Speakers
Diane Drinker//19 PCGCA Fertilizer Fund recipients
Jennifer Fiss & Lisa Walker // Floral Design Demonstration
WGC AGENDA for 3/9/2021 ZOOM MEETING at 10:00 am
9:45am Open Zoom Meeting
10:00am WGC Zoom Meeting Begins
President’s Welcome Anna Woodward
Introduction of the Speaker Maryalice Cheney
Diane Drinker, Wissahickon Garden Club, will speak about some of the 19 PCGCA Fertilizer Fund recipients.
Floral Design Demonstration Jennifer Fiss & Lisa Walker
BUSINESS MEETING & COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Approval of the February 8, 2021 WGC minutes Anna Woodward
Motion- Second-
President’s Announcements and Report Anna Woodward
Founders Fund Review of Grants & WGC vote
The Floral Heart Project- a Covid Memorial Jennifer Fiss
Lankenau hospital’s memorial poem read Maryalice Cheney
N.A.L.’s Climate Change & Solutions Sarah Andrews
2/23-25/2021 Delegate Report
Bulletin, PR & Communications Sarah Van Stone
Horticulture Linda Funke
Provisional Workshops Sarah Salmon & Elizabeth Greenhalph
Program - hostess sign up Lauren Taylor
WGC Meeting- 3/9/2021, agenda continued
NEW BUSINESS & UPCOMING MEETING DATES
*April 13, 2021 will be a Zoom meeting with Joel Fry, Curator of Bartram Gardens , speaker.
*May 4, 2021, informal self guided tour of Bartram Gardens. Please sign up on the website, as space is limited.
*THURSDAY-WGC Floral Design Show and Meeting-May 6, 2021
At Krisheim, 10:00 am, box lunch will be provided
ADJOURNMENT Anna Woodward
9:45am Open Zoom Meeting
10:00am WGC Zoom Meeting Begins
President’s Welcome Anna Woodward
Introduction of the Speaker Maryalice Cheney
Diane Drinker, Wissahickon Garden Club, will speak about some of the 19 PCGCA Fertilizer Fund recipients.
Floral Design Demonstration Jennifer Fiss & Lisa Walker
BUSINESS MEETING & COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Approval of the February 8, 2021 WGC minutes Anna Woodward
Motion- Second-
President’s Announcements and Report Anna Woodward
Founders Fund Review of Grants & WGC vote
The Floral Heart Project- a Covid Memorial Jennifer Fiss
Lankenau hospital’s memorial poem read Maryalice Cheney
N.A.L.’s Climate Change & Solutions Sarah Andrews
2/23-25/2021 Delegate Report
Bulletin, PR & Communications Sarah Van Stone
Horticulture Linda Funke
Provisional Workshops Sarah Salmon & Elizabeth Greenhalph
Program - hostess sign up Lauren Taylor
WGC Meeting- 3/9/2021, agenda continued
NEW BUSINESS & UPCOMING MEETING DATES
*April 13, 2021 will be a Zoom meeting with Joel Fry, Curator of Bartram Gardens , speaker.
*May 4, 2021, informal self guided tour of Bartram Gardens. Please sign up on the website, as space is limited.
*THURSDAY-WGC Floral Design Show and Meeting-May 6, 2021
At Krisheim, 10:00 am, box lunch will be provided
ADJOURNMENT Anna Woodward
Diane Drinker's presentation, an overview of the
PCGCA'S 19 recepients of the Founders Fund
Floral Design Demonstration
Jennifer Fiss & Lisa Walker
SPRING HORTICULTURE SHOW 2021
MAY 17TH
"KRISHEIM" 700 MERMAID LANE, PHILA, PA 19118
THE FLORAL HEART PROJECT // MARCH 1ST
A DAY OF MOURNING FOR VICTIMS OF COVID-19
Last week, WGC joined in a nationwide effort to lay floral hearts as a living memorial to those lost to and during Covid-19. The project was founded by Kristina Libby because she felt saddened by the lack of public outpouring to memorialize those we had lost. She was disheartened that so little was being done to honor them and help those who were grieving. So she laid one heart and hoped it might show someone that another person cared about their suffering.
On March 1st, over 100 floral hearts were laid all of the country from Blue Hill, Maine to Chattanooga, TN to Carlsbad, CA. In Philadelphia, we laid 7 hearts: at Chestnut Hill, Lankenau, Jefferson, Penn and Temple Hospitals, Rittenhouse Square, and Love Park.
To create the hearts, we met in small, socially-distanced and masked groups using over 1600 stems donated by DV Flora and 1-800-Flowers. Big thanks to Anna, Ann, Wendy, Jane, Emilie, Leslie, Maryalice and Deb. It was a labor of love to create the hearts. For me, it was also a wonderful and long-awaited reason to get together with fellow club members. This is something that I have truly missed. On Monday, we traveled in groups to deliver the hearts and were met with such appreciation and thanks. At Lankenau there was even a short memorial service which you will hear more about in a just a minute.
Thank you again to everyone who participated. I’d like to leave you with a message we received from one of the hospitals,
“What a meaningful tribute to the many patients who succumbed to COVID. As we start to emerge from a year of uncertainty, anxiety and sorrow, we are encouraged by the dwindling COVID cases, the vaccine and many new ways to fight the virus. Thank you again for helping us start to heal.”
On March 1st, over 100 floral hearts were laid all of the country from Blue Hill, Maine to Chattanooga, TN to Carlsbad, CA. In Philadelphia, we laid 7 hearts: at Chestnut Hill, Lankenau, Jefferson, Penn and Temple Hospitals, Rittenhouse Square, and Love Park.
To create the hearts, we met in small, socially-distanced and masked groups using over 1600 stems donated by DV Flora and 1-800-Flowers. Big thanks to Anna, Ann, Wendy, Jane, Emilie, Leslie, Maryalice and Deb. It was a labor of love to create the hearts. For me, it was also a wonderful and long-awaited reason to get together with fellow club members. This is something that I have truly missed. On Monday, we traveled in groups to deliver the hearts and were met with such appreciation and thanks. At Lankenau there was even a short memorial service which you will hear more about in a just a minute.
Thank you again to everyone who participated. I’d like to leave you with a message we received from one of the hospitals,
“What a meaningful tribute to the many patients who succumbed to COVID. As we start to emerge from a year of uncertainty, anxiety and sorrow, we are encouraged by the dwindling COVID cases, the vaccine and many new ways to fight the virus. Thank you again for helping us start to heal.”