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Enjoying
the 2007 banquet
Please
call Pam Jokerst at H/314-514-8348 or C/314-276-9461.
Social hour starts at 6 p.m. Members may invite guests.
Cost is $27.50 per person made payable to SLWGS. Please
mail payment to Pam at 305 Wyndmoor Terrace Court, St.
Louis, MO 63141.
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Things
To Do Today
Time is running out! Make your reservations for the
St. Louis Water Gardening Society's annual banquet
NOW. It will be at the Jewel Box in Forest Park on Tuesday,
August 19 from 6 to 9 p.m.!
The theme for the evening is "A Night in the Tropics".
We have speaker Chris Kelley of Cottage Gardens presenting
a slide show on tropical plants, very entertaining music
to put you in the island mood by Steely Pan, a scrumptious
dinner catered by Pasta House Company and special award
presentations to honor members of the society. This
is one event you will not want to miss! You will also
be able to stroll among the lily pools to see day and
night blooming tropicals put on their show and hopefully
snag one of the attendance prizes given at the end of
the evening.
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Auction
Includes Bidding Battles and Bargains
Just
about 'everything under the sun' was at the auction.
Jim and Pat set a brisk pace and everyone enjoyed
the good-natured bidding battles. At the end, just
about everyone left with treasures and bargains. Some
of the more unique items were flamingoes, a copper
tabletop fountain, a young girl bronze statue, a hand-painted
mailbox, quilted picture frames, water lily tapestries,
a metal cattail sculpture, a floating alligator head,
an automatic fish feeder, crazy pots, and dwarf banana
plants. Thanks to our generous retailers for their
contributions
and to all who donated and participated.
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Checking out the auction items early
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Pond-O-Rama 2008
What a terrific tour! Water features are getting
better every year. We had a good turnout and the weather
was pleasant despite a few brief showers. Photos of
each pond on the 2008 tour are now available from
the Pond-O-Rama web page.
Note that they are listed alphabetically except that
the vertical photos are grouped together at the bottom
of the page.
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Pond of the Month: August
Harold Pohl transformed an unexciting hillside
view into one with streams full of waterfalls and
a mill, with the water falling into a pond containing
lilies and fish. It attracted wildlife too! |
Squirrel at home in Harold Pohl's stream-side
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2007 Service Award Recipients
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News and Notes
- Take a peek at the final list of nominees
for Service Awards.
You could be on it!
- At its July meeting, the board decided two awards
weren't enough. We will annually recognize one outstanding
person in each of three specific areas - Jewel Box
volunteers, Pond-O-Rama committee and new members.
These will be announced at the banquet.
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Read Alice's 2008 Pond-O-Rama
wrap-up. (She wouldn't tell you what a terrific job
she did, so I added that.)
- Members: Does your pond look terrific at night?
Contact Pam Jokerst
to be on the Tiki tour Saturday evening, September
27.
- Link to the list of items in our Lending Library
from the Membership page.
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Jewel Box
There was plenty to do for all those who turned out
to plant the tropicals in June. We planted the bare-rooted
water lilies in all the ponds, retrieved, divided and
planted tropicals from the greenhouse, and three hours
later, celebrated a job well-done at Imo's. See a few
photos.
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Jim
and Mary Pat Glauber
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Cherry Blossom Pond Tour
Sunday was the perfect day for our spring Cherry
Blossom Tour with three beautiful Asian-themed ponds.
There were lanterns, dragons, azaleas, buddhas, bonsai
trees, bamboo, Japanese gardens, koi and even a tea
house, and, of course, lots of good fellowship!
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