This page has been designed to help any garden club member in Southeast District keep in touch with what is going on in the District, State, Region, and Nation concerning garden club. Hopefully this will help with communication between clubs and their Director. If you would like to have any news or information included on this website, please contact me, Nancy Segall
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Central Region Unified Project Deadline...August 31, 2010
Ladies, This is just a gentle reminder that August 31st is the deadline for our Central Region Unified Project to be sent to Mary Ann Meador in Centralia, MO. Our theme, once again, is "Helping Others Learn to Grow" and I hope some club in your state has taken this seriously and applied their project to the theme. Remember, MaryAnn needs to make a Book of Evidence from your information and send it on to National for judging.by November 15th. Please don't let her down! We need ALL 7 states to participate.
Next, another gentle reminder to take your old, cast off containes that you used for flower shows and the like to the Central Region meeting in Wisconsin in October. The monies realized from selling these will be added to our Scholarship Fund and help some needy student to further his/her education. Please pass the word to those attending (or not attending) to help us with this project. Rememb er we don't want plain old floral shop containers.
Thanks and enjoy the rest of your summer. It's HOT here but hey....it's summer!
Joan Hood
Southeast District June Newsletter
77th Annual Convention—The Southeast District was well represented at the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri Annual Convention in Chesterfield in April. I am so proud of the many Garden Clubs in the Southeast District who have done so well this past year in their numerous endeavors. Many of our garden clubs received Blue and Purple Club Ribbons, Yearbook, Flower Show and Project Awards. Several Life Memberships were announced for Southeast District individuals, and other SED members won prizes in the Art Walk Contest. We had a wonderful time and it was good to see many old and new friends.
As your club/s work together this year on Projects, please keep in mind the available awards, along with their monetary reward for presenting a Book of Evidence showing improvements. One club member I talked with said her club earned over $350 last year and were at only $150 for this year’s project awards. This is really worth the effort of getting a Book of Evidence together. Please consult your Garden Club Manual for possible awards and what is needed for application. I also encourage each of you to get out with your camera and take a few great pictures so you can enter one, use your talent to paint a picture for entry or create a cute piece of outdoor yard art to enter in next year’s contest. We love seeing all the products of the creative ones.
Next year’s Convention will be held in Branson on April 12-14, 2011 so pencil that in on your calendar so we can all go and shine again!
Happy National Garden Week!— Hopefully, all Garden Club members celebrated National Garden Club Week last week by working in their garden, going out to lunch or working on a new or old project in their community. If a new project was the choice, I urge you to put together a Book of Evidence to show your work and win recognition for it. Please send newspaper articles about Garden Club news to our SE District Historian Betty Galibert for the SED Scrapbook. Thank you!
Summer Board Meeting—The Southeast District Summer Board Meeting will be held in Cape Girardeau on July 14, with Registration and Coffee Time from 9:00-10:00 AM. All SED Officers, Chairmen, Club Presidents and interested Garden Club members are invited. SED Chairmen will give their reports (two minutes) and we will have Business Meeting and Lunch. There will be more information to follow with the Call Letter and RSVP card. Chairmen need to write out and bring their job description/duties if they have not already done so.
Local Flower Shows—The Cape Girardeau Council of Garden Clubs presented a Standard Flower Show, ‘It’s Child’s Play” on May 22-23 at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. It was a beautiful show and very well attended. We saw many friends from all over the District. This show was judged by Master Flower Show Judges Kathy Faver, Lois Johns, Judy Sheets and Student Judge Sarah Cope. Also, the Bonne Terre Garden Club held a Small Standard Flower Show at the Bonne Terre Public Library on June 7. It was a lovely show judged by Master Flower Show Judges Nadine Davis, Kathy Faver and Lois Johns, and I was privileged to be a Student Judge also.
Please let me know what is going on in your local garden club so I can put your news in the Newsletter or contact Nancy Segall, SED Webmaster, so she can put it on the website.
Have a great summer and go water those plants! See you at the Summer Board Meeting in July.
Nancy Bahn
Southeast District Director
Southeast District Chairmen Reports
INSPIRATION THROUGH SAWDUST AND DIRT Sheila Blackwell
Habitat Chairperson
The Nancy Weber Garden Club of Farmington has enjoyed landscaping eight Habitat for Humanity homes in St.. Francois County for the past seven years. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit Christian housing ministry that builds, renovates, and repairs houses in partnership with people in need of adequate housing. These people are selected locally by Habitat groups based on their need for housing, ability to repay a no-profit loan, and a willingness to partner with Habitat to help build and repair additional houses. Mainly because of that willingness to work, the Nancy Weber members felt that a Habitat home recipient would truly appreciate and maintain our landscaping efforts. That has been so very true! The new homeowners have been as delighted as our club has! Naturally we felt the plantings were the “icing on the cake!” And in addition to the joy our members gained, we hoped we had created and inspired future gardeners.
We would like to encourage other clubs to try this project—we believe you will find it rewarding and add beauty to your community. To encourage your club even more, matching grants are available to help buy your plants—how amazing is that? For more information on the grants, please contact Marty Tolle at 417.934.6497 or mjt@townsqr.com.
We will be asked at the end of the year to report on Habitat for Humanity Projects with which your garden club has been involved. Please report this information to me, so that I may get a count for our Southeast District. Then I will forward it to the State Chairman Marty Tolle. Thank you.
Sheila Blackwell 2750 Blomeier Road Farmington, MO 63640
Here is the down low on our Azalea Festival. We will post on the Fredericktown Gardenclub webpage this month too. We do not sponsor this, we just have booth with sale items and info. It is held the first weekend in May, this year dates; May 7-9th. It is a great little festival, hope you check it out. Elaine Merica
* Date is the same every year Dates to Remember for 2010
January 10
* Deadline: President's Report to DISTRICT DIRECTOR and to STATE
Club Ratings Chrmn, Carolyn Doyle
January 15
* Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl contests to STATE Chrmn Rochelle Murdock
January 25
* Club Publicity Press books to Nancy Senter, 882 Heather Ln, Hazelwood MO 63042, 314-521-6534
February 1
Deadline:Club Yearbooks to DIST. DIR., DIST Awards Chrmn, FGCM President, and STATE Club Programs Chrmn., Carolyn Flynn
March 1
Deadline: Scholarship Applications to Scholarship Chrmn, Alice Hansen
March 22
Scholarship Committee Meeting, Holts Summit
March 21
*Bird Appreciation Day (Missouri)
March 23-25
Environmental Studies School, Series 2, NGC Hdqtrs, St. Louis, Chrmn. Sue Reed 636-220-4143, or Cherie Bauman 314-846-5622
April 2
Arbor Day *(In Missouri--first Friday of April, p.13 FGCM Manual)
April 15-18
Dogwood/Azalea Festival, Charleston
April 22-24
FGCM State Convention, MCD, Chesterfield, MO, Doubletree Hote l& Conference Center
April 24
Blue Star Memorial Dedication, New Melle, (MCD)
May 14-16
NGC Convention, Atlanta, GA
May 15
Small Flower Show, Oakcrest G.C. (ECD)
June 6-12
National Garden Week *(First full week in June)
June 18
Landscape Design Refresher, Columbia, MO (Marie Pasley, 573-474-5245)
June 27
Bittersweet G.C. City-wide Garden Tour, Jefferson City, (CD)
July 1
*Deadline: Sanctuary & Blue Bird Trails application to DIST. Bird Chmn
August 12-22
Missouri State Fair, Sedalia
August 18
FGCM Federation Day at MO State Fair *(Wed. of full week of St. Fair)
Sept 8
Standard Flower Show, Four Winds G.C. (ECD), Long View Park, Town & Country
Sept 8
SCD, Fall District Meeting, Marshfield
Sept 9
SWD, Fall District Meeting, Springfield
Sept 10
CD, Fall District Meeting, Fulton
Sept 11
WCD, Fall District Meeting, Raytown
Sept 16
NWD, Fall District Meeting, Rocheport
Sept 23-26
NGC Fall Board Meeting, Great Falls, Montana
Oct 15
*Deadline: Edna Fischer Membership Award application due
October 4-5
Central Region Meeting, Elkhart Lake, WI
October 18
NED Fall Meeting, Clarksville
October 19
MCD, Fall District Meeting, St. Charles
October 20
SED, Fall District Meeting, Charleston
October 20
*Deadline: Butterfly/Hummingbird Certificate to FGCM Chrmn. Sherry Wilson
October 21
ECD, Fall District Meeting, St. Louis
October 22
NCD, Fall District Meeting, Macon
November 1
* Deadline: Dist. and State dues to DIST. and FGCM Treasurers (along w/ contributions)
November 1
*Deadline: All youth contests to DIST. Chairman or DIST. Director (except Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl contest)
Nov 7-9
FGCM Fall Board Meeting, Capitol Plaza Hotel., Jefferson City
December 1
*Deadline: All youth contests to their respective STATE Chairman (except Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl contest)Essay: Judy Green
Poetry: Pat Schnarr
Natl. H.S. Distinguished Award: Melissa Mallinson
December 1
*Deadline: All youth contests to their respective FGCM Chairman
(except Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl contest)
Essay: Beth Cross
Poetry: Pat Schnarr
Natl. H.S. Distinguished Award: Melissa Mallinson
December 1
*Deadline: All Books of Evidence to one of the following FGCM Awards Chairmen:
A. FGCM Flower Show Awards (F-1 - F16) to Kathy Faver
B. FGCM Projects Awards (P-1 - P-29) to Anne Foust
C. FGCM Special Awards (S-1 - S-10) to Nancy Senter, 882 Heather Ln, Hazelwood, MO 63042
D. FGCM Youth Awards (J-1 - J-3) to Nancy Senter
December 1
*Deadline: Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl entries to DISTRICT Chrmn orDISTRICT Director
December 20
*Deadline: All Holiday Flower Show Books of Evidence to STATE Flower Show Awards Chrmn., Kathy Faver (Year 2010)
December 20
*Deadline: Award of Honor nominations to Chrmn, Maisie Keeser
