September General Meeting

New President, Ellen Jones started the meeting at 7pm.

THOSE IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED:  Larry Allen, Bonnie Buhl, Norma Chiaramonte, Sandra Gilbert, Debbie Haluch, Dale Smothers, Elizabeth Hearn, Ellen & Mark Jones, Ian and Nicole McWilliam, Marcia Mausolf, Cathy Oland, Mike Owens. AJ Challagundla and Sandy were guests.

PROGRAM:  Ellen asked Debbie Thornton from Farm to Market Flowers to present the program with focus

on fall planting for spring flowers. Good soil and good seed are critical. Recommended using pelleted seeds and soil test through Aggie Horticulture. Important to read information on every seed packet and know the needs of each crop. Demonstrated irrigation method, recommended books to read, seed companies and Websites.

An excellent detailed planting guide and list of references was provided.

HOST:  Thank you to Ian and Nicole McWilliam for the snacks and door prize. The door prize was won by Marcia Mausolf.




OLD BUSINESS:  Committee Reports

SECOND LOCATION CCL COMMUNITY GARDEN:  Norma will provide update at next meeting.

LANDSCAPING PROJECT along Cypress N Houston:  Mike Owens gave update of recent meeting. Plantings to be different on esplanade and sides, $156,000, $29,000 lights, 6 foot wide sidewalks and irrigation system will take one year to complete. We have finished what we can do.

Landscaping around splash pad with diversification in trees was brought up. Mike mentioned a Smoke Tree and Debbie suggested an Orchard and focus on how we can be unique. Larry said we need to develop an agenda to discuss what part we can play when we meet with Rob on November 13.

BRICKS:  Sandra shared photos of bricks in Butterfly Garden and reasons to celebrate and honor by planting engraved bricks. Ian suggested we post something on Facebook to bring attention and encourage the community to participate.

EVENTS/FIELD TRIPS:  Marcia informed us the next outing will be Friday, October 13 to enjoy lunch, shopping and the Christmas program at Brookwood Community1752 FM 1489 Brookshire, TX

YARD OF THE MONTH:  Due to illness there was not a selection for YOTM for September.

CCL Garden Blog:  Debbie is maintaining and making enhancements .

COMMUNICATION AND MEMBERSHIP:  Ian recommended we post an invitation each month on CCL website and CCL Next Door to invite residents to attend.  Post new content each time i.e. speaker information, direct attention to CCL Garden Club Blog, pictures of Butterfly Garden, etc.

KEY DATES:  Ellen reminded everyone of dates for Federation Meeting - April 7, Jr Gardening Event - May 7 and Christmas Party - December 2.


NEW BUSINESS:MINUTES:  Norma made a motion to dispense with reading of the minutes and everyone seconded. 

There was discussion regarding our program for the remainder of 2017/2018 and are the volunteers:

Month/Host	Speaker/Topic	Door Prize	Refreshments
October/ A J Challagundla	A J - Growing Asian Vegetables	Marcia	Marcia
November/ Bev Allen	Rob Melloy – Gardening in our Community
January/ Debbie Haluch	TBD		Debbie
February/ Mike Owens	Kyle Franklin	Mike Owens	Mike Owens
March/	TBD	Bonnie Buhl	Bonnie Buhl
April/ Norma Chiaramonte	TBD	Norma Chiaramonte	Norma Chiaramonte
May/ Mark Jones	TBD	Mark Jones	Mark Jones

A sign up sheet will be passed next month to finalize the open slots for the rest of the year

Next meeting:  October 9, 2017

Meeting was adjourned at 9:10 PM