Gardeners by the Bay
Houston, Texas
www.gbtb.org
info (at) gbtb (dot) org
Federated 1987
Member of
National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc.
South Central Region of National Council
Texas Garden Clubs, Inc.
District IV Coastal Prairie Council
Houston Federation of Garden Clubs
Gardeners by the Bay Officers and Committee Chairpersons
2011-2012
Officers:
President Patsy Horner
1st Vice-President (Programs) Regina Flaherty
2nd Vice-Presidents (Trips) Alice Steele, Sue Shelley, Georgia Piwonka
Secretary Jane Copeland
Treasurer Frank Resch
Past-President Advisor Alice Steele
Committee Chairpersons:
Horticulture Mary Demeny
Hospitality Laura Estupinian
Membership Mary Smith & Netia Pyles
Newsletter Phyllis McCulley
Plant Sale Bettye Solcher, Brigitte Crull, Suzy Rzemek, Manel Perera
Publicity Joanne Hogarth
Webmaster Martha Melcher
I am a “regular” volunteer with the Bay Area Habitat For Humanity in Dickinson/LaPorte, and have been in charge of landscaping most of their newly built homes for over three years. We now do a low-maintenance garden in front of each house — not just a bush and tree. I’ve had wonderful Saturday morning volunteers, but sadly, a severe drops in donations have left me without enough funds to give the new homeowners a small garden which instills pride in ownership and helps the entire community.
I would like to have about 30 minutes at one of your meetings to give a presentation to your garden club to see if you might be interested in landscaping one of our new homes — two are closing in LaPorte in February. It is such a worthy cause and several people should be able to complete a garden in three or four hours. I would be a liaison between Habitat, the new homeowners and your club. Also, any day of the week close to the day the homes are dedicated would be fine, other than Saturday mornings since every Saturday morning is full of volunteers and regular staff working on the scheduled building chores which makes landscaping difficult.
I would love to hear from you!
Barbara Hurst
Bay Area Habitat for Humanity
Thank you for sharing this information with us, Ms. Hurst. I know our members have contributed and volunteered in the past and will want to know about the current needs. I have forwarded your message and added a link to bahfh.org to our homepage.
Best wishes,
Martha Melcher
Webmaster