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May 2024



​May 2024 Meeting
The May meeting of the Bulb & Blossom Garden Club was hosted by member Martha Guempel.  The business meeting was held followed by the installation of officers for the 2024-26 term.  Seated from left to right: Deborah Cristiano (Secretary), Mona Redlich (Vice President), Donna Baltakis (President), Sarah Bollich (Treasurer).  Pam Quirk, member and past president (2005-07), presided over the installation.  Outgoing officers Erin Jones (Treasurer), Donna Baltakis (Vice President) and Celeste Gomez (President) were thanked for their service to the club.  Jacquelyn Love, outgoing Secretary was unable to attend.

Tree Marker Project

Members of the Bulb & Blossom Garden Club were in attendance at the May meeting of the Eunice City Council. The club updated the Mayor and Council on the ongoing "Tree Marker Project" at the Eunice Community Walking Trail. A Plant America Grant was awarded by National Garden Club, Inc, and the funds are being used to produce new markers that will identify the tree and give its botanical name as well. The marker will also indicate the original donor of the trees. In attendance were Jean Johnson, Erin Jones, Deborah Cristiano, Donna Baltakis, Lynn Pavich, Fran Guillory, Mona Redlich, Celeste Gomez and Lessie Nichols. Anyone interested in knowing more about the project or interested in donating may contact us here on Facebook.

April 2024

To close out the month of April, the Bulb & Blossom Garden Club members observed Arbor Day on April 29, National Arbor Day! A native Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) was planted at the Eunice Community Nature Trail. The Yaupon was selected as it is an attractive specimen in the fall and winter with its beautiful red berries and a wonderful food source for birds.
The location for this year's planting ties in with the club's President's Project at the trail, the replacement of the tree markers that will now include the name of each tree and its botanical name. This project is being funded through a Plant America Grant awarded by the National Garden Club, Inc.
Present for the planting were members Sarah Bollich, Martha Guempel, Deborah Cristiano, Donna Baltakis, Fran Guillory, April DeRouen and Celeste Gomez.

LGCF Inc. Convention - Lake Charles

In April the Louisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc held its annual convention in Lake Charles, LA. LGCF District VII was this year's host and did a wonderful job organizing and planning the activities and meetings slated for  the two days. 
As one of the six garden clubs in District VII, the Bulb & Blossom Garden Club in Eunice, provided an arrangement one of the luncheons.  Member Erin Jones worked her magic and we thank Dr. Donnie Barnes for his allowing us to include some of his beautiful irises in the arrangement! 
LGCF  President Elect, Carla Gauthier, was gifted with the lovely arrangement that was created by Bulb & Blossom member, Erin Jones.
Our yearbook for 2023-24 was also recognized and earned  2nd Place for clubs having 20-29 members, at the recent LGCF convention.   The cover of the book was a nod to the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Bulb & Blossom Club back in 1948! 
Newspaper articles describing the  organizational meeting and the first official meeting were featured, along with an image of an arrangement created in 1959 for a Flower Show in Hammond.  Our thanks to Jerry DeVillier for assisting in digitizing this image.

April 2024 Meeting

The April meeting of the Bulb and Blossom Garden Club began with a tour of the lovely rose gardens created by member Kathy Manuel. Kathy has spent hours incorporating numerous varieties of the renown David Austin roses!  The range of colors and sizes were amazing. Refreshments consisting of beautifully decorated cookies were served.  Members then continued with a program on how to use rose petals and other dried flowers to make potpourri!
April was a very busy month for Bulb & Blossom members! We participated in the Keep Eunice Beautiful clean up held on April 20. Our Plant it Pink area committee, replanted the five baskets located above the sasanquas and azaleas with a variety of plants including vinca, airplane plants and society garlic. New pink bows also brightened the area! Shown are Martha Guempel, Erin Jones and Barbara Wells. Also participating but not shown was Fran Guillory.

March 2024


​March 2024 Meeting



​Fran Guillory hosted the March meeting for the Bulb and Blossom Garden Club.  Fran's presentation was about composting and earthworms entitled "Compost Happens." Fran explained how to create a compost, the different elements that make up a compost, and she also went over the dos and don'ts of building a compost. Then she explained how earthworms can work magic in your garden, resulting in very healthy plants and lots of vegetables and fruit.

February 2024

February means Membership Tea and Fancy Hats! Members of the Bulb and Blossom Garden Club decorated hats expressing their yearning for spring by adorning hats of various shapes and sizes with assorted flowers and butterflies. Modeling their creations front from left, Lynn Pavich and Celeste Gomez. In the back from left are Joyce Johnson, Fran Guillory, Martha Guempel, Barbara Wells and Erin Jones.

January 2024

January 2024 Meeting

Bulb and Blossom Garden Club members created bird feeders at its January meeting.   They used pinecones slathered with peanut butter and rolled in bird seed, which will be hung in trees.  Members hard at work: Fran Guillory, Donna Baltakis, Lessie Nichols, April DeRouen and Crystal Manual.