances are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. We will have the chances available everywhere we go from now until December, including District meetings, Fall Board meeting, etc. Anyone interested can also reach us through the website, or email, or phone. Our July meeting was held at the home of Carla Coleman, Master Gardener, of Monroe
City. Her garden (and there are too many to name, each with a distinct theme), was a true fantasy. The tour was followed by a wonderful tailgate luncheon by club members (actually served from the tailgate) and enjoyed in Carla's beautiful garden. Everyone present felt this was one of our finest meetings in every way. In August our program will be quite exciting...Jamie Ebbesmeyer of the Conservation
Dept will be talking to us about the benefits of bats. We will be ending our meeting with a demonstration by the Flower Show Committee of an arrangement from start to finish. We will also go over the Schedule again, all the rules and regs, etc, to be sure we are all ready for the big show in September. We are excited about our NATURE'S PALETTE, and hope many of you reading this will attend. We will be using some of our newer judges, so that part is really exciting. I have included a photo of the beautiful Moonstone Rose that I was lucky enough to win
at the state convention in Sedalia....it is really a wonderful rose and is thriving!! We are also working on plans for a beautiful memorial for our departed member
Winnie Fadler. We hope to have it near our Blue Star Memorial at the Centralia Cemetery but are awaiting approval from the City of Centralia. More news on that later. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Updated 3/15/2010 |
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