FEBRUARY 2024 GARDENETTE NEWSLETTER
Gardenettes are members of District VI, Louisiana Garden Club Federation Inc., Deep South Garden Clubs Inc., National Garden Clubs Inc.
Mark Your Calendars:
2024 – February 7 Annual Joint Tangipahoa Garden Clubs Meeting, Oak Knoll
March 11-12 Environmental School 2 - Via Zoom Registration Deadline 2/26
FEBRUARY MEETING – Joint Tangipahoa Garden Club’s annual event will be hosted by Hammond Garden Club at Oak Knoll Country Club February 7 at 10:30 a.m. Theme is Mardi Gras, and we have been requested to wear costume or apparel in line with that theme. This takes the place of our February meeting and falls a week earlier than our regular event.
MEMBERSHIP UPDATES: Visitor Virginia Hawkins joined the club. Virginia is an experienced gardener and will be our guest speaker in the coming year’s program. You may remember her lovely garden at the corner of W.Hickory and North 8th.which received Garden of the Month from Community Garden Club. Other news, new member Doris Pennington has withdrawn from the club due to health reasons. Doris made one meeting before she resigned.
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JANUARY MEETING – Speaker was John Grimm, owner of Camellia Heaven and Master Gardener. He will present a program on Camellias in Australia. A member of many horticulture societies, John’s program was very interesting. Sandy Cusick, Cynthia Cummer and Jamie LeBlanc were hostesses for the event. Guests included Timothy McLendon and newest member Virginia Hawkins.
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ARBOR DAY: Unsettled January 15 weather had the club celebrating Arbor Day with a quick address by the mayor thanking us for donating the tree to Memorial Park and informing us about the new improvements planned for landscaping the Interstate 55 exit onto Hwy 22 West! Chairman Susan Pizani continued the program at LaCarreta’s out of the rain after the tree was planted. Arbor Day is celebrated each January which is an optimum time to plant in Louisiana. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with us.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!: Wishing our birthday ladies a happy day and a wonderfully memorable new start to her vintage year! Reaching another year are Vicky Fannaly February 9, Ellen Pusey February 21 and Margaret Hardin February 22.
JANUARY GARDEN OF THE MONTH: Mary and Jay Ransom at 12031 Koerin Drive received January Garden of the Month honors from the Gardenettes. The couple were honored in 2016 for their outstanding landscaping. According to Margaret Bailey, committee chairman, "There is a tall Savanah holly that lost all of its leaves leaving behind a stunning tree of red berries. Their well-maintained landscaping of Pampas grass, holly, Crepe myrtles, sago palms and liriope also had blooming camellias, azaleas and petunias. These sadly fell prey to our deep freeze. Mary Ransom urged me to tell everyone to come by in the spring when their yard is in full bloom.”
ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOOL Course 2 March 11-12: Care to learn about the environment and issues that impact our lives and our descendants’ welfare? Take Course 2 via Zoom. Finish the series and become an Environmental Consultant with the state federation or audit the lectures just for fun, no test. See registration for this and other courses on Flower Shows, Gardening Study and Landscaping available through National Garden Club Inc. website (gardenclub.org).