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2011 NEWS & EVENTS
"Summer Daze"
A Standard Flower Show
Community Center
Crestwood Shopping Mall
Watson Road, Crestwood, Missouri
Open to Public
Free Admission
Show Hours:
Friday, July 15, 2011 – Noon to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 16, 2011 – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Click here for the flower show schedule (Word)
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2011 Children’s Garden Club Schedule
All meetings start at 9 am on the first Saturday of the month (except January, July and
September this year). They are held at different locations throughout the St. Louis County
and City. All are free. No RSVP’s are required. Everyone is welcome. The Children’s Garden
Club is designed to educate, as well as bring delight in gardening and horticulture with
projects children can start themselves and take home to continue to grow and enjoy.
January 8, 2011 Use of Dried Material,
Baisch and Skinner, 2721 LaSalle Street, St. Louis, MO
February 5, 2011 Fun Things to Do in the Garden
Sappington Garden Shop, 11530 Gravois Road
March 3 -6, 2011 Home Builders Association – St. Louis Home and Garden Show
America’s Center, Floor Area #1249
A Children’s Garden to Interact and Enjoy
Dance Among the Stars – A Standard Flower Show
March 5, 2011 Strawberries
Sherwood Forest Nursery and Garden Center, 2651 Barrett Station
April 2, 2011 All About Pansies
For the Garden – Haefner’s, 6703 Telegraph Road
May 7, 2011 In the Garden with Dr. Carver – Susan Grigsby, author, book
signing. Annuals and Vegetables, compliments of Wiethop’s
Greenhouses, Museum of Transportation, 3015 Barrett Station
Road
June 4, 2011 Strawberries – Schnucks and Container Gardens
Sherwood Forest Nursery & Garden Center, 2651 Barrett Station
July 9, 2011 Mosaic Garden Path Stone
Chesterfield Valley Nursery, 16825 North Outer Road
August 6, 2011 Colcasia – Elephant Ears: Birdbath Project; Queeny Park (Dog
Museum side), 1675 South Mason Road
September 10, 2011 Enjoy Fall Color in your Garden
Sherwood Forest Nursery & Garden Center, 2651 Barrett Station
October 1, 2011 Frogs and Fun!!!
For the Garden – Haefners, 6703 Telegraph Road
November 5, 2011 Winter Bulbs - Sherwood Forest Nursery & Garden Center,
2651 Barrett Station
December 3, 2011 Holiday Decorating - Sherwood Forest Nursery & Garden Center,
2651 Barrett Station
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The Garden Club Manual Revision 2011
The Garden Club Manual will be reprinted after the 2011 FGCM convention. This
manual does not come with divider tabs for the 14 chapters. You can obtain a set
for $ 3.00 from Fleur de Lis Garden Society in Mid-Central District at www.fleurdelisgardensociety.org Everyone loves them!
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March 3 - 6, 2011 Home & Garden Show at America's Center - St. Louis
"Dance Among the Stars"
Click here for the flower show schedule (pdf)
Click here to view the photos in the March 2011 album
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Bloomin’ Bus Tour
May 16-21, 2011
Over 14 million visitors
come to Niagara Falls each year. Join Sunrise Tours as we watch the falls tumble over 180 foot high wall of rock from both the Canadian and American side. We will explore the falls from below and above! We will plan a day to enjoy the award winning Rochester Lilac Festival featuring over 1,200 beautiful lilacs. This tour also includes a 3-night stay at the Crown Plaza in Niagara Falls!
Day 1:
Travel east to mid-Ohio aboard our comfortable Sunrise Tours motor coach. Gather around the dinner
table as we enjoy an authentic German dinner complete with Bavarian entertainment before we retire in our
hotel for the night. Dinner included
Day 2: Niagara Falls and Maid of the Mist
After a journey northeast along the southern shores of Lake Erie we will arrive in Niagara Falls, NY. We
will board the Maid of the Mist boat for an up close view of the falls from the base. The memories will last a lifetime! Then we will travel into Canada for dinner at the prominent Skylon Tower revolving dining room. The
award-winning cuisine and ambiance located 775 feet above the Falls is complemented by once-in-a-lifetime
incredible views during and after dinner! The comfortable and classy Crowne Plaza Niagara Falls is our
home for next 3 nights. Breakfast and dinner included
Day 3: Lilac Festival
Gardeners have a great appreciation for Festivals like this one. We will travel to Highland Park in Rochester,
NY to attend the award winning Lilac Festival. Make sure you take time to take in the sights and smells of
these gorgeous lilacs. You will find the usual purples and whites here, but you will also see rarer colors like pink
and yellow. A few years ago, Martha Stewart planted a lilac during the festival! While in Rochester, we will also
visit the George Eastman House, home of the founder of Kodak. Stroll the gorgeous gardens, enjoy the
beautiful mansion and see the fabulous collections that display the history of photography. Tonight, some
free time to visit the Casino across the street from the Crowne Plaza, just for fun! Breakfast and dinner
included.
Day 4:Niagara – Canadian Style
With passports in hand, we will journey to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. We will get a glimpse
of the history, magic and legends of the falls from Canada as we travel the picturesque Niagara Parkway
to the Botanical Garden to see the incredible 40 foot Niagara Parks Floral Clock. Our personal guide will
educate us about the expansive Spring Gardens and its ecology. Bring your camera as we tour one of
Niagara’s premier attractions; the Butterfly House with close to 3,000 winged wonders flitting about.
We will visit the charming and scenic Niagara on the Lake for dinner, shopping and wine tasting. Breakfast
and dinner included
Day 5: Covered Bridges of Ashtabula County, OH
It’s time to begin our trek home, but not before we enjoy a visit to beautiful Ashtabula County,
OH, home of 17 historic covered bridges, including the country’s longest. The covered bridges of Ashtabula
were featured in Readers’ Digest Off the Beaten Path travel guide. This afternoon, we will travel to the
Drury Inn in Grove City, OH for our overnight stay. Breakfast and lunch included
Day 6: Return Home
We will travel to St. Louis arriving early evening. Breakfast included
Per Person Rates: double occupancy: $924; triple occupancy: $830: single occupancy: $1207
Notes:
1) You must bring a valid passport for this tour
2) You may cancel for any reason and receive a full refund until the final payment date, 4/16/11
3) Optional trip insurance ($71 per person/double occupancy) covering trip cancellation, interruption,
lost luggage etc. available through Berkley Insurance, details to be included with your confirmation
4) The motor coach will depart from and return to the northwest corner of the Holiday Inn -
Viking Conference Center (10709 Watson Rd., 63127), located at the corner of Lindbergh and Watson
roads. You may park your car at the Viking for the duration of the tour
If you would like to make a reservation, please complete the following form and mail it
along with a $100 per person deposit to: Sunrise Tours, 2618 Hampton Avenue St. Louis, MO 63139
If you have any questions, please contact Sunrise Tours at (314) 781-6655 or trip
chairperson Mary Bulger at (314) 994-9008. Final payment is due 30 days before departure, or 4/16/11.
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2010 News & Events
Greater St. Louis Science Fair
The ECD donated $400.00 again, to the Greater St. Louis Science Fair that was held on
May 6-8, 2010, at Queeny Park.
The following winners and projects were chosen by the Academy of Science
representatives for our award:
$100.00 Gechan Zhang, Grade 11 - Rockwood Summit High School. HONORS DIVISION.
Project: Impatiens, shimianensis sp.nov (Balsaminaceae) A new species from southwest
China based on morphological and molecular evidence.
$100.00 Olivia Neumann, Grade 8 - St. John Lutheran School. Project: Cultivating with compost.
$100.00 Abigal & Drew Ganley, Grade 1 (sister/brother) - Blades Elementary School. Shown in
picture with Mike Szydlowski, Chair of Greater St. Louis Science Fair. Project: Photosynthesis -
what color light makes a plant grow taller?
$100.00 Jason Wahidi, Grade 12 - North High School. Project: The effect of oil spills on the
growth of plants.
Along with the above update, the Academy always sends their appreciation for our faithful
support of their program. They tell us that our participation encourages elementary and
secondary students and teachers in the greater St. Louis region to pursue science inquiry
in and out of the classroom.
Respectively Submitted,
Betty Fresta, 2010 - 2011 ECD Science Fair Chair
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HELP MEMBERSHIP BLOOM!
NGC Contest Update
National Garden Clubs, Inc., continues its Membership Contest with a fabulous
new award and a new deadline: June 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011.
Disappointed that your state did not win the honor of naming that beautiful new
daylily? Well, you have a chance to claim victory by participating in this new
contest where the state with the greatest number of new clubs will have the
honor of naming a magnificent new variety of African violet.
This African violet, grown by Lyndon-Lyon Greenhouses, Inc., is a semi-miniature
variety with single/semi double pansy shaped blooms of white with a distinct wavy
green edge and light purple highlights randomly scattered about the flower face.
Wavy medium green foliage enhances the striking blooms.
HELP MEMBERSHIP BLOOM by creating new clubs in your state and have this
beautiful African violet bear your state’s name!
Congratulations to North Dakota! Winner of the 2009- 2010 NGC Membership
Contest whose members chose NORTH DAKOTA SUNRISE as the name of this
spectacular new daylily cultivar! Instructions for ordering this beautiful daylily
is being sent to all states and order forms will be available at the NGC Fall Board
meeting.
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Gardening and Sustainable Living Go Hand in Hand
St. Louis County Suburban homeowners Dan and Mary Deweese are celebrating Earth Day 2010
by embarking on a two-year quest to create a more sustainable suburban lifestyle, setting goals
of cutting home energy usage by 50 percent, growing 500 pounds of fruits and vegetables in their
backyard garden, minimizing waste production, and transitioning to organic home and garden
chemicals. They are documenting their journey online at www.Sprawlstainable.com to chronicle
the challenges and possibilities of living a more green, suburban lifestyle. Mary is currently President
of Forsythia Garden Club.
"We wanted to make a difference where we are," said Mary Deweese, a registered Landscape Architect
and owner of Acorn Landscapes. "When people talk about sustainability, a lot of the emphasis is on
urban areas because of population density. But many families live in areas of suburban sprawl like we
do. We wanted to show how individual families can transition areas of suburban sprawl to more
sustainable living, which is where we got the name "Sprawlstainable" for the web site. It's really a
message to encourage people to bloom where you're planted, and Earth Day seemed like the perfect
time to start our adventure."
Growing our own fruits and vegetables is one of the major focuses of our efforts. Urban and Suburban agriculture is very important to the long term viability of our towns and cities. Food that is grown locally
does not require the large amounts of energy for transportation, and most home gardeners practice
low impact and organic methods. “Our goal is to grow 10% of the food we consume for our family
right in our own backyard, using organic and sustainable growing methods,” said Mary.
The couple will be posting detailed reports of the garden every week, including the amounts and types
of food harvested, the value of that food if it was bought at the grocery store, and tips for preserving
and enjoying the harvest. Visit www.Sprawlstainable.com to read more…or become a fan of
Sprawlstainable on facebook for updates on new posts and information on the website.
Webmaster: Elaine Fix
Updated 3/24/2011
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