UKIAH – The Mendo-Lake District Garden Club will hold its winter general meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 27.
The meeting will be hosted by Ukiah Garden Club at the clubhouse, 1203 W. Clay St., Ukiah.
Registration and coffee hour start at 9:30 a.m. and the meeting starts at 10:30 a.m., to be followed by the lunch ($12 by reservation only, make checks to Ukiah Garden Club, PO Box 447, Ukiah, Calif. 95482). Menu is a variety of soups and salads.
The fundraiser is 50-50 drawing; potted and named plants, books and items also will be sold.
The meeting's speaker will be Jo Jameson, president of Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club, who will present her garden therapy projects. You’ll have a chance to create a pressed flower mini “stand-up” card that she did with participants in the club's Adult Respite Program and they found it to be very enjoyable. Samples of other projects will be on display.
There are six garden clubs all within the Mendo-Lake District (www.mendolakedistrict.org). All the districts in California are under the Calif. Garden Club Inc. (www.CaliforniaGardenClubs.org), then within the Pacific Region (www.PacificregionGardenClubs.org), and then the National Garden Clubs Inc. (www.gardenclub.org ). These Web sites contain a wealth of information – check them out.
GinaBelle Smith is our Mendo-Lake District Director. For further information check out any of the above Web sites or call 707-964-3798.
All are welcome to visit the garden clubs. The district meets quarterly and the public is invited to attend any of the meetings. Watch for future announcements of meetings and activities.