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Williamsville Garden Club met April 1.

Here is the minutes provided by the Club:

Members present: Darlene Sagle, Valerie Patterson, Linda Koeberline, Deb Bracy, Nique Scarbrough, Laura Horton, Marsha Menzel, Kim Knox, Karri, Polly Wise, Debbie Larson and Jenny Brennan

Public Present: Natalie Albers

Minutes: The minutes from March 4, 2017 were distributed to the members.

Meeting:

• Backyard Basics:

• Natalie Albers from the Williamsville Library and Museum thanked the Garden Club for their assistance with Backyard Basics and recapped the successful event.

• She noted they may split the event up into multiple class sessions instead of one main event and took suggestions from the Garden Club members on possible topics

• Upcoming events at the WPLM were also discussed

• Spring Clean Up Day:

• Tuesday, 4/4/17 at 10:00am for anyone who can make it

• Polly volunteered to look into some t-shirt options

• Quarter Auction:

• The following prizes will be donated: Deb Bracy - Apron, Kim Knox - Cooler with Snacks and Polly Wise - Basket

• Box Car Clean Out:

• 4/26/17 at 5:00pm - will work to get items cleaned out and determine what needs to be saved and/or sold, or discarded at the All Town Clean Up

• Summer Pots:

• Marsha presented the design idea that she, Laura and Kim came up with,. The design will incorporate lots of purple and yellow in order to coincide with the upcoming All School Reunion. The only exception to the purple and yellow theme will be at the Roll of Honor which will feature a red, white and blue display

• Current cost is estimated at $456, but not all plants have been ordered, nor has a 20% discount been applied. At the March 4th meeting, a budget of up to $1000 was authorized for the summer pot decor.

• More dirt will be added to the pots and a work day will be scheduled once it gets closer and more plants are in bloom

• Village Sign:

• The new 4H leader would like to have her members help with this area

• Suggestion to make it a teaching experience for them by showing them how to design and graph a landscaping project

• Nique will invite the 4H leader to our May meeting in order to discuss this further

• Summer Weeding:

• Decided to set a specific day and time each week for this. Time options are 10:00am and 6:00pm on Thursdays. Anyone available can come to work. We will reschedule as applicable due to weather

• Community Foundation - Boo! :

• WCF has offered to assist and share profits, but does not wish to put on the event on their own

• Idea to change things up a bit and have Boo at the Schooooool and use the gym and stage at the District Fine Arts Center

• Possibly have games and craft areas, candy and costume contest and/or parade using the stage

• Cost suggestion would be $5 per family

• We need to look into the PTO fall festival schedule, Fine Arts Schedule, as well as the JFL end of season festival and meet again as a group to determine if this is something we want to do

• Community Center Update:

• Once the area out front is poured, we can get started

• Other:

• Village will get mulch and preen when we are ready

• Up to $100 was approved for the purchase of 2 power hedgers

• Next Meeting is May 6th, 9:00am and the Library:

http://williamsville.illinois.gov/uploads/2/6/0/5/26052373/gc_minutes_04.01.17.pdf