Mill Bay Garden Club

September 25, 2012

Moved by Mary Vandenberg that the minutes of the AGM be accepted as distributed. Seconded by Cecile Healy. Carried

Thanks to this evening’s kitchen crew as well as those setting up and those who will be helping with the clean up. Sign up sheet for next month circulated.

Thanks to the membership crew. A busy evening! Introduced Mary our new newsletter editor and Kerry Davis our website administrator.

Review of Presidents report: nothing brought forward.

Community League garden clean up sheet circulated for sign up. Clean up will be Oct. 13, 9 to noon.

Waiting for approval to post club banner at hall. Met with Tony Little, hall manager who is awaiting approval from Doug Higginson.

Contracts signed and paid. Amount is up $55 because of having the extra meeting.

Budget: any questions? None. Need amendment to remove bank charges. $150 less.

Motion to accept proposed budget – moved by Heather Gibbins, seconded by Mary Gale Carried

Donations are not included in budget because they are not an expense.

Get together with CowVal club to discuss joint ventures has not happened yet.

Brag Table names: ‘October Harvest’, ‘Naked November’, ‘December Bounty’

Committee Reports:

Vice-President – Cliff Stainsby, no report

Treasurer – Gale McIntyre –

Secretary – Arlene Dench, nothing to report

Membership – Ajay introduced our new membership person, Sandra Goth. Sandra reported lots of renewarls this evening

New Members – Heather Gibbins introduced 11 new members

Raffle – Carmen Stanek, flowers and pots this evening

Plant Sales – Heather Jenkins, lots of plants available

Library – Gill Seal-Jones for Janice Rose, please return overdue books

Kitchen – Dianne Regan, no report

Historian – Mary Gale, cards sent to Dustin’s family on the birth of their second

child and to Ruby Armour.

Members forum: Elaine Scott. Does anyone know who sells llama manure in Glenora?

Spoke about “Mixing it up in the Urban Garden” being presented at the Mary Winspear Center, by the Victoria Master Gardener Association. January 26^th.

Brag Table – Barb Kohlman, Ali Morris: "Seedy September”

Members brought seeds from leek, dill, orach, bsil, calendula, lettuce, summer heathers, monks head (deer resistant), hypericum, tree peony, rose, berkia (thistle family), rogersia, hydrangea, stipa gigantia, angelica, phlomus, Nigella, centaura, iris, grasses, tanacetum (moudry), jack in the pulpit, cardiocrinum gigantica, safflo, arum italicum pictum, arubra, actea (snake root), Himalayan honeysuckle (shrub), monarda, kiringestoma (waxbells), rose hips, fushia, hosta, bellumcanda (blackberry lillies), sea holly, red hot poker, joe pye weed, Echinacea, gaillardia and a rhodo in bloom (blooms three times a year).

Ajay brought seeds for people who want them. Kniphofia and gaillardia

Bill Herring spoke this evening in place of Jane Tice, the scheduled speaker.

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