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75th Fall ConventionTyler, October 19-20

District III

JULYAUGUSTSEPTEMBER2005

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“Belinda’s Dream”

75th Fall ConventionTyler, October 19-20

District III

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Vol. 36, No. 1 The Lone Star Gardener July, August, September 2005Official Publication of Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. Published Quarterly: Jan. Apr. July Oct.www.texasgardenclubs.org

437 Clubs: 12,761 Members, 22 Councils, 55 AffiliatesMember of National Garden Clubs, Inc., 4401 Magnolia Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110National President: Kitty Larkin, W161 N5711 Bette Drive, Menomonee, WI 53051-5647South Central Region Director: Judi Davis, 44 Paradise Point, Quitman, AR 72131-8666

TEXAS GARDEN CLUBS, INC.Carol Russell, President

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GardenerCover: Antique Rose Emporium

TABLE OF CONTENTSPresident’s Message ................................... 3NGC & SCR ............................................... 4About this Issue........................................... 5TGC Officers & Trustees ............................ 6TGC District Directors ................................ 7Celebrating District III ........................... 8-12Bylaw Changes .......................................... 13What’s Coming Up ................................... 14Board Roster ......................................... 15-18 Spring Convention Recap .................... 19-21Call to Convention .................................... 22Registration form ....................................... 23Convention Highlights .............................. 24Susan Combs ............................................. 25Youth Awards ............................................ .26NGC & SCR Awards ................................ 27Applying for Awards 2005 ....................... 28NGC Projects ............................................. 29 Recommendations ...................................... 30From Headquarters .................................... 31

July - August - September 2005 �

The President’s MessageThe President’s Message

President’s Travel Schedule

“Today’s Challenge for Tomorrow’s Change”Here we are in a new century with change occurring at an

accelerating pace. Our challenge is to keep in step, not by reinventing ourselves, but by doing what we do best...offering to our communities the opportunities our organization has developed in education and service, in an environment of a common interest and fellowship.

Our founders, from an era of frugal economic realities, built a solid foundation for those who come after. I liken them to “string savers”, to which each subsequent president has wound her strand of time in continuity of achievements. It is the achievement of their worthy projects that I should like to be a part of this administration.

Let us continue Going Wild With Wildflowers which benefits the entire state; our outstanding outreach project Seeds For Life; embrace again Blue Star Highway Markers and Memorials; get

our garden clubs involved with Penny Pines for Texas Trees, and always be at the forefront of civic development.

Our greatest challenge is growing our Membership. Our goal is to increase members in clubs, to form new clubs, and to welcome more affiliates. We have in place much to fulfill this mission: schools to educate; programs to inspire; projects to build a lasting impact. This is what we wish to share with new members - the joy of fellowship in building with a purpose.

With our Website in operation we must continue to increase communication pathways, so that our members have at their command the resource information they seek; challenge our membership to make use of this wonderful window of opportunity.

The new century challenges us to develop personnel. We must recognize the abilities and encourage the leadership qualities of our members; mentor those who are interested in guiding Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. in a changing tomorrow.

The South Central Region Unified Project is “Beautify Our World With Trees”, and the National Garden Clubs, Inc. President’s major project is “Patriotic Trees”. There is an opportunity for civic development in a matching grant program “Let Freedom Ring” through National Garden Clubs Inc....look for more details in this issue.

In keeping with these patriotic themes, I have chosen as a project a Blue Star Memorial Marker on the grounds at Headquarters.

Consider the challenge of tomorrow’s change...what are we going to do when we get to Mars?....Plant a TREE!

Let us begin our great adventure.

Carol

June 24 Trustees Meeting, Fort WorthJuly 26-28 TAMU Design SeminarAug 15-17 Environmental School, TylerSept 9-11 Symposium, HoustonSept 19-20 Landscape Design School,

College StationSept. 29-Oct 1 NGC Board Meeting, St. LouisOct. 19-21 TGC Fall Convention, Tyler

MEMBERSHIP

Clubs – Members – Affiliates


NATIONAL GARDEN CLUBS, INC.National Garden Clubs, Inc. - President

“Embrace Gardening’s Tapestry”Kitty Larkin of Menomonee Falls, WI begins her presidency with a commitment to civic development. Her chosen projects are of interest to, and for the benefit of, communities. She states, “the stronger our foundation is the stronger will be that which we choose to build upon it.”Under her leadership she is promoting the “Let Freedom Ring” project, offering matching grants for developing Freedom Gardens, planting Presidential Trees, and initiating new or refurbishing Blue Star Memorial Markers, and other creative ways garden clubs may honor those who serve. Through the decades NGC has had tree-planting projects; this term it will be the planting of “Patriotic

Trees”. Kitty is looking forward to the dedication of the National Garden in Washington, D.C. during her administration. She will visit Texas to greet us all in October, 2006 for TGC Fall Convention in El Paso.

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION

South Central Region - Regional Director “Weaving a Gardening Tapestry

to Beautify our World”Judi Davis, a past President of Arkansas Federation of Garden

Clubs, Inc and “Two Million Trees” Chairman for NGC, Inc. is serving as Director 2005-2007. She lives in Quitman, Arkansas, and is the owner of a candy store and gift shop in a resort area of the state, is an emeritus Master Flower Show Judge, President of her Garden Club and on the decorating committee for the local Chamber of Commerce. Judy is married to Ron and they have one son, Jeffrey of Chicago. The Unified Project for SCR is “Beautify Our World With Trees” and will be supported by the Penny Pines Project. Her goal will be focusing on the planting of trees, increasing membership, educating

Congratulations and Best of Luckto our friend, mentor and fellow

garden club member

Carol RussellTGC, Inc. President 2005-2007

We look forward to the next two years!District X

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About this IssueUntil a few years ago, I rarely took the time to read the editor’s comments

in magazines. But now I find myself flipping there first; I would not miss it. I learn about the issue and am surprised at how many times I might have only glanced at the pictures had the editor not mentioned a writer, subject or specific article. To those of you who are reading this page, thank you! During my two years as managing editor, the LSG will honor a different

District with each issue. We will explore the area, meet the Director and State Officer and learn a little about the many achievements of its

members and individual garden clubs. This issue celebrates District III, the site of the Fall Convention in Tyler. I hope you will discover many

reasons to visit District III when attending the meeting. Don’t miss the wonderful accomplishments of the members of the Jesse Wise Allen Garden Club in Jefferson (pg 10) or the history of the 2005 Garden Club of the Year, Azalea Garden Club and their Civic Development Project (pg 9). Susan Combs was delighted to contribute an article again this month. She had no idea we were featuring Tyler and District III when she wrote about Texas Antique Roses (pg 25). How timely! Mike Shoup, owner of the Antique Rose Emporium, was kind enough to supply the photograph for the cover. Check out the 2005 Spring Convention and Flower Show (pg 20) then turn to the Fall Convention registration form included on page 23 to join the fun. The Board Roster for 2005-2007 is included in this issue. You may want to keep the entire issue or pull out the yellow roster pages for easy reference. In addition, you will find all the NGC, Inc. and SCR contest and award winners listed for 2004, new state Life Members, and recommendations and by-law changes approved at Spring Convention. Future issues will include more horticulture tips and a book or two you might enjoy adding to your library. We will continue to include articles and pictures about clubs throughout the state in each issue. I would like to thank the wonderful Garden Club ladies that contributed articles to make this issue possible. Thank you also to all who sent cards, prayers and good wishes to me the last two months. I am deeply touched by your concern.

Happy Gardening!!HAVE YOU PAID YOUR DUES? THEY WERE DUE APRIL 1!!

DUES WERE DELINQUENT AFTER MAY 31!!

About this Issue

Attention District DirectorsThe LSG plans to devote a portion of each issue over the next two years to spotlight the individual Districts of TGC. We would like for the District Directors to gather interesting material about members and clubs in their district to share with our readers. Pictures and articles may be submitted to the LSG editor by email at [email protected]. Surface mail is acceptable if email is not available.Jul, Aug, Sep 2005 District III Oct, Nov, Dec 2005 District XJan, Feb, Mar 2006 District II Apr, May, Jun 2006 District I & VIIIJul, Aug, Sep 2006 District IX Oct, Nov, Dec 2006 District IV & VIIJan, Feb, Mar 2007 District VI Apr, May, Jun 2007 District V


Texas Garden Club, Inc.Executive Officers, 2005 – 2007

L to R: Sarah McReynolds, Mary Sue Jones, Brooke Lively, Barbara Skinner, Judy Keillor, President, Carol Russell, Kathy Cox, Pat Graber, Sandee Walters and Jacki Simmers

Trustees, 2005 - 2007

L to R: Hazel Somerville, Barbara Baker, Dottie Sivess, Jean Snodgrass, Peggy Moreland and Paula Haynes. Not pictured: Loyce Rogers, Guyneth Priem, Eleanor Floeck and Andrea

NEW MEMBER CLUBS AND AFFILIATESClubs:Community Gardens of Arlington, Arlington, District IISan Antonio Garden Center-Members at Large, San Antonio, District VIIStonebriar Garden Club of Frisco, Frisco, District XLiberty County Horticulture Society, Liberty Hill, District IVAffiliates:Greater Dallas Fort Worth Bromeliad Society of Dallas, District XWater Garden Society of Greater Fort Worth, Fort Worth, District II


Texas Garden Club District Directors 2005 – 2007

L to R: Evelyn Knox, Leslie Beckoff, Sheila Hill, Roseann Reece, Johanna Taylor, Freda Carpenter, Louise Keith, Susan Sher, Pam Emmons. Not pictured: Melyn Wittenborn

CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW TGC LIFE MEMBERS!1106 – Zelda Leverett – Abilene Garden Club 1111 – Ann Nimmo – Bridgeport Garden Club1107 – Dewayne Wells – Kermit Garden Club 1112 – Charlotte Elrod – Temple, Texas1108 – Betty Strahan – Hondo Garden Club 1113 – Carroll Sinclair – Tyler, Texas1109 – Sandra “Charlie” Marr - Woodlands Garden Club 1114 – Carole Ann Taggert – Shades of Green 1110 – Amelia E. Way – San Angelo Garden Club Garden Club

To our friend and mentor

Linda WhetsellThank you for two wonderful years!!

A job well done!!

Much love to you from all of usAzalea Garden Club

TGC, Inc. Board of Directors

Thank you for serving 2005-2007With your contribution of ideas, energy and

enthusiasm, we shall accomplishToday’s Challenge – Tomorrow’s Change

Carol R. Russell, President


Celebrating District IIIWhich TGC, Inc. District contains the “Bluebird Capital of Texas” and is home to

the state’s largest Ginkgo Biloba tree? Of course, it is District III.The East Texas Piney Woods area encompasses 41 counties extending from Texarkana

to Huntsville. This long narrow district - divided into three zones (North, Central and South), is comprised of 64 Clubs, 6 Councils and 7 Affiliates. Its rich history is rooted in the antebellum Republic of Texas. Near Huntsville is the giant 67 foot high concrete and steel likeness of the first President and Governor, Sam Houston. It’s the tallest statue of an American hero in the world.

Who has not swooned like a Southern Belle over the sight of a snowstorm of dogwoods blooming in the woods, or the brilliant colors of azaleas head high, or the acres and acres of roses in Tyler, the “Rose Capital of the World”?

Being rich in bio-diversity, this District has led garden club members in promoting environmental issues such as recycling and proper solid waste disposal, and offering of Environmental Studies Schools for Garden Club members at Camp Tyler. District III has championed youth education by sponsoring Camp Tyler and its environmental programs for elementary school children, by organizing garden clubs for youth, and by awarding scholarships to college students majoring in horticulture and other allied subjects.

Oh, and the Bluebird Capital of Texas is Wills Point and the largest Ginkgo tree is in New Boston.

Jackie LaTaste

Sandee Walters, TGC Vice-President YouthAs a “Military Brat” Sandee Walters lived many places during her growing-up years, but

no matter where they lived her mother always had a flower garden. Even when they lived in a high-rise apartment building in Madrid, Spain with balconies, Mrs. Walters had her flowers in containers and she passed that love of gardening on to Sandee.

Sandee’s garden club participation began over 20 years ago when she joined the Civic Garden Club in Kilgore. Over the years she has served three years as Club President, two years as Vice President: Programs, two years as Vice President: Yearbook, three years as Treasurer and as Flower Show Chairman. Sandee has also served as Central Zone Director and

most recently, as District III Director. Linda Whetsell was the first speaker on floral design that she ever heard and her love for design began with that program. Sandee is now a National Flower Show Judge and loves the opportunity to travel and meet with other garden clubbers. She is also a member of Azalea Garden Club in Tyler.

Sandee’s husband, Mark, is a retired rose-grower and they have two wonderful daughters and sons-in-law and three TERRIFIC grand children, with another on the way, whom they try to spend as much time with as possible. The grand children already know what it is like to grow vegetables as they help with the planting and harvesting. The oldest granddaughter helps Sandee with the freezing and canning. Sandee is currently taking a Gardening Study Course, is going to Environmental School and just completed a Design Seminar at Texas A&M. Sandee’s years as a member of garden clubs has given her great pleasure and opportunities to meet wonderful friends.


TGC, Inc. Civic Development Award

Carnegie Library ProjectThe Carnegie Library of Tyler celebrated its

100 year birthday in October 2004. The Carnegie Library in Tyler is one of twelve of the original libraries built in the State of Texas by Andrew Carnegie. The property is maintained by the Smith County Historical Society. As is the case with many non-profit organizations, funds were limited and the landscape maintenance at the Carnegie Library was tabled as more important matters arose.

Azalea Garden Club of Tyler voted to adopt the Carnegie Library as a new project for the 2004-2005 garden club year and to continue it as an ongoing project. Azalea Garden Club found the existing landscaping to be overgrown with bare flower beds on the north side of the building. This year Azalea Garden Club allotted $250 for the planting of the Carnegie Library’s bare flower beds with the local Smith County Master Gardeners matching the donation.

Seven Azalea Garden Club members met on October 4, 2004 to perform the overdue maintenance. It was determined that the landscaping was overgrown and needed immediate pruning. One of the committee members volunteered her lawn maintenance crew to provide the necessary muscle. Azalea Garden Club members amended the soil in the flower beds and planted variegated privet, miniature nandina, and variegated monkey grass. For color, the committee chose ornamental kale, dianthus and snapdragons. The initial phase

of the landscape project was completed by the Carnegie Library’s Centennial celebration held October 7-10, 2004. Regular watering schedules were planned by the Azalea Garden Club members and fertilization and seasonal planting will be provided as needed.

Dian Floyd

Achievements of the Hemphill Garden Club

The Hemphill Garden Club won the National Garden Club’s Jesse M. Connor Award for Environmental Education. They have established a comprehensive program on the environment for four 3rd grade classes. Throughout the year members and guest speakers give programs on birds, littering and recycling, wildflowers, bees, and honey production and flowering trees. Students have assignments and hands-on projects including a field trip to go fishing in the Sabine National Forrest. Each year Hemphill Garden Club raises money to fund an annual bus trip to Hodges Gardens.

In the spring of 2005, Hemphill Garden Club teamed up with TxDOT to relandscape the Sabine County “Gateway” entrance to the state on Texas Highway 21. The Club had previously established a Blue Star Memorial Marker at the site and has been responsible for its maintenance. The State and the Hemphill Garden Club now propose to add a flag pole, picnic tables, new trees and shrubs and a lit display case to acquaint visitors with the historic sites in Sabine County.

Johanna Deal Taylor, District III DirectorAfter working as a microbiologist in New York and Boston, Johanna

moved to Texas and became a fourth generation enthusiast of Jersey cows and gardening. At present, Johanna and her brothers oversee a dairy operation following the principles of sustainable agriculture.

Johanna began garden clubbing in Mt. Vernon, Texas, in 1988. With the encouragement of mentors including Dottie Sivess, the late Fannie Maxton

and Frances Ellis, and past TGC Presidents, Linda Whetsell and Ina Brundrette, she first became a Flower Show Judge in 1996 and Northern Zone Director in 1999. Our educational schools have helped her to focus her interest on sustainable agriculture and the environment so vital to the earth’s health and our own.

Recently installed as District III Director, Johanna has selected “Sowing and Growing for the Future” as her theme for the year. Being Director will give Johanna the chance to enjoy the small towns and back roads of Texas. She is so proud to be District III Director, as you can see by reading this issue! Please join her in Jefferson for the Gardening Study School, November 7 and 8, 2005.

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What’s doing in Jefferson with The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club

In her memoirs, Mrs. Elizabeth Dannelly wrote, “On Thursday March 16, 1939, thirty-five ladies met and organized a garden club. They named it for Jessie Allen Wise, who had died exactly a year before, a lady very much involved in all kinds of civic and community affairs. Dues were 10 cents and in the treasury was 30 cents.” This was the inauspicious start of what today is a vibrant garden club of 60 members with deep roots in the community of Jefferson, a town of only 2100 people.

The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club members started their historic restoration projects in 1953 with the purchase of the Jay Gould railroad car. Known as The Atlanta, the car was moved to its present site by the ladies in 1954 and was awarded a historical marker in 1995. However, the ladies took on a

project of much larger dimensions when they purchased The Excelsior House Hotel. The Hotel, which had changed hands many times since being built in 1852, had fallen into such a state of disrepair that the banks who held notes on the property considered selling it for the property value and demolishing the old building. It was then that the members of The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club, 35 ladies from Jefferson, recognized an opportunity and their responsibility to history and sought to purchase the hotel. They borrowed money to pay off the notes, took out personal loans to begin the restoration process and dedicated two years and thousands of hours of personal labor to returning The Excelsior House Hotel to its past glory. Individual families adopted each guest room and decorated them in period style.

The Dallas Morning News headline said it well, “Clubwomen Tackle Man Size Job” and they did it well. In 1991 Texas Monthly wrote, “...It is a yin-yang experience, a perfect balance of male and female energies. For men it offers thick walls, strong water pressure, firm mattresses, remote control television, and scrambled eggs served with quarter-inch-thick pieces of country ham...Conversely it is crammed with antiques that only a woman could

Ladies of the Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club at the Garden Party benefiting the Ruth Lester Playhouse Restoration Project


love...and certain irresistible details such as tall pale-pink vases once owned by Lady Bird Johnson’s parents...and - incidentally - a nicely tended garden”

After their success with the Excelsior Hotel, The ladies of the Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club went on to purchase the Ruth Lester House, formerly a Catholic convent and school and the adjoining Jefferson Playhouse, which had been a Jewish synagogue. The Ruth Lester House is now open for tours during the club’s highly successful Pilgrimage and the Jefferson Playhouse is used for re-enactments of the famous Diamond Bessie murder trial. However, this year the trial had to be moved because the club has started an ambitious $250,000 renovation project with a $3,000 grant from the National Historic Preservation Trust and a $7,500 grant from the Texas Historical Commission. In addition to restoring the 1860 playhouse, the Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club is committed to creating a Community Playhouse Performing Arts Education Center that will serve Jefferson and East Texas.

Jefferson’s historic Pilgrimage, organized by the Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club, takes place the last weekend in April and includes not only tours of the many historic buildings owned by the club, but other historic houses in the area. There is a re-enactment of a civil war battle, a parade (led this year by Miss Teen USA April Ford, Parade Grand Marshal), a quilt show, annual art exhibition and sales, a crafts fair, and Period Artisans.

The Excelsior House Hotel, the second longest continually operating hotel in Texas, is also the center of many garden club activities, including their Standard Flower Show. They continue to reach out to the whole community by inviting them to join their activities. This year, Mrs. Johnson, a Garden Club member and local kindergarten teacher, asked her class to make animals out of fruits and vegetable to enter in the flower show. Radishes became mice, a banana peel became an octopus and a lemon made a great pig. Its members are the source of many of the recipes in the Excelsior House Cookbook published by the garden club. The club has a scholarship program and gives awards for community beautification of gardens around town.

Today, the current membership shows true fidelity and bears honorable witness to their founding members by endeavoring to continue in the task of community historic restoration and preservation in Jefferson.

Athens – Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, East Texas arboretumBig Thicket – Biological Crossroads of North AmericaHuntsville – 67 foot Statue of Sam Houston, first President and Governor of the State of TexasJefferson – Excelsior House Hotel, Pilgrimage – late April/early MayKilgore – Shakespeare Garden on the Kilgore College Campus, Oil Museum, Rangerette MuseumNacogdoches – Mast Arboretum contains 24 theme gardens on 20 acres including daylily, herb, Asian, Children’s, etc.Newton – Wild azaleas blooming mid-March through early April in the canyons north of Newton

District III Pilgrimages – Sights to visit near TylerParis – Eiffel Tower Texas Style, Last weekend in April, first weekend in May- Land Fair Gardens open to the public to showcase 600+ varieties of irisTyler and Smith County – Tyler Municipal Rose Garden, which includes award-winning IDEA Garden by Smith Co. Master Gardeners, Vance Burks Memorial Camellia Garden, Edna Lankart Daylily Collection and Heritage Antique Roses, Texas Rose Festival held every October, Tyler Area Council of Garden Clubs standard flower show during festival, Arboretum at the Tyler Junior College features Ina Brundrett Azalea GardenWills Point – Birding Trails are open to the public, Bluebird Festival each April includes free birding tours of Bluebird Trails, via bus or by walking


Azalea Garden Club – Gold Club of the YearAzalea Garden Club of Tyler was organized in 1941. Azalea has continued to

be a member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., South Central Region, Texas Garden Clubs, Inc and District III since its federation in 1942. At the beginning of this year there were 27 active members and 9 associate members. Azalea Garden Club has a rich garden history with Azalea members, Ina Brundrett and Linda Whetsell, having served as Presidents of TGC, Inc. Member Sandee Walters was installed at the 2005 Spring Convention as VP of Youth and Dottie Sivess was installed as District III’s Trustee for Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. Azalea member Ina Brundrett was the founder of the Azalea Garden at Tyler Junior College, the beginning of the Tyler Junior College Botanical Gardens. Linda Whetsell, Ina Brundrett, Linda Dyer and Naomi Marksbury serve on the advisory committee for the Tyler Junior College Botanical Gardens.

Over the years Azalea Garden Club has sponsored nine garden clubs, one of which is a youth garden club. These sponsorships date from 1952 to 1999, with plans for a new sponsorship this coming year. Among Azalea members are Flower Show Judges, Landscape Design Consultants, Gardening Consultants and Environmental Consultants. Azalea Garden Club is a member of the Tyler Area Council of Garden Clubs. A number of members are also Master Gardeners. Azalea Garden Club was awarded the Garden Club of the Year 2004-2005 at the TGC Spring Convention in Addison. The presiding President is Ann Brown.

Azalea members are currently involved in a long-term landscaping project at the Carnegie Library in Tyler, which was awarded the TGC, Inc. Civic Development Award for 2004. Azalea Garden Club established a butterfly garden at Camp Tyler, participates in the Annual Texas Rose Festival and the Tyler Area Council of Garden Clubs annual Standard Flower Show held in conjunction with the Texas Rose Festival. In addition, Azalea Garden Club hosts its own Standard Flower Show and Guest Day Tea each year.

Sandee Walters

Pionette Garden Club – Silver Club of the Year Pionette Garden Club in Palestine was federated in 1953. They are a Silver Club with 30 active members, 5 associates and one sustainer. Pionette Garden Club is committed to the community with involvement in 14 different youth garden clubs in Anderson County, including the Boy Scouts and the Dogwood 4-H Junior Club. Other community projects include landscaping public areas, teaching Garden Therapy at a local nursing home, litter pick up along their adopted section of the highway and tree planting on Arbor Day. Pionette has a yearly pilgrimage and monthly meetings with recent topics that include butterfly gardening, making herb angels, plant sharing and a Garden Gadget Exchange. Fundraisers include a yearly flower show and a craft auction. They are an outstanding example of a Silver Garden Club and their involvement in the community.

TGC Garden Club of the Year Winners from District III

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Texas Garden Clubs, IncOrganization Study Committee – Bylaw Changes

The following proposed Bylaw changes were accepted by a vote of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors at the Spring 2005 Convention in Addison, Texas and are hereby presented as a second reading of those changes. (additions/changes in bold face type)

ARTICLE VI-MEETING AND CONVENTIONSSECTION 4. FALL CONVENTION

a. The Fall Convention shall be hosted each year in some city by invitation, and shall be open to the Executive Committee, the Board of Directors, all members of Garden Clubs in good standing, Life Members, and all members in good standing of Affiliate organizations. All Elected and Appointed Officers shall report, and shall submit copies of written reports to the President, Recording Secretary, Parliamentarian, Historian, and Vice-President-The Lone Star Gardener. Committee Chairmen may report if they request time. (See ARTICLE X, SECTION 10)

b. The Garden Club Member of the Year shall be presented at the Fall Convention.ARTICLE XVI-COMMITTEES AND THEIR DUTIES

SECTION 2. STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEESg. Garden Club Member of the Year Committee:

1) The Garden Club Member of the Year Committee shall consist of a panel of former Garden Club Member of the Year recipients.

2) In even numbered years, the Garden Club Member of the Year shall be chosen from nominees submitted by each District and announced at the Fall Convention.

3) In odd-numbered years, unless previously honored, the immediate Past-President of Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. shall be named Garden Club Member of the Year. In the event this honor has been received by the President, the Garden Club Member of the Year shall be selected from District nominees.

KUDOSto all of the

TGC Spring Convention Chairmen

THANKS DISTRICT X!

Joyce Cochran

In Memoriam

Aline Mason

Houston Area Flower Show Judges

In Appreciation

of

CHARLOTTE ELRODDistrict V Director

The Members of District V


2005-2006

NATIONAL EVENTSSept. 28 – Oct. 3 Fall Board Meeting— St. Louis

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION EVENTSMar. 21-22 Convention—Oklahoma City

STATE EVENTSOct. 19 - 21 Fall Convention—TylerApr. 23 – 26, 2006 Spring Convention— Fort Worth

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY SCHOOLCourse II:Aug. 15 – 17 Camp Tyler Course III:Feb. 13 - 15, 2006 Camp TylerCourse IV:Aug. 14 – 16, 2006 Camp TylerChairman: Linda Whetsell 1114 Queenspark, Tyler 75703

FLOWER SHOW SCHOOLSCourse IV:Aug. 23 – 25 TylerContact: Ina Brundrette 7015 Paluxy Dr., Tyler, 75703Course II:Sept. 27 - 29 Dallas ArboretumContact: Dana Serafine 972-781-6636Course II:Oct. 25 – 27 HoustonContact: Pat Graber 2618 Talina Way, Houston 77080Course I:Jan. 21 – 23, 2006 TylerContact: Ina Brundrette 7015 Paluxy Dr., Tyler 75703Course III:Mar. 21 – 23, 2006 HoustonContact: Pat Graber 2618 Talina Way, Houston 77080

SYMPOSIUMSSept. 9 - 11 HoustonRegistrar: Jerry Reid 713-774-08096214 Birdwood, Houston, 77074-7526

GARDEN STUDY COURSECourse III:Nov. 7 – 9 JeffersonCourse IV:

Feb. 13 – 15, 2006 JeffersonChairman: Diane Whitaker 1714 Maux, Houston 77043

TEXAS DESIGN SEMINARSRenewal XIV:Jul. 26 – 28 TAMU, College StationCourse II, Series VI:Jul. 28 – 30 TAMU, College StationChairman: Joyce Cochran, 214-257-1147 4076 Northview Lane, Dallas 75229

DISTRICT FALL CONVENTIONSDistrict I:Oct. 25 Fall Board Meeting, LubbockNov. 1 Southern Zone Meeting, OdessaDistrict II: Nov. 8 Fort Worth, Ridglea CCDistrict VI:Nov. 4 Brownsville/South Padre Island.District X:Nov. 3 Frisco, Stonebriar Country Club

Calendar Chairman, Virginia Salter, 11040 Creekmere, Dallas, TX 75218Phone: 214-328-1221 E-mail: [email protected]

Congratulations new Flower Show Judges

Carolyn Scott, Fort WorthGail Wilson, Forney

A SPECIAL THANKS TOKay Warmerdam

FOR INSTALLING 2005-2007DISTRICT X OFFICERS

In Loving Memory of Maureen Robinson,

Vera Willingham and Ala B. Davidson

In Memory ofMARGARET STAPPER

Andrea Story, TGC HQS Trustee

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Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. Officers 2005-200�EXECUTIvE COmmITTEE

ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICERSPresident ................................................ Carol Russell ..........................9914 Ridgehaven ...........................Dallas TX 75238-2623 ........... (214) 348-2500 ...............(214) 348-2500 [email protected] Finance............................................. Judy Keillor .............................3205 Banyan Cir ............................Harlingen TX 78550-7404 ..... (956) 425-9208 ...............(956) 412-3028 .................. [email protected] Awards .............................................. Barbara Skinner .....................425 E Bayview Dr ..........................Portland TX 78374................. (361) 777-3221 ...............(361) 643-6295 ...................... [email protected] Star Gardener ......................... Brooke Lively ..........................6125 Merrymount Rd .....................Ft Worth TX 76107 ................ (817) 732-5559 ...............(817) 763-5678 [email protected] Membership...................................... Kathy Cox ...............................817 Camino de Paz .......................El Paso TX 79922 ................. (915) 581-2550 ...............(915) 833-9525 ..................... [email protected] Organization Study .......................... Jacki Simmers ........................5004 Sherwood Dr .........................Midland TX 79707 ................. (432) 697-8808 ...............(432) 697-8808 ........................... [email protected] Scholarship....................................... Pat Graber ..............................2618 Talina Way .............................Houston TX 77080................. (713) 462-7706 ......................................................pgraber@houston.rr.comVP Youth ................................................ Sandee Walters ......................23703 FM 2767E ............................Kilgore TX 75662-7508.......... (903) 983-1765 ...................................................... [email protected] Sec ....................................... Mary Sue Jones .....................4513 Oak Grove Ct ........................San Angelo TX 76904 ........... (325) 223-1656 ..........................................................marysuej@iopener.netTreasurer ................................................ Sarah McReynolds .................1722 Hwy 14N ................................Groesbeck TX 76642-2568 ... (254) 729-3529 ...............(254) 729-5253 [email protected] ................................................. Wilma Smith ...........................198 Keith St ....................................Allen TX 75002-3417 ............. (972) 727-6496 ...............(972) 727-1294 [email protected] Sec ............................................. Lucy Hendy ............................2904 N Britain Rd ..........................Irving TX 75062 ..................... (972) 252-1046 ........................................................... [email protected] ...................................... Joyce Cochran .......................4076 Northview Ln .........................Dallas TX 75229-2854 ........... (214) 357-1147 ............................................................Joyce3232@aol.comHon. Life President ................................ Mary Louise Michie ................3740 Bellaire Cir .............................Ft Worth TX 76109 ................ (817) 923-2757 ...............(817) 923-4277Chairman Bd of Trustees ...................... Guyneth Priem .......................5427 Jackwood ...............................Houston TX 77096................. (713) 664-5831 ...............(713) 664-5831 [email protected]

DISTRICT DIRECTORSDist I Director ......................................... Louise Keith ...........................918 E Waco ....................................Kermit TX 79745.................... (432) 586-6167 ......................................................... [email protected] II Director ........................................ Sheila Hill ...............................4130 Rawleigh Dr ...........................Ft Worth TX 76126 ................ (817) 249-2619 .................................................. [email protected] III Director ....................................... Johanna Taylor .......................PO Box 199 ....................................Winfield TX 75493-0199 ........ (903) 524-4201 ...............(903) 524-4201Dist IV Director ...................................... Freda Carpenter .....................407 Botts St ....................................Brenham TX 77833-3232 ...... (979) 836-1556 .............................................................. [email protected] V Director ...................................... Evelyn Knox ...........................PO Box 539 ....................................Giddings TX 78942 ................ (979) 542-3387 ............................................................... [email protected] VI Director ...................................... Susan Sher ............................PO Box 3229 ..................................South Padre Island TX 78597 (956) 761-2891 ...............(956) 761-2892 [email protected] VII Director ..................................... Pam Emmons .........................14927 Sandy Creek .......................Corpus Christi TX 78140 ....... (361) 387-1720 ............................................................Birds4Pam@aol.comDist VIII Director .................................... Melyn Wittenborn ...................325 S Ave K East ..........................Haskell TX 79521-9401 ......... (940) 864-3647 .......................................................... [email protected] IX Director ...................................... Leslie Beckoff .........................1117 Thunderbird ............................El Paso TX 79912 ................. (915) 833-4321 .............................................................. [email protected] X Director ....................................... Roseann Reece .....................9956 Greenfield Dr .........................Dallas TX 75238-2602 ........... (214) 348-3948 ...............(214) 348-3948 .................. [email protected]

ADvISORY COmmITTEE - FORmER PRESIDENTSFormer President ................................... Margaret Coil ..........................3717 48th St ...................................Lubbock TX 79413-3919 ....... (806) 795-3273 .................................................................mcoil73@aol.comFormer President ................................... Patsy Huckabee .....................PO Drawer 1415 ............................Snyder TX 79550-1415 ......... (325) 573-5531Former President ................................... Mary Louise Michie ................3740 Bellaire Cir .............................Ft Worth TX 76109 ................ (817) 923-2757 ...............(817) 923-4277Former President ................................... Hazel McCoy ..........................Rt 2 Box 97 ....................................Goldthwaite TX 76844 ........... (325) 938-5350 ...........................................................htmccoy@centtex.netFormer President ................................... Esther Clinton .........................10813 Roaring Brook Ln ................Houston TX 77024................. (713) 465-5858Former President ................................... Betty Johnson ........................1305 E Pecos St ............................Palestine TX 75801 ............... (903) 729-4700 .................................................bettyjohnson@goquest.comFormer President ................................... Kris Brown ..............................7101 Calumet .................................Amarillo TX 79106 ................. (806) 352-6371 .............................................................. [email protected] President ................................... Nell Denman ..........................10 Heritage Oak Ct ........................Lake Jackson TX 77566-4960 (979) 297-1311 ...............(979) 297-1763 .......... [email protected] President ................................... Renee Blaschke .....................1412 NE 7th St ..............................Smithville TX 78957-1202 ..... (512) 360-2738 ...............(512) 237-4549 ......... [email protected] President ................................... Pauline Brown ........................6014 Arboles ...................................Houston TX 77035................. (713) 723-0975Former President ................................... Jayne Martin ...........................58113 Esplanade Dr. #114 .............Corpus Christi TX 78411 ....... (361) 854-5277Former President ................................... Ina Brundrett ..........................7015 Paluxy Dr ...............................Tyler TX 75703-5936 ............. (903) 561-2014 ................................................................ [email protected] President ................................... Barbara Baker ........................4104 Harlanwood Dr ......................Ft Worth TX 76109 ................ (817) 927-4668 ...............(817) 924-9745 ................... [email protected] President ................................... Sue Durrett .............................16027 Champion Dr .......................Spring TX 77379.................... (281) 376-3183 ...............(281) 376-3183 .............. [email protected] President ................................... Linda Whetsell ........................1114 Queenspark Dr ......................Tyler TX 75703-3946 ............. (903) 561-2081 ...............(903) 561-2342 ................ [email protected]

BOARD OF DIRECTORSArbor Day ............................................... Sandra Browning ....................4501 Crockett Ave ..........................Snyder TX 79549-5817 ......... (325) 573-7277Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) ........ Barbara Skinner .....................425 E Bayview Dr ..........................Portland TX 78374................. (361) 777-3221 ...............(361) 643-6295 ...................... [email protected]/State .......................................... Barbara Skinner .....................425 E Bayview Dr ..........................Portland TX 78374................. (361) 777-3221 ...............(361) 643-6295 ...................... [email protected]/Regional .................................... Barbara Skinner .....................425 E Bayview Dr ..........................Portland TX 78374................. (361) 777-3221 ...............(361) 643-6295 ...................... [email protected]/National ..................................... Barbara Skinner .....................425 E Bayview Dr ..........................Portland TX 78374................. (361) 777-3221 ...............(361) 643-6295 ...................... [email protected] of Excellence .............................. Sue John ................................25 Highland Park Village 100-555 .Dallas TX 75205 .................... (214) 526-0007 [email protected] Habitat .................................... Margaret David .......................115 Whippoorwill.............................Livingston TX 77351 .............. (936) 327-7790 ....................................................... [email protected]

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Bird & Butterfly Protection ..................... Shirley Morrow .......................907 W 7th St ..................................Weslaco TX 78596 ................ (956) 968-7466Blue Star Memorial ................................ Shirley Haley ..........................145 Lazy Water Dr .........................Livingston TX 77351 .............. (936) 967-8600 ...........................................................Shaley@samlink.comBook Listings/Friendship, Memorial ..... Mitch Peterson .......................5407 Westerham Pl ........................Houston TX 77069................. (281) 444-1161 ...............................................................DKPDFH@aol.comBook Listings/Gold, Silver Book ............ Gussie Ingersoll .....................10204 Bull Run Dr .........................San Antonio TX 78230 .......... (210) 696-3468Book Listings/President’s Book ............. Adeline Caulfield ....................3322 Latham Dr .............................Dallas TX 75229-3846 ........... (214) 357-7511BRIT Representative .............................. Marion Badey .........................3801 Trailwood Ln ..........................Ft Worth TX 76109 ................ (817) 923-4258 .......................................................MTaylorBadey@aol.comBrookwood Community .......................... Carol Smith.............................PO Box 622 ....................................Simonton TX 77476-0622...... (281) 346-1202 ...............(281) 346-2315 ................. [email protected] Gardening ................................ Alice Davies ...........................217 Enchanted Estates Dr .............Crockett TX 75835................. (936) 544-8149 ......................................................... [email protected] of Events ................................ Virginia Salter .........................11040 Creekmere ...........................Dallas TX 75218 .................... (214) 328-1221 ................................................................ginnie@airmail.netCamp Tyler Foundation ......................... Carolyn Baer ..........................15998 McElroy Rd ..........................Whitehouse TX 75791 ........... (903) 566-8822Chaplin ................................................... Gerry Embrey .........................163 Elkins Lake ..............................Huntsville TX 77340 .............. (936) 291-2838 ...............(936) 291-8858 ......................... [email protected] Garden Clubs ............................ Nell Dube ...............................407 Summit Ridge ..........................Euless TX 76039 ................... (817) 684-9905 ...................................................llndube@mail.cowtown.netChurch & Memorial Gardens ................ Bonnie Baker ..........................2869 CR 229 ..................................Schulenberg TX 78956 .......... (979) 652-2432 ................................................................... [email protected] Achievement .................................. Betty Gerber ...........................8818 Village Hills ............................Spring TX 77379-6369 .......... (281) 370-8498 ...................................................... [email protected] Development ................................. Elaine Bryant ..........................827 Comanche Tr ...........................Abilene TX 79601-8249 ......... (325) 672-5343 ...............(625) 673-5593 [email protected] History ........................................... Marge Radle ...........................3721 Wren ......................................Ft Worth TX 76133 ................ (817) 294-7206 ..................................................................mrbr62@aol.comClub Rating ............................................ Anna Archer ...........................1408 N 22nd St ..............................Nederland TX 77627-5738 .... (409) 729-4245 ............................................................. [email protected] Concern & Service ............. Rhoda Berry ...........................HC 6 Box 512 ................................Hemphill TX 75948 ................ (409) 579-4058 ......................................................... [email protected] & Endangered Specis ..... Merlene Cain ..........................16131 Champion Dr .......................Spring TX 77379-6708 .......... (281) 376-9122 ..........................................................merlenecain@aol.comConvention Booking ............................... Nell Denman ..........................10 Heritage Oak Ct ........................Lake Jackson TX 77566-4960 (979) 297-1311 ...............(979) 297-1763 .......... [email protected] Consultant ........................... Guyneth Priem .......................5427 Jackwood ...............................Houston TX 77096................. (713) 664-5831 ...............(713) 664-5831 [email protected] Resolutions ............................. Mary Margaret Roberson .......3312 Southwestern .........................Dallas TX 75225-7653 ........... (241) 361-0295 ...............(214) 361-0295Credentials ............................................. Ruby Brigman ........................PO Box 1611 ..................................Uvalde TX 78802 ................... (830) 278-5875 ...............(830) 248-5875Delegates Reports ................................. Bonnie Richardson .................3406 Mapledale Dr .........................Farmers Branch TX 75324 .... (972) 247-8393Design Seminars .................................... Joyce Cochran .......................4076 Northview Ln .........................Dallas TX 75229-2854 ........... (214) 357-1147 ............................................................Joyce3232@aol.comEndowment............................................. Patsy Huckabee .....................PO Drawer 1415 ............................Snyder TX 79550-1415 ......... (325) 573-5331Environmental Awareness...................... Dian Mullins-Floyd ..................706 Cedar Creek Dr.......................Tyler TX 75703-3502 ............. (903) 561-9374 ...............(903) 526-2177 [email protected] Consultants .................... Linda Dyer ..............................1395 Hideaway Ln W ....................Lindale TX 75771-5115 ......... (903) 882-7623 ...............(903) 509-2287 ......... [email protected] Studies Sch ................... Ina Brundrett ..........................7015 Paluxy Dr ...............................Tyler TX 75703-5936 ............. (903) 561-2014 ................................................................ [email protected]/AwardsFinance Chairman ........ Judy Keillor .............................3205 Banyan Cir ............................Harlingen TX 78550-7404 ..... (956) 425-9208 ...............(956) 412-3028 .................. [email protected] Show Achievement .................... Bettie Simmons ......................850 Simmons Ct .............................Southlake TX 76092 .............. (817) 481-0190Flower Show Judges Co Pres .............. Andrea Story ..........................PO Box 257 ....................................Edroy TX 78352-0257 ........... (361) 368-4087 ...............(361) 368-9003 [email protected] Show Schedules ........................ Magarette Jones ....................5755 Valkeith ..................................Houston TX 77096-4825 ....... (713) 723-4698 ..................................................................... [email protected] Show Sch/Sym .......................... Andrea Story ..........................PO Box 257 ....................................Edroy TX 78352-0257 ........... (361) 368-4087 ...............(361) 368-9003 [email protected] Reading Exams ............................. Claire Lober ............................11611 Starwood Dr .........................Houston TX 77024-5100 ....... (713) 465-0609 ...............(713) 468-0124 [email protected] Club Member of Year ............... Mary Ann Moreland ................528 Tripp Rd ...................................Sunnyvale TX 75182 ............. (972) 226-2787 ...............(972) 226-5962 ......................... [email protected] Consultant Co Pres .................. Mary Lou Hakansson .............5818 Hummingbird .........................Houston TX 77035................. (713) 729-0788 ............................................................hakanmary@aol.comGarden Study Course ............................ Diane Whitaker .......................1714 Maux ......................................Houston TX 77043-3355 ....... (713) 465-8716 ...............(713) 465-1125 [email protected] Pilgrimages ............................... Barbara Sidorowicz ................2404 Timbercreek Dr ......................Plano TX 75075 ..................... (972) 985-9140 ....................................................bsidorowicz@comcast.netGarden Therapy & Awards .................... Carol Smith.............................PO Box 622 ....................................Simonton TX 77476-0622...... (281) 346-1202 ...............(281) 346-2315 ................. [email protected] & Fund Raising .......................... Barbara Baker ........................4104 Harlanwood Dr ......................Ft Worth TX 76109 ................ (817) 294-2448 ...............(817) 924-9745 ................... [email protected] Trustees Chairman .......................... Guyneth Priem .......................5427 Jackwood ...............................Houston TX 77096................. (713) 664-5831 ...............(713) 664-5831 [email protected] Trustee Dist I .................................. Hazel Somerville ....................1713 Douglas .................................Midland TX 79701-4057 ........ (432) 683-2358HQ Trustee Dist II ................................. Barbara Baker ........................4104 Harlanwood Dr ......................Ft Worth TX 76109 ................ (817) 927-4668 ...............(817) 924-9745 ................... [email protected] Trustee Dist III ................................ Dottie Sivess ..........................406 W 1st St ..................................Mt Pleasant TX 75455 .......... (903) 572-4709 ......................................................... [email protected] Trustee Dist IV ................................ Guyneth Priem .......................5427 Jackwood ...............................Houston TX 77096................. (713) 664-5831 ...............(713) 664-5831 [email protected] Trustee Dist V ................................. Eleanor Floeck .......................4961 E Hwy 290 ............................Giddings TX 78942 ................ (979) 542-3749 ...............(979) 542-3749 [email protected] Trustee Dist VI ................................ Jean Snodgrass .....................550 Palm Valley Dr E ....................Harlingen TX 78552............... (956) 428-4590 ...............................................................Jsngrass@aol.comHQ Trustee Dist VII ............................... Andrea Story ..........................PO Box 257 ....................................Edroy TX 78352-0257 ........... (361) 368-4087 ...............(361) 368-9003 [email protected] Trustee Dist VIII .............................. Loyce Rogers .........................11418 FM 1226N ............................Stamford TX 79553-7618 ...... (325) 773-2826HQ Trustee Dist IX ................................ Peggy Moreland .....................7719 Gran Quivira ..........................El Paso TX 79904 ................. (915) 755-7647 ...............(915) 755-7649 ....................... [email protected] Trustee Dist X ................................. Paula Haynes .........................1369 Edmonton ..............................Lewisville TX 75077-2952 ..... (972) 420-7096 ...............(972) 420-7096Headquarters Landscape ....................... Jimmie Nell Courtney .............2309 Perkins Pl ..............................Arlington TX 76016-1040....... (817) 451-1735

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Historic Preservation .............................. Joan Stansfiled .......................Rt 4 Box 973 ..................................Dickinson TX 77539-9105 ..... (281) 337-2607Horticulture ............................................. Janet Nevil .............................582 N Collins Rd ............................Sunnyvale TX 75182-9547 .... (972) 203-1552 ...............................................................jne556@airmail.netImproved Cultivars ................................. Kay Warmerdam ....................915 Oak Creek Estates..................Lewisville TX 76067-5716 ..... (972) 221-5875Bromeliads.............................................. Lorraine Carroll ......................5310 Live Oak ................................Dallas TX 75206-7814 ........... (214) 827-3214Chrysanthemums ................................... Jimmie Nell Courtney .............2309 Perkins Pl ..............................Arlington TX 76016-1040....... (817) 451-1735Day Lilies ............................................... Binion Amerson ......................13339 Castleton Cir .......................Farmers Branch TX 75234 .... (972) 241-1726 ............................................................binion@daylilies.comDaffodils .................................................. Dottie Sable ............................4301 Edmonson .............................Dallas TX 75205-2623 ........... (214) 526-5379Gourds .................................................... Gerry Flewharty ......................9830 Shadydale ..............................Dallas TX 75238 .................... (214) 341-2614Iris ........................................................... Bobbie Mason ........................121 Creekview W ...........................Red Oak TX 75154 ............... (469) 337-5456Roses ..................................................... Carole Ann Taggart-Fagan .....6230 Joyce Way .............................Dallas TX 75225-2113 ........... (214) 361-2098International Aff/Sister Clubs ................. Idalia Aguilar ...........................3071 Thurman Rd ..........................Bryan TX 77808..................... (979) 778-5672 ...............(979) 690-6507 [email protected] Heritage Park......................... Janet Hood .............................600 Moondale Dr ............................El Paso TX 79912 ................. (915) 845-3161Landscape Consultants Council ............ Evelyn Knox ...........................PO Box 539 ....................................Giddings TX 78942 ................ (979) 542-3387 ............................................................... [email protected] Schools ................................ Nell Zeigler .............................3190 CR 267 ..................................Oglesby TX 76561-1527........ (254) 865-2904 ...............................................................cnzeigler@aol.comLibrary..................................................... Joan Kessinger ......................14808 Meadowland Cir ..................Newark TX 76071 .................. (817) 489-5055 ...................................................... [email protected] .............................................. Rete Parker ............................PO Box 249 ....................................Driftwood TX 78619-0249...... (512) 894-0310 ................................................R-R.parker@worldnet.att.netLet Freedom Ring .................................. Barbara Baker ........................4104 Harlanwood Dr ......................Ft Worth TX 76109 ................ (817) 294-2448 ...............(817) 924-9745 [email protected] Membership National ...................... Carol A Moore ........................1213 Wildbriar Dr ...........................Lufkin TX 75904 .................... (936) 632-1410 ....................................................................cam7@usa.comLife Membership Regional ..................... Carol A Moore ........................1213 Wildbriar Dr ...........................Lufkin TX 75904 .................... (936) 632-1410 ....................................................................cam7@usa.comLife Membership State........................... Carol A Moore ........................1213 Wildbriar Dr ...........................Lufkin TX 75904 .................... (936) 632-1410 ....................................................................cam7@usa.comLitter/Reclamation/Recycling .................. Iris Mitchell .............................Rt 2 Box 140G ...............................Bronson TX 75930-9508 ....... (409) 625-3209 ......................................................... [email protected] Managing Editor ............................ Brooke Lively ..........................6125 Merrymount Rd .....................Ft Worth TX 76107 ................ (817) 732-5559 ...............(817) 763-5678 [email protected] Associate Editor............................. Linda Strassburger .................6662 St Andrews Rd ......................Ft Worth TX 76132 ................ (817) 294-7812 ...............(817) 294-7945 [email protected] Advertising Editor .......................... Peggy Moreland .....................7719 Gran Quivira ..........................El Paso TX 79904 ................. (915) 755-7647 ...............(915) 755-7649 ....................... [email protected] Range Planning ............................ Renee Blaschke .....................1412 NE 7th St ..............................Smithville TX 78957-1202 ..... (512) 360-2738 ...............(512) 237-4549 ......... [email protected] Farms .................................... Charlotte Elrod .......................2714 Pecan Dr ...............................Temple TX 76502-2520 ......... (254) 771-2407 ............................................................CAELROD@aol.comMargaret Sharpe Rose Garden ............. Mary Lou Hakansson .............5218 Hummingbird .........................Houston TX 77035................. (713) 729-0788 ............................................................hakanmary@aol.comMary Musick Table Award ..................... Nina Worthy............................1218 McAdams ...............................Dallas TX 75224-2558 ........... (214) 337-2929Member Services ................................... Johnnie Teague ......................5052 NE CR 220............................Rice TX 75155-9710.............. (903) 326-4060 .................................................. [email protected] ............................................ Kathy Cox ...............................817 Camino de Paz .......................El Paso TX 79922 ................. (915) 581-2550 ...............(915) 833-9525 ..................... [email protected] Garden Week .......................... Merlene Schumacher .............303 N Baylor ..................................Brenham TX 77833 ............... (979) 836-0612 .................................................outofbounds@sbcglobal.netNational Project ...................................... Kris Brown ..............................7101 Calumet .................................Amarillo TX 79106 ................. (806) 352-6371 .............................................................. [email protected] Conservancy .............................. Barbara Baker ........................4104 Harlanwood Dr ......................Ft Worth TX 76109 ................ (817) 294-2448 ...............(817) 924-9745 ................... [email protected] Committee Chairman ......... Linda Whetsell ........................1114 Queenspark Dr ......................Tyler TX 75703-3946 ............. (903) 561-2081 ...............(903) 561-2342 ................ [email protected] Com Dist I ..................................... Jean Mills ...............................1516 Sandalwood ...........................Odessa TX 79761.................. (432) 362-7553Nom Com Dist I Alt ............................... Margaret Coil ..........................3717 48th St ...................................Lubbock TX 79413-3919 ....... (806) 795-3273 .................................................................mcoil73@aol.comNom Com Dist II .................................... Marion Badey .........................3801 Trailwood Ln ..........................Ft Worth TX 76109 ................ (817) 923-4258 .......................................................MTaylorBadey@aol.comNom Com Dist II Alt .............................. Melva Bowles .........................2809 Oak Hill Rd............................Alvarado TX 76009 ................ (817) 790-8779 ................................................momincleburne@yahoo.comNom Com Dist III ................................... Dottie Sivess ..........................406 W 1st St ..................................Mt Pleasant TX 75455 .......... (903) 572-4709 ......................................................... [email protected] Com Dist III Alt ............................. Margaret David .......................115 Whippoorwill.............................Livingston TX 77351 .............. (936) 327-7790 ....................................................... [email protected] Com Dist IV .................................. Guyneth Preim .......................5427 Jackwood ...............................Houston TX 77096................. (713) 664-5831 ...............(713) 664-5831 [email protected] Com Dist IV Alt ............................. Sue Durrett .............................16027 Champion Dr .......................Spring TX 77379.................... (281) 376-3183 ...............(281) 376-3183 .............. [email protected] Com Dist V ................................... Eleanor Floeck .......................4961 E Hwy 290 ............................Giddings TX 78942 ................ (979) 542-3749 ...............(979) 542-3749 [email protected] Com Dist V Alt .............................. Hazel McCoy ..........................Rt 2 Box 97 ....................................Goldthwaite TX 76844 ........... (325) 938-5350 ...........................................................htmccoy@centtex.netNom Com Dist VI .................................. Mary Hammar.........................401 N Victoria Rd...........................Donna TX 78537 ................... (956) 464-3152 ..............................................................cehmn@yahoo.comNom Com Dist VI Alt ............................. Shirley Morrow .......................907 W 7th St ..................................Weslaco TX 78596 ................ (956) 968-7466Nom Com Dist VII ................................. Edith Burris .............................1301 Lincoln ...................................Alice TX 78332 ...................... (361) 664-6131Nom Com Dist VII Alt ............................ Andrea Story ..........................PO Box 257 ....................................Edroy TX 78352-0257 ........... (361) 368-4087 ...............(361) 368-9003 [email protected] Com Dist VIIINom Com Dist VIII AltNom Com Dist IX .................................. Janet Hood .............................600 Moondale Dr ............................El Paso TX 79912 ................. (915) 845-3161Nom Com Dist IX Alt ............................. Mary Ann Silverstein ..............914 W. Sunset Rd. .........................El Paso TX 79922 ................. (915) 587-7935Nom Com Dist X ................................... Mary Ann Moreland ................528 Tripp Rd ...................................Sunnyvale TX 75182 ............. (972) 226-2787 ...............(972) 226-5962 ......................... [email protected]

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Nom Com Dist X Alt .............................. Wilma Smith ...........................198 Keith St ....................................Allen TX 75002-3417 ............. (972) 727-6496 ...............(972) 727-1294 [email protected]/Dec Award ...................................... Dana Serafine ........................2904 Vinson Ln ..............................Plano TX 75093 ..................... (972) 781-6636Organization Study ................................ Jacki Simmers ........................5004 Sherwood Dr .........................Midland TX 79707 ................. (432) 697-8808 ...............(432) 697-8808 ........................... [email protected] ............................................... Mary Lebel .............................2014 Oak Trail Dr...........................Rowlett TX 75088 .................. (972) 475-7972 .........................................................mbcobel@earthlink.netPlant Societies & Affiliates .................... Diane Clark ............................309 Lakeway Dr .............................Ft Worth TX 76126-3104....... (817) 249-2760 ................................................................... [email protected] Texas............................................. Cynthia Alexander ..................5295Loma Alta ................................Frisco TX 75034 .................... (972) 625-0484 ..................................................................cyn2@airmail.netPolicy & Procedure Chrmn .................... Margaret Coil ..........................3717 48th St ...................................Lubbock TX 79413-3919 ....... (806) 795-3273 .................................................................mcoil73@aol.comPolicy & Procedure ................................ Ina Brundrett ..........................7015 Paluxy Dr ...............................Tyler TX 75703-5936 ............. (903) 561-2014 ................................................................ [email protected] & Procedure ................................ Sue Durrett .............................16027 Champion Dr .......................Spring TX 77379.................... (281) 376-3183 ...............(281) 376-3183 .............. [email protected]’s Reports ................................ Marty Swindell ........................124 Manor Way ..............................Grapevine TX 76051-3148 .... (817) 488-7789 ...............(817) 251-0068 ........ [email protected] Press Book .............................. Marilyn Fitzner ........................582 N Collins ..................................Sunnyvale TX 75182 ............. (972) 203-1552 ........................................................mgfitzner@hotmail.comProtocol .................................................. Dian Mullins-Floyd ..................706 Cedar Creek Dr.......................Tyler TX 75703-3502 ............. (903) 561-9374 ...............(903) 526-2177 [email protected] Awards ................................. Beverly Flosi ...........................HC 53 Box 219A ............................Hemphill TX 75948 ................ (409) 579-2827 ........................................grammyngrampy@sabinenet.comRadio/TV/Video ...................................... Wanda Anderson ....................4001 Custer Rd S ..........................McKinney TX 75070 .............. (972) 529-1507 ...................................................wpagarden@sbcglobal.netResolutions ............................................. Mary Margaret Roberson .......3312 Southwestern .........................Dallas TX 75225-7653 ........... (214) 361-0295 ...............(214) 361-0295Rio Grande Wildlife Corridor ................. Mary Hammar.........................401 N Victoria Rd...........................Donna TX 78537 ................... (956) 464-3152 ..............................................................cehmn@yahoo.comRiverside Nature Center ........................ Edith Burris .............................1301 Lincoln ...................................Alice TX 78332 ...................... (361) 664-6131Roadside Rec/Beautification .................. Amanda Hafer ........................6658 Old Independence Rd ...........Brenham TX 77833 ............... (979) 836-5089Scholarship ............................................. Pat Graber ..............................2618 Talina Way .............................Houston TX 77080................. (713) 462-7706 ......................................................pgraber@houston.rr.comScrapbook Gen Chrmn .......................... Jo Ann Walker ........................Rt 1 Box 77X..................................Grapeland TX 75844 ............. (936) 687-5800Scrapbook Bronze ................................. Jo Ann Walker ........................Rt 1 Box 77X..................................Grapeland TX 75844 ............. (936) 687-5800Scrapbook Gold ..................................... Jean Mills ...............................1516 Sandalwood ...........................Odessa TX 79761.................. (432) 362-7553Scrapbook Green ................................... Molindia Henson ....................Rt 1 Box 142F ................................Newton TX 75966 .................. (409) 565-4702Scrapbook Silver .................................... Molindia Henson ....................Rt 1 Box 142F ................................Newton TX 75966 .................. (409) 565-4702Seeds for Life ........................................ Linda Dyer ..............................1395 Hideaway Ln W ....................Lindale TX 75771-5115 ......... (903) 882-7623 ...............(903) 509-2287 ......... [email protected] Project ........................................ Edith Burris .............................1301 Lincoln ...................................Alice TX 78332 ...................... (361) 664-6131Waterwise Aquifers & Reservoirs .......... Dr. Joe E Whetsell .................1114 Queenspark Dr ......................Tyler TX 75703-3946 ............. (903) 561-2081 ...............(903) 561-2342 ................ [email protected] & Means Co-Chairman ................ Vicki Roebuck.........................362 Town East Blvd .......................Sunnyvale TX 75182 ............. (972) 226-6802 .........................................................roebuck@waymark.netWays & Means Co-Chairman ................ Jan Monroe ............................330 Gloria Rd .................................Sunnyvale TX 75182 ............. (972) 226-3813 ............................................................ [email protected] Site (TGC) ..................................... Kathy Cox ...............................817 Camino de Paz .......................El Paso TX 79922 ................. (915) 581-2550 ...............(915) 833-9525 ..................... [email protected] Master ............................................ Tricia Bradbury .......................210 Kingfisher Dr ...........................Sugar Land TX 77478 ........... (281) 242-2338 ............................................................. [email protected] Education ............................. Pauline Dixon .........................11924 Oberlin Dr ............................Dallas TX 75243 .................... (972) 226-1681 .................................................. [email protected] Preservation ......................... Kay Warmerdam ....................915 Oak Creek Estates..................Lewisville TX 75067-5716 ..... (972) 221-5875World Gardening .................................... Linda Dyer ..............................1395 Hideaway Ln W ....................Lindale TX 75771-5115 ......... (903) 882-7623 ...............(903) 509-2287 ......... [email protected] Gen Chrman .......................... Lorraine Kuehn .......................4030 Kimbro Ln ..............................Madisonville TX 77864 .......... (936) 348-5581Yearbook Bronze .................................... Charlene Mizener ...................11453 CR 2246 ..............................Tyler TX 75707 ...................... (903) 566-1019 .........................................................Mizenerjc@prodigy.netYearbook Gold ....................................... Daphne Light ..........................2802 Amy Ct ...................................College Station TX 77845 ..... (979) 764-7955Yearbook Green ..................................... Pat Mezayek ..........................112 E Heritage Dr ..........................Tyler TX 75703-5121 ............. (903) 561-6000 ............................................................patshamez@aol.comYearbook Silver ...................................... Gail Wilson .............................PO Box 215 ....................................Forney TX 75126 ................... (972) 564-9430 ...............................................................dollsgs@swbell.netYoung Women of TGC .......................... Rebecca Biggers ....................PO Box 7224 ..................................Dallas TX 75209 .................... (214) 691-1624Youth Awards Chairman ........................ Sandee Walters ......................23703 FM 2767E ............................Kilgore TX 75662-7508.......... (903) 983-1765 ...................................................... [email protected] Activities ....................................... Sandee Walters ......................23703 FM 2767E ............................Kilgore TX 75662-7508.......... (903) 983-1765 ...................................................... [email protected] Environment Posters ................... Celia Yowell ............................1904 Crisp Pike Rd ........................Ennis TX 75120 ..................... (972) 875-7304Youth Forestry Posters .......................... Dot Wilks ................................247 Palmetto...................................Livingston TX 77351-2871..... (936) 967-4134Youth HS Essay ..................................... Paula Haynes .........................1369 Edmonton ..............................Lewisville TX 75077-2952 ..... (972) 420-7096 ...............(972) 420-7096Youth HS Speech .................................. Mary Poythress ......................13814 St Marys Ln.........................Houston TX 77079................. (281) 496-0449 ..............................................................aimeepoy@aol.comYouth Poetry & Art ................................. Patsy Miller .............................751 Waterview Dr ...........................Livingston TX 77351-5264..... (936) 566-5666 ...............


77th Spring Convention, Addison, TexasGold ClubsWinner Azalea Garden Club III 114 Pts.1st Runner-up Bluebonnet Garden Club IV 972nd Runner-up Hemphill Garden Club III 86Silver ClubsWinner Pionette Garden Club III 541st Runner-up Poise ‘N Ivy Garden Club X 482nd Runner-up (Tie) Waverly Park Garden Club II 39 Pine Valley Garden Club IV 39Bronze ClubsWinner Junior Group of Dallas GC X 541st Runner-up Brookhaven Garden Club X 532nd Runner-up (Tie) Ennis Garden Club X 43 Frisco Garden Club X 43Green ClubsWinner Tri-County Diggers IV 491st Runner-up Ballinger Garden Club VIII 282nd Runner-up (Tie) Mildred Fly Garden Club I 26 Weed ‘N Wish Garden Club IV 26Councils/Federations/ForumsWinner Dallas Council of Garden Clubs X 301st Runner-up Tyler Area Council of GC’s III 262nd Runner-up Houston Federation of GC’s IV 25AffiliatesWinner Greater Fort Worth Herb Society II 12

L to R: Pat Mezayek, Sandee Walters, Charlene Mizener, Dian Floyd, Linda Whetsell, Linda Dyer,

Anne Brown, Carol Moore, Naomi Marksbury, Dottie Sivess, Therese Shoulders, Ina Brundrette

Gold Garden Club of the Year 2004Azalea Garden Club - Tyler

Silver Garden Club of the Year 2004Pionette Garden Club - Palestine

Linda Whetsell with Carol Moore, representing Pionette Garden Club

Bronze Garden Club of the Year 2004Junior Group of the Dallas Garden Club

Winner of NGC Standard Flower Show Achievement Award

Membership TrophyDistrict IX

President, Cara Gravely with Flower Show Chairman, Mary Meier

L to R: Linda Whetsell with Peggy Moreland, Leslie Beckoff, Kathy Cox, Janet Hood, Molly Reed


2005 Spring Convention Highlights”CHANGING TIMES” A Standard Flower Show

Texas Judges Council, formed in 2001 and consisting of 54 members, sponsored their first state wide show in conjunction with the TGC, Inc.’s Spring Convention at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Addison. The two day show opened on April 19 with designs, horticulture exhibits, and special exhibits.

The Special Exhibits Division included Artistic Crafts and Youth and Educational Exhibits. Special Exhibits consisted of hats, packages and pictures – with exhibitors using fresh or dried plant material. Edith Burris of Alice won the Artistic Craft Award for her “Wal-Mart” hat. Youth Exhibits featured the winning environmental and forestry posters from participating schools across the state. Educational Exhibits provided the public and club members with information on TGC, Inc. state projects: Camp Tyler Foundation, Elmwood Community, Environmental Schools, ARK (Animal Rehabilitation Keep), and Seeds for Life. In addition, other special exhibits provided by the districts to enhance the show on water preservation, litter control and floor designs, to name a few.

The Design Division included table designs, both functional and exhibition, miniature and standard pedestal designs, standard designs staged on hotel credenzas, floor designs and small designs staged on stands. From the 48 designs, Mary Lou Hakansson of Houston and Mary Hammar of Donna won the two Designer Choice Awards, Anna Archer of Nederland won the Petite Award, and Carolyn Scott of Fort Worth, a newly accredited flower show judge, won the Table Artistry Award.

There were 262 entries in the Horticulture Division. Idalia Aguilar of Bryan received the Award of Horticulture Excellence and Jackie LaTaste of Dallas won the Arboreal Award. Awards of Merit were conferred on Idalia Aguilar, Anna Archer, Mary Ganter and presiding TGC, Inc. President Linda Whetsell of Tyler. Mary Ganter of Garland won the Sweepstakes Award with 33 blue ribbons.

Judges from Arkansas and the ten districts in Texas judged the show and the evaluating panel of judges qualified it to apply for a National Flower Show Achievement Award. Mary Ann Moreland

Flower Show Award WinnersCarolyn Scott, Mary Lou Hakansson, Idalia Aguilar,

Mary Hammer, Anna Archer, Edith Burris

Processing Horticulture Entries at the Flower Show

Idalia Aguilar with her Horticulture Award of Excellence

Designers and Diggers Garden Club of Dallas


2005 TGC, Inc.Spring Convention

Retiring President Linda Whetsell pins

incoming President Carol Russell

Honoring the Past Presidents of Texas Garden Clubs

Newly Appointed Officers with President Carol Russell

District IX Director, Leslie Beckoff

celebrates a birthday!!!

Showering Linda with Gifts

First Timers at Convention!

2005 NGC, Inc. Spring Convention

Texas Delegation NGC Spring ConventionMay - 2005

South Central Region Receiving AwardsJean McAlister, Linda Whetsell,

Mary Katherine Busse

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TEXAS GARDEN CLUBS, INC. CALL TO CONVENTION75th Annual Fall Convention

October 19-20, 2005

Holiday Inn Select5701 South BroadwayTyler, Texas 75701

903-561-5800

Linda WhetsellChairman

Hosted by Tyler Area Council of Garden Clubs“EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES”

Tuesday, October 18, 20053:00 – 5:00 p.m. Early Check-In

Wednesday, October 19, 20058:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Registration10:00 a.m. Trustees Meeting - Pegasus Room12:00 p.m. Lunch – Pegasus Room1:00 p.m. Finance Committee – Pegasus Room3:00 p.m. Executive Committee – Pegasus Room3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Workshop – Hypertufa Pots – Phoenix Room3:45 - 4:45 p.m. Workshop – Bulbs/Amaryllis – Phoenix Room5:00 p.m. Board Buses for Camp Tyler Arbor Day – Plant Tree at Camp Tyler Tour Camp Tyler Picnic at Camp Tyler

Thursday, October 20, 20057:30 a.m. Breakfast – Constellation Ballroom Program: “East Texas – Land of Roses and Bedding Plants” Speaker: Brent Pemberton9:00 a.m. Board of Directors – Constellation Ballroom12:00 p.m. Lunch – Constellation Ballroom Program: Tyler Junior College Botanical Garden Speaker: Mitch Andrews1:30 p.m. General Assembly – Constellation Ballroom Garden Club Member of the Year presented4:30 p.m. District Directors’ Meeting/Rap Session – Pegasus Room6:00 p.m. Reception/Cash Bar honoring Carol Russell, TGC, Inc. President7:00 p.m. Design Banquet – Constellation Ballroom Program: Designs by District Judges Council

Co-Chairmen

Linda Dyer Dian Floyd


REGISTRATION FORM FOR THE 75TH FALL CONVENTIONOCTOBER 19-20, 2005 TYLER, TEXAS

NAME (include given name) _____________________________________________________________________ First Last

ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________________________________ Street City State Zip

CLUB_______________________________________DISTRICT______TELEPHONE # _____________________

CREDENTIALS: __State Officer __Former TGC President __District Director __Club President __State Chairman __Trustee __Council President __Club Delegate

Please check all applicable:__Club Alternate __TGC Life Member __1st Time Attendee __Guest/Member’s Spouse __SCR Life __Affiliate Member __Club Member __Affiliate President __NGC Life Member __Member__National Judge __Gardening Consultant __Environmental Cons. __Landscape Design Consultant

PACKAGE PLANRegistration Fee is required for attendance at business meetings and scheduled events

Package Plan includes: $15.00 registration (non-refundable), 1 Lunch (Wednesday), 1 Dinner (Wednesday), 1 Breakfast (Thursday), 1 Lunch (Thursday), 1 Banquet (Thursday), 2 Workshops, and 1 Reception

Package Plan (by October 1, 2005) ................................................................................$ 105.00 _______________

Package Plan (postmarked after October 1, 2005) .......................................................$ 115.00 _______________

Partial Registration (single event/non-refundable) per day ...........................................$ 8.00 _____________

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Lunch ......................................................................................................................................$ 14.00 _______________

Workshops: Hypertufa Pots (Check if attending) ........................................................... No charge _______________Workshops: Bulbs/Amaryllis (Check if attending) ........................................................... No charge _______________

Picnic at Camp Tyler .............................................................................................................$ 18.00 _______________

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Breakfast & Program .............................................................................................................$ 10.00 _______________

Lunch & Program ..................................................................................................................$ 18.00 _______________

Design Banquet ......................................................................................................................$ 30.00 _______________

TOTAL ENCLOSED _______________

Please advise of special dietary needs _____________________________________________________________

Make checks payable to: TGC 2005 Fall Convention. Mail completed forms to Registration Chairman, Carolyn Baer, 15998 McElroy Road, Whitehouse, TX 75791. No refunds after October 1, 2005.

Make hotel reservations directly with sales office, Holiday Inn Select, 5701 South Broadway, Tyler, TX 75703, Phone (903) 561-5800, ask for In-house Reservation and identify yourself as part of the Texas Garden Club Group Block.

Deadline for special rate of $70.00 (single/double) plus tax is October 3, 2005. Individual reservations must be cancelled 24 hours prior to arrival (Cancelled by 6 p.m. day before arrival).


Tyler Convention Highlights

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 5:00 p.m. Board buses for tour and picnic at Camp Tyler, a TGC Inc. project. Camp Tyler

is a 261 acre facility with a working farm and educational center. TGC Inc. Environmental Studies Schools are held twice a year at Camp Tyler in February and August, with students staying together in the indoor facilities. After the tour and picnic we will celebrate Arbor Day by planting a tree.

Thursday, October 20, 20057:30 a.m. Breakfast will be followed by “East Texas Land of Roses and Bedding

Plants” presented by H. Brent Pemberton. Dr. Pemberton earned his undergraduate degree at Texas Tech and his doctorate degree at The University of Minnesota. He returned to Texas in 1982 and began working for the Texas Agriculture Experiment Station in Overton. Dr. Pemberton has a 100% research appointment as Professor of Ornamental Horticulture.

12:00 p.m. After lunch, Dr Mitch Andrews will tell us about the fabulous things that are happening at the Tyler Junior College Botanic Gardens.

1:30 p.m. At the General Assembly we will introduce the ten members nominated by their districts for the Garden Club Member of the Year and announce the award recipient.

6:00p.m. Reception honoring Carol Russell, TGC, Inc. President. Dinner will follow with a design program presented by the District Judges Council.

Get Yellow Fever!Join the

Texas Daffodil SocietyAnnual Membership $10

New Members and Guests WelcomeOctober 27, 2005

For information on meetings,bulbs and details on the TDS

March 2006 show, contact:Sue John (214) 526-000�

sjo44�@aol.com


TEXAS ANTIQUE ROSES-

VIBRANT AT ANY AGE

By Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs

In Texas, we love our hybrid roses and we’re not shy about showing them off. In fact, it’s practically a display of state pride to grow them. We work hard landscaping our gardens throughout the spring. We delve and dig, till and toil, to make sure our roses shine when the time is right. But then there’s our reliable and dependable friend - the antique, or “Old Rose” as they’re sometimes called. Antique roses are true survivors. They persist and have been persisting on Texas soil for many years. Like the spirit of a true Texan, they take whatever is thrown their way, toss it off and keep on going. The American Rose Society defines “old” or antique roses as those varieties introduced before the introduction of the first hybrid tea rose in l867. They’re versatile, long-living and proven over time. These strong disease resistant varieties helped usher in the era of modern roses. They are the roses that we see flourishing in old cemeteries, around abandoned homesteads and along old fencerows without the benefits of care, fertilization, water, pruning, pampering or spraying. They often date from the 1800s, when settlers from Europe brought many of their best roses to remind them of home. They have withstood droughts, floods, hurricanes and insect infestation. Once their root system is established, many antique roses live to be hundreds of years old. They climb, ramble, trail and form large and small bushes. They may happily settle into containers, used as the backbone for a garden

bed or massed together for color in the foreground. Any way you choose to arrange them, the antique rose is a welcome, nostalgic and valuable member of any Texas garden. Besides living long and carefree lives, antique roses are well known for their fragrant aroma. The beauty of antique roses is that they embellish the architecture and landscape of any garden without a lot of fuss. The following list of antique roses is what Mike Shoup with the Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham refers to as his “Tried and True” varieties. “In my many years of growing roses, these varieties in Texas have never failed me,” he said. “They usually provide color interest and fragrance all season long.”

Hedge or Specimen Roses: Old Blush, Mutabilis, Mrs. B. R. Cant, Penelope, Maggie or Belinda’s Dream.Container or Low Border Roses: The Fairy, Perle d’Or, Martha Gonzales, Gruss an Aachen, Marie Pavie or Cecile Brunner.Climbers: New Dawn, Climbing Pinkie, Buff Beauty, Lamarque or Zephirine Drouhin.

With their vivid colors, rich scent, pleasant form and historic touch, antique roses are a delightful addition to a Texas garden. They’re great to pick and share with friends and family, and they’re never a maintenance burden, as many gardeners will attest. The easiest way to “grow Texan” is to GO TEXAN. Look for the distinctive GO TEXAN logo that helps you spot Texas agricultural products at a glance when visiting your local nursery or garden center. Another easy way to find Texas grown roses from a local grower is to contact the Texas Department of Agriculture at www.gotexan.org or call (877)99GO-TEX for more information.

72nd AnnuAlTexAs Rose

Tyler Area Council of Garden ClubsSponsors

“Victoria’s Empire”A Standard Flower Show

420 Rose Park Drive, Tyler, TexasOctober 13 - 16, 2005


2004 AWARD WINNERSSCR YOUTH WINNERS

Youth Poetry Contest “How Does Your Garden Grow”

Juniors - First Place Alfonso Barrientos, K, W Brownsville GC Lindsey Moore, 1st g., Polk County GC Cade Torres, 2nd g., Sunnyvale GC Easton McClain, 3rd g., Polk County GC Shasta Wright, 4th g., Hemphill GC Chanel Gray, 6th g. Sunnyvale GCIntermediate - First Place Meagan Strickland, 7th g., Hemphill GC Casey Nevil, 8th g., Sunnyvale GCJuniors – Second Place Marissa Glass, 5th g., Waverly Park GC

Environmental PostersJuniors – First Place David J. Cardenas, K, W Brownsville GC Armando Garza, 1st g., W Brownsville GC Hannah Avevitt, 2nd g, Garden Study Club Caylon Campamello, 3rd g, Sunnyvale GC Elizabeth Loop, 4th g., W Brownsville GC Cesar Marroqin, 5th g., W Brownsville GC Blaine Juergens, 6th g., Polk County GC

NGC Anthology of PoetryCade Torres, 2nd g., Sunnyvale GC

2005 TGC YOUTH AWARD CONTESTS

Deadline to District Chairman NOVEMBER 1, 2005

High School Essay Contest2005 “Embrace the Earth, our Garden”2006 “Preserve the World’s Delicate Tapestry”Open to all HS students; 500-600 words

High School Speech Contest2005 “A Patriotic Garden”2006 “Preserve the World’s Delicate Tapestry”Open to all HS students, 6-9 minutes

Poetry Contest2005 “Create a Beautiful Tapestry”2006 “My Garden of Many Colors”Open to K-9th grades or mentally/physically challenged, 6-18 yrs. Poster Contest2005 “Create a Beautiful Tapestry”2006 “My Garden of Many Colors”Open to Pre-school - 6th grades (Reg. & Sp. Ed.) USDA Forest Service Posters-Deadline to State Chairman: Jan. 1, 2006. (Only max. of 5 First Place posters from each District for each contest.)

Smokey Bear” and “Woodsey Owl“Help us to stop the Invaders”

Open to 1st - 5th grades (Reg. & Sp. Ed.)

State High School Speech WinnerBrian Paolina,

Browning Community GC

Member Award of HonorSouth Central Region

All Around Excellence

Mary Poythress Houston, Texas


AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT NGC, INC. CONVENTION

TEXAS:#1 Civic Achievement The Kellogg Civic Achievement Award

Forney Garden ClubForney, TX

#13A Publications#1 Leaflet - Medium Club

Lake Jackson Garden ClubLake Jackson, TX

#16 YearbooksA. Garden Club #5: 70-99 Members

Plano Garden ClubPlano, TX

Garden Club #7: 300 or More Fort Worth Garden ClubFort Worth, Texas

#46 World GardeningThe Dean World Gardening Honor Award

Houston Federation of Garden ClubsHouston, TX

#51 Decoration of Historic BuildingLake Jackson Garden ClubLake Jackson, TX

#54 Environmental EducationThe Jesse M. Conor Award

Hemphill Garden ClubHemphill, Texas

#60 Junior Leadership Award The Mary Louise Michie Award

Alice DeWitt The Woodlands Garden Club Houston, Texas

#63 Website Texas Garden Clubs, Inc.Fort Worth, TX

#13A Publications Tommy Donnan Certificates of Merit ii - Medium Club

Lake Jackson Garden ClubLake Jackson, TX

Standard Flower Show Achievement Awards#5 Standard Flower Show D. Membership 100 or more

The Junior Group Dallas Garden ClubDallas, TX

#17 Standard Home Show A One Member Club

The Junior Group Marianne Scruggs Garden Club

Dallas, TX #18 Council, Standard Flower ShowA Council of 5 or more clubs

Tyler Area Council of Garden ClubsTyler, TX

#21 - Patriotic Stand Flower Show One Member Club

Avant Gardeners Fort Worth, Texas

WATERWISE GRANTSTexas

Forney Garden Club Kaufman County Xeric Garden

Development $500

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION 1ST PLACE AWARD WINNERS

#1 Arbor Day Sunnyvale Garden Club Sunnyvale, Texas#3 Civic Development Alvarado Garden Club Alvarado, Texas#4 Club Program Sunnyvale Garden Club Sunnyvale, Texas#5 Club Yearbook Theme The Woodlands Garden Club The Woodlands, Texas#7 Community Concern Plano Garden Club Plano, Texas#8A Flower Show Schedule Fort Worth Garden Club Fort Worth, Texas#8B Flower Show Schedule Garden Club Council of Fort Worth Fort Worth, Texas#9A Flower Show Staging Bluebonnet Garden Club Brenham, Texas#9D Flower Show Staging White Rock Gardener’s Forum Dallas, Texas#10 Garden Therapy-Geriatrics Bluebonnet Garden Club Brenham, Texas#11A Historic Preservation Lake Jackson Garden Club Lake Jackson, Texas#15 Membership Fleur de Lis Garden Club Sachese, Texas#17 Novice Design Eileen Dale The Woodlands Garden Club The Woodlands, Texas#19 Sweepstakes Bluebonnet Garden Club Brenham, Texas#22 Youth Program Bluebonnet Garden Club Livingston, Texas#23 Essay Contest Sponsor Twilight Tiller’s Garden Club Paris, Texas#24 Speech Contest Sponsor Browning Community Garden Club#25 Mary Knox Publication AwardA - Newsletters Plano Garden Club Plano, Texas C – Any Other Worthy Publication Sunnyvale Garden Club Sunnyvale, Texas

Congratulations

GAIL WILSONEnvironmental ConsultantSunnyvale Garden Club


THINK AWARDS Now is the time to start planning which awards your club will be applying for this awards year, January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005. Get the jump on it, set up your committees and be ahead of the awards clock. Clubs that apply for awards find new enthusiasm in club members, more interest in the goals of TGC, Inc and NGC, Inc.; learning about awards is interesting, and you will find so many are so simple to apply for. You have been doing your projects every year without knowing you could be eligible for an award and recognition for your work. I will cite some examples:

A Non-Competitive award:TGC Club Service Award

This award measures garden related service in keeping with NGC, Inc. objectives to the community, by a member garden club. No binder, no table of contents or Summary.Just write up a short letter explaining your work and fill out the form provided in the awards brochure on page 15 (Awards 2003, 2004 revise). That’s it! Send to your District Awards Chairman to arrive by November 1.

Book ListingsDon’t forget these categories, another way to get your club to participate in awards. All clubs like to be recognized for the works they do. 100% listing of members in the Friendship Book at Headquarters will get you an award. Just send a list (in duplicate) along with a check for $1.00 per member to TGC Headquarters to be listed in the state book. A simple step to have your garden club in the news of awards. Don’t forget the Gold and Silver Books, also Presidents Book. Easy to do things, to get your club name in print. (Page 15 Awards Brochure).

Competitive awards Arbor Day is a biggie, Nearly every garden club I know has some kind of Arbor Day Observance. They just never apply for that Arbor Day Award, which if you placed, would advance to South Central Region for another award! This award is sub-divided by your club rating, Gold, Silver, Bronze or Green. Also by the number of members in your club. No struggling against big competitors, just throw your hat in the ring with folks your own size.TGC Butterfly Garden Award, everyone has a butterfly garden, the Presidents’ Reports are full of them, but how about awards? N-43 NGC Butterfly Award: With just a slight emphasis difference, the TGC Butterfly Award could be entered in this category to receive a National Award.

Preparing a Book of Evidence Don’t let this old bugaboo scare you off. There are fresh new helps and hints for preparing the Book of Evidence, all available on the NGC website, www.gardenclub.org. Great helpful hints right down to the nitty gritty, like what kind of glue to use on backs of photos. It chops that old black BOE right down to size. Nothing intimidating left to it. Just read, line for line and do exactly what the directions say and you will be ready to go in no time at all. The Awards Brochure makes some pretty interesting reading, and you find out a lot about the things garden clubs do throughout the year. It will answer many questions that have come up at your own club meetings. Every garden club should have one or more Award Brochures. They are available from TGC Headquarters $3.00 each.

Awards DeadlinesMUST ARRIVE BY ;November 1- Entries to District ChairmanDecember 1- Entries go from District Chairman to State ChairmanDecember 15- State Chairman’s Reports to State Awards Chairman Barbara Skinner TGC, SCR, and NGC Awards

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National Garden Club Projects“Patriotic Trees”

As a result of Mary Louise Michie’s project, more than 100 million trees have been planted. Successive national presidents have continued the project aiding our environment and beautifying our community with blooming trees.

Continuing this emphasis, NGC President, Kitty Larkin, has initiated a Patriotic Tree Planting Project. During 2005-07, clubs are asked to plant trees to honor patriotic citizens and events. Clubs may honor police, firefighters, armed forces, veterans, et al. Install or rededicate a Blue Star Memorial Marker. Celebrate on holidays.

Network with other civic groups and involve children to make the event more meaningful. Secure publicity to share your pride. A Scrapbook will be created for NGC Headquarters in St. Louis. Send a brief summary and photo/s of your event to: Sandy Manthrope, 712 Highspire Road, Glenmoore, PA 19343-1142

Grant ProgramTHE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUPGrant Program - “Let Freedom Ring”A $200,000 Community Outreach Commitment

“Let Freedom Ring” is a grant program funded by The Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc. in conjunction with National Garden Clubs, Inc. It will feature projects for the benefit of communities honoring those who serve our country. Grants will be awarded up to $3000 each and will require matching funds. The deadline to apply is November 1, 2005.

The project must be new or a restoration of an existing site. Suggested projects are developing Freedom Gardens at historic sites; planting Presidential Trees; initiating new or refurbishing Blue Star Memorial markers, etc. These projects lend themselves well to VA hospitals, cemeteries, military establishments, city hall, fire house, schools, and highway/by-ways, many of which will be of historic value.

Clubs may apply for grant money with a simple request not to exceed three pages. Request must explain members’ involvement, impact on the community, future maintenance or monitoring, and include itemized projected income and expenses. The application is simple but specific. Each District Director has application requirements or write to TGC Grants/Let Freedom Ring Chairman: Barbara Baker, 4104 Harlanwood Drive, Fort Worth 76109 or [email protected]

South Central RegionContributing Project

Heifer Project InternationalAgroecology Grant: Working in Harmony with Nature

In their small Guatemala village, Jacinto and his family are making reforestation their life’s work. “We plant five [Heifer] trees for every one we take up,” He’s learned, through Heifer’s environmental training, that “nature will feed us, but not unless we feed nature.” In a remote Philippine village farmers who once relied on the slash and burn system of farming, are now planting fruit, vegetables and timber seedlings.

Around the world, Heifer is training thousands of small farmers in sustainable, long-term agriculture practices: planting fields of algorroba trees to reforest a desert in Peru, restoring and protecting wetlands and forests in Zimbabwe, conserving native forests in Nepal.

Thanks to a matching grant towards this Agroecolory Initiative, your club’s donation can help train twice as many farmers as before. Please report your donation to TGC President Carol Russell for her report.

Additional information: Heifer Project International, P.O. Box 8058, Little Rock, AR/USA 72203www.heifer.org

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RECOMMENDATIONS APPROVED AND RATIFIEDBY GENERAL ASSEMBLY, APRIL 19 – 20, 2005, ADDISON, TEXAS

1. THAT transfers in the amount of $1369.00 from the Awards Account at Summit Bank to TGC, INC. General Fund be made for awards. ......................APPROVED

2. THAT the action of the President and Vice-President - Finance in the reinvesting of funds be made as follows:

Bank of America 11/04/04 #1322A $50,000.00 CD for 24 months@ 2.62% Bank of America 11/04/04 #1337 $17,175.00 CD for 9 [email protected]% Summit Bank 3/14/05 #1340 $5,000.00 CD for 12 [email protected]% Summit Bank 3/31.05 #1391 $12,250.00 CD for 18 [email protected]% at Town

North Bank with a bump up and add an option. ..................................APPROVED3. THAT the General Budget for 2005-2006 be approved as corrected to bring the

budget into balance. .................................................................................APPROVED4. THAT the Financial Statements for the reporting period of 6/01/04 through

3/31/05 be accepted. ................................................................................ACCEPTED5. THAT the end of fiscal year audit be accepted as completed by W.A. Garrison,

CPA, Fort Worth, for the year ended May 31, 2004 and THAT the IRS forms completed by the auditor and signed by President, Linda Whetsell be accepted and filed for the year. ..............................................................................ACCEPTED

6. THAT the $500.00 expendable gift from Dr. and Mrs. Joe Whetsell to TGC Inc. be accepted. ..............................................................................................ACCEPTED

7. THAT the $250.00 gift from Jacki Simmers, designated for the Forest Service Poster Contest be accepted. .....................................................................ACCEPTED

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TRUSTEES8. THAT the Trustees Balanced Budget for 2005-2006 be approved as presented. ......

..................................................................................................................APPROVED9. THAT the bid from J.C. Penny for draperies for Headquarters auditorium of

$3,614.75 with an $1810.00 deposit be accepted. .................................ACCEPTED10. THAT the bid from Advance Paint Service of $1,300.00 for painting the

auditorium and kitchen at headquarters be accepted .............................ACCEPTED11. THAT the following names be added to the Donor Plaque at Headquarters:

Dallas Council of Garden Clubs for donation of the Kirby Vacuum Cleaner; Paris Council of Garden Clubs; District IV; District V; Plano Garden Club; Ennis Garden Club. ............................................................................................APPROVED

RECOMMENDATIONS – AWARDS COMMITTEE12. THAT the number of points awarded to clubs sponsoring Youth Contests-in

particular Poetry and Posters-to go up to 2 points per grade from the existing 2 points per school. .....................................................................................APPROVED

13. THAT the number of points awarded to clubs for contributing to TGC Inc., projects shall be capped at 30 points. Each project contribution shall earn 2 points for every $10.00 contributed up to the maximum of 6 points per project, with an overall maximum of 30 points overall for all projects. To be considered for Garden Club of the Year, a club must at least match the number of contribution points with contest entry points (non competitive/competitive awards). ...................................................................................................APPROVED

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FROM YOUR HEADQUARTERSWE GRATEFULLY ACCEPT your contributions received from February 1, 2005 through April 30, 2005.ENDOWMENT FUND: Kermit GC; Rose GC, Levelland; Seminole GC; Tejas GC, Midland; Eagle Mountain GC; Grapevine GC; Evergreen GC; Quail Valley GC; Sugar Creek GC; Lantana GC; Uvalde GC; Pyracantha GC; Mabank GC; Spade & Hoe GC; in memory of Claire Johnston, Frances Ellis and Judith Bussey’s mother by Linda Whetsell; in memory of Clara Stephens, mother of Liz Tunnell, by Helen TaylorSUE DURRETT ENDOWMENT FUND: Seminole GC; La Porte Bayshore GC; Sugar Creek GCSCHOLARSHIP FUND: Kermit GC; Petal Pushers GC; Seminole GC; Tejas GC, Midland; Eagle Mountain GC; Edgecliff GC; Grapevine GC; St. Alice GC; Evergreen GC: Grapeland GC; Cabildo GC; Houston Federation of GCs; La Porte Bayshore GC; Quail Valley GC; Sugar Creek GC; Tri County Diggers GC; Spring Lake GC; Ocean Drive GC; Pyracantha GC; Mabank GC; Oak Cliff Garden Forum; Poise N Ivy GC; Plano GC; in memory of Billie Young by Grandview GC: in memory of Alex Garcia, husband of Delores Garcia, by Mary Driscoll; in memory of Opal Eden, mother in law of Linda Eden by Land O’Lakes GC; in memory of Dorothy Kelly, mother of Patricia Lawrence, by Mary PoythressHEADQUARTERS GIFTS: Eagle Mountain GC; Quail Valley GC; Sugar Creek GCLANDSCAPE FUND: Eagle Mountain GC; Grapeland GC; Sugar Creek GCHEADQUARTERS BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Kermit GC; Eagle Mountain GC; Evergreen GC; Grapeland GC; Sugar Creek GC; Pyracantha GC; Carol Russell; in honor of Kay Rohloff by Dallas Council of NAFSJ’s; in honor of Barbara Baker, Marty Swindell, Edith Pewitt, Bettie Simmons, Marge Radle, Diane Clark, Dottie Sivess, Ina Brundrett, Marion Badey, Dollie Johnson, Brenda Ford and Scotty Smyth by Dallas Council of NAFSJ’sHEADQUARTERS RENOVATONS: South Plains Plant Society; Brooke Lively; Ennis GC; Lakewood GC; Plano GC; in memory of Claire Johnston, Nina Salathiel and Dorothy Kelly by Joan Stansfield;in honor of Mary Ann Moreland and Marilyn Hernadez by Kaufman GC; in honor of Mary Ann Moreland by Spade & Hoe GCBLASCHKE LANDSCAPE FUND: Seminole GC; Evergreen GC; Sugar Creek GC; United GC; Mabank GC; in memory of Robert Walker, husband of Bobby Jean Walker, by Smithville GCSILVER BOOK: Eagle Mountain GC; in honor of Loma Mathews by Garden Club Council of Ft Worth; Paula Haynes, District XFRIENDSHIP BOOK: Eagle Mountain GCPRESIDENT’S BOOK:DISTRICT I: Betty Edwards by Kermit GC; Hazel Somerville by Tejas GC, MidlandDISTRICT II: Joyce Griffin, Eagle Mountain GCDISTRICT III: Thelda Bartee, Grapeland GCDISTRICT IV: Billie Reuter, Kemah & Bay Area GC; Beverly Blalack, Leaf & Petal GC; Jane Couvillion, Leaf & Petal GCDISTRICT V: Marilyn Elkin, Yaupon GC, AustinDISTRICT VII: Kimberly Stockseth, Ocean Drive GCDISTRICT IX: Mary Ann Heard, Desert Hills GCDISTRICT X: Nina Worthy, Dallas Council of NAFSJ’s; Mabank GC; June Huie, Oak Cliff Garden Forum; Wanda Anderson, Plano GCMEMORIAL BOOK: in memory of Claire Johnston by Brooke Lively; in memory of Patsy Leaman O’Neill, mother of Jeanne O’Neill Cheatham by Paige Westhoff; in memory of Mildred Brady by Victoria GCBROOKWOOD GARDEN THERAPY: Tejas GC, Midland; Petal Pushers GC; Carol Smith; Ocean Drive GC; Dallas Council of NAFSJ’sCAMP TYLER FOUNDATION: Seminole GC; Grapeland GC; Ocean Drive GC; Uvalde GC; Mabank GC; in honor of Linda Whetsell, Ina Brundrett, and Dottie Sivess for their hard work at Environment Studies Camp by Shirley HaleyMARBRIDGE FARMS: Seminole GC; Ocean Drive GCMARGARET SHARPE MEM. ROSE GARDEN: Dottie Sivess; Ocean Drive GCSEEDS FOR LIFE: Seminole GC; Graham GC; Grapeland GC; Houston Federation of GCs; Sugar Creek GC; Ocean Drive GC; Dallas Council of GCs; in honor of Idalia Aguilar by Bluebonnet GC, Brenham; in honor of Idalia Aguilar by A & M GCUNDESIGNATED: Seminole GCANIMAL REHABILITATION KEEP (ARK): Grapevine GC; Ocean Drive GC; Dallas Council of NAFSJ’sKEYSTONE HERITAGE PARK: Seminole GC; Grapevine GC; Grapeland GC; United GC; Ocean Drive GCNATURE CONSERVANCY OF TEXAS: Kermit GC; Petal Pushers GC; Seminole GC; Eagle Mountain GC; Grapevine GC; Evergreen GC: Grapeland GC; Quailey Valley GC; Ocean Drive GC; Mabank GCNATURAL DISASTER: Seminole GC; Grapeland GC; Spring Lake GC; Ocean Drive GCPENNY PINES: Seminole GC; Grapevine GC; Grapeland GC; Ocean Drive GCRIVERSIDE NATURE CENTER: Seminole GC; Ocean Drive GC; Uvalde GCRIO GRANDE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR: Kermit GC; Seminole GC; Tejas GC, Midland; Eagle Mountain GC; Grapevine GC; Evergreen GC: Grapeland GC; Kemah & Bay Area GC; Ocean Drive GC; Lakewood GC; Mabank GCSTATE LIBRARY FUND: Seminole GC; Eagle Mountain GC; Grapeland GC; Ocean Drive GC; in memory of Alex H. Garcia, husband of Delores Garcia, by Avant Gardeners; in honor of Barbara Baker by Avant Gardeners, in honor of Barbara Baker by Colleyville GCBIRDSEED FUND: Eagle Mountain GC; Grapeland GC; Ocean Drive GC; Mabank GCSTATE ARBOR DAY FUND: Rose GC, Levelland; Seminole GC; Eagle Mountain GC; Edgecliff GC; Grapevine GC; St. Alice GC; Grapeland GC; Quail Valley GC; Ocean Drive GC; Lakewood GC; Mabank GC; Oak Cliff Garden Forum

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