Thursday, March 14, 2013

District I Awards Meeting

What a fabulous last meeting District I held in the trailer of the Arboretum!   We elected officers, held our Awards ceremony and had a presentation on Conifers that ended with a fabulous tour!
Thank you to Julie Harrison (Mount Airy Clay Breakers)who stepped up and was elected Assistant Director, Marge Stembel (Woodmoor) who was elected Awards Chair and Poss Tarpley (Tanta-Cove) who will be our Treasurer!  We are so lucky to have Arlene Ankeney (Goddard) as Editor of The Garden Post, Sonia Johnson (Mount Airy Clay Breakers) returning as Recording Secretary, Freia Lorimer (Paint Branch) on Communications, Dee Droter (Tanta-Cove) on Ways and Means, Judy Greene (Tanta-Cove) on Environment, Ann Gardenhour (Cheverly) as Advisor/Hospitality and Charmane Truesdall (Mountpelier) as Historian.

Many clubs came and received awards!
Shown are Marge Stembel (Woodmoor), Lydia Barbour (Tanta-Cove), Freia Lorimer (Paint Branch) Gilda Allen (Mount Airy Clay Breakers), Ann Gardenhour (Cheverly), Betty Dietal (Gardeners of the Junior League), Arlene Ankeney (Goddard).



The big award of the day went to David Healy who recieved the District I Award of Honor!  We have been so lucky to have David as a member of District I and we look forward to supporting him as he goes on to be National Capital Area President!  District I opted to give David a pewter plate to thank him for all his work in the District.
Thank you also to Capitol Hill Garden Club for putting together his Award of Honor application!

Our meeting concluded with a fabulous presentation by Mariya Navazio                        of the Arboretum spoke on "Perfect Conifers for Urban Gardens and Containers".   The talk was followed with a tour of the Gotelli Conifer collection!  Volunteers are always welcome on Thursday's to help in the conifer garden.

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  1. That seems like wonderful District Awards Meeting. All of members are looking quite excited for this annual meet. I too will be organizing appreciation event for my employees so I am trying to find best event venues in Houston. Could you help me regarding this?

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