Nearly 30 Years of Sharing our Love of Gardening!!

Hey everyone! 2018 will be our 30th Anniversary as a club!! We need to celebrate!

Let's all put on our thinking caps and come up with some fun ideas to celebrate throughout the year. 

Share your ideas at the November meeting or send them to Kris or Mary or me. 

Also, think way back about when you joined the club, why you joined the club and what the club has meant to you over the years or any fun or funny anecdotes about the club or just about gardening in our wonderful corner of Wisconsin. Send these to me pameladavies@yahoo.com or put them in the comment section of this post and I will share them with the club (anonymously or not, as you prefer). Maybe we can work these into our celebration!

As for me, I joined in 2007 to meet people and learn about gardening in this new home of mine. I've made great friends and had a lot of fun learning about gardening, participating in projects and activities, creating this blog and just talking gardening with others who love it and struggle to be better gardeners!

October Meeting, Highly Informative

By all accounts (I was not able to be at the meeting) speaker, Konnie Jerabek from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, gave an information packed presentation on invasive plant species in Wisconsin. After a few unforeseeable glitches, the small group of attendees gathered around Konnie's laptop to follow along and to have all of their questions answered.

Konnie provided handouts which include Wisconsin Ch. NR 40 Invasive Species List--Plants only which can be found at the following web link:
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/invasives/documents/nr40plantlist.pdf

And a color handout (reproduced below) on water garden plants including plants to avoid and attractive alternatives. Our waterways being a major source of the spread of destructive plant species, as we well know from the rapid spread of Eurasian Watermilfoil, it is important to be able to identify invasive species, avoid purchasing them or bringing them into Wisconsin, and to dispose of them properly to avoid being a part of the problem.

(Click on the images below for a larger view--from the larger view, right click and select "save as" to save image to your computer for printing)

Or check out this poster (specific to Minnesota but applicable to Wisconsin as well):
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/minnu/minnug06003.pdf

We hope that Konnie can return to speak to our club again to a much larger turnout as the information provided was important especially for gardeners!

Our presentation for November: "Kokedama, A Japanese Art Form" a workshop by Mary Charmoli 

Meeting Minutes: September 2017

Burnett Garden Club—September 2017

Meeting called to order at 6:34 pm

The last Secretary’s report was posted on the blog. No discussion. Motion to approve the minutes by Pam Davies, seconded by Janet Byers. Motion approved by all.

Treasurer was absent. Current balance at last meeting (6-23-17) was $2492.66.

No upcoming events were discussed

Committee reports:

• Community plantings: Flagpole plantings dried out early in the summer when we had a dry spell.  Limited watering capabilities. Library and sign plantings did very well and were very showy. Some weeding issues at the sign, but not particularly visible from the highway. Many of us are forgetting to do our weeding. 
• Grantoberfest: Set up this weekend. Take plants or other items to Pam Davies or Georgianne Kleiss’s home or meet at the fairgrounds at 4:00 Friday or early Saturday morning,

No old business.
New Business:  Sign clean-up on September 28 5:30 PM
    Logo—will re-visit topic next meeting

Brag time:  Janet brought pictures of one of her asiatic lilies with 55+ blooms.

Next meeting: October 12—"Invasive Plants” by  Connie Jeravek, DNR

Adjourned. Motionmade by Pam Davies, seconded by Sandy Heinrichs

Presentation:  “Putting our gardens to bed for the winter”—group discussion.
Plant Exchange: Several members brought seeds and plants to exchange Refreshments by: Janet and Linnea

Members Present:  Georgianne K., Pam D., Wanda B., Janet B., Rhonda J., Linnea S., Becky T.,  Kris H., Sandy H.

Meeting Reminder: Thursday, October 12, 6:30 Room 115 Grantsburg High School

We will be meeting on Thursday, October 12, 6:30 PM at Room 115 Grantsburg High School.

Our speaker for the meeting will be Konnie Jerabek who is a plant pest and disease specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. She has received the 2016 Carl E. Carlson Distinguished Achievement Award in Regulatory Plant Protection from the National Plant Board. on Invasive Species--come with lots of questions!! She has the answers!

Business: Collection of dues, planning for next year and nomination of officers for 2018
Refreshment will be provided by Lisa and Jackie O

All meeting are free and open to the public.

Konnie Jerabek