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Azalea District Director Report—July 2015

Greetings Amazing Azaleas! I am hon-ored that you have elected me as your Azalea District Director. I am looking forward to working with each of you and having fun as we beautify, con-serve and educate our world to make it

a better place for generations to follow.

I thank all of you who have agreed to serve on the Azalea Board for the 2015-17 term and I know that together we will accom-plish much.

We have had a good start to the two year term beginning in May when several Azalea members along with members from other districts completed Course IV of the Gardening Studies School in Augusta and are now qualified as Gardening Consultants.

On May 6th I attended the dedication of a park bench honoring paralyzed veterans at Evans Towne Center given by the Willow Wood Garden Club. On May 11th a Blue Star Marker dedication was held in Lincolnton at the Courthouse sponsored by the Pine Needle GC of Lincolnton. Blue Star Marker #150 for the State of Georgia was dedicated at the Columbia County Courthouse in Evans on June 9th by the Augusta Council of Garden Clubs.

In July the Wild & Wonderful Camp was held at Charlie Elli-ott Wildlife Center where fun was had by all attendees and counsel-ors. That same week the Club Officers Workshop was held in Athens at the Botanical Gardens, taught by Former State President, Sara Lanier.

On July 30th several Azalea members will attend the CWP Workshop in Forsyth, joining other joining other district members out the state. Azalea Awards Workshop will be held on August 19th in Union Point and I'm looking forward to having all board members together at our 1st Board meeting on August 25th in Norwood. This will be a good opportunity for you to meet and get to know the Azalea District Board and learn the plans we have for the next 2 years. Looking forward to seeing you there !.

Betty Davis

Azalea District Director 2015-2017

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Save the

Date

Oct. 14

Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Cherokee Garden Library Award winning author and America’s Favorite Gardener

Ken Druse Wednesday, October 14, 7 pm

McElreath Hall, Atlanta History Center

AtlantaHistoryCenter.com/CherokeeGardenLibrary or call 404.814.4150

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Plant Sale Fund Raiser

Evergreen Garden Club in Monroe, GA held a wonderful Plant Sale on May 30th. It was held at Ian Henderson’s Antique mall. Club members gathered plants from their garden for this event, happy to show off their gardening skills and raise funds for their club.

The sale was very successful. They also met several people who talked with them about join-ing Evergreen Garden Club. Items sold were plants and garden whimsy items.

Member Denise Lundy gets her smile ready to sell lots of bird houses

L-R: President Judy Barker, Lorraine Payne and Vicki Jones have their cute aprons on and are ready to meet the public.

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The Warrenton Garden Club Cordially invites you

to a Drop-in Reception on Saturday, September 12, 2015

at the Warrenton Cultural Center

Gibson Street Warrenton, GA 30828

11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Honoring Warrenton Garden Club’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

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Louisville Garden Club Presents Entertaining Designs

The club held a fundraiser to raise monies for our ongoing courthouse plantings and Jefferson Hospital Patients' Garden. The event was called Entertaining Designs: Creative Tablescapes for Today, and was held on May 30, 2015, in conjunction with the upcoming Garden Week, in the local historic Abbot-Easterlin home. Garden Club members created 15 tables around a variety of themes, several of which are seen below. Members designed the tables and did the floral display for each. The event was attended by approximately 150 people, and was a great success. Garden Club members are pictured below wearing our trademark pink garden club aprons.

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T he Suzanne Wheeler FLOWER SHOW SCHOOL

Sponsored by:

North Georgia Council of Flower Show Judges In Memory of Suzanne Wheeler

Four Basic Courses

Course I: September 28-30, 2015 Course II: March 15-17, 2016

Course III: September 27-29, 2016 Course IV: March 28-30, 2017

Fee: Each Course: $125.00

Venue: Bellmere Garden House

10777 Bell Road Johns Creek, GA 30097

Registration Deadline for Course I is

September 14, 2015 (Registration limited to 30 students)

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 September 28-30, 2015 for Course I. Learn the “ins and outs” of flower shows and how to create and judge award-winning designs. Georgia’s own, Fay Brassie, NGC Flower Show School Instructor, will exhibit and discuss traditional mass, line, line/mass and still life designs. If your focus is on horticulture, then you’ll want to come and hear Dar-lene Newell, NGC Flower Show School Instructor from West Virginia, talk about chrysanthemums, succulents and cacti, and how to grow, show and judge them. 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 as-piring to become flower show judges, many people attend for information only. Each of the four courses, offered approximately every six months, includes Horti-culture curriculum, Design instruction and Flower Show Procedure. The cost for each course is $125.00. For further information, contact Joy Zaidan, GCG Flower Show Schools Chairman at jzaidan@bellsouth.net or 770-493-8475.

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Wild & Wonderful Experience 2015 Camp Update

Another three day Wild & Wonderful Experience was enjoyed at our GCG Environmental Edu-cation Camp held at the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Mansfield. All 17 campers had a great time participating in the many classes held for them July 12th -14th.

On Sunday we started with hiking to learn more about the camp, followed by an interactive program presented by GCG President Martha Price. She used an inflatable earth ball and ap-ples to teach our campers how much of our water is actually potable. By cutting the apples and doing a little math, the results are staggering. Jean O’Shields was on hand to add humor with a lesson on litter. Our campers could recite the water lesson results for their parents on our last day!

Container gardening, the Lay of the Land Enviro-Scape and identifying frog sounds with Linda May (Environmental Outreach Coordinator, Nongame Conservation, DNR) rounded out the afternoon. Star Gazing with the Charlie Elliott Chapter of the Atlanta Astronomy Club is always a treat.

Monday morning brought hiking with Mr. Pete, learning about the Native American “grocery store” and a Stream Study with the CEWC interns. In the afternoon Ranger Pete brought in “Amazing Animals” birds of prey and reptiles. Next on the agenda was a scavenger hunt of the Visitors Center, painting birdhouses and an underwater flower/basic design class. Our evening entertainment began with The Apostles of Bluegrass members Johnny Roquemore and John Nipper. A campfire and s’mores rounded out day two.

Tuesday we completed our camping experience with Archery, the Brooke Ager Discovery Center and Fishing. As each camper departs for home, they take along the knowledge to al-ways keep our world better than how it was found. A focus on clean water and our water supply was the theme of this 2015 environmental education camp.

The W&WE camp continues with the dedication and support of you, The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. and the allegiance of the staff at the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center. Plans are underway for July 10-12, 2016. Please consider a child who will be entering 5th & 6th grades that you, your club, council or district would like to sponsor. Registration will open March 1, 2016. Our recovery is assured and we will start making plans for next year!

Molly Kimler, W&WE Chairman & Susan Turner, Co-Chairman

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GCG Headquarters Hosting Design School

Azalea District is happy to announce that once again the Basic Design I series will be offered at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens, beginning with Unit One on August 26 from 9:00am to 3:00pm. This is for those of you who would like a course to teach the basic fundamentals of floral design. There are no tests and we always have a lot of fun in class. There are five units of study which include the following: Unit 1: Line and Line-mass, the oriental influence, mechanics, conditioning Unit 2: Mass (including foliage only designs) and color-harmony Unit 3: Table Designs (including using a tall candleholder as container) Unit 4: Using fruits and vegetables, plus designs with a featured object Unit 5: Creative designs and miniature design types These classes will be spread out over several months in order to allow students time to practice each new skill learned To register for the first class please go online to the State Botanical Garden of Geor-gia website and access the adult education classes from the menu. You will be able to register online. Or, if you wish call Cora Keeber at the garden 706-542-6156 and leave a message (she works out of her office much of the time) and she will get back with you about registering. Cost is $25.00. Friends of the Garden do get a discount on these classes

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Peek-a-Boo Fall Garden Tour October 2-3, 2015

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Presented by

The Augusta Council of Garden Clubs

Tickets $10

6 beautiful home gardens in the Augusta – Evans areas For tickets or additional information contact

Ann Leonard at peekaboogardentour@gmail.com

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Pine Tree Garden Club of Hartwell

Honors their very special member on her 95th birthday. Marjorie Ammons is still ac-tive and has prepared horticultural hints for the monthly newsletter for many years.

Pictured with Miss Margie are PTGC mem-bers Sherry Westbury, Louise Ayers, Myra Cook and Sandra Brown (also president of Hartwell Council of Garden Clubs).

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 Fed-eration, 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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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 jandjmassey@usa.net

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER (Conventions and Board Meetings)

August 19 - Azalea District Awards Workshop, Union Point

August 25 - Azalea District Board Meeting, Norwood October 21 - Azalea District Fall Meeting, Augusta (For All Azalea District Members) 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.