The Gardeners Garden Club Meeting Minutes        
St. Albans Church     
October 11, 2022

Opening and Speaker

Prior to the meeting, the members enjoyed socializing and catching up with one another.

At 10 AM, President Connie Stelzenmuller welcomed the membership and asked Edwina to introduce the guest speaker, Debbie Laverell who would speak on Garden Photography.

Debbie, a GCA Photography judge, gave an extremely extensive and informative program. Her focus was on the most important factors necessary to produce good photographs, namely light, ...

St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Devon

Our pre-meeting horticultural demonstration was conducted by Horticulture Committee Chair Michele Spence:

NOTES ON ROSE PRUNING

Unless you are a really hardy person, wear gauntlet gloves and clothing you do not mind being caught on a rose thorn!
Annual rose pruning contributes to health, production and longevity of roses.

→Use sharp pruners.
→Cut branches that make the plant lopsided.
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January 10, 2017

St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Devon, PA

January/February Dates to Remember:

January 18:  PCGCA Meeting, Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse, 10AM

February 3:  Executive Committee Meeting, Karen Helm’s house,10:30 AM

February 3:  Final day for donations to the Fertilizer Fund

February 14:  Meeting, Program and Refreshments, at the home of Cathy Decker

February 20-23:  NAL Conference, Washington, D.C.

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President, Karen Helm opened the meeting with Happy New Year wishes to all members. She thanked hostesses: Anne Kellett, Anne Barnett, Joan Harvey, Joan Roberts, ...

Meet Michele Spence

My earliest  garden memory?

Apart from falling into a large bed of stinging nettles at my Great Grandparents home when I was three, I remember my Grandfather. He was a Headmaster and lived on the school grounds.  As punishment for any infraction a boy committed, he had to work in my Grandparents garden. My interest in gardening grew.

What are your two favorite flowers or plants?

My favorite plant is the hellebore. I did not know it at all ...