Osewantha Garden Club
OFFICERS 2009-2010
Martha Maguire.......President
Evelyn Reynolds.............Vice President
Shirley Merritt........Recording Secretary
Kathy Curry...........Treasurer
PROJECTS:
(New Projects) GCFM "Making a Difference"
NGC "The World Around Us: Love It-Beautify It- Protect It"
New/Continuing Projects:
1. Accent on Horticulture. Container gardening for fall, yardscaping, PP pgm of Cynthia Hosmer's garden, annual meetings.
2. Let's Learn Design. Harvest supper "Holiday Designs" program, Christmas arrangements for Preble St Resource Center, designs using supermarket flowers
3. Spring Point Shoreway and Old Settlers' Cemetery. Maintenance of perennial flowerbeds and cemetery plantings.
4. South Portland Public Library/South Portland Community Center. Provide seasonal arrangements.
5. GCFM Scholarship. Donation.
6. GCFM The Gardeners Voice. Donation.
7. Annual Plant Sale.
Osewantha members during tour of Plainview Farms in North Yarmouth in September 2007
Osewantha Garden club was organized in South Portland on September 28, 1934 and joined the Garden Club Federation of Maine on April 29, 1936. Current membership is 32 members from South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Gorham and Falmouth.
Osewantha generally meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 1:00 P.M. at the South Portland Community Center. Business meetings are followed by programs covering Horticulture, floral design, environmental and other issues of interest to gardeners.
A newsletter is mailed to members in August and January highlighting activities of the club, the Stroudwater District and the GCFM.
Contact: Osewantha Garden Club welcomes new members. Dues are $12.00 per year. For information, call Lois Willis at 207-749-5343.
MEETINGS:
14 October,2009: 1p.m.~ South Portland Community Center. "Yardscaping for a Healthy Maine" - James Fitch
11 November, 2009 5:15, Guptill Hall. ~Business meeting & Harvest Supper 9 December 9 a.m Greens Party South Portland Community Center
January 2009 ~ NO OSEWANTHA MEETINGS OR PROGRAMS
17 Feb, 2010 ~ 1:00 pm business meeting, South Portland Community Center. 2:00 p.m.Cynthia Hosmer's Powerpoint Presentation of her garden
17 March, 2010 ~ 1:00 p.m. business meeting, South Portland Community Center, South Portland. 2:00 pm Members to create their own arrangements using supermarket flowers.
14 April 2010 ~ 1:00 pm business meeting, South Portland Community Center. 2:00 Preparations for hosting the Stroudwater District Annual Meeting
28 April, 2010 ~ Stroudwater District Annual Meeting at Keeley the Katerer, Portland. Hosted by Osewantha Garden Club.
May 5, 2010 ~ 11:00 am Osewantha Garden Club Annual Meeting, The Good Table Restaurant, 527 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME.
12:15 lunch, 1:15 Hort Pgm by Nancy Atwell, GCFM Past President, GCFM Flower Show Judge, Master Gardener and member, Cape Elizabeth Garden Club.
June 2010 ~ Osewantha Annual Plant Sale, Shoppers True Value Hardware, Millcreek
June 8-10, 2010 ~ GCFM 79th Annual Convention, Meadowmere Resort, Ogunquit, Maine. Hosted by the Piscataqua District.
