Meeting Minutes, April 2014

Burnett Garden Club meeting April 12, 2014, Wood River Garden Store

President brought the meeting to order at 10:05am.

Present: Pam Davies, Georgianne Kleiss, Wanda Biorn, Nori and Jim Katzmark, Rosemary Burkman and grandson, Tim and Becky Tessman.

Announcements:

The Grantsburg community design event is in progress through April 12. Watch for reports on this effort in the Sentinel.

Old Business:Plant Sale Two banners have been ordered. A list of member-seeded plants was circulated for updates. Mary Griesbach asked if the club could pay for soil and rooting hormone for her geranium cuttings for the sale. After discussion it was agreed unanimously to offer her $20-$30 reimbursement upon receipt. Further discussion included camping at T-Dawg’s Friday night to safeguard the flatbed trailer and other supplies left overnight.Committee Reports

• Potting Party. This is scheduled for Thursday,May 8; back-up date is May 15. Location is Kris Henning’s property on Spirit Lake at 6:00pm. BRING divided plants to be potted, pots (1 qt – 1 gallon), trowel, gloves, a snack to share if you like, and wear mud boots.

• Sign Clean-up is scheduled for Thursday, May 22, 5:30pm. BRING tools. We will discuss ideas for how to revamp this garden. 

• Sign Planting Thursday, May 29, 5:30pm at the Olson Drive flag poles/sign. Pam will order zinnias today at the WRGS. The bed looks good. Linnea has large marigolds growing for it. Decorative boulders were suggested to help keep snowmobilers off the garden. Does anyone have some to get rid of? Watering was also discussed; we need to notify the Village when it is ready to be watered. It was suggested that a season-end report be submitted to the Village. Also Garden Club will take on the Memory Lake flagpole garden if the Village is willing to trust us on the design. We will incorporate it in with the Sign Garden duties. Anyone with ideas on what to plant should send them to Pam.

• Holiday in the Park Our display is all cleaned up – Thanks to Pam! Reminder – Lisa and Audrey will chair this committee in future. They can use what they like of what Pam has and some things Becky and Tim have.  Can we get a small hay wagon to build the display onto for easier removal in January.  Georgianne will send thanks to the Village for their assistance.

• Grantoberfest is now designated a regular committee. Georgianne is chair. All are welcome to join in the fun.

New Business:

• Garden planning software could be helpful to support our community gardens into the future. 

• Rosemary suggested that Shirley Nelson, Linnea's mom, would be very good at designing public area gardens such as the library/community center, if she is able and willing. 

• Perhaps someone would enjoy doing drawings for all the gardens.

Other Business/more announcements:

• Plaques for BGC-maintained public gardens--ideas or sources for these plaques.

• We still need someone to submit press releases to the Sentinel and the Leader and maybe WCMP about our upcoming calender dates. 

• Burnett Medical Center has a part-time gardener position open.

• Club Outing to Rush City has changed from Saturday, June 28 to June 21. Wanda apologized for this necessity and hopes that everyone can still come. See calendar for details on this outing.

• High Tea Sunday, May 4 in the afternoon. Please get your RSVPs in as the venue will be determined by the number of participants.  Call or email right away if you didn’t reserve your spot. A lot of advanced planning and preparation is needed for this event, so an early attendance number is critical. Janet Byers or Teresa Halls.

Tip!Try planting daffodils to repel moles.

Brags and fun stuff to share!Wanda and other members have bulbs up and some blooms!! Spring is here!

Meeting adjourned 10:45am. Motion, Wanda; second, Becky. 

Wonderful refreshments were provided by Nori and Jim and Becky and Tim. Treats were left for the staff at the garden center to enjoy.  

While we "refreshed" Dean spoke about the challenges of this past winter including damage from severe winter winds to spruce and pine trees. If the buds survived, the tree may survive.

A great tour and update at the WRGS by Dean was enjoyed by all.

Minutes submitted by Georgianne.