The Skaneateles Garden Club held its annual luncheon themed “Spring Awakening” recently at the Skaneateles Country Club.
There were 85 members and guests in attendance.
Awards were presented to Jody Reckmeyer for 50 years of membership, Nancy Easter, Susan Hayden and Anne McElroy for 25 years of membership.
After lunch by the lake, Program Chair Nancy Rudl introduced the guest speaker, Laura Clare, owner of Laura Clare Design in Bernardsville, NJ.
Clare has been designing creative floral designs in New Jersey, Manhattan, New York State, Pennsylvania and Europe.
She graduated from Cornell with a degree in horticulture. She has a wonderful eye for color and uses her own technique to design her arrangements. She has created many designs for celebrities such as Sting, Elton John and many others.
Following the program a raffle of many gardening items was held.
This included five arrangements by Laura Clare.
“We are lucky to have great program chairs who bring speakers to further educate us on our quest to become more knowledgeable gardeners in the way we treat our planet,” the club announced in a press release. “We have members who are judges in horticulture, National Garden Clubs (NGC) Flower Show judges, NGC landscape design consultants, NGC accredited garden consultants and master gardeners program of Cornell Cooperative Extension. We are committed to our civic duty to the beautification of our community.”
The club also announced upcoming program including designing a new garden in honor of long time member P.J. Lemp near the entrance to the newly renovated Barrow Art Gallery and the hanging baskets will soon make an appearance in the village. This tradition was started many years ago by member Shirley Feldmann. Plans are in the works for a garden tour in 2023.
Skaneateles Garden Club is a member of the VI District of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State fgcnys.com) which is part of National Garden Clubs, Inc. (gardenclub.org).
If you would like to become a member of the SGC, please contact Amy Rolleri at 706-372-4375.
