Silver Lakes Garden Club Meeting Minutes

January 18, 2023

The meeting was called to order at 3:04 pm in the Silver Lakes Clubhouse by Co-Chr.
Peggy Shereda. 19 members were present including our BOD liaison, Kathy Bisonic.
Minutes from the January 4, 2023 meeting having been distributed via email were
approved: motion, Diane Schmaus, second, Dominique Palacios.

FINANCIAL REPORT: Peggy reported income of $1698.00 ( $124, Bake sale; $299,
Sunflower sale; $1275, Raffle) Expenses: $272.68 (flowers, soil, fertilizer) Our balance
as of January 18th, 2023 is $5901.32

COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Watering Schedule: Watering teams 1 and 2 upgraded the plantings at the Diamond
Pool by adding soil, annuals and a new gardenia. Teams 3 and 4 assessed the needs for
the Silver Pool and will be adding plants there on Monday, January 23rd. Margaret Weber
and Peggy Shereda purchased hanging plants for the Gazebo but plants are still needed
for the two pots on either side of the Gazebo. Margaret has ordered flower boxes for the
fence at Happy Valley. All Members were asked to check the Bromeliads across from the
entrance to the DCH (by the fountain) when they are assigned to water Diamond and add
water if the ‘cups’ are dry.
Education: Jane Barry reminded members of the presentation Tuesday, January 24th,
DCH at 10 am. Tropiflora Nursery will be talking about bromeliads, air plants and
succulents. Please alert friends and neighbors to this event. Plants will be available for
purchase.
Upcoming Educational Opportunities:
Tuesday, January 24th: Twyla Leigh, County Extension Director: Orchids Basic;
Naples Regional Library, 11-12:30 pm.
February 15th: Twyla Leigh: Orchids for Beginners; Marco Island Library, 2 - 3pm.
February 24 - 26: Naples Orchid Society Show and Sale; Naples Botanical Garden.
March 15th: Collier County Agricultural Farm Tour; register through the Collier
County Extension Service.
Social: Kathy Bisonic reported for Serena White that our Welcome Back Party is set
for Friday, January 20th, SCH, 5:30pm with a menu of pizza, Caesar salad and dessert for
$8 pp. BYOB and spouses are invited. If you have not paid for this event, bring your
money Friday night.
 Memorial Garden: Karen Hagen noted that an ad for our Memorial Garden and the
procedure for ordering bricks is now showing on our Community TV Channel. She and
Gloria Padula are planning a service to honor and remember those friends represented on
the walkway.
Sunshine Program: Donna Mathewson sent around cards for Chautzie and Woody
Woods and Judy Holland.
Bake Sale: Joyce Braungart reported that we made $185 this past Tuesday.
Raffle: Joan Anderson, Jolene Smith and Kay Mullis were thanked for their time and
work on this year’s raffle.
Major Event: “A Piano Man Performs” We have 173 ticketed attendees. Donna
Mathewson passed out a sheet covering all assignments for our event. If you were not at
the meeting, please contact Donna for your assignment. On Friday, January 20, the
ONLY members meeting at the DCH at 4 pm are Diane Schmaus and her team of men
moving tables and those members on Donna’s decorating committee. At 5 pm on
Saturday, January 21…all members are to arrive at the DCH with their centerpieces. The
dress for our event (including spouses) is black slacks or shorts and white tops. Please
wear your nametags. At the close of Tony Doran’s first act, before turning up the house
lights, we will present a short narrated video of just what our Garden Club does.This
video has been prepared by Kathy and Jolene and Diane will narrate. Kudos to these
members for promoting our efforts in this community!

OLD BUSINESS:
Projects for this year: Members are to give some thought to potential projects (bring
to the next meeting) and Margaret and Peggy will touch base with Bob Redelings of the
Planning Committee to see if they have ideas we might consider.
We will not sponsor an orchid sale this year as the growers in Homestead, FL don’t
have any. Weather has affected local sources and they cannot get any from California.
There was discussion for putting on a sale of ‘surplus’ plants from our own gardens on
a Hot Dog Tuesday.

NEW BUSINESS:
All members are to consider what committee they would like to be involved in.
Several of our committees need members, ie Social, and Membership.
We have a new committee to address Public Relations. Jolene Smith and Dominique
Palacios have agreed to head this committee. Our visibility has diminished
over the last few years, and as we look forward to attracting new members,we need to
advertise our goals, efforts and times of fellowship.
 At present we have 26 members and our goal is to have a full membership of 35.
Please be thinking of potential new members and realize that a personal invitation goes a
long way. Discussion was to have an orientation gettogether to present the aspects of our
club to potential new members.

NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, February 1st, 2023, 3 pm at the Silver Club House.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:32 pm.

Respectively submitted,

Mary-Jo Kolde
Secretary www.slgardenclub.weebly.com