Mary Pat hosted a Lilac pop up on May 18th at her home. Members were invited to bring a vase or container to fill with lilacs.

” In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash’d palings,

Stands the lilac bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green,

With many a pointed blossom rising delicate, with the perfume strong I love,

With every leaf a miracle—and from this bush in the dooryard,

With delicate-color’d blossoms and heart-shaped leaves of rich green,

A sprig with its flower I break.”

Excerpt from “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” by WALT WHITMAN

Loveland Garden Club members- Kathy Gross, Ann Hosford, Patti Banks & Anne Carter planted the kitchen garden at the General Crook House. Kathy researched what plantings would have been during the time period of the house. Plantings included marigolds to deter the bunnies, mint, hyssop, basil, thyme, lavender and parsley. Vistor’s to the Crook House stopped by to observe the ladies as they planted.

On May 3rd, Loveland Garden Club member, Kathy Neary, invited the members to come view her 5,000 tulips in bloom.

On Tuesday, April 12th Loveland Garden Club volunteers, along with a few neighbors, Patty Jurgensen, Douglas/Sarpy County Extension Master Gardener, Steve Levy from the Omaha Parks Department and some Creighton students gathered at the Pacific Preserve to spread over 60 tons of topsoil that had been delivered earlier in the week by Lyman Richey along with forming a berm. Special thanks to Bill & Jennifer Pospichal who supervised the delivery.

Although “dirt work” is not glamorous, everyone enjoyed the camaraderie. Next step will be planting Prairie Drop Seed, Big Blue Stem, and a evergreen shrubs. Stay tuned on the planting date! Thanks to all the volunteers who showed up to help

Tuesday, December 7th, we gathered at the decorated home of Marilyn Martin for our December meeting and annual holiday brunch.

Ann, Jennifer and Nancy enjoyed a walk around Wehrspan Lake after attending an NRD update.

On the beautiful night of August 19th, we celebrated Michael Forsberg’s winning of the Garden Club of America’s J. Sherwood Chalmere Medallion for Conservation and Photography. It was a lovely gathering of our club’s members and spouses at the home of Sharon Larmore.

President, Ann Hosford, welcomed the group, Babs Weinberrg recapped the nomination process and praise Forsberg’s artistry. Michael spoke by highlighting his career and the challenges of our natural world. He introduced his wife and two daughters who were present.

The delicious buffet was served in Larimore’s exceptional wine room. Members proceeded to picnic themed tables decorated by the flower arranging committee using flowers from their own gardens. Pastel checked linen completed the table décor.

Our first meeting of the 2021-2022 session was held on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at the home of Bill and Jennifer Pospichal’s. I don’t think we all knew what a special treat was in store for us! Our meeting began with a tour of their amazing gardens and incredible grounds, along with Bill, Jennifer’s husband and a master gardener, giving us a program on raised bed vegetable gardening.

Bill is a civil engineer by degree and purchased 40+ acres back in the early 1990’s. This land used to be an old mink farm, yes, that is correct mink, as in fur. Bill and Jennifer have created a beautiful oasis lush with gardens galore from native plants, pollinators, quiet streams and loads of amazing vegetable beds. Over 2,000 shrubs and trees are planted on their property. Raised vegetable beds include cauliflower, broccoli, chick peas, strawberries just to name a few. Thank you to Jennifer and Bill for sharing your paradise with us!

“Every empty bottle is filled with a great story”

In 2020, the Horticulture Committee challenged the club to save our wine corks. With the pandemic, this challenged continued on till May of 2021, when we were finally able to gather for our Annual Meeting. Our club was busy over Covid, we collected over 8 pounds of wine corks! Anne Hall, Horticulture Chair, delivered the wine corks to WineStyles, at 10076 South 74th Plaza, who recycles them. Thank you to WineStyles for recycling and being good to Mother Earth! Another tidbit of information is that they also recycle wine bottles by giving them to the Smash Room. Evidently, people will pay to smash bottle and the broken glass is given to Metropolitan Community College Arts for projects. So if you are looking for a place to take your wine bottles or corks, along with purchasing wine, please keep WineStyles in mind. Thank you Anne for collecting the corks, finding a place that recycles them and delivering them for our group! 

We were so excited that we were finally able to gather “in person” for our Annual meeting which was held on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at Happy Hollow Club. The theme was entitled Honoring Our Roots. Thank you to the Social Committee for planning such a wonderful event!