The June luncheon was a great success, we handed out some well deserved awards that we received from the state convention. We celebrated 90 years of the Port Angeles Garden Club with a great lunch and a special cake. We had scholarship recipients attend and tell us their plans for the future. We will be taking a break for summer and encourage you to check back the end of August to learn about our speaker for September. Hope to see you then!
Our May meeting was a mixed success. We had a bee presentation planned but technical difficulties made us postpone it. Good news is the horticulture committee was ready to step in and talk about the importance of doing things is the garden to conserve water. We also had TSA students from Stevens Middle School visit and show us their model greenhouse they are building for Franklin Elementary School. It has a working irrigation system, heat and cool controls and will be built this summer. McHenry, Brett and Jacob were very knowledgeable about the project and will no doubt go far in life.
In April we hosted the district meeting for the garden clubs on the Olympic Peninsula. We had a great time and some of our clubs brought plants that they are growing in their gardens. We ate, laughed, and enjoyed great fellowship. Each club brought a centerpiece for the table that were given away and we had drawings for some gift baskets that were donated. Enjoy the pictures!
In March our guest speaker, Melissa Williams, Executive Director of Fierro Marine Lab, gave a presentation on what is happening at the lab. They are in the process of fundraising to move their campus to the location known as Pebble Beach. Her slideshow focused on how they are planning to enlarge their space and add programs for the kids in the area. You can still stop by and visit and see what is going on now.
In February guest speaker Tobey Nelson, CPH, gave a great presentation on the winter garden and how to make it look good and what plants to put in the garden to be able to bring the beauty into your home. We loved the pictures and her excellent knowledge of all things nature! She teaches classes at Venture Out Nursery on Whidbey Island. https://www.ventureoutnursery.com/
Our January meeting was awesome. Founder of 4PA, Joe Dascala joined us and told us all about 4PA (a non-profit) and how well the program is working. He has a great plan to clean our neighborhood and help the homeless have an opportunity to make a new start. If you are interested in being involved visit his website at https://www.4pa.org/
What a great way to end a wonderful fun filled year. Our club got to spend time together in December, eating and enjoying a great presentation from Leilani Woods on how to use broken pottery in the garden. Bringing new life into things that seem broken or not usable can remind us to have hope. Enjoy the pictures of our time together as friends!
November club meeting was a great success! We are back at First Presbyterian Church and it is a lovely place to be. Our guest speaker and member from Canada was Corrie Ten-Have. Corrie uses natural material to make all her designs and they are beautiful as you can see from the pictures. You can tell she is super passionate about floral designs. She decorated some lovely arrangements for us to auction off to the club members with the proceeds to benefit the local food bank. We raised over $500 because we have the best members in the whole world.