RANCHO SANTA FE GARDEN CLUB SEPTEMBER 2016

RANCHO SANTA FE GARDEN CLUB NEWS

President’s Message As the new president, I would like to tell you a little about myself. Before I do so, I want to thank Fred Wasserman for his past service to the Garden Club. You are probably aware that because of his many talents and skills, Fred was recently elected President of the RSF Homeowners Association. That's a very big and time-consuming job. He no longer golfs as often. Fred will continue to serve on the Garden Club Board, but has resigned as its President at the May 2016 board meeting. I want to recognize the accomplishments of Fred Wasserman at the Garden Club. I'll just name 2. The first was the sale of the Garden Club Building. This was a contentious issue in RSF, but Fred negotiated the sale professionally and reached a good deal for the Garden Club and the community. Secondly, two years ago he led the Garden Club in a new direction with our Grants Program. The Garden Club gives grants to local organi-zations to support their horticultural programs. Many of the recipients discussed their activities at our last Garden Club meeting. We thank Fred for his many years of service to the Garden Club. Likewise his wife, Pam, has been the Secretary of the Garden Club and continues to do a fantastic job taking care of the accounting, taxes, and minutes of meetings. My name is Phil Larsen. I grew up in Chicago and worked for a Chicago manufacturer for many years in Chicago, Paris, and London. My job included extensive travel throughout Europe and South America. My wife, Jane, and I have three adult children and 5 grandchildren. After my retirement 7 years ago, we moved to California and have lived in the Ranch for 4 years.

The Thanksgiving holiday is still a couple months away, but I'll be early in thanking 3 individuals for their service. Erin Browne, our executive director, has really been busy coor-dinating all our activities including the Resale Shoppe. I've been particularly impressed by her marketing efforts to promote the Garden Club activities. Almost every week in the local papers, you'll find news items and a new Garden Club column written by Erin. At the Annual Meeting in May, we elected two new members for our board. They are An-nterese Toth and Julie Monroe. These new board members have hit the ground running and have been great support-ers of all our activities. We are quite impressed by their hard work and dedication and we thank them for it. Co Presidents, Phil Larsen

THE LEAF Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club News

Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club

Post Office Box 483

Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067

858-756-1554

COFFEE IN THE GARDEN: SAN DIEGO CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY MUSEUM

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 10:00—12:00pm

320 N. Broadway, Escondido CA 92025 (760-233-7755)

Please join us to tour the museum and see the improvements made to the Outdoor Explorer

series with the $9,000 RSF Garden Club grant. RSVP: erin@rsfgardenclub.org or call 858-756-1554

October 4 —Petals & Prose

October 8—Farm to Table Dinner

October 12—Coffee in the Garden

November 1—Quarterly Meeting

November 7-Pumpkin & Succulent

Arrangements

December 2—Myrtle Creek Tour &

Lunch

December 8—Holiday Wreathmaking

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Shoppe Update Find Your Holiday Décor at the Resale Shoppe!

The Resale Shoppe has been busy! As always, the key to our success is

your donation for it doesn't matter how many customers we have if we don't

have great items to sell. The donations to the Shoppe these last few months

have been absolutely FABULOUS! Thank you so much for donating your

items to our store.

If you know anyone moving in or out of the area, please tell them we'd love any items that

don't fit into their new home. Whatever we can't use is donated to the Disabled American Vet-

eran’s organization, so nothing goes to waste.

VOLUNTEERS are needed to open the shop more hours! If you are interested in working with

a in a fun atmosphere with a great group of people, please consider donating your time to the

Shoppe. We are in need of cashiering, merchandising, cleaning, organizing and sorting.

Have a wonderful holiday season and the Shoppe Volunteers hope to see you stop by both to

drop off items and to shop.

CLUB BUSINESS GARDEN CLUB EVENTS 2017 Membership Renewal

Be on the look out for your renewal notice for 2017. The new year promises to bring exciting

outings and events. Your annual membership of $100 is crucial to help fulfill the mission of the

organization. Thank you for your support!

Holiday Wreathmaking

Thursday, December 8th

@ RSF Community Center

5970 La Sendita

RSVP: 858-756-1554

Cost: Members are free. Guests, $10

Participants will make one wreath to donate to the RSF Senior Center and one to

take home.

The Garden Club was out and about

this summer!

Activities included Succulent Wall

Art, 4th of July Parade, Village

Gathering at Bistro’s, RSF Garden

Fair & Market, and site visits to

some of our grant recipients.

GARDEN CLUB EVENTS

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR THANK YOU

In September, the Garden Club held the 2nd Annual RSF Garden Fair & Market. It was a wonderful commu-

nity event with over 400 people in attendance. This horticulture celebration included landscape and irrigation

specialists, a fairy garden corner, and organic produce stand. Thank you to the sponsors and vendors who

helped make this day possible, and to our committee and volunteers who worked the event that day!

Committee Members: Vince Dambrose, Jane Larsen, Julie Monroe, Annterese Toth

Volunteers: Phil Larsen, Marty Monroe, Zollie Toth, Robert Metler, Pat Newmark, Valley Reilly, Susan Glass

Bushman USA

Butterfly Farms

Ecology Artisans

Renee Barnes

Farm Fresh to You

Horticulture Development Specialists

Keys Lavender Farm Inc.

Kona Ice

Lula Rose

LUX Landscape Designs

Plantology Design

Quail Flower Barn

RSF Community Center

RSF Fire District

RSF Library Guild

San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum

San Pasqual Academy—Dragon Organics

San Diego Sockers

Solana Succulents

Studio Jules