From the Vine

Milford Garden Club

Est. 1948 A Member of the Michigan Division

Woman’s National Farm and Garden Association

Milford Garden Club Newsletter

Oct 8 Thur General Member Membership Meeting

Oct 19 Mon 6:00 PM Executive Board Meeting—Zoom meeting

10/22 (rain date

10/23)

Thurs Fall Clean Up .Contact Kathy Blackburn to volunteer for a shift.

Oct 28 Wed Newsletter Deadline - Martha Klemmer

Mark your

Calendar

2020

Program: The Magic and Mystery of Peonies

Presenter: Neil Atzinger from Atzinger Gardens

Date: October 8

Time: 6:45 PM Social 7:00 PM Meeting

Where: Zoom Meeting

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT Linda

Smith Thank you to Barb Amey for coordinating the September program by Kathy Bunko on “Monarch Metamorphosis” and Martha Klemmer for suggesting Kathy as a speaker. Kathy had an excellent presentation which included several short videos she took of the entire process. Thank you to Cindy Bauman for assisting our speaker in setting up her first Zoom meeting. Everything went flawlessly.

I hope you will be able to join us for the October program on “The Magic and Mystery of Peonies” by Neil Atzinger. If you need help accessing Zoom, please contact Cindy Bauman prior to our meeting on October 8th. She can help you set it up and then do a test Zoom meeting to make sure you will be ready for our meeting.

Yearbooks, which include our membership roster for 2020-2021, may be picked up at my home. Please call or email me in advance to schedule a day/time for pickup. If you notice any incorrect information, please contact Terri Hardick with your correction.

We are currently working on getting our entire website updated. Sue Tompkins, our webmaster, has been hard at work to get our virtual members’ garden tour posted from our August meeting. This was quite a challenge as the file was too large to post. After much trial and error, it is now posted in four segments. If you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to take a peek. Cindy Bauman did a great job putting all of the pictures the members submitted into a slide presentation.

Keep those pictures coming! If you have taken pictures at any of our events in the last two years, please send your pictures to Diane Pearson. She will forward them to the appropriate person for posting online.

Pull on your garden gloves, grab a mask, and get ready to see some of your gardening buddies at the fall garden clean-up. There will be assigned shifts so that we can spread out and do it safely. The date is October 22nd with a rain date of October 23rd. Contact Kathy Blackburn to volunteer for a shift. The committee did a wonderful job this summer and the beds are looking stunning. It is hard to believe the first killing frost may be just around the corner.

Highland Garden Club is inviting you to their October 12th program at

7 PM. Julia Hofley will be sharing a virtual ride of “Michigan Gardener Day Trips in Michigan and Ohio”. See the forwarded email from Judy Cooper that Martha Klemmer sent for details. This is the presentation Julia gave at the last Michigan Division Meeting. It was very informative and gave a lot of great places to visit.

Warm regards,

Linda Smith

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It’s Never too

Early to Dream of

Next Year

Article submitted by Martha Klemmer

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Be gentle when moving

plants indoors

Article submitted by Martha Klemmer

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Article submitted

by Martha Klemmer

Speaker for October will be

Neil Atzinger from Atzinger Gardens.

He will be speaking about “The Magic and Mystery of Peonies”.

He is the owner, principal designer and horticulturist of Atzinger Gardens. He informally studied in Rome

visiting famous gardens and villas and studying aesthetics. He spent 11 years in the horticulture industry learning under local designer Thomas Stempky and Horticulturist Ginny Stobby of Stempky Gardens and Simply Great Gardening.

Zoom Meeting will be October 8th.

If you haven’t tried a Zoom Meeting, give it a try. Easy to see and hear the speaker. Just click on the link provided via email sent to you prior to meeting.

Can be seen on computer of mobile phone.

Don’t be afraid to

prune way back in fall.

Before Pruning

Fall Pruning Spring Results

Article & Photos

From

Gardening A-Z

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MILFORD GARDEN CLUB MINUTES Remote 9/10/20

Linda Smith called the meeting to order at 7 P.M. The agenda was approved with the addition of Audit Committee under President’s

Report. Cindy Sharp was welcomed as a new member. Let Kathy Barker know of any needs for Sunshine. . The minutes of the 8/13/20 General Membership Meeting were approved.

• Treasurer’s Report – Cindy Bauman reported a bank balance of $6,977.38.

• President’s Report – Linda Smith

Deadline for the newsletter is 9/28 or sooner to Martha Klemmer. It would be wonderful if each of our Advanced Master Gardeners, Master Gardeners, or members with information to share would select a month to submit information to Martha. Let Linda know if you have something to share. Thank you to Diane Pearson and Cindy Bauman for the articles in our September newsletter. Please note the new contact information for Dolores Donnellon and Ellen Collins and address for sympathy cards for Jim Mikuska (husband of former member Kathy Mikuska) in our September newsletter.

Tea Time is September 23rd at noon at Lisa Willard’s home. The Tea Time will be inside so please wear a mask. Contact Lisa if you are planning to attend. If you would like to be a regular participant, contact Mary McFarland to be added to the email distribution list.

We will be naming a scholarship in memory of Emily Kirshner to be awarded in 2021. Please send any personal donations in remembrance of Emily to Cindy Bauman to be added to the $1,500 that the garden club will award.

Ellen Collins will handle our Facebook page again this year. Please send submissions to her.

Audit Committee – Barb Amey will be on the committee from the board. We need one or two additional members to serve on this committee. The appointment of additional committee members and the convening of the audit committee will be delayed until we are able to meet safely in person. The purpose is to review the books from the year 2019-2020.

Officer Reports Programs – Barb Amey & Linda Becker Linda has been in contact with 2

speakers for the November meeting. Both speakers can do a Zoom meeting. They are checking on their availability. In October, Neil Atzinger will speak on “The Magic & Mystery of Peonies”.

Publicity – Diane Pearson We need to beef up our website and Facebook page with more pictures to make them more interesting and attractive to prospective members. Diane sent an email about two weeks ago to chairpersons requesting photos. Please scan and email photos no more than 2 years old. Martha Klemmer has some photos that she will share with Diane. Diane will reach out to several members that attended our members’ only plant exchange to see if she can locate any pictures of that event.

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Diane suggested including pictures of speakers, holiday gathering in December, tea time, garden maintenance, and other activities on both sites.

Chairperson Reports

Fall Clean-up – Kathy Blackburn 10/22 at 9 or rain date of 10/23 at Senior Center and Arthur’s Park. Contact Kathy to select a shift. Members are encouraged to sign up to assist for this one day project. The following volunteered to assist at the meeting: Barb Amey, Gail Cooper, Brook Qualman, and Pat Coppersmith. Al Coppersmith will take photos.

Yearbook – Brook Qualman The new yearbook is bright pink. Martha Klemmer will send out an email with instructions regarding how to pick up a copy. Included in the back of the yearbook are the website pass code for the members’ only section and the combination for the storage locker. The bylaws and policy are now online and are not included in the yearbook.

New Business

Motion: Martha Klemmer moved to elect Ellen Collins as Co-Secretary of the Milford Garden. Motion carried without dissent.

Meeting adjourned at 7:19 P.M.

Minutes submitted by Lynn Burrows

Kathy Buko presentation on Monarch Butterflies at the September Zoom meeting.

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