Lake Vista Flower Team for NOMA

On Tuesday, October 27th our garden club members filled the Great Hall Urns with a beautiful arrangement.

Fall Fundraiser - Wine & Cheese Party

Thanks to a wonderful committee, Melissa Adolph, Mary Costelloe, Jeanne Kimble, Cheryl Richards, Kimberly Zibilich and our leader Joni Diaz. This evening could not have happened if it weren't for Neva and Mike Seago to open their lovely home to our club.

October Garden of the Month - Ann Christenberry

October Garden of the Month - Ann Christenberry

October Honorable Mention - Jill Halpern

October Le Petite Jardin - Jolanta Tipler

Lake Vista Garden Club Celebrates its 60th Anniversary

Aaron Adolph giving presenation at Oct Meeting

Yvonne & Joni - Celebrating 60th Anniversary

October 2nd Hostess Committee

September 2009 Garden of the Month

Garden of the Month: 16 Swan Street –
In this elegant, well-designed Italianate garden, formal elements are used to create a balanced, symmetrical design, in perfect scale and proportion to compliment the handsome architecture of the house. On the street side, wide lushly planted beds along the perimeter and front walkway are anchored by a tall hedges of magnolias along the elegant iron fence, and serve as a dramatic backdrop for the linear formal plantings of African iris, variegated caladiums, and soft-colored flowers, and fronted by a low hedge of clipped boxwoods edged with clumps of monkey grass. On the lane side, the imposing masonry façade is enhanced and softened by foundation plantings of evergreen topiaries, tall bushes, and a rectangular rose-bed, bounded by low clipped boxwood hedges. A wide lawn provides visual distance and perspective to further offset the mass of the house. On the west side front of the lawn, a large oak tree, encircled by a wide bed of lush greenery and flowers adds its beauty to the lovely scene. The use of a variety of sizes, shapes, hues, and textures in the foliage and flowers -- the light green of huge tropical leaves and holly leaves; the large, glossy, bronzy-green magnolia leaves with their big, sensuous white flowers; the soft plum-green foliage of the rosebushes; and the tiny, dark-green glossy leaves of the boxwoods in complimenting shades of green, red, orange, and white – all provide additional interest.

September Le Petit Jardin, 15 Bluebird

Le Petit Jardin: 15 Bluebird Street –
This beautiful small patio garden newly (and very artistically) designed and planted by the owner after Katrina, features wonderful detail, use of color, and contrasting textures.

September Honorable Mention -22 Tern Street

Honorable Mention: 22 Tern Street –
Nicely designed on both sides to compliment the long, low house, this very neat and well-groomed garden features good use of color and plant variety.

September 4, 2009 - Garden Club Meeting

Lake Vista Garden Club 2009-10 Board Members. (From left to right) Susan Bennett, Sue Tyler, Jan Brown, Susan Sheridan, Kimberly Zibilich, Sallie Walker, Joni Diaz.

September 4, 2009 - Garden Club Meeting

Joni Diaz with Denise Tebbe. The club was very excited to have our first meeting at the wonderful home of Denise Tebbe.

September 4, 2009 - Garden Club Meeting

September Hostess Committee: Zee Van Norman, Anne McSweeney, Joann Stevens and Ann Christenberry.

September 4, 2009 - Garden Club Meeting

Alice Lowry, First Vice President, discussing the programs for the upcoming year.

September 4, 2009 - Garden Club Meeting

Joni Diaz, President, addresses the club members at the first meeting of the 2009-10 Lake Vista Garden Club year.

2009/2010 Lake Vista Garden Club Board
back row: Susan Bennett(Second Vice President),Joni Diaz (President),Sallie Walker
(Ex-Officio), Suzanne Tyler(Recording Secretary), Alice Lowry (First Vice President)
front row: Jan Brown (Treasurer), Kimberly Zibilich (Parliamentarian), Susan Sheridan
(Corresponding Secretary)

Lake Vista Garden Club's May 1 Installation Luncheon. Outgoing Treasurer,Patti Garcia.Incoming Treasurer Jan Brown. Outgoing President Sallie Walker.Past Presidents Susan Bennett and Kimberly Zibilich .

Past President Liz deBoisblanc, Members Joel Myers, Susan Sheridan and incoming President, Joni Diaz

Past Garden Club Presidents: Sweetie Garcia, Bernice Daigle, Liz Leonard and member Renee Cable

Members Pamela Ortiz and Gayle Zewe

2009 Hall of Honor Garden Winner, Wilma Longstreet, presented by Alice Lowry, Garden of the Month Chairperson

2009 Olivia Vaccaro Woman of the Year, Patricia Fullmer presented by Yvonne McCullah, niece of our Club Founder Olivia Vacarro, outgoing President Sallie Walker

Lake Vista Garden Club creates the floral arrangements for the New Orleans Museum of Art on April 14, 2009. Thank you to Chairperson Alice Lowry, Wayne Christenberry, owner of Evergreen Florist and committee members Suzanne Tyler, Mary Costelloe, Laura Carman and Renee Lehon.

April 2009 Garden of the Month

The April, 2009 winner of the Garden of the Month award is the dramatically beautiful and always meticulously maintained garden at 17 Warbler Street, now in glorious spring bloom.
On the lane side, the spacious lawn, beautiful old trees, and large, rounded topiaries provide a lovely and elegant setting perfectly in scale and keeping with the handsome Tudor style mansion. This serene vista has been greatly enhanced by the gardener-owners by the addition of an elegant, classically-inspired fountain, handsomely encircled by lushly blooming irises, balanced by an expanded bed of small trees; large, flowering bushes; and flower beds.
Along the street side, the perimeter garden has been enhanced by the addition of iron fencing, new paving, and a colorful flower bed bordering the clipped hedge. Graceful palms provide height and feathery greenery between the hedge and house.

Le Petit Jardin for April, 2009 is the delightful and colorful entryway garden at 77 Thrasher Street. Here ascending levels bright clumps of flowers and hanging baskets add dramatic color and interest against the dark fence and muted shades of the background bushes and plants.