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Pleasant
Hill Garden Study Club 2008 Plant Sale Info... mostly for members preparation 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10, 2008 at the PHRPD's Winslow Center 2590 Pleasant Hill Road, Pleasant Hill SE Corner of Pleasant Hill Road at Taylor Blvd. entrance is from Pleasant Hill Road (location map) |
Pictures from the May 2008 Plant Sale.... click (added May 12 ... excerpted from email from Marlina Hartley, former President and Plant Sale Chair:) "...I just wanted to say how rewarding this news is. If you have been around for a few years and think back to the days at the little schoolhouse when we tried to stuff all our plants (with labels that couldn’t be read and were randomly priced) in the shed overnight and arrange them the morning of the sale (with many more being delivered on the morning of the sale), you only have to thank yourselves for bringing us into the modern age with printed labels, organized delivery and set-up the day before. For everything that goes astray, there are multiple parts that go smoothly. The parking lot is a dream thanks to Jack’s oversight. The flowering planters done by Judy are gorgeous. Jack’s planters are works of beautiful craftsmanship. Having done it, I believe it is especially frantic for the person(s) who are overseeing the sale and trying to make sure that all positions are well covered and the plants are priced right to get us the most profit without being left after the sale because they were overpriced. It is nerve-wracking when members need labels made during the last few days. It is a lot more relaxing to observe from a distance and see people step in and fill the gaps and help each other. It works so well that one might think that there is someone in charge who is experienced and paid for their effort. We know how far from reality that is. It is dedicated volunteers who devote lots of time to this effort. It is numerous publicity pieces written by Eileen; watering and nurturing plants for other members by Mary and Dianne and others; meetings and mailings and phone calls for weeks in advance, lifting and loading and unloading by Steve, Peter, Dianne, Mark, and more. Then it is two long days of hot, hard work and yet there are those of you (and others not named above) who spend most of that time working to because they want it to go well and because it is fun to share in the experience. There
are things we tried that didn’t work as well as we
hoped. There are still pieces that could run smoother, but
many things that we have put in place over the years have been shown to
work and make it easier not to have to rethink them. The
procedures have gotten tighter and more organized. I know it
will be even better next year. Congratulations,
everyone. Your hard work paid off! "...took the deposit
to the bank today and got the final tally. It is slightly
larger because I forgot to add a bit more money brought in later as the
last sales were made and because I also forgot a Susan B Anthony dollar
among the coins. The final deposit was...Drumroll...$4838.00!!!
Incidentally, the
teller who added all this again just finished working a
fund raiser for his Church and they had similar sales and were
also elated about it.
Thanks also to
Marlina for her comments and compliments to all you hard-working
members. It is indeed a pleasure to be among such giving
people.
Anita"
(added March 25, 2008 from Leadership Team's Preparation/Coordination meeting of March 24th) *Prices for Plant Sale will remain the same as 2007. & originally from Lisa Robinson's "Why to buy plants
from PHGSC Sale", with some additions from
others on the team:
* Get
great
prices
* Find
unusual
and unique varieties
* Buy
local;
all plants are grown in this area; not shipped in (small/no
carbon footprint)
* Get
hardy
plants that will thrive - they are grown in this area's ground/climate
conditions
* Learn
about
plants from Master Gardeners who are among the club's members
*
Support your
local non-profit garden club
* Help
other
local non-profit garden-related organizations because sale proceeds are
recycled/donated to them
* Enjoy
a fun
community event where you meet other enthusiastic gardeners
(added March 21, 2008) from April "Flower Press") Gearing Up
for Our Saturday, May 10 Plant Sale
Leadership TeamSeveral club members have stepped forward to serve as our 2008 plant sale “core committee,” even though we don’t have an official sale chairperson. Most of you already know that Mary Eisenhour is coordinating volunteers to work at the sale, both Friday and Saturday. Other planning and arrangement duties are being handled by Jan Egan, Eileen Housfeld, Dianne Johnsen and Susan Pratt. A great deal of pre-sale help will also come from Marc Kiefer, Steve Morse, Lisa Robinson and many others. Feel free to contact these fellow members if you have questions or ideas related to the sale. Each year, Phil Greig propagates hundreds of plants to sell, so he’s a good source for questions in that area. Overview The sale will be 9AM to 2PM Saturday, May 10 at the Winslow Center – corner of Taylor Boulevard and Pleasant Hill Road. (see map below) Friday will be busy, too. That’s when members are asked to deliver their plants to the sale site, so volunteers can apply price tags and put plants in their appropriate areas, such as “shade” or “perennial.” This is our club’s only fund-raiser. Do please sign up to help in any way you can. Proceeds help pay for assorted club expenses, keep our dues modest, and provide funds to contribute to garden-related community organizations. How to Prepare Your Labels for the Plant Sale Include the basic growing information shown below, and then stick your labels onto cut up mini-blinds or stakes of a similar width. Labels should be in the pots when they come to the sale. BUT please don’t put the labels in the pots until a few days prior, or watering might make them unreadable. A nice touch is to provide pictures of your plants, possibly cut out from seed or nursery catalogs. Basic Growing Information
What You Can Do Now » Pot! Pot! Pot! Many, if not most of your plants for the sale are probably already in pots and taking root. The sale is only 6 weeks away, so any last-minute potting should be done very soon. » Tell Susan Pratt what you’ll bring. To make the Friday set-up job easier, Susan will create a “cheat sheet” instructing volunteers in which sale areas to place specific plants. If you plan to bring more than 6 of anything, please notify Susan. Her number is 687-4208. » Start making labels ahead of time. Do your best to make labels that properly identify each plant and give basic growing instructions. Please make computer-printed labels if you can. If you don’t have access to a computer, please handwrite your labels clearly or contact Dianne Johnsen to arrange for computer-printed labels. Dianne can help if you have potted up more than 6 of any one kind of plant. Call her at 676-9315 between April 15 and May 1. » Pass out fliers. There are several ways to get fliers to distribute.
» Contribute supplies Bring your surplus pots, especially 4-inch and gallon, to the April meeting. Also needed are extra mini-blinds, which are cut up and used as stakes to hold plant labels. Start now to save boxes – especially ones with 3- or 4-inch sides. Trays or cases from bottled water work well. ***************************************************************** (added Mar 17, 2008)... a suggestion from Lisa Robinson for the Plant Sale... When members get excess catalogues (and who doesn't), instead of recycling them, go through them, cut out the pictures of the plants you'll be bringing to the sale, and tape the picture to a card so buyers can see the plant in flower, fruiting, or in full size. It would be great if the pictures could be laminated, but I think that's asking for too much at this point. Cards can be taped to wooden skewers to stick in the pots. ***************************************************************** *****************************************************************
Pictures from the 2007 Plant Sale (click here) ***************************************************************** Pictures from the 2006 Plant Sale (click here...) ***************************************************************** Pictures from 2005 Plant Sale ... click here *****************************************************************
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