Member of
Central Region & National Garden Clubs, Inc
NEWS & FUN
It is with great saddnes that we announce the passing of Genevive Fulson, Maryville Garden Club member on Jan. 6, 2010 at age 92. She will be greatly missed. See the Maryville Garden Club website in NWD for additional information.
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2010 National Garden Club Week, June 6, 2010
Alice Hansen, Central Region Chairman
Click here to view the poster in the June 2010 album
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2009 Central Region Awards Booklet - CLICK HERE (Word)
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2010 Themes for Garden Club Yearbooks
Themes for your yearbooks are as follows:
NGC – “The World Around Us - Love It- Beautify It - Protect It”
Central Region: "The Future is Now"
FGCM: "Beautify the World - Plant Natives"
Check with your 2009-2011 District Director for your district theme
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2010 Environmental Studies School - Course II
March 23 - 25, 2010
The Living Earth – Land and Related Issues
March 23 – 24, 2010, with the exam on March 25. Classes start at 9 am
National Garden Clubs, Inc. headquarters,
4401 Magnolia Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110
Any garden club members (from any state) or other interested persons are welcome to attend.
The cost is $ 50.00 including lunch for the two days.
Instructors will include Barbara Addelson , environmental education teacher for over 20 years, Glenda Abney , Director of Earthways, a Division of MoBOT, specializing in how to learn to live “greener” lifestyles and three new faces: Margy Terpstra of Hummingbird Haven, Unlimited, a serious birder/photographer who attracts high numbers of species to her own backyard in Kirkwood, MO; Susan Day , Daybreak Imagery, writer and speaker about backyard wildlife and nature photography and Dr. Briana Gross, Ph.D. in Biology at Washington University, who will connect agricultural practices with ways to reduce pollutants in our environment. We look forward to welcoming students from every district in Missouri!!!
Keep in mind that Master Gardeners and Master Naturalists may take this course for credit in their programs – and friends are always welcome! We need to keep learning about what is going on in our environment today and how we can make a difference!
Chairman, Sue Reed, 636-220-4143, or smrzr@earthlink.net, would be happy to answer any questions. You may begin this school anywhere along the four courses.
TEXT: The class will be supplemented by the required text Living in the Environment by G. Tyler Miller, Jr.—the same text as during the last series in 1999-2001. Brand new this book is quite expensive, but used copies, found on the internet, are often quite reasonable. Any edition may be used. This is the only text required by all four courses that make up the total Environmental School. Members also need to subscribe to The National Gardener and bring proof of their subscription to class.
COST: The cost of the course is $ 50.00. This covers the cost of the speakers, lunch and other expenses.
HOUSING: We will help locate suitable housing for you, either in a local hotel or with a garden club member, as you prefer.
FOR INFORMATION, CALL OR WRITE:
Sue Reed, Chairman, 636-220-4143, smrzr@earthlink.net ; 1019 Cy Ann Drive, Town and Country, MO 63017
Cherie Bauman, Co-Chairman and Registrar, 314-846-5622; cherie.bauman@att.net ; 6332 Mayville Drive, Oakville, MO 63129
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: FEBRUARY 26, 2010
Click here to view and print the ESS Application (Word)
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GARDEN CLUB MANUAL UPDATES
2009 FGCM Fall Board Meeting proposed Recommendation to the Garden Club Manual - Revised 11-16-2009 to be presented at the 2010 FGCM Convention (Word)
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DO SOMETHING NICE FOR YOUR GARDEN CLUB PRESIDENT
Do a scrapbook of your president for one year. Do it any way you want it and make it for almost a year. Turn it in at the 2010 State Convention. There will be a place for you to turn it in at the convention. Use your imagination. Your President will love you for it. There is a prize for the winning president to share with her club.
Mary Ann Meador, 2010 Historical Preservation Chairman
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN REFRESHER
“Go With the Flow”
Water Quality & Management
Friday June 18, 2010
Refresher for: Landscape Design Consultants, Garden Lovers, Commercial Planners, Community Planners, Nursery men & women
Sponsored by: Missouri Landscape Design Council
Member of: Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc. & National Garden Clubs, Inc.
The Missouri Landscape Design Council is open to members of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc. who have satisfactorily completed all of the Landscape Design Study Courses.
Click here to view and print the registration form (Word)
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Please note the change in the FGCM Executive Board and the FGCM Chairmen for 2010. Click on the left menu bar above to view them.
