Register for the SCR 2010 convention, (April 23-24). (Click here for 2010 registration form - MS Word doc - opens in new window)
4/23/10: Registration is 1-6 p.m..
Executive Board meeting - 2:30-4:30, Hospitality Suite #2031
Cash bar, 6:00 p.m.: Awards Banquet, 7:00 p.m.
4/24/10: 7:30 a.m., Breakfast/Program ("Coloring the Garden with Iris")
Business Meeting, 9:00 a.m.; Lunch/Program, noon, "Green the City with Pocket Gardens"; Garden Tour at 2:15; Banquet/Design Program, 7:00 p.m. "A Woodworker Meets Floral Design".
SCR Chairmen and State Presidents: Reports may be given at this convention and you are invited to share information which others might find helpful.
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Plan to attend the NGC convention, May 14-16, 2010, in Atlanta, GA. Registration information will be published in The National Gardener, (Winter, 2010 issue), or check the NGC website, as it gets closer. Our own Renee Blaschke will be presiding as NGC President. It will be a great time for our regional members to be there with their support. Think ahead and plan to attend.
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Congratulations to Nancy Voyles, 2006 SCR recipient of the NGC, Inc., MEMBER AWARD OF HONOR. She is a member of Parkin Garden Club, Parkin, Arkansas
Congratulations to Georgia Schoenecker, 2007 SCR recipient of the NGC, Inc., MEMBER AWARD OF HONOR. She is a member of Oasis Garden Club, Roswell, New Mexico.
Congratulations to Mary Ann Moreno, 2008 SCR recipient of the NGC, Inc., MEMBER AWARD OF HONOR. Mary Ann lives in New Mexico.
Congratulations to Judy Shafer, 2009 SCR recipient of the NGC., Inc., MEMBER AWARD OF HONOR. Judy is a member of A&M Garden Club, College Station, TX.
Each year Member Award of Honor may be awarded to one member in each region who has been an outstanding volunteer over a five year period. Any member of a state garden club, who has never served on the NGC Board of Directors, is eligible for the nomination. This year the eight regional winners received an NGC certificate and a lovely pin while attending the convention in Houston.
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We congratulate Mary Ann Moreno, SCR's new Regional Director. Mary Ann lives in Albuquerque, NM. Sally Warner is our Alternate Regional Director, Congratulations, Sally, from Los Alamos,NM.
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~ Former SCR Director, (2005-2007), Judi Davis, of Quitman, Arkansas ~
Judi is now serving as NGC Historian. Congratulations, Judi.
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Congratulations to Linda Whetsell and Ina Brundrett, recently named "Five Star Members" at NGC convention in Orlando, 2006.
Linda, on the left, was SCR Director, 2007-2009.
These ladies have attained Master status in all four of the NGC schools - -
Environmental Studies, Flower Show, Gardening Study, & Landscape Design.
SCR members are very proud of these hard workers and thrilled that they are members of our region!