September 2010 Meeting Minutes

BURNETT GARDEN CLUB
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, September 9, 2010

The Burnett Garden Club met at 7 PM Thursday Sept. 9, 2010 at the Grantsburg High School. Present were the following members: Wanda Biorn, Rosemary Burkman, Janet Byers, Mary Griesbach, Gaye Gunderson, Kristie Henning, Cindy Kollars, Linnea Seume, Becky Tessman. Member Cynthia Leonard was our presenter for the evening and she brought her friend Lynn.

Secretary’s Report: May’s report was posted on our website and no other reports were done for the summer field season.

Treasurer’s Report: Becky was accepting dues this evening ($5 for the year or magazine dues will be taken in November).

Old Business: Our brochures were distributed to members with requests to give them out to interested people. We missed the opportunity to have them available for our summer events, but it is still an excellent piece of information about the Club.

New Business: Sign-ups for the upcoming year for refreshments, tours and workshop suggestions and committees were passed around.

Officer nominations were discussed. Kris H. and Mary G. will be unable to serve next term so President and Secretary positions are open.

Mary asked for an updated membership list to be printed and available, since we have had such a nice increase in membership this year since the yearbook was published.

Guest Speaker: Cynthia Leonard (without husband Phil, she apologized for him) gave a fabulous and motivating presentation about growing garlic! She had prepared a delightful powerpoint slide show and we had a lively discussion. Also available tonight were several varieties of garlic bulbs for planting and eating.

We also enjoyed our annual fall plant/seed exchange and everyone went home with something new for their fall gardens.

Yummy refreshments provided by Gaye Gunderson were consumed with enthusiasm.

Our next scheduled meeting is Thursday, October 14 at 7PM for a grapevine wreath make-and-take workshop. A list of materials needed will be forthcoming.

SPECIAL NOTE: these are the last meeting minutes I will be able to provide, as I have taken on new employment that requires my working on Thursday nights. I still hope to contribute to next year’s planning.

My apologies for errors and any information that was inadvertently omitted.

Respectfully submitted,
Mary Griesbach

Thurday, September 9th meeting reminder: Growing & Using Garlic

We will meet 7:00 pm at the Grantsburg High School, room 111, on Thursday, September 9th, for a PowerPoint presentation by Phil and Cynthia Leonard on growing garlic at home. Mary G will be bringing 5 varieties of garlic for sale from "the garlic guy" who sells at the Alpha farmer's market on Friday afternoons (he couldn't make the meeting). Gaye G and Maryann W will be providing refreshments.

At this meeting we will have our Annual Plant Exchange and nomination of officers for 2011. Also be prepared to offer some program suggestions for 2011 and to sign up for refresments for next year.

Hope to see you all there.