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Why You Should Visit the Galloway House Gardens

Monday Morning

We had 14 members at Monday morning’s Tour of the Galloway House Gardens along with our tour guide, Eileen Blackburn of the FDL County Master Gardeners Club. It was beautiful morning for a walk in the gardens. There was no 50/50 Raffle so the next drawing on September 15th will have 11 cards with two pay cards and a pot of at least $552.

Galloway House Gardens

Eileen Blackburn graciously met us at the Galloway House Monday morning to give us a tour of the various things that she and her merry band of volunteers have accomplished this year at the Galloway House. Eileen joined us back on July 21st and told us how she became involved with the Master Gardeners Club in Fond du Lac and also how she got involved with the Galloway House Garden Renovation Project.

The tour started with donuts and juice in the Pavilion and then moved to the Log Cabin. Here Eileen explained that she tried to have plantings that represented the era and the building, so at the Log Cabin she had wheat and a branch fence out front with several wild flowers on the side of the Log Cabin. We then moved to the Rose Garden which is an ongoing work in progress. All of the hostas are being moved to the hosta garden and new roses are on order for completing this piece of the overall project. Eileen then took us to the spot that will be English Heritage Garden. This 500 sq. ft. garden will have benches along with rose bushes and other Wisconsin flowers that will bloom in June, July and August. This will be a tranquil setting that will incorporate color, smell and maybe even taste. We walked through the hosta garden on our way to the maintenance shed and the end of our tour. Eileen proudly announced that their effort at the Galloway House won them the FDL County Beautification Award this year. Well Deserved!!

Upcoming Kiwanis Events

We have several events coming up over the next several months as you look at your upcoming calendars.

Fond du Fest – Today in Downtown Fond du Lac. We take a scaled down version of our cheese curd operation to the street in front of National Exchange Bank with the hopes of selling anywhere from 250 – 500 pounds of cheese curds. The weather is forecast to be beautiful, so come out and support the Kiwanis.
38th Annual Pork Fest – Thursday, September 25th at the KC Hall. Tickets available online
A confirmed date of October 8th has been set for our Annual Installation Banquet. Get the date on your calendar. Cocktails will be at 5:30PM with dinner at 6:30PM and the installation program to follow. The cost per person will be $20. The menu selections should be out next week.
The Club Satellite’s first annual Pink Pumpkin Run/Walk is set for October 18th at 10:00AM. This is a collaborative project between students at MPTC and our Club Satellite and Host Club Members. Proceeds from this event will be going to women battling with breast cancer by sponsoring them to attend a four day retreat through Bcrecovery.org.

You Don’t Want to Miss This Great Meal!

Our 38th Annual Pork Fest is set for September 25, 2014. Once again we will be serving the best pork chop money can buy from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This delicious meal, which consists of an enormous pork chop, baked potato, sauerkraut, applesauce, cole slaw, and dinner roll with choice of milk, coffee, or water for drinks, costs only $12 for adults and $7 for children with all proceeds going to help the Kiwanis of Fabulous Fond du Lac support the children of Fond du Lac and the world. Please make this fun and delicious evening a priority for your family. Tickets can be ordered online or through any member of the Kiwanis of Fabulous Fond du Lac.