Calendar of Events July 9 Tour two Clay and Platte County 12 Board Meeting 30 Tour three Jackson County July 30th August 9 Board Meeting 13 Tour Four August 13th Cass County Paul Brown 816-803-2358 September 10 Picnic Saturday Sept 10th At Kactus Creek 13 Board Meeting 20 Member Meeting www.kcwatergardens.com July 2016 Jackson County Members Only Tour! The Jackson County Members Only Tour and Garden Party has 5 great sites to see this year! Each site is open on a rolling start so please check the start times! Starting like this allows all the garden hosts to join in on the Garden Party at the Davis s. The Davis s will have hot dogs and hamburgers grilling so just bring a snack to share and some great Garden Stories! A lot of these sites have made some major changes that you will not want to miss! Site 4 is new to the tour scene this year and the Davis s completely took a pond out and added a massive waterfall and some cool fountains that look like Crown Center! We hope to see a lot of the new members that signed up during the public tour out and about with us! Till then, Happy Gardening! For the Jackson County tour directions and addresses please see page 8. Issue No. 273 Thank You!!!!! To all the members, family members and friends that helped at homes by checking visitors in, THANK YOU!!!! This allowed home owners time to just focus on answering questions and enjoying the moment of others compliments. We have a great organization and Thank each and every member for being a part of it! Page 1 July 2016
Check Your Cameras and Phones! We need your photos! If you went on the Public Tour this year and took pictures, please send us those pictures! We need shots from all different angles and views! Send them to tour@kcwatergardens.com! Thanks from the Tour Committee Page 2 July 2016
From Our President Our 2016 Water Garden Tour has now come and gone. It was awesome!! A special thank you to everyone who opened their yards for the public to view. I know it takes a lot of hard work to get your gardens ready and it was evident by all the great yards that I saw this year. We have several fish rescues scheduled in the next couple of weeks. One of them will have a lot of baby koi. If you need fish, don't be shy, call us and let us know. Another member's tour is scheduled for Jackson County for July 30th. Hope you can make it!! Enjoy the summer!!! Dave Podor 2016 WGS Officers and Directors Dave Podor 913-894-6449 President Karl Bitter Vice-President 913-484-1037 Jim Payne 816-419-0303 Secretary Bill Holst 816-616-2904 Cor. Secretary Sue Frank 816-353-4400 Treasurer DIRECTORS Paul Brown 816-803-2358 Stephane Dunn 816-361-3527 Linda Harwood 816-305-5963 Jennifer Lawson 816-695-9906 Ariel Paulson 816-305-9419 Ted Tschirhart 816-861-3449 Reflections Editor Mary Jo Tschirhart 816-861-3449 Fax: 816-921-3449 (mjlint@kc.rr.com) news@kcwatergardens.com Feature Writers Karen Fiske Linda Harwood Jim Payne COMMITTEES Community Service Projects Jo Hanson 913-381-3354 Education Karen Fiske 913-782-6378 Membership Mary Jo & Ted Tschirhart 816-861-3449 Meeting Programs Stephanie Dunn 816-361-3527 Refreshments Nancy Osborne 913-642-5919 Special Construction Ted Tschirhart 816-861-3449 Volunteer Coordinator Ted 816-861-3449 Public Tour 2016 Linda Harwood 816-305-5963 tour@kcwatergardens.com Membership Tour Area Kansas Dave Podor 913-894-6449 Bill Holst 913-375-9444 Clay & Platte Counties Call 816-861-3449 Cass County Paul Brown 816-803-2358 Jackson County Looking for Host Ted 816-861-3449 ZOO Email@kcwatergardens.com www.kcwatergardens.com Ad@kcwaterqardens.com secretary@kcwatergardens.com communityservice@kcwatergardens.com news@kcwatergardens.com president@kcwatergardens.com secretary@kcwatergardens.com specialevents@kcwatergardens.com tour@kcwatergardens.com treasurer@kcwatergardens.com web@kcwatergardens.com Page 3 July 2016
Next Meeting Tuesday Sept 20 2016 816-861-3449 Next Board Meeting July 12, 2016 Newsletter Deadline Deadline for August 2016 July 22, 2016 Send to: Mary Jo Tschirhart at news@kcwatergardens.com Calendar Contact calendar@kcwatergardens.com July 9 Calendar 2016 tour two Clay and Platte County July 9th 12 Board Meeting 30 August tour three Jackson County July 30th 9 Board Meeting 13 September 10 13 Board Meeting 20 Member Meeting Tour Four August 13th Cass County Paul Brown 816-803-2358 Picnic Saturday Sept 10th At Kactus Creek Membership Dues Membership dues are renewable annually- $35.00 per year for a single membership, and $45.00 per year for a 2-person membership (in same household). Dues should be forwarded to: Ted Tschirhart, WGS Membership Chair, 4954 Marsh Kansas City, MO 64129-2111 816-861-3449 tedtschi@gmail.com Renew on line Advertising Rates For advertising information, contact: Ted Tschirhart at 816-861-3449 fax 816-921-3449 WGS Clothing Karl Bitter 913-484-1037 Meeting cancellations due to hazardous weather conditions: If the weather causes an issue that the meeting needs to be cancelled a message will be sent out on Facebook and also on the web site kcwatergardens.com. If you do not have access to either please call Dave Podor 913-710-8401, Linda Harwood 816-305-5963 or Ted Tschirhart 816-861-3449 or any of the Board Members. Page 4 July 2016
Fish Rescue! Rescue! Rescue! The team is still pulling fish out of ponds like crazy that need new homes! Several rescues are coming up with all kinds of unknown fish needing new homes. If you need some new fish for your pond please contact fishrescue@kcwatergardens.com. Please include what kind of fish you are interested in and a general size so Dave knows who to call for the fish rescued! To all the new members this is a free service to adopt. We just want all the fish to have good homes to go to! Call now: 816-483-0908 7700 E. 40 Hwy Kansas City, Mo 64129 Why pay retail at a store When you can pay wholesale to the source (And we ll deliver to your home) Annual Dues It had been since 1999 that the Water Garden Society of Greater Kansas City has increased its dues. With everything in the world getting more expensive, the Water Garden Society Board had to make a tough decision and decided to increase the annual dues. The Board voted to do a straight across increase of $10. So whatever you were paying prior you will need to add $10 to that amount. For new members a single membership will be $35 and a double will be $45 for the year. This will still get you your ticket to the public tour. This change went into effect on October 1 st 2015. N E W L O C A T I O N Swan s Water Gardens 4385 W 247th St Louisburg, KS 66053 913-837-3510 swanswatergardens@gmail.com Full service water garden center. Installation and design firm. Swan s Water Gardens is now celebrating our 21st year in business at our brand new location. The buildings will house our General Store, DIY Pond Supplies and Fish Shack. We will hold classes in the Barn Loft. The Man Cave Pavilion will be used for meetings, classes and just a place to sit and relax with snacks and refreshments. We are rebuilding our greenhouse South of the Pole barn and building a new Container Pot Shed and Potting Arbor for re-potting plants. Come and watch us transform our new farm into a water garden paradise. During the season on Saturdays you can watch our crew build water features, patios, walls and much more. Page 5 July 2016
WATER GARDEN TOUR 2016 JUNE 25th & 26th 23rd ANNUAL TOUR What a great tour month! From the Johnson County Evening/Night tour to the Rock A Lily Public Tour, everything was a great success! The Johnson County tour featured 5 homes in the Johnson County area. We had approximately 60 members join in to be a part of the tour. A big Thank You to the Home Owners for letting everyone have a great outing to open up our tour season! On to the Rock A Lily Public Tour! With minor issues, 34 stops were featured on this year s tour. The weather was warm to hot but not totally unbearable. At the end of Sunday the Missouri side and South Kansas area started watering a bit prior to the 5pm end time, but all was fun! Tour totals were good! Some areas that generally only have a few visitors had over 200 this year! The most was near 400. Hosts reported that at one site a gentleman sat by the stream and played his flute. Others let us know how much the children loved gathering eggs and the chickens. One home owner was showing a young girl tad poles and she ended up tumbling in on the edge of the pond. All was well and she had a blast! The tour bus was a big hit this year. I really think it could have been filled two more times! A group of gardeners from Wichita s Water Garden Society made the trip to tour the gardens. The 10 of them ended up at Site 21 for jeep tours! They all had a blast and will speak of Kansas City s hospitality for a long time! It was interesting to see all the different hobbyist interests. One lady was taking pictures of all the frogs she could find, real and fake. The joy of seeing the public s smiles as they entered the yards was so joyous! That is the reward to each home owner for their hard work! A lot of work goes into preparing each and every yard from the home owners. It is a wonderful experience to have members go through and enjoy each other s hard work. To learn from one another and get ideas to take home and try new things! Several members helped check people in at homes. This was a huge help and a great way to talk up the Water Garden Society. Lots of new members joined and old ones renewed! Now the work starts for the 2017 Public Tour, maybe like A Trail of Fountains!? Just a thought from a committee member but not a bad one! Page 6 July 2016
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The Johnson County Evening/ Night Tour One The Johnson County Evening/Night tour covered 5 homes from Overland Park to Shawnee. Approximately 60 members joined in to go on the tour with lots of fun and stories! A big Thank You to the home owners for letting everyone have great outing to open the tour season! Members only Tour Two Unfortunately we did not have enough people volunteer to have their gardens on this year for this area to have a member s only tour on July 9 th. Hopefully next year we will get more interested in sharing the Northland gardens. If anyone would like to volunteer to be the contact person for this area, please let us know. Having a person for the area always seems to bring more organization for the member s only tour! If you want to volunteer please contact the tour committee at tour@kcwatergardens.com. Thank you! Members only Tour Three July 30 Saturday STOP # 1 6pm 7:30pm 3923 Sunrise Dr, Kansas City, MO 64123 Curtis Padilla and Dennis Curtis 816-241-3725 At 3923 Sunrise Dr, Kansas City, MO 64123 [] on Sunrise Dr (West) 43 yds Turn LEFT (South-West) onto (N) Gladstone Blvd 0.5 mi Keep LEFT to stay on N Gladstone Blvd 0.2 mi At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto St John Ave 109 yds Bear LEFT (South-West) onto Gladstone Blvd 0.5 mi Turn RIGHT (West) onto US-24 [Independence Ave] 1.0 mi Turn LEFT (South) onto The Paseo [Paseo Blvd] 4.4 mi Turn RIGHT (West) onto E 45th St 0.3 mi Turn RIGHT (North) onto Harrison St 174 yds Page 8 July 2016
STOP # 2 6:15pm 7:45pm 4415 Harrison St, Kansas City, MO 64110 Ron & Nancy McCabe 816-830-0696 At 4415 Harrison St, Kansas City, MO 64110, stay on Harrison St (North) 0.1 mi Turn RIGHT (East) onto E 43rd St 0.6 mi Turn RIGHT (South) onto Bruce R Watkins Dr [US- 71] 0.6 mi Turn LEFT (East) onto US-56 [Swope Pkwy] 0.1 mi Road name changes to Swope Pkwy 0.8 mi Keep STRAIGHT onto Local road(s) 21 yds Road name changes to Blue Pkwy 2.0 mi Turn LEFT (North-East) onto Eastwood Trafficway [Eastwood Trfy] 0.7 mi Turn RIGHT (North) onto Harrison St 174 yds Bear RIGHT (East) onto E 51st St 0.3 mi Turn LEFT (North) onto Blue Ridge Cut-Off [Blue Ridge Cut Off] 0.4 mi Turn RIGHT (South-East) onto Raytown Rd 0.2 mi Turn LEFT (East) onto E 47th St 1.6 mi Turn LEFT (North) onto Vermont Ave 0.2 mi Turn RIGHT (East) onto E 45th Terrace 0.1 mi Turn LEFT (North) onto Ridgeway Ave 98 yds STOP # 3 6:45pm 8:00pm 4535 Ridgeway Ave, Kansas City, MO 64133 Clint & Aimee Cassing 816-803-5446 At 4535 Ridgeway Ave, Kansas City, MO 64133, return South on Ridgeway Ave 98 yds Turn LEFT (East) onto E 45th Terrace 0.2 mi Turn RIGHT (South) onto Westridge Rd 0.2 mi Turn LEFT (East) onto E 47th St (S) 0.7 mi Turn RIGHT (East) onto US-40 [E US Highway 40] 0.5 mi Bear RIGHT (South-East) onto Local road(s) 76 yds Bear RIGHT (South) onto MO-V [Noland Rd] 1.4 mi STOP # 4 7:00pm 8:30pm 5825 Noland Rd, Kansas City, MO 64133 Johna & Dean Isackson 816-519-7136 At 5825 Noland Rd, Kansas City, MO 64133, stay on MO-V [Noland Rd] (South) 3.7 mi Turn LEFT (East) onto MO-350 [Blue Pkwy] 1.7 mi Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.1 mi Keep LEFT to stay on Ramp 43 yds Turn LEFT (East) onto E Bannister Rd [NW Colbern Rd] 164 yds Road name changes to (NW) Colbern Rd 5.8 mi Turn RIGHT (South) onto Windsor Dr 0.3 mi STOP # 5 8:30pm 10pm Arrive 9722 Windsor Dr, Lee's Summit, MO 64086 64086 George & Susanne Davis. 816-347-0242 Page 9 July 2016
Check Your Calendar. Member Only Tours Schedule Dates for 2016 Call The Tour Captain for Your Area listed below each County and Sign up Today! Send Tour information to: tour@kcwatergardens.com Tour One June 11th 6p-11p Kansas Bill Holst 816-616-2904 or Dave Podor 913-710-8401 Tour Two July 9th 6p-9p Clay & Platte County Linda Harwood 816-305-5963 Tour Three July 30th 6p-9p Jackson County Ted Tschirhart 816-861-3449 Tour Four August 13th Cass County Paul Brown 816-803-2358 Picnic Saturday Sept 10th At Kactus Creek If the tour captains are unavailable call 816-305-5963, 816-861-3449 or send an email to tour@kcwatergardens.com IF you would like your pond on the members only tour let the captains know! Page 10 July 2016
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Ted Tschirhart Membership Records 4954 Marsh Avenue Kansas City, MO 64129-2111 Landscape Supplies Building Stones Wall Stone River Gravel Mulch & Edging Water Garden Rocks 1725 Merriam Lane 913-432-5990 Hours M-F 8:00-5:30 Sat 9-1 Page 12 July 2016