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Mountain View Garden Club is located in Mountain View, (Howell County) Mo.
- Organized in April 1954
- Federated May 2, 1958
- 2011 membership is currently 32 members.
- 2011 theme, "Beauty of Vegetables"
- Meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 1 p.m. in the community room of the Public Library, 105 S. Oak St., Mountain View, Mo.
- Workdays are held the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 9 a.m. in downtown What Park.
- Garden Therapy is held the 1st Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. at Mountain View Healthcare, 1211 N. Ash St., Mountain View, Mo.
"Over 50 years of connunity service"
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Contact Marty Toll, 2011 President
(417) 934-6497
2011 News & Events
2011 Mountain View Garden Club Brochure
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Mountain View Garden Club started out the New Year by sowing Rudbeckia fulgida,
"Black Eyed Susan" seeds on a slope in Wayside Park. This area borders Highway
60 which is a main thoroughfare in town. The club is attempting to establish wildflowers
and forbs among the native grasses already planted by MODOT. The seeds were
graciously donated to the club by FGCM Membership Chairman Elaine Fix of Mid-Central
District.
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2010 News & Events
Members Attend Landscape Design Refresher
The Landscape Design Refresher held June 18, 2010 in Columbia Missouri was a
great success despite 90 degree weather. 26 participants from throughout Missouri
enjoyed touring Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area, the Copperstone Subdivision,
Stephens Lake Park and Flat Branch Park. Numerous ways of managing water
were discussed from rain gardens to water features. Members attending were
Marty Toll, Alice Hand and Ann Hinkle.
2010 Mountain View Garden Club
Five members from the Mountain View Garden Club attended the annual Federated Garden
Clubs of Missouri, Inc. state convention April 22, 23 and 24 in Chesterfield MO. They are pictured
from the left Patti Sprague, Alice Hand, Mary West, President, Marty Toll and Linda York. The
Mid-Central district hosted the "Swing into Spring" convention at the Doubletree Hotel and
Convention Center. Activities included several tours, seminars, a floral design program, a
business meeting and an awards banquet.
The Mountain View Garden Club won more awards than any club in the state. They included
recognition and an award and monetary prize for the monthly garden therapy program held at
the Mountain View Healthcare, a horticulture workshop that was held as a monthly meeting,
several meetings throughout the year featuring horticultural topics, the Christmas evergreen
swags decorating the community and the new landscaping at the Family Youth Center.
The club yearbook received a blue ribbon and the publicity press book a ribbon. Two students
from Liberty High School placed in the FGCM Essay Contest and three students from Mountain
View Elementary won places in the Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl poster contests. One of
those will be sent on to the Central Region of National Garden Clubs, Inc. for further competition.
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Mountain View Garden Club Mud Ball Party
February 2010 - We made the seed balls and used flat rocks to paint the names of wildflowers on that we had in two of our wildflower beds near the library. The rocks are used for identification and hopefully education purposes.
The area we threw the mud balls and also the black eyed susan seeds is a quarter of a mile long slope that runs on the North side of our Wayside Park, and borders Highway 60 that runs through town. We have set out coreopsis plants...120 of them, and planted dogwoods and deciduous holly and winter berry hollies at the top of the slope. This is a long term project. We are hoping we get enough wildflower plants established that they will reseed themselves. Each year we add to the mix.
Click here to view the photos in the February 2010 album
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2009 News & Events
2009 Mountain View Garden Club
All are Invited!
29th Annual Missouri Small Fruit and Vegetable Conference
Sustainable Family, Food and Farm
February 16 – 18, 2009
Clarion Hotel, Springfield, Missouri
Sponsored by Missouri State University, University of Missouri Extension, Lincoln University and Mo. Dept of Agriculture.
The Conference brings together small fruit and vegetable growers, researchers, extension workers, and commercial
suppliers from across the state and around the country.
- Learn about new crops to try on your farm
- Hear how the latest research can benefit your operation
- Network with other growers and horticulture specialists
For a complete schedule and to download the registration form go to
Monday’s all-day session, Back to the Basics, covers the basics of small fruit and vegetable production and includes
a drive-yourself tour of Prairie Picking Patch, Larry Smith’s farm near Ash Grove. The registration fee is $15 per farm or
family for that one day.
The Conference begins on Tuesday morning with featured speaker, Dr. Joe Kovach, Head of the Ohio State University’s
Integrated Pest Management Program, who will present research information on Polyculture Systems. These diverse,
small-scale fruit and vegetable production systems are designed to optimize crop yield and economics as well as reduce
pest problems.
Next is the Marketing Session and then Lunch on your own. In the afternoon, we present the Vegetable Session then
the Blueberry Session. Wednesday opens with the Strawberry Session and ends at noon with the Alternative Crops
Session. Registration for the Conference costs $50 per farm or family. For that, you can attend any or all of the
Tuesday and Wednesday sessions.
If you need any assistance, or would like to talk to a person for more information or to register, please contact me, Pam
Mayer PMayer@MIssouriState.edu 417-547-7533.
We hope to see you in February.
Pamela Mayer, Conference Facilitator
Missouri State University - Dept of Agriculture
State Fruit Experiment Station
9740 Red Spring Road
Mountain Grove, MO 65711-2999
Nadia spoke on various aspects of our native plants. She had an extensive slide show of spring, summer and fall
wildflowers and native grasses. One interesting part of her presentation was how she tied the many different pollinators
of these plants into the program.
The next meeting Of MVGC will be Feb. 25, 2009 and there will be a presentation by Mike Skinner, Natural History
Biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation on "Exotic and Non-native Plants". Call 417-247-0289 for
more details.
2008 Mountain View Garden Club
The Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., held it's annual
Fall Board meeting in Jefferson City, MO on November 9, 10 and 11, 2008. Pictured is Carolyn
Flynn, FGCM Club Programs Chairman, formerly President of the Mountain View Garden Club and
now a member of the Fulton Garden Club, Marty Toll, FGCM Habitat for Humanity Chairman and
President of the Mountain View Garden Club and Alice Hand, FGCM Wildflower Chairman. Alice
and Marty attended a seminar on parliamentary procedure, gave reports to the board, and attended
the business meetings.
Tour of Twin Pines Conservation and Education Center
The Mountain View Garden Club toured the new Twin Pines Conservation and Education Center at
Winona, MO for the September meeting. Besides viewing the indoor exhibits, we visited the restored
log cabin and lumbering equipment displays and explored the new wildflower gardens. We also enjoyed
a picnic lunch.
2008 Garden Club of the Year
The Mountain View Garden Club won Garden Club of the Year Award at the recent Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri 75th state convention held in Jefferson City MO, May 6-8, 2008. The announcement was made by state president, Maisie Keeser, and the trophy presented to club president Marty Toll by Governor and Mrs. Matt Blunt. Also in attendance was the ceremony was president of the National Garden Clubs, Inc. Barbara May, and Central Region Director Karen Hix. The trophy presentation took place at an afternoon tea in the Governor's mansion.
In the past eight years, the Mountain View has won Garden Club of the Year five times, and came in second once. The trophy will be on display in the Mountain View Public Library for the next year.
Clubs are judged for the competition by looking at activities that carry out the objectives of the state and national organization. Besides the many flower beds the club plants and maintains around town, there is a monthly garden therapy session at Mountain View Healthcare, an Arbor Day program and celebration at the elementary school, daffodil planting with the first graders, a scholarship given to a high school student, a flower show, a local garden tour and various other activities in addition to twelve meetings a year. There are approximately 175 federated garden clubs in the state, with 3,000 members.
The Mountain View Club was also recognized for celebrating 50 years of being in the Federation. Three members, Mary West, vice president, Linda York and Marty Toll attended the convention. In addition to the tea, there was a garden tour, a design program, three seminars, a business meeting and an awards banquet.
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February 2008 - Mountain View Meeting
The Mountain View Garden Club took advantage of a few nice days between the winter storms the
end of February and cleaned out the bluebird houses on their several bluebird trails in the community. Pictured in the back is Lou Hines, the local bird chairman, Jane McLaughlin and Alice Hand. Bluebirds are very early nesters, and start nest building and laying eggs before other birds in the area. One box already had an egg in a nest, and was not disturbed.
Lou's husband, Harmon, built and put up eleven new bluebird boxes in various spots around town for the club. Bird study is a program of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc. and the National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Click here to view the photo in the February 2008 album
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2007 MOUNTAIN VIEW GARDEN CLUB
January 13, 2007
Mountain View Garden Club President, Marty Toll and Parks, Recreation and Tree Board member, Jim Roles were awarded the first "Humanitarian of the Year Award". They received a pair of pruners engraved with their names and a note thanking them for their continuous time they donate to the Mountain View community. The engraving was signed on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce and the grateful community.
The pruners were presented to them by Mountain View Chamber of Commerce President, Jerry Orchard.
Click here to view the photo in the January 2007 album
Updated 4/4/2011
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