Stay tuned for information about the April meeting, hopefully a bus tour of
Beaufort, followed by lunch.
PINE KNOLL SHORES
GARDEN CLUB
By Deb Frisby
Spring is on its way
On February 9, Pine Knoll Shores Garden Club members met at the Crystal
Coast Civic Center to hear an educational presentation sponsored by the Cart
eret County Master Gardeners that featured Onslow County Commercial Hor
ticulture Agent Lisa Rayburn from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Service. Ms. Rayburn recommended browsing the extension site, clemson.edu/
extension/hgic, which is the home of informative publications about plants that
will survive or thrive in our coastal area. It is a useful resource for all gardeners.
Garden Club members who attended the master gardener programs at the civic center:
from left, Kathy Blowers, llene Karlsson, Val Ryan, Linda Langheld, Jean McDanal, Linda
Pearson, Mary Kathryne Cooper, Martha Edwards and Deb Cavanaugh—Photos by Deb Frisby
After the presentation, club members met at Promise Land Market in More-
head City for lunch and to celebrate Co-President Kathy Blowers, who will soon
be moving out of the area. Thank you, Kathy, for years of service to the club. You
will be missed.
March is a busy, blustery month. The first day of spring, the Vernal Equinox,
is on March 20 this year, and we hope pre-spring weather cooperates so
that the club’s March 9 meeting can be a workday followed by lunch and a
business session.
March 18 is Arbor Day, and club members will plant three azaleas near the
pond in front of town hall and a gardenia bush in the Hereth Garden in memory
of Joan Lamson, Irene Beattie and Lois Jean O’Keefe, all former Garden Club
members who passed away in 2021. Family members are invited to attend a
remembrance ceremony outside town hall. Joan Lamson, a former Pine KnoU
Shores mayor, was a club member from 1996 to 1999; Irene Beattie was in the
club from 1998 to 2006; and Lois Jean O’Keefe was a member from 1980 to
2021.
Lunch at Promise Land Market celebrating Kathy Blowers: from left, Jo McGovern,
Gina Harris, Kathy Blowers
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