September 2, 2014 Meeting!

Goodbye Summer—Welcome Back, Gardeners!

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

WHEN & WHERE: 12 Noon, Holy Trinity Church, 30th and Bay Avenue.

SALAD LUNCHEON—Bring a salad to serve 5 (five)
Beverages will be provided.

DESSERTS: Officers will bring desserts.

Welcome, all!

PROGRAM

• Container Swap—Use your imagination…search your attic, your garage, your garden bench for a container or vase you are willing to give away. And, in return…Join in the fun as we swap those treasures. Walk away with a different, gently used vessel for your flower arrangements!
• Receive—2014-2015 Yearbook
• Review—The upcoming year’s programs, changes, additions, & opportunities to share and get to know…even better...the fun and funny members of The Garden Club of Ocean City!

Horticulture—Garden clipping

Artistic—Arrangement using the flowers  from your garden

 

September—Catching UP!

Welcome Back!

The hall was filled with laughter and lots of smiles as The Garden Club of Ocean City members gathered for the first meeting of our new year.

Members prepared delicious salads and the board provided scrumptious desserts…all this added to the party-like atmosphere!

After our delicious lunch, we were delighted to listen to Marie Murray—Preferred Travel—speak about the upcoming tour, The Gardens of Ireland Tour. Oh, if only we all could fly across the pond to visit these gardens!

The Little Show

As our gardens begin to wane, our spirits were uplifted by the beautiful specimens in our Little Show. While Dahlias appeared to flourish this year, Kay Reilly and several members agreed…Roses had issues…beetles, small or no blooms…so sad. It seems the lack of rain contributed to the under-flowering of one the most beautiful flowers.

Speaking of lifting spirits…Denise Lindsay displayed a pot with little green leaves…Denise planted organic lemon seeds and violá…the little green leaves turned out to be an emerging lemon tree! With love and luck perhaps Denise will have many lemons to use and share!

From Lisianthus to Clematis to begonias, to a Rose of Sharon, to an ice plant, to a Dahlia, to wire grass the display gave us all a bit of inspiration.

And…who could not appreciate the unique vase Cheryl used to display this lovely flower?

Now a tradition in September, Angel Smith shared a sampling of the flowers and foliage from her garden. Angel acted as Vanna White to Kay’s reading of the names of her beautiful display. Thanks, Angel, for allowing us to Step into your garden!

If you click on the text above, you will be taken to a page where we can see (virtually) some of the beauty from our gardens. As the seasons change, it will be nice to view flowers in bloom. Coming up soon, we will delight in Cheryl Kelchner’s Night Blooming flower. After that, Angel’s garden tour will be posted. An update to Joanne Romano’s Candy Corn vine and other virtual trips will follow. If you have pictures of your garden and would like to share them, please contact Joanne.

The Virtual Ocean City Flower Show

At the end of the Little Show table was a computer with a slide show of pictures from the 2013 Ocean City Flower Show. Thanks to Cheryl Kelchner for taking these beautiful shots. If you weren’t able to attend and would like to view the pictures, just click: Ocean City Flower Show.

New member, Nancy Burke, expressed her appreciation for access to the flower pictures as she told Joanne Romano about her 92 year old mother who attended the flower show previously, but was unable to go this year. Not being there in person did not prohibit Nancy from sharing this year’s entries, though. Nancy said her mother always has her computer up and running! So, when Nancy visited her mother and after a few clicks on the computer, they were transported to the flower show…virtually! They spent an hour and a half delighting in the displays. So, take a tip from Nancy. If there is someone you know who was unable to attend this year’s Ocean City Flower Show, take them on a virtual visit! Thank you, Nancy, for sharing your story.

Welcome Our New Members

Nancy Burke

Gerri Cusato

Joan Kassarich

Christine McPartland

Nicolette Mirra

We are very glad you chose to join us!

Simplicity & Creativity

Camelia, Lilies, Chrysanthemums

Learning something new brings out the aha in us all. And so it was as we watched our speaker, Mariko Ono, who is trained in the Sogetsu School of Ikebana, take various elements—vases, branches, flowers, and gutter wire, YES, gutter wire—to create several interesting and beautiful arrangements.

From the Sogetsu website…

Sogetsu School of ikebana believes that anyone can arrange ikebana anywhere, and with almost anything. Plants are beautiful as they are. But with people’s help, they can be arranged in an effective style to be even more appreciated. A Japanese theory of flower arranging has philosophy which brightens, colors, and gives life to our environment.

It was fascinating to watch Mariko work as she created beautiful arrangements from what we would think is the back!

The Little Show

ARTISTIC…

Cecelia Unrath‘s Gift of Daffodils!

In the Artistic arena, Spring Arrangements provided many delights. The beautiful daffodils given to Cheryl Kelchner by Cecelia Unrath gently brings us to the realization that on the gloomiest day in April daffodils brighten the landscape…and our mood!

Joan Shaw’s hellebores remind us of the beautiful plants that bloom in winter!

Joan Shaw—Hellebores

Marge Roth’s spirit brightening…

Marge Roth—African Violet

AND…

Remember those bulbs we planted in January? Well, look at Marge’s. Her secret…Marge moved them indoors. How are yours doing?….

Angel Smith‘s arrangement allows us as adults to remember the time when searching for Easter Eggs was the highlight of our Easter morning…

Angel Smith—Cabbage Flower, daffodils, and an Easter Egg!

When you take the time to look around your house, you might just come upon that ever present gem that begs to support your latest flower arrangement…Kay’s little yellow bird…

Kay Reilly—Statice, daffodils, and a little yellow bird.

Lorraine Scott shared her daffodils nestled in a vase with a beautiful saying from St. Therese, The Little Flower.

Lorraine Scott—Daffodils in Little Flower Vase

Marge Roth didn’t have to use any magic with her branches. We can all appreciate the beauty of nature’s display!

Marge Roth‘s Curly and Pussy Willow Branches

As Cheryl Kelchner always tries to demonstrate the theme of the month, Cheryl shared her pretty arrangement of Cherry Blossoms in a slate holder.

Cheryl Kelcher and Cherry Blossom Ikebana

Horticulture

This month’s Horticulture focus was on Garden Bulb. Kay Reilly‘s interpretation reminds us how taking a bulb and placing it in water is a wonderful way to watch things grow!

Kay Reilly‘s Hyacinth bulb in water!

In addition to the inspirational displays, Kay Reilly and Joan Shaw shared the Ocean City June Flower Show booklet. We are all invited to enter. Good luck to all!