TROWEL PRINTS

Naples Garden Club

Don’t Forget

“Garden Party,”

Naples Flower

Show.

Friday, March

25th and Satur-

day March 26th

9-5 March 2011

Mark Peters, owner and propagator at Pe-

ters Croton Nursery, of Vero Beach, will present

his lecture and demonstrations on “The Fabu-

lous Crotons of Florida” on Monday, April 4. Mr.

Peters has spent 45 years as a professional Hor-

ticulturist and Director of Horticulture at vari-

ous Botanical Gardens, including New York Bo-

tanical Garden and McKee Botanical Garden. His

study and knowledge of landscape design, garden

history, tropical plants and their culture, com-

bined with his various work experiences over

the years, give him an excellent background. He

has been collecting, propagating and studying

Codaieum for many years and has been offering

his rare and unusual plants through Botanical

Garden Plant Sales to the public.

He will talk about early Florida hybridizers and the ‘Old World’ heirloom va-

rieties. His lecture tells the story of Crotons through history, how to grow them in

your garden and various propagation methods. Learn about the nine different leaf

forms, as well as Croton Trees and Crotons in containers. His passion for plants

makes this an event not to be missed. Many of his rare and unusual plants, seldom

offered to the public and starting at $7.00, will be offered for sale as well.

The Fabulous Crotons of Florida

By Mark Peters

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Membership Report

New provisionals:

Connie Marsocci has sponsored Joyce Colvario from Boston, MA. Joyce has not

only managed the graphic arts department for the Verizon yellow pages, but has

also owned an art studio in SOWA (Boston’s answer to SOHO in NY). This very tal-

ented lady also possesses advanced skills in Mac and Adobe software.

Arlette Bradley is sponsoring Bernadee Learn from St Catherine’s, Ontario, Can-

ada. Bernadee has run the gift shop and produced floral arrangements for Royal

Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario. Her hobbies include landscape design,

scuba diving, and water and snow skiing. Welcome, Bernadee.

Ellen Meister, the owner of the beautiful Casa De Pina on our House Tour, has

been sponsored by Sue Vernia. This talented lady has owned a nursery school and

restaurant; is a fitness instructor and realtor, and has worked as a manager/buyer

for Ralph Lauren, Polo. Thank you, Ellen, for sharing your beautiful home and gar-

dens with us.

New Actives: Lois Selfon, Marv Diamond, Ed Westwood, Sue Morrison, Sandy

Lasch, Carol McMenamy, Katie Ryan and Marie Heck Bentz.

Arlette Bradley, Membership Chair

Dues are Due It’s that time of year again to pay our annual

dues. Please stop by the Dues Table and pick

up your Dues Notice at either the March or

April membership meeting. Please take time

to “check and correct” your personal informa-

tion and return the Dues Notice with your

check made payable to Naples Garden

Club. Simply drop your check and Dues No-

tice in the addressed envelope that is pro-

vided and place a stamp on it. Dues are pay-

able no later than June 1, 2011.

What could be simpler?

Thank you,

Peggy Blackburn

Assistant Treasurer

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NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT

The Nominating Committee for 2011 is pleased to put the following names into nomi-nation. The candidates have all been consulted and have agreed to serve in the po-sitions offered.

President Sondra Quinn 1st Vice President Linda La Rue Brown 2d Vice President Arleen Cluff Treasurer Margaret Blackburn 1 Assistant Treasurer Beverly Metcalf 2 1 will complete Beverly Metcalf’s term 2 will complete Margaret Blackburn’s term The following officers will be continuing for another year. 3rd Vice President for Flower Show Kathleen Hawryluk Recording Secretary Ann Westerfield Corresponding Secretary Paula Braida The Nominating Committee for 2011 Lydia Galton, Chair

June Kroeschell and Deb Black, members

The Membership will vote on this slate at the April 4th meeting. The elected officers will be installed at the Annual Meeting.

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Garden Party

Monday – Wednesday , Set-up; Thursday, March 24, Judging and Preview Party

Friday, March 25, Open 9 -5

Saturday, March 26, Open 9-5

The Flower Show is almost here! Please be sure to refer to your schedule for times and dates and other pertinent information regarding the show. It takes all of us working together to make it a success. If you have misplaced your schedule, please visit our website to download a copy. Tell your friends about the show and be sure to mention that guests are welcome to spend the entire day visiting the gardens and the show or just relaxing because there are plenty of places to sit and en-

joy the day.

See you at the Flower Show!

HORTICULTURE TIPS

IDENTIFYING YOUR ENTRY

Anyone needing help in identifying their entries for the show should seek out help now. Please contact the consultants that

are listed in the Flower Show schedule for their help. Remember that all entries must be properly identified in order to be

entered in the show.

WHERE TO BRING ENTRIES

All entries are to be brought thru the back door of the Garden Club office. Please park in the Kapnick Center parking lot, and

we will have wagons available to transport your horticulture to the office. No entries are to be placed on the tables without

first being approved by someone on the horticulture committee. Please make sure you bring your completed entry cards with

you.

REMINDERS

Make sure to refresh or replace your horticulture, if necessary, on Friday and Saturday before the show starts.

NO horticulture entries can be removed from the show until closing on Saturday at 5PM. If you can stay to dismantle the

show, we’d appreciate your help!

Flower Show Preview Cocktail Party

Thursday March 24th, 5:30-7:30 pm,

Husbands and guests are invited, too...$25.00 a person

(includes one drink), hot and cold hors d’oeuvres

Cash bar–beer and wine, water and soft drinks available

RSVP to Peggy Coniglio

121 Bristol Lane, Naples FL, 34112

Questions call Peggy at 330-323-7703

Checks made out to Naples Garden Club By Peggy Coniglio for the NGC House tour

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Annual Meeting Luncheon Installation of Officers

Friday, April 15, 2011, at 11:30 AM Ridgway Grill, 1300 Third Street South

Price $34, check made out to Naples Garden Club

Please RSVP to Peggy Coniglio 121 Bristol Lane, Naples, FLorida 34112

DON'T FORGET !!!!!

WHITE ELEPHANT SALE ON APRIL 4TH AT THE GENERAL MEETING

CHANGE OF TIME: WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING AND SALE AT NOON...

GO THROUGH ALL OF YOUR TREASURES AND DONATE A FEW TO THE NAPLES GARDEN CLUB FOR OUR ANNUAL SALE.

AUDREY HENNESSEY IS COLLECTING DONATIONS AND HOLDING THEM IN HER GARAGE OR BRING THEM WITH YOU BEFORE NOON, PLEASE.

CALL AUDREY AT 239-403-7662 OR HENNER97@AOL.COM TO SCHEDULE A DROP-OFF TIME.

AUDREY HENNESSEY - CHAIRMAN

JEANNIE BOWEN

SHARON HILTONEN

Don’t Miss the last Design Workshop

of the year Design Workshop : "Spring is Here"

Monday, April 11, 2011 1 to 3PM Designers Choice. Choose your favorite design (line, line-mass, mass, etc) for a spot in your home. Bring all components: container, mechanics (pin holder or oasis), and plant material-line, focal (flowers) and filler. Contact Mary Pulick if you have questions (239) -455-9807 or marypulick@gmail.com)

Horticulture Workshop

There will be a tour of Marv Diamond's garden on

Monday, April 11th . The tour will run from 10AM until

12 noon. His garden is quite large for downtown

Naples and is a work in progress. Contact Barbara

Ricci 348-1604 or visit the

Horticulture table at our next general meeting.

February Meeting

Hospitality

Lin Sprigman,

Head Hostess

Cathy Miner

Pat Scoville

Deb Black

Gail Barry

Jean Mohr

Diane Hansard

Carol McMenamy

Raynelle Perkins

Linda Crescenzi

March Meeting

Carol Maus,

Head Hostess

Ethel Graham

Linda Heacock

Janet Donald

Cathy Miner

Candi Child

Patt Kingham

Pam McDonnell

Audrey Hennessey

Beth Bacon

June Gibbs

Kay Cain

Coming up in April

Roberta Ross,

Head Hostess

Dusti Beaubien

Leslie Branda

Diane Green

Sandy Dimeo

Willie Gorke

Susie Estabrook

Lou Kennedy

Dianna Donnelly

Egle Pedini

Louise Friedlander

Joan LaRudda

Pam McDonnell

Please email dkbien@aol.com with

the month you are available to

bring food for our next season,

which is November, 2011 thru

April, 2012.

We also need a Head Hostess for

each month and a flower de-

signer. Please consider helping out

so that we can continue this great

tradition.

Dusti Beaubien and Mary Raymond

Thanks to all of you!!

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MELINDA, BRIAN AND LIZ AT OUR IDEA GARDEN

LYDIA, GAIL, HARRY, WENDY AND JEAN ENJOYING THE NAPLES

GARDEN CLUB OPEN HOUSE AT OUR IDEA GARDEN AT NBG

Marie Bentz, Ellie Klingbiel, Pat

McNamara and Katie Ryan are new

Active Naples Garden Club members

that have recently completed their Pro-

visional activities.

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Summary of the Naples Garden Club Meeting

March 7, 2011

Delightful, witty, and charming are just some of the words that could be used to describe Amy Stewart, the award-winning and best-selling author who spoke at the Garden Club's March meeting. Ms. Stewart, whose lecture was entitled “Wicked Plants—The Deliciously Dark Side of the Plant Kingdom,” regaled the audience with tales of plants that maim and kill as well as plants that are strange, exotic, illicit, and immoral.

She noted that the public is often unaware of the dangers lurking nearby in the guise of a quietly growing plant. Dangerous plants can be found in public places such as near the Chicago Public Library or in a child's play yard in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Without realizing it, we often live near plants that can cause allergic reactions, paralysis, breathing problems, cancer, or even death. To educate people about these wicked plants, she showed pictures of The Poison Garden found in Northumberland, Eng-land, which is used to teach school children and others about some of these dangers.

Humorously, Ms. Stewart said that if people work with plants long enough they will “go over to the dark side.” She even has a portion of her California garden devoted to these “dark plants.” For her books, Ms. Stewart delights in finding stories of the effects of some of these wicked plants and the misfortune that they have caused. She related tales of strychnine being used by a serial killer, Socrates being killed with hemlock, vampires being victims of pellagra (a corn induced disease), and Abraham Lincoln's mother dying after drinking milk from cows that had been poisoned by ingesting white snake root. She told of ergot which grows as a fungus on grain, can infect bread made from the grain, and causes LSD-like symptoms. Some think that in 1691 in Salem, Massachusetts, girls eating this poisoned bread be-came crazy (sick with ergot poisoning) and were thought to be bewitched!

The most painful plant in the world, Ms. Stewart noted, is the Australian Giant Stinging Tree, but the world's most wicked plant is tobacco which has killed millions. She said that individuals should realize that “most of what is in the garden is not breakfast, not food.” We must be aware that some plants are illegal such as marijuana, poisonous such as caster bean, and dangerous to humans and pets, but as a writer, she delights in the deliciously dark side of the plant world. Provided by Jane Corbly

A design by Diane

Green that was in

the House and Gar-

den Tour.

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NAPLES GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS AND GUESTS TOUR OUR IDEA GARDEN AT NBG

Naples Garden Club, Inc.

4820 Bayshore Drive #101

Naples, FL 34112

239-262-1272

WWW.NaplesGardenClub.org

June Kroeschell, Editor