Knox County Clubs
KNOX COUNTY GARDEN CLUBS LISTING |
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| Apple Valley Garden Club 963-7 3rd Wed. 9:30 AM 30 Members | Sharon Beaver 1745 Apple Valley Dr. Howard, OH 43208 740-975-8789 sbeaver45@embarqmail.com |
| Fredericktown Garden Club 179-7 4th Tuesday 7:30 PM 16 Members | Gretchen Huvler 7a Mohawk Street Fredericktown, OH 43019=8052 740-694-5451 No Email |
| Nature Lovers Garden Club 376-7 2nd Tuesday 1:30 PM 23 Members | Joan Burch 116 Struble Circle Fredericktown, OH 43019 740-501-0971 jb_cab@yahoo.com |
| New Shoots Garden Club 382-7 4th Thursday 7:00 PM 11 Members | Jo Ann Graham 12515 Pleasant Valley Road Mt. Vernon, OH 43050-9145 740-397-5156 J.graham@embarqmail.com |
| Rake and Hoe Garden Club 444-7 3rd Wed. 1:00 PM except Jan and Feb 13 Members 1 Honorary Member | Reba Borchers 119 Colonial Woods Drive Mt. Vernon, OH 43050 740-393-7333 rebaborchers@columbus.rr.com |
| Tan and Toil Garden Club 877-7 2nd Thursday 1:15 PM 15 Members 1 Honorary Member | Mary Ann McPhail 21679 Newcastle Road Gambier, OH 43022-9799 740-427-4636 Pepper1161@aol.com |
| Town & Country Garden Club 532-7 1st Friday Noon 59 Members | Mary Lou Montenery 8 Fox Chase Drive Mount Vernon, OH 43050 740-397-5865 mmontene@columbus.rr.com |
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| SPRING Meeting 2011 The Knox County Association of Garden Clubs had their annual spring meeting and smorgasbord on April 11 At Floral Valley. Guest speaker was Heather Doherty, program manager at The Brown Family Environmental Center at Kenyon College. She told members about the mission of the Center, which is to engage Central Ohioans of all ages with nature. The Center has almost 500 acres and 8 miles of trails. It conducts program for the public, hosts school field trips and encourages outdoor fitness by sponsoring runs. It seeks to conserve natural spaces; conserve natural diversity by removing invasive plants, restoring woodlands, planting wildlife gardens filled with native plants, and erecting bluebird houses. Heather also talked about native plants. She defined native plants as those that originated in the Midwest region. Some non-natives have been around so long that we consider them native; i.e. Queen Anne’s lace, mullin, dock, chicory, plantain and dame’s rocket. Some of these are not invasive so we tolerate and usually welcome them in yards and fields. Some of the invasive non-native plants are multiflora rose, privet, amur honeysuckle, garlic mustard and Japanese barberry. She suggested the following as good substitutes for these unwelcome plants; highbush bluberry, serviceberry, viburnums, inkberry, winterberry, spicebush, wild ginger, phlox, liatris, New England aster, beebalm, coneflower and butterfly weed. |
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 'Winners at Knox County Spring 2011 Meeting' |
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| A flower show, “The Colors of Spring” was a feature of the meeting. The first place winners in each class (pictured above) are as follows: Class 1—April Snow. Debbie Hurlbert of Apple Valley Garden Club Class 2—Think Pink. Debbie Hurlbert of Apple Valley Garden Club Class 3—Mellow Yellow. Debbie Hurlbert of Apple Valley Garden Club Class 4—Colors of Spring. Mary Scott of New Shoots Garden Club Best of Show—Mary Scott, with her arrangement of daffodils in a gathering basket. |
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| DAN EMMETT FLOWER SHOW Pictures - August, 2010 |
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| Many beautiful arrangements were entered. See below for pics. Thanks to our sponsors who help to make this show such a success each year. Sponsors: Living Center, Big Run Perennials, Country Colors Greenhouse, Flowers For You, Glass Gardens Greenhouse, Williams Flowers, Windy Hill Nursery, Paul's Flowers, Flowers For You |
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| Adult Best of Show Amateur Joy Sprang  Adult Most Creative Debbie Hurlbert  | Adult Best of Show Professional Judy Brokaw  Judge's Award Debbie Hurlbert  |