Mill Bay Garden Club
Mill Bay Garden Club
General Meeting Minutes
Tuesday November 24, 2015
President – Pip Woodcock
7 p.m. Call to order.
Motion to approve September 2015 General Meeting Minutes, MSC.
Motion to approve November 2015 General Meeting Minutes, MSC.
Christmas party December 8th
Set up list circulated.
Set up 4:30, doors open 5:30, dinner @ 6:00pm.
Theme for centerpiece “Yule”, don’t light candles.
Carol singing, pianists encouraged.
Gift exchange – garden related, $10 limit, participation optional.
Word Jumble - Ajay.
Punch, coffee, tea provided.
Please bring nonperishable item for food bank.
Treasurer – Marie Cooke
$1725.49 balance.
Don’t forget to renew your membership.
Membership – Arlene Dench
3 new members in November.
Library – Janice Rose
Diane McNair and others suggested the following books:
The Wild Wisdom of Weeds
Growing food
Wild Edibles
Rain Gardens (and others)
In a Country Garden – Ravenhill Farm – donated by Janice.
Fine Gardening magazine has been reordered.
The Flower Arranger magazine will be reordered.
Plant Sales – Monika Morgan
Holly and Elaine’s kiwis for sale.
Historian – Mary Gale (regrets due to illness)
Get well cards sent to Paddy Harris, Dianne Regan, Clara Slots and Mary Gale.
Facebook – Pauline Dueck
Visit MBGC facebook page @
https://www.facebook.com/millbaygardenclub/ and “like it” or make a comment.
Members Forum
Janice Rose - Syrian family coming this year, a couple plus daughters 5 and 6 years old. Janice’s church is among the sponsors along with others, Pip and her husband are involved too.
Brag Table – Barb Kohlman
Theme – What’s Left?
Q & A – Bill Herring
Plant shallots December 21st with just the neck out of the ground. Seed shallots multiply 8-12 times. Harvest June 21st. (When foliage flops they’re ready to harvest.)
Plant sweet peas now. When 4 leaves are up, pinch off the middle leaves.
Plant garlic indoors (greenhouse) now to get them started.
Coffee Break
Raffle – Bobbi Burns
Raffle tickets 3 for $1.
Rusticana gift certificate.
Anne Beatty photo cards.
Donna Kaiser cookbook.
Rona $25 gift certificate.
Al Mikalishen donated the mystery gift.
Speaker – Gord Hutchings
University of Victoria, native bees and climate change.
Meeting adjourned 9:00pm.
Copyright 2018 Mill Bay Garden Club. All rights reserved.