UPCOMING AT A GLANCE
OCT 14th – 9:00 AM Garden Club Meeting
SUSAN CALHOUN
On October 14, the Flotsam Jetsam Garden Club welcomes Susan Calhoun of Poulsbo as our guest speaker. Susan, a certified landscape designer with +25 years of experience in projects ranging from private residences to commercial to show gardens. The definition of a plantswoman is someone with a passion for plants and their cultivation. Naming her business Plantswoman Design Inc. is very appropriate. She also has a strong connection to her community and uses sustainable practices, “green” materials, and recycled products to open new avenues for her business.
Laura Meinhardt
MEMBERSHIP
What a fantastic turnout for our first meeting! Many thanks to Hilary, Lan, Nancy and Valerie who cheerfully took your renewals, greeted new members and answered your questions. Next meeting will be on October 14th at our usual location at the Greater Hansville Community Center.
Please welcome new members:
Carrie Hill, Mary K. Koon, Karen Wight, Earl Thurston, Karen Helbich, Marty Calvert, Cathi Hatch, Cara Alferness
Looking through my notes, I may have missed these new members from the end of last season through the summer:
Delia Swan, Ruthanne Gustafson, Tess Keenholtz, Laura and Peter Rowley, Taz Sallay
Crystal Ramstead
FIELD TRIPS
Here are the field trips and suggested tours with confirmed dates:
On Wednesday of this week, September 16, thirty-two members toured the gardens of Nancy Peregrine, Wyn Abbott, and Gayle Fulton.
We were fortunate to have beautiful weather and excellent company. Our hostesses were fantastic and we are very grateful for all their work preparing for our tours. See photos on our Scrapbook Page.
On October 19, 2026, from 9:30 AM to about 2:30 PM we will be going to Tacoma to Point Defiance Gardens and Zoo. In addition to beautiful fall colors and gardens, we will experience four Dambo giant trolls hiding amongst the flora and fauna of the zoo. This is a traveling event that will be in Tacoma from October 14 to December 20 with the title: Trolls a Field Study. (The trolls are studying humans in their habitat.) The zoo is also a botanical garden with diverse plants from all over the world. It should be a fun day. You can sign up at the next meeting.
In late May 2027 we are planning a trip to Gig Harbor and Fox Island to see two spectacular private gardens. We are working on arranging the date and times with the kind owners.
More information will follow. See you at garden club on October 14!
Joann Ater for the Field Trip Committee (Lenore Lynch and Sherry Pollard)
GARDEN CLUB CLASSIFIEDS
All the hail the return of the Garden Club Classifieds!
What this is:
– a place for you to share (free) plants and garden stuff you have with members
– a request for garden related information from the hive mind.
– a request for items (freely given) for use in garden club (or adjacent) events.
What this isn’t: a place for you to sell your garden stuff
How this works:
– Type up a short advertisement
– Include a photo if you have one (as an attachment to your email)
– Include your name and contact info – I won’t publish your ad without it
– Email it to florafauna@flotsamandjetsam.club
– It will be published in the next (1) FJGC Newsletter — ads must be received no later than Wednesday, two days before the newsletter is published.
– The Board & Publisher have the right to edit, veto your submissions.
– The classifieds will always be at the bottom of every newsletter but will not be on the website.
Questions? Let me know.
Brooke Luehmann
SOIL
Need some soil but don’t want to drive all the way into town? There is leftover soil after garden sale. A $5 donation to the Garden Club will get you two 5-gallon buckets full. The pile is still held at Brooke Luehmann’s house (6997 NE Buck Lake Rd), across the street from the from the Community Center. You can leave your $ with Brooke or bring it with you to September’s meeting.
Brooke Luehmann
Click here for Brooke Luehmann’s Chick Pea Salad Recipe served on Friday at the Garden Sale.
SCRAPBOOK
June Luncheon, Garden Sale photos, Field Trips and workshop photos are all on the Scrapbook page.
(https://flotsamandjetsam.club/scrapbook)
HORTICULTURE — Chris Brinton’s Meeting Notes
Download Herb & his Friends (April)
Download Plant & Seed Propagation Notes (March)
Download Putting Babies to Bed (November)
Download Drying Herbs and Citrus Zest 10-23, Spiced Liqueur Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Download September meeting notes here.
Download Tools Tips & Tricks
Meet Sandra & Roger Larsen — click on Members Mini Biographies to read Sherry Pollard’s fun interview.
To read Holly’s Horticulture articles, click on this link or look at the top menu–>Resources–>Horticulture
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Flotsam and Jetsam Garden Club
PO Box 14
Hansville, WA 98340
Meetings are held on the second Wednesday each month from September to June at:
Greater Hansville Community Center, 6778 Buck Lake Road NE, Hansville, WA 98340