Chuckanut Chatter - the Chuckanut District's Online Newsletter: 

 Click on date for the  May 2012 Edition (Revised 5-5-12)

             For updated info see Additional Update Info section below.

              Next Chuckanut Chatter will be in early October, 2012

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• Upcoming District Event:

                Thursday, May 24, 2012

        will be a Another New Location as of 5-4-12:

     Azusa Farm & Garden Nursery

              14904 State Route 20, Mount Vernon, WA  98273

           Click here for Call to District Event

                Directions to Azusa F&G Nursery  

 There will be No Judged Flower Show at this Event, instead it will be Designer's Choice Floral Designs with the theme 'Wild Thing'.  There will be a 'People's Choice' Award and a Prize for the winning entry.  Register your Floral Design with Bea Bazinet asap.

  There will be NO Meeting at these 3 times per year Events - the 4th Thursday of May, October and February.  All Business Meetings will be held at the Board Meetings the 4th Monday of April, September and January.  A Club Member representative, usually the President, must attend these Board Meetings.                             

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    Here is the Registration Form for the

                    2012 WSFGC Convention 'Wild Thing!'

       hosted by Chuckanut District and held at the Cottontree Inn

                                 in Mount Vernon on June 5, 6,7, and 8, 2012.

           Registration Form

           Highlights of the Convention Program

           Helpful First-Time Attendees Info 

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•   National Garden Club Newsletter:     "Keeping In Touch"

•    "CHITTER CHATTER” : Monthly E-mailed Newsletter,  with no photos or articles, just some events info - is sent at the beginning of each month to all Club Presidents to forward to their club members (and to copy it for those members without email).   If you have not received a copy from your club president, be sure to contact them to ask for one.

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 Additional Update Info:

05-04-12: The 3-times annually Chuckanut District Event has a new location for 

         May 24, 2012:  Azusa Farm & Garden Nursery in Mount Vernon - see info above

04-30-12:  For any club that is interested in supporting Habitat for Humanity, NGC has a Walk-a-Thon scheduled for May 18, 2012, in Buffalo, NY, and donations are appreciated.  Click here for info.

             See Below on the Right for Misc. Links to Interesting Sites

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Links to Upcoming and Recent Events:

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 2012 WSFGC Gala 

 The following Designs were from this year's Gala:

   Design by Gerry Douglas

     Invitational Design by Marva Lee Peterschick

  Silent Auction Design by Ginger Knutsen

           Invitational Design

     Invitational Design

                   Silent Auction Design

                     Silent Auction Design

              Silent Auction Design

Program Designer's Design

  All of the Following were Program Designs:

Misc. Links to Interesting Sites:  

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  Click here  for very slow-motion photos of pollination and other Wonders of Nature sent in by Kathy Hansen

  Click here  for a beautiful video sent by Kathy Hansen on  time-lapse photos of Blooming Flowers

  Click here to learn about 'Saving Berries from Mold'.

Fr0m Anne Sullivan: 

 Click here  for an article on "..Going Green or Growing Wild"

 Click here   for photos of the World Record for Hanging Baskets

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From the National Capital Area Garden Clubs: 

  Click here  for a link to information on the book "The Creative Garden" 

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  Click here  for a Video of the Hummingbirds of Alaska.

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Here's a photo Sharon Merrill took on June 3, 2011, in her driveway of a Doe and her two new fawn ---

 Click the lower right corner to enlarge.

Click here for an article on                   deer unfriendly gardens - 'Boxwood, loving what the deer don't'

  Click here  for a Beautiful Yard in Tacoma, Washington. 

              Click here  for an article on

               Best Pest Control?

              Click here for our beautiful

                 State Flowers.

   Click here for Important Information about Endangered Species.

 Click here for an article on

Constance Spry, florist to the Queen. 

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  Click here for an Article on Young Flower Arrangers.

 Click here for some Inspiring Gardens.

  Click here for Amazing Photos of

                Hummingbirds.

For any additional photos about events, projects, etc. in the Chuckanut Chatter, click here to go to a list of the District's Albums in Photobucket.  Choose Recent Albums, then click on View all public albums, then when you get to the photos, click View as a Slideshow.