folsom garden club newsletter filevol. 17, issue 9 folsom garden club september 1, 2017 the...

Vol. 17, Issue 9 Folsom Garden Club September 1, 2017

Club Calendar

September Business Meeting, Thursday, September 7, 2017, 10AM

Our speaker is Lorraine Poggione, Landscaping and Lighting District Manager for the City of Folsom. Her job is to maintain public improvements: landscape corridors, median islands, streetlights, walls, fences, open space areas, etc. She will tell us about plant selection, watering, funding, lighting, and what’s coming for the area South of Highway 50.

September Dirt Gardener Event, Wednesday, September 20, 2017, Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, 10AM

Veronica Simpson, Master Gardener at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, will conduct a tour of their demonstration gardens. The tour includes water-efficient landscapes, vegetables and herbs, an orchard, a table grape vineyard, berry patches, and their compost and vermiculture area.

October Business Meeting, Thursday, October 5, 2017, 10AM

Our speaker is Cielo Sichi, Chair of the American River College Horticulture Department. Many of our scholarship awardees come through this program. Mr. Sichi will give us a sampling of Landscape Design 101.

October Dirt Gardener Event, Thursday, October 19, 2017, Members’ Garden Tour, 10AM-12PM

Take a tour of four members’ gardens. Dianna Leight, Judy Greenalch, Carolyn Vodoklys and Nanette Hayward will open their gardens for our viewing pleasure. Get to know these members and be inspired by their yards. Maps will be provided.

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Business Meetings

10 AM, first Thursdays Sept-June, Rotary Clubhouse, Lew Howard Park, 7150 Baldwin Dam Rd, Folsom, CA

Affiliations

National Garden Clubs, Inc

Pacific Region Garden Clubs

CA Garden Clubs, Inc.

Sacto River Valley District

Officers

President: Ron Byrd

Co1st VPs: Janis Erickson & Denise Martinez

Co 2nd VPs: Jessica Hodge & Barbra McKenna

Co-Treasurers: Belinda Colville & Judith Greenalch

Secretary: Bev Dwyer

Substitute Secretary: Sherrill Gomes

Past President: Joy Greene

NEWSLETTER May We Blossom In Friendship & Grow In Knowledge

http://folsomgarden.org


The President’s Corner

Welcome to another year of garden club fun!

I can hardly wait to see you all and to get started on a new year of garden experiences and fun times. We had the best year ever last year and now we are ready to top that. The past is the past and the future is before us.

You need to be at the first meeting on September 7 to pick up your new club yearbook, edited by Erin Angulo. This is a must! If you can’t be there, designate a friend to get yours for you. You can’t go months without your yearbook and directory.

You will be blown away when you see the new club website introduced on the big screen by Sharon LuVisi. The site will become your new Best Friend!

We will have a speaker, refreshments, a raffle and the usual exciting things going on. We have eight new members, so take the time to get acquainted with them and share all your news with them. We currently have 137 members.

I did a plant exchange this summer with Adrienne Coolidge. Hope you shared your plants with others, as well as your enthusiasm for gardening.

Welcome back…you’re gonna love it.

■ Ron Byrd, President

Garden Tour News

We hope that your summer has been full of color, glory, and happiness. Are you ready to help with the 2018 FGC Garden Tour on Saturday April 28th and Sunday April 29th? We need lots of volunteers to help make this a success. The Garden Selection Committee has been busy all summer looking at lovely Folsom gardens, and we think that you will like the lineup. Please put the FGC 2018 Garden Tour Kick Off Meeting on your calendar. We will meet at the Murer House on Thursday, September 14th @ 12:30PM for a potluck lunch, with the meeting starting at 1PM. Bring your ideas and enthusiasm, and of course, fabulous food for the potluck. Thanking you in advance for your support, Barbra McKenna and Jessica Hodge2nd VPs & Co-Chairs of the Garden Tour


September Birthdays

The September birth flower is the Aster or the Morning Glory which symbolizes daintiness, love, and magic.

Linda Kessemeier - Sept 1

Carolyn Vodoklys - Sept 2

Judy Graef - Sept 5

Charlyne Jordan - Sept 6

Sonyia Noonan - Sept 9

Rose Nguyen - Sept 10

Monica Hickey - Sept 17

Carroll Vinson- Sept 19

Janis Erickson - Sept 21

Judy Goyen - Sept 26

Kathy Bramall - Sept 28

Nancy Brennand - Sept 30



June Business Meeting Attendance: 74

The June meeting focused on service and scholarships.

Two scholarships were awarded; only one awardee was able to attend the meeting due to a conflict with the school’s schedule. (More information about our scholarship awardees can be found on pages 7 and 8.)


NOMINATING CHAIR NINA SANDERS SWEARS IN THE 2017-2018 OFFICERS IN ATTENDANCE: PRESIDENT RON BYRD, CO-1ST VPS DENISE MARTINEZ AND JANIS ERICKSON, CO-TREASURER BELINDA COLVILLE, CO-2ND VP BARBRA MCKENNA, SECRETARY BEV DWYER, AND CO-TREASURER JUDITH GREENALCH

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEE SONDRA SULLI AND SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR, JANIS ERICKSON

KATHY BAKER’S INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE TOLD US TO FACE OUR FEARS AND WEED OUR INNER GARDENS



Awards were presented:

This year, the three Penny Pines awards honored our recently deceased members: Roxanne Menezes, Gerald Meza, and Sandra Stefani.

The President's Service Award was given to Sharon Barnett in recognition of her many years as a board member and her outstanding commitment and service to our club.

We selected Carroll Vinson’s artwork for the cover of 2017-2018 yearbook.

And we devoured a huge potluck lunch in true Folsom Garden Club style.


PRESIDENT RON BYRD READS THE BIRTHDAY LIST FOR JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST

BOBBIE NAUER AND BARBRA MCKENNA SET UP THE POTLUCK TABLE

DAN KNOTT AND JO KINGSLEY



June Dirt Gardener Event - Amador Flower Farm


A beautiful drive in the country on a perfect summer day took us to this farm in Amador County’s wine country. Amador Flower Farm grows more than 1,200 varieties of day lilies and includes a gift shop, nursery and acres of demonstration gardens filled with day lilies, unusual perennials, and grasses.

We enjoyed a tram tour led by owner Jeanne Deaver through the gardens. In addition to viewing acres of beautiful plantings, we met their sheep and farm dogs too.

OWNER, JEANNE DEAVER TELLS US ABOUT THE FARM

TRAM RIDE! (JUST LIKE DISNEYLAND!)And we brought a potluck picnic lunch and enjoyed it under giant old oaks next to a pond with ducks and frogs.

A TERRIFIC POTLUCK PICNIC LUNCH LUNCH UNDER THE OLD OAKS




MANY OF US WERE SORELY TEMPTED BY THE AMADOR FLOWER FARM NURSERY



Our 2017-2018 Scholarship Awardees

SONDRA SULLI, A.S. Horticulture, and is a sophomore at American River College. She is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, the international honor society of two-year colleges and academic programs. Sondra is a Horticulture major with a 4.0 GPA, and plans a career in Landscape Design. She comes from a Placerville homesteading family, and works at Green Acres Nursery. Sondra finds solace in gardening, and in her dream of becoming landscape designer.

BELINDA TARRANT is a sophomore at UC Davis studying Landscape Architecture. She has a 3.162 GPA and hopes for a Landscape Design career. Belinda began design work at home on ten acres. Her friends and family have helped guide her interest in gardening. You may have seen her on Lake Natoma; she has a background in competitive rowing. In the future, Belinda wants to design public venues.




FGC Scholarships

Our scholarship awardees are an amazing group. The Scholarship Committee provides us with updates from our past awardees. Hear what this ambitious bunch are up to, in their own words:

Zoryana Pope (2013-14 & 2014-15)

I just graduated from Humboldt State University in December with my B.S. degree in Environmental Protection and Management (Cum Laude honors :) ). I couldn't have done it without the amazing help and generosity from the Folsom Garden Club! I actually just accepted a job last week for Project Manager at a company in Rocklin, CA called ExcelChem Environmental Labs. I'm very excited! Thank you again (I couldn't possibly thank the Folsom Garden Club enough)!

Alicia Streetman (20115-16)

It is so very thoughtful of the Folsom Garden Club to keep in touch with its scholarship recipients. I was one of the 2015 recipients and continue to benefit from the opportunities the FGC scholarship helped open up to me. After completing my conservation ecology study abroad program at Stellenbosch University in South Africa (one of top the botanical biodiversity hotspots of the world), I returned home to finish my Forestry and Natural Resources BS at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. I will be graduating this June and hope to work in Forest Ecology research. Last summer I worked for the US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research station conducting research on Sierra mixed-conifer forests. We were able compare vegetative cover, tree health, tree density, and forest composition in stands that had recently burned or were overdue for a burn with historical forest structures. I also participated in stem-mapping efforts on historical plots. I hope to continue my career in this direction (so hopefully the hiring freeze on the USFS doesn't last too long). I again wish to thank FGC for their generosity, it truly has helped me achieve my educational goals. Hope all is well with the members.

James Fong (2015-16)

Thank you again for the Folsom Garden Club Scholarship. Since the last time I presented at the Folsom Garden Club Meeting in October, I have been keeping busy with vice presidencies in the Entomology Club and Botany Club at UC Davis. I have also continued my work at the Botanical Conservatory working on carnivorous plants as well as in the Ramirez Lab working on mechanisms to differentiate two different orchid bee species based on mandible morphologies. My current coursework include a greenhouse crop management class as well as a course in cellular biology and upper division writing. I plan to spend my spring break in Oregon to explore the diversity of plants, mushrooms, and insects. Spring quarter I will be taking an angiosperm systematics course and a forensic entomology class. I am excited! After graduation, I plan to find a job working with plants and/or insects. I hope all is well! Please send the club my best!

Frank Duffy (2012-13)

After Graduation from UC Davis, I was able to get a job immediately with Doug Halter at Halter-Encinas Enterprises in Ventura, Ca. I’m in love with my career and have a few of my first designs currently being built. I'd love to send you some pictures at the progress progresses. Along with the full time position with Doug, I’m am also an Assistant General Manager for the Hampton Inn by Hilton. Things have been really great for me since graduating and working for two amazing companies.

If there is every anything I can do for the Folsom Garden Club please let me know, I’d be happy to do what I can to help you guys since the club helped me in a time of need to get me where I am today. Thank you so much.




Sharon Barnett Wins the President's Award for 2017 —by Ron Byrd

Sharon Barnett, a Folsom Garden Club member since 2009, was named the winner of the President's Award for 2017 at the June meeting. Ron Byrd, president, cited her outstanding service for the years 2010 to 2017 in presenting the coveted award to Sharon. She was First Vice President for three years; Second Vice President for three years; and Garden Tour Chair for three years, and a board member for eight years. “Sharon has been a hard working member and an excellent example to our club," said Ron, "with some of her service during difficult times. She has given much to our club."

Nineteen Members Have Perfect Attendance for the 2016-2017 Year —by Ron Byrd

The garden club year ended with the June meeting, and 19 members had perfect attendance for the ten meetings: Jo Anderson, Kathy Bramall, Jennie Catron, Shirley Centers, Beverly Dwyer, John Gerson, Sherril Gomes, Judy Graef, Judy Hickey, Jennie Lewis, Carol McKee, Barbra McKenna, Donna Nelson, Sonyia Noonan, Sharon Peterson, Nina Sanders, Joyce Sheffield, Diane Stout, and Alice Wilcox. There were also many members who missed only one meeting. Among new members, the followinghad perfect attendance from the time they joined during the year: Nanette Hayward, Martha Johnston, and Patty Mason. Congratulations to all who attended most of the monthly meetings!

Don't Miss The New Website Presentation

The Website team spent the summer working hard on the new website. It will be unveiled at the September meeting with a live demonstration. Sharon LuVisi, our webmaster, and will give you a short guided tour of the key features. The site won't be available until after the meeting, so those in attendance will get the first look. The new website will blow your socks off !

Here’s a tiny sneak peek at the new home page ➡

Calling All Writers The new FGC website needs members interested in writing an article, story, poem, essay, haiku, etc. on a gardening-related topic for the new website’s Blog section. Contact Sharon LuVisi, FGC Webmaster for details.




Grants Update —by Jennie Lewis, Grants Chair

We work hard to raise money; we award grants. What do we look at when we award grants each year? Here is an overview of the information that the Grants Committee considers as part of the award process.

A new grant cycle (2017-18) was initiated in August, with grant applications due Tuesday, October 27, 2017. The 2017-18 awards will be announced at the FGC’s November meeting.

The Grants Committee members apply established criteria against all applications to determine the awards. As an overriding guideline, the Club is committed to encouraging variety and balance in the kind, purpose, and size of grants given to nonprofit organizations within the City of Folsom.

Further, all grant projects must support the Club’s mission, as follows:

The mission of the FGC shall be to educate and foster relationships among people who have a love of horticulture,

and to promote beautification of the City of Folsom.

Sustainability of the proposed project is also considered, including qualified leadership, volunteers who are available to implement and continue a project, as well as the ability to provide updates at six and twelve months.

Finally, the requested award amount is assessed to determine if the cost estimates for the scope of the proposed project are reasonable and appropriate. If needed, adjustments are enacted. If the total of all grant requests exceeds the funding available, then priority is given to first time, or rare interval, applications for FGC funding.

The Committee looks forward to announcing the upcoming 2017-18 awards in November.

Our Affiliates

Have you ever looked at the list of Affiliations on the front page of the newsletter and wondered who these groups were and why we were affiliated with them? Over the course of this club year, the newsletter will explore our affiliates and learn more about them. You may be surprised at what these groups have to offer us.

The bureaucracy looks like this: National Garden Clubs, Inc. covers 50 states and divides them up into eight regions. We’re part of the Pacific Region which is comprised of California plus seven other states. California Garden Clubs, Inc., “CGCI” is divided into 28 districts. We’re in the Sacramento Valley River District, “SRVD,” which serves Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, and Yolo counties. SRVD has 17 clubs, including the Folsom Garden Club.

CGCI started in 1931, joining National Garden Clubs, Inc., Pacific Region at the same time. According to their website, CGCI is “the largest nonprofit, volunteer gardening organization in California with over 350 garden clubs, plant societies, affiliates and youth groups throughout the state representing more than 21,000 members.” They offer educational courses and materials, and support a wide range of environmental projects. Some projects you may already be familiar with, like Penny Pines, while others offer new opportunities, like the Rare Plant Treasure Hunt.

In future articles, we’ll learn a little more about our Affiliates.



http://gardenclub.org/

http://pacificregiongardenclubs.org/


The Benches Are Here!

At the September 2016 Business Meeting, we found out that the City of Folsom had removed a broken park bench from the Folsom Garden Club Park which is located on the corner of Natoma Street and Sibley Street. Embedded in the back of the bench was a plaque that read “Folsom Neighborhood Gardeners, 2001.” The City returned the part of the bench with the embedded plaque, and asked if we wanted to replace the bench with the requirements that, (1) we pay for the materials to make the concrete pad it sits on and (2) the replacement bench meets the Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.

Co-1st Vice President Denise Martinez worked on this project during the summer of 2016 with approval of the Board. A replacement bench was selected which included a four inch by eight inch granite plaque engraved with the words “Folsom Garden Club, Est. 1934.” The total cost of the Folsom Garden Club bench and pad was $850.

In addition, the Stefani family wished to donate another bench with a plaque in memory of Sandra Stefani, who had

been a club member since 2002. The City agreed to install a pad for the Stefani family’s bench for the cost of materials, another $100, bringing the total cost to the club to $950. At the September 2016 Business Meeting, members voted to purchase the replacement bench and to pay for the materials to install two concrete pads for a total cost of $950.

The wet winter delayed pouring the concrete pads, but finally the work was completed and the benches were installed this summer. The two benches are identical except for the plaques. Next time you're nearby, stop and admire our benches, and enjoy the Folsom Garden Club Park and our rose garden too.


ONE OF THE BENCHES IS VISIBLE IN THE BACKGROUND

OUR ROSE GARDEN



What We Did On Our Summer Vacations We grew things, took photos, wrote poetry…ah summer!

One Little Black-eyed Susan --by Ron Byrd One little Black-eyed Susan wandered into my yard one day,I don’t know where she came from but I invited her to stay. She seemed so bright and sunny and she required little care,And everyone who saw her thought her beauty to be rare. Soon her roots spread deep, she fell asleep, flowers no longer grew,Then, after fall and winter’s silence, they all said “hello” anew. Now, during summer days she reigns as nature’s golden queen,When all the Black-eyed Susans bloom and make a garden scene. So, be mindful when small flowers may often come your way,For time will pass and soon you’ll have one large, beautiful bouquet.

Photos From Gladys’ Garden:


FAITH DENIS IN HER BACKYARD NEXT TO A SIX FOOT SEVEN INCH LILY!

RON’S BLACK-EYED SUSANS—THE INSPIRATION FOR HIS POEM



Pick up your yearbook at the September meeting. Here’s contact information to tide you over until then.

Board Member Contact Information

Upcoming N. California Gardening Events

September 1-4, Annual Capitola Begonia Festival, Capitola, http://begoniafestival.com/

September 5-7, 9AM-9PM, National Heirloom Expo, Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, http://theheirloomexpo.com/

September 13, 9AM-Noon, Oaks: Learn how to identify oaks, prune them, landscape around them, recognize diseases and preserve our remaining native oaks, Cameron Park Community Center, http://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/Public_Education_Classes/?calitem=375405&g=56698

September 16-17, 10AM-5PM, The Secret Garden’s Annual Harvest Garden Faire & Plant Sale, Jennifer Haley of California Cactus, a local award-winning succulent collector specializing in succulent cultivation, will be presenting arrangement tutorials both days, Elk Grove, http://www.secretgarden-online.com/

September 22, 7:30AM-10AM, Ruth Bancroft Garden, Open Photography Session: Garden at First Light, celebrate the Autumn Equinox by exploring the garden with your camera. Photographers will have the opportunity to access

Position Name Email Phone

President Ron Byrd [email protected] (916) 293-8142

Co-1st VP Janis Erickson [email protected] (916) 799-2140

Co-1st VP Denise Martinez [email protected] Home: (916) 983-6166,Mobile: (916) 203-7990

Co-2nd VP Jessica Hodge [email protected] (916) 205-3720

Co-2nd VP Barbra McKenna [email protected] (415) 453-3807

Co-Treasurer Belinda Colville [email protected] Home: (916) 962-0897Mobile: (916) 749-2911

Co-Treasurer Judith Greenalch [email protected] Home: (916) 467-7055Mobile: (415) 260-5748

Secretary Bev Dwyer [email protected] Home: (916) 983-2927Mobile: (916) 276-3245

Secretary-Substitute Sherrill Gomes [email protected] (916) 804-4383

Past President Joy Greene [email protected] (916) 985-2499

Parliamentarian Dorette Carlson [email protected] (916) 967-2477


http://begoniafestival.com/

http://theheirloomexpo.com/

http://theheirloomexpo.com/

http://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/Public_Education_Classes/?calitem=375405&g=56698

http://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/Public_Education_Classes/?calitem=375405&g=56698

http://www.secretgarden-online.com/

mailto:[email protected]













the garden before it opens up to the general public. Walnut Creek, http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/rbgarden/pages/GardenWorkshop.html

September 23-24, 10AM-2PM, California Native Plant Society Fall Plant Sale & Art Mart, McKinley Park, Sacramento, SacValleyCNPS.org

September 29-30, Succulent Extravaganza, Succulent Gardens, 2133 Elkhorn Road, Castroville, (831) 632-0482, https://sgplants.com/pages/visit-succulent-gardens

September 30, 9AM-Noon, Gardening Wisdom class, Soil Born Farms, Rancho Cordova, https://soilborn.org/learn-grow/adult-ed/

The Last Word

Thank you Joyce Sheffield for your June Business Meeting photos and notes, and thanks to Sharon LuVisi for her sneak peek photo of our new website. And thanks to all of you who've contributed articles and photos to this issue.

We’re now on Facebook—Check us out and Like us: Folsom Garden Club

Last year, I ended the September newsletter by saying, “This is my first newsletter, ever, except for the one I put together in First Grade.” Over the course of the last year in which it has been my honor to be your Newsletter Editor, I’ve learned a lot and improved my newslettering skills at least a little. And I’ve been awestruck by the kindness and generosity of all of you—you've contributed so much to the newsletter and made my job so much easier. Thank you!

Please continue to contribute to the newsletter: send pictures of what's growing in your garden, that new tool you bought that just works wonders, or a gardening event that you'd like to share. How about trying your hand at writing or photography? Committee Chairs, we’d love to hear from you—tell us what you do for the club, and let us know when you need our help.

Your contributions to this newsletter are always welcome. I break out my Disco ball and do The Hustle around my iPad every time someone sends me something for the newsletter. Submissions for the October newsletter are due on September 23rd. You can email me (and I have a new email address) or text me.

Send your submissions to:

Kathy Bramall, Newsletter [email protected] 916-365-7000


"I have found, through years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow; to interact with nature; to share, to find sanctuary, to heal, to honor the earth, to leave a mark.

Through gardening, we feel whole as we make our personal work of art upon our land."

—quote by Julie Moir Messervy, Design Studio (JMMDS)


http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/rbgarden/pages/GardenWorkshop.html

http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/rbgarden/pages/GardenWorkshop.html

http://SacValleyCNPS.org

https://sgplants.com/pages/visit-succulent-gardens

https://soilborn.org/learn-grow/adult-ed/

https://soilborn.org/learn-grow/adult-ed/


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