- Organized in 1935 - Federated in 1936 "Celebrating our 75th Anniversary"
- Incorporated 1973
- 2011 membership is currently 49
- Club Flower - Columbine
- Club Tree - Maple
- Club Bird - Cardinal
- Theme, "Four Seasons of Gardening"
- Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 1:30 pm at the Callaway County Public Library, Friends Meeting Room, 710 Court Street, Fulton, MO unless otherwise noted.
Contact:
Betty Steinhauf, 2011 President
216 E. Fifth
Fulton, Mo. 65252
573-642-3058
bsteinrauf@gmail.com
if you would like to attend a garden club meeting
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2011 President’s Message:
Our theme for this year, “Four Seasons of Gardening,” reminds us how special each season is in Missouri; Not
only because of the changing weather, but because of the uniqueness of our gardens in each season. Lilac,
Iris, and Peonies tell us spring is here, as we look forward to all of the daylilies, roses and hundreds more of
our blooming plants of summer, then come the mums in many colors announcing fall is here. Winter is our time
for resting, dreaming, and planning next year’s garden. Programs through our garden club provide us with
many opportunities to learn how to improve our gardens and our gardening techniques. Our home garden
tours and our flower show are great motivators. I look forward to working with each one of you as we travel
through all “Four Seasons of Gardening” this year.
Betty Steinrauf, 2011 President
Fulton Garden Club
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Goals of our Club: To stimulate the knowledge and the love of gardening, to aid in
protecting native trees, plants and birds and to encourage civic planting combining
our efforts with the Federation when expedient.
Conservation Pledge: I give my pledge, as an American, to save and faithfully defend
from waste the natural resources of my country it's soil and minerals, it's forest, waters
and wildlife.
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2011 News & Meetings
Jan. 13, 2011, 1:30 pm "Planning Your Gardens" Winter Dreaming with Catalogs - Preview
and Discussion
Presenters: Alma Hoffmann, Cindy Baker and Sharon King
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Feb. 10, 2011, 1:30 pm "Preparing your Soil" - Bob McConnell, BS in Horticulture
The Fulton Garden Club met on Thursday, February 10 at the Callaway County Library
Friends Meeting Room. We had has our speaker, Mr. Bob McConnell, who has a B.S. in
Horticulture and who owns the McConnell Nursery in Columbia, Missouri which is located
off interstate 70. He gave a lecture on “Preparing Your Soil.” He was very informative
and entertaining. He answered many of the members’ questions. Betty Hardin, Past
President prepared a gift basket for Mr. McConnell. This was presented to Mr. McConnell
by our current president, Betty Steinrauf. After the lecture we had a business meeting
and then refreshments were served by the hostesses, Alma Hoffmann, Shirley Berry and
Sharon King. A good time was had by all.
Click here to view the photos in the February 2011 album
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Junior Garden Club
The Fulton Junior Garden Club met after school on February 17. They prepared their cups
for planting by putting stickers and their names on their cups. They then all went out side.
(It was about 70 degrees) They
placed rocks and soil in their cups and each planted one paper white in their cups. To water
them they all got a handful of snow and placed it on top of their cups. How often can than
happen? They then assembles to get
blindfolded and play the animal game. They paired off as different animals and then had
to connect with the rest of their species by sound. The kids had a great time.
Click here to view the photos in the February 2011 album
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The Fulton Garden Club hosted an artificial flower show at the Presbyterian Manor and at
Churchill Terrace on March 7, 2011. There were 26 entries. Residents of each facility voted
for their favorite arrangements in the categories of extra large, large, medium and small
divisions.
The first place winner was Barbara Buschert in the extra large division at both facilities.
At the Manor Betty Hardin won first in the large, Linda Houston in the medium division
and Joan Sampson in the small division.
At Churchill Terrace Betty Hardin won first in the large division, Marta Carpenter in the
medium division and Helen West in the small division.
Click here to view the photos in the March 2011 album
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Children Learn about Toads and Frogs
The Fulton Garden Club Junior Garden Club met on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Linda Houston taught them about toads and frogs. They were given a handout from the Department of Conservation about Toads and Frogs. They sang a song about going to hunt frogs at night. Leda Mc Lennan had story time with the children reading a story book about a frog. Alma Hoffmann helped the children to stuff a toy frog to take home with them. After they finished their toy, Linda and Leda played a frog game with them until their parents came for them. The children had a wonderful learning experience and had a great time.
The children planted the daffodils last fall. They were all blooming at the time of this meeting.
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Mar. 10, 2011, 1:30 pm - Meet in Parking Lot "Spring Planting in Containers" - John
Graham, owner Callaway Fields Nursery
On March 10, members visited Callaway Fields where the owner, John Graham, discussed
and showed several new plants that are available this year. Then he demonstrated
container planting and assisted several members with planting their large containers.
Several other members toured the other green houses and gift shop.
The members enjoyed a luncheon together at Fulton and an informal meeting was held
at that time.
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Apr. 7, 2011, 1:30 pm "Preparing your Flowers for Showing" Flower Show Workshop &
Demonstrations - Presenters Betty Hardin, Linda Houston and Helen West.
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April 12 - 14, 2011 FGCM Convention
Fulton Garden Club, Inc. members celebrated their 50th anniversary at this year's convention.
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May 19, 2011, 1:30 pm - Meet in Parking Lot, "Showing our Gardens" - Tour of Member's
Gardens - Cindy Baker, Becky Guerrant, Nancy Gerhart, Carolyn Flynn and Joan Sampson
June 16, 2011, 2 pm "Showing our Flowers to the Community" A Standard Flower Show -
First Christian Church, follow signs. Presenter Cindy Baker, Chairman
July 14, 2011, 1:30 pm "Growing Roses" - Presenter Jim Lee, BS Director of Horticulture
Chance Gardens
Aug. 11, 2011, 1:30 pm "Painting our Gardens" Garden Inspired Art - Presenter Linda
Houston, BS in Art Education and Nancy Gerhart, Amateur Artist
Sept. 8, 2011, 1:30 pm "Attracting Birds and Butterflies" Planting Bird and Butterfly
Gardens - Presenter John George, Department of Conservation
Oct. 13, 2011, 1:30 pm "Learning About our History" National Garden Clubs, Inc.,
Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc., and Fulton Garden Club - Presenters Betty
Hardin, Past FGCM President and Linda Houston, Master Gardener
Nov. 10, 2011, 12:30 pm "Sharing Our Produce" Carry-in Luncheon Making Tray Favors
for hospital patients and nursing home residents - Presenters Kitty Comer, Terry Higgins,
Linda Houston and Leda McClennan
Dec. 8, 2011, 1:30 pm "Sharing our Gifts at Christmas" - Installation of Officers - Winter
Holiday Auction - Suzanna Wolf, Auctioneer
Our December 2010 meeting of The Fulton Garden Club was held in the Friends Room of the Fulton
Public Library. Betty Steinhauf conducted a short meeting and then we had the installation of officers
and our annual action as well as snacks for everyone.
The following were installed by Debbie Nix, Central District Director; Maxie Martin, Corresponding
Secretary; Becky Guerrant, Recording Secretary; Terry Higgins, Parliamentarian; Helen West, Treasurer;
Cindy Baker, Vice President; and Betty Steinrauf, President. Suzanna Wolf, Col, and Cindy Baker
conducted the auction with Helen West and Betty Steinrauf assisting as clerks. Adra Parker and Leda
McLennan were the hostesses and provided us with wonderful cookies and punch.
Click here to view the photos in the December 2010 album
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Junior Garden Club Formed
The Fulton Garden Club has started a Junior garden Club with the Fulton Public Schools after school
program. In September, we introduced the children to seeds from native plants. They were passed
around and the children tried to identify them. The group then went outside and planted 100 daffodils
in the front of the school. They all enjoyed digging and planting.
Click here to view the photos in the Sept. 2010 album
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Fulton Garden Club Tours Missouri Girls' Town
The Fulton Garden Club met on September 30, 2010 at the Callaway County Public Library. We carpooled
to Missouri Girls' Town in Kingdom City. We were met by Randy Wybrant, Recreation Coordinator. He
showed us the grounds around the Recreation Building and gave us a tour of the Recreation Building.
We were given a history of Girls Town by Alice Bennet, PR Director. We watched some slides of the
gardens planted by the girls and then had a short business meeting. An enjoyable and informative
time was had by all.
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Click here to view the photos in the Sept. 2010 album
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Fulton Garden Club Hosts 2010 Central District Meeting
"Edible Landscapes: Fresh Flowers & Herbs"
Click here to view the photos in the Sept. 2010 album
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Members Attend Landscape Design Refresher June 18, 2010
Landscape Design Refresher held June 18 in Columbia Missouri was a great success despite 90 degree
weather. 26 participants from throughout Missouri enjoyed touring Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area, the
Copperstone Subdivision, Stephens Lake Park and Flat Branch Park. Numerous ways of managing water
were discussed from rain gardens to water features. Carolyn Flynn and Linda Houston attended the class.
Click here to view the photos in the June 2010 album
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Members Attend 77th FGCM Convention Hosted by Mid-Central District
Click here to view the photos in the April 2010 album
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2009 Meetings & Events
Fulton Garden Club December 2009 Meeting
Members of the garden club brought in many items for the annual auction, including home made
items, crafts, plants, garden items and/or food. They browsed around the tables before the meeting
began. Linda Houston, President had a short business meeting and then turned the meeting over to
Cindy Baker, the auctioneer. After the auction, our hostesses Nedra Tisch, Chairperson, Leda
Mc Lennon, Adra Parker, and Gloria Smith served a nice Christmas buffet.
Click here to view the photos in the December 2009 album
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Fulton Garden Club November 2009 Meeting
After the business meeting a Carry-in-Luncheon hosted by Sharon King, Shirley Berry and Alma
Hoffmann was enjoyed by all. The program consisted of making tray favors for local hospital
patients and nursing home residents. Kitty Comer and Inessa Morelock, members of the garden
club, presented the program. The tray favors used antique thread spools and pine cones that
were decorated to look like a Christmas tree.
Click here to view the photos in the November 2009 album
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Outdoor Recreation Area Clean Up 1st 'BUSH HONEYSUCKLE BASH/BLITZ'
- Clean up day will be Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 9am to 12 pm at S. Westminster Ave. & Old
- Jeff City Road
- Light lunch/snacks will be provided by Fulton Garden Club
- We'll start cutting invasive bush honeysuckle shrubs to give native woodland plants a better
- chance to grow. Please bring your own hand pruning tools and gloves.
Toad Strangler/ Thunderstorm/Rain Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009 9am - Noon
For more info. contact Josh Stevens, MDC Forester 592.1400, x 4
josh.stevens@mdc.mo.gov
Carolyn Flynn, Fulton Garden Club, Callaway Master Gardeners, ceefly2@hotmail.com
Cindy Baker, Fulton Garden Club, cindy@cindy-baker.com
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2008 Meetings & Events
2008 Fulton Garden Club Flower Show
Click here to view the photos in the June 2008 album
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Mrs. "Toni" Link
Mary Antoinette "Toni" Link passed away at her home Sunday evening, Nov. 23, 2008.
Mrs. Link was a school teacher for 32 years and retired in 1983 as teacher and librarian at New
Bloomfield Schools. Earlier this year, she was awarded the honor of Missouri Pioneer in
Education by the Missouri State Board of Education.
She was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Fulton and was long time active member
in the Fulton Garden Club as President and Vice President.
Citations
Tony Link was an active member of the Citations Committee. She took before and after pictures
of local businesses’ landscapes. These are sent to the FGCM Citation Chairman for judging.
Several of our local businesses won certificates. She presented these certificates to the businesses
that could be present in
July 2008.
Click here to view the photos in the July 2008 album
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The Fulton Sun Newspaper
Area Residents to Participate in
Annual Clean up Day
By KATHERINE CUMMINS
The Fulton Sun
Last year, Fulton residents picked up more than three tons of trash, in one afternoon.
While most community event directors aspire to top the previous year's performance,
Fulton Parks and Recreation Director Clay Caswell said he is “just hoping for good
weather” for the 2008 Fulton Pride Day on Saturday, April 19.
Mayor Charlie Latham said he also hopes next weekend's forecast doesn't include
rain and snow. He said he is excited for his second city cleanup day.
“It's a good event because it's the whole community coming together as a team,”
Latham said, noting he is looking forward to working with a large group of citizens
as he did last year.
“You really don't get a feel for (the size of the event) until you see all the trash
collected at the end of the day and all the people in the park for lunch after,” Latham
said. “It's pretty neat.”
The Fulton Garden Club is sponsoring a group for the first time this year. President
Linda Houston said 12 club members plan to spend the afternoon beautifying the city -
hopefully at their requested location of the club's outdoor education area.
“It's good to get out there and clean it up a little bit,” she said.
Although this is the first year the club has participated, this is not the first time
Houston has spent an afternoon picking up litter. She said she is looking forward to
doing it again.
“It's a lot of fun because you get to explore a new area and do something useful for
Fulton,” Houston said.
Jeannie Snider, who is participating with a group of 35 to 40 children attending a
lock-in at Callaway Christian Church, said the event seemed perfect when lock-in
organizers were putting their event together.
“We are really just excited to be able to participate in an event that beautifies the
community,” Snider said. “It's neat that everyone gets together and cares about
making the place we live nicer.
“We'll have ages 5 and up (at the lock-in), and it's great to be able to teach them
that volunteering in the community is important.”
Caswell said there are 30 groups signed up for Fulton Pride 2008, with an expected
360 participants.
This year's event starts at 9 a.m. in Veterans Park. The official registration deadline
was April 1, but Caswell said additional volunteers will not be turned away - although
they may not receive a T-shirt.
Latham said he would encourage anyone who has not participated before to come
donate their time.
“It you'll do it once, and see the results and the effect you have, you'll come back
and do it again,” he said.
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2007 Meetings & Events
Fulton Garden Club Flower Show
Click here to view the photos in the June 2007 album
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2006 MEETINGS & EVENTS
BLUE STAR MEMORIAL DEDICATION
After World War II, an American movement was started to pay tribute to the nation's armed
forces, by designating various state and national routes as Blue Star Memorial Highways.
In 945,
the National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc. approved the Blue Star Memorial Highway
Marker program. The Blue Star name comes from the blue star in the service flag. The blue
star was chosen to symbolize the memorial because it was used during World War II on flags
that were displayed in homes of families that had a son or daughter in the armed forces.
Sixty years later, the Fulton Garden Club is putting up two more stars - these ones made of metal
rather than cloth - as a tribute to the men and women of Callaway County who have served, are
serving and will serve in the future as members of the U.S. Armed forces.
At 10 a.m. Friday at the Heart of Missouri Tourism Center in Kingdom City, and again at 2:30 p.m.
at Memorial Park in Fulton, the garden club will dedicate two Blue Star Memorials.
“Veterans risk their lives so we could live in freedom in this great nation,” said FGC vice president
Toni Link, who had both a brother and a husband serving in WWII. “This is our way of paying tribute
to those veterans.”
The ceremonies will include guest speakers from local veterans' organizations, performances by
the Fulton High School marching band and a history of the Blue Star Memorial by National Garden
Clubs representative Donna Lantry.
In Kingdom City, Steve Hardin will give a military tribute and Link and FGC President Betty Hardin
will place a wreath at the memorial.
In Fulton, Judge Joe D. Holt will give the military tribute and Hardin and Marie Sheets - who lost
her son, Alan Sheets during the Vietnam War, will carry the wreath.
The Blue Star Memorial program was started by the Garden Club of New Jersey in 1945, and
adopted by NGC in 1946 as a way to show appreciation for service personnel that had served
in WWII.
Hardin said she was pleased the Fulton Garden Club could carry on the tradition. “I have a son
and a husband that were in the service, and I appreciate what they, along with all the other veterans,
have done to save our country,” she said. Her husband, Bill Hardin, who served with the Army in
Europe during WWII and said he was honored by the idea of the Blue Star Memorial.
“I certainly respect it. My folks had one in their window, and they were very proud of it and so am
I,” he said. “I believe it's the right thing to do, especially at this time when we have such turmoil in
the world, and all service people need to be commended and honored.”
Click here to view the photos in the November 2006 album
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2006 OUTDOOR EDUCATION
Click here to view the photos in the July 2006 album
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A Tribute to Betty Hardin
Mrs. Betty Hardin has been an active member of the Fulton Garden Club since
1980. She was President of the Fulton Garden Club in 1983 and 1984; and from
2001 through 2006. Betty is a life member of the FGCM and National Garden Clubs.
Betty has had many accomplishments during her tenure as President of the
Fulton Garden Club. Included in her accomplishments are:
Hosting a very successful Central District quarterly meeting in March of 2004.
The theme was “Hats off to Spring.” There were over 100 participants.
A Standard Flower Show and tour of members’ gardens were held annually.
Since 2004, three flower beds are maintained at the John C. Harris Community
Center.
In 2006 red, white and blue petunias were planted at the Fulton Public Library.
Also beginning in 2005 and coming to fruition in 2006 plans were made to install
two Blue Star Memorials. The memorials were ordered and Betty worked with the
appointed committees to complete all the plans. Dedication of both Blue Star
Memorials occurred on November 10, 2006. One at the Heart of Missouri Tourism
Center in Kingdom City, MO and one at Memorial Park in Fulton, MO. A beautiful
ceremony was held for each dedication.
Click here to view the photos in the November 2006 album
In addition to being President of the Fulton Garden Club, Betty has been President
of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc. from 1997 through 1999. She has
been chairman of the FGCM Tree Committee as well as a member of the former
FGCM's President's Advisory Committee.
As President of the FGCM, Betty is most proud of her accomplishment of a Blue
Star Memorial Marker at the FGCM’s Gazebo on the Missouri State Fairgrounds;
Scholarships given to young people; Grants earned by 12 clubs from Exxon and
P.E.T.A.L.S; and an increase of membership, and development of new clubs and
Jr. clubs.
While state president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Frank Kropf
(hybridizer) hybridized a day lily which he called “Double Betty Hardin.” This is
available in limited supply from Mc Connell’s Plantland, 1601 N. Eastland Road,
Columbia, MO 65202. 573-445-5415.
Thank you Betty for all your hard work and dedication to the Fulton Garden Club
and the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc.!
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Updated 4/4/2011
