Minutes
Officers & Committees

Sault Area Garden Club Minutes of February 19, 2007

President Kate Marshall called the February meeting of the Sault Garden Club to order at 7:35 p.m. at St. James Church. There were 24 members and guests present.

January minutes were read and approved.

The treasurer’s report was read and accepted. There is a balance of $1413.66 in the checking account and $23.42 in petty cash, leaving a total balance of $1437.08 in the treasury.

Attention was drawn to garden magazines and books, lying on a large round table, and available for the taking by any interested garden club members. Our collection grows quickly.

Kate Marshall mentioned the Spring tea (May 5) and asked for members to consider how they might contribute with displays and demonstrations. Several members already plan on participating and know what they will be demonstrating, but there is room for more.

The garden exchange was held, and those who contributed garden items enjoyed selecting other items to take home. It was suggested that we do this again in the spring when stored garden items are more accessible to members and when we have our plant exchange.

Show and Tell, ably chaired by Diane McDonald, brought out lively discussion of birds, bird feeders and food-(birds like Ann Ufer’s cat food offerings!) and even stories of bears and squirrels and how much they appreciate winter bird feeder ‘snacks’. Diane mentioned that Connie Thompson, author of bird watcher articles in the Evening News, is a good resource person and writes a newsletter.

Bev Youngs led an interesting discussion of vines in our growing area. We were given good information on clematis and how it takes a few years for them to do well, and even discussed invasive ivy. I did not realize hops could be grown in this area, but a few have done it quite successfully. Members contributed to Bev’s presentation with interesting questions and comments.

Refreshments were provided by Cathie Chenoweth, Karen Cook, and Marcy Misner. Paula Jarosz and Cheryl Shaul provided raffle items.

We ended on a high note when Kate Marshall said she had just read in the AARP magazine that people who live with fresh cut flowers are less depressed than those who just live with a scented candle!

The meeting was adjourned at 9:p.m.

Phyllis Bigelow
Secretary