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 - 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
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Flower Show Schools
October 15-16
Landscape Design Consultants Course III, Auburn
University, Alabama, Ann Houston, Landscape Design Consultants
Chairman, Please go to the website (www.gardenclubofalabama.org)
to download registration form and for further information.
The Landscape
Design Study School, Course 4,
will be held on May 4-5, 2010 on the Auburn University Campus, Auburn,
Alabama. For more information contact: Linda Stephens, 3453 Co Rd 121,
Fort Payne, AL 35968
Phone: 256-638-4000; E-mail: lindaste@farmerstel.com
The registration form will be on the GCA web site,
(www.gardenclubofalabama.org)
in
late January.
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Flower
Show Symposiums
September 9-10
Birmingham Botanical Garden Center
Registrar: Betty Thompson (205) 631-3255 bettybt@bellsouth.net
Festival of
Flowers in Mobile, Alabama - March 25- 28, 2010 http://www.festivalofflowers.com/ |
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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
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FLORAL DESIGN STUDY
UNITS
Chairman:
Carol A. Lucia
Ph (727) 393-8276
Email: CLUCIA02Luc@aol.com
DISTRICT I - Units 3-6
Pensacola Federation of Garden Clubs
Chair: Jill Cleaver, 850-439-1689
DISTRICT IV - Units 7-9
Garden Club of Jacksonville
Chair: Brook Owens, 904-268-0050
DISTRICT VI - Units 1-6
Oct 19, Nov 16, 2010
Jan 18, Feb 15, Mar 15, Apr 19, 2011
Arrangers' Guild of the Palm Coast
Chair: Linda Hensler, 386-569-4584
Or Pat Maurer, 386-437-1532
DISTRICT VI - Units 1-6
Oct 1, 15, 22, 29, Nov 5, 19, 2010
Council of GCs, Daytona Beach
Chair: Gwen Swertfager, 386-673-2828
DISTRICT
VII - Units 7-9
Sept 23, Oct 14, Nov 18, 2010
Winter Park Garden Club
Chair: Joyce Prescott, 407-831-0026
DISTRICT
VIII - Units 7-9
Jan 14, 21, 28, 2011
Garden Club of St Petersburg
Chair: Barbara Kirkconnell, 727-360-2211
DISTRICT
VIII - Units 7-9
Jan 25, Feb 1, 8, 22, Mar 8, 22, 2011
Tampa Garden Club
Chair: Billye Hemphill, 813-885-3437
DISTRICT
XI - Units 1-6
Sept 21, 28, Oct 5, 12, 26, 2010
Ft Lauderdale Garden Club
Chair: Cindy Rieger, 954-267-9031
Registrar: Karen Gott, 954-532-5602
karengott@bellsouth.net
DISTRICT
XI - Units 7-9
Nov 2, Nov 16, Nov 23, 2010
Ft Lauderdale Garden Club
Chair: Cindy Rieger, 954-267-9031
Registrar: Karen Gott, 954-532-5602
karengott@bellsouth.net
Classes
must be registered with Floral Design Chairman to obtain credit and
certificates for students
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FLOWER SHOW SCHOOLS
Chairman: Penny Decker;
(386) 676-2990
Email: pennyfloralart@earthlink.net
DISTRICT III - Tallahassee
Course I Feb 28, Mar 1, 2, 2011
Course II Oct 3-5, 2011
Course III March 5-7, 2012
Course IV Oct 1-3, 2012
Registrar: Jeanine Turner, 850-877-1937
Email: gotjet@nettally.net
DISTRICT V - Ocala & Gainesville
Course II Sept 27-29, 2010 (Gvl)
Course III Feb 2-4, 2011 (Ocala)
Course IV Sept 26-28, 2011 (Gvl)
Chair: Barbara Hines, 352-873-3374
Registrar: Nina Ring, 352-372-7522
Email: ninagville@bellsouth.net
DISTRICT IX - Naples
Course
I Nov 3-5, 2010
Course
II April 6-8, 2011
Course
III Nov 2-4, 2011
Course
IV April 4-6, 2012
Registrar:
Catherine Ware, 239-263-2286
Email:
catherinekware@aol.com
FLOWER SHOW SYMPOSIA
Chairman:
Andrea Finn; (386) 677-2630
Email: Finn1840@bellsouth.net
FALL 2010 - District VIII
November 7 - 9, 2010
Sarasota-Bradenton Airport Hilton Garden Inn
Chair: Sandra Walters, 941-480-1815
Email: sanwal@verizon.net
Registrar: Patricia Kautz, 941-473-5543
225 North Drive
Englewood, FL 34223-3637
Email: pacbk225@aol.com
Allied Subject - Janice Hamlin
"Color"
Horticulture - Marie Harrison
"Bromeliads & Euphorbia"
Design - Lynn Fronk
"Movers & Shakers"
SPRING 2011 - District I
March 7 - 8, 2011
Pensacola, Florida
Chair: Tina Tuttle, 850-587-2361
Email: ttuttle1954@gmail.com
Registrar: Shirley Brown
2700 Andorra Street
Navarre, FL 32566
850-939-2617
Email: SLB1016@bellsouth.net
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FLOWER SHOWS
Novmber
5 & 6, 2010
"The Dudley Farm -
150 Years of Florida Farming"
A Standard Flower Show
Gainesville Garden
Club
Gainesville Garden Center
1350 NW 75th Street
Friday 1:30pm-5:30pm; Sat 10am-4pm
Chair: Margaret Codosh, 352-665-2328
LICHOD@bellsouth.net
March
26 & 27, 2011
"Child's Play"
A Standard Flower Show & Expo
Garden Club of
Stuart
Martin County Fairgrounds
10am - 4pm
Chair: Joan Wilcox, 772-286-8827
March
26 & 27, 2011
Sarasota Garden Club
April
1 & 2, 2011
Boca Raton Garden
Club Flower Show
4281 NW 3rd Ave, Boca Raton
Chair: Carolyn Basler, 570-762-8982
CandJBasler@earthlink.com
TROPICAL SHORT COURSE
January
25 & 26, 2011
"Tropical Horizons"
Mounts Botanical Gardens - West Palm Bch
Chair: Sandra Arlund, 561-254-1201
Email: taotaotoo@aol.com
WEKIVA
LEADERSHIP TRAINING
February
18 - 20, 2111
Wekiva Youth Camp - Apopka
1pm Friday - noon Sunday
Chair: Arlene Hanks, 352-394-2800
Email: arlenehanks@aol.com
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY
FUN WITH FLOWERS
Cocoa- Rockledge GardenClub
Spade And Trowel Circle
The Annual Christmas
Home Tour
Visit 4 beautiful homes in central Brevard County. Each home will be
decorated for Christmas with fresh floral arrangements and lovely
Christmas decorations. Join us on Sat. Dec.4, 2010 from 11am thru 5 pm.
Crafts, bake sale and refreshments are available.Questions? Call Pat
Lopez- 321-636-8551 or Margret Cornell - 321-288-3014
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 Georgia - 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
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Flower
Show Schools
809 Reynolds
Street, Millen, GA 30442
Course I - February 23-25,
2010 - Millen, GA
Course II -
August 24-26, 2010 - Millen, GA
Course III - February
22-24, 2011 - Millen, GA
Course IV - TBA
Native Plant
Symposium, Athens, GA - January 20, 2010
Native Plant
Symposium, Athens, GA - January 19, 2011
4804 Cobb
Lane, Tifton, GA 31794-2306
Flower Show Judges
Symposium, UGA, Athens - June 27-29, 2010,
Flower Show Judges
Symposium, UGA, Athens - June 26-28, 2011
2795 Bold
Springs Road, Monroe, GA 30656
Registrar: Fay
Brassie
305 Walton Street, Monroe, GA 30656
770-267-2681
Southeastern
Flower Show, Cobb Galleria, Atlanta, GA - February 4-6, 2010
Thomasville Garden Clubs
Inc hosts the 89th annual Standard Flower Show, "Through the Garden
Gate" Friday, March 19 1:30-5:00pm and Saturday, March 20
from 10:00am - 4:00pm at the Thomasville Garden Center, 1101 South
Broad Street, Thomasville, GA. A fashion show and luncheon is
planned for Friday at 12:30pm, tickets are $15 and must be purchased in
advance. For more information, contact 1-866-577-3600.
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Tri-Refresher
- May 13, 2010, National Convention
Contact: Lorene
Faulkenberry
937 Oakdale
Road, Atlanta, GA 30307-1211
404-378-4632
Landscape Design Study Schools
6590 Long
Acres Drive, Sandy Springs, GA 30329-3018
Course I - October 2-3,
2009 - LaGrange, GA
Course II - March 19-20,
2010 - LaGrange, GA
Course III - October 8-9,
2010 - LaGrange, GA
Course IV - March 11-12,
2011 - LaGrange, GA
Environmental Studies Schools
131 Lufbery
Circle, Williamson, GA 30292
Course I - January 11-12,
2010, - Griffin, GA
Course II - June 14-15,
2010 - Griffin, GA
Course III - January
10-11, 2011 - Griffin, GA
Course IV - June 13-14,
2011 - Griffin, GA
South Georgia
Native Plant/Wildflower Symposium, Tifton, GA - March 24, 2010
South Georgia
Native Plant/Wildflower Symposium, Tifton, GA March 23,
2011
Contact: Merlyn
Harris, P.O. Box 16, Enigma, GA 31749 or call 229-533-5215
Pre-Convention
Committee Meetings - May 11-13, 2010 - Omni Hotel, Atlanta, GA
NGC Convention -
May 14-16, 2010 - Omni Hotel, Atlanta, GA
Look in The National
Gardener for registration forms.
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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.
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Lagniappe (lahn-yop) is a Cajun French word meaning "a little something extra." And we would like to give you a taste of that when you come visit us for the 2011 Deep South Regional Convention in Lafayette, LA (District III) from March 14 - 16, 2011.
Y'all Come, cher!
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Environmental Studies Schools
Landscape Design School
Sept 14 - 15 Environmental Studies School Course III - Lake Charles, LA
Sept 16 - 17 Environmental Studies School Course IV - Lake Charles, LA
http://www.louisianagardenclubs.org/schools/environmental.htm
Gardening Study
Schools
Jan 26 - 27 Gardening
Study School Course IV - LSU, Hammond, LA
http://www.louisianagardenclubs.org/schools/gardening_study.html
SYMPOSIUM
August
31, Sept 1, Sept 2, 2010
Baton Rouge Embassy Suites
Gina V. Jogan -- design instructor
Tina V. Tuttle -- horticulture instructor
http://www.louisianagardenclubs.org/schools/symposiums.html
LGCF 2010 Convention
-April 13-15, 2010
Doubletree Hotel, New Orleans, LA,
http://www.louisianagardenclubs.org/meetings/conventions.html
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 Mississippi -
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 |
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Flower
Show Schools
Local Chairman, Debby
Cooper coopcooper@aol.com
SERIES II
January 26-28, 2010
Greenwood, Mississippi
SERIES III
August 3 - 5, 2010
Greenwood, Mississippi
SERIES IV
February 15-17, 2011
Greenwood, Mississippi
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Landscape
Design Study Courses
Landscape Design
Study Courses II-IV -
Local Chairman, Elaine Thompson jimlaine@bellsouth.net
July 13-15
Landscape Design Study Course – Series II -- Lake Tiak-O’Khata Resort,
Louisville (for reservations call: 662-773-7855)
January 11-13
Landscape Design Study Course III, Lake Tiak-O’Khata Resort, Louisville
(for reservations call: 662-773-7855)
July 12-14
Landscape Design Study Course IV, Lake Tiak-O’Khata, Louisville (for
reservations call: 662-773-7855)
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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 |
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Flower Show Symposiums
Memphis area
DISTRICT I, MEMPHIS,
TN,
Symposium: August 17/18, 2010
Registration Form (PDF)
Instructors: Barbara Baker
& Dot Yard
Chairman: Barbara Wells,2839 Davies Plantation Rd,
Cordova, TN 38016 , 901 -937-1750,
Barbara Wells, Chairman, 2839 Davies Plantation Rd,
Cordova, TN 38016 , 901 -937-1750, bnwells11@comcast.net
Registrar: Amelia Wilkes, 1712 Westlake Ave.
Dyersburg, TN 38024 731-285-7877
wilkesja@cableone.net
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