Events Calendar

Garden Club of Georgia 80th Annual Convention

Join the "Ladies on the River" at the Garden Club of Georgia's 80th Annual Convention, April 15-17, 2008. The convention will be held at the Marriott Savannah Riverfront Hotel, 100 General McIntosh Blvd., Savannah. See our forms page for registration application.

2008 Historic House and Garden Pilgrimage

This year's Historic House and Garden Pilgrimage will take place in Carroll County, Ga., June 7-8. Read more about the Pilgrimage and download ticket order form.

JUNE 2008
1‑7 National Garden Week
6 HH&GP Gala Carroll County
7‑8 Historic House & Garden Pilgrimage (Dogwood District hosts). Download ticket order form Carroll County
9‑10 Landscape Design Consultant Course 2 Waycross
29‑July 1 Flower Show Judges Symposium Athens
JULY 2008
21‑22 Youth Camp Charlie Elliot Park
AUGUST 2008
TBA Camellia District Board Meeting Warner Robins
5 Oleander District Board Meeting Waycross
11 Redbud District Board Meeting Barnesville
12 Laurel District Board Meeting Clarkesville
14 Community Wildlife Project DNR, Forsyth
19 Magnolia District Board Meeting Cuthbert
25 Dogwood District Board Meeting Foxglove & Ivy, Atlanta
25 Marker Dedication Oakland Cemetery
26 Azalea District Board Meeting Waynesboro
SEPTEMBER 2008
5‑7 Yellow Daisy Flower Show Stone Mountain Marina
8 Fulton Federation Meeting Hastings
8‑10 Flower Show School Course III (Magnolia District) Americus
12‑13 Tri-refresher Highlands, N.C.
16 Finance and Exec. Comm. Meeting George T. Bagby State Park
17‑18 GCG State Board Meeting George T. Bagby State Park
18 Waterwise Landscape Design Workshop Little Ocmulgee State Park
19 East Georgia Council Meeting Savannah
22‑23 Garden Study Course II, Series 19 (Redbud and Dogwood Districts) Hastings, Atlanta
25 South Georgia Judges Council Meeting Albany
OCTOBER 2008
2‑5 NGC Fall Board Meeting (Camellia and Magnolia Districts) Rhode Island
3‑4 Perry Flower Show Perry
9 Bird Day
15 Yearbook Entries Due
15 Camellia District Annual Fall Meeting Thomasville
16 Magnolia District Annual Fall Meeting Americus
17 Oleander District Annual Fall Meeting Statesboro
20 Redbud District Annual Fall Meeting LaGrange
21 Laurel District Annual Fall Meeting Marietta
22 Dogwood District Annual Fall Meeting Atlanta History Center
23 Azalea District Annual Fall Meeting Watkinsville
29 Roswell Garden Club Tea & Fashion Show Roswell
NOVEMBER 2008
5‑6 Nurture Nature Environmental Workshop Lake Louise, Toccoa
10 Fulton Federation Meeting Hastings, Atlanta
11‑12 Environmental Studies School Athens
20 South Georgia Judges Council Meeting (or Joint Council Meeting) Tifton
21 East Georgia Judges Council Meeting (if not attending Joint Meeting)
DECEMBER 2008
1 Deadline for NGC and DSR award entries and some GCG awards
11‑12 GCG Awards Committee Meeting Perry
JANUARY 2009
12 Fulton Federation Meeting Hastings, Atlanta
12‑13 Landscape Design Consultant Course 3 Waycross
19 Dogwood Board Meeting Hastings, Atlanta
20 Camellia Board Meeting Cordele
21 Native Plant Symposium Athens
22 South Georgia Judges Council Meeting Tallahassee, Florida
28‑Feb. 1 Southeastern Flower Show Cobb Galleria Centre
FEBRUARY 2009
3 Oleander District Board Meeting Savannah
4 Azalea District Board Meeting Eatonton
5 Magnolia District Board Meeting Oglethorpe
9 Redbud District Board Meeting Atlanta
10 Laurel District Board Meeting Gainesville
18 Finance and Exec. Comm. Meeting Thomasville
19 Placement of Horticulture (State Board to help with entry and placement) Pebble Hill
19‑20 GCG State Board Meeting and Flower Show Pebble Hill
20 Judging and State Board Clerks/Hostesses Pebble Hill
20 Dinner and State Board Meeting Garden Center, Thomasville
20 Arbor Day
21 Flower Show Opens Pebble Hill, Thomasville
27 East Georgia Judges Council Meeting Augusta
MARCH 2009
9 Fulton Federation Meeting Hastings, Atlanta
9‑11 Flower Show School Course IV (Magnolia District) Americus
12 Scholarship Committee Meeting Athens
16‑17 Garden Study Course III, Series 19 (Redbud and Dogwood Districts) Hastings, Atlanta
25 Native Plant and Wildflower Symposium Tifton
26 South Georgia Judges Council Meeting Fitzgerald
27‑29 Deep South Convention Huntsville, Ala.
APRIL 2009
14‑16 GCG State Convention (Dogwood Hosts) Atlanta
TBA Finance and Exec. Comm. Meeting Atlanta
TBA GCG State Board Meeting Atlanta
MAY 2009
2 Historic House and Garden Pilgrimage Waynesboro
14‑17 National Convention Houston, Texas
15 East Georgia Judges Council Meeting TBA
28 South Georgia Judges Council Meeting Phenix City, Alabama
JUNE 2009
7‑13 National Garden Week
8‑9 Landscape Design Consultant Course 4 Waycross
28‑30 Flower Show Judges Symposium Athens
SEPTEMBER 2009
21‑22 Garden Study Course IV, Series 19 (Redbud and Dogwood Districts) Callanwolde, Atlanta

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Gardener's Spring Song
There's greenness, there's cleanness
and freshness everywhere,
Fruit blossoms and spring flowers
mumble jumbled in the air.
The earth is warm and waiting.
It's time for spade and hoe,
And I'd rather be right here today
than any place I know!

—Jeanne Smith
Satsuki Garden Club
Covington

Summer Tip
Don't throw away any left over iced tea from a visitor's glass. Let it come to room temperature and use it on your indoor houseplants. It is both a fertilizer and an insecticide.

Spring Tip
If you have indoor plants that like to travel outdoors in the spring, remember to move them gradually. On the first nice day, take them out for an hour or so and then take them back indoors; repeat this routine until they get used to the change and can be left out full-time until colder weather returns.