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| District IV Ellen Dutka, District Director
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Volume 3, Issue 4 - Winter 2008 (click here)
Volume 3, Issue 3 - Fall 2007 (click here) Volume 3, Issue 2 - Summer 2007 (click here) Volume 3, Issue 1 - Spring 2007 (click here) Volume 2, Issue 3 - Winter 2007 (click here) Upcoming Events for District IV Members | | 2008 | September: | | | | 19
| Monocacy Garden Club flower show “Colors of Life’, 1:30 to 4:00 pm, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Poolesville, Maryland (Fri.). | | 23 | NCAGC General Meeting, National Arboretum, 10:30 (Tues.) | | 26 | District IV trip to Lewis Ginter Gardens (Fri.) | October | | | | 10 | Day of Design EAST MEETS WEST, Westwood Country Club, Vienna, VA. 9:15AM | | 11 | Potomac Village Garden Club Plant Sale, Potomac Library, 9:00 AM-NOON (Sat.) | | 22
| Garden Consultants Council meeting ‘Rejuvenating Your Mature Garden’, Arbor House, 10:30 AM (Wed.) | | 24-28 | 2008 CAR Conference, Champion, PA | November | | | | 5-6 | Gardening Studies School, Course 2, U. S. National Arboretum | | 7 | Morning of Design, Potomac Community Center, 12:30-2:30 PM (Fri.) | | 12 | Landscape Design Council Meeting, National Arboretum, 10:30 am (Wed.) | | 19 | Fall Floral Workshop, Potomac Community Center, 10:00 AM-NOON, (Wed.) | December | | | | 1 | Strathmore Hall Holiday Decorating |
| | 2009 | January | | | | 2 | Strathmore Hall Decoration Clean-up | | 21 | Judges Council Meeting | | 23 | Garden Consultants Council meeting, ‘Shrubs’, Arbor House, 10:30 AM (Wed.) | February | | | | 3 | Environmental Council Meeting | | 11 | Landscape Design council meeting, 10:30 am (Tues?) | March | | | | 18 | Judges Council meeting | | 24 | NCAGC General Awards meeting, National Arboretum, 10:30 am (Tues.) | | 27
| District IV General Meeting, Joe Simone ‘Tropicals in Our Gardens’ Strathmore Hall Mansion, 10:00 AM (Fri.) | April | | | | 8 | Landscape Design Council meeting, National Arboretum, 10:30 am (Wed.) | | 15 | Judges Council meeting | | 17 | NCAGC Installation of new officers, 10:30 am (Fri.) | | 22
| Garden Consultants Council meeting, ‘Where our plants come from’, Homestead Growers, Davidsonville, MD, 10:30 AM (Wed.) | | 29- May 1 | District IV flower show, Strathmore Hall Mansion
| June | | | | 5
| District IV General Meeting, President’s Luncheon, Strathmore Hall Mansion, 10:00 AM (Fri.) | | 22 | |
* More information below Keep checking back for new activities For a complete calendar for NCAGC and affiliates, (click here) NEW Information The Garden Club of College Gardens is having a Fall Plant sale. Order forms are due September 17 for bulbs and October 5 for Pansy (and other) plants. Click here for the bulb list, and click here for the plant list and order form. Bulbs may be ordered from Janey Nadler by September 17. Janey will be ordering them the next day for delivery in mid-October. Pansies and Ornamental Kale may be ordered from Janey Nadler by October 5. To order, call Janey at 301-424-3341, send email to (JN802@aol.com) or USPS mail (802 Duke Street, Rockville, MD 20850-1012) or 3) use the slot in the carport door. Do NOT send payment with your order. It will be made at the time of pick-up, when 6% tax will be added. What do our clubs do? Many things! Design and maintain community gardens Provide Garden Therapy programs Support Seniors, Shelters, Police, and a variety of community support centers Conduct a variety of fund raisers such as garage sales, plant sales, and bake sales, as well as a number of other unique efforts. Provide Holiday Decorations for Community Buildings Sponsor a variety of flower and design shows Have exciting speakers and other educational programs. Some of the topics have been: Meteorology | Water Gardens | Alien Invasive Weeds | Worm Composting | Pruning | Night gardens | Plant care | Dried flower use | Herb gardening | Gourmet Cooking | American Gardens | Organic Gardening | Flower Arranging | Native Wildflowers | Low maintenance gardens | | And many others. We also have fun With parties, celebrations, and special dinners Taking field trips To public gardens such as Maymount Estates Lewis Ginter Gardens Mount Vernon Greenspring Gardens Park And private gardens such as those owned by Gay and Albert Barclay Peg Coleman As well as public garden tours in the area such as: Alexandria Leesburg Sandy Spring Orange County VA And sponsoring interesting and educational tours open to other garden clubs
TOWN AND COUNTRY GARDEN CLUB EXCURSION TO THE SHENANDOAH VALLEYDURING VIRGINIA’S HISTORIC GARDEN WEEK | |
We are Very Proud of the Clubs in District IV
Awards
They have earned numerous awards and certificates for their activities last year. Click here to see District IV and NCAGC Awards and Citations for Calendar Year 2006 (pdf).
Recent club activities in District IV Gaywood Holiday House Tour (S. Willson & A. Willson Homes pictures, click here) (B. Macdonald and K.McBeth Homes, click here) Seedling Holiday party (for more pictures, click here) Little Farms activities (for more pictures, click here) In addition to our club activities, several of our club members own and care for State and County Champion Trees. | White Oak
| A Champion Tree is the largest of it’s species that is registered with the Forest Conservancy Board in each county in the state. County lists are compared to identify State Champions, and state lists are compared to identify National Champions. The list is updated annually. To see pictures of the Champion Trees belonging to District IV Club Members, click here.
One such tree is this State Co-Champion White Oak. It is 276” around, 96’ tall, and 119’ wide. | If you or one of your club members also has such a grand tree, please send the information and picture to the newsletter editor, and it will be added to the Champion Tree album. In addition, the District sponsors: Morning of Design – Examples of outstanding flower arrangements This year - Back to Basics and Beyond (for more pictures, click here) Trips for District IV and other district members: Annapolis, MD May Day Downtown Annapolis - Click here for slideshow 1 Click here for slideshow 2 Naval Academy Garden - Click here for slideshow 1 Click here for slideshow 2 Naval Academy Park - Click here for slideshow Annapolis Attendees - Downtown Annapolis - Click here for slideshow Naval Academy - Click here for slideshow Holiday decorations at Strathmore Hall District IV Favorite Links The National Wildlife Federation E-Nature site http://www.enature.com/home/ Bug of the Week, U. of Maryland Extension http://raupplab.umd.edu/bugweek/ Hardiness zone map http://arborday.org/media/zonechanges2006.cfm Other NCAGC Links: Schools (click here) Gardening Information (click here) Information for Club Presidents (click here)
Interested in our activities or joining us? Our Clubs – District IV has 29 clubs with over 950 members Club Name | # members | area | Aspen Hill Garden Club | 20 | Rockville | Bethesda Community Garden Club | 78 | Bethesda | Cherrywood Garden Club | 17 | Olney | Garden Club of Chevy Chase | 42 | Chevy Chase | Garden Club of College Gardens | 51 | Rockville | Gaywood Garden Club | 36 | Silver Spring | Glenwood Road Garden Club | 24 | Bethesda | Hamlet Garden Club | 20 | Chevy Chase | Hoe ‘n Hope Garden Club | 43 | Bethesda | Kenwood Garden Club | 67 | Chevy Chase | Little Farms Garden Club of Potomac | 61 | Potomac | Monocacy Garden Club | 44 | Barnesville | Montgomery Village Garden Club | 21 | Derwood | Montgomery Woods Garden Club | 21 | Potomac | New Mark Commons Garden Club | 20 | Rockville | Old Farm Morning Garden Club | 23 | Rockville/Potomac | Potomac Home and Garden Club | 34 | Potomac | Potomac Village Garden Club | 31 | Potomac | Rockshire Garden Club | 13 | Rockville | St John’s Garden Club | 32 | Rockville | Seedling Garden Club | 25 | Silver Spring | Springfield Garden Club of Montgomery County | 37 | Bethesda | Sumner Garden Club | 49 | Bethesda | Town and Country Garden Club | 23 | Potomac | The Trowel Club | 37 | Washington, DC/Bethesda | Westmoreland Hills Garden Club | 38 | Bethesda | Woman’s Community Club of Kensington, Md., Garden Section | 16 | Kensington | Woodley Gardens Garden Club | 38 | Rockville | | | |
Contact: District Director: Ellen Dutka (district4director@ncagardenclubs.org) Sow and Soar Is the Quarterly Newsletter of District IV, National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc. Central Atlantic Region, National Garden Clubs, Inc. Paula Knepper, Editor
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