CONTACT:
Nancy Fuller, 2010 President
1706 Hwy 50
Owensville, Mo. 65066
(573) 437-3494
nsfuller@yahoo.com
"Creating Beauty Through Gardening"
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OWENSVILLE GARDEN CLUB HOSTS 2010 MID-CENTRAL DISTRICT FALL MEETING
*Revised 7/31/2010
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2009 Owensville Garden Club
Owensville Garden Club December Meeting
Owensville Garden Club met on December 1 for their holiday party and installed their 2010 officers. They are Nancy Fuller, 2010 President; Mary Thompson, VP; Toni Kayser, Treasurer and Colleen Pierce, Secretary. Carol Eilermann installed the new officers.
Click here to view the photo in the December album
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Owensville Garden Club Member on Owensville Arts Council Tour
Deb Schroeder had her garden on the Owensville Arts Council Tour Sunday, June 7, 2009. It was a beautiful day for flowers and music.
Click here to view the photos in the June 2009 album
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Owensville Garden Club is having their Annual Plant Sale/Tag Sale on April 18, 2009 from 8 am till .......................at the Springfest Celebration in Owensville. See us at the Owensville Historic Society located in Owensville, Mo.
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Members Attend Mid-Central District Spring Meeting
The Mid-Central District Spring meeting was held in Union, Mo. at the Culinary School at East Central College on Thursday, April 16, 2009 from 9 am till 1 pm. The speaker was Jean Morris, Secretary of the St. Louis Iris Society. She gave a great slide presentation on "Irises All Through the Year". 73 members registered.
The Treasurer reported we have a total of over $10,000 in our account. The Nominating Committee made up of Sharon Parson, Pat Schnarr and Jan Wolf reported that the slate of officers for 2009 - 2011 will be Kris Corey, District Director, Nan McCabe, Assistant District Director, Joyce Wiley, Secretary and Mary Niemann as Treasurer.
Kris Corey gave a report of the upcoming 2010 FGCM Convention that MCD will be hosting. The theme is "Swing into Spring" and will be held on April 22 - 24, 2010 at the Doubletree Hotel in Chesterfield. Room rates are $ 85.00 per night
Nan McCabe, President of Jardin du Lac, invited everyone to the MCD Fall Meeting at the Community Association building at Lake St. Louis on Oct. 20, 2009.
A silent auction was held and $ 408 was raised for the district.
The meeting adjourned and the 2010 FGCM Convention committee met with representatives from the district to be assigned duties at the convention.
Click here to view the photos in the April 2009 album
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2008 Owensville Garden Club
6 members attend the 2008 MCD Fall Meeting in St. Charles, Mo.
The 2008 meeting was held at First United Methodist Church in St. Charles, Mo. hosted by First Capitol Garden Club members on Tuesday, October 21, 2008. 81 members and guests attended. The main speaker was Derek Schrof, Ball See Co. Representative. He had a slide presentation of new and underused plants for 2009.
Debbie Dowler, new owner of Yesteryear Antiques and Collectibles, was recently honored by the Owensville Garden Club for creating a “Bright spot on First Street.” The nomination for the award noted, “Nine beautiful geranium baskets grace the awnings of her antique and gift business.” Crediting Dowler with beautifying the main street in town, the club appreciates her efforts to bring attention to First Street, the heart of the business district in Owensville, Mo. Shown are Louise Baker, Citation Chairman of the Owensville Garden Club, Debbie Dowler; and Nancy Fuller, club President. The photo at right, shows the lush hanging baskets along the street. Dowler's store features not only antiques and collectibles but also jewelry, handmade soaps, greeting cards and much more. The Gasconade County Republican newspaper printed this story.
Click here to view the photos in the Sept. 2008 album
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The Owensville Garden Club is 30 members strong. We have had a busy and rewarding 2008.
Our Wildflower Roadside Park in Useful, Missouri was requested by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Mimi Hedi is our chairman.
A new tree was purchased and planted for Arbor Day in our local park.
The Gasconade County Historical Society Museum was weeded and mulched by our Garden Club in the spring.
The Spring plant sale was held at the Museum grounds and was a big success.
Our club took on a new flowerbed by the Owensville Post Office to help beautify public roadways.
The Garden Therapy Class in the Gerald Missouri Elementary worked with the Special Education Children to pot flowers for Mom’s on Mothers Day.
Much sharing of programs and luncheons with sister clubs Cuba Hills and Sullivan have happened this year.
Summer School at the Owensville Elementary (K-5) included “a love of gardening class”. Our Garden Club talked with and helped with the students to design plant and create a flower garden behind the Library at our new school. We also gave money of which a park bench was purchased.
Our Gasconade County Fair was held July 30 - August 2, 2008 and was a huge success. We had 450 entries of flowers and 45 arrangements.
We give monthly flower arrangements to our Nursing Homes and also give awards monthly for our Yard of the Month.
Bingo is played monthly in June and our club helps the residents at Gasconade Manor Nursing Home.
Our meetings have had floral designs created by several Flower Show Judges, programs by Naturalists, Master Gardeners and toured beautiful gardens by our members and we are looking for much more to come in the coming months.
Nancy Fuller, President
Owensville Garden Club
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2007 Owensville Garden Club
Owensville Garden Club Members Attend Fall Meeting
Cuba Hills Garden Club Hosts 2007
Mid-Central District Fall Meeting October 23, 2007
"Growing Sunflowers"
The Cuba Hills Garden Club hosted the Mid-Central District Fall Meeting at the Wallace House on October 23, 2007. 56 members and guests were in attendance. The business meeting was followed by a lovely luncheon and the installation of new district officers by 2007 - 2009 FGCM President, Maisie Keeser. Richard Seidel, the guest presenter, told us about raising sunflowers on his 180 acre farm in Bourbon, Mo. The sunflowers cover 2 acres and many visitors stop by to just stand in the sunflowers. He's hooked on them and grows many "exotic" varieties. He displayed his Blue and Red Ribbons from the Crawford County Fair of July 2006.
MCD will join with NED to create an Educational Display at the 75th Anniversary of FGCM in Jefferson City, Mo. in 2008. The period for our display will be the 1930's & 1940's.
A silent auction as well as door prizes were the final activities of the day. $ 395 was raised by the silent auction to benefit the district. A beautiful painted picture of a scenic view was also auctioned off by Cuba Hills Garden Club.
Cuba Hills Garden Club Co-Pesidents, Bea Whiteside and Rosemary Gruver, welcomed club members from each of the clubs in the district who all joined together to make the day a most enjoyable event.
Great job Cuba Hills for your gracious hospitality!
Click here to view the photos in the October 2007 album
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2006 Owensville Garden Club Meetings and Events
Members attend MCD Fall Meeting
"Autumn Jewels"
October 24, 2006
Mid-Central District held it's fall meeting in New Melle, Mo. on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006 at the New Melle Lakes Golf Course. Owensville Garden Club members attended. Boone Country Garden Club hosted this year's meeting and did a fabulous job! The theme of the Annual Fall Meeting was "Autumn Jewels". The guest speaker was Claudia Chopp, NGC Flower Show School Instructor & Accredited Master Judge, provided a design program titled, "Designs with a Holiday Flair". 98 garden club members were in attendance from the 10 clubs in our district. A silent auction raised $ 436 for the district treasury and booths were set up to sell bulb baskets. A designer handbag booth, provided by Korki Kuhn, was used as a raffle to raise funds to offset the expenses the host club incurred. Food donations were collected for St. Vincent DePaul for the needy.
The menu included tossed salad, pork loin with cranberry chutney, scalloped potatoes, seasoned green beans, sweet rolls and butter and of course a desert table that surpassed everyone's taste buds. Homemade pies and the cooking of all the food was provided by this gracious club.
FGCM officers in attendance were Mary Ann Meador, President, Maisie Keeser, 1st Vice President and Jean Roseman, 2nd Vice President. Sweatshirts were sold to benefit FGCM.
Awards for Club Yearbooks and Books of Evidence from the FGCM convention this summer were also given out. It was a beautiful day filled with friendship!
CLICK HERE TO FIEW THE PHOTOS IN THE OCTOBER 2006 ALBUM
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2005 Owensville Garden Club Meetings and Events
Owensville Garden Club Meeting - Flower Stamping Aug. 2, 2005
Owensville Garden Club held it's Aug 2, 2005 Meeting on Flower Stamping and invited other garden clubs to join them. Members of Cuba Hills Garden Club and Sullivan Garden Club participated at this meeting. Elaine Fix, MCD Director attended and members had a lively and noisy meeting. Great job with those hammers, girls!
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OwensvilleGarden Club Plants Flowering Trees
Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc., has granted Mid-Central District garden clubs $ 200.00 each to be used toward the purchase and planting of a flowering tree to support the NGC, Inc. national project, “America A-Bloom”.
Five clubs in Mid-Central District received their grant and the district raised extra money at their spring annual meeting to provide another qualifying club the funds to support this project.
Owensville Garden Club planted three Pagoda Dogwood (cornus alternifolia) trees at GasconadeRidgeRoadsidePark in Useful, Mo. where the club maintains a wildflower garden.
The Pagoda Dogwood grows in rich, steep, north-facing wooded slopes, bluffs and wooded banks of streams. In most situations, this species develops into a multi stemmed shrub, as exemplified at Shaw Nature Preserve in Gray Summit, Mo. This dogwood has a spreading habit with horizontal branches that create a layered look. White flowers appear in wide clusters above the foliage during May and June. The fruit stalks have a pinkish red color and looks more ornamental than does the fruit. This tree grows slowly and at maturity will reach 15-25 feet tall and equal in spread. A dedication will be done in the fall.
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On April 26 - 28, 2005 Central District of FGCM hosted the 72nd FGCM Annual Convention at Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark, Mo. 340 members from around the state attended the convention. All districts submitted Educational exhibits on flowering trees that will be taken to the Sedalia State Fair in the fall.
Claudia Chopp presented the Artistic Design Program, 'Designs by the Book' after the barbecue which was followed by a 'Moonlight Cruise' on Lake of the Ozarks.
Three seminars featured Jim Rathert, Nature Photographer, "In Focus", Karen "Mimo" Davis, Cut Flower Specialist, "Wild Thangs" and Terry Gordon, Resource Forester and Mark Grueber, Urban Forester from the Mo Dept of Conservation held, "A Splash of Color" program.
What fun we all had!
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Art in Bloom 2005
Carol Eilermann, a member of Owensville Garden Club, entered the "Art in Bloom" program with her interpretation of Madinat as-Salam III artwork, by Frank Stella. What a creative design, Carol!
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January 2005 Home & Garden Show, "Create a Garden Pallet"
Carol Eilermann entered the show with a design for Class 10, "Shades of White". Great job, as always, Carol!
Click here to view the photos in the January 2005 album
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2004 Owensville Garden Club Meetings and Events
"Sister Club Luncheon", Oct 5, 2004
Owensville Garden Club hosted a luncheon with "Sister Clubs", Cuba Hills Garden Club and Sullivan Garden Club on Oct. 5, 2004. Elaine Fix, Mid-Central District Director, was invited to attend.
The program, "Creating Beauty through Gardening with Wildflowers", was given by garden club member, Mimi Hedl. Mimi has a very large wildflower garden and is a sought after speaker. Members were given native wildflower plants to take home and plant in their gardens. Great job, Mimi!
Click here to view the photos in the Oct. 2004 album
