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Happy Valentine's Day!!!
I truly love each and every one of my KGC friends. You have made my life so much more beautiful, and I thank you for that.
We were able to share the most beautiful news last month: that KGC is now a 2018 GCA Founders Fund Finalist. KGC is one of three, and is, of course, hoping for the best! I can tell you now that Mary Lois Hakewill and I were dying to tell you when I got the good news in early November. GCA swore us to secrecy, and we were too afraid to tempt fate! Please join me in congratulating Mary Lois for her leadership and tenacity -- there were many moving parts and she masterfully orchestrated all. Her committee -- Joan Dodson, Barbara McDonough and I -- look forward to our next adventure with her. No matter the final outcome, Misericordia is guaranteed at least a $10,000 award from GCA -- and possibly $30,000. Coupled with KGC's project pledge of $10,000, KGC will have a very positive and beautiful impact upon the lives of so many often-overlooked men, women and children.
I have even more beautiful things to share. Sue Cozzens has been asked by GCA to be the Zone XI Conservation Chair AND Zone XI National Affairs & Legislation Chair, stepping into the position midterm. Congratulations, Sue, on the high and well-deserved honor, and for following your heart and long-standing interest in conservation.
Shelley Galloway is always making life more beautiful -- and easier! -- for all of us. Shelley designed the gorgeous flowers for our fabulous Christmas party and I neglected to thank her in our last newsletter. Thank you, Shelley. And thank you for everything that you do for KGC, GCA and its members. Truly.
KGC continues to make life more beautiful for our community. The Board voted to partner with Four Finches to create dining room centerpieces for residents of the McGaw Pavilion at Westminster Place in Evanston. The Presbyterian Homes Woman's Board is thrilled to have our help and participation. A warm thank you to Jeanne Daniel, another KGC member who makes life beautiful for so many, who worked with Four Finches' Sarah Wright to create this project. Thank you to our fabulous Board for recognizing the project's potential.
Last month, I sent two emails on KGC's behalf to the National Capital Planning Commission and to the Chair of the Facilities Committee of the Smithsonian Institution regarding the Enid A. Haupt Garden at the Smithsonian. Click
here and
here to read the letters and please call me with any questions that you might have. This is an important matter to GCA, getting serious attention from the past and current GCA Presidents and the Executive Committee. Its potential precedent bears watching.
The Chicago Council of GCA met last month. It voted to continue operating more in the mode of an informational sharing committee, and not a provider of programs for the six Chicago clubs. The presidents also shared upcoming events and other information, which can be found in this and subsequent newsletters.
Finally, there is so much going on in our little old club! Sharon Hayes, Kirsten Rider and their committee are hard at work on our April 19th benefit,
Forever Green! Shelley Galloway, as Zone XI Photography Chair, has organized and is hosting a GCA Photography 101 workshop on April 13 at the CBG! Our Floral Chair, Marty Shaw, has organized a GCA Flower Arranging 201 workshop on February 6
th! Kelly Chestnut has several great programs on the horizon, including 2017 GCA Medalist Awardee Wendy Paulson in on February 21st and a fun and informative session on iPhone/Android Phone photography on March 21st. Why go away for the winter when you can be learning and having fun with your KGC valentines?
I wish you a happy month full of love and beauty.
Always,
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Your Monthly News & Updates
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Upcoming Events
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February KGC Program
Wednesday, February 21 -- 9:30 a.m.
Home of Sharon Hayes
520 Ash St., Winnetka
A Conservation Conversation with GCA Medal Awardee Wendy Paulson. Wendy is a conservationist and native of Barrington, and she will share and discuss her insights and inspiration in a very special meeting.
You should have received the Evite -- please remember to RSVP. Thank you!
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KGC Board Meeting
Tuesday, February 20
Church of the Holy Comforter
222 Kenilworth Ave., Kenilworth
Note day of week, due to the President's Day holiday.
Please let Lenore know if you have anything to add to the agenda.
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March KGC Program
Wednesday, March 21 -- 9:30 a.m.
Home of Mary Lois Hakewill
707 Greenwood Ave., WIlmette
Our speaker Jack Carlson is a Certified Professional Photographer and has been a photography instructor at the Chicago Botanic Garden, The Grove and Elawa Farm. Jack will do a presentation for the KGC on smart phones. We will explore optional lenses to use with your phone in additon to composition.
Watch for your Evite later this month.
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Check out Jack's blog at his website,
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ackcarlsonphotos.com
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Service Spotlight
KGC Board Approves a Great New Outreach Project
It's incredible how a conversation between Jeanne Daniel and Four Finches' Sarah Wright has turned into a fabulous Outreach project!
Four times a year, Four Finches creates floral centerpieces for the McGaw Pavilion dining hall at Westminster Place in Evanston. Four Finches, which will provide all of the floral materials and supplies, will also deliver the arrangements to the site.
Now,KGC members will have the opportunity to create arrangements at Four Finches. Sign up will be "first come, first serve," so be sure to act quickly when you receive the notice. Arranging is set for four Tuesdays: March 20, 2018; June 19, 2018; September 25, 2018; and November 27, 2018, from noon to 2 p.m.
Mark your calendars because only three to five KGC members per session will be able to sign up for this fun, hands-on opportunity! |
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Sarah Wright of Four Finches (r) watches Cissy Crawford and the others as they assemble the containers.
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Mary Lois Hakewill puts her finishing touch on the centerpieces.
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Jeanne Daniel organized and worked with Cissy & Mary Lois on this simple and fun service project.
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Combined Kenilworth Club Meeting
Eileen Weber of Lake Forest Flowers offered numerous tricks of the trade at the January meeting of the combined Kenilworth garden clubs. For those who missed it, here are some key pointers:
- Eileen used curly willow to create the bridged arrangement (above) and she suggests planting this easy-to-grow staple in your garden. Eileen also uses it in the bottom of vases, instead of chicken wire, to create a grid for support.
- She does use oasis and recommends Advantage, a brand of floral oasis with nutrients built-in.
- If flowers are well conditioned, they can be out of the water during arranging. This helps some, like the parrot tulips she used, bend more easily. When they are drier, it is also easier to reflex or open up the petals of flowers.
- She arranges her flowers in groups by color in order to enhance the shape, color and texture of each material.
- Ants on your peonies? After cutting, swish the heads in a bucket of water and then place stem down in bucket outside or in the garage for an hour or two, and the ants will leave.
- To enhance color creativity, Eileen suggests purchasing a pocket color wheel, available from www.Colorwheelco.com.
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Eileen Weber demonstrated how a donut-shaped ring of chicken wire serves as a collar
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KGC members Joan Senko, Stacey DeLuca, Shelley Galloway and Kim Piekos
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Your Vote is Needed for the 2018 Founders Fund Projects
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President Lenore Macdonald presents Mary Lois Hakewill with a beautiful tied bouquet of roses
to celebrate GCA designating KGC's Founder's Fund proposal a finalist.
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It's that time of the year again, and this time KGC has a candidate in the Founders Fund competition! It's so exciting!!
Although KGC's project is one of the finalists, we will still uphold the KGC tradition of taking an all-Club vote on the three finalists.
Below are the 75 word descriptions submitted by the finalists. If you'd like more information, you will find it in the GCA Winter Bulletin or on the GCA website.
We will vote at our Wednesday, February 21 meeting starting at 9:30 a.m. at Sharon Hayes' home. If you would like to vote absentee, please send an email to mail@macdonald.in with "FF Absentee Vote" in the subject line and your vote will be added to the count. The last day to vote will be February 28.
2018 FOUNDERS FUND AWARD FINALISTS
Proposal Summaries
Roots Rising: A Food Truck and Financial Stability
Proposed by: The Lenox Garden Club, Zone I
Seconded by: The Memphis Garden Club, Zone IX
Roots Rising seeks to launch a non-profit food truck that will be a mobile classroom, a work site, a business incubator and our flagship enterprise. At-risk teens who work on farms, in community gardens and in food pantries will source ingredients from local farms and prepare nutritious meals that will be sold to the community while they learn entrepreneurial, horitcultural and culinary skills.
Dunbar Garden Kitchen-Classroom
Proposed by: The Little Rock Garden Club, Zone IX
Seconded by: The Memphis Garden Club, Zone IX
For 25 years Dunbar Garden has provided educational opportunities to students and adults. The proposed kitchen-classroom will facilitate cross-curriculum knowledge to over 800 children via workshops in the neighboring communities.
Visualize children cooking and eating eggs gathered from their chickens; honey on bread ground from wheat they have grown; marketing locally their herbs and vegetables, if the children have not eaten them first.
Dunbar's current primitive facilities limit the programs sowed and excitement reaped.
A Therapeutic Garden: Nurturing Plants and Lifting Spirits
Proposed by: Kenilworth Garden Club, Zone XI
Seconded by: Garden Club of Evanston, Zone XI
Misericordia provides care to over 600 children and adults with wide-ranging developmental disabilities. The installation of a garden that will include walker/wheelchair accessible paths and raised work spaces will allow the staff to implement horticultural therapy techniques, gardening activities and vocational training. In addition to these everyday activities, the tangible benefits are beyond measure: increasing awarenessd enjoyment of the outdoor world, facilitating communication and socialization, improving focus and reducing stress and anxiety.
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Meet Mario Nievera, internationally renowned Landscape Architect, at our 2018 Annual Benefit Luncheon,
Forever Green. The Glen View Club will be transformed into the sunny environs of Palm Beach where he does much of his stunning work. His images of lush landscapes will envelop you in sunshine. Bring his book and tropical thoughts home with you. Garden inspiration abounds.
Be on the look out for your invitation in the first week of March. We are expecting a 'sold out event' as Mario is a New Trier graduate with a significant local following. Buy your tickets early! Seating is limited. Funds raised support our KGC charitable and educational programs and projects.
Palm Beach icon Lilly Pulitzer said, "It's always summer somewhere." We agree. Bask in the sunshine with us on
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Co-Chairs Sharon Hayes and Kirsten Rider
Please remember that each of us is required to buy at least two tickets.
Come in your brightest dress!
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Members of the Benefit Committee got their Palm Beach on at the kick-off meeting January 17th.
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Kirsten and Sharon sent committee members home with a darling goodie bag to continue the fun of the festive theme during this cold winter season, and the excitement of our upcoming benefit.
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Last year's Spring Benefit speaker, Sybill Brooke Sylvester, has her book fresh available for sale on Amazon. If you purchased her book at our event, please consider taking a moment to add a review to the page and help promote Sybill's beautiful instructional book.
Click here to be taken directly to her Amazon page.
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GCA Flower Arranging 201: Contemporary Design ...
On Tuesday, February 6, this Zone XI class is being held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Holy Comforter Church in Kenilworth. Enrollment is near capacity; depending on when you read this, there still may be spots available. Check with Weezie Monroe at weezm1@comcast.net. For those who have already registered, you should receive specific instructions from Weezie closer to the class date.
Floral Committee Get-Together ...
The Floral Design Committee got together January 16th for a fun night of beverages, brainstorming and bouquets. What beautiful bouquets our members created - and each was so different from the rest! We also came up with some great ideas for local field trips, workshops and demonstrations.
In response to members' expressed interest in practicing skills and gaining confidence to enter flower shows, the committee will be participating in monthly "challenges" to create arrangements in the "spirit" of the general meeting theme. This will be a
voluntary activity, and is intended to be creative, low-cost and just FUN. No judging - just a chance to exercise creative minds and chat with others about their interpretations. Arrangements will be on display at each meeting.
February's general meeting topic is Conservation, so the Floral Arrangement Challenge is to create a "Green" arrangement, however you choose to interpret "green" (e.g. all green plant materials, recycled materials, eco-friendly design, etc.) A brief Statement of Intent is encouraged!
ALL MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE - NOT JUST FLORAL COMMITTEE; there is no need to let us know if you are bringing an arrangement. If the spirit moves you, BRING IT ON!
These interpretive arrangements will fulfill the committee's commitment to provide monthly floral arrangements for meetings, so we will be contacting committee members directly to assign specific meetings ... but we hope there will be many more entrants!
What would Valentine's Day be without flowers...
The holiday of love and red roses is almost upon us! Is there anything you can do besides the standard dozen in a vase (with a little baby's breath)? Check out these ideas:
Or think beyond the rose...
Last but not least ...
For those who have a more serious interest in learning the elements and principles of floral design - or in refreshing their knowledge - there is a great website with online flash cards and other games to learn definitions of key floral design terms. (If you are familiar with the language app, Duolingo, it's very similar.) Click here for the quiz.
If you are interested in being included on Floral Committee communications and invitations, please let Marty Peterson Shaw know! marty@martypeterson.com.
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GCA Update About Its Partners 4 Plants Initiative
Partners 4 Plants (P4P) is a GCA program that provides financial support to club projects that have a signficant impact on restoring native habitat.
P4P Vice Chairman Liz Lavezzorio (odd Zones) and Janet Manning (even Zones) have worked very hard this past year to revise the guidelines to make it easier for clubs to have a P4P project. If your club is thinking of an idea, please let them know. All new P4P's must go through the Vice Chairmen first. They are there to help you and/or start you in the right direction. Contact them at P4P@gcamerica.org .
Here are a few highlights:
A P4P project database was recently added to the Members Area of the GCA website.
One of the primary goals is for the database to include an accurate record of every current P4P project. It is a great place to see what others are doing across the country.
Simplified Reporting
Starting this year, GCA has reduced the number of forms required for a P4P project. These forms are found in the Members area on the GCA website under Horticulture.
Henceforth, the only forms required are:
Project Proposal - submitted once in the lifetime of a project. If requesting funding,
deadline is March 1.
Annual Grant Request - optional; submitted annually, deadline for funding is April 1.
Projects are entitled to a maximum of $6,000 over a period of three years. This can include funding for a botanical expert.
Project Report - submitted at least once a year by May 1
Photo Submission - submitted ideally at least once a year
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Zone XI Photography 101 --
Sign-up is open!
Spaces are still available for the workshop with Lou & Todd Nettelhorst of Nettelhorst Images on Friday, April 13 from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The cost is $170 and includes presentations on composition and basic camera tools, hands-on shooting and critique of images as well as lunch. If you are interested, fill out the registration form and return it to Shelley Galloway as soon as possible.
For the Photography 101 registration form,
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Join the Evanston Garden Club on Thursday, February 8, for a photo shoot in the Shakespeare Garden and surrounding area. Members will gather at 2 p.m. with cell phones, point & click cameras or more elaborate equipment in hopes of capturing the garden at rest.
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2018 Zone XI Meeting
Planting Seeds of Change
Photography Show
September 26 - 29 in Des Moines, Iowa
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Check out the inventive classes, including the option for video.
Registration is now open! For the Show Schedule,
click here
For other shows, such as The Country Garden Club "A Way with Flowers," GCA Flower Show, check the GCA Calendar and List of Upcoming Flower Shows on the
GCA website.
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GCA Photography Study Group Workshop
June 2018 in Portland, Oregon
Learn the technical aspects of your camera and creative ways to use it. Get in depth Adobe CC Lightroom and Photoshop instruction geared specifically toward beginners in the first class and intermediate-advanced in the second class. Go on fun photo shoots in scenic Portland.
Learn creative shooting techniques in our specialized workshops.
Workshop dates are:
Group One - June 24 - 27 - Beginner-Intermediate
Group Two - June 27 - 30 - Intermediate-Advanced
Registration --
Each workshop will have a maximum of 10 participants. Registration will open for the interest list only at 4 p.m. EDT on Monday, March 5, 2018. On March 6, the registration will go out to the general GCA membership.
To find out more about the Photography Interest Committee,
or the workshop, please email Eloise Carson @
eloisecarson@me.com
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Book Recommendation
This new book, Beginner's Guide to Mastering Street Photography, by Eric Kim, contains everything one needs to know in order to capture people and places on the street. The book contains 10 lessons as well as innumerable tips to hone your skills.
A Kindle version of the book can be purchased through Amazon.com and be downloaded right to your device for use when you are out taking photographs.
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Each year, the Philanthropy Committee meets to discuss and review potential charitable funding ideas for KGC. Our garden club, in the recent past, has generously donated monies to: The Endowment Fund and The Founders Fund of GCA, Enabling Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Charles A. Ware Memorial Garden, the Magnolia Garden and more recently to the Midwest Care Center, Misericordia McAuley Residence. Kenilworth Beautification, National Park Foundation, the Alliance for the Great Lakes and The Ouilmette Foundation.
If you are interested in submitting a charitable funding proposal with a budget, it must be received by April 28. Proposals may be submitted to Kathy Elmer at kelmos3@me.com or mailed to 44 Warrington Drive, Lake Bluff, IL 60044.
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For a copy of the Philanthropy Request form,
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In the spirit of conservation, our February KCG meeting with be a green event. Bring your own coffee mug and think Green -- we're going for sustainability in February!
The trash accumulated after Valentine's Day makes it one of the most wasteful days of the year. This year, recycle that waste.
Here is a guide on how recipients of a few of the most popular Valentine's gifts can properly dispose of waste when the day is over:
- Candy wrappers: Candy pieces are often wrapped with cellophane wrappers or those that are wax coated and made with nonrecyclable adhered materials. If you have leftover candy wrappers made of these materials, there are plenty of possible DIY projects that could transform the wrappers into artwork, such as making decoupage or using the wrappers to decorate plain household items. Otherwise, aluminum wrappers can be recycled, and non-waxed paper wrappers can go with compost.
- Candy boxes: Candy boxes could also be recreated after they are used for Valentine's Day. If kept clean, they could be used again for the next Valentine's Day. They can also make great organizers for crafts, jewelry or other small items. These boxes otherwise are not recyclable and end up in landfills when the holiday is over.
- Flowers: The best way to recycle Valentine's Day flowers after they have wilted is to composting them. They can go into the compost bin in your yard or one that belongs to a curbside or drop-off recycling program nearby, or even be cut into small pieces and sprinkled around a garden to feed the soil.
There are many alternatives to throwing out Valentine's Day gifts and waste, and these precautions can make a big difference in achieving a less wasteful holiday. Aside from being careful about how to recycle these items, consumers can also look for great eco-friendly alternatives to these gifts to show their loved ones how much they mean.
Source: Recycle Nation
In the news....
--Ann Jones
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Member Spotlight
Susan Canmann
Why did you join KGC?
I joined KGC to a) learn about gardens/gardening, b) meet women who share this interest and can teach me and c) because I saw how much my mother, Judy Keller, has enjoyed being a member of the club.
What is your KGC area of interest?
I am most interested in gardens. I also enjoy flower arranging and photography.
Who is your mentor (inside or outside of KGC)?
My mother.
What are your areas of interest outside of KGC?
My other interests are golf, yoga, cooking, and I am going to learn bridge.
Tell us something we may not know about you.
I worked on a book called Bridal Flowers, and I was involved with the landscaping around Crow Island School for 10 years.
What is your favorite plant or flower?
My favorite plants are my roses. We inherited a rose garden when we moved into our house. I never imagined how much I would enjoy it.
What garden has made the biggest impression on you?
Longwood Gardens made an enormous impression on my. I saw it in my 20's when I was a location scout for Bride's Magazine.
Kathy Evertsberg
Why did you join KGC?
I have always been interested in home gardening in the various places that my husband Bill and I have lived over the last 30 years. As our children have grown and and graduated from college, I have cut back to part time work and now have more time to pursue my love of gardening.
Who are your KGC mentors?
I would like to thank Nancy Kurz, Wendy Yamada, and Marty Peterson Shaw for suggesting that I consider joining KGC. They all have shared their love of the Garden Club with me.
What is your KGC area of interest?
I am interested in the Ware Garden since it is so close to Kenilworth Union Church. I am also interested in the outreach opportunities that the club offers and photography.
Tell us something we might not know about you.
I am a dental hygienist who graduated from the University of Michigan. I still practice two days a week in the office of Drs. David and Michael Duda. Bill and I have two children. Michael our son is 29 and pursuing his MBA at the University of Michigan, and our daughter Taylor is a 4th grade school teacher in Washington DC. We also have Dudley our 8-year-old golden retriever.
What are your interests outside of KGC?
I love to play tennis and paddle, ride bikes, knit, and read fiction.
What is your favorite flower?
I would have to say that since I am one hundred percent Dutch in heritage that the tulip might be one of my favorite flowers. One of my dreams is to get to the Netherlands in the Spring to see all the tulips in bloom in the countryside. Having grown up in Western Michigan, I did often get to the Tulip Time Festival in Holland, Michigan.
What gardens made the biggest impression on you?
I have enjoyed the The Huntington Botanical Gardens and Art Collection in Pasadena, CA . I also love the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and the United States Botanic Garden in Washington DC.
What is your favorite gardening tool?
My favorite gardening tool is probably my own two hands. I am not afraid to dig in the dirt and get dirt under my fingernails!
Liz Kohler
Why did you join KGC?
Friends and flowers. KGC is an organization that I know my mom, Judy Keller, has enjoyed and many of my friends are involved as well. I also hope to meet some other nice people. I love gardens and flowers and through my travels have been fortunate enough to see many private and public gardens throughout the world.
What is your KGC area of interest?
Garden design and flower arranging. These are both areas I would like to learn more about, but have taken several classes and both and find them so interesting. I would also like to improve my own garden and be able to create beautiful arrangements for my own enjoyment.
Who is your mentor (inside or outside of KGC)?
Posy Krehbiel and Shirley Ryan both have gorgeous gardens that I can only dream about, but inspire me.
What are your interests outside of KGC?
I am in the travel business so I enjoy traveling to new places, I also love playing golf with friends, and have a passion for art and architecture. Anything in the arts I enjoy - theater, art, architecture, music and literature.
Tell us something we may not know about you?
I played rugby in college.
What is your favorite plant or flower?
I like the spring flowers because I know warm weather is coming. Peonies, tulips, lillies, lilacs and hyacinths are favorites.
What is your favorite season?
Summer. I enjoy warm weather and all the fun things to do in Chicago at that time of year from golf and sailing to walks in the parks and picnics on the beach.
How would you describe your gardening style?
I like the English gardening style best although I am not sure I have mastered it. I also like the Italian and French gardens I have seen in my travels.
What is your best gardening tool?
Cutting scissors so I can make great arrangements
What is your favorite garden in the US?
Longwood Garden or the gardens at Asheville. I also enjoy people's private gardens.
What garden has made the biggest impression on you?
Giverney. There is no place prettier and Monet was fortunate enough to create both a beautiful garden and artistic masterpieces.
Bernadette Tramm
Why did you join KGC?
I heard so many wonderful things from my friend Mary Lois Hakewill about the great friendships she has made through the club. The opportunity to make new friends -- who all share a common interest in flowers -- sounded like a winning combination!
What is your KGC area of interest?
Floral arranging is a priority for me, especially for tablescapes. I am also a frequent visitor to our national parks, and I hope my membership in the KGC/GCA will let me find new ways to lend support to sustaining these wild and rare places for the next generation.
Who is your mentor (inside or outside of KGC)?
I inherit my love of flowers from my mother, who was a florist for a short time in her 20's. Although I lost her many years ago, she remains an inspiration to me.
What are your interests outside of KGC?
I love reading, keeping up with the news, baking desserts, walking off the desserts!, and enjoying picnics and music of all sorts at Ravinia each summer.
Tell us something we may not know about you?
I am a native of Wilmette and am the youngest of five siblings -- four of us still live right here!
What is your favorite season?
With my November birthday, I am prejudiced in favor of autumn and look forward to the color display Mother Nature creates each year. I will never forget seeing hundreds of thousands of maple trees driving along the St. Lawrence River north of Quebec City in early October -- the incredible mix of flaming reds, vibrant oranges, sunny yellows -- all against the darker green of leaves not yet changed. Mile after mile of just breathtaking views.
What is your best gardening tool?
Mosquito repellent! I've made it a practice to put it on before heading out to garden -- I work longer when I'm not being targeted by mosquitoes.
What garden has made the biggest impression on you?
The fall Chrysanthemum presentation at Longwood Gardens is spectacular. So many clever displays of interesting varieties and gorgeous colors made it a memorable treat!
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Directory Update
Abbott, Marian Z. (Madel)
Mrs. Clinton S., Jr.
2500 Indigo Lane, #352
Glenview IL 60025
Mobile only: 404-6913
Email (new): mabesabbott@comcast.net
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Big KGC Zone XI News!
Congratulations to KGC's Sue Cozzens for being appointed Zone XI Conservation Chair and Zone XI National Affairs & Legislation Chair. As you know, Conservation is an area of great interest to Sue, and she has done so much over the years in that field for KGC. How exciting to now have two KGC members serving in Zone XI leadership positions. Congratulations, Sue!
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Freeman Medal Winners
We have exciting news from Lulu Lubbers, Vice Chairman Freeman Medal and from the GCA Horticulture Committee!
The 2018 GCA - Montine McDaniel Freeman Medal winners have been chosen and they are the following:
Freeman Medal Winner:
Pycnanthemum muticum (Mountain Mint) Proposed by Alice Wade, Garden Club of Madison - Zone IV
Honorary Mention:
Maianthemum racemosum (False Solomon's Seal) Proposed by Megan F. Smith, Seattle Garden Club - Zone XII
Special Recognition:
Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold) Proposed by G.G. Williams, Saint Paul Garden Club - Zone XI!!!
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A GCA 2 FOR 1 EVENT
UPDATE "ON THE ROAD WITH THE GCA" --
WASHINGTON, DC: A CAPITAL GOOD TIME --
CASEY TREES AND THE 26TH ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
Washington, DC | Monday, March 19, 2018 | 10am - 7pm | Max: 30
Here's a two-fer in the nation's capital. First, learn about Casey Trees, a supporting organization of The Garden Club of America, and how to restore the tree canopy in your community with examples from Casey Trees' work. Lunch will be served, and you'll hear from Mark Buscaino, Casey's Executive Director; Dr. Jessica Sanders, coordinator of the GCA Urban Forestry Fellowship; Laura Bassett, Director of Education; and Italia Peretti, Director of Communications and Development.
Next, Georgetown GC member Flo Stone, founder of the Environmental Film Festival in the nation's capital (EFF) as well as Founders GC member Mary Wallace, will talk about creating a film festival in your community and introduce you to some of the most exciting environmental films in 2018. At 5 p.m., Flo and Mary will host a special reception for participants at the Cosmos Club -- in time to fan out around the city to see the finest in environmental filmmaking. Click here to register for the event and to access complete details.
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Get In The Gardening Spirit!
KGC has been invited to
Gardenfest!
in Crystal Lake on Saturday, April 7th from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (you don't have to stay all day!). Many great speakers and a boutique.
Registration begins Feb. 12, and the cost is $45 (includes lunch). Space is limited, so register early. The registration deadline is March 27; no refunds after this date. Tickets can also be purchased at the door the day of the event (for an added $5 fee, first come, first served). No refunds for any reason.
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Won't you be my Valentine? Or, a warm, wonderful and heartfelt thank you to:
Shelley Galloway for the beautiful Christmas Party flowers (sorry about the oversight last month!);
Benefit Co-Chairs Sharon Hayes and Kirsten Rider, and their terrific committee: Cheryl Anderson; Chris Wiedrich; Cyndi Chase; Shelley Galloway; Julia Kyle; Kelly Chestnut; Kim Piekos; Marty Shaw; Mary Gordon; Mary Lois Hakewill; Stephanie Keehn; Terri Lorenz and, Tina Rice;
Assistant Program Chair Terri Lorenz and our January hostesses Stacey DeLuca, Pam McClamroch, Tina Rice, Joan Senko and Wendy Yamada;
Mary Lois Hakewill for her leadership, and, Joan Dodson, Barb McDonough and Lenore Macdonald for their work, on the Founders Fund project;
Jeanne Daniel and Four Finches' Sarah Wright for the new outreach project;
Shelley Galloway for the GCA Photography 101 workshop -- the first ever in our Zone;
Marty Shaw for the GCA Floral Arranging 201 workshop;
Marty Shaw for the creating the gorgeous hand-tied bouquet for Mary Lois Hakewill;
Marty Shaw for the great hand-tied bouquet workshop;
Kelly Chestnut for our fabulous programs; and,
Beth Glass for her terrific minutes.
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The January newsletter should have included Shelley Galloway, who created this beautiful
arrangement, as one of the floral arrangers and a hostess for the December Holiday Party.
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Kenilworth Garden Club kenilworthgardenclub.org
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