9:15 – 10 am Social Time – Meet, Greet & Eat.
Hosting Today – Elizabeth Cathey, Katherene Kerner, Helen Nolen, and Lona Azar
ATTENDEES: Lona Azar, Rita Baker, Diane Bryant, Karen Burmester, Mike Burmester, Jennifer Buss, Elizabeth Cathey, Donna Endicott, Mary Lou Epperson, Shelley Fenton, Jan Ferguson-Bresee, Sue Gilbert, Sheila Greer, Mary Horton, Katherene Kerner, Yvonne Kochanowski, John Kochanowski, Julie Lund, Pat Marshall, Leona McDonald, Margie McDonald, Cheryl Mixson, Carol Mohr, Sandy Platz, Ray Platz, Janet Rasher, Mike Rasher, Claudia Taylor, Patti Taylor, Marilyn Thomas, Wendy Young
Guests: Marlee Underhill and Kathy Reinhart attended as guests of Jan Ferguson-Bresee, and Char Coplen attended as Rita Baker’s guest.
10:00 am
Inspiration from Mike Burmester:
A Haiku at Sunrise
Always seeing within
a flower at the break of dawn
the face of God
Spring 1685
Speaker: Our speaker was Dakota Hufford, Stewardship & Outreach Coordinator with the Clackamas Basin Council. She is an entomologist and gave a very enlightening presentation on the importance of dragonflies and other invertebrates in the ecosystem. Her presentation material will be made available on our website. The Clackamas Basin Council’s website is www.clackamasriver.org
(Note: Link to presentation at end of page.)
Business Meeting Agenda
- Treasurer’s Report: Sandy Platz reported that there is $2185.50 in the club’s treasury.
- Minutes of the February Meeting: A final draft of the minutes was emailed, amended, submitted for posting to the HVGC website, and stands approved.
- Updates:
Julie Lund spoke about the passing of Leta Wyler. She joined the Garden Club in the early 2000’s and was Diane Bryant’s long-time neighbor. We are awaiting information from Leta’s family regarding services for her. Members are encouraged to submit to Wendy any photos of Leta to be passed on to the family so that they can include some in her remembrance.
A survey was distributed asking members about presentation content, field trips, and meeting length, and other activities.
Our Clackamas District Meeting and Luncheon: Takes place on April 2, at Apostolic Faith Church, 5414 SE Duke Street, (Gate 3) in the church’s lodge. Registration and payment ($25) needed by March 26. Please make checks to HVGC and submit them to Sandy Platz. The speaker will be Sherry Sheng. HVGC’s auction item is a quilt made and donated by Katherene Kerner. Additionally, an auction “Relaxation” basket is being assembled from members’ donations. Margie McDonald is contributing a centerpiece for the table. We need sales table items and volunteers to manage the registration table.
Spring Garden Fair: May 2-3, hosted by Clackamas County Master Gardener’s Association, at the Clackamas County Fair and Event Center in Canby. There will be an information table, and we need volunteers for this. Please contact Julie to sign up. The table will offer information about all the clubs in the Clackamas District and is also part of the HVGC Sustainability Committee’s effort to promote garden club membership.
- Announcements:
Next month’s snack hosts are Gayle Ely, Patti Taylor, Mary Horner and Julie Lund. There are unfilled openings to provide snacks for September’s meeting. Please contact Katherene Kerner to sign up.
- Reminders:
This month’s coffee chat is on March 31st, 9:30 a.m. at the Food Carts on SE Sunnyside and 142nd.
- Horticulture:
Brochures containing local commercial nursery maps were made available at the horticulture table. Rita Baker brought in information about a soil supplement developed locally. For more information, the website is www.triospheres.com.
- Happy Birthday to our March birthdays: 4th – Mike Burmester, 8th – Elizabeth Cathey, 11th – Barb Decious, 13th – Sandy Platz, 15th – Helen Nolen, 30th – Janet Rasher
- Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Lou Epperson
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Here’s the presentation: The Importance of Dragonflies – Dakota Hufford Entomologist from the Clackamas Basin Council