2015-2016

Club Officers

President:

Jo Beth Moore

1st Vice President:

Barbara Willy

2nd Vice

Presidents:

Donna Romaine

Diane Meyer

Arleen Harbin

Recording

Secretary:

Kimberly Farou

Treasurer:

Robin Re�ew

Parliamentarian:

Deborah Birge

Editor

Kathleen Louviere

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE It’s October (my favorite month!) and here are some thing’s I’ve no/ced outside:

My (no/ce they’re not yours) humming birds have eaten and flown…Are they at your house?

We don’t really have much “falling” going on in October. Vegeta/on is s/ll green and lush. We like our fall-

ing to be in November and even December and March. But leaves are falling from my oak trees because of a

plethora of live oak leaf galls on the undersides of them. I have many-many (Is that the same as millions?)

of these yellow-beige fluffy thingies. I found my answer on line. Mary Reid Barrow of Hampton Roads in

Virginia said (in the Pilot onLine.Com site) these harmless galls are caused by /ny wasps that secrete a

chemical that causes the tree to create a home for the insect! Clever li>le dudes. I read that my trees are not

at risk, but they certainly do have an infesta/on and my driveway looks like a chenille bedspread with all the

fuzzballs. They’re even in rows, in the driveway seams.

Speaking of weird botany: It’s gardening /me for squirrels. Don’t you love how they plant pecans all over

crea/on and then those pecans send up li>le flags so the squirrels can find them in the lean months of win-

ter and early spring? But the squirrels don’t harvest all of them and we go around all spring-summer-fall

pulling up flags lest they put down those mile-deep roots and grow into humongous landscape trees!

A neighbor men/oned our squirrels are plan/ng “Hog Pecans” in her newly mulched beds like fiends. What

are “Hog Pecans?”…I wanted to know… She said they’re pecan trees with small bi>er nuts. Sounded like a

tree I grew up with in NC - which we called a seedling pecan. Hello Google -

I’ve learned that pecans are related to hickory trees and walnut trees.

One writer said Virginia’s tree was a cross between a walnut and a pecan.

It sounds to me like her tree is a Bi>ernut Pecan (carya brownie) which has many names: Pignut, Pig Wal-

nut, Bi>er Pignut, and Hog Pecan as she learned to call it growing up. They’re not tasty to us, but useful for

smoking meats, I read. Anyway, Virginia says squirrels love them!

Now remember that “I read this on the internet - so it must be true.” Please feel free to correct me.

Speaking of gardening, The Sugar Land Garden Club has some special things to dig into this month! In our

Yearbook you’ll find more about these and other events:

Dr William Welch will come talk to us at our general mee/ng about a research project, “Redesigning the

Southern Landscape.”

We are selling poinseEas from Brookwood as a fundraiser through our October 20 General Mee/ng. (Bring

your check book!)

Sign up for an overnight field trip to the Dallas Arboretum to enjoy fall colors and decor as well as the Fort

Worth Japanese Gardens.

The Fort Bend Master Gardeners Backyard Basics will feature Food Preserves - Jams and Jellies.

Sign up for our craH workshop coming up the first week in November, “Florist Wire and Florist Bows.”

By Jo Beth Moore

Newsle�er of The Sugar Land Garden Club, Established 1932

Sep GREENLEAF Oct

www.sugarlandgardenclub.org

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BUY POINSETTIAS FROM SLGC! October 20 meeting – Last day to purchase!

Bring your checkbook or cash

The last day for members and guests to purchase poinsettias from the SLGC will be at the October 20 general meeting. Support your garden club and dress your home up for the holiday season by purchasing poinsettias from SLGC. TELL ME MORE! • Last day to purchase poinsettias - the October 20 general meeting • For mail orders PRIOR to the meeting, check the Greenleaf for an or-

der form or contact Robin for the form: rettewrs@comcast.net ALL orders MUST be paid in full by October 20 – No exceptions

• Red poinsettias only • $15.00 each; no sales tax • 6 inch pots; average 16” height, 5-7 blooms each • cash or check only • Pick-up on Dec. 7 from 4 – 7 pm at Jo Beth’s house • Jo Beth says if you don’t pick up that day or arrange for someone

else to pick-up, she will have a really pretty house for the holidays! WHY SHOULD I BUY POINSETTIAS FROM SLGC? • Support your garden club! Fantastic club activities, scholarships

and charities require funding! • Top quality plants – Brookwood raised and pampered • Your purchase also supports Brookwood. • Easy fundraiser – not much work for members – This is a Biggie! DON’T BUY JUST ONE! • Spread the holiday cheer of poinsettias all over your home or pur-

chase as gifts. • Help us make the poinsettia fundraiser a success by purchasing all

of your poinsettias from SLGC. • This is not a high profit fundraiser; success is dependent on your

participation.

100% PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS IS OUR GOAL!

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Sugar Land Garden Club PoinseEa Sale 2015

Invoice Date :

Name: _______________________________________

Address: _______________________________________

Phone: _______________________________________

Email Address: _______________________________________

Descrip/on Number Cost Per Unit Total

ALL ORDERS MUST BE PAID IN FULL BY TUESDAY OCTOBER 20TH

Red PoinseEa $15.00

No PoinseEas Each Amount

1 15 15

2 15 30

3 15 45

4 15 60

5 15 75

6 15 90

7 15 105

8 15 120

Checks Payable To:

Sugar Land Garden Club

c/o Robin Re>ew Treasurer

1803 Brazos Wood Place

Richmond, TX 77406-7780

PoinseEa Pick-up Date:

12/7/2015 4—7 pm

Jo Beth Moore: 281-265-6360

3019 W Autumn Run Cir.

Sugar Land, TX 77479

Pricing Table

No PoinseEas Each Amount

9 15 135

10 15 150

11 15 165

12 15 180

13 15 195

14 15 210

15 15 225

Thank You For Suppor/ng SLGC

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Dr. William Welch, Professor and Landscape Hor/culturist, Texas Agrilife Extension Service Landscape Hor/culturist, Texas A&M University,

a board member of Texas Garden Clubs Inc., former columnist for Southern Living magazine, author/co-author of 7 garden books, will pre-

sent the results of a 2015 summer research project on redesigning our landscape. Get your seat early as Dr. Welch is a coveted speaker for

serious gardeners and we expect a full house for this speaker. Books on sale at event.

Bill Welch received his B.S. degree in Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University. AHer working several years as a landscape

contractor in Houston, he returned to L.S.U. to earn his masters and doctoral degrees in Extension Educa/on and Hor/culture. He joined

the Faculty at Texas A&M University in 1972. Dr. Welch wrote for many years monthly column for Southern Living magazine as well as ar/-

cles and contributes regularly to Neil Sperry’s Gardens magazine and others. He is also a contribu/ng editor for the HORTICULTURE UP-

DATE, Texas AgriLife Extension Service newsle>er.

Gardening books have been an important part of Dr. Welch’s educa/onal program. Beginning with Perennial Garden Color ( Taylor Press,

1989), a na/onal “best seller” which goes beyond describing numerous perennials, annuals and roses for southern gardens to explain how

to harmonize these plants in the landscape. Because of con/nuing demand Perennial Garden Color is being reprinted in Spring 2013

through the Texas A & M University Press. In 1990, he authored An/que Roses for the South (Taylor) that pioneered a resurgence of inter-

est in old garden roses and documented their histories and value. The Southern Heirloom Garden was published in 1995 (Taylor Publishing)

and co-authored by Greg Grant.

From small swept plots to large formal landscapes southern gardeners have inherited a gardening legacy as rich and varied as the peoples

who created them. In 2000, Dr. Welch coauthored The Boun/ful Flower Garden (Taylor) with Dr. Neil Odenwald. It focuses on cut flower

gardening star/ng with the influences of European, American and Asian heritage and sheds light on the rich southern tradi/on of sharing

flowers. Another of his books with Greg Grant is a greatly expanded version /tled Heirloom Gardening in the South (Texas A & M Universi-

ty Press, 2012). More than 500 color images and 530 pages of text bring to life the opportuni/es to include /me tested heirloom plants and

design ideas in today’s gardens. The Bulb Hunter, co-authored with Chris Wiesinger was released in October, 2013 by (Texas A & M Univer-

sity Press, 2013) Increased interest in heirloom bulbs has created a market for these bulbs and Chris Wiesinger, is a former student and well

known for founding The Southern Bulb Company.

As a Professor and Texas AgriLife Extension Service Hor/culturist, Dr. Welch provides educa/onal informa/on and programs for county ex-

tension agents, nursery professionals, and civic groups, as well as the general public. The Texas Agricultural

Extension Service has resented Dr. Welch with the Superior Service Award ci/ng his successful educa/onal programs.

Dr. Welch has been instrumental in developing the Texas Cer/fied Nursery Professional program and assists that organiza/on within the

Texas Nursery & Landscape Associa/on. In 1986, he was presented the Arp Award by the Texas Associa/on of Nurserymen for his contribu-

/ons to the Texas nursery industry.

He has served on the Board of the Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. as Landscape Design Chairman for the past 30 plus years and has been awarded

a Life/me Membership in that organiza/on. Bill currently coordinates the Landscape Design Study Courses with Texas Garden Clubs and

presents their na/onally accredited two day courses every six months in College Sta/on. Welch is a past president and an honorary mem-

ber of the Board of Directors of the Southern Garden History Society. Dr. Welch was made an honorary member of the Garden Club of

America in recogni/on of his programs and wri/ngs on exploring and interpre/ng our gardening heritage. Zone 9 of the Garden Club of

America recognized him for his contribu/ons toward the preserva/on of our gardening heritage and later presented him with their Dis/n-

guished Service medal for his passion, knowledge and unselfish contribu/ons in the name of hor/culture. He also received The American

Hor/culture Society’s Great American

Gardeners Award for his accomplishments in gardening communica/ons. Dr. Welch has recently served as hor/cultural consultant for the

Hermann Park Gardens in Houston Texas.

Texas Garden Clubs, Inc through their Landscape Design Cri/c’s has raised funds with dona/ons and sales of Dr. Welch’s books to support

two annual scholarships: one is for an undergraduate student and the other for a graduate student. Each is

currently receiving $2.000.00.

By Barbara Willy

GUEST SPEAKER Dr. William Welch

Redesigning Your Landscape

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I’m Arleen Muffole>o Harbin and a recent member of the Sugar Land Garden Club. Yes, my maiden name is the one

of the famous New Orleans sandwich, The Muffale>a. I a>ended the SLGC programs

for several years in order to fulfill my Master Gardening hours and eventually decided

there was no reason to not join.

I have lived in Sugar Land for the past twenty five years. If you listen to me speak, you

might determine that I have an unusual accent. I’m from Cajun country! I grew up in

Lafaye>e, Louisiana, and I love to cook, especially with Cajun flare. I have been a

teacher for the past thirty years in business, computer literacy, and mathema/cs at the

middle school, high school, and university level. Most don’t realize I also have an MBA

in finance.

Growing up with a dad who loved to dig, I thought I would never do that myself. But

soon aHer my husband Charlie and I moved into our first house, the love affair with

gardening began. It has been a passion for many years. I also enjoy craH-

ing, sewing, decora/ng, reading, watching movies and traveling. I adore

fairy gardens and have made several. I’m the mother of two collegiate chil-

dren.

Since I’ve re/red my number one hobby is gardening. I completed the floral

design school and Master Gardening classes. While my husband traveled

far and wide during his career we began adding states to the resume. I’m

happy to report that I’ve traveled to all fiHy states and twenty countries.

We have a collec/on of syrup ke>les. You may ask what is a syrup ke>le? Well, it is a

large cast iron post which was used on the planta/ons in the south to boil sugar from

the cane to make syrup. They are an/ques and make lovely addi/ons to our garden

area. We use one, with a six-foot diameter, for a water garden with a fountain in it.

The two others are used for small flower plan/ngs.

During the last few years, with memories of various plan/ngs fading, I began a spread-

sheet in order to iden/fy all the plants I have in my garden. My neighboring fellow gar-

dener was always asking, “What is this?” I’m not sure if it helps or not, but they are

now officially documented. I’m the proud mom of over six hundred babies! The ones

I’m most proud of are the ones I’ve grown from seeds or cuEngs.

Many of my plants evoke certain memories. When my father passed away I inherited

many of his prized flowers, several of which s/ll bring me joy in my garden. I can re-

member air layering camellias with him as a young girl and some of those very same camellias are in my garden to-

day. My favorite garden sign is “I don’t remember plan/ng this” and isn’t that the truth? I’ve got what I lovingly refer

to as “OPD” obsessive plant disorder, which I think many of us share!

As Jo Beth coined so effec/vely, I’m a digger and proud of it!

Personality Of The Month

Syrup Ke>le

Flowers & herbs

Iris

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OCTOBER FIELD TRIP

FIELD TRIP TO DALLAS ARBORETUM

AND FT. WORTH JAPANESE GARDENS (Sign up at the September Mee/ng)

Pack your bags and join us! We will travel to Dallas and see the Arboretum on Tuesday, Oct. 27

th. That evening, aHer dinner, a visit the

Ft. Worth Water Fountains near their downtown area is on the agenda. We will spend the night at the Hol-

iday Inn near these fountains. The hotel has a free breakfast. We have an appointment at 10:00 a.m. to

have a guided tour of the Ft. Worth Japanese Gardens. We will be heading home on Wednesday aHer-

noon.

Costs involved: $ 25.00 to pay your driver

15.00 for arboretum entrance

10.00 for lunch along the way (es/mate)

15.00 for dinner (es/mate)

80.00 to share a room with 1 person(1 room has 2 queen beds)

4.00 entrance to Japanese gardens

10.00 for lunch along the way home

Sign up at the October Mee/ng and join us for this adventure!

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DON’S CORNER By Don Johnson

Hummer Fall Migra/on

Around the middle of September every year, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds congregate in Rockport Texas, a

small town on the Gulf Coast. They come from as far away as Canada and the northern part of United States.

They must increase their body fat in order to have the energy to fly across the Gulf to Mexico, so they stay in

Rockport un/l they are ready. This year we a>ended the 27th HummerBird Celebra/on to listen to speakers

and to see numerous hummingbirds. Several families open up their yards, filled with feeders, so visitors can

observe the birds up close. Every year there is a licensed hummingbird bander at one of the homes.

Kelly Bryan, re/red from Texas Parks and Wildlife, is a Master Bander and has

been banding since the mid 50’s having banded over 18,000 birds. According to

Bryan, the banding process is federally controlled with all informa/on sent to the

North American Bird Banding Laboratory where the banding records are kept. All

banders must be involved in research in order to be licensed.

Kelly sets out cages that contain a feeder. As soon as a bird enters the cage, the

door behind it closes. An assistant carefully reaches in, catches the bird, and puts

it into a small fabric bag. The bird is taken to the bander who weighs it, measures

its bill, determines its gender, looks at the fat buildup, and puts a very /ny band

on the bird’s leg. AHer all of the informa/on about the bird is gathered and rec-

orded, the bander places the hummer into someone’s outstretched hand. The

bird may sit there for fiHeen to twenty seconds un/l it realizes that it is free to fly

away.

Banding of the hummingbirds gives researchers vital informa/on, especially if a

bird is caught again. It is not uncommon to catch a bird one year and have it re-

turn to the same place the following year to be caught again. We oHen wonder if

we are seeing the same hummingbirds return to our yard each year. Others are

caught and banded in one loca/on and caught again in another part of the coun-

try. By banding, researchers can observe the distribu/on, /ming of movement,

and life span of the birds.

What is truly amazing is that an animal that weighs between 3 and 3 ½ grams will

increase its body fat to about 5 grams in order to fly about 30 miles an hour for

approximately 600 miles in 18 to 24 hours across the Gulf to Mexico. It is uncer-

tain whether some hummingbirds follow the coastline to Mexico.

When the temperatures in the North become cooler and the flowering plants

begin to fade and the availability of insects lessens, the hummingbirds know it is

/me for them to head south to Mexico. Rockport residents know that the birds will be coming through in Sep-

tember, hence the HummerBird Celebra/on.

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Propaga/on from the Heart

Over the years there were many different reasons driving my interest in propaga/on but my heart encouraged me to inves/gate and exper-

iment how to preserve the plants my son bought me for holidays or just because. When he was younger, my son favored $1 priced annual

plants with a flower that smelled. To this day I have purple petunia seeds that were some genera/on of a plant brought from Pennsylvania

and moved around the country.

Churchill is our named ficus plant that my son Brandon, rescued from Walmart in the form of a giH to me. He was 11 and saw an 8” ficus

plant that appeared to be dying at Walmart. Before we leH the parking lot, from the back seat of the car, he shyly handed the plant to me.

I barely had opportunity to see the plant before he explained, “Mom it was dying and you can grow anything…can’t you?” I thanked him for

that compliment and the plant. I have paid moving van space for Churchill to move with us several /mes as we moved up and down the

east coast with my corporate career and he s/ll resides with me today. Churchill, has been the source of many propagated plants.

As Brandon approached his teen years, his flower of choice was the single rose. Oh how I

mourned the beau/ful single roses my son gave me over the years, once I learned how easily I

could have preserved those roses and planted an en/re garden of roses that were giHed with love

from my son. These days, he some/mes gives bouquets or at least a dozen roses and I have

learned to propagate cuEngs. You can easily do this too. I usually remove the three slimmest

stemmed roses from the bouquet, three because not every cuEng roots even with your best

efforts.

Upon receiving your rose, recut the end of the stem using a sharp snipper or knife. Immediately

put in fresh very cold water. I have had be>er luck removing the rose immediately for propaga-

/on rather than enjoying the bloom then trying to propagate. Remove the flower and top of stem

right above the top leaves by snipping at an angle just above the node and leaves. Remove

bo>om leaves. Fill a temporary vase /container with water and the appropriate number of tea-

spoons of willow bark shock preventer for your size container. Willow bark shock preventer can

be purchased at your favorite garden center. Place your selected roses into the water mixture

overnight so the rose absorbs the mixture.

When ready to begin propaga/on, count 3-4 nodes below the leaves. Cut the thicker bo>om

length of stem off immediately below the 4th

node at an angle. Dip in roo/ng hormone if pre-

ferred, then shake off excess but roo/ng hormone is not required.

Select a pot several inches deeper than the length of nodes beneath leaves. Nodes will scar over and roots will grow directly above. Fill

container/pot with mix of perlite and vermiculite (growing medium) if propaga/ng indoors. Place stem into growing medium to just below

leaves. Pour willow water over the mix un/l wet to the top. The next step is the make or break step – do NOT skip. Create a humid mini-

greenhouse using the zippered bag that comes with sheets or another of your making. Mist the inside of the bag with water. Place con-

tainer/cuEng inside bag. Mist heavily then zip un/l nearly closed. Leave approximately 1 inch open. Mist regularly, probably every other

day or so and refill water in container as needed. Place in light but not direct sun. I close completely if going for the weekend etc. but

check upon arrival home. The correct humidity is the success factor. You should see evidence of humidity on bag. It will take a couple -

several months for roots to grow.

Once your plant roots, plant rose in soil mixed with the perlite/vermiculite growing medium. Protect for the first year to allow strong roots

to grow then plant as you would any other plant. Placing in part shade instead of our very hot direct sun for the first year will help develop

a healthy root system. Enjoy!

APRIL 2015 HORTICULTURAL COLUMN By Barbara Keller-Willy

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Help Fort Bend

Women's Center

Please Donate

The Fort Bend Women's Center is an organiza/on that

SLGC supports. Fort Bend Women's Center provides

shelter and program support to abused women and their

children.

You can shop and make dona/ons to their Penny Wise

stores and dona/on centers at the following loca/ons:

Richmond 501 Hwy 90 A East, Richmond 77469

Stafford 13645 Murphy, Stafford, 77477

This is a large store!

Missouri City Drop- off only,

4737 Hwy 6 at Dulles Mo. City 77459

Hours of business are:

Mon. - Sat. 9-6, dona/ons accepted 9-5:30

Sunday 12 noon---5 pm, dona/ons accepted

12 noon--4:30 pm

Telephone number for all stores:

281- 344- 5777.

SLGC will collec/ng money for our annual Xmas dona/on

at the October, November general mee/ngs and at the

Xmas luncheon. The money is used by Fort Bend Women's

Center to purchase food from the Houston Food Bank All

dona/ons are appreciated by the women and their

children.

By Debe Fannin

Hospitality September

Thank you ladies for all of the wonderful food

prepared for our first mee/ng.

Everything was delicious and the decora/ng was

beau/ful.

Host Chair Mary Ann Kovach

Hosts Paula Goodwin, Nadine Johnston, Eulalia Nichols, Pau-

la Rieger, Evelyn Traylor, Gretchen Cockerill,

Donna-Jean Dyer, Kimberly Farou, Sharon Forlano,

Stephanie Goldstein, Don Johnson, Penny Johnson,

Leslie Niemand, Cookie Peeler, Anna Sands,

Does this space have your

name on it?

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November Workshop

“Florist Wire & Florist Bows”

By Nora Anne Sim

Learn the art of manipula/ng florist wire

with Nora Anne Sim of Nora Anne’s Flower

Shoppe and of making bows suitable for

arrangements and wreaths. Use these

techniques to assemble a temporary

lighted Christmas tree shape using a

repurposed tomato cage.

Tuesday Nov 3, 10:00 a.m.

Imperial Park Recrea/on Center

234 Matlage Way

Sugar Land

Chair: Jeanmarie Short

September Workshop

“Autumn Pumpkin”

By Jean Marie Short

This was a wonderful day at the

Imperial Park Recrea/on Center.

Beau/ful ladies and charming pumpkin

centerpieces for fall.

Don not miss out on our craHing

workshops each month.

Like us on Facebook

Fall Events

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MEMBERSHIP

DUES Editors Note

Dear Garden Club

Members

Thank you for all of the

wonderful ar/cles every month.

OHen/mes I cannot use them in

the same month as they are sent,

but I will add them some/me in the

future. We have many

wonderful and talented members

who have a dedicated column

every month. If you have an idea

for a column please email me.

Remember when you are sending

any items for the

Newsle>er, the word

documents are to be in pdf or word

format ( or type it out in your

email) and the pictures are to be in

a jpeg which is a universal format.

Do not take it personal if you find I

have returned your pics or

documents for you to change. Also

when downloading, cuEng and

pas/ng from the internet then

sending it in an email, some/mes

will lose the hyperlinks you have in

your column. I will always try to

retrieve them.

Again I want to thank all of the

members who volunteer their /me

to make this newsle>er possible.

klouviere@live.com

Kathleen Louviere

GARDEN TOUR

2016

Members and friends!

The Garden Tour commi>ee has

started our search for the 2016

Spring Garden Tour.

Would you like to show off your

labor of love, or have you

admired a front garden in your

daily travels?

Maybe the back is even more

fabulous!

Please let us know of any

gardens that you would like to

share with your fellow garden

lovers.

Please contact Emilie Wilson

(ewilson32@windstream.net)

or

Paula Goodwin

(grgoodwin@windstream.net)

Dues for SLGC are paya-

ble each spring, $30 for

the following year.

New members joining

June 1-December 31

shall pay $30 for the cur-

rent year.

New members joining

January 1-March 31 shall

pay $20 for the current

year. For new members

joining in April, dues are

$30 and apply to the fol-

lowing garden club year.

Each member receives a

monthly newsle>er and

copy of the club year-

book.

Sep GREENLEAF Oct

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October 2015

1-3 Garden Club of Houston Bulb and Plant Mart St. John the Divine Church, 2450 River Oaks Blvd

www.gchouston.org 6 SLGC workshop 9 Houston Federation of Garden Clubs meeting, 10:00 a.m. Houston Garden Center, 1500 Hermann Drive, Houston 13 SLGC board meeting at Carrie Sample’s home, Mary Ann Kovach co-host; 9:30 a.m. social, 10:00 a.m. business meeting 20 SLGC Monthly Meeting 22 Native Plant Society Of Texas-Houston Chapter Houston Arboretum & Nature Center in Memorial Park Meet at 7:00pm Program 7:30 pm 23 Fort Bend Master Gardeners Backyard Basics Food Preservation-Jams & Jellies Bud O’Shieles Community Center 9:00 am-12:00 pm

27-28 SLGC field trip

November Preview

3 SLGC Workshop 10 SLGC Board Meeting at Barbara Willy’s home. Donna Romaine co-host. 9:30am social 10:00 am Business Meeting 13 Houston Federation Of Garden Clubs Meeting 10:00am Houston Garden Center 1500 Hermann Drive Houston 14 Fort Bend Master Gardeners Backyard Basics Grilling Bud O’Shieles Community Center 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 1300 Band Road, Rosenberg www.fbmg.com for registration

General Meeting Monthly Plant Swap

The plant swap takes place after the business meeting.

It is not necessary to bring plants in order to take

a plant.

Keep in mind our three basic rules:

∗Any plants that you bring should be labeled with the

plant name

∗Take home any plants you bring that do not get

adopted

∗Remove plants from the table only when the swap

begins

Please be courteous to others as you select one or two

plants then let others have a turn. You can go back again

for more plants if they are still available.

Get digging!

SLGC EVENT PHOTOS

Photos of our past events are needed

in order to document our club

history.

Photo credit for your contribu/ons will

be given. Please email your photo files

in high resolu/on jpg format to

Terri Hurley or

Carrie Sample.

Oct CALENDER OF EVENTS Nov