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WELCOME THE NEW NEVADA GARDEN CLUBS , INC . PRESIDENT

CALENDAR OF NGCI EVENTS

FLOWER SHOW SCHOOL COURSE II - 9/25 - 9/27/19

FALL CONFERENCE - 10/5/19

STATE FALL FLOWER SHOW - 11/2 - 11/3/19

SILVER STATE GARDENER SILVER STATE GARDENER

The newsle tter o f the Nevada Garden Clubs, Inc .*

June 30, 2019

Vicki Yuen, Award Winning Editor

It takes two! Yes, a staff of two to replace

Vicki Yuen, the recent editor of the SSG

newsletter. Rosalind (Ros) Cline and I are the

new co-editors and will strive to maintain

the standard of quality set by Vicki over the

years. She is now the new editor of the

WACONIAH, the Pacific Region Garden

Clubs newsletter. Many thanks to her for her

contributions and continued dedication to

the Nevada Garden Clubs, Inc. community.

Michele Noe, SSG Co-editor

I NTRODUCING THE NEW CO-EDITORS OF THE SILVER STATE GARDENER

Judy Stebbins was installed as the new

NGCI President at the Spring Annual Meeting

June 1st. Judy is a member of the Las Vegas

Flower Arrangers' Guild and the treasurer of

the group. See her message on page 5.

Nancy Lee Loesch the outgoing president

of the Nevada Garden Clubs. Her hard

work during her term was valued and

rewarded with a standing ovation. Thank

you Nancy Lee for your faithful service

to our clubs. Your continued membership

with the Sunset Garden Club and as a Rose

Garden Care Coordinator Chair is appreciated.

AND A FAREWELL TO . . .

Inside this issue

Affliliations 2

Nevada Garden Clubs 3

2019-2021 Board Members 4

President's Message 5

Desert Gardeners 6

Sunset Garden Club 7

Publicity 8

Cactus & Succulents 9

Seedlings - Q&A Section 10

Dahlia 11

Rose Garden Club 12

Youth 13

PRGC - NGCI 14

Awards 15

Flower Show School - II 16-17

GEM 18

*Distributed Electronically to Club Presidents and Officers to share with 200+ NV Garden Club members.

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SILVER STATE GARDENER

NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND STATE OFFICERS

NATIONAL GARDEN CLUBS, INC.

gardenclub.org

President - Gay L. Austin

"Plant America"

PACIFIC REGION GARDEN CLUBS, INC.

pacificregiongardenclubs.org

Director - Robin Pokorski

"Reconnect to Your Pacific Region"

NEVADA GARDEN CLUBS, INC.

nevadagardenclubs.org

facebook.com/nevadagardenclub

President - Judy Stebbins

“Make a Difference Whenever, Wherever

and

However You Can – in your Garden Club,

in your Community and in Yourself”

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New Nevada Garden Clubs Board 2019-2021 after unusual and fun "Bird" installation ceremony performed by

National Garden Clubs President Gay L. Austin.

L to R :Nancy Bovill, Gay, Larri Tarver, Jean Engelmann, Judy Stebbins, Dorlene Waite, Beverly Noyer, Nancy Lee Loesch

Judy Stebbins

Installation of Officers by Gay L. Austin

It is my privilege today to install the officers for the Nevada Garden Clubs, Inc. for the upcoming 2019-2021 administration. To those who are the current officers, thank you for the leadership that you have provided to your club. The members who have accepted the board positions have a tremendous responsibility of continuing the efforts of their predecessors in promoting fellowship, friendship and support in the many areas of this club. Each position is so unique and special in the leadership and future of your club, so today I’m including a collection of Audubon birds to highlight the differences. Immediate Past-President - Nancy Lee Loesch - Bald Eagle, a regal bird that is the national emblem of the United States since 1782 and a spiritual symbol for native people for far longer than that. Just as the Bald Eagle perches high for all to see and swoops down in awesome display, the Immediate Past-President will swoop in to aid the club as an advisor. Treasurer – Dorlene Waite - Black-Capped Chickadee, known for its curiosity for just about everything, has a habit of investigating people and everything else in its home territory. This bird is known for hiding seeds and other food items to eat later, with each item being placed in a different spot. Just as the chickadee can remember thousands of its hiding spots, so too can our Treasurer as she watches over the accounts and books of our club with a close eye always helping the membership spend our money wisely. Corresponding Secretary – Jean Engelmann - Northern Cardinal - is a mid-size songbird and with its perfect combination of familiarity, conspicuousness, and style, the cardinal is breathtakingly beautiful. As it is often said that if a cardinal is spotted in your yard, it’s a visitor from heaven, our Corresponding Secretary makes sure our members know we are thinking of them during tragedy and also during happy times. She will also be tasked with all correspondence with other clubs and organizations making sure our club stays gracious and thoughtful. Recording Secretary – Nancy Bovill - Mockingbird is known to sing almost endlessly, even sometimes at night, and is most well-known for mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession. Our club has its own version of the mockingbird in our Recording Secretary who will work diligently in recording our meetings and keeping the records and minutes of our club in perfect order. Second Vice-President – Beverly Noyer - Blue Jay is a common, large songbird familiar to most people. They are known for their intelligence and complex social systems with tight family bonds. Like the Blue Jay, your Second Vice-President has a strong connection with our family of garden club members and will work tirelessly to learn the many task associated with this important position. First Vice-President – Larri Tarver - Wild Turkey is a beautiful, magnificent large bird well-known for its male using their huge tail feathers for display… and what a display it is. Just as the wild turkey’s display of its fan is unmistakable, so is the display of our First Vice-President. With the task of always being prepared to step into the role as president, this officer will display excellent leadership skills if needed.

Continued on page 5...

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President's Message

T hank you for this great honor to serve as your President of Nevada Garden Clubs. I so appreciate all the

well wishes and encouragement you have given me already and I look forward to working with you all

to make a better, more active and visible Nevada Garden Club.

My theme is: “Make a Difference Whenever, Wherever and However You Can – in your Garden Club,

in your Community and in Yourself”.

I‟m going to work towards this goal by encouraging all Garden Club members to

become more active in our clubs and the community. As gardeners we have a unique

talent we need to share with our Las Vegas Valley community: gardening successfully

in this challenging desert environment. We need to share our knowledge to educate the

public whenever, wherever and however we can.

We especially want to educate the youth to become Gardeners; they are the future caretakers of our

gardens, as well as our environment, the two areas go together. We are already in a couple of schools and are

trying to grow the school programs.

I want to cultivate connections with other community organizations, schools and government entities.

These interactions will increase our visibility in the community. We are also increasing our visibility by

getting more into social media. We are on Facebook, we have a website, we have an email address. We are

trying to become more visible to the public as well as to our own members.

I‟m asking all our members to be more active in our clubs, your smallest act can make an unforeseen

difference. If we are to be successful in all these areas, it will take a joint effort on all our parts. Watch the

website for upcoming events. If you have an event, please contact publicity.

Be sure to take advantage of all our different clubs have to offer especially interesting meetings and

speakers, Flower Shows, Flower Show Schools, work projects and of course our twice yearly State Meetings.

Please join our National Garden Club mission to "Plant America" and help us to "Grow Nevada".

Thank you again for electing me president; with your help we can reach all my goals for Nevada

Garden Clubs.

Judy Stebbins, President Nevada Garden Clubs, Inc., 2019 - 2021

...continued from page 4 President – Judy Stebbins - Ruby-throated hummingbird – is a brilliant, tiny, precision-flying creature that glitters like jewels in the full sun, then vanishes with a zip toward the next nectar source. Just as this bird beats its wings about 53 times a second, our President’s job is also never done. From the beginning she announces our new Board and new members, with activities all year long, her job is never complete as she highlights activities across the state, region and national meetings. The President becomes the “go to” person for all matters that come before the membership and she works with the Board members to make the best decisions for the club as a whole. Each of these birds has one thing in common in the fact that they all go home to their “nest”, at some point in time. If you will place the nest on the table and each of the officers will place their bird in the nest. The Nevada Garden Club has members, clubs, districts and state volunteers scattered throughout unique geographical areas with dedicated members throughout. These people give their time and talent by serving as leaders in both this organization and their communities. Thank you to each of these members for volunteering to fill these roles to make the Nevada Garden Clubs a successful, thriving group. As E.E. Cummings once said, “I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.” Under these ladies’ leadership and Judy’s role as president, I know the year ahead will be filled with songs of praise as we beautify and protect the state of Nevada.

As gardeners we have a unique talent we need

to share with our Las

Vegas Valley...

D e s e r t Gardeners Desert Gardeners are a diverse group of gardeners in the Las Vegas Valley; we have had a busy year.

We completed the Serenity Garden project for

Westcare, a local nonprofit which helps women recovering from drug or alcohol addiction by

providing housing and counseling. The project was

completed in November, 2018. We‟ve gone back twice to weed and replace any plants that died. The

drought tolerant plants we planted are growing

great guns. The hummingbird plants are colorful and are attracting hummingbirds.

Our reading and gardening program

for about 70 four-year-olds at

Acelero Head Start School has

worked out really well. We teach a

30 minute class once a month. We

read a book and have a short project

after. We read about worms, soil,

planting bean seeds, read that

ladybugs and butterflies are good

for plants but caterpillar and larva

are not. We brought samples of

plants that have been food for

caterpillars for the children to see.

We told them that the caterpillars

ate their bean plants! These little 4-

year-olds remember what we do

from month to month!

Derfelt Senior Center only has one

senior gardener this year so we

have not been active with them.

The Youth Program is going to join

with Derfelt seniors and Las Vegas

Department of Parks & Recreation

this summer to develop a reading

program for those kids who are

be ing cared fo r by the ir

grandparents.

Our member Beverly

Noyer chaired the

M e m o r i a l D a y

program and donated

the 103 flags the

Nevada Garden Clubs

members planted at

Lorenzi Park on May 27, 2019. The

event was successful; pictures of

the Southern Nevada Girl Scout

Color Guard opening ceremony are

available on our Facebook page.

We had TV coverage of the program

by local ABC Action News (Cox 13)

as well as a live interview.

We continue with our monthly

speakers and road trips. Our first

speaker for 2018–19 was our

member Karen Elliott speaking on

antique perfume bottles and how

they tied in with gardeners. Our

final speaker was an NGCI member

of the Glitter Gulch African Violet

Growers Joyce Stork who taught us

how to propagate an African Violet

from a violet plant leaf. Our

member Carol Wright brought her

plant for us to use.

We have added 3, maybe 4, new

members this year. We remain an

active club, involved with our

community and gardens.

"We had TV

coverage of

the program

by local ABC

Action News

(channel 13)"

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Karen Elliott, President Desert Gardeners

Presented at the NGCI Spring Annual Meeting June 1, 2019

To submit items to the newsletter please send to:

[email protected]

S u n s e t G a r d e n C l u b Memorial Day Flag Garden Commemoration

The Julia A. Menasco Rose Garden and Blue Star Memorial on Silver Springs Pkwy

in Henderson was decorated with one hundred 8”x12” American flags on Memorial

Day, May 27th. This display honored service members who died defending our na-

tion. This is a tradition begun in Boston over a decade ago.

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The Julia A. Menasco Rose Garden Blue Star Memorial on Silver Springs Pkwy

Sunset Garden Club members installed the flags

at 6 a.m.; removed them at 7 p.m. (Dawn to

Dusk). There was a ceremony at 9 a.m. led by a

Girl Scout Honor Guard trooping the colors,

reading of a proclamation and singing of

patriotic hymns by Sunset Garden Club

members.

Representatives from the Blue Star Mothers of

America, Inc. also participated.

See more at www.sunsetgardenclubofnv.org.

Nancy Bovill, President Sunset Garden Club

A Master database has been created which includes

the names, addresses and email addresses of visitors to past NGCI events. The information has been mined

from guest books, sign-in sheets, etc, which usually are present at events where the public is expected to

attend. It is an ongoing project and one, we hope, will build an impressive catalog of contacts. The idea behind

this project is to

send notices of upcoming events

build attendance at NGCI Flower Shows and Educational Events

acknowledge appreciation with thank you messages

send to those interested the NGCI trifold.

create good will with the community

If your club would like to add to the list (we hope you do!) please send your information to

[email protected]. Thank you!

Club Presidents

http://www.sunsetgardenclubofnv.org

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SILVER STATE GARDENE R SILVER STATE GARDENER

The publicity committee„s job is to promote and

advertise the Nevada Garden Clubs and its events to the

public. We use social media, our

website, radio, television, and

newspapers. We attend other

organizations‟ meetings, getting

new ideas, seeing what they do to

get publicity and sponsors, we visit

schools and volunteer when

possible. We hand out our club

cards wherever we go.

We host a table at each of the Springs Preserve plant

sales. We take our brochures and any flyers of our

events.

We completed our new color trifold brochure. Our goal

was to make it eye catching. The update included

making the trifold a "mailer ready" publication. “Thank

you for visiting our event and your interest in our

clubs.” is in the upper left hand corner of the mailing

side. If you need any brochures to take to an event, just

let us know.

Computers, smartphones, Wi-Fi and high

speed internet have made information

available at the touch of a finger. We

have seven seconds to get someone‟s

attention. Social media and a website are

hyper important for “advertising”. We now have a

Facebook account for Nevada Garden Clubs. We try to

post regularly to keep people returning to our page.

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We are also updating our website. You may have

noticed our home page has changed. If you have an

event or a picture of a flower or

garden related news, please send

i t t o Ka r e n E l l io t t a t

[email protected]. A PDF file for

pictures is good; a month‟s notice

to put your event on the calendar

is best. We‟re trying to keep the

information we provide current.

We are getting our event information on KNPR

(88.9 FM) and the PBS community calendar

(www.VegasPBS.org/calendar/). We aren‟t having

much luck with the Review Journal. Local ABC

Action News (channel 13) interviewed us previous

to the Memorial Day flag planting and was on hand

at 6 a.m. on May 27, Memorial Day, to televise our

Lorenzi Park Memorial Day program live. We had

members of the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada‟s

Color Guard present the flags and lead us in the

Pledge of Allegiance. Channel 13 also interviewed

a couple of our members, who were veterans, after

the ceremony was completed.

If you have an event you want publicized, we now

have several venues. Send your information to

[email protected]. We need 2 to 4 weeks lead time.

We are always looking for new ways to publicize

our Garden Clubs; if you have any suggestions,

please let us know.

Publicity Committee Report

Social media

and a website

are hyper

important for

“advertising”.

Karen Elliott - Reported at the NGCI Spring Annual Meeting 6/1/19

Southern Nevada Girl Scouts who participated: Emily,

Troop 782, Madison, Troop 495, Catherine, Troop 304,

Isabelle, Troop 304, Abigail (a Juliette Girl Scout), and

Julia from Troop 285.Thank you for participating, it

was a beautiful ceremony!

It's no secret! Spread the word! The NGCI Center is available to rent. The inviting foyer, full kitchen, and large event space is suitable for weddings, birthdays, quinceañeras, reunions, meetings, etc. The building is handicap accessible.

For rental information contact Vicki Yuen at (702) 259-9888

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