Mill Bay Garden Club

General Meeting Minutes

Tuesday October 27, 2015

President – Pip Woodcock

• 7 p.m. Call to order.

• Christmas party December 8^th

• 2 turkeys – Dianne McNair and Dianne Regan volunteered to roast.

• 1 ham – Mary Heath volunteered to bake.

MBGC to supply.

• Information will be included in next newsletter.

• Long time member Roger Burgess has passed away. Celebration of his life will be held at his home on Goulet Road Sunday Nov 1, 12-4.

(Minute of silence observed.)

Vice President – Mary Vandenberg

• Don Genova will be speaking to us about local food artisans this evening.

• November’s speaker from the University of Victoria will be speaking on native bees and climate change.

Treasurer – Marie Cooke

• $1456.59 balance.

• Permanent membership tags are available for purchase - $10.

Newsletter – Cori-Lee Fisher - regrets

• Round of applause for newsletter.

Membership – Arlene Dench

• 81 renewals.

• 4 new members in September.

• Let us know if your contact information has changed.

Community Flower & Garden Show – Bernie Juurlink

• Volunteers required beginning in January.

• Focus will be gathering items for silent auction from the membership instead of attempting to enlarge the auction and asking for items from the business community.

Plant Sales – Monika Morgan

• If you are dividing plants, please donate to the plant sale.

Historian – Mary Gale

• Condolences card will be sent to Roger Burgess family.

Facebook – Pauline Dueck

• Visit MBGC facebook page @

https://www.facebook.com/millbaygardenclub/

Members Forum

• Pat Spezowka – Elder College

November 30 1:30–4 Live table centerpiece.

December 7 1:30-4 Live wreath.

• Norman Redcliffe – American Dahlia Society propagation experiment storing Dahlia tubers in Saran wrap to retain moisture to be kept at 10° Celsius (45°F). 95% success rate. Contact Norman if you would like to participate.

Brag Table – Barb Kohlman

• Theme – Fall Fiesta

• Dustin brought in a number of varieties of mushrooms including white chanterelles, winter chanterelles, black elfin saddles, shaggy manes, lobster mushrooms and winter oysters.

Q & A – Martin Parry

• Clean up and prune out dead damaged and diseased branches on fruit trees. Check for pests regularly. Spraying trees with dormant oil suffocates pests before they can migrate up the tree to the fruit. Although root growth occurs in Spring & Fall, watering in summer is required because of transpiration.

Coffee Break

Raffle – Bobbi Burns

• Raffle items include: Vietnamese pot, Elf bag made in Qualicum and a Rusticana gift certificate.

• Tickets are 3 for $1.

Speaker – Don Genova

• Don is a Food Journalist, a Broadcaster (CBC), holds a degree in Environmental Science from University of Waterloo, and completed a Gastronomy program in Italy in 2007. Don moved to Vancouver Island in 2003 and has offered cooking classes at Kilrenny Farm in Cowichan Bay.

Meeting adjourned 9:00pm.