Education:

President, Karen Long, opened the meeting and asked the new Master Gardener Class to introduce themselves. They were given a warm welcome by all present. Claire Loeffelman introduced the evening’s educational speaker, Liberty Gibson, who shared a presentation on Japanese Gardens. She explained that Japanese Gardens emphasize the natural and avoided the trite and obvious. There are four elements in the gardens: rocks & stones, water, fences & gates, and plant material. Different styles included: tea gardens, dry gardens, stroll gardens, and courtyards. Despite the simplistic appearance, Japanese gardens take a tremendous amount of care and maintenance. Slides showed examples of beautiful Japanese gardens; and the material was both informational and enjoyable.

Secretary:

Minutes of the May meeting were approved.

Treasurer:

Becky gave the Treasurer’s Report. Income for the month was $670 (Adopt-a-Pot, Cookbooks, and the Tour of Gardens). Expenses totaled $662.95 (Adopt-a-Pot, Garden Party, and the Tour of Gardens).

Timekeeper:

Timekeepers Mary Ann and Amber Haynes were not present.

Old Business:

McCloud Park:

Jerome Shapiro was not present at the meeting. The comment was made that in additional to weeding, mulch was put down at the last work session.

Garden Tour:

Miriam Carson asked that ticket money be turned in to Becky Rowe. The pre-tour will be Saturday, July 9, 1 -5 pm. Please meet at the Ag Center at 12:45 pm. All sites look very well prepared. Miriam recognized the garden chairs. A request was made to all master gardeners to bring their unique containers to the Ag Center on pre-tour today to be included in the presentation on container gardening.

Garden Party/Plant Sale:

Kathy Altizer reminded everyone to begin potting up his or her plants for the sale. Containers and potting soil are available at her home. We are still looking for a vendor to sell mums at the event. The committee is working on publicity at this time. The posters from the Tour of Gardens will be reused (information for the Garden Party is on the backside so they simply need to be turned around). Patsy Bushdorf requested that invasive plants not be brought to the sale and to avoid “ditch day lilies”.

Adopt-A-Pot

The comment was made that the merchants are responsible for watering the pots. The weather has been very dry and some of the pots are suffering.

Historical Society

Barb Ramm reported that with the help of “4-H”ers the group dug out bulbs at the site. A thank you note from the Historical Society was received.

Puppet Show:

Jill Ricker is in need of someone to assist with the puppet presentation during the Tour of Gardens.

Legacy Garden:

According to George McVey the mulch will be available this week. Volunteers will be needed to spread bulk mulch. Again, with the dry weather, watering is an issue. A key has been placed outside to access water at the Ag Center. Arrangements will be made to set up a rotational schedule for waterers.

Field Trip

Mary McDonald passed out information for a road trip to Rothschild Farm on Wednesday, July 20. Please RSVP to Mary by July 13 (614-873-3558) or mcbumper@netzero.net.

Leaping Frog Award:

Despite questionable health, the frog obviously enjoyed the time spent in Marsha Kiss’ Garden, apparently making “friends” with another frog on site. The next thing Marsha knew, she had 13 baby “frogettes”. These were presented to the new Master Gardener Class of 2005. In a drawing for the actual Mother Frog, Nancy Wells won the honor.

Coordinator’s Report

George distributed a handout on the Licking County garden tour, which will be held Sunday, June 26. A representative from Progressive Farmer Magazine expressed interest in our Union County. A discussion was held regarding the project for the MRDD fourth street home. George explained that they are interested in window boxes containing flowers and herbs that would provide sensory stimulation for the students on site. Harvey Goertz moved that we take on this project and Kathy Altizer seconded. The motion was approved. George will organize volunteers. Another project mentioned was revising the newsletter. A suggestion was made to have each committee chair submit a written update for the newsletter. After some discussion, the project was tabled for now with the comment that it would be an excellent winter project after we complete the Tour of Gardens and the Garden Party Projects. Photographs from the 2004 Contest are on display at the Ag Center. Timekeepers, MaryAnn and Amber Haynes have expressed their desire to step down. Anyone interested in volunteering, please contact George.

Members in attendance:

Molly Black	Claire Loeffelman
Audrey Hall	Jane Payne
Sharon Wade	Kim Main
Karen Mikols	Barb Ramm
Nancy Wells	Harvey Goertz
Marcia Lee	Meg Cryder
Dilu Juvarkar	Barb Matteson
Jill Ricker	Becky Rowe
Karen Long	Sheila Sands
Carolyn Gibeaut	Marsha Kiss
Miriam Carson	Donna Grimes
Barb Jackson	Kathy Altizer
Ian Pasco	Mary Colatrella
Patsy Bushdorf	Susan Pasco
George McVey	Mary McDonald
Chris Burnard	Al Burnard
John Cheroki	Dean Shipley
John Walkup	Millie Pace
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