The East Hampton Belltown Garden Club
met Monday, October 24, 2011
at the East Hampton Public Library.
President Karen Gallmon began the evening with a short business meeting.
Vice President Bonnie Desaulnier and members Judy and Gloria
dressed in their Halloween black and orange.
Other members including new members Marsha (stripes),
Linda (maroon) and Kim (navy) let the pumpkins take center stage.
After the business meeting, member Judy and Projects Chairperson
Sue Hewes met to work on the Wadsworth Atheneum Festival of Trees project.
St. Nick and his sleigh will represent the Belltown Garden Club in the
Wadsworth Atheneum Festival of Trees in early December. Garden club member
Ellen is quilting a lap robe from fabric printed with national flags.
Miniature ornaments from many countries will decorate his tree.
Gloria and new member Emma prepare to make their pumpkin arrangements
after Bonnie presented a short lesson in floral design including two YouTube
segments and a learning module that can be found at
New member Kim and Hollye are set to begin their designs.
Cheryl has finished her floral arrangement
showing movement with diagonal lines and drama
with the red roses as the focal point.
Gloria explains her design principle based on a story of a drunken man.
Kim's arrangement exhibits balance and
a variety of materials in a monochromatic color theme.
New member Linda puts final touches on her design.
Everyone displayed their arrangements for judging.
Sue wonders who will win first place.
Everyone carefully considered each arrangement and placed a ticket
near the arrangement they thought best showed
the elements of good floral design.
And the winner is...
Peggy Becker's design exhibiting good proportion, asymmetrical balance,
rhythm through use of a variety of colors and diagonal movement, and
dominance with a strong focal point.
Peggy donated her design to the East Hampton Public Library.
That's what this garden club is all about: learning about gardening and plants,
meeting friends with similar interests, and bettering the community through gardening.
