The Monroeville Garden Club met on February 12, 2026, at the Presbyterian Church at 1:30 p.m. Sixteen members attended.
Charlotte Lambert, President, opened the meeting. Business of the day included the need for cutting the flax lilies at the library, at the steps at the rose garden, and the area around the Sheriff’s Office, pruning bushes in the rose garden and how to kill weeds in the garden. Members were informed of promised monies from Main Street and Mockingbird Company. These expected monies could help pay for planting sod at the library and trellis’ needed in the rose garden.
Another order of business was the need to elect a new president for next year. A vote from the group determined that the time of meetings would be changed to 1:00 p.m. and that hostesses would only serve one dessert and drinks at the meetings, starting in September.
There was a discussion about the care of orchids, and June Herring reminded us about Friends of the Library membership drive.
Ann Pridgen gave a delightful program demonstrating books on gardening. Members perused the books and discussed how helpful they would be in solving gardening problems. Ann closed out the program with an entertaining skit: “We Do Not Care Club”. After much needed humor and laughter, we were given book markers and plant labels depicting what “we do not care about”.
After Charlotte blessed the food, hostesses Jean Singleton, Laura York, and Sammye Long offered members a delicious menu of heart shaped chicken salad sandwiches, pickles, cheese cookies, assorted nuts, strawberries, and beautiful cupcakes decorated with white or red icing. A Valentine’s Day theme adorned the food table, with a vase of Rainbow Roses used as a centerpiece. Individual tables also represented Valentine’s Day. Tea and water were drinks.
After eating, the meeting was adjourned.
Sammye Long
Secretary
Hostesses - Jean Singleton, Sammye Long and Laura York
Ann Pridgen presents program
