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SPADE
& TROWEL
CIRCLE
NEWS & ACTIVITIES
PRESIDENT - GAIL HOLDER
OFFICERS
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President |
Gail Holder |
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Vice President |
Cathy Thirlwell |
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Recording Secretary |
Carol Scott |
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Corresponding Secretary |
Jean Mead |
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Treasurer |
Lyn Davidson |
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Governing Board Representatives |
Phyllis Bourdon & Linda Williams |
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
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Awards
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Nihla Trosset |
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Birds, Butterflies &
Conservation |
Joan Laughter |
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Chaplain |
Pat Wareham |
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Civic Concerns
& Environment |
Evelyn Fraley |
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Flower Show |
Linda Williams |
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Horticulture & Garden Therapy |
Betty Adamson |
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Hospitality |
Ann Hartnett |
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House &
Grounds |
Louisa Kupper |
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Membership |
Madge Trick |
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Nominating Committee |
Phyllis Bourdon, Scootie Goodings &
Mae Jenkins |
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Parliamentarian |
Shirl Phillips |
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Publicity & Scrapbook |
Marilyn Barnini |
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Sunshine |
Lorrie Pelosi |
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Telephone |
Fran Huntress |
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Trees |
Debi Sage |
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Ways & Means |
Pat Lopez &
Margaret Cornell |
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Web Reporter |
Shirl Phillips |
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World Gardening |
Louisa Kupper
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MEETINGS & PROGRAMS
MEETINGS ARE HELD THE THIRD
WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH
AT 9:30 A.M. AT THE HOME OF A
MEMBER OR OTHER LOCATION LISTED BY DATE.
THE FIRST PERSON LISTED AS "HOSTESS" IS THE
CHAIRPERSON
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Sep 16,2009 |
" Florida
Wildlife Sanctuary"
, by Sue Small , at - Lyn Thornewell's Club House
Hostesses: Phyllis Bourdon, Pat Lopez, Betty Adamson & Cathy
Thirlwell |
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Oct 21. 2009 |
"Flower Design"
by Gloria Blake
Hostesses: Scootie Gettings, Marguerite Whiting,
Cece Ford & Joan Laughter |
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Nov
18, 2009 |
"Home Tour Planning and Craft Pre-sale
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at -
Garden Center - Opening Meeting
Hostesses:
Ann Hartnett, Mary Jane Raleigh, Marilyn Barnini, Lyn
Davidson & Lorrie Pelosi |
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Dec 5, 2009 |
2009 - Christmas Home Tour (Fund Raiser) |
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Dec
16, 2009 |
Christmas Luncheon,
at - Gail Holder's Home
Hostesses: Pat Wareham, Shirl Phillips, Nihla
Trosset, Madge Trick & Evelyn Fraley |
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Jan 20, 2010 |
"Proper Pruning"
at Rockledge Gardens
Hostesses: Fran Huntress, Joan Andersen, Arline Mason,
& Pat Mastropaolo |
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Feb 17, 2010 |
" Lovely
Landscaping" ,
by Susan Hall, - at - Margret Cornell's Home
Hostesses: Linda Williams, Sandy Francher, Sybil Fleckinger,
& Marion Jordan |
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Mar
17, 2010 |
"Crime
Prevention",
by Mark Rutledge, - at- Mary Jane Raleigh's Home
Hostesses: Debi Sage, Barbara Costello, Mae Jenkins &
Louise Kupper |
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Apr
21, 2010 |
Field
Trip
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Florida Tech Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, FL |
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May 19,
2010 |
Spring
Luncheon,
at: - Jimmie's Restaurant, Rockledge, FL
Hostesses: Hospitality Committee
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ACTIVITIES
SPADE & TROWEL - MARCH 17, 2010 MEETING
Many of
the members were in green attire for Spade & Trowel’s St.
Patrick’s Day meeting . It was held at the beautiful home of
Margret Cornell. President Gail Holder asked Sandy Fancher to
open the meeting with a pray. Gail then welcomed our guests,
Sally Williams, Phyllis’s sister-in-law and Merryl Black ,
Cathy’s neighbor.
Betty
Adamson gave her horticulture report on “everything green”.
Betty’s primary topic was on the care and use of the Ming Fern.
This fern is drought tolerant, pest free and needs indirect sun
in the summer. The Ming Fern is a nice added touch to any floral
arrangement.
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Pictured: Betty Adamson
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Our
speaker was Mark Rutledge from Metro Crime Prevention of
Florida. Mark informed us that there are 32 known gangs in the
Brevard County area and that Florida has four of the top ten
crime per capita cities in the United States. Miami and Tampa
are the top two with Orlando and Jacksonville in the top ten.
Mark stressed to always be aware of your surroundings.
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Pictured: Mark
Rutledge & Cathy Thirlwell
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Hostesses for the March luncheon were, Barbara Costello, Louisa
Kupper, Marion Jordan, Margret Cornell and Debi Sage. The food
was delicious and Margret had the tables decorated with a
variety of colorful spring flowers. Thanks ladies for a very
enjoyable luncheon.
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Pictured: Barbara Costello, Louisa Kupper, Marion Jordan, Margret Cornell
& Debi Sage |
Pictured below are a few of our Spade & Trowel ladies enjoying
their St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon.
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Pictured: Lyn Davidson,
Ann Hartnett, & Fran Huntress
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April
21st will be Spade & Trowels Field Trip to Florida Tech
Botanical Gardens. This field trip promises to be a beautiful
and informative experience.
Don’t’ forget Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club has two big events
coming up: The Flower Show on March 26th and 27th and the Wine
Tasting Fundraiser on April 10.
Shirl Phillips, Reporter
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SPADE & TROWEL - FEBRUARY 17, 2010 MEETING
Spade &
Trowel held their February 2010 meeting at the spacious home of
Mary Jane Raleigh. Hostess chairman for the luncheon was Linda
Williams.
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Hostesses from left
to right: Debi Sage, Mary Jane Raleigh,
Linda Williams,
Sandy Fancher and Martha Chambers.
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Chaplain Pat Wareham read an inspiring message followed by a
prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Betty
Adamson showed us three beautiful blooming Kalanchoes. The plant
is salt tolerant and resistant to most insects. The Kalanchoe is
also fairly tolerant to the cold, which is really a plus after
our cold winter this year. Betty explained there are about 120
different varieties of this plant and they are a member of the
jade family.
Our
guest speaker was Susan Hall, a graduate of Perdue University
with a degree in Landscape Architecture. Susan showed numerous
slides of Roman, French, Italian and English Garden Designs
dating back to the 17th and 18th century, along with beautiful
American Garden Designs of the 19th century. Among Susan's many
accomplishments is designing the landscaping at the Ritz Carlton
Hotel on the ocean in Key Biscayne. Susan’s favorite saying is,
“My green thumb came as a result of the mistakes I made while
learning to see things from a plants point of view”.
President Gail Holder closed the meeting by reminding members of
the Flower Show on March 26th and 27th and the Cocoa-Rockledge
Garden Club Wine Tasting Fundraiser on April 10th.
Marilyn
Barnini is having back surgery on Monday the 22nd of February.
Please keep her in your prayers!
Next
Spade & Trowel meeting will be on March 17th at Margret
Cornell’s home. Cathy has arranged for an interesting program on
Crime Prevention. See you there!
Shirl Phillip, Reporter
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SPADE & TROWEL - JANUARY 20, 2010 MEETING
Spade & Trowel held their first
meeting and luncheon of 2010 at Rockledge Gardens
President Gail Holder opened the
meeting with a prayer offered by Sandy Fancher followed by the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. Gail welcomed six associate members
that were there, and expressed to them how nice it is to have them attend our
functions.
Betty Adamson, our Horticulture and
Garden Therapy Chairman, gave a report on the different types of Christmas
Cactus and their care and maintenance. Betty’s report was very informative and
answered many questions that the members had about the proper location for the
plant and when to fertilize and when not to. Betty stressed that if the plant is
happy where it is leave it there.
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Pictured is Betty with her Christmas Cactus.
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We were entertained be our guest
speaker Greg Barham from Rockledge Gardens. Gregs subject was on “Proper
Pruning”, this program could not have come at a better time after many days of
freezing temperatures in Brevard County. Greg is certainly an expert on the
subject of proper pruning and explained when to prune our damaged plants and how
far down to prune specific plants and trees. Thanks to Cathy Thirlwell for
making the arrangements for Greg to speak to us, he was great!!
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Pictured are Greg and Cathy with some of his frost damaged
plants.
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Spade & Trowel Ladies responsible
for our January luncheon are pictured below: Arline Mason, Martha Chambers, Joan
Andersen and Fran Huntress. Thanks ladies everything was delicious and the
dessert was as Phyllis would say worth every bit of the calories.
Pictured below are some of the S & T
ladies enjoying the luncheon of soup, sandwich and dessert and admiring the
beautiful pink Camellias in the center of the tables. These beautiful pink
camellias came from Fran’s yard.
After an enjoyable and informative meeting and a great lunch,
some of the Spade & Trowel ladies are enjoying a stroll through Rockledge
Gardens.
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Betty Fontana, Ann Hartnett, Mary Jane Raleigh, Lyn Thornwell,
Marge Shearer and Ruth Ganter
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Hope to see all of you at Mary Jane
Raleigh's home on February 17th. The program is “Lovely
Landscaping” presented by the
talented Susan Hall.
Shirl Phillips, Reporter
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