Environmental Awareness and Recycling

Environmental Awareness

I’ve covered community gardening, gardening study, floral design, landscaping with vegetables, Michigan is surrounded by the fresh water of the Great Lakes.  Shirley Nicolai has topped her list of projects with the conservation and preservation of our most precious resource - fresh water and our ecosystem.   We all need to be aware of the problems facing our generation and the next with keeping fresh water available.

In closing, what has being a garden club member meant to me?  Well it has given me the opportunity to live my passion, to grow in the knowledge of horticulture, to appreciate and preserve our environment one step at a time, to teach others what I know, and to be satisfied that when I’ve finished my life I’ve contributed in some small way to my family and the people in my community. 

Planting a seed, nurturing it with rains, feeding it with love and attention and then harvesting the produce of your efforts makes one’s soul feel fulfilled.  It’s worth the experience and I rejoice in it.  We are what we make of ourselves and what we leave to others to share and enjoy.

Thank you for believing in me and having the confidence in me that together we will grow our membership and preserve our Mother Earth for future generations.