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Boonslick Area  Master Gardeners -- Minutes

 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2005

  1. Roll Call was taken with the following master gardeners, staff and guests present at Christy and Co. flower shop on Main Street:  Nancy Tillman, Carol Nauman. Jackie Hickam. Dora Rowles, Megan McGuire, Todd Lorenz, Jenny Lorenz.
     

  2. No meeting minutes were presented for approval.
     

  3. No Treasurer's report was given.
     

  4. Old Business:

Item A: Status Report on Garden Projects

  • The Old Jail/Calaboose Garden - Plantings seemed to weather the dry, hot summer fairly well with watering and weeding donated by Nancy Tillman and Megan McGuire. The impatients along the big rock must have gotten too hot.

  • Morgan Street Garden - Parks department has maintained throughout the summer with plantings all surviving.

  • Hospital Garden - Flowers and vegetables all looked good - hats off to Sue Seals, her staff and patients at the long term care facility for maintaining (AND ENJOYING).

  • Harvest House - With their new addition, will need any cuttings or plants that will be donated to fill in the areas around the front of the new wing.

  • Habitat House - The homeowners appear to have their yard planting and landscaping under control and have not asked for any additional help from the Master Gardener Group.

Item B: The Master Gardeners will place and staff a booth for the Festival of Lights on September 22 starting at 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Item C: The Master Gardeners decided not to purchase or staff a booth at the Festival of Leaves on Saturday, October 1.

Item D: Dora Rowles is working on a series of articles for the Boonville Daily News.

  1. New Business:

Item A: Jenny Lorenz gave a demonstration on flower arranging including special occasion arrangements, dried flowers and fresh arrangements.

Item B: Calaboose Garden needs a clean up day and a bulb planting day to be scheduled. Suggestions were made for bulb planting on a Saturday in late October to be announced. Clean up day will be our next meeting date.

  1. Adjourn/Next Meeting: The meeting was concluded at 8:30 p.m. The next meeting will be October 5, 2005 at 5:30 p.m. at the Calaboose Garden. Bring tools, work clothes and snacks for dinner.


Respectfully submitted,
Megan McGuire, Secretary

Approved:
Jackie Hickam, President