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PKS Garden Club
By Clare Winslow
Members of Pine Knoll Shores Garden
Club were mighty busy at their January
14 meeting assessing past holiday dub
projects and planning new events for the
coming months. Second Vice President
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Lois Jean O'Keefe and Sandra McCuin
Helvi Larson reported the great success
of the club's luminaria display along
Mimosa Blvd., from Salter Path Road to
Oakleaf Drive, and around the marinas
on Christmas Eve. Cooperating weather
allowed the glitter of250 candles to create
a spectacular light display from dusk till
early morning.
President Carol McVitty thanked
members and their spouses and the non
member town residents who filled jugs
with sand and candles, set them out along
the route Christmas Eve, lighted them at
dusk, and retrieved them December 25.
Since all this work took many hours, Mrs.
McVitty would like to know if most town
residents came out to enjoy the holiday
luminaria display and if the project should
be continued. If you have an opinion as
to whether the luminaria effort should
be repeated next year, let your thoughts
be known to one of your garden club
neighbors or to someone at town hall.
The club's Arbor Day program will take
place in Garner Park March 20 and the
trees planted will honor past members
Lola Council and Helen Granger. The
35* anniversary celebration of the garden
club will be a picnic at the home of Lois
Jean O'Keefe, May 13 and will
include a plant exchange.
Joann Shalcross and Arleen
Graczewski were guests at the
meeting. Ms. O'Keefe brought
two lovely plants from home for
members to enjoy, a beautiful
Eucharist lily with two gorgeous
white blossoms and a paper
white. Sheryl Woodbury's hint
at protecting these plants from
white fly and other garden
pests included using a strong
spray of warm water or the
use of insecticidal soap. Kay
Howe shared a helpful hint on
feeding our winter birds. Place
a small screen on top of an
empty summer hanging plant
container, cover it with birdseed,
and hang from a branch on a
tree.
The program of the day was
presented by Sandra McCuin,
owner of "English Rose", a
European style flower shop at
1013A Arendell Street in Morehead City.
Her theme was "transitional arranging,"
for making your holiday basket of
Christmas flowers look more like a crisp
spring arrangement. She removed the
red Christmas bows, added sprigs of
pussy willow and a few cyclamen plants
nestled inside a handsome genuine
birch bark container, topped it off with
several fragrant branches of heather, a
few mushroom birds or a pastel bow if
it's intended as a gift. The reconstructed
plant was even more attractive than the
original!
On February 11, Gwendy Womble,
horticulturist at the North Carolina
Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, will speak
to members about wetlands vegetation
and plants suitable for a bog garden.
Guests and visitors are always welcome
to join members at garden club meetings
which are held at 9:30 a.m. every second
Wednesday of the month. Come visit and
join the club.
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