CLUB ACTIVITIES
Our Chapter Meeting Programs for this Year include speakers focusing on color in your garden, photographing flowers and vegetables and using photos to creat greeting cards, calendars,etc., the history of the Sepulveda Basin wildlife areas, a speaker from the Community Supported Agriculture program which is a way for growers and eaters to share in the production and preservation of farmland. We will also hear a youth leader talk about the "Tree Musketeers", listen to the 2010 Horticulturist of the Year, Yvonne Savio, explain her "circus style" of gardening, learn about spring planting and how to care for our garden tools and in May, presenting the annual scholarship awards, civic beauty awards and winner of the Smokey Bear Poster contest.
Our Floral Design classes this year include lessons on flower arrangements to celebrate the holidays and special occasions such as Grandparents Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter Sunday and Memorial Day. Participants learn to use flowers and other fresh plant materials from their gardens to create floral arrangements.Click here to view a Floral Design photo-story.
The Gardening Angels Group assist the fifth graders at Calvert Street School in caring for the 80 rose bushes on the school grounds. They meet on Wednesday mornings to help the students learn how to weed, feed and maintain their individual plant. Click here to view our Student Rose Garden photo-story.
We maintain a Library at Orcutt Ranch where members may check out books on gardening, floral design, landscape design, birds and butterflies for one month.
Members of the Smokey Bear Poster Contest committee will distribute fliers to local elementary schools to encourage students to enter the contest for the 13th year. In June, a Welby Way Elementary student was 1st Place winner in the State Contest and the Pacific Region. Her poster won the 2011 National Grand Prize at the National Garden Club Convention in Washington, D.C. in the 4th grade category.
Our annual Fall Fundraiser is a tea where members contribute plants, collectibles, baked goods and gift baskets for sale followed by a luncheon prepared by members. Members and guests will enjoy music by Peggie Perkins a vocalist and entertainer. The funds generated are used to support our three scholarships for horticulture students, our Gardening Angels expenses, the Theodore Payne Native Plant Foundation, Campo de Cahuenga and Conejo Botanic Garden. Click here to view a photo-story about our Fall Fundraiser.
The Scholarship Committee publicized the scholarships at Canoga Park High School, Pierce Jr. College and West Valley Occupational Training Center. Three $500.00 scholarships are awarded in June.
We support the San Fernando Valley District by hosting a meeting once a year, members support their fund raising bus tour, and several members are officers in the district organization.