New Year Begins With a Plant Swap

       The first meeting of the Monroeville Garden Club for the year 2024-2025 was held on September 12th at 1:30 at the Monroeville Presbyterian Church.  Hostesses were Laura York, Kay Wilson, and Vonceil Stringer.

     Charlotte Lambert, president, opened the meeting with the distribution of the new year book, discussion of the NGC Horticulture Specialty Flower Show thoughts,  a note from the Bradley family, and discussion of upcoming meetings.  Programs for the year all seem promising and lots of fun!

     A delicious array of finger foods whet all our appetites:  Chicken Salad on beds of lettuce, ham sliders, fruit, rotel dip with crackers, nuts, homemade oatmeal cookies, several different dessert pastries, tea and water.  Gorgeous flower arrangements of hydrangeas and greenery adorned all the tables.

     The meeting ended with the drawing of numbers to see the order that members got to pick which plants they would like to take home.  This corresponded with each member bringing seeds or plants to swap.

Fun for all!  (Submitted by Sammye Long)

                           

               (L to R)  Kay Wilson, Laura York, Vonceil Stringer and Charlotte Lambert.

Local Garden Tours

      On Friday, May 17th, several members of the garden club toured a couple of local gardens.  First stop was at the home of Bev Colquett to look at her hydrangeas.

Next we went to Mexia to  the home Charlie and Robin Rawls.  Robin and her husband have many "named " daylilies and they were performing beautifully on the day of our visit.  Emilie took a number of pictures and a few of those are being shared here.

     In addition to daylilies, the Rawls have a number of other blooming plants and it is evident that their garden receives many hours of care.

                                     

Luncheon Featuring "Mama's Recipes"

     The Monroeville Garden Club ended their year on May 9th with a delightful luncheon at the Monroeville Presbyterian Church.  Hostesses were Laura Bodiford, Carolyn Hutcherson, and Patsy Wadlington.

     President Charlotte Lambert began the meeting with a review of the programs that had been held this year along with various work projects that were undertaken.

     The theme for the luncheon was “Mama’s Recipes”.  Tables were decorated with hats, gloves, purses and colorful flower arrangements.  Also at each place setting there was one of “Mama’s Recipes” for the member to take home.  The menu was Hawaiian Chicken Salad, Brethren Cheese Bread, Orzo Salad, Pimento Cheese Stuffed Celery Sticks, nuts, and for desert, Pound Cake with fresh strawberries and whipped cream.

     For the program, Laura Bodiford gave an interesting talk on how Mother’s Day began.

     The meeting was then adjourned.

                                                  

                                                  

                                                

                                                

               

Work Around the Square This Spring

      The garden club has been hard at work this spring tidying up the areas around the square.  Here are a few pictures to show our progress.

Before and After at the back entrance of the courthouse.

Before and after at the county parking lot.

Before and After at the back of Martin Realty.

Before and after across from the police station.

LANDSCAPING THE LIBRARY

 Several husbands helped out as well as the President 

of the Friends of the Library, Sandy Smith.

LYLE SALTER PARK CLEAN UP