Back Row: Paula Moratto, Nancy Percivall, Marcia Richard, Diane Smith and Sally Moore Front Row: Littany Hollerbach and Interim President Trish Demers CVGC members attend the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland Annual Meeting held at the Turf Valley Resort and Conference Center in Ellicott City. All donned their floral headbands to promote CVGC's upcoming flower show, 60's Flower Power, that will take place on Tuesday, May 21st from 2 PM to 6 PM at Crofton Library. FGCMD President Susie Middleton presents the Member Award of Honor to CVGC member Nancy Percivall for the creation of the Stonegate Nature Trail. Nancy took an abandoned woodland and turned it into a community nature trail. Her conservation efforts inspired the members of her club and neighborhood community to participate in restoring and protecting this woodland habitat. The Nature Trail not only provides habitat to pollinators and is home to a diverse range of wildlife, it benefits the community as a useable outdoor recreational area. FGCMD President Susie Middleton and CAR-SGC Director Monica Hansen present the Award of Achievement to CVGC member Lauren Toomey for the Pollinator Pathway along the WB&A Trail. At the conclusion of Lauren’s studies as a Watershed Steward, she proposed a creation of a pollinator pathway of native pollinator plantings along the WB&A Trail. Under the umbrella of Pollinator Pathways, Lauren was able to get assistance from her garden club members, Bee Lab, Watershed Stewards of Anne Arundel County and Master Gardeners resulting in the planting of 2,700 plants in 2022 and 4,700 plants in 2023!
Lauren was not in attendance and the award was accepted by Littany Hollerbach, CVGC Awards Committee Chair. Sustainable Gardening Tip: Pesticides can harm beneficial insects and wildlife, so it is best to use natural pest control methods. Planting companion plants, using physical barriers, and releasing beneficial insects are all effective ways to control pests naturally.
Horticulture Chair Nancy Percivall shared little-known facts about African violets.
CVGC members attend the District II Annual Meeting held at the Comfort Inn and Conference Center in Bowie. Interim President Trish Demers gave a two minute speech on our club's accomplishments and promoted CVGC's upcoming flower show, 60's Flower Power, in May. CVGC also received a Certificate of Merit recognizing our 55th Anniversary. Floral Designer Mike Burch (Potomac Floral Design of La Plata) working on one of many of his fabulous arrangements.
A close up of a natural substitute for a kenzan using end cuttings from floral materials. Bamboo skewers acted as tensions rods to hold them in place – add more stones to cover later. Speaker Claudia Donegan, Director of the Center for Habitat Restoration, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Chesapeake and Coastal Service, presented an informative slideshow on how beavers naturally provide intact natural systems giving any ecosystem much needed ecological capital and how increasing the beaver population will restore Maryland’s ecological services. Ecological capital equals ecological services! Examples of the services beavers provide include flood control, nutrient processing, stormwater and groundwater management, erosion control, and creation of habitats for aquatic, rare, threatened, and endangered species. And who knew Crofton had it's own prehistoric giant beaver population! To read an article by Claudia that appeared in the Maryland Natural Resources Magazine, winter 2021 on beavers as a keystone species, click the button below. To read about Crofton's prehistoric beaver population, click the button below. Margo Antonelli, Second Vice President, installed Heather Marken, sponsored by C.J. Salisbury, as a member of CVGC. Welcome Heather! The February hostess team, Lois Nichols (coordinator), Beverly Frye, Becky Hogan, Nancy Percivall and Angela Wetzel, decorated with a 60's Flower Power theme to get members excited for our upcoming flower show.
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