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Events
DECEMBER
Dec. 2 Board Meeting
Noon at Beth Hanscom home (w/ Betty Round)
Dec. 3 Community Projects: Decorate Holiday Tree at Jardine Academy.
10 am Meet at Jardine. (Maryfran Annesse, contact)
Dec. 4 Community Gardens: Winter planting of urns at Mindowaskin.
10 am (Carmen Skoletsky, contact)
Dec. 11 General Meeting at Shady Rest CC. Noon “Members Only”. A Holiday project by and for members.(Program Committee, contact) Hospitality : Irene Greenstein*
w/Joann Androconis, Donna Sevchuk, Carmen Skoletsky,Barbara Spellmeyer, Karen Troiano, Flower Design: Margot Partridge
Dec. 18 Juniors: Holiday arrangements to take home. 3:30 pm Meet at Beth Siano home.(Mabel Woloj & Carmen Skoletsky, contacts)
JANUARY
Jan. 6 Board Meeting Noon at Beth Siano home (w/ Irene Greenstein)
Jan. 8 General Meeting at SRCC Noon “We Grew It Here: 100 Years of NJ’s Horticultural History ”, with Lesley Parness. Hospitality Team: Kris Luka* w/ Betty Clark, Kay Cross, Eileen Morris, Joyce Mullen
Flower Design: Regina Kelley
Jan. 14 Arts & Crafts workshop: Botanical Coasters. 1:30 pm
Mountainside Library. (Nina Sylvester, contact).
Jan. 15 By-Laws Meeting 10 am at Sharon Shiraga home
Jan. 15 Long-Range Planning Meeting 11 am at Sharon Shiraga home
Jan. 15 Juniors: Begin bird house project for Flower Show. 3:30 pm Meet at
Beth Siano home. (with committee members)
Jan. 17 Horticulture Trip: North Jersey Orchid Society (member AOS)
Noon Show and Sale. Cook College, Rutgers University.
Meet at Lee Perry home to carpool. (Mabel Woloj, contact)
Jan. 21 Flower Design Workshop: Arranging without oasis. Designs using
1:30 pm alternatives, e.g. chicken wire, frogs, etc. Mountainside Library.
(Kay Cross, Sharon Shiraga, Mabel Woloj, contacts)
Jan. 23 Photography Workshop: At-Home Printing. 1:30 pm Meet at
Inge Bossert home LIMITED to10.. (Inge Bossert, contact)
FEBRUARY
Feb. 3 Board Meeting Noon at Kris Luka home (w/ Liz Ryan)
Feb. 11 9 am Community Projects: Mini-Arrangements for Mobile Meals.
Meet at the Baptist Church. (Martha Savage, contacts)
Feb. 12 Noon General Meeting at SRCC “The Language of Flowers”, with Layce Gebhard.
Hospitality Team: Maryfran Annesse*
w/ Jane Christiani, Karen Eardley, Gayle Lechner, Martha Savage
Flower Design: Betty Clark, Elena Hreczny
Feb. 19 3:30 pm Juniors: Completion of bird house project. Also, growing something
from nothing - plants from pits & pips! Meet at Beth Siano home. (with committee members)
Feb. 24 Garden B’s: Movie Night & Potluck at Beth Hanscom home.
6 pm (Beth Hanscom, contact)
Feb. 27 Photography Zoom: Show, Tell, & Critique. (virtual) 10 am (Margot Partridge, contact)
Types of
Workshop - you do the work, go home with a an item, not for flower show workshops, some items are supplied.
Flower Show Meetings are:
Demo, you watch only (educational) demo. Sometimes held at general meeting.
Critique Workshop. You bring an item and learn what you did right or wrong and how to improve your work. Also get to see/hear critiques of others’ work and lean from what they’ve done.
Fun at the Jardine workshop
PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
Group A
1st. Maryfran Annesse
2nd. Karen. Troiano
3rd. Richard Pelikan
HM. Jeanne Pelikan
Group B
1st. Cheryl. Katz
2nd. Betty Round
3rd. Regina Kelley
HM. Beth Siano
Group C
1st Mabel Woloj *****. Judy Kampe Award Winner
2nd Barbara Spellmeyer
3rd. Carolyn Seracka
HM. Inge Bossert
Marc Zuocvich, Pruning
Tea for new members (seated l-r)
Tracy C, Karen T, Faten M, Kris L, Cathy B, and Eileen M.
Making arrangements for Barbara's Luncheon
Barbara's Luncheon with Cynthia,
Nancy and Mark Fertakos and Joe Darold
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