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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Greetings, Gardening Valentines! Happy, Loving Sweetness to All the Wonderful Gardening Friends in the Southeast District! We celebrate this month by dreaming of love, and the day when we can get out in gardens and make our earth more beautiful. As you spend a few minutes looking through your gardening catalogs, why not consider making a purchase of that particular plant that you have always wanted to try in your garden? This is the year. Be bold. Have some fun!
77th Annual Convention—Ladies, if you have not been to a FGCM Convention in a while—this is the year to go. The Mid-Central District is planning a great Convention this April 22-24, 2010, and it is close enough to go and stay overnight in the Doubletree Hotel and Convention Center, or do a part-time registration and just go up for the day. Planned are four historic Tours, three interesting Seminars and two creative workshops. Conventions are fun because: 1. You get to learn first-hand what is going on with Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc., 2. You meet so many friendly, delightful women who share your same interests, and 3. The activities are fun and the meals, favors and table decorations are spectacular. We will be VOTING on Garden Club Manual revisions this Convention, Garden Club Presidents—please have your Garden Club elect/appoint DELEGATES to the Convention. Registration information is in the Fall/Winter Edition of the Garden Forum or may be found on the Website. So grab a friend and we’ll see you there!
Yearbooks and President’s Reports—Club Presidents, I congratulate you and your clubs on getting your Report and Yearbooks to me. It is so interesting to see the many super projects going on in our Southeast District. We are considering using the Yearbooks as part of the judging process in selecting the Southeast District Garden Club of the Year Award. These Reports and Yearbooks are very impressive and you all have done a great job so far!
If you have not sent in your President’s Report or Yearbook, it is not too late. Please take a few minutes today, get an envelope, some stamps and mail those two pieces of information to me. Thank you!
Erma Auxter, FGCM Citations Chairman, is waiting to help you give a deserving individual or group in your community a FGCM Citation to recognize their work in ‘caring for our beautiful earth.’ You will need a short description of their work, three pictures (two close-ups and one overview) and verification from three individuals. This is an easy way to recognize outstanding support for our projects, create good will and get some free PR!
Flower Shows in the Southeast District—If your Garden Club is sponsoring a Flower Show this spring, summer or fall, please let Nancy Segall, SED Website Master, know so she can put it on our website. This may prove to increase your attendance and entries.
My best to you as we plan a new season in ‘Caring for Our Beautiful Earth.’
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.
* 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
