MLGC Committees 2023-2025
 
AWARDS  Writes and submits award applications to FGCMD for outstanding achievements of our club and members at the District, State, Regional, and National levels.  Linda Harris, Chair
                                                                                                     
COMMUNICATION  : Prepares newsletter with club updates and announcements for monthly distribution to members, maintains and edits MLGC website, including the member directory and yearbook, and posts club related activities and monitors MLGC Facebook page. Contacts members to take attendance and luncheon reservations for general meetings and other club functions and events.   Denise Kramer, Chair
 
CONSERVATION & ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS This committee has several ongoing projects and gardens that we maintain.  We participate in several ongoing activities: elementary school field trips to the Discovery Center for pollinator education during the month of May; Fall Fest in September making seed balls and promoting pollinator gardening with families; and Holiday Decorating in December at Sang Run State Park’s historic Friends Store. We are frequently asked to assist with school gardening projects throughout the county and are partners of Yough Glades Elementary School. We promote native plant gardening.  Linda Harris, Chair

FLORAL DESIGN : Floral Design Provides education to members about floral design; organizes floral design workshops and special floral events; informs members on statewide floral events. Typically, our committee has a late summer, holiday and spring floral workshop. One workshop per year may be an NGC specific design. We gather flowers and make centerpieces for our July picnic. Our committee is responsible to make a centerpiece in March and October for NGC district and state meetings. In years past, we have decorated a Garrett County themed holiday wreath for the State House in Annapolis. In the months when we do not meet as a club, our committee likes to gather for lunch and discussion. (Jan/Feb) We like to have a planning meeting/picnic by the lake in August.  Eleanore Brown, Chair

GARDEN TOUR PLANNING This committee oversees the planning for the annual garden tour in June. Members help locate potential gardens, help with publicity, tickets, brochures, refreshments, and pre-tour reception. All members of the club are asked to help the day of the tour.    

HERB  The herb committee aims to educate people on the health and medicinal uses of herbs. Herbs include not only culinary plants, but also many other species with beneficial properties. The committee will also cover topics such as ethical foraging, “eating your yard” and seasonal plants, companion planting and plant folklore. The committee will also share recipes, teas and experiments with herbs. The goal is to promote a healthy lifestyle and empower people to heal themselves with plants in their backyards!  Nicole Zinn, Chair

H4H-Habitat for Humanity As aligned with the NGC initiative, we are committed to working with Habitat for Humanity (HFH) homeowners to enhance the environment by landscaping HFH homes with hearty native trees, shrubs, plants, and flowers that attract butterflies and other pollinators.   Our H4H Committee partners with Garrett County Habitat for Humanity. We jointly build garden-related raffle items to raise funds for the gardens, decorate an HFH/MLGC parade float to create public awareness, design gardens, educate the homeowner on the importance of native plants, and help the H4H homeowners build native gardens for pollinators. Committee members of any capability are always welcome to participate in any manner that they can.    Greg Koeln, Chair

HISTORIAN  Maintains club scrapbooks with photos, news articles, awards, and other memorabilia.
Betsy Potts, Chair           
                      
HORTICULTURE/CONTAINER  Attempts to stimulate knowledge and a love of gardening by sharing information at meetings, hands on projects, and disseminating horticultural information such as planting, propagating, caring for flowers, ornamental plants, and herbs. We coordinate the plant sale, one of our club’s fund raisers. We coordinate Grow and Show at our monthly meetings where members are encouraged to bring in specimens from their garden The committee usually meets several times a year to discuss ongoing projects such as the plant sale, and learn about plants, weeds, bugs, etc. Members are encouraged to participate by sharing their questions, photos, and ideas they may have for future committee projects.  Barbara Davis, Chairs

HOSPITALITY : Makes arrangements for the monthly luncheons and other social events. 
 Jan Parandhamaia, Chair

MEMBER RELATIONS  Maintains membership roster for club; provides updates to District V; provides membership updates; gives guests information about club.  Denise Kramer, Chair     
 
PROGRAMS : Plans and coordinates speakers and programs for our monthly meetings, workshops, and field trips. Linda Harris & Lisa Jepsen-Lozano, Co-Chairs
 
PUBLICITY : Prepares materials for submission to local news media.  Joan Mitchell & Katheen Gibbs, Co-Chair  
 
RUTH ENLOW LIBRARY GARDENS  The library garden committee plants and maintains the library gardens. The committee meets once or twice for a couple hours in the spring to clean up the garden, weed, plant and mulch the two plant beds in front of the library. The committee meets again in the fall for more of the same spring activities to get the beds ready for the winter. The physical activity is similar to home gardening.
Accident Library Garden Committee:  Nancy Gebhardt & Mary Lou Kenney, Co-Chair
Grantsville Library Garden Committee: Jan Parandhamaia, Chair     
Oakland Library Garden Committee: Susan Bernstein, Chair
 
SCHOLARSHIP Oversees the Garrett College scholarship administered by the Garrett College Foundation, and annual awards for adult continuing education. Three members are appointed by the President for each two-year term.     Julie Mead, Margo Savage, Suzie Sincell    

​Club Resources & Designations

Kathie Smith: NGC Life Member, FGCMD Life Member, NGC Master Landscape Design Consultant; FGCMD member of Landscape Design Council.
 
Linda Harris: FGCMD Life Member, FGCMD State Chair and Credentials Chair of Environmental, Gardening & Landscape Design Schools; NGC Landscape Design Consultant, Master Environmental Consultant, Gardening School Consultant; FGCMD member of Environmental Consultant Council, Gardening Consultant Council, and Landscape Design Council; Master Naturalist.
 
Donna Miller: NGC Environmental Consultant and Landscape Design Consultant; FGCMD member of Environmental Consultant Council, Gardening Consultant Council and Landscape Design Council. Treasurer of Landscape Design Council.
 
Joan Mitchell, Kathleen Gibbs: NGC Environmental Consultants; members of Environmental Consultant Council.
 
Lynn Vinke: NGC Accredited Flower Show Judge, and FGCMD Judges Council member.