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SANDY SPRINGS GARDEN CLUB OFFICERS: 2009-2011

Anna Pfohl, President
Kathy Kennedy, 1st Vice President, Programs
Stephanie Nelson, 2nd Vice President, Membership
Sarah McKenney, 2nd Vice President, Events
Linda Ware, Recording Secretary
Anne Cobb, Corresponding Secretary
Cookie Roland, Treasurer
Maidee Spencer, Parliamentarian
Jay Lewis, Webmaster

NUMBER OF MEMBERS
50 Active Members
8 Associate Members
6 Honorary Members
ORGANIZED IN 1940

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Deep South Region
The Garden Club of Georgia
Dogwood District
Fulton County Federation of Garden Clubs
DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs
Atlanta Botanical Gardens
Heritage Sandy Springs

National Garden Clubs, Inc.
President: 2009-2011:
Renee D. Blaschke
512-360-2738
1412 NE 7th St.
Smithville, TX 78957-1202
reneeblaschke@juno.com

Theme: "The World Around Us Love It-Beautify It-Protect It"
Projects: "Beautify Blight"," Golden Days", "Plant It Pink"
National Convention: 2009: May 13- 18 Houston, TX
National Convention: 2010: May 10-16 Atlanta, GA

Deep South Region
Mary Sue Colvin, Director
518-723-4725
10473 Highway 562
Fort Necessity, LA 71243

Theme: Together as One - Our Hands and Hearts are P. O. W. E. R.
(Protecting Our World's Environment and Resources)
Project: POW! Protecting Our World: Living Green - Living Clean

The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.
Betty W. Grimes, President
P.O. Box 349
Hiawassee, GA 30546
Theme: "Flourish Our Future"

Special Projects of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc., 2009-2011 Administration
POP - "Promoting Our Projects"
Public Relations: Publicity networking- Exposure to public in all types of media - the aims and accomplishments of GCG.
"Create A Club" Membership Development- Developing plan for local clubs to organize, develop and mentor new clubs in area. (youth, couples, churches, etc.)
"Back to the 3 R's!" The Litter Team takes us back to school to learn the 3 R's: "reduce, reuse, recycle."
"Bangles for Bucks" Buy "Betty's Bangle Bracelets" to help a future student!
"Flower Shows Will Flourish" Flower shows will flourish under the Flower Show Grant program established by GCG.
"Penny Pines" This National Project is a partnership between NGC, Inc. and the USDA Forest Service. Clubs, councils or districts can participate in this conservation project.
Continuing Projects:
Litter "Pick Up For Georgia"
"Children's Garden" State Botanical Gardens
Pull & Save a Tab for Ronald McDonald
Conservation Workshop
Annual One Day Meeting May 26, 2010
(Replacing State Convention)
Redbud District Host; City TBA
State Convention 2011
Azalea District Host; City TBA

Dogwood District 2009-2011
Terry Waith, Sandy Springs Garden Club, District Director

Theme: "Dynamic Dogwoods…Invest in the Future"
District Co-Director
Debbie Vann, Roswell Garden Club
Recording Secretary
Ann Fletcher, Spade and Trowel Garden Club
Treasurer
Emily Fawcett, Pine Tree Garden Club
Corresponding Secretary
Mary T. Collins, Spade and Trowel Garden Club
Parliamentarian
Marsha Webb, Sandy Springs Garden Club
District Meetings: places and dates for 2010
Dogwood District Fall Meeting, October 20, 2010, Carrollton

Fulton Federation of Garden Clubs: 2009-2011
Rosie Davison, President
53 Barbara Lane NW, Atlanta,GA 30327
Rosa Capps, Vice President
575 Milligan Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083-4055
Carolyn Herndon, Recording Secretary
9450 River Lake Drive, Roswell, GA 30075
Johnnie Berry, Treasurer
287 Fennel Way SW, Atlanta, GA 30331-4107
Jane Whiteman, Parliamentarian
6590 Long Acres Drive, Sandy Springs, GA 30328-3018
Fulton Federation Meetings: places and dates for 2009-2010
All regular meetings are 10 a.m. at Hastings Garden Center.
September 14: Dan Nash: Growing Bonsai, Japanese Maples

Nov. 9: Karen Guzy: Thanksgiving Christmas decorations
January 11: John Newsome: Growing Camellias
March 8: Lyndy Broder: Growing Clematis in the Garden
May 20: Annual Awards Luncheon to be held at Ansley Golf Club. Gretchen Collins will demonstrate several floral designs.

DeKalb Federation of Garden Clubs
President, Cathy Rigby
Rigby@DeKalbFederation.com
First Vice-President, Betty Efird (Membership)
Betty@DeKalbFederation.com
Second Vice-President, Wilma Coney(Community Improvement)
Third Vice President, Deanna McFarlan(Programs)
Deanna@DeKalbFederation.com
Fourth Vice President, Lorraine Loftis(Conservatory Rentals)
Lorraine@DeKalbFederation.com
Recording Secretary, Betty Curry
BettyC@DeKalbFederation.com
Corresponding Secretary, Joanne Bennett
Joanne@DeKalbFederation.com
Treasurer, Margaret Lloyd
Margaret@DeKalbFederation.com
Parliamentarian, Rita Compher
Rita@DeKalbFederation.com
MEETINGS: 10 a.m., Fourth Thursday of the months of September, October, January, February, March, April and May; Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, 980 Briarcliff Road, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30306-2618

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Floral Arrangement by member Maidee Spencer at District Flower Show (above); floral design by member Jan Green (below)
The Honeysuckle blossom is the official flower of the Sandy Springs Garden Club. Hall's Honeysuckle bears sweetly scented white flowers that age to yellow on a rampant spreading vine with dark green leaves.
National Garden Clubs, Inc., and Susan G. Komen for the Cure announce Plant It Pink, an initiative designed to support the mission to save lives and end breast cancer forever. The bird house project supports NGC garden therapy programs that introduce horticultural therapy into various health care settings, as well as SGK.
The Dogwood District garden clubs are being challenged to match a $2,000 grant from the NGC Natural Disaster Fund given for the future preservation of Atlanta's Historic Oakland Cemetery. The district also schedules garden club workdays at the cemetery. Member clubs work together to help to repair damage done by recent storms.
GEORGIA! Keep It Green and Clean anti-litter campaign's second phase was the production of a youth environmental education video with an anti-litter message that targets 8-10 year olds. Its purpose is to make students aware of litter and its consequences. The video has been distributed to every public, private and military elementary school in the state at no cost to the school systems.
The Fulton Federation of Garden Clubs is a council that presents programs by master garderners, flower arrangers, and other plant experts for the benefit of its member garden clubs.
The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs is a council of 41 garden clubs that worksto unite clubs, to give strength to community projects, and to educate members and the public in gardening, horticulture, conservation, garden therapy, historic preservation, environmental awareness.