For
Members....Ideas on Getting
Ready for Our May 13 Plant Sale
By Marlina
Hartley, Plant Sale
Chair
(...from Flower
Press) 
The rain this
past month may have been dreary, but it's great for plants you have
potted for
the sale. They most definitely are loving it!
If you have
plants that you haven't potted yet, please do it soon to get some roots
established in their new pots.
It is a little
unnerving not knowing what anyone has, but past years have shown that
there is
an abundance of wonderful healthy plants that come pouring in from
members on
the day prior to the sale.
We will be
pricing plants at the sale, so there is no need to worry about marking
a price
on your plants.
The information
that customers always seem to want to know is the name of the plant,
whether
annual or perennial (A or P works), color of bloom, sun or shade lover,
height,
water needs/drought tolerant, hummingbird/ butterfly plant.
If you have
a
computer, we will give you information at the April meeting on how to
do your
labels. If you have a number of the same plant, this is definitely the
way to
go.
If you don't have
a computer, we will be giving you names of people to contact who can
make
labels for you. They'll need from you all of the plant's information
and the
number you will have of each. We want to make labeling as painless as
possible
and have it look as professional as we can.
Remember to bring
along your photos or pictures from catalogs or websites that illustrate
your
plant in its full glory.
If you can supply
a reference book on sale day, that would also be a big help to our
members who
are answering questions.
Boxes are needed
in abundance, so start saving good ones. We will need your carts and
wagons,
too (we've never lost any!) and most
especially some of your time to help out on May 12 and 13.
Please call me if
you have any questions. My number is 827-4390.
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Update on Plant Label Guidelines for
PHGSC 2006
Plant Sale
as
distributed at April membership meeting… with
some additional annotations by WWW
editor
Use Avery 8160
standard (or comparable) address labels (1” x 2
5/8”) and font size 9 to 11
H Here’s how to mark
your plant labels to give maximum information:
· Plant
name (common and/or botanical)
· A for
annual or P
for perennial
· ☼for sun, Sh
for shade
- if you are using
WORD, look in the “Insert>Symbol” menu for
the sun symbol (character code
263C)
· Give
height
in approximate inches; width
too if appropriate
· Give
color
of flower if known
· ↑
water –
high water needs (WORD
character code 2191)
· ↓ water –
low water needs (WORD
character code 2193)
· Any
other tips such as ‘reseeds freely’, lovely
scent (check in Sunset’s Western Gardening)
Photo
you have taken of plant in bloom or a color picture
from internet or catalog is very helpful.
Price not needed.
Examples:
Euphorbia
characias wulfenii
– 2’h x 3’w
P
– ☼ sun,
↓water
Lime
green flowers, self seeds |
Nasturtium
– trailing
A – Sun
– reseeds
solft
yellow flower |
Chrysanthemum
parthenium
“Golden feather” (Feverfew)
aka
Tanacetum parthenium
“Golden feather”
P (and reseeds
freely), 18”, small
daisy flowers
☼ or
light Sh,
↓ water |
If
you don’t have a computer, have a number of the same
plant, and need help labeling, call Dianne Johnsen @ 676-9315 with the
above
information.
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General Map of
Plant Sale Area
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April 22d, 2006
Members of the Plant Sale Committee Visit the Winslow Center to Review Plant Sale Layout
and discuss Plant Sale price list..... which will be marked using paste-on "dots" prior to Sale on Friday...
tentative, but probably final pricing Committee recommendation is:
Dot
Color
Price
Examples
Blue
$1
4" annuals / 6 pack annuals
Red 
$2
4" perennial / 4"
hebrs and vegetables / 6 pack perennials
Purple 
$3
1 gal vegetable (probably mostly
tomatoes)
Green
 $3.50 1 gal perennial
Orange
 as priced special plants, or large or small plants
Note: Committee members will be on-the-scene Friday to price the plants.
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April 22d, 2006.... paraphrased from the PHGSC's April Newsletter "Flower Press"
"Another Spectacular Plant Sale is Almost Here"
by Marlina Hartley, Plant Sale Chair
As
you know, our club's big plant sale and ONLY fundraiser of the year is
Saturday, May 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The location will be at the
successful Winslow Center site, on the corner of Pleasant Hill
Road and Taylor Boulevard.
We should have a spectacular sale because of the late
season. I think our customers will be in a mood to shop and buy, since
what was planted in the ground too early may have either drowned in the
rain or deteriorated because of the cool soil.
Many people have already signed up to help at least two
hours - and often more - on either Friday, May 12, to set up, or on
Saturday, to work at the sale.
It's not too late if you didn't volunteer yet. We can
definitely use more help, especially on Friday. That's when we'll set
up the entire area, price all the plants, and do any last minute labels
so no one has to get up at the crack of dawn on Saturday. Please call
me if you are willing to lend a hand.
Remember to get you flyers out. Display them in your car
window. Ask to put them in local businesses. Ask to put them in local
businesses. Post one at your place of work. Call Eileen or me if you
need more copies.
Keep saving small boxes, lids, and flats so we will have
lots on sale day. Bring the with you on sale set-up day when you drop
off plants - which can be anytime after 2 p.m. on Friday, May 12.
Also, we can use your wagons, carts, etc. for customers to transport plants. (We have never lost any!)
Call any of us for help getting your plants to the Winslow Center so we can schedule a pick up.
By that time, your plants shold be labeled, but if they
are not, please have the name and description of you plant in writing
to give to a label maker.
Contacts: Marlina: 827-4390, Dianne: 676-9315, Eileen: 944-4898.
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Pictures from the 2006 Plant Sale (click here...)
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Thank You, Everyone,
For Your Tremendous Support
From Marlina Hartley, Plant Sale Chair (originally in June 2006 “Flower
Press”)
As you know, our 2006 plant sale
made nearly $4,000 after deducting expenses – another amazing year for the
club.
Although the total wasn’t as much
as last year, we came in well above the $3,575 average of our previous five
years – a worthy performance if we were a mutual fund, as Kathy Mendenhall, our
treasurer, points out.
Beyond the dollars, I also
consider the sale a success for our members and for the club as an
organization. We couldn’t do this without everyone who takes time to grow the
plants, as well as all those who contribute in other ways.
It seems that each year, more and
more people are helping on the set-up and at the sale. It’s hard, heavy, and
exhausting work, and yet new people pitch in with the many who keep doing it
year after year. Obviously we have fun at it.
I especially appreciate those who
devoted time to come and help on Friday or Saturday. Sara Hoyer provided me
with a rewarding comment: “Though I didn’t want to be dragged away from my
beloved vegetables, I really enjoyed working with, and getting to know, some of
the other members of the club in the other areas of the sale. Tallying was actually
fun… though not everyone got it when I started singing ‘Come Mr. Tallyman,
tally me bananas.’”
This truly what I had hoped would
happen – that people would gain confidence in different areas where they weren’t
so familiar, and along the way would get a chance to get to know other club
members. I can only hope that others felt the same as Sara.
Thanks to everyone in the club who
grew plants, made labels, passed out fliers, shopped, and worked with set-up
and sales. And a special thanks to the hard working committee!!
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Pictures from 2005 Plant Sale ... click here
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