On July 5, President Karen Cook introduced Crawfordsville Mayor Todd Barton. Barton thanked the Flower Lovers Garden Club for the amazing job that it has done annually planting the flower pots in downtown Crawfordsville. He said he has received numerous compliments about how beautiful the flowers are downtown. Barton presented a donation to the Flower Lovers Garden Club to support the continued beautification of Crawfordsville’s downtown. Barton presented a check to Flower Lovers Club representatives Paula Furr and Cook.
Cook called the meeting to order at 1:15 p.m. in the social hall of St. John’s Church. She thanked the hostesses Denise Ducharme, Mary Lou Dawald, Lana Presslor and Sandy Lewein. Delicious summer type refreshments were provided with a July Fourth theme.
Twenty-nine members responded to roll call. The minutes from the June 7 meeting were read.
Happy birthday wishes were given to members with a birthday in July.
Treasurer Presslor presented the financial report. Ticket sales for the Garden Walk were good with many tickets purchased closer to the date of the Garden Walk. She explained that after expenses, the Garden Walk was a success.
A report was given by the Garden Walk committee. Many people are responsible for the success of the walk. Home garden owners, local businesses and The Flower Lovers membership all worked together. A thank you article will be published in the local newspapers.
Members are reminded to pay for their two tickets if they have not done so.
There are still tickets available for members to have a souvenir.
A sign-up paper was passed around for the Sept. 6 trip to Coxhall Mansion and Gardens in Carmel.
Many members that were present, participated in a discussion, the sharing of ideas, suggestions and protocols regarding the future Garden Walks and the beautification of downtown.
The next meeting will be at 1 p.m. Aug. 2 at St John’s. Speaker will be Jamie Smith of Fall Creek Farm. The hostesses are Donna Walton, Marty Heinold and Deb Barowsky.
