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Members of the LOW Garden Club support the natural resources of Lake of the Woods in Locust Grove, VA. They share an interest in furthering scientific knowledge of gardening and horticulture and many want to learn
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Calendar of Events
August 19th--Burnside Farms Field Trip to see the sunflowers! If you are interested in going, head to their website, Burnsidefarms.com, and purchase tickets for this date in the 9-12 timeslot. Once you've purchased your ticket, be sure to email Karla Pringle at pringlekarla@gmail.com so she can include you in the transportation plans. For those that would like to carpool, plan to meet at 8:30 that morning in the Clubhouse lower parking lot. A lunch stop on the way home is being considered.
Please call Karla if you have any questions. September 3rd--The Clubhouse garden is reopened with a ceremony beginning at 11 am. September 8th--Garden Club Pot Luck. There will be no meeting this month but be sure to attend the pot luck and bring a friend! Bring your potluck dish at 4 pm and enjoy hors d'oeuvres at 4:30 with dinner at 5! October 10th--Next General Membership meeting at Bees & Trees Farm. More information to follow. LOW GC Strategic Planning Revisits & Revises Earlier Plan
With a well-represented portion of the membership, the LOW GC held its second strategic planning meeting.
Led by Steve Hein, LOW GC member and husband of LOW GC President, Debbie Hein, the group was fortunate to have Steve's experienced leadership shepherd them through the process. After reviewing the plan developed several years ago, members identified what has been accomplished since the original plan, how well it had been accomplished and what hadn't been accomplished. They also discussed what is no longer relevant. The findings of the group will be presented to the general membership at the next meeting of the Club on August 8th. 
Memorial Garden Offers Tour to Visitors
The weather for the June 1st clean up day in the Memorial Garden was simply beautiful as you can see from the above photo where volunteers, organized by Chair Mary Sims, took a break to pose.
Weeding and mulching were all part of the day's activities as the group meticulously prepared for the Memorial Garden Tour the following Sunday, June 5th. "It was a beautiful day for a tour through the Memorial Garden, said Chairman, Mary Sims. "We greeted guests and offered information on the history of the Garden and our Garden Club. We had new residents looking for plants they could use in their gardens and others looking for native plants that thrive in the area." Below, tour visitors get a briefing from the volunteers, Jeanne Allen and Mary Sims. If you would like to volunteer to help maintain the Memorial Garden, contact Mary Sims here. 
You May Still Sign Up for Key GC Committees!
At the June 13th General Membership Meeting, President Debbie Hein mentioned that it was not too late to sign up for several key committees including the Ways And Means Committee, the Technology Committee and the Clubhouse Christmas Decorating Committee! If you'd like to get to know other members or if you have an interest in one of these committees, please contact Debbie here!
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LOW GC Kicks Off
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Next General Membership Meeting:
Low GC Member-Directory-Yearbook
For the first time since the pandemic, the LOW GC will be issuing a new Yearbook/Member Directory booklet--similar to past Yearbooks, but even better because the entire booklet will be in color AND we're adding member photos!
Headed by Chair, Mary Sims, the booklet is well on its way to being developed. With 93 members in the club, this yearbook will have photos of almost all of them. That should help us all remember who's who! Be sure and thank the Yearbook team (including Al Rico, Jeanne Allen, Joy Pool and Teresa Gregson) when you see them! They've been working like crazy on this project! 
A Big Thank You to Ryan Richardson!
On Wednesday, July 13th, at the monthly LOW Clubhouse Committee meeting, Garden Club President, Debbie Hein presented Ryan Richardson with a Penny Pines certificate in appreciation of his work for our Garden Club!
Thank you Ryan for all you have done. We so appreciate your support. LOW GC Membership
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LOW Garden Club Officers 2022-2023 President - Debbie Hein Vice President - Karin Nielsen Programs - Rose Javier, Nicole Pappas, Karla Pringle Recording Secretary - Valerie Roop Corresponding Secretary - Shellee Williams Treasurer - Rita Bowles Assistant treasurer - Donna Chernowetz Parliamentarian - Jan Davis Nominating Committee - Gaylen Smoak Ex-Officio President - Linda Ticomb C'mon...Help Us Recycle For A Bench!
Several months ago, Joy Poole shared with the general membership the details on a new VFGC Plastic Recycling Project which offered an incentive for groups like ours to collect and donate plastic bags.
The Club has now collected the requisite 500 pounds of plastic "film" (i.e. the bags you get at the grocery store, bubble wrap, mailers, etc) within the required six-month period, so we have successfully earned one TREX garden bench for the LOW community! We will continue to collect bags in order to qualify for a second bench down the road! Way to go LOW GC! Want To See Something Mentioned On This Site?
If you are in charge of a garden club activity that you would like to see promoted on this site or if you have taken photos that you would like to share with the rest of the membership--either on this site or Facebook--please email Teresa Gregson here.
Your written submissions do not have to be in any particular format, they can even be in bullet form with just the essentials identified. Think WHO, WHAT, WHEN and WHERE and don't forget to add the date of the event, the key people in charge should members need to contact someone with questions, the purpose of the event and any other relevant or pertinent information you'd like included! |
The LOW Garden Club is a member of the National Garden Clubs, Inc., South Atlantic Region and
The Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, Shenandoah District
The Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, Shenandoah District