Flower, garden and Nature Society to hold annual roundtable discussion Saturday, January 16, 2010

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From the President........ 

Out with the old, in with the new! It's 2010, a new year. We

computer programmers tend to count from zero rather than

one like normal people, so I could even make a case for it

being a new decade, too, but I'd probably just confuse

people even more than I usually do.

I hope your holidays were happy ones, and that you're

looking forward to our FGNS programs and activities in

2010 as much as I am. If you'll let me wax philosophical

for a moment, I've said often that our membership is our

biggest asset, and in thinking about that I feel it's because

we have such a wide variety of people, with a huge range

of interests and talents and even opinions. What's really

remarkable is that our group seems to be so open and

friendly that all of these different people and views and

opinions can not only coexist peaceably but work together.

If you're a part of very many volunteer-driven groups you'll

realize just how unusual that is!

As I mentioned in December, Lynn Rogers has put together

another great year of programs (well, the November

speaker looks a little suspect, but that's months away and

maybe he'll shape up by then). It's become a tradition that

our January program is a round-table discussion, and they

are always fun. It's always amazing to see, from the

questions that are asked and the

answers given, all the things our

members know and want to know.

See you on Saturday,

Steve 

January 2010

Volume 15 Number 1 

We come from the earth

we return to the earth

and in between

we garden. 

THE FLOWER, GARDEN, AND NATURE SOCIETY OF NORTHWEST

ARKANSAS 

FGNS Officers 

Steve Marak 

President 

3460 Roma Drive

Springdale, AR 72762

H 479 271-5278

samarak@cox.net 

Heather Cook 

Vice-president 

4436 Highland Knolls Rd

Rogers, AR 72758

H 479 366-9067

aacook@cox.net 

Joyce Mendenhall 

Secretary 

689 Winbaugh Lane

Fayetteville, AR 72703

H 479 466-7265

joycemendenhall@yahoo.

com 

Sharon Haley 

Treasurer 

1 Red Bluff Road

Hindsville, AR 72738

H 479-789-2127

wareaglesharon@gmail

.com 

Gail Pianalto 

Past President 

P.O. Box 444

Tontitown, AR 72770

H 479 361-2198

pgp31@cox.net 

___________________ 

Paula Marinoni 

Founder 

617 W. Lafayette

Fayetteville, AR 72701

H 479 444-6170

pm@paulamarinoni.com 

Join us Saturday 

 January 20 

for the annual 

Roundtable 

Bring a favorite garden

tool for show and tell. 

**Location** 

Northwest Technical Institute 

709 South Old Missouri Rd 

Springdale, AR 

(1/2 mile South of Jones Center on 

Hwy 265)   Enter at south door. 

Inside 

President's Message p. 1

Botanically

    Speaking p. 2

New Officers p. 3

In The Greenhouse p. 3

Calender p. 4

What's On the Web p. 4

2010 Speaker List p. 5Red-bellied woodpecker 

on our feeder.