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Executive Board
President Linda Richcreek [email protected]
First Vice President/Programs Margaret Kirkpatrick [email protected] 2nd Vice President/Membership Cheryl Richards [email protected] Pam Frisbey [email protected] 3rd Vice President/Hospitality Joan Lasek [email protected] Karen Forrest [email protected] Recording Secretary Laurie Kennedy [email protected] Val Swadling [email protected] Corresponding Secretary Marge Lynch
[email protected] Treasurer Cyndi Nelson [email protected] Farrell Culberson [email protected]
Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club, Inc.
Inside this issue:
Calendar 2
Programs 2
President’s Message 3
Committee Reports 4-5
Photo Gallery 7
Oct 2016 Editor
Gay Momberger
M e m b e r o f T h e N a t i o n a l G a r d e n C l u b s , I n c , D e e p S o u t h R e g i o n ,
F l o r i d a F e d e r a t i o n o f G a r d e n C l u b s , I n c . — D i s t r i c t V I I
WE NEED YOU!
9:30 AM Social
10:00 am Meeting
First Baptist Sweetwater Church
“Flowers for Fall and Winter”
presented by Keri Byrum,
Assistant Director for Harry P. Leu Gardens.
Florida’s “cool” season opens up a world of possibilities
for adding color to your home landscape! Learn about the
best time for planting, plant selection, and how to design for the most impact. Knowing the right plants for our
Florida winter can make your yard, porch, or balcony the envy of your neighbors
HOSPITALITY Audrey Karwandy Cheryl Richardson
OCTOBER MEETING Monday, October 10
FLORAL DESIGN Joan Lasek
Calling All Members:
We still are in need of a member(s) to take
over the leadership for the Garden Fair.
We have well-oiled groups of volunteers
that are willing to do their part, but we are missing the member(s) to oversee the
overall picture.
Our chairpersons from last year, Sharon Lane-Crouch and Rosalene Feller, did an
outstanding job and have agreed to mentor the new chairperson(s) this year. So be
assured, you will have all the support you need to coordinate a successful Garden Fair.
Will the new chairperson(s) be YOU? Please call or email me with any questions.
Linda Richcreek
708-207-8941 [email protected]
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S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T
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BD
Rosemarie Boniello
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BOARD MEETING
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Hospice
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BD
Lois Silverberg
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BD Gayle Lashley
Val Swadling
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BD Belva Vinson
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GENERAL MEETING
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JUNIOR GARDENERS
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Hospice
14 15
16 17 18
Dist VII Meeting
Camp Wekiva
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Hospice
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BD Marge Lynch
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BD Joan Braun
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SPOKES GAME DAY
Hospice
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HORTICULTURE
MEETING
2016—2017 PROGRAMS
November 14, 2016 “Holiday Floral Designs”, presented by our talented floral designers.
December 12, 2016 “Christmas at Historic Bok Towers Gardens”, field trip to Lakeland, FL
January 9, 2017 “Permaculture Gardening” presented by Bob Hotaling, Master Gardener.
February 13, 2017 “Florida Friendly Landscape” presented by Kelley Greer, Orange County
Horticulture Florida-Friendly Landscaping agent
March 13, 2017 “Invasive Plants”, presented by Sherry Williams, a biologist Park Ranger for
Seminole County Greenways and Natural Land Division. .
April 10, 2017 TBA
May 8, 2017 Annual Spring Luncheon and Installation 2017 -2018 0fficers
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Fall arrived on September 22. Being transplanted from Chicago that
always meant you felt a chill in the air and your plants were starting to dwindle. As you all know, nothing is dwindling here and you don’t
feel that chill in the air.
Our kick-off meeting last month was well received by everyone. Ku-dos to Margaret Kirkpatrick in arranging for our guest speaker, Jim
Duby. Jim spoke on Preserving Seminole County. His program was very informative, and most liked observing the snake he brought to
our meeting.
This month’s speaker is Keri Byrum, Assistant Director at Leu Gardens speaking about Flowers for Fall and Winter. You won’t want to miss her presentation. Hope to see
you there.
Our club is hosting the District VII meeting of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs State Officers at Wekiva Youth Camp on Tuesday, October 18. We are in need of vol-
unteers to bring baked items for breakfast, hostesses to greet members from other garden clubs, help in the kitchen and setting up on Monday, October 17. If you plan
on attending, please send in your registration form to Cyndi Nelson today. Please con-tact Joan Lasek to volunteer and for more information.
We are looking forward to participating in the Great Weekend of Festivals sponsored
by the Rotary Club of Seminole County South on November 19 and 20 at Cranes Roost at Uptown Altamonte Springs. Sharon Lane-Crouch is heading up this endeavor for
us. We will be selling Christmas plants as a fundraiser for our club. Please show your support and participate in this event.
Let’s dig in and have fun in our gardens this October.
Linda Richcreek
Oct 2016 Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club, Inc.
A Word from our President
DISTRICT VII MEETING
Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club will be the host club for the District VII
Meeting, October 18, 2016 at Camp Wekiva. The Florida Federation of Garden Clubs State Officers will be at the meeting. We need you to send a
check for $25.00 to Cyndi Nelson. We need baked items for the breakfast
and hostesses to greet members from garden clubs in Lake, Seminole, Orange and Sumter Counties. We also need help for Ann Todd in the kitchen and help
for set up on October 17 at the camp. Anyone that would like to volunteer, PLEASE let Joan Lasek know and send in your application. We really need a great turn out for this
special occasion.
Thanks - Joan
Please send in your check ASAP to
Cyndi Nelson, 1870 Parkglen Circle,
Apopka, FL 32712
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Crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii)
This may be of interest to those members wanting color in their garden with a plant needing very little care and attention. Several years ago I began taking picture of
flowering plants, shrubs, and colorful foliage in my small garden each month of the year. The Crown of thorns has been by far the most colorful, long-lasting plant that I
have. It has never developed a disease, receives very little care, and rewards me with clusters of flowers all year long. the flowers are in clusters of red, pink, yellow, and
white. The Crown of thorns is an evergreen succulent plant or small shrub.
Storing water in its thick stems, makes it
very drought tolerant. The thorny spikes on the stem give it its name, and the milky
toxic sap stored in the stem may cause skin problems. A sun-loving plant, tolerant
of neglect, it does well in any kind of soil as
long as it is well drained. It can be grown as a house plant, and outdoors in Zones 9b
through 11. It likes sun but tolerate some shade as well. According to an old Thai
saying, “The number of flowers on your Crown of thorns foretells your luck in life.”
Marjorie Abbas
HORTICULTURE
Our first Horticulture Meeting of the 2016—2017 year will be
on Monday, October 31st. It will be at the home of Min Schwenderman, 461 Majestic Oak Drive, Apopka 32712 at
10:00 a.m. We will tour her garden, have refreshments and follow this with a discussion of our gardening successes and
problems. We want to encourage members to bring their gardening ideas, questions and items of interest. We will
also be encouraging members to grow plants for the community yard sales and will be giving hints to anyone interested helping with this. Please let Min know if you plan to
attend. [email protected]
The first yard sale will be in conjunction with the Sweetwater Oaks Community Garage
Sales on November 11th & 12th at the home of Claire (Lynn) Griffis, 106 Knollcrest Drive, Longwood, Fl 32779. Please mark your calendars and start growing or potting
plants/cuttings for the sale.
Please let Claire know if you can help. [email protected]
Thank you,
Marjorie Abbas, Arlene Polacheck
Horticulture Co-Chairs
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Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club, Inc. Oct 2016
The September Junior Gardener program was presented by Dianne Mealo and her student Christine from the University of Florida on terrari-
ums. Dianne talked about each step to make a terrarium. Each student started with a container with a top. Rocks covered the bottom of the
container, followed by a carbon sprinkle to unite the soil. Soil is food for the three plants placed in the container. A plastic animal is placed be-
tween the plants to make an interesting exhibit. The students are re-sponsible for watering and taking care of the project. They will be displayed in our
March Garden Fair.
We worked with twenty third-grade Junior Gardeners the first meeting of the school year. For the rest of the school year, we will be entertaining twelve second graders.
We will have programs on birds ,bees, insects, shells and other topics. We invite Garden Club members to join us.
September Volunteers: Pam Frisbey, Louise Gould, Lynn Griffis and Vanita Bulsara.
We meet the second Tuesday each month at 9:30—10:30 am at Starchild Academy.
Chairman, Ann Todd
JUNIOR GARDENERS
GARDEN CLUB POLO SHIRTS
Please contact Rae Martin
to purchase a polo shirt.
407-869-1137
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Why Bromeliads?
Exotic and Fun to Grow Plants:
Lisa Robinette, Vice President of the
Bromeliad Society of Central Florida,
will talk about bromeliads and bring
some special bromeliads to sell. Her
presentations in past years have
been sellouts. 10 a.m. October 12;
Winter Park Garden Club, 1300 S.
Denning Drive, Winter Park.
407-644-5770.
Fun with Flowers—
Autumn Arrangements:
Cathey Bowers and Emily Bader will
demonstrate how to create interest-
ing autumnal arrangements using
lanterns as vases. Cost is $25; due
by October 10. Please bring your
garden clippers. 1:00 p.m. October
12; Winter Park Garden Club, 1300
S. Denning Drive, Winter Park.
407-644-5770
JANUARY 16, 2017
Sanlando United Methodist Church, Longwood
9:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.
$25.00
Please donate items for Silent Auction table.
Set up is Sunday evening
January 15, 2017 - 7:00 p.m.
We ask everyone to help set up, members, husbands, friends Anyone that would like to volun-
teer at the "Raffle Table" or "Silent Auction" or "Milly's Table", you are more than welcome to
help.
Ann Todd is in charge of the kitchen.
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September Meeting
Photos
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Oct 2016
BOARD MEETINGS
First Monday of the Month September-May at 10:00 AM
810 Fox Valley Drive, Longwood, Florida
GENERAL MEETINGS
Second Monday of the Month, September-May at 9:30 AM
First Baptist Sweetwater Church
3800 Wekiva Springs Road. Longwood. Florida
HORTICULTURE GROUP MEETINGS
Fourth Monday of October, February and April at 9:30 AM
See the Calendar of Events for Location
JUNIOR GARDENERS
Second Tuesday of the Month at 9:00 AM
FLORAL DESIGN
Every Thursday at Hospice of the Comforter 12:30-3:00 PM
Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club, Inc. Meeting Schedule
Club Flower—Rose
Club Bird—Cardinal
We’re on the web!
www.swogc.org
Member of National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Deep South Region
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.
District VII
Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole & Sumter Counties
Organized—January 9, 1974
Federated—January 27, 1975
Incorporated—September 14, 1992
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 915233
Longwood, Florida 32791
Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club, Inc.
The purpose of Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club is the education of its mem-
bers and the community in their relationship to horticulture, conservation
and environmental needs, as well as the art of floral design.
If you know of a member who could use an extra kind thought,
please contact me. I prefer receiving the information by
email, but please call if you don't have email access.
Marge Lynch
[email protected] 407-884-0583
