Green Country
Garden Club

Bartlesville, OK

"Having Fun While Learning About Gardening"

Officers

Message from the President......
It is hard to believe that Green Country Garden Club is 8 years old. How time flies when you are having fun! We have accomplished a lot and have a lot to be proud of. We continue to obsess on Learning about Gardening and it is amazing how people have grown in their knowledge of Gardening. We have three strong study Groups. Horticulture our oldest group is still going strong. A-Z regrouped a couple of years ago when two groups combined and it has grown by leaps and bounds and is very active. The Craft group was struggling until a year ago they restructured and now meet in homes or a church and are making many fun crafts.

Our 2008 Tour with Sheryl Travis and Karen Sanford in charge was our biggest money maker so far. Laurenda Walker stepped up to take charge in 2009. I’m sure this year’s tour will be another winner. This year’s Tour will be May 30 and 31. Keep these dates on your calendar cause we need every member to be on track to work one or both of those days. This is our biggest money maker for the Club.

Some of our groups have started seeds and plan on potting up plants early this year to sell at our Plant sale Saturday May 2nd. Charlotte Bowman will head up this event again and she will need all our help. Karen and Charlotte traveled to Norman to OU’s green houses to collect plant starts from Cal Lempke to sell at the plant sale. This event allows the study groups to make money as well as the club and is well attended by the whole community.

We had a fun trip to the OU Campus to tour the Green Houses in Oct. of 2008 and visit some museums. Next day we visited the Botanical Gardens and Brick Town. We are looking at visiting Garvan Garden in Hot Springs, AR. In the Fall

Our idea to involve the study groups in our Jo Allyn Lowe Garden Project by scheduling monthly work Saturdays with the study groups in charge has proven to be a success. The Fall Mulch Day was well attended and the Garden got mulched heavily which should make our work in the garden easier this coming spring and summer. Knock-Out Rose Company is donating over 50 roses for our Rose Corner in the Park Garden in March. The whole Club will be planting and caring for them.

I want to thank each and every one of you who attends the meetings and works hard to keep this wonderful club going. We have such a great group of members that steps up to the plate when there is a need for help, and that makes my job so much easier. I can’t express how proud I am to be your President. We continue to ?Have Fun While Learning about Gardening? which has been our motto since we organized in 2001. I encourage all of you to jump in and get involved. If you are sitting back and not participating you are missing out on a lot of fun with a lot of really nice people. I still believe that Green Country Garden Club attracts the friendliest, nicest and most energetic people in Bartlesville......GET INVOLVED!!!

Your President,
Karen Moon

CHAIRPERSONS
Garden Crafts: Nancy Wesley
Gardening A - Z: Louise Reich
Horticulture: Linda Albert

STUDY GROUPS OFFICERS

GARDEN CRAFTS GROUP
Chairman: Nancy Wesley
Secretary: Lou Ann Hayes
Program Leader: Laurenda Walker
E-mailer: Anita Ruthenberg
Caller: Lou Ann Hayes

GARDENING A-Z GROUP
Chairman: Louise Reich
Program Leader: Karen Moon
Secretary: Lou Ann Hayes
Caller: Donna Rau
E-mailer: Sheryl Travis

GREEN COUNTRY HORTICULTURE
Chairman: Linda Albert
Programs: Karen Moon
Secretary: Tommie Medina
Caller: Cary Fredrick
E-Mailer: Linda Albert

ACTIVITY CHAIRMEN

FEATURE STORIES
Chairman: Karen Moon

GARDEN TOUR 2009
Chairman: Laurenda Walker

JO ALLYN LOWE PARK
Chairman: Karen Moon

NORTH SIGN
Chairmen: Rita Bibles and Alan Pettigrew

SOUTH SIGN
Chairmen: Steve and Glenda Vandagriff

SPRING PLANT SALE
Chairman: Charlotte Bowman

T.V. ADVERTISEMENT
Chairman: Rita Bibles

WEB PAGE
Chairman: David and Becky Ballí

YEARBOOK
Chairman: Carole Robbins

BARTLESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY PROJECT
Chairman: Rick Collins

CHANNEL 13 CABLE-VISION ADS
Chairman: Rita Bibles

CLUB EVENTS
Chairman: Charlotte Bowman

CLUB PARTIES (2 PER YEAR, Spring & Fall)
Chairman: Donna Rau

CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER
Chairman: Glenda Vandagriff

CLUB TRIPS
Chairman: Karen Moon

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
(For Club & All Study Groups)
Chairman: Becky Hillman

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Chairman: Glenda Vandagriff

DAYLILY BED
Chairman: Lou Ann Hayes and Nancy Wesley