1^st VICE PRESIDENT-PROGRAMS:

Many good programs planned for this year

Oct meeting- open to the public for a small fee

Kevin Gardner, stone mason and author of Granite Kiss is an excellent speaker

2^ND VICE PRESIDENT- YEARBOOK + WEBSITE:

Some members still need to pay their dues so that they can be included in the Yearbook and so it can be published for the October meeting

MEMBERSHIP: some members still need to complete their membership for this year

TREASURER: Financial Statements posted

SECRETARY: Prior meeting Minutes posted on the WGC website + on the bulletin board

PRESIDENT:

-Committee Sign Ups

- every member should sign up for 3 committees/events

- there are opening for some Committee heads

- expect to hear from each committee each month, even if it’s to report "no updates"

-NHFGC Semi-Annual Meeting – Sept 2007

- Ellen Davis won the Grand Prize-a rain barrel + the centerpiece

- Jill Martin won a raffle prize- a beautiful book

- we are responsible for the centerpieces for next years semi-annual meeting

- need a committee for this project

- research a bird + a butterfly, create a garden with native plants that will attract them

- suggestion: include the Jr Garden Club

- for the Jr Garden Club

- need adult mentors

-Linda German will do the order - last day to order is the October meeting

-to be shipped to Jill’s and delivered at the November meeting

TIFFANY GARDEN TOUR - Linda German

- fundraiser for the Sunshine Soup Kitchen

- raised $1,600 which translates into about $10k worth of food at the food bank

WGC JUDGED GARDENS in HADLEIGH WOODS CONTEST – Linda German

- Jill Martin, Cookie Santerre, and Shirlee Dallas

- correction: Shirlee has an accounting and botany degree, not a psychology degree

DESIGNING GARDENS – Margaret Crisler

- WGC Master gardeners designed the garden for the Windham Co-op last summer

- now asked to design the garden for the Little Red Schoolhouse

- would like donation of perennials this October

- parents will do the planting

- they are also selling bricks as a fundraiser

THIS MONTH’S THEME – Welcome Back !!!

Many thanks to Robin Heider and Paul Newman