CLUB NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE MARCH CLUB MEETING and LUNCHEON will be held on MARCH 10 at WINTERTHUR’S Brown Educational Center
"MEMO FOR BOTANICAL LITERACY" Presented by Miranda Mote, PhD. Hostesses: Scholarship Committee
Miranda Mote, PhD is a historian, artist, and educator based in Philadelphia and the 2023-24 Garden Club of America / Prince Charitable Trusts Rome Prize, Landscape Architecture Fellow. Her work with the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities in 2021 led to the development of an arts focused literacy and botany curriculum of lessons designed especially for students in urban environments. She established Botanography as a non-profit to directly serve students and families in Philadelphia County and believes that every school should have a garden classroom where students can connect with plants every day and is focused on developing environmental literacy in children with educational programming, curriculum, and teaching tools, as well as advocacy for garden classrooms in K-12 schools.
The Meeting will be held in Brown Education Center with a boxed lunch to followed served in the Visitors Center. An optional tour of the March Bank will begin following lunch, weather permitting.
Kindly RSVP to the Meeting by March 3 to assure a boxed lunch is available for you.
PLEASE VOTE NOW FOR THE GCW 2025 FOUNDERS FUND
We are asking you to submit your vote NOW for the 2025 Founders Fund Finalists.
The winter issue of the GCA Bulletin has a full descriptions and photographs of each project on pages 23-29. In addition to the Bulletin, you may also find their descriptions with photographs on the GCA's Civic Improvement Committee's landing page under the 2025 Founders Fund Finalists resource category.
Please read the 500-word descriptions in either the Bulletin or online before you vote below. This is your only opportunity to vote. Your vote is important!
The Founders Fund is the only GCA program that is chosen from votes cast by all GCA clubs. The funds for this prestigious award continues to grow through gifts from clubs and individuals, and provides monetary awards to projects proposed by GCA Member Clubs.
CANDIDATES FOR MEMBERSHIP 2025
Preliminary information for the following individuals was received as of February 14, 2025. You may contact the Membership Committee by March 19, 2025, if you wish to share you support or comments. All comments will be held in strictest confidence.
Biz Paige Carey, proposed by Susy Townsend, seconded by Dolly Fisher and Lynn Carbonell
Jennifer Abramcyzk, proposed by Betty Denham, seconded by Louise Roselle and Woodley Habgood
Renee Taylor Garnick, proposed by Alletta Tate, seconded by Louise Barton and Nina Draper
Elliot Hoopes, Proposed by Pattie Miller, seconded by Susan Parker and Ann Wick
Susan Martin Kreshtool, proposed by Carol Taylor, seconded by Cynthia Hewitt and Elaine Scott
Ashley Hershey Schlobach, proposed by Louise Roselle, seconded by Grier Flynn and Caroline Jenney
Vicki Tashjian, proposed by Barbara Cairns, seconded by Susan Parker and Ann Wick
DO YOU HAVE WONDERFUL PHOTOS TO SHARE WITH CLUB
Do you have photos of recent Club activities, tours, workshops, or celebrations you would like considered for posting on our Club website, the Club's Instagram page or the Zone V landing page.
Before submitting any photo be sure you have permission from those in the photo and from the photographer to share the image. If you have questions about how to submit your photos contact Carol Taylor. Thank you!
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS YEAR’S CLUB FLOWER SHOWS
For more information about all the show schedules, guidelines and to download exhibitor entry cards, please go to the Flower Show Committee’s landing page. You may print and fill out an entry card by hand OR download the file, fill it out on your computer, and then print it.
GCW REIMBURSEMENT FORM
If you have incurred a Club expense for which you need to be reimbursed, please CLICK HERE
IN-KIND DONATIONS TO CLUB ACTIVITIES
We are so grateful for your In-Kind Donation to GCW. Please help us keep accurate records for tax purposes and future planning by recording your gift here. CLICK HERE to record your in kind contribution to the Club and thank you!
ARE YOU STUCK?
If you are having trouble getting to the GCA website, or you cannot remember your password, please contact Carol Taylor.
TO ALL MEMBERS
If information on the website needs to be updated or is missing, please let us know.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
NATURE’S PATTERNS: A Visual Vocabulary for Garden Design Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 7-8:30PM at DCH.
An engaging lecture with award-winning artist and landscape architect, W. Gary Smith. For more than 20 years, W. Gary Smith has been assembling a thought-provoking collection of images. These visually stunning images will show how simple patterns occur over and over in a wide range of scales from the microscopic to the entire Universe - from a snail’s shell to the Milky Way! This presentation will surely enrich the way you look at your own garden, as well as the world around you every day. Get Tickets
JOIN OR DIE
It’s cold outside! Curl up an enjoy a new documentary about all the wonderful outcomes of joining a club. The trailer is certainly worth the short watch, and the full-length version was just released on Netflix.
GCA 2025 ANNUAL MEETING SCARF
Unlike many vintage GCA Annual Meeting scarves, this is a large, 52” square scarf in a lightweight wool/silk combination. It’s perfect for a meeting in air-conditioned offices and for those delightful evenings outside. They pack perfectly for traveling, and are not apt to wrinkle. The scarf is available in four different Flora & Fauna border colors: marine blue, walnut brown, moss green, and coral reef. All proceeds help fund the 2025 Annual Meeting. Thank you for your support. PRICE: $135.00. ORDER HERE
THE 2025 PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!
The 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show, the nation's largest and the world’s longest-running horticultural event, will be held indoors at the PA Convention Center from March 1-9, 2025. Go to the Philadelphia Flower Show Committee’s landing page for additional information about exhibiting or volunteering for this year’s show to be held at the Philadelphia Convention Center.
READ OUR RECENT BLOG POST ABOUT THE UDBG TRIAL GARDENS
At the top menu bar, click BLOG and scroll to read our post written in February 2024 about the University of DE’s Groundcovers Trials that Lauren Kope presented at our February Meeting. A fact sheet about Southern Blight is posted on the Horticulture Committee’s landing page.
EXCITING GCA VIRTUAL CONFERENCES IN FEBRUARY
Go to the CALENDAR page to find information about the upcoming virtual GCA Photography Conference on February 6 and the GCA Floral Design Conference on February 11. Both conferences are free for all club members. Links to register are on the calendar event posting.
Please join others in GCA as they return to the nation’s capital for the 42nd Annual National Affairs & Legislation Conference. Hear from nationally renowned experts including scientists, business and non-profit leaders, and members of congress, who will give us the tools to confront threats to our natural world.
All GCA club members have an opportunity to be "in the room" in Washington, joining conference delegates for Education Day on Monday, March 24th, live streamed via Zoom. All club members may register for two no-cost, virtual opportunities: the virtual Advocacy Workshop and the live-streamed Education Day.
Registration for these events is now open to all GCA club members and will remain open until the day before each event.
GET TO OUR WEBSITE FASTER! HANDY TIP FOR iPHONE and iPAD USERS
You can easily make our Club’s Member Home Page a shortcut “app” on your iPhone or iPad to make it easy to regularly return to the page. If you prefer, just watch this video.
On your iPhone or iPad, open Safari. Other browsers, such as Chrome, won't work for this.
Navigate to the Club’s Member Homepage. Make sure you go the Member Home page so that you will not need to login when you open this shortcut. Tap "Go."
Tap the Share button on the bottom of the page. It looks like a square with an arrow pointing out of the top.
In the list of options that appear, scroll down until you see Add to Home Screen. Tap this. The Add to Home Screen dialog box will appear.
Choose a name for the website shortcut, such as “GCW Member Home”on your home screen. You'll see the link so you can confirm it. Click Add when you're done. Safari will close automatically and you will be taken to where the icon is located on your iPhone's or iPad's home screen.
Now just tap your new club "app" on your home screen, and it will open our website in its own window. No more searching and no need to login!
Note: If you ever decide you want to remove this website shortcut, you can delete it just like you would any other app on your phone.
GCW provides this website for the convenience of its Members for the purpose of conducting Club business and promoting social contact among its members. The website is restricted to these uses only and may not be used for business, political, or religious purposes or otherwise distributed.