Azalea Trumpet Winter—Early Spring 2016 Azalea Director`s Message

Azalea Trumpet
Winter—Early Spring 2016
Hello Amazing Azaleas.
I trust you all had a very
Merry Christmas and a
Happy New year. We celebrated Christmas in short
sleeve tops, shorts and flip
flops and now we are experiencing some normal, cold January temperatures.
I am still hearing good comments on the
“Frolicking With Frogs” Azalea District meeting.
You were all truly amazing in support of this
meeting in October.
In November many Azalea members attended
the State President's Workshop and Tri-Refresher
“Action In the Environment in Cordele”. Most of
us stayed in very comfortable cabins and the two
day program featured many interesting speakers
and several fun hands-on activities. We heard
about, amphibians, bees, butterflies, also miniature gardening in containers, pollinator gardens
and State Parks & Public Lands Environments.
Then Native plants, invasive plants, turf grasses,
digital landscaping, healthy lawn care and plants
Azalea Director’s
Message
“Fun with Beautification, Conservation & Education to make a
Better World".
Winter-Early Spring 2016
to keep a healthy home. For the activities we played Park Bingo and I learned a lots
about our state parks and where they are located throughout the state. We also made
bee houses, a native plant leaf booklet and wildflower seed bombs. It was two days
well spent at a Georgia Veterans State Park.
December rolled in and Amazing Azaleas were busier than ever delivering hand
made Garden Therapy stockings and Fig Leaf items to nursing, veterans and shut-ins
homes.
Director’s Message Continued:
You also delivered wreaths, poinsettias and floral arrangements to schools, libraries and public offices. You decorated historical buildings, Hope & Friendship
houses and the Ronald McDonald House. Then you held your fun Christmas Garden Club parties, hosted Holiday Home & Garden Tours and entertained your own
family and friends throughout the holiday season. Spade & Trowel of Augusta
celebrated their 60th Anniversary in December and Watkinsville will celebrate
their 75th in February. Congratulations!
I hope you have sent in several awards to State and I trust all Presidents are
busy preparing the Presidents Reports. I want to hear from every club in Azalea
District because you are all important to me and I want to get to know each club
better. If I can help you in anyway, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Be sure to mark your new 2016 Expressions Calendar with dates of all upcoming meetings. Our Board Meeting will be on February 11th in Waynesboro and I
look forward to seeing all of you there. I will have all the latest from State after
attending State Board meeting next week in Milledgeville. The GCG Convention
will be April 13-14th in Macon and the Sacred Heart Garden Festival & ACGC
Flower Show will be April 22-24th.
This would be a good time to enter an arrangement in a fun show.
I am looking forward to a fun and fulfilling 2016 as we all work together to
beautify, conserve and educate to make a better world for everyone.
Betty Davis
Azalea District Director 2015-2017
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Highlights from State and Azalea District Meetings
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Molly Kimler and Linda Cobb seem to
be having a good time at Milledgeville.
GCG State President Martha Price enjoyed a Happy Birthday cake with the
State Board in January.
Pine Tree GC President Peggy Tucker, Linda
Harris and State 1st V President Jane Hersey
attended the State Board Meeting in Milledgeville.
Azalea District Direct Betty Davis
(standing) and Parliamentarian
Doris Blalock work well together.
Augusta Home and Garden Show
The Augusta Council of Garden Clubs will have a
booth at the Augusta Home and Garden Show February 26-28, 2016. Judy Kirkland will be presenting
a seminar about Million Pollinator Gardens Challenge. The seminar times and list of exhibitors will
be available on the show website. Show hours are 2-6
Friday, 10-7 Saturday and 11-5 Sunday. Come look
for our booth on the lower show level near the Garden Stage. The photo is our 2015 booth at the show.
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Pine Tree Garden Club, Hartwell stays busy.
In December of 2015, several members of the Pine Tree
Garden Club met at Hart Care Center to deliver
Christmas stocking to the residents. Members of the
garden club made the stockings and placed a dollar in
each. This is an on-going club project called Garden
Therapy. The money can be used as bingo prizes, to
buy bird seeds or plants for the residents to enjoy.
Residents pictured include from L to R: Pauline
Moore, Sue Bratcher and Joyce Curry.
L to R: Sherry Westbury, Louise Ayers, Hart Care
Center Assistant Activities Director, Sheree Keller,
Bobbie Gaines and Club President Peggy Tucker.
PTGC Annual Fund Raiser Auctioneer William
Tucker always helps to bring in the $$$.
Janet Massey Enjoying the children’s African room at Bellmere’s
Christmas Tour in December.
PTGC Members attending District Board Meeting in
Norcross. Janet Massey, club president Peggy Tucker
and Linda Harris
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Celebrating 60 years
Members, past Presidents, and special guests celebrated the 60th Anniversary of founding of Augusta’s Spade & Trowel Garden Club on 10 December 2015. Our event was held
at the Wallace House, Augusta Country Club, in Augusta, GA, where the rooms were
decorated with ten large poinsettias and greens. Each table had a wonderful centerpiece
with greens, red roses, white chrysanthemums, camellias, and gold accents. As a special
treat, members were given an etched glass Christmas ornament which included a “Spade
& Trowel.”
Erick Montgomery, Executive Director of Historic Augusta presented the club with a Certificate of Commendation thanking us for our years of service to Historic Augusta and the
Woodrow Wilson Childhood Home. In addition Mayor Hardie Davis issued a proclamation
stating December 10, 2015, as Spade and Trowel Garden Club Day in Augusta, Georgia.
Betty Davis, Azalea District Director, congratulated us on our success and praised our
service to the community.
Standing: Lottie Gilchrist, Jane Zeyfang,
Fran Weber, Frankie Wilensky, and June
Rooks.
Eric Montgomery, Director of Historic Augusta
Elaine Smith President Spade and Trowel GC.
Seated: Elaine Smith (current President),
Barbara Rinker, Barbara Bowen and Bobbie Inglett.
Betty Davis, Azalea District Director
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Sponsored by:
North Georgia Council of Flower Show Judges
In Memory of Suzanne Wheeler
Course II: March 14-17, 2016
Course III: September 27-29, 2016
Course IV: March 28-30, 2017
Venue: Bellmere Garden House
10777 Bell Road
Johns Creek, GA 30097
Registration Deadline: March 1, 2016
In memory of former GCG President Suzanne Wheeler, North Georgia Council of
Flower Show Judges is sponsoring a Flower Show School to be held at Bellmere
Garden House in Johns Creek. Come and join us March 14-17, 2016 for Course II.
Learn the “ins and outs” of flower shows and how to judge floral designs and horticulture. Trece Chancellor, NGC Flower Show School Design Instructor, will exhibit and discuss Creative Designs with minor and moderate abstraction, as well
as Creative Mass Designs. If your focus is on horticulture, then you’ll want to
come and hear our very own Carolyn Hawkins, NGC Flower Show School Horticulture and Flower Show Procedure Instructor, talk about Daffodils and woody perennials, with an emphasis on Aucuba, and how to grow, show and judge them. She
will also present Flower Show Procedure and the rules associated with holding a
flower show.
Flower Show School is not only for prospective flower show exhibitors and judges,
but also for all garden club members and all persons interested in flower design
and horticulture. While the primary purpose of these courses is to train those aspiring to become flower show judges, many people attend for information only.
Each of the four courses, offered approximately six months apart, includes Horticulture curriculum, Flower Show Procedure and Design instruction. The cost for
each course is $130.00 for full-time students and a judge’s special of $90 for the
two-day course. Courses need not be taken sequentially, so if you missed Course I,
you can begin with Course II and pick up Course I later. For further information,
contact
Joy
Zaidan,
GCG
Flower
Show
Schools
Chairman
at
jzaiden@bellsouth.net or 770-493-8475.
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(Registration form for Flower Show School)
The Suzanne Wheeler
FLOWER SHOW SCHOOL
Course II
Registration Deadline: March 1, 2016
NO REFUNDS AFTER FEBRUARY 14, 2016
Course II: March 14-17, 2016
(The 2007 Handbook is required for credit)
Name_______________________________________
Address_____________________________________
E-mail_______________________________________
Phone #_____________________________________
Garden Club________________________________
Make Checks Payable to NGCFSJ Flower Show School
Mail to: Cookie Roland, Registrar & Co-Chairman
2771 Anscot Court, Snellville, GA 30078-3005
r_cookie@all.net
(Check one)
Students, Full Course (with exam)
$130_____
Students, Full Course (no exam)
$115_____
Student, One Day Auditing
$ 65_____
Judge’s Auditing Special, Full Course
$ 90_____
Judge’s Auditing, One Day, Tue., Horticulture $ 55_____
Judge’s Auditing, One Day, Wed., Design$ 55_____
Total Enclosed
$_________
Fees include lunch and snacks on Tuesday & Wednesday
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Spade and Trowel GC Topped 180 Volunteer hours
Christmas
Woodrow Wilson
House
Standing: Sandy Wright, Fran Weber, Cheryl Melton, Melissa Wolf,
Nancy Lindroth, Loraine Yarbrough, Vicky Kohli, Jackie Newman,
Elaine Smith, Teresa Gadjiemski.
Kneeling: Iris Ferguson Bonnie McLain (Iris GC), Jackie Henry, Linda
Hoogland. Not pictured: Jenny Frey, Lois Kendall, Marilyn Donnan,
Jeanie Byrne, Gail Hooper.
Christmas: Ronald McDonald House
Sacred Heart Cultural Center
Standing: Fran Weber, Jackie Henry, Elaine
Smith, Jackie Newman, Lois Kendall, Gail
Hooper. Kneeling: Sandy Wright.
Jackie Woodward, Jackie Newman, Frankie
Wilensky, Two Guild Volunteers and Nancy
Lindroth (taking Photo)
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Dear Youth Enthusiasts:
We are already receiving emails and phone calls about our 9th Annual GCG
Wild and Wonderful Experience Camp. Once again The Garden Club of
Georgia, Inc. will be teaming up with the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center for
this exciting, fun-filled three day environmental education camp. Our rising
5th and 6th grade youth will be eligible to attend this camp, July 10-12,
2016.
Do you know a child who would love an opportunity to be surrounded by nature, go fishing, and put together a flower design or a container garden?
Learning more about wildlife conservation, environmental issues and making new friends is all part of the experience as these young people enjoy a
wonderful time this summer!
Check out the 9th Annual GCG the Wild and Wonderful Experience Camp!
We have much fun and exciting programs planned with guest speakers and
of course, all the fun and exploring the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center has to
offer. Space is limited so don’t delay in finding your special camper!
It is easy find on the GCG website under Youth:
http://gardenclub.uga.edu/summercamp.html
You may also contact:
Molly Kimler
Susan Turner
W&WE Camp Chairman
GCG Ass’t. Treasurer
GCG Youth Awards
& Youth Coordinator
mollykimler@gmail.com
glencree@bellsouth.net
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Milledgeville Garden Club
Milledgeville Garden Club visits Savannah Court, Green Acres, and Chaplin Wood
Homes helping tenants make beautiful Holiday Flower Arrangements for their
rooms. MGC members then returned to Rose Hill Plantation at Lockerly Arboretum
for socializing and making future plans toward beautifying our community.
Floride Gardner and Sharon Williams
are pictured with one of the more
than sixty arrangements made for
residents’ rooms.
Judy Miller, Annette Strohben, Ann Vinson, Cate Wells, and Dr. Elizabeth
Youngblood' Club President. Not pictured are Thulia Bramlett, Maribeth
Nixon; Group Leaders' Nan Carpenter, Polly Echols, and Dede Reoch.
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A Party and Book Donation to Pediatric Unit
The Milledgeville Garden Club celebrated with a party at the lovely lake
home Of Dr. Elizabeth and Jimmy Youngblood. Following the program
the members were served delicious refreshments by the party hostesses.
Each member was asked to bring a new book to be taken to the Pediatric
Unit at Oconee Medical Center in Milledgeville. More than 60 books were
delivered for the children to enjoy while waiting to see their doctors.
(L/R):
Kay
Youngblood'
Neely,
Club
Jones, Dede Reoch,
Dr.
President,
Elizabeth
Sherrill
Ann Tennille &
Sharon Williams.
Delivery of books was made by Dr. Youngblood
and Kathy Chandler.
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Pine Needle Garden Club of Lincolnton at work.
Pictured: Members: Mel Talbert, Visitors: Linda Joiner and Donna Anderson, Becky
Goldman, Brenda Holder, Lillie Turner, Norma McKinney, Ruth Tonsing, and not
pictured; Peggy Glover.
Our Pine Needle Garden Club of Lincolnton is growing! Last year we added three
new members and this year we are welcoming visitors!
We are very proud of our State High School Essay Winner: Anna Beggs, daughter of
our Vice-President, Elaine Beggs. And, this year for the first time, we have a Middle
School Poetry Winner: K. Hearst.
Horticulture: The Pine Tree and The Christmas Cactus Grab-Someone-and-Go
Friends met at the State Botanical Gardens in Athens to enjoy a day of friendly fellowship among the wonderful plants in the gardens. It is only an hour away and it's
FREE! There is a donation box on the way out.
Program: Scented Pine Cones: Thanks to members: Lillie Turner and Becky Goldman, they baked the pine cones in a 200 degree oven for 30 minutes, turning after 15
minutes, they prepared scented water for us to spritz into plastic bags with the pine
cones. After several days, open the bags to lovely scented pine cones for Christmas
Member were reminded to spend time making memories with Family and Friends
during the Christmas Season.
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Planned Tri-Refresher in Augusta, Georgia
Save April 22-24, 2016 for a planned Tri-Refresher in Augusta, Georgia. The
refresher will be submitted for approval when the Sacred Heart Garden Festival releases its final speaker list. The refresher will include the Festival’s
speaker series, private garden tours, floral and landscape exhibits, flower show
and vendors. Speakers include Andy Cabe, Botanical Garden Director, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Tim and Matt Maple from Nichols Nursery, and Dr.
Allan Armitage. See SacredHeartGardenFestival.com for Festival Details. The
Festival is a Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 Event. In addition we will have
a buffet dinner and evening speaker. Scott Davis will share information about
the historic Twin Gables landscape design including photographs of the current
garden, original garden plans, and its original landscape designer. For more information contact event chairman Virginia Allen, vallenotr@aol.com, 706-7366793.
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EVERGREEN GARDEN CLUB
Mini Evergreen Festival
Our club is very involved in supporting the McDaniel-Tichenor House, a historic community event house. In November of each year, our club, along with
several other community organizations, decorate the House for Christmas. We
decorate the Library by doing a tree and prettying up the mantel. Other community organizations decorate other rooms. All in preparation for the Mini Evergreen Festival held each year in November. Some of the shops and many
people of the community donate items for a silent auction for fundraising. This
year our club donated 22 lasagna pots that we had planted at our November
meeting. This is our third year of donating the pots and the auction goers have
learned to come looking for them. They are priced $20. and up and they always
sell out.
Evergreen Garden Club loves to do this each year and helped the McDanielTichenor House raise over $5,000 on the Mini Evergreen Festival in 2015.
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Augusta Riverwalk Clean Up
The Augusta Council of Garden Club Team consisted of seven members who
spent the morning and part of the afternoon helping to clean up the Perennial
Garden, adjoining stairway and flower bed in front of the marina store on January 16, 2016. They were part of the Riverwalk Clean Up event sponsored by the
Savannah Riverkeeper and Augusta Parks and Recreation Department to remove mud and debris left after recent flooding. Ginny Allen, Team Leader, was
joined by Bonnie McClain, Chris McClain, Jack and Rita Hamilton, Jackie
Henry, Marilyn McDonnell, and Betty Davis.
Flood Photo By Charles Elliot
ACGC Team hard at work
Sunny Side after trimming,
weeding and fresh mulch.
The clean Long stairs
by the shady side
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NGC Conservation Pledge
I pledge to protect and conserve the natural resources of the planet
Earth and promise to promote education so we may become better caretakers of our air, water, forest, land and wildlife.
If you haven’t been repeating this pledge at each club meeting, please consider
this as part of your monthly meeting. It was issued by the National Garden
Club as a reminder of who we are and what we need to be doing to insure a better world in which we live.
TIDBITS
Interested in NGC’s website? Our latest information is:
User name - member and Password - flight.
If you go to http://gardenclub.uga.edu/links.html You will find a wealth of
information. Look at the fantastic WWW links for our Districts, Councils,
Individual Clubs and GCG Affiliates.
There are many other organizations such as : American Audubon Society,
American Daffodil Society, Cherokee Garden Library, Georgia Wildlife Federation, LaConte-Woodmanston and State Botanical Garden of Georgia.
Look at Pinterest .com for hundreds of ideas for recycling and utilizing scrap
lumber, material, etc.
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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
(Conventions and Board Meetings)
2016
February 11 - Azalea District Bd Mtg - Waynesboro, GA.
March 7-8 - Deep South Convention - Mississippi
April 13-14 - State Convention - Macon, GA
These get-togethers are so important to the success of the
Garden Club Of Georgia and all the individual garden clubs
in our great state. Please try to attend as many as you can.
Attention All Azalea District Clubs:
Please have pictures and information to be included in the April
Trumpet to me on or before April 15, 2015. It would even be better if
you email items to me as soon as you have your event, that way I can
avoid the last minute panic!
Newsletters Deadlines are :
Winter/Early Spring
January 15
Spring/Early Summer
April 15
Summer/Early Fall
July 15
Fall/Early Winter
October 15
Suggestions and feedback about Newsletter are always welcomed.
Janet Massey, Newsletter Editor
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jandjmassey@usa.net