Deep South Region
State Garden Clubs

Links to Deep South Region State Garden Club Websites
Information on Classes and Special Garden Club sponsored events in the states that are open to the Public.

Links to individual state websites can be reached by clicking on the name of the state.

Alabama's state flower is the Camelia
Alabama - Camellia - Camellia

A bill introduced in the 1927 legislature by Representative T. E. Martin, Montgomery County, making the goldenrod the state flower, became a law on September 6, 1927. House Bill 124, approved August 26, 1959, amended Section 8, Title 55, of the Code of 1940, to read: "The camellia is hereby designated and named as the state flower of Alabama." (Acts 1927, No. 541.) In June 1999, the Legislature designated that the camellia, Camellia japonica L., is the official state flower of Alabama
Flower Show Schools


The Landscape Design Study School
Flower Show Symposiums


 
Florida's state flower is the Orange
                          Blossom
 
Florida- Orange Blossom - Citrus sinensis

The orange blossom was designated State Flower by Concurrent Resolution Nov. 15, 1909 Legislature. It is one of the most fragrant flowers in Florida. Millions of these white flowers perfume the atmosphere throughout central and south Florida during orange blossom time.


 
Georgia's state flower is the Cherokee
                          RoseGeorgia - Cherokee Rose - Rosa laevigata

In 1916, with the support of the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, the Cherokee rose was named the state floral emblem. The name "Cherokee Rose" is a local designation derived from the Cherokee Indians who widely distributed the plant. The rose is excessively thorny and generously supplied with leaves of a vivid green. In color, it is waxy white with a large golden center. Blooming time is in the early spring, but favorable conditions will produce, in the fall of the year, a second flowering of this hardy plant
Flower Show Schools
Contact:  Jane Johnson - pincejohnson@bellsouth.net
                809 Reynolds Street, Millen, GA 30442
 
Course IV - TBA

Flower Show Judges Symposium, UGA, Athens - July 10-12, 2011 
Contact:    Betty McGaughey - bcmc@windstream.net
                   2795 Bold Springs Road, Monroe, GA  30656  
Registrar:  Fay Brassie
                    305 Walton Street, Monroe, GA 30656
                    fab@mac.com
                   770-267-2681 
         

Environmental Studies Schools
Contact: Gail Berthe -- glberthe@aol.com
                131 Lufbery Circle, Williamson, GA 30292
 Course IV - June 13-14, 2011 - Griffin, GA

Landscape Design Study Schools
Contact – Virginia (Ginny) Allen
2916 Westchester Dr .
Augusta, GA 30909
vallenotr@aol.com.
Phone 706-736-6793
 
Course II – January 6-7, 2012, Augusta , GA
Course III – March 2-3, 2012, Augusta , GA
Course IV – May 4-5, 2012, Augusta , GA

 
Lousiana's state flower is the Magnolia
Louisiana
- Magnolia -Magnolia

The state flower of Louisiana is the magnolia. In the summer, the state's thousands of magnolia trees blossom. The magnolia flower has an especially rich fragrance. The blooms are very large and creamy white. The magnolia tree is an evergreen.2011
 

 
 

2012
 
February 7-8, 2012 Course II Hammond Research Center
February 28-29, 2012  Louisiana Design Course I, Baton Rouge.
March 23, 2012 District VII Flower Show
April 16, 2012 LGCF Pre-Convention Swamp Tour, Houma, LA
April 17-18  LGCF Convention, Houma, LA.
May 1-2, Gardening Study School, Series 9, Course I, Hammond, LA
June 19-22, 2012 Environmental Studies School, Series II Course III & IV, Lake Charles
July 23-24, 2012  LGCF Summer Board Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA.
August 7-8,2012, Flower School Course II, Ponchatoula, LA
 
2013
 
February 26-27, 2013 Flower Show School, Course IV Ponchatoula, LA




 
Mississippi's state flower is the
                          MagnoliaMississippi - Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora

An election was held in November 1900 to select a State Flower. Votes were submitted by 23,278 school children. The magnolia received 12,745 votes; the cotton blossom 4,171; and the cape jasmine 2,484. There were a few votes for other flowers. The magnolia was officially designated as the State Flower by the 1952 Legislature. In 1935, the Director of Forestry started a movement by which to select a State Tree for Mississippi, to be selected by nomination and election by the school children of the State. Four nominations were made--the magnolia, oak, pine and dogwood. The magnolia received by far the largest majority. On April 1, 1938, theMississippi Legislature officially designated the magnolia as the State Tree
Flower Show Schools

Landscape Design Study Courses
Landscape Design Study Courses II-IV -
Local Chairman, Elaine Thompson jimlaine@bellsouth.net

July 12-14  
Landscape Design Study Course IV, Lake Tiak-O’Khata, Louisville (for reservations call: 662-773-7855)
 
The state flower of Tennessee is the
                          Iris
Tennessee
- Iris - (Genus Iridaceae)

The iris (Genus Iridaceae) was designated as the state cultivated flower by the Legislature in 1933. While there are several different colors among the iris, the purple iris is commonly accepted as the state flower

Flower Show Symposiums

Nashville Lawn & Garden Show
March 1 - 4, 2012 
Tennessee State Fairgrounds 
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