The Wesson Garden Club had a luncheon meeting at the lovely home of Elsa Nagy on March 8.

After a delicious lunch was served by the two hostesses, Nagy and Tibby Riggs, a program on pollinators was presented by Mary Ann Sumrall, State Garden Club chairman of Environmental Concerns, who lives in Laurel. She also brought her “helper,” Sydney Swartzfager, from Laurel.

The club learned from her presentation that there are many pollinators besides bees and butterflies. They include wasps, beetles, birds and even snakes, among others. Many of them are endangered, especially bees, because of the indiscriminate use of insecticides. It is important to be very careful when using poisons so as not to kill the good bugs with the bad. She recommended being an organic gardener and not using pesticides at all. Without pollinators, our food supply and many flowers would decrease.

After the program, the president, Kate Hampton, discussed the hanging baskets and flower box in front of the library and pointed out the good work that Tibby Riggs with the help of Phillip Knight and some of his National Honor Society students at the high school had done with the flower bed around the Blue Star Memorial. Wesson is really getting beautified!

Jean Ricks, the Flower Show chairman, discussed the flower show that will be at the Wesson City Hall on Founders Day, April 28. The theme of the show will be “Reflections on our Heritage.”

Those members present that have not been mentioned already were Belle Cowen, Rosa Harris, Kip Higden, Dottie Mercier, Lisa Smith and Opal Smith.