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 8^th

• 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 21^st with just the neck out of the ground. Seed shallots multiply 8-12 times. Harvest June 21^st. (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.