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TROWEL PRINTS NAPLES GARDEN CLUB, INC. NOVEMBER 2010
Nutcracker Week at the Phil Tuesday, November 23, 11:30 am
Naples Museum of Art - $20 Join your NGC friends for a special event presented by the Naples Philharmonic League. Enjoy a docent-guided tour of the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art. Followed by lunch in the courtyard. See the many decorated trees
and shop in the boutique for seasonal gifts and decorations. RSVP to Barbara Sampson. [email protected] or 353-6564.
NGC Christmas Luncheon
December 15,
Port Royal Club 11:30 to 2:30 - Cost: $36
RSVP by 12/11 to
Peggy Coniglio
Villa 121 Bristol Lane
Naples, FL 34112
330-323-7703
Please bring a wrapped gift for a St. Matthew's House resident and note whether or not it is for a male or female, adult or child. Suggestions:
Shaving kit @ Walmart $5 & up. $25.Gift Certificates to Walmart.
December Membership Meeting
Monday, December 6, 2010
NGC Members: Paula Braida, Liz Chehayl, Thomas
Hecker, Mike Malloy, and Mary Raymond
“Decking the Halls: The Folklore and Traditions of
Christmas Plants”
This program highlights the folklore and traditions of Christmas plants and flowers, including the legends and symbolism which surround them and the seasonal cus-toms which have accompanied popular Christmas- blooming plants. Based on Linda Allen’s book by the same title, this program explores the history of plants and flowers that are so popular during the holiday sea-son. Holiday plant raffle
Sondra Quinn, VP Programs
Environment/Conservation
Check out the following Web-sites –A guide to saving seeds It is on the Care2.com website.
Also Ask Annie: Away With Walkway Weeds
Care2 is the largest and most trusted information and action
site for people who care to make a difference in their lives and
the world. Eileen Mann
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Flower Show School Held Nov. 3-5, 2010
Twenty-four students from seven Federated garden clubs attended Course 1 of Flower Show School on Novem-ber 3-5, 2010, at Naples Botanical Garden. The Buehler Auditorium in the Kapnick Center was an excellent, al-beit chilly, meeting space.
Gail Pica was Chairman of the School. Catherine Ware acted as Registrar and Proctor. Mary Pulick graciously prepared and served breakfast and lunch to the group every day. Suzy Valentine from Gulf Coast Garden Club provided all the horticultural exhibits, and Marty Ward and Brenda Norris, Judges from Cape Coral and Ft. Myers, brought designs for the students to judge. Students came from Boca Raton Garden Club (3), Calusa Garden Club on Marco Island (5), Gulf Coast Garden Club (4), Shell Island Garden Club on Sanibel (3) and Naples Garden Club (7). Naples students were Judy Brzoska, Liz Chehayl, Arlene Cluff, Barbara Crossley, Connie Kappus, Mary Raymond and Sondra Quinn. There also was a student from Kentucky and another who is a member of Gardens of the World, a virtual club, which holds all of its meetings on line. Barbara May, immediate past President of National Garden Club, Inc., was the instructor for both Design and Flower Show Procedure. She used Power Point
to give a brief history of American Floral Design showing Asian and European influences, and she illustrated her lessons on Traditional Line and Line-Mass designs with masterfully exe-cuted arrangements. Dale De Feo from the Calusa Garden Club, also a nationally certified instruc-tor, taught the Horticulture classes featuring in-depth discussion about Tagetes (marigolds) , Coleus and Pentas. Course 2 will be held on April 6-8, 2011. New participants are welcome; it
is not necessary to have taken Course 1 ; however all members interested
in being a Flower Show Judge must eventually take all four classes and get
passing grades on all exams on Flower Show procedure, Horticulture and
Design. Contact Gail Pica, School Chairman, or Catherine Ware, Registrar,
for more information.
Hospitality for November Meeting A big bouquet of thanks to Barb Schroeder, our hostess for November, and all the members who brought delectable finger-food for all of us to enjoy...... Connie Mar-socci, Sally Kellogg, Carol LaCanfora, Myra Morrison, Karen Anderson, Eileen Mann, Billie Stevens, Judy Brzoska, Marty Davis, Nancy Campbell, Liz Willard, and Marge Burberry. And they all helped with set-up and clean-up. Thanks a million! If you have not signed up to bring food for the remaining months, please email Dusti Beaubien at [email protected] with the monthy meeting you desire. Your Hospitality CoChairs, Dusti Beaubien and Mary Raymond
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Donations for House Tour Hospitality Center
All members are asked to help provide refreshments to our attendees of our House Tour at our Hospitality table at the Kapnick Center at the Botanical Gardens. You will be asked to sign up at our December and January General Meetings. We are asking for home baked cook-ies, preferably chocolate chip and oatmeal, brownies, and breads, such as zucchini, banana, pumpkin, or date-nut. If you do not wish to bake, we are accepting cash donations to help defray our costs to fill in all we need. Cash donations will be collected at our general meet-ings in December and January. If you sign up to bake, your goodies should be dropped off on the day of the Preview Tour, Friday, Feb. 4th. If you are not going to be at either December or January meeting, you may sign up via email to either: Linda Crescenzi [email protected] or Carol LaCanfora [email protected] Thank you in advance for all your help. Linda Crescenzi and Carol LaCanfora
Trowel Prints Fall 2010
Kathleen Hawryluk, Flower Show Chairman Last year’s Flower Show, “Wonder Women” drew many compliments and I thought I would share a note received from one of the judges: Dear Carol, Gail, Kathleen and the Members of the Naples Garden Club, Thank you so much for inviting me to judge your flower Show, “Wonder Women.” It certainly was a fantastic op-portunity to be reminded of the talents of women through history, currently, around the world, and right here in Naples!! The creative talents of your members were evident in your special logo, and through the wonderful designs. The variety of horticulture was exceptional and the quality was outstanding. All of your committee members should be congratulated for a show which provided so much education and de-light to all who viewed it … and I’m sure all did “chuckle, remember, respect and were astounded”!! Thank you too, for your wonderful hospitality, lovely luncheon and beautiful gift. Naples Garden Club is amazing! Most sincerely, Carole Mack, NGCAJ Gulf Coast Garden Club, Florida Hilton Garden Club, New York
Many other such notes were received and we can be very proud of our accomplishments. Can we do better? We can certainly try! This year the title of the show is “Garden Party” and the Schedule Committee has been working diligently on the details of the show. In this show, to be held on March 24, 25 and 26, we will be honoring the Naples Botanical Gardens. The judging will occur Thursday and the show will be open to the public on Friday and Saturday.
It is most important that all of us participate in the show. We need hostesses, as well as designers and horticulture entries. Last year we were lacking designs and some of our members had to do two or more designs in order to have the judging proceed as planned. Please sign up for the design courses and enter. You will find that there is a lot of help around and it is great fun! We also had to go outside the club to fill the classes, and more than one top award went to ‘outsiders.’ More details will follow but we should all note on our calendars the times and dates of the show. We also need lots of help that week in setting up and also in taking down the show.
For Sale
National Garden Club Calendars Contact Billie Stevens 597-2397
$6.00 each She will have them at the
December Meeting or you can call her to reserve one
Yearbooks Are Ready Please Remember
to pick up your yearbook at the December Membership meeting or the Christmas Luncheon.
You will be able to put the events on your calendar and enjoy all the activities
Naples Garden Club has to offer
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Hospitality Committee for December 6th: Lou Kennedy, Anne Kinsley, Bar-bara Ricci, Gail Pica, Audrey Hennessey, Jean Beckhorn, Sharon Hiltonen, Jean Lemmon, Jean Worrel, Carol LaCanfora and the Hostess is Fifi MacMahon.
The House and Garden Tour will be Saturday, February 5, 2011: Plans are progressing for the 2011 House and Garden Tour, scheduled for Saturday, February 5, 2011. Our tour will again be starting and ending at Naples Botanical Gardens. The buses will leave at 8:45 AM, 9:30 AM, 1:00 PM and 1:45 PM. You should have received an email updating the membership about our online ticket sales that is de-buting this year. Ticket prices are $85 and Patron tickets are $150. The Development Committee, headed by Fifi MacMahon along with Bev Metcalf, Deb Black, Peggy Conigilio and Jean Leamon, began work last summer to secure Sponsorships and Underwriters for the tour. I am pleased to an-nounce that so far they have been successful in obtaining an unprecedented $14,000 plus in support from local businesses. Please look for the list of our sponsors both in Trowel Prints and on our website. Be sure to say thank you if you are patronizing any of these places or make it a point to do so. We are very appreciative of the over-whelming success on the part of this committee and for the generosity of the Naples community! Roberta Ross
also worked early to secure wonderful gifts for our Gift Totes and prizes for our bus raf-fles. We are thankful to have so many people working so hard. Since this is the NGC major fund-raising event, we need all members to participate in some capacity to ensure the success of this annual event. This event takes the entire Garden Club to make it happen. If you haven’t already signed up, please email or call Diane Green @ [email protected] or 430-3833. I INVITE NEW MEMBERS TO GET INVOLVED! Linda LaRue Brown,Chair, 2011 House & Garden Tour
SPONSORS for 2010 H&G Tour
NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN
DRIFTWOOD GARDEN CENTER
THE GARDEN DISTRICT
GREEN DOOR NURSERY
SCOTT LOWERY LANDSCAPE
OAKES FARM MARKET
DUNKIN DONUTS
NAPLES DOWNTOWN ASSOC.
Sponsors for 2011 H&G Tour
GOLD
Patricia Pavlos D.D.S., P.A. Welcome Totes
SILVER
Harris Private Bank Brochure Sponsor
Naples Floor Coverings Water Bottles
BRONZE
Oakes Farm Market One Bus
JRL Design Landscape Architects One Bus
Carlisle Collection
DeVoe Cadillac
Cleopatra’s Barge
Millennium Physician Group
Scott Lowery Landscaping, Inc.
INKIND
Naples Botanical Garden 16 Memberships
Wizzard Lake Nursery 4 Large Planters
Driftwood Garden Center Flowers
Garden District Flowers
Gilbert&Roberta Ross NGC Pens for Totes
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Membership Meeting Minutes--November 8, 2010
1:00 pm Mooring Presbyterian Church
President Liz Chehayl called the meeting to order a 1:10 PM. Liz was our Crowd Control Manager for the day, and she iden-tified the fire exits in the room Beth Bacon gave the invocation and words of encouragement: “Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.” She then led the Pledge of Allegiance. Liz welcomed all members, provisionals, and guests and thanked all who registered in advance. A short Business Meeting followed: Design: Mary Pulick announced a “Fall Colors Workshop” Monday, November 15; and a “Pressed Flowers Workshop” Wednesday, November 17. Details can be found in the October Trowel Prints. Billie Stevens has National Garden Club calendars for sale @ $6.00 each.. A Horticulture Workshop is scheduled for Friday, November 12th, at Deborah Jalbert’s home. A trip to the Nutcracker at the Phil for NGC and Friends will take place November 23rd. Lydia Galton had been elected as Chair of Nominating by the Board. Nominations from the floor of June Kroeschell and Deb Black to complete the Nominating Committee were approved by the membership. Membership, Arlette Bradley, introduced four new Provisional members: Carol McCann, sponsored by Lydia Galton; Barbara Crossley, sponsored by Lin Sprigman; Judy Perkins, sponsored by Fifi MacMahon ;and Jane Corbly, sponsored by Beverly Metcalf. She thanked Jonathan and Joyce Jensen for their generosity. Flower Show: All designs will be staged in the Kapnick Center. The Show will be juried. Schedules and sign-up sheets are available for Horticulture and Design. House and Garden Tour: Linda Brown, Chair, announced the tour is scheduled for Saturday, February 5th. This is our ma-jor fund raiser and has always sold out. The House Tour has been in existence for 55 years. It consists of four select homes, has knowledgeable docents in gardens and interiors, and a welcome center. The “Boat House” will be featured this year. For the first time, tickets will be available on our website. Patron tickets at $150 will go on sale November 15; regular tickets at $85 on December 1st. Email or call Diane Green if you would like to get involved. Susie Yoder will develop a plan to introduce the member to the Naples Garden Club’s Idea Garden at the Botanical Garden. Sondra Quinn introduced our guest speaker: world renowned landscape and garden designer best known for his romantic Balinese designs and the author of eight books, Made Wijaya. His program “A Brief History of South East Asian Landscape Design” was very well received. Questions and answers followed. The meeting was adjourned at 2:15PM and refreshments were served. The next Board meeting will be on January 3, 2011. The January meeting will be held on January 10, 2011. Attendance: 89 regular members, 13 Provisionals, 77 guests, and 3 staff members of Naples Botanical Garden . Respectfully submitted: Ann Westerfield, Recording Secretary
LIBRARY NOTES DURING THIS 2010-11 YEAR WE ARE RENEWING OUR LIBRARY SPACE AND HOPE YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS. MAKE USE OF OUR WONDERFUL BOOKS ON HORTICUL-TURE, DESIGN AND OTHER GARDEN SUBJECTS. AT THIS TIME WE ARE NOT A LENDING LIBRARY; HOWEVER, YOU ARE WELCOME TO SIT AND BROWSE... HOPE TO SEE YOU ENJOYING THE NEW ADDITIONS AND OLD FRIENDS ON THE SHELVES. AUDREY HENNESSEY LIBRARY CHAIRPERSON
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NAPLES,FLORIDA 34112
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WWW.NAPLESGARDENCLUB.ORG
June Kroeschell, Editor
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Ribbon Cutting for the Grand Opening of Three New Gardens at NBG