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THE NEWS ONLINE
Spring 2013
The Official Publication of
The Federated Garden Clubs
of New York State, Inc.
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Deadline for THE NEWS ONLINE 4/15/2013
THE NEWS ONLINE
The official publication of:
The Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc.
104 F Covent Gardens,
Guilderland, NY 12084
Phone and Fax:
518-869-6311
fgcnys@verizon.net
The Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc., was founded in 1924 and incorporated in 1930 for the purpose of supporting the Garden Clubs of New York State. The FGCNYS presently includes 300 garden clubs with 9,000 members across the state.
Membership in the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc. offers garden club members the opportunity and privilege of participating with others in advancing and promoting the objectives and purposes for which the State Federation was formed:
BEAUTIFICATION PRESERVATION CONSERVATION
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2013
FGCNYS - Annual Meeting and Installation of Officers
Millennium Hotel, Buffalo
Flower Show School
Course 1
Bayard Cutting Arboretum Great River
Dorothy Yard will be instructor for horiticulture and flower show procedure.
Claudette Smith will be instructing on design.
Registrar- is Marion Romeo. 1860 Park Ave., Seaford, NY 11783 (516) 785-7851 e-mail marionfromeo@aol.com
Click on http://www.fgcnys.com/index.html to be directed to registration information for Flower Show School
May 23 National Garden Clubs Convention
Seattle, Washington
Installation of Officers
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Scholarship Benefactor's Fund
Gold Contributions
Joyce Mouradian in Memorial
from District 4
Silver Contributions
Garden Lovers Club
Bronze Contributions
Betty Mazzarella in Memorial
from Elaine DiPietro.
To make a contribution for the Scholarship Benefactors Fund, contact
Elaine DiPietro, Chair
1359 Underhill Rd.
East Aurora, N.Y. 14052
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edipietro33@aol.com
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Celebrates 65 years
in the Community
Submitted by: Janet Doctors
2012 was an exciting year for the Locust Valley Garden Club of Locust Valley, NY. We celebrated our 65th Anniversary. We have served the community since 1947. We maintain two local gardens, decorate two libraries at the holiday season, work with children in our Jr. Garden Club and garden therapy at a local nursing home. We present a $1,000 scholarship yearly to a college student at Farmingdale College who is studying horticulture. We make holiday decorations for Meals on Wheels recipients.
In June we had a luncheon at the Seawanhaka Yacht Club where the Executive Board and committee members were acknowledged and thanked for all the work they have done.
Past President, Jennie Townsend was awarded the Central Atlantic Region Perennial Bloom Award for her continuous support of the club's goals and objectives. A shrub was planted in her honor at Bailey Arboretum where we maintain a garden.
At our holiday luncheon in December, all club members received a purple and green Locust Valley Garden Club cloisonn� pin as a finale to our 65th Anniversary celebration.
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Greetings!
Thank you for reading and supporting THE NEWS ONLINE. Your cheery emails of encouragement have brightened my days.
Anne Dyet, Editor
716-812-4850
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Summer is behind us and we will soon be doing our Fall Gardening.t is hard to believe that this will be my last message to you, where has the time gone. As Federated Garden Clubs of New York State members you have accomplished much and should be proud.
Hosted a very successful National Garden Club Convention in May, Completed a Flower Show School, held numerous Horticulture Schools, continued Community Gardens and started youth programs. There also was an increase number of Blue Star Memorials and New York State Garden clubs have given out many scholarships as has the FGCNYS. We also received a National Scholarship for a student in the amount of $3500. I could continue to write your many accomplishments but I would go on for many pages. Thank you and continue the excellent work.
Over the past two years New York State was put to the test by Mother Nature. We have had hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical storms and flooding, we survived thanks to the many Garden clubs and individuals that gave of themselves both financially and by volunteering to give our communities their beauty again and helping those in need.
I am proud to say that I am a member of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State Team. Thank you to everyone for your support, contributions and hard work over the past two years. As a member of FGCNYS you are part of a big team, I ask you to continue to be a team and support our next President Gail McGee.
Fondly,
Pam
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Planting Trees For the Birds
Submitted by: Joy Coletta
While planning your 2013 club projects, don't forget to include planting a native tree/s and/or shrub/s to help feed the birds. Arbor Day is a great time to do this. Why not hold an Arbor Day ceremony to bring awareness to others on the importance of planting natives. Invasive trees and shrubs are not only replacing our native trees and shrubs, but are affecting our native wildlife adversely by taking away their food sources. Many of our native trees and shrubs provide food and shelter for our native birds. Fruits of some native trees, such as Buckthorn, have been found to harm some native birds. Studies have shown that even modest
increases in native plant cover on suburban properties significantly increases the number and species of breeding birds, including birds on the conservation list.
The FGCNYS project titled "For the Birds" will continue through the Spring. All our clubs are encouraged to plant native tree/s and /or shrub/s that help feed our native birds. Try to purchase the species rather than cultivars or hybrids, even if the label says 'Native." Species provide more genetic diversity and are more likely to retain desirable habitat qualities. A good book on native plants is Don Leopold's Native Plants of the Northeast, also William Cullina's Native Trees, Shrubs, & Vines.
Certificates of appreciation will be given to participating clubs in the spring. Arbor Day or spring plantings are eligible even if they are not yet planted, as long as they are planned in your yearbooks. Trees/shrubs planted during the fall of 2012 are also eligible. To Apply send club
name, district #, name of tree/s and/or shrubs, and date planted or date to be planted to
Joy Coletta, 284 Williams Road, Oxford, NY. 13630. (May include a picture, but not necessary.)
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GERMANTOWN GARDEN CLUB WINS NATIONAL AWARD
Submitted by: Fran Bufi
Congratulations goes to the Germantown Garden Club. At the Fall Conference of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State the Germantown Garden Club was presented with a Blue Rosette Ribbon and Flower Show Achievement Award certificate from National Garden Clubs for their 83rd consecutive Flower Show in 2011 "From Farm to Table". This prestigious award was earned by the hard work of chairman Melanie Nelson, her flower show committee and with over 25 plus members participating in many different capacities. Other awards received at the conference were from District III, FIRST PLACE for their 2012 Yearbook, a Citation for the 2012 Standard Flower Show Schedule "ABC 123"and a Citation for the 2012 Standard Flower Show "ABC 123". The Club also received a Club Recognition Award for 2011 from the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc. Germantown Garden Club is considered a medium size club with just 37 members.
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Please join us March 16-18, 2013 for the
89th Annual Meeting & Installation of Officers
Pam Foehser, President
Gail McGee, President-Elect
Millennium Hotel
2040 Walden Ave.
Cheektowaga, (Buffalo), NY 14225
Hotel Reservation Information
The Millennium Hotel is minutes from the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport and AMTRAK train station. Complimentary shuttle to and from airport, train station and nearby Galleria Mall is included in the group rate.
All Hotel Reservations are to be made directly with the Millennium Hotel. When making reservations use reference #1303FGarde. To obtain the group rate, reservations are to be made to The Millennium.
Phone: 1-800-323-3331 or 716-681-2400
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Maryann Jumper, 2703 Colvin Boulevard Tonawanda, N.Y. 14150 Phone: 716-435-3412
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World Gardening
Water for South Sudan
Submitted by: Lucille Bauer
Our continuing World Gardening project for 2012-2013 is Water for South Sudan. South Suday is an independent country. Thirty three new wells have been built this year, allowing 33,000 people access to water. One hundred and thirty seven wells have been built since 2005. Wells transform the lives of the people of South Sudan by providing fresh, safe, potable water.
With your support, we are doing our part to eradicate disease, thirst, hunger, extreme poverty and child mortality.
Please continue to give toward this worthy World Gardening project. Send your donations payable to: FGCNYS, memo line World Gardening, to your District World Gardening Chairman.
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The Book of Recognition is always available for your viewing at the FGCNYS Inc., in Guilderland. You may also find the Book of Recognition names on our Internet Web Site. Thank you for using the Book of Recognition to remember and to honor folks.
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| Name | | Doner | | Evelyn De Angelis | In Memory | Jean Lipshie | | Evelyn De Angelis | In Memory | Kaye Aaronson | | IJean Darrow | In Appreciation | Three Village Garden Club | | Jean Russell | In Appreciation | Minnowbrook Garden Club | | Ann Bloom | In Appreciation | Cornwall Garden Club | | Diane Schiphack | In Appreciation | Ginny Hughes | | Karyn Schoeberl | In Appreciation | Ginny Hughes | | Toni Gagan | In Appreciation | Ginny Hughes | | Judy Costa | In Appreciation | The Olde Towne Garden Club | | Barbara G. Oswald | In Memory | District III Board Members of FGCNYS, Inc. | | Gladys Deturk | In Memory | Dorothy Campbell | | Helen Passauer | In Memory | Munsey Garden Club | | Margaret Engebrethson | In Memory | Paumanacke Garden Club | | Marianne Wengler | In Appreciation | Paumanacke Garden Club | | Pauline Filsinger | In Appreciation | District VI Fall Conference Committee, 2012 | | Theresa Frank | In Appreciation | Janice Winney | | Carole Bennett | In Appreciation | Minnowbrook Garden Club | | Geri Hall | In Memory | Garden Club of Endwell | | Clare Armburst | In Memory | Orchard Park Garden Club | | Leneta Planck | In Appreciation | Sherrill Garden Club | | Lois Licht | In Appreciation | Sherrill Garden Club | | Harriet Carley | In Appreciation | Fort Neck Garden Club | | Betty Mazzarella | In Memory | Second District FGCNYS Inc | | Betty Mazzarella | In Memory | Susan Bouchreau | | Zenaida McAndrews | In Appreciation | Susan Bouchreau | | Flaye Stahl | In Appreciation | Susan Bouchreau | | Betty Mazzarella | In Memory | Marie Capitano | | Betty Mazzarella | In Memory | Marion Romeo | | Betty Mazzerella | In Memory | Dorothy Campbell | | Betty Mazzerella | In Memory | Three Village Garden Club | | Betty Mazzerella | In Memory | Barbara Campbell | | Evelyn De Angelis | In Memory | Jean Lipshie | | Evelyn De Angelis | In Memory | Kaye Aaronson | | Jean Darrow | In Appreciation | Three Village Garden Club | | Jean Russell | In Appreciation | Minnowbrook Garden Club | | Ann Bloom | In Appreciation | The Cornwall Garden Club |
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SPOTLIGHT ON MEMORIAL GARDENS
By Carolyn Pinto
In District Seven of Monroe County there is a beautiful memorial garden to honor all past and deceased garden club members for their devotion and hard work to the Fairport Garden Club. The garden is located in Perinton Park, Fairport, New York.
Current members of the Fairport Garden Club maintain this garden monthly throughout the year. It's lovely in full bloom and is in excellent condition!
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Ferns
by Auralie Logan FGCNYS Horticulture Chair
Since this is a Horticulture Chairman's report, we should begin with some basic botanical information about the topic. Ferns are a type of plants known as Pteridophytes. These are plants that have no flowers or seeds, and reproduce by means of spores. Mosses are also Pteridophytes, but ferns are vascular plants, which means that they have xylem and phloem, and mosses are not. But that's a technical distinction we don't need to pursue here. These plants are very ancient - among the very first to appear in fossil records, some as long as 360 million years ago in the Carboniferous period. Obviously, they are survivors. But as garden clubbers we are also concerned with the use of these plants in our flower shows, and their place in the environment. Read More...
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Change for Landscape Beds
Reprinted with permission from The New York State Turfgrass Association Online Newsletter December 2012
written by Brian Eshenaur, New York State Integrated Pest Management Program
It will be different in 2013. We will be seeing less of one of the most popular bedding plants used in landscapes-garden impatiens. In fact some New York greenhouse growers who produced thousands of flats in past years will not be growing any this spring. It's all due to a new disease of impatiens called downy mildew. This devastating water mold (related to late blight of potatoes and tomatoes) became widespread through much of the country over the last two years. Read More...
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