LA BALLONA VALLEY BROMELIAD SOCIETY NEWSLETTER September 2008 **************************************************************** September Meeting Meeting: Wednesday, 24 September at 7:30 pm in the Rotunda Room at the Veterans Memorial Hall. Speaker: Our speaker will be Dexter Friede from GroMore Fertilizer. Raffle: Don Misumi will supply the raffle table with orchids and bromeliads. Drinks: Shirley Wells and Jean Allaria Food: Shirley Wells, Jessie and Matt Fraggi, and Richard Fleg **************************************************************** From Jean Allaria: Bus Trip Saturday, October 18, 2008 Note: If you are interested in going on the bus trip, please sign up ASAP as the South Bay Bromeliad Associates will open it up to other clubs soon. Itinerary: 8:45 -- 10:45 Bill Baker's California Gardens 11:00 -- 11:45 Richard Kaz's garden 1:00 -- 2:00 Island View Nursery 2:10 -- 3:00 Seaside Gardens 4:00 -- 4:30 Sperling's Nursery Only $16 per person -- includes driver's tip. Bring your own lunch. Club will provide soft drinks and snacks. 3 convenient pickups (be about 10-15 minutes early to allow for loading). Bus leaves each location at: 7:30 AM South Bay Galleria, Torrance: Hawthorne Blvd at Artesia Blvd (by Macy's) 8:00 AM Veteran's Memorial Building, Culver City: Overland Blvd at Culver Blvd (meet on Overland) 8:30 AM Balboa Park, San Fernando Valley: Balboa Blvd north of Burbank Blvd (by tennis courts) See or call Jean Allaria at XXX-XXX-XXXX, (address redacted) to sign up. Make checks payable to SBBA. **************************************************************** From Laurel Almerinda: Garden/Nursery Job Available Sculpture Gardens 1029 1/2 Abbot Kinney Blvd Venice Hours: 10am-4pm Tues - Sunday (closed Mondays) Person must have good people and sales skills as well as a love of plants. Contact Jerry at (310) 476-6618 and email Laurel (former employee) with any questions at (email address redacted) **************************************************************** Administrivia The La Ballona Valley Bromeliad Society meets the fourth Wednesday of each month, January through October, in the Rotunda Room at Veterans Memorial Hall, 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City. Please send any items for the newsletter to (email address redacted) Emmit Willis, President Jim Jaeger, Vice-President Don Misumi, Treasurer Gloria Grover, Membership Jean Yoshii, Newsletter