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Pleasant Hills Garden Club
2009 MEETINGS
(Click on photos to enlarge) Christmas Luncheon The Pleasant Hills Garden Club celebrated the Christmas season with a luncheon on December the 14th . Husbands were invited and we had a lot of participation. With the beautifully decorated tables, all the good food and good company, the luncheon was a great success. There was a common agreement that a luncheon should be held next year. |  | |  | |  | | Shirley, Mary and Carol were in charge of decorating the tables. They did a great job using sleighs decorated with greens and Christmas balls. | | This was the beautiful tea table that was set.
| | Marie, Greta and Billy kept the dessert table well stocked.
| |  | |  | |  | | Everyone lined up for all the delicious food. All the members brought a covered dish. | | Ann Talarek, our newest member, seems to be enjoying herself. | | Kay and Billy confer on club business or is it, they're sharing a laugh? | | 
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| | Mary F. and her husband are enjoying the food.
| | Juanita, Deborah and Mary M. seem to be enjoying each other's company. | | Lisa and Elaine give the camera a big smile.
| |  | |  | | | | Norma is enjoying a pizzelle, while Lois looks on.
| | Norma, Elaine and Ginger won the prizes for the best wrapped gift boxes. | | | November 2009 Meeting The November meeting was held Monday, November the 9th. A wonderful program was presented by Terry Unger of Heyl Florists. She demonstrated making five beautiful fall arrangements with fresh flowers. The members enjoyed seeing how a pro can put together an arrangement in a short amount of time. One of our members was lucky enough to win one of the arrangements. Following are some pictures of the program: Terry demonstrates her technique making arrangements: |  | | 
| | The finished arrangements.
Aren't they beautiful? | | Juanita was the lucky winner
of this arrangement |
Our club members expressed their creativity with these fall arrangements:
   October 2009 Meeting Our program for the October meeting was presented by Bill Paxton. Bill is an accomplished nature printer and has won many awards. The program was very interesting as he demonstrated his techniques and told us amusing stories about his escapades in making prints of a bat and even his neighbor’s cat. He had many beautiful nature prints of various leaves and other flora to show us. It was an enjoyable program that the members enjoyed. Below are some pictures of the meeting: | 
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| | Bill explains how he got into the field of nature printing
| | He showed us the tools he uses for printing.
| | Some of the samples of his beautiful work
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| | | | Charlene, Ginger, Jackie and Norma examining his work up close. | | Dorothy and Carol look over the samples of various pictures. | | |
The club welcomed three new members in the year 2009, Lisa Surbaugh, Patti Harding and Mary Lamb. Jackie Eby, Michaele Fisher and Joyce Tonecha are joining as of the year 2010. Three were present at the meeting. 
Welcome, Mary Lamb, Jackie Eby and Lisa Surbaugh!
District X Awards
The Pleasant Hills Garden Club won a number of awards at the District X Meeting, which was held at the South Hills Country Club. Daffodils
Kathaleen Good - Hostess Chairperson
Mary Markle - Civic Development
Jan Nevling - Ways & Means for the Annual Plant Sale Laurels
Kay Ball - Public Relations and Yearbook
Carol McKee - Club Programming
Lois Parland - Horticulture
Ginger Paulson - Civic Development Yearbook
First Place in the Category - 30-34 members
Delores Howley received the Award of Horticulture Excellence. Anyone who has ever seen the roses she grows will know why she won that award!
For her continued work in the Let Freedom Ring Garden, Charlene Bowyer was nominated for the Butterfly award. Only one member out of all the clubs can win this award. The award was won by Haddie Weber. We appreciate all of the hard work Charlene does keeping the garden looking so beautiful. SEPTEMBER 2009 MEETING For our September meeting, we had a picnic at Billie McCormick’s house. We had a beautiful day with perfect weather. It was so relaxing to sit and relax on Billie’s deck, eat and visit with each other. We did get some business done, but the emphasis was on good food and even better, good companionship. All of the covered dishes the members brought were delicious and the hospitality committee supplied the scrumptious desserts. As you can see from the pictures we had a great time! | 
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| | Becky, Dolores & Shirley
| | Mary M., Jackie & Dorothy
| | Norma, Elaine, Kathaleen & Lois | |  | | 
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| | Carol, Mary, Vern & Becky | | Charlene, Gloria & Lisa | | Marie, Marilyn, Allyn & Ann | AUGUST 2009 MEETING The August meeting was held on Monday the 10th. After the business meeting, the members took part in making small design arrangements for the tables of the Paramount Personal Care Home. Mary Finley was in charge of the program and coordinated it very well. The members enjoyed making the arrangements and the residents of the Paramount Home are always very appreciative. Below are some pictures from the meeting: | 
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| | A summer theme was set for the Tea Table
| | Aren't the sunflowers grown by Lois beautiful?
| | Mary brought in the wonderful vegetables
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| | Lois also grew the gorgeous hisbiscus plant
| | "Summer Storm", a creative angular using fresh flowers | | "Night Owl", a black and white design | |  | |  | | | | Norma poses with her design that will grace one of the tables | | The designs are packed up and ready to go
| | | JULY 2009 MEETING The July meeting was held Monday, July 13th at 12:30. We held the meeting at the pavilion since our program was “Cement Leaves for our Gardens” and was a little messy for an indoor project. Carolyn Monyak led us in a workshop where we used leaves to create garden ornaments. It was an interesting project and we all had something to show for our work. Too bad we don’t have a picture of the finished project since we took the unfinished work home to cure. Below are pictures from the meeting:
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| | Carolyn mixes a big batch of cement
| | Gloria looks on as Carolyn explains the procedure
| | Ginger and Gloria discuss what to do
as others get started | |  | | 
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| | Jan and Elaine discuss
the next step
| | Norma and Sue put
finishing touches
on their work | | Marie looks pleased
with hers
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two of our newest
members, seemed
to like the project | | | | | JUNE 2009 MEETING The club had a special treat when Patty Pier presented a program on “Wedding Gowns 1800-1950”. She had many items to display from wedding gowns, brides underclothing, bridesmaids gowns, head wear, as well as other accessories. Along with displaying the items, she gave a history of the items. Below are some of the pictures of the program: | 
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| | Patty explains the history of gowns
| | A portion of her collection | | An 1800's gown
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| | The bustles worn under the 1800's gowns | | Early 1900 gown
| | Flapper gown from the 20's | |  | | 
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| | Sue tries on a 1940's gown | | A 1950's gown | | 1960's wedding attire | MAY 2009 MEETING Janet Knight presented “Designs for Spring” at the May meeting. She demonstrated how to make a simple wreath for a door and other floral arrangements that were easy, yet attractive for the home. We also learned how to make a bow to decorate a package or floral arrangement. | 
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| |  | | Greta learns to make a
bow with Janet's help
| | Janet demonstrates a
small design
| | Mary, Becky and Marilyn share a laugh during kitchen duty
| |  | |  | | | | A spring tea table was set with a beautiful spring arrangement | | One of the designs for spring to honor Mom
| | | APRIL 2009 MEETING The club enjoyed a program on wildflowers that was given by Dr. Mary Joy Haywood. She is the co-author of the book, Wildflowers of Pennsylvania. The slide show she presented familiarized the group with many of the beautiful wildflowers we’ve seen, but didn’t know much about. She told us many interesting facts and stories that make all of us appreciate nature all the more. In the future, many of us will look at the wildflowers around us in a different way.
MARCH 2009 MEETING The club enjoyed an interesting program on Herbs presented by Donna Marie Oster at the March meeting. We learned about different herbs, where to plant them, how to grow them, how to cook and store them.
(Click on photos to enlarge)  | | Donna Marie Oster | The theme for the flower arrangements for March was Serenity and St. Patrick's Day.
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