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Grapevine Convention Center

1209 S. Main Street

Grapevine, Texas 76051

Next meeting:

November 26, 2019

Craft bazaar 9-10 a.m.

Social 9:30 a.m.

Meeting and Program 10 a.m.

Craft bazaar 11 a.m.—12 p.m.

In this issue — Page

President’s Message 2

West Texas Street Workday 3

Gardeners on the Go 3

GGC Membership 4

Holiday Craft Bazaar 4

April Gardens on View 4

Butterfly Flutterby 5

Bird Habitat in Autumn 5

Caladiums 5, 8-9

GGC Holiday Luncheon 6

GGC Civic, workshops and bird sanctuary week 7

Member of

National Garden Clubs, Inc., South Central Region,

Texas Garden Clubs, Inc., District II,

and Garden Club Council of Ft. Worth

2011, 2014, 2015

THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE November 2019

Vines If you have limited horizontal space for plant material, choose something that grows vertically. Vines are the perfect vertical plants that will grow up against a fence, a wall, a trellis or on an arbor. Let’s take a look at annual and perennial, deciduous and evergreen vines that do well in north central Texas.

Steve Huddleston, Senior horticulturist at the FW Botanical Garden

Steve Huddleston is the senior horticulturist at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden where he helps manage the 110-acre garden. He gives a weekly report on Neil Sperry’s lawn and garden show on radio station WBAP and writes for Texas Living magazine. Steve is also president of Blooming Concepts, Inc., a landscape consultation, design and installation company, and co-author of the book Easy Gardens for North Central Texas. He holds a Bachelor of Science in horticulture from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Arts from the University of Arizona. Steve is married to Penny and they have three grown children and two grandsons. He enjoys gardening, physical fitness, studying German and involvement at his church.

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President’s Message Have you looked outside?! (Silly question!! You are gardeners!) It seems that in the last day or two the trees have dressed themselves in gorgeous autumn colors. It gives me a catch in my throat that has nothing to do with the head cold I brought home from Peru and the Amazon River Basin. (It was a wonderful trip, by the way, and if anyone has a week to spare, we will set up our slides for you to enjoy!! Ray Chancellor took thousands!) Last month in my President’s Message I addressed migration. With dwindling food supplies to our north, birds must adapt, migrate or die. The migrants who arrive in our area are exhausted, hungry and must compete with our year-round residents to survive. This month will address how we can enhance our backyard environments to make them a haven for these visitors. Don’t forget that birds need water! First, check out the list developed at our April 23rd GGC Forum, “Augmenting bird feeders with native plants…” http://grapevinegardenclub.org/learning. I will highlight the first suggestion in the Additional Information: Don't trim spent flowers (deadhead) until January. Leave for birds. Right now, though, as hungry migrants arrive, we need to make sure our bird feeders contain what they need. Most backyard visitors fall into two categories: suet or seed eaters. Birds who eat suet are often those who eat insects when insects are active in our yards. Virtually all winter birds will utilize suet at some point—as a high energy food. As you shop for suet feeders, look for those that may contain perches at the bottom for smaller insect eaters. Seed eaters fall into several categories: the larger species enjoy larger seeds, such as sunflower seeds. Be sure to shop for black oil sunflower seeds. Although they are a bit more expensive, they include nutrients the less expensive varieties do not have. Our most abundant winter birds (goldfinches and pine siskins) need thistle seed. (Niger is the kind we look for.) Feeders themselves come in a huge variety of sizes. The majority of birds are ground feeders. All you need to do is to throw a handful of mixed birdseed on the ground or patio. The mixture needs to contain mostly millet and as little milo as possible. Looking at our calendar of GGC events, it looks busy but wonderful! Don’t forget to register for our Holiday Luncheon on December 10th at the Lancaster Theatre in downtown Grapevine. We have a true musical treat in store for us! Our program for the general November meeting brings back a long-time friend to gardeners in north central Texas—Steve Huddleston, Senior Horticulturalist at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.

Before and after this meeting, you will have a chance to shop for homemade gifts at our Craft Bazaar as well as to purchase a copy of Steve’s book, Easy Gardens for North Central Texas—a “must have” for every gardener who lives among us. Lots to look forward to! See you soon.

Dinah Chancellor

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Our Spookie West Texas Street Workday

Tuesday, October 29th

We thought it was going to be a horrible day to work outside, but it was just yucky. It was in the 40’s, cloudy

and sometimes it was misty, but we are a tough group! We weeded, planted pansies and spread mulch. No, we

didn’t have to water everything in because about 2:00 the bottom fell out of the clouds and all was good. Ten of

us went up to Jakes and had lunch and hot coffee. Hip hip hooray. All in all we decided it really wasn’t that bad

and that it could have been a whole lot worse.

I want to shout out a very big Thank You to Peggy Harris for giving us a great talk about how to take care of our

iris, and this is the time of year to do it. In spite of the nasty weather, we broke up into 2 smaller groups, found

out the important steps to take, and just how to do it.

Thanks, Peggy!

The Committee appreciated all that were able to make it to the work day: Peggy Harris, Susan Boelens, Linda Bloodworth (Peggy’s sister), Debbie Boyle, Angelia Ozymy, Susan Sporl, Greg Braak, Pam Braak, Babs Sidorowitcz, LaJune McCrea, Beverly Gill, Terry Curcio, Kris Botterman, Candace Kyler, Sheri Jones and Robin Pond. A special thanks to Bruce Herndon and Joe Krimm for taking the time to work to remove a very sad looking Abelia shrub, clear out the big flowerbed and plant two new Edward Goucher Abelias. Their extra effort was greatly appreciated. Photo:

Peggy Harris instructing club members on iris care.

Suzi Guckel, Chairperson, West Texas Street Project

Committee Members: Irene Binyon, Laurie Evans, Bruce Herndon, Joe Krimm, Lefty Mitchell

and Paula Wilbanks

Gardeners on the Go To get in the Christmas spirit, Gardeners on the Go will be visiting Blooming Colors Nursery in Grapevine on Wednes-day, December 4th. While there, we will each create a large Christmas spray of live greenery to hang on our wall or front door. Blooming Colors will provide everything needed to bind the spray together and ribbons and pinecones for decora-tion. The cost is $15. We will also be given a 20% discount on any purchase we make that day.

Because this workshop is so popular, Blooming Colors has agreed to have two workshops . One will be from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., the other will be from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Before or after the class, we will go to Café Italia in Grapevine for lunch.

If you have any questions, pleases contact me. (Page A-43 of the yearbook)

Liz Lovett, Gardeners on the Go Chairperson

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Please refer to GGC’s website for full calendar of club events.

http://grapevinegardenclub.org/calendar

Membership

We welcomed a total of 113 people to our October meeting with 7 visitors. There are 4 new members that have joined since our last newsletter. Please welcome our newest members:

Bethany Goerdel Tom Hardy Marsha Jacobs Mary Jacobs We now have a total of 264 members! (150 Individual Memberships and 56 Family Memberships)

Susan Holley, Membership Chairperson

Ways and Means

Holiday Craft Bazaar

This year’s Craft Bazaar will be very exciting. We have twelve vendors that have signed up, displaying

some wonderful crafts that the vendors have made themselves.

These include birdhouses made out of wine corks, potted bulbs and succulents, baby bibs, small cosmetic

bags, glass cases, magnets, cards and prints, woven scarves, sewn tea towels, preserves and jellies, copper

and wood enameled items, wall art, clockworks, knitted bags, brooches, tea cozies and natural stone

jewelry.

We are expecting some really exceptional gifts for members to buy for the holiday season. Note that most

vendors will not be able to process credit cards, but they will accept cash or checks.

Members will be able to shop before the general meeting from 9 to 10 a.m. and after the meeting from 11

a.m. to 12 noon.

Alexandra Evans. Chairperson Ways and Means

April Gardens Tour Extravaganza We have several wonderful gardens/yards already nominated and we’d love to have more. Please nominate yours or a friend’s garden by November 27th. We will select the gardens/yards for the Grand Tour on the basis of variety, location and special features. This is a fan-tastic opportunity to share the results of all your hard work with the rest of us! Email a de-scription of your garden or yard to us for consideration.

Jacqueline Weilmuenster, 1st Vice President, Programs (Page A-79 of the yearbook)

And Krystyna Plut, Chair, Gardens on View (A-60 of the yearbook)

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Butterfly Flutterby Again Exceeds Expectations!

Butterfly Flutterby was a fun and educational event for GGC members, families, friends, grandparents and the community. A big THANK YOU goes to the 80+ Garden Club members who volunteered over 700 hours. The number of members and volunteer hour is an outstanding example of how well our Club comes together to participate in this wonderful community event.

And we want to especially thank Trace Worthy, Luke Wolford and the other Grapevine Convention and Visitor Bureau and Park and Recreation staff for their help and support.

The Club sponsored a sales booth with educational materials, flowers, caterpillars, bug eyes and other fun items to buy. We also sponsored an Art Contest, Passport Table, Science and Plant Table, made lots of wonderful crafts, checked in volunteers and served as Festival Ambassadors.

Overall the BFFB was a huge success for everyone.

Cindy Miller and Harriet Perrello, BFFB Co-chairs

What do birds need in autumn? Food, water and shelter.

Chancellor garden in autumn.

Caladiums Caladiums Caladiums

Just in time for Gift giving! What a wonderful gift to your Gardening friends and family to have

Caladium bulbs brought to them in late spring. Help your significant the perfect gift for you! Attached

in this newsletter you will find the Caladiums being offered this year. Remember buying this gift gives

twice, once for the gift recipient and second for GGC. We have changed vendors to one that can

guarantee #1 bulbs this year. Please print off the order form and bring it to November’s meeting with a

check or mail check and order form to me. (Page A-9 of the yearbook.)

Mary Lou Brieger, Bulbs Chairperson

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Announcing the details of the Grapevine Garden Club

Holiday Luncheon

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Lancaster Theater—300 South Main—Grapevine

Sign up at the November meeting or on-line at the GGC website!

You can also sign up by calling or emailing Robin Pond (Page A-60 of the yearbook)

10:30 – Social

11:00 – Lunch

11:30 – Musical Entertainment

12:00 – Short business meeting and door prizes

Catering by SCRATCH and serving:

Harvest Salad – Spring mix, green apple, cranberries, toasted walnuts, blue cheese Creamy Tuscan Chicken – Grilled breast of chicken, topped with a creamy garlic parmesan sauce with sautéed spinach and sun-dried tomatoes Garlic Mashed Potatoes – Fresh mashed potatoes with butter, sour cream and garlic Oven Roasted Vegetables – Fresh Green Beans, broccoli, asparagus, sweet peppers, carrots and mushrooms, seasoned and grilled over hickory. OR Harvest Salad – Spring mix, green apple, cranberries, toasted walnuts, blue cheese Stuffed Bell Peppers – (VEGAN) Mexican rice, black beans, corn, onion, topped with cilantro and avocado. Mexican Street Corn

Iced Tea or Water and Christmas Cake for dessert

$31.00 per person

Holiday Entertainment Provided by

The Vanderveer Brothers

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GGC Winter 2019-2020

Civic / Community / Workshop / Bird Sanctuary Week

Sign-up at the GGC November General Meeting

Wall-Farrar Adopt-An-Area – Trail Tidy-up

Location Wall-Farrar Nature Trail Grapevine. Karen Rice Coordinator. Parking is allowed courtesy of Church at the Cross at 3000 William D Tate Ave, Grapevine, Texas 76051. January 27, 2020 – 9 a.m. March 23, 2020 – 9 a.m.

Bird Sanctuary Week January 19th to the 25th, 2020:

January 22, 2020 Backyard Birding 101 Learn about identifying birds common to our area with Karen Rice. 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Location Bessie Mitchell House; Co-sponsored by PARD and open to the public.

January 25, 2020 Raptors of North Texas presented by Blackland Prairie Raptor Center 2 – 3 p.m. Grapevine Library. Co-sponsored by GGC and the Grapevine Library. Open to the public.

January 19-24, 2020 Birding Hike with Ray Chancellor – Date and location to be announced depending on the current weather conditions. 8:30 a.m. start

GGC Workshops:

January 28, 2020 - Pruning – Nick Esthus FWBG will demonstrate proper pruning techniques with a focus on aesthetics. Location Grapevine Botanical Garden Edith Pewitt Education Pavilion 12 noon – 1:00 p.m.

February 27, 2020 Leap into Cooking with Herbs for Spring – Lindle O’Neil shares masterful ways to use herbs in cooking – Location Grapevine Botanical Garden Bessie Mitchell house 10 -11 a.m.

March 26, 2020 Container Garden Workshop – Learn about container gardening and create one to take home with Karen Rice. Materials fee required. Location Parr Park Pavilion 10 – 11:30 a.m.

Karen Rice, Community/Civic Chairperson

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GGC Members 2019 Caladium Bulb Order Form

Caladium Bulbs for spring planting and summer color. Bulbs are guaranteed #1 size.

The cost will be $6.50 per bag of 10, (exception is $8.50 per bag of 10 for Miss Muffett). Minimum order 1 bag. Please make your check out to GGC.

Questions: Mary Lou Brieger (Page A-9 of the yearbook) Turn in this completed order form with payment attached no later than February 1, 2020 at meetings, or mail to Mary Lou. Bulbs will be available for pick-up the first of April at Mary Lou`s house. Red Flash (Dark red central veins with pink spots and Bag Quantity ___________ dark green margins, partial sun, tall, bushy, upright) Carolyn Whorton (Medium toned pink blotches with red veins Bag Quantity ___________ and green mottling, sun, tall, large leaves, upright and strong) Fire Chief (Bright red center with medium green margin, Bag Quantity ____________ Semi-shade, medium height, bushy with medium size leaves) Pink Illusion (white leaves with green veins, dappled Bag Quantity ____________ with bright pink, shade, medium tall) Moonlight (lightest white with delicate green veins Bag Quantity ____________ and border, medium upright, sun) Tapestry (Large ruffled leaves have deep red veins and are Bag Quantity ____________ splashed with pink, tolerates sun, tall with medium number of leaves) Aaron (Large white center with white veins and narrow green margin, Bag Quantity ____________ Tall with few leaves, good in sun) Miss Muffett (Chartreuse with varying red and white veins with red Bag Quantity____________ spots, compact and low growing/bushy, semi-shade) ($8.50 each) NAME __________________________________ PHONE: ___________________ E-mail ______________________________________________________________ Total # of bags @ $6.50 each________ Sub- Total $_______________ Total # of bags at $8.50 each _______ Sub- Total $_______________ Check attached, made out to Grapevine Garden Club Total $________________ NOTE: You may request through Mary Lou a different variety of caladiums, other than the above listed types, if you are ordering a case (200 bulbs), or a half case (100 bulbs), subject to availability from GGC supplier (www.FloridaBoysCaladiums.com).