Capitol
Hill Garden
Club 2012-2013
Membership Form &
Questionnaire
Please print and complete these three pages and mail it with your check, made out to Capitol Hill Garden Club, to Donna Brauth, CHGC Secretary, 1100 Constitution Ave., NE, Washington DC 20002
– or bring your form and check to a meeting.
Membership renewals for 2012-13 are due by October 31, 2012.
Membership dues: $25 person
_______________
$45 couple _______________
$45 couple _______________
Additional Tax
Deductible gift _______________
Total enclosed: _______________
PLEASE PRINT:
Name(s)
_____________________________________________________
Street
Address
_______________________________________________
City,
State, Zip
_______________________________________________
Tel
(home)______________________________
Tel (work) _____________________________
Tel (work) _____________________________
Email
(PRINT) ________________________________________________
Fall
Bulb Sale
The club’s primary
source of income is selling spring-flowering bulbs from Holland every autumn at Eastern Market. All Capitol Hill
Garden Club members are encouraged
to help sell bulbs for one 2-hour stint. Sales begin Saturday and Sunday,
October 6 and 7 and run for at least four two-day weekends until all bulbs are
sold. There will be a sign-up sheet for
bulb sellers at meetings. Also for the following essential tasks, please check
where else you can help:
_______ Help once (or more often) to transport bulbs to the market
at 6:00-7:30 a.m. on a Saturday or Sunday.
_______ Help once (or more often) to transport bulbs back to
storage from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on a Sat. or Sunday.
_______ Do you have a vehicle we
can use for transport? SUVs and station wagons are especially welcome.
Committees
In addition, members are asked to serve on at
least one committee or event. Please sign up below for as many as you
wish.
___ Communications Help with publicity and with writing and
publishing the monthly newsletter.
___ Help
with social media development for the club.
___
Community Service Help organize a special project to serve
the community.
___ Membership
Outreach. Help raise awareness and membership among underrepresented
populations, and Welcome new members by phone and at
meetings.
___ 2013-2014
Programs Help plan meeting programs
for next year. (Committee meets once, in the Spring of 2013.)
___ Refreshment
Committee. Help a committee obtain, serve and manage clean-up of refreshments
for a meeting or small event. This includes providing a
plate of savory or sweet items from time to time.
___ Watering
Co-op. Be part of a co-operative
group who water one another’s gardens during absences.
___ By-laws
Review. Help review club by-laws and recommend revisions.
Garden Design Consultation Committee. Experienced gardeners offer suggestions on garden makeovers and
garden designs for Club members requesting this free service.
___
Yes, I am an experienced gardener who would like to help.
___
Yes, I would like design assistance or advice for a garden makeover.
Events and Activities
Please
check any or all of the following events with which you could help:
Bulb Give Away Program ____ I will
collect applications and create an applicant spreadsheet list by Sept. 30.
___ I will be
part of a committee to help Bulb Giveaway Chair with bagging bulbs and delivery
in October.
Annual
Greens Workshop, Wednesday Dec.
5, 2012 Please check any or all below:
___ I will help bag greens for a couple of hours
on the morning of the workshop.
___ I will help with setting up just before the
workshop, Wednesday, Dec. 5 from 4 p.m.
___ I will help clean up after the workshop. (We must leave by 9 p.m.)
Annual Garden Party, June 1, 2013
___
I will help to plan and stage our annual June garden party.
Help with
Member Transportation
___ I have a car and can
pick up and drive a member who is in
a wheelchair to or from one monthly meeting.
PLEASE TELL US:
1. Do you have
special knowledge or skill on any aspect of gardening? If so, please tell us about it so that we all
can benefit from our in-house expertise, as the need may arise.
2. Do you have enough
space in your house and garden that you would be willing to allow the club to
hold a small event? -- such as our
annual fall party, or our gathering after the spring garden walk.
3. Can
you recommend any large garden or space nearby suitable for our June 2013
Garden Party?
4.
Would you be willing to help organize an outing or field trip? ___________ If “Yes” -- where to?
In the local DC Area:
Outside
the DC Area:
6. How do you get information about the Capitol
Hill Garden Club?
7. I am (aware) (unaware) of
events/classes offered through the National
Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc. I plan
to attend or participate in:
8. General comments about, and suggestions for,
the Capitol Hill Garden
Club