Upcoming Covington Nursery & Landscape Activities

Covington’s Nursery & Landscape Company, located just a short drive east in Rowlett,  is offering a variety of cool summer programs and classes for adults and children.    If you are a Neil Sperry fan, you can drop by Covington’s  on Thursday, June 5th, for his book signing.  Need something for the kids to do when school is out?   Covington offers classes for ages 5 to 10 and are just $5.00 per class.  Angela Henderson  has already signed up two of her children for all four classes.

For more information about Covington’s summer 2014 classes and events,   please see their website:

http://www.covingtonnursery.com/

 

Submitted by:  Martha Billman – Communications Committee

Six Plants that Repel Insects

Mosquito season in North Texas has arrived!   Check out the article in Mother Earth Living to find out what herbs naturally repel those pesky, biting insects.

 

Submitted by :  Martha Billman – Communications Committee

New 2014/2015 Sunnyvale Garden Club Officers

Executive Officers:

Back row L to R: Jean Holt (3rd VP of Awards & Parliamentarian), Georgeann Moss (President), Marilyn Fitzner (2nd VP of Yearbook) – not shown Janet Nevil (1st VP of Programs).

Front row L to R:  Rachel Doyle (Historian) , Angela Henderson (Reporter), Silvia Carter Treasurer,  Joyce Taylor (Seccretary)

Standing Committees:

Beautification – Sallyann Nevins

Communications – Martha Billman

Education/Youth – Nancy Griffin

Hospitality – Denise Rogers and Joyce Taylor – includes new “Welcome to Sunnyvale” subcommittee

Philanthropic – Ginny Hale

Plant Exchange – Joyce Taylor

Membership – Sallyann Nevins

Newsletter – Janet Nevil

Summer Symposiums – Rachel Doyle

Website – Georgeann Moss

Sunnyvale Garden Club Meeting – 5/13/14 – 6:00PM

Our last Garden Club meeting of the year is Tuesday, May 13^th at 6:00 p.m. at the Cafetorium of the old Sunnyvale elementary school, 417 Tripp Rd.  We will eat before the meeting.

Bobbie Mason will conduct the officer installation for our new officers for the 2014-2015 year.

Program:

Barbara Gollman, Dallas County Master Gardner, will do a presentation about the do’s and don’ts of container gardening.  With our water restrictions, we may find it necessary to have more containers this summer.

Reminders:

• Membership dues for 2014-2015 are due. You may pay them at the meeting.  A copy of the SGC Membership Form (2014-2015) is provided for your convenience.
• Don’t forget to be collecting glass plates, dishes, cups, votive candle holders, etc. for our June 10th Summer Symposium of making Glass Plate Flowers or Glass Totems.  Also, be collecting wine bottles for our July project.
• donations for Sharing Life Basket

Submitted by:   Martha Billman – Communications Committee