District I

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Notice of District I Presidents Meeting and Tour of historic Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
1550 Anacostia Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20019

Summer 2011

Member of National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc.; Central Atlantic Region; National Garden Clubs, Inc.

Saturday, June 11
Meeting - 10a ---- Tour - 11a
hosted by

Eastland Gardens Flower Club

Continental Breakfast provided by District I

Directors Notes
Enjoymentof our gardens, our clubs, and our environment By David Healy, Director, District I We all congratulate Shirley Nicolai on her becoming President of National Garden Clubs, Inc. The members of Tanta-Cove Garden Club and of Fergie's Gardeners are particularly proud, as are the members of District I and National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc. I am sure we all wish her the best in the next two years. I, for one, hope that she will cut our tethers to the 20th century and move us forward into the 21st. It's what we are doing, not what we have done.
(See Directors Notes, p. 2)

David Kneipp receives District I and NCAGC honors

Cheverly Garden Clubs David Kneipp received District Is Award of Honor and the National Capital Area Garden Clubs' Award of Recognition in March for his stellar service to his club, community, and Prince George's County, MD. Dave is very active with community groups in the Town of Cheverly and previously received the Jack L. Wheat Award for contributing to the towns quality of life and, in 2008, received the Mayors Award for Extraordinary Services. In retirement, Dave became a Master Gardener and, recently, a Master Composter; and, he serves on the Executive Council of Prince Georges Master Gardeners. In 2009, Dave was named their Master Gardener of the Year. He is active in Grow It Eat It, a collaboration between the Maryland Cooperative Extension Service and Master Gardeners to help more Marylander's grow more food. He serves as the Grow It Eat It contact person for Prince Georges County and gives gardening programs to public and student groups.
(See Kneipp, p. 2)
David Kneipp

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Directors Notes (from p. 1)
I hope you all take advantage of the offerings at the National Garden Club convention in DC the last week of May. Thank you to Four Seasons Garden Club for providing refreshments for the ShimizuBoasberg bus tour on May 25, and thank you to the District I members who volunteered for raffle and member services sales during the convention. Also, a special thank you to Ann Gardenhour for all of her work on the Blue Star Memorial dedication at Congressional Cemetery; it would never have happened without her. District I reserved a table to promote club memberships at Behnke's Garden Day, Saturday, June 4, 10a - 4p, on US Route 1 in Beltsville, MD. (See details, p. 5.) Thank you to the members of Goddard Garden Club for hosting this event on behalf of all NCAGC clubs. Its a good day for District I members to drop by as a way to thank Behnkes for their support over the years. Everyone is invited to District I's annual Presidents Meeting at 10a, Saturday, June 11, at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, 1550 Anacostia Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20019. (See driving directions below.) Please arrive early. The meeting will start promptly at 10a in the classroom immediately beyond the visitors' center so that we can all make the 11a tour of the only national park devoted to water lilies and lotus.
DIRECTIONS TO KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS
From ROUTE 295 (Baltimore-Washington Parkway) SOUTHBOUND:

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Vickie announces her theme, projects
New NCAGC President Vickie Godwin hopes her theme, Gardening Our Community, will inspire others to continue their community gardening, to create new projects, to keep books of evidence, and to apply for awards. Plus, she said with her usual enthusiasm and wit, some awards offer money. Whats not to love? She said her Presidents Project for her two-year term is the support of five new rain gardens on the grounds of the US Arboretum: One in the center of the circle at the front door, one at the trolley stop, and three in the medium strips of the larger parking lot. The plan is to get some of the parking lot pollutant runoff before it can reach our rivers, creeks, or the bay, she said. Vickie asks members to save the dates July 16 30, 2012, and to get their passports ready for possibly a boat trip through Frances waterways in Burgundy and Provence. I am already excited about this one, she said. Can you imagine 80 people from the NCAGC all on one boat trip? Wheeeeeeeeee!

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Kneipp

(from p. 1)

Take the EASTERN AVENUE EXIT and continue forward. Turn RIGHT onto DOUGLAS STREET and then RIGHT onto ANACOSTIA AVENUE. Follow Anacostia Avenue almost to the end to the parking lot for the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens on your left. If you miss the Eastern Avenue exit, take the NANNIE BURROUGHS STREET exit. Turn RIGHT onto Nannie Burroughs and then turn RIGHT onto DOUGLAS STREET. Turn RIGHT onto ANACOSTIA AVENUE. Follow Anacostia Avenue almost to the end to the parking lot for the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens on your left.
NORTHBOUND:

EXIT toward NANNIE BURROGHS STREET; turn LEFT at bottom of ramp. Turn RIGHT onto DOUGLAS STREET; then RIGHT onto ANACOSTIA AVENUE. Follow Anacostia Avenue almost to the end. The parking lot for Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens will be on your left. If you miss the exit for Nannie Burroughs Street, take the EXIT for EASTERN AVENUE. At Eastern Avenue turn LEFT over Route 295 and then LEFT again southbound. Turn RIGHT onto DOUGLAS STREET and then RIGHT onto ANACOTIA AVENUE. Follow Anacostia Avenue almost to the end. The parking lot for Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens will be on your left.

Visit: www.nps.gov/keaq/index.htm

Dave has held all the offices in his Cheverly Garden Club and is a life member the NCAGC. He is actively involved with numerous community groups in the Town of Cheverly, including being instrumental in: The installation of the first Blue Star Memorial Marker in Prince Georges County, MD; the creation of the Cheverly Community Vegetable Gardens; the creation of a Cheverly Green Home Certification Program to calculate how green a home is and how to reduce its carbon footprint; the hands-on work to restore health to Lower Beaverdam Creek; and leading the effort to locate Cheverlys historic materials and put them online to bring the history of Cheverly into the lives of its current residents. Daves involvement in civic development began as a boy scout and an Eagle Scout. He was involved in scouting for 25 years. He served as Assistant Scout Master for Troop 716, Boy Scouts of America; as Unit Commissioner for the Patuxent District; and as Skipper of Sea Scout Ship 716. Dave Kneipp continues to be a leader and inspirational force in gardening, landscaping, civic involvement, youth involvement, and the environment. Congratulations to David Kneipp

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District I flower show, show schedule both win state awards

Left: Graphics from the front cover of the award-winning flower show schedule created for District Is awardwinning flower show, Memories of a Ladys Manor.

Left: National Capital Area Garden Clubs awarded the Small Standard Flower Show Citation to District I for its Fall 2010, small standard flower show, Memories of a Ladys Manor.

Right: National Capital Area Garden Clubs awarded District I the Small Standard Flower Show Schedule Citation, No. 9A, for Memories of a Ladys Manor held September 25 at Darnalls Chance House Museum, Upper Marlboro, MD.

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Ten District I clubs received award certificates at the annual District I Awards Meeting hosted by Cheverly Garden Club on March 10.

Summer 2011
District I Director David Healy gave Certificates of Appreciation to honor members of the District I Board serving with him for the past two years.

Clubs, Board members receive awards at District Is March meeting

Above: Those accepting awards for their respective clubs are (From left): District I Awards Chairman Danielle Brabazon for Woodmoor Garden Club, Dee Droter for Tanta-Cove Garden Club, Donna Aldridge for Paint Branch Garden Club, Norma Hetrick for New Carrollton Garden Club, Julie Harrison for Mount Airy Clay Breakers Garden Club, Barbara Pejokovich for Cheverly Garden Club, and District I Director David Healy for Capitol Hill Garden Club.

Above: Board members honored with Certificates of Appreciation are: (From left back) Ann Gardenhour, Charmane Truesdell, and Arleen Ankeney next to the presenters, District I Director David Healy, and Danielle Brabazon, who also received a certificate. (From left front) Margaret McKnew, Dee Droter, Christine Hambach, Sonia Johnson, and Norma Merritt.
Source: ncadistrict1.blogspot.com Photos by Oliver Smith

District I clubs earn NCAGC awards

AWARDS
Think about awards now while planning your programs/activities for the coming year. The NCAGC now NEW has an award for electronic club newsletters, Award No. B52. Look for more information in the Presidents Packets online in June. All the awards and rules are listed on the NCAGCs website: www.ncagardenclubs.org If your club does not have an Awards Chairman, appoint one now. Your District I Awards Chairman and I will help your club apply for your clubs awards.
Evalee Ciuca NCAGC Awards Chairman

NCAGC CHANGES
The NCAGC now has a blogspot on its website, and District Is Danielle Brabazon is the blogger/ historian. When you have pictures/ NEW information to share, e-mail them to Danielle at:
[email protected]

Above: District I club reps with their state awards in March: (From left seated): Poss Tarpley representing Tanta-Cove Garden Club; Shirley Nicolai for Fergie's Gardeners; Ann Gardenhour for Cheverly Garden Club; Ellen Spencer for Gardeners of the Junior League of Washington, DC; Julie Harrison for Mount Airy Clay Breakers Garden Club; and Margaret McKnew for New Carrollton Garden Club. (From left standing) NCAGC President Mary Ellen Alden, District I Director David Healy for Capitol Hill Garden Club, District I Awards Chairman Danielle Brabazon for Woodmoor Garden Club, and NCAGC Awards Chairman Babs McClendon.
Source: ncadistrict1.blogspot.com Photo by Harold McClendon

The Capital Gardener has a new editor, Arlene Stewart NEW in District II. Email your news, photos, events, and activities to her at: [email protected] Watch for The Capital Gardener to change slowly over time to a newsletter format and then to an electronic delivery.
Vickie Godwin NCAGC President

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Some of the activities for the special event include:
- Tables for each garden club, vendor, plant society, etc. Goddard Garden Club will be representing District I and the NCAGC to attract new members and to offer

Behnkes Garden Day, Saturday, June 4

A special-event for gardeners, gardening clubs and societies; Master Gardeners; gardening related suppliers and vendors; and the community to gather at Behnkes Nursery and Garden Center, 11300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, (on Route 1) on June 4, from 10a to 4p

District I reserved a table to be hosted by Goddard Garden Club to represent National Capital Area Garden Clubs during Behnkes Garden Day on June 4th in Beltsville, MD. We appreciate this opportunity to work with Behnkes and to communicate with prospective new members, wrote District I Director David Healy when he made the reservation with Behnkes for NCAGCs participation in this special event. Goddard clubs Arleen Ankeney, a District I and an NCAGC Board member, is the Chairman for this promotion to attract new members and to raise funds for FONAs trust to maintain the azalea, boxwood, and other collections at the US Arboretum. Arleen is providing signage for the theme: Come Grow With Us along with photographs of District I clubs various community activitiesall aimed at attracting new members and showing what we do. NCAGC Membership Chairman Babs McClendon created new membership and promotional materials for handouts at the NCAGC table.

Save the Azaleas tote bags for a $5 minimum donation. The money goes to the US Arboretum trust fund organized and administered by FONA to provide an endowment for maintaining the USNA azalea, boxwoods, and other collections. - Friends of Brookside Gardens raffles, a fundraiser for Brookside Garden, Wheaton, MD - Master Gardeners Plant Clinic (from Prince Georges, Howard, and Montgomery counties) - Behnkes special sales and coupons - Plant Swap (bring one/take one), starting at 11:30a - Featured speaker: Perennial expert David Culp from Sunny Border Nurseries, at 3p - Food by Monte (Bar-B-Q, burgers, fries)

Come to Behnkes on June 4. Stop by the NCAGC table and say hello. Bring your family and friends too.

Club News
Tanta-Cove Garden Club President Lydia Barbour reports the club is working along with the rest of the NCAGC on the national convention in DC where their member Shirley Nicolai will be inducted as the NGCs president. We are all very excited for her and will continue to support her in her new role for the next two years, Lydia said. Caroline Carbaugh, Dee Droter, Jean Rositol, and I are assisting Anne Bucher with planning, preparing, and arranging the convention flowers, which will be fabulous. Lydia said that after the clubs May meeting, the entire club stuffed the bags that will be handed out to each of those attending the convention when they register. Lydia reports that a number of the clubs members will serve during the convention and that some husbands will attend the banquet on the 29th when Shirley is inducted. Donna Aldridge, President of the Paint Brach Garden Club, reports the clubs guest speaker Janet Draper, Horticulturist at the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden at the Smithsonian, provided them a history of the Smithsonians Ripley Garden during the clubs last meeting. Capitol Hill Garden Club took a magical May walk on the grounds and rooftops of Harbour Square, the Modernist cooperative apartment complex designed by Washington architect Chloethiel Woodard Smith as part of the 1950s/60s "urban renewal" of the DC waterfront. Club member Edee Hogan and her fellow gardeners at Harbour Square led the tour of the renovated landscaping and gardens. Go to the clubs blogspot to see the video and many photos that captured the magic taken by Bill Dean: http://capitolhillgardenclub.blogspot.com