TARBORO —
The Edgecombe Garden Club met Wednesday, September 5, 2012 for a noon luncheon at the Fountains of the Albemarle.
After president Pauline Nicolosi welcomed everyone to the first meeting of the year, Willie Gupton, devotion chairman, read “God’s Store.”
Karen Andrus, executive director of the ECC Foundation at Edgecombe Community College, encouraged members to vote for a quarter-cent sales tax increase on the Nov. 6 ballot. If passed, the proceeds will enable ECC to move forward with the planning, design, and construction of its top two priorities: a Biotechnology and Simulation Center (Health Center), on the Rocky Mount campus and a Workforce Training Center on the Tarboro campus.
President Pauline invited members to attend the District 12 NC Garden Club, Inc. annual meeting on Wednesday, October 10, 10 a. m. in the Wilson Country Club.
Candis Owens told of the Blount Bridgers Garden Committee offering four different designs of Eastern NC handmade cypress obelisks for your garden. There are two sizes (5 feet for $75 and 6 feet for $100) in four styles. The top can be either a wooden finial or a copper crown. Paint, add vines or just leave it plain to weather. Email Karen Andrus at andrusk@edgecombe.com for a picture. Delivery takes three weeks.
As the meeting moved into the main portion, speaker Alex Measamer, occupational therapist of Vidant Health, suggested some “Garden Tips.”
Do a safety yard check for hazards like roots, uneven ground, loose steps, rocks, etc. Fix unsafe items. To save uncomfortable waiting time after a fall, carry a cell phone outside. Use a cane or walking stick on uneven ground and to get up easily after falls. A ski pole with a pointed tip can be used for a gardening cane, picking up trash, or holding down a branch.
Do not climb up on chairs or old turned-over five-gallon cans! Ladders can tip over on uneven surfaces. Poor balance on a slope or bank can cause a broken hip. Less bending, lifting and digging is easier in 2-3 feet high raised plant beds where you add a long, wide top board for sitting and reaching easily. Another way to bring gardening to your waist level is to put herbs and flowers on a patio table. Vertical gardens or a trellis allow you to plant and weed without stooping or bending.
With steering knobs, use the other hand to balance. For less effort, plant bulbs and other perennials for color. It is easier to manage a container garden than a garden. Grow low-maintenance plants. Choose the best time to do certain tasks. The soil is softer after it rains making it a good time to dig. Use a kneeling pad.
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Some of the obelisks being sold by the Blount Bridgers House Garden Committee. For The Daily Southerner
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Some of the obelisks being sold by the Blount Bridgers House Garden Committee. For The Daily Southerner
Edgecombe Garden Club learns garden tips
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Edgecombe Garden Club honors members
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Hostess Barbara Getzug described her specially designed flower arrangement of mock orange, snowball, purple columbine, and many varieties of roses. President Pauline, Hostesses Gloria Wall and Louise Fleming did the table arrangements. They contained wiegelia, azalea, ivy, mock orange, and ligustrum. -
DAR AWARDS
GOOD CITIZEN WINNERS with school names (left to right): Amanda Larson, Northern Nash; Meredith Glover, Southern Nash; Cameron Dengler, Rocky Mount Academy; and William Joyner “Brad,” SouthWest Edgecombe
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DAR AWARDS
GOOD CITIZENSHIP WINNERS with school names (left to right): Emanuel Jones, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic; Daniel Tavon Thorne, Englewood Elementary, Chryshanta Johnson, Williford Elementary; Elizabeth Tebo, Spring Hope Elementary; Regent Dottie Barrett. Not present: Lorah Beth Currin, Faith Christian, and Susana Contreras-Blanco, Princeville Elementary
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Originally from Edgecombe County, Dixon graduated from Hobgood Academy and moved on to Peace College and East Carolina University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in Marketing in 2003. Prior to coming to Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, she served as Director of Admissions at the Fountains at the Albemarle in Tarboro for seven years. -
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