Remember and plan for our May 5, 2012 plant sale! Natalie asks that you please
propagate plants and contact her if you need pots or if they have extras to donate.
Please RSVP with the hostesses so they can have enough of everything for you.
New Meeting Locations: We will no longer be meeting at Fresh Choice because
another group has booked the room for the year. Watch this newsletter for the
meeting locations. We have booked the Willow Glen Community Center for
February, October, November, and January.
Opportunities for members with PCs, Macs, and telephones:
Stephanie confirmed that the newsletter editors can use either PCs or Macs. The
earlier you volunteer, the more Stephanie can help you get started.
1) Yearbook Editor: Stephanie has been doing a great job on our newsletter and
yearbook for quite a few years. She will not do the Yearbook next year. We need
one or two ladies to work on the yearbook, which only comes out once a year
(every August). This is an important job because everyone likes a hardcopy of
this.
Yearbook Editor Job Description: The job of the Yearbook Editor is to create, edit
and publish the annual yearbook. This publication will contain: lists of current
officers and chairpersons, the President’s message, all appropriate membership
information, club projects, contributions, the membership roster, monthly
meetings calendar; the bylaws, and the list of officers and their duties. The Editor
will also update changes to the previous year’s information. Copies will be
distributed to members as well as district and state offices.
2) Phone Contact: We need one lady to call the three ladies without email when
urgent messages (e.g. change of location) are sent out via Yahoo.
3) Club Shirts and Aprons: Is anyone interested in handling orders for shirts and
aprons? There seemed to be a lot of interest. We can provide the info from the last
order.
4) Garden Visit Photos: Please send garden photographs to Katie for the March
program.
Are you a new member? Please contact Carol W to sign up to be one of 3-4
hostesses for the upcoming meetings. It’s a great way to meet people. Look
through the future meetings listed in the yearbook and sign up
for one. We really want to make you feel like you are a part of our
club.
Get discounts with your CGCI membership card
See which nurseries offer discounts with the cards:
http://Californiagardenclubs.com/content/discounts
The San Jose Garden Club members unanimously approved donations of
$1,000.00 each to the following organizations:
• La Mesa Verde (The Green Table) is a newly established community program dedicated to
building organic vegetable gardens at the homes of low-income families in Santa Clara
County. The Master Gardener program is collaborating with the Health Trust and Sacred
Heart Community Services to support this exciting, ground-breaking project.
• Veggielution Community Farm is an alternative model to the community garden concept. It
started with 1/3 acre at Emma Prusch Park in 2008. This model depends on large groups of
volunteers to come during the weekly workdays. The community puts in work and takes
home produce for free. This opens up this prime urban agricultural land to everyone in the
area, giving the community access to fresh organic produce that they grew themselves,
even if they live in an apartment or don't know how to grow at home yet. Land use
increased to an acre in 2008 and to as much as 6 acres last year.
