The Regional Review
April, 2012
Vo l u m e 1 , I s s u e 4
C.A.R. Director
GREETINGS
How quickly time flies when you are having fun! It has been a whirlwind of travel since the new year. The Winter Board Meeting of NGC held in Albuquerque, NM, with just the Executive Committee, gave us a real opportunity to get to know each other. It was both fun and interesting work for all. A special thanks to the President of New Mexico, her officers and all the garden clubs, for going over the top with their welcome and many gifts. My cacti are doing beautifully!
This venue gave many of us from the coastline states a stark reminder of how important water is to our very existence. Sitting with other Regional Directors and sharing what is happening in each region made us more aware of our many similarities as well as the many differences, due to distance between clubs and states and growing zones.
Kudos to The Garden Club of New Jersey for their yearly Standard Flower Show, part of The New Jersey Flower & Garden Show, and their opportunity to present the newly established “Community Gardens” Grants to twenty garden clubs. Go to the C.A.R. website to see a few of the winning garden clubs’ endeavors. www.ngcCAR.org
It was a privilege to be invited to judge the Philadelphia Flower Show. Our own Joy Ericson has played an integral part in sponsoring the idea of NGC judges being including in this auspicious event.
The coming year will see C.A.R. stressing “HOME” in our theme….”Gardening with Pride,
Honoring Home, Community & Country”. Let’s encourage our members to sponsor our next
store neighbors, streets and avenues to have garden contests. With categories of
front yards, back yards, pocket gardens, window boxes, porches and displays of container
gardening, no matter how large or small. Let’s let the community know how greening
a neighborhood can revitalize our gardening friends, and place winning signs to show
our appreciation. Invite the local newspaper to photo-
Hope you are all making travel arrangements to shuffle off to Buffalo for the fabulous Flower Show that the members of C.A.R. Ohio are planning. “Match the Music” is a night of fun and music for the Life Member Banquet. It will be great entertainment to see and enjoy “Two Guys with a Bucket of Flowers” doing fabulous designs. Also, be there to meet and greet our very own National President, Shirley Nicolai.
Gardening with Pride, Honoring Home, Community and Country
Jeanne T. Nelson
C.A.R. Director
Central Atlantic State Organizations
Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs
Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc.
National Capitol Area Garden Clubs, Inc.
The Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc.
The Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc.
The Garden Club of Ohio, Inc.
The Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania
Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.