Oakland Garden Club Meeting News

Fifteen members of the Oakland Garden Club met in the Rosen room at the Oakland auditorium at 11:30 a.m., on Thursday November 12, 2015 for their annual pot luck lunch. Three guests attending were Vince Lindstrom, Harley Nelson, and Darrell Schneekloth.

Hostesses Sandra Anderson and JoAnn Peterson decorated the tables with a cornucopia with a mix of artificial mini pumpkins, bittersweet, sunflower, berries and colored leaves. Other decorations were baskets and a stream of leaves, peppers, pinecones, and multicolored pumpkins. All decorations sat on orange open raffia mats.

After lunch, each member answered roll call by telling what dish or dishes she or he had brought.

Upon deciding to enter a Garden Club exhibit in the Lyons Library Festival of Trees, Sandra Anderson said, using the same tree she had provided last year, she would make the decorations for it using pictures of flowers.

Julie Easton, President, suggested that since we did not send a rose bud to a Memorial Service for former member Bernie Weber, we donate money to the Golden Oaks memorial fund for her. Sandra Anderson moved and Geraldine Peterson seconded that we send $10.00 to Golden Oaks. The motion passed.

Rosa Schmidt reported that Emory Wickstrom’s family wants a flower or plant in the park in memory and provided a check of memorial money. Rosa gave the money provided to Treasurer, Audrey Unwin. Members discussed possible suggestions, perhaps even replacing an existing unsightly bush with a new and more attractive one. They will discuss it and make a final decision in the spring. Geraldine Peterson said she would write a thank you to the family.

The meeting was adjourned. The next meeting is the planning meeting on February 11, 2016. Bring snacks.

Cathi McMurtry, Secretary