What an excellent sunny day it was when the Hammond Backyard Membership held their assembly this month on the Oak Knoll Nation Membership, and the climate being what it was should have been a sign of how great the speaker Mr. John Grimm could be.
He got here to us from his “Camellia Heaven” farm in Bush, Louisiana, and resides in our pretty metropolis of Hammond.
Mr. Grimm, or Jack as many name him, got here with an exquisite slideshow all about his cherished camellias and expounded on the 5,000 bushes that grace the grounds of his farm. To hearken to him communicate concerning the big quantity and totally different sorts of camellias he has, you’ll assume he was speaking about kids, as a result of you possibly can simply hear the love he has for them in his voice.
Being the grasp gardener that he’s, we discovered the correct approach and place to plant them and how you can water, fertilize, and take care of them. The do’s and don’ts of grafting, how you can lay a department down and let it root from a longtime bush.
He introduced some samples of blooms from a only a few of the great bushes on the farm in colours from white to pink to scarlet and all of the shades in between. There are singles and doubles, some so stuffed with petals that they appear like peonies!
Once we had been stuffed with his prized treasure of knowledge and needed to go proper out to the closest nursery and get a minimum of three or 4 bushes ourselves, he took questions from the members, and we loudly applauded his very informative speak.
President Sue Parrill then requested Chaplain Mary Thornhill to steer us in prayer earlier than lunch, and we remained standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. Mary Monteleone’s employees at OKCC started bringing out the lunches we had ordered and positioned them on our lengthy tables upon which had been preparations of gorgeous white magnolias. We’re at all times so happy with the nice meals and wonder at OKCC.
After lunch Sue requested for the standard stories from Secretary Karen Granier and Treasurer Phyllis diBenedetto, and there have been none from Hyperlink Award or Backyard of the Month.
Glenda Nelson reported that Preserve Hammond Lovely along side sponsors for “The Nice American Cleanup-Love The Boot,” the Tangipahoa Chamber of Commerce, the Metropolis of Hammond, the State of Louisiana and the Council of District #1 will probably be assembly on the Chamber of Commerce at 400 N.W. Railroad Ave., Hammond, on April 23 from 8-10 a.m. for cleanup of the realm.
As at all times, gloves, pickup sticks, and luggage will probably be offered. She additionally mentioned there will probably be a hazardous waste pickup at Zemurray Park on Could 7. With all these cleanups and pickups we should always have the cleanest metropolis ever!
Brenda Daussat, chairperson for the scholarship committee, has mentioned that the varieties have been given to the professors at SLU and requested if anybody of the HGC members who knew of a scholar that may qualify for the scholarship to please give her the data so it may be offered to the professors and the committee members.
Sue then known as on Pat Graves to report on the Northshore Arts in Bloom that may happen April 1-2. Pat mentioned that every little thing was going nice they usually want some HGC members to enroll to work on these days. Many signed in on the lists offered.
Lastly we had been reminded of our Street Journey to Biloxi/Ocean Springs for lunch and to a nursery. If you’re going meet at Dillard’s for 9:30 a.m., let the telephone committee know when you find yourself known as if you may be attending.
This was a busy month-to-month assembly. In closing, the Hammond Backyard Membership is a proud member of District VI, Louisiana Backyard Membership Federation Inc. and the Deep South Backyard Golf equipment Inc., doing our greatest to unify and beautify our houses, gardens, our metropolis and our nation day-after-day to the most effective of our capacity.
God bless town of Hammond and God bless America.
Linda Broussard lives in Hammond.