Luncheon08

This month we will be having our annual plant swap. Please join us with a plant or two that you can tell us about and make a swap!

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Coffee, 9:30; Meeting, 10:00: Program 11:00
In lieu of a regular program this month, we will have our annual plant swap. Please bring a plant or two that you can tell us about - growing conditions, water requirements, propagation - and make a swap!

If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom. Audra Foveo

IN THE GARDEN

Certify your backyard
http://www.uga.edu/gardenclub/projects.html
Some of the criteria for CWP are:
• attracting birds by planting wildflowers
• ensuring protection of wetlands
• utilizing native trees and shrubs in landscape
• educating the public sector on wildlife needs through nature trails and outdoor classrooms
• attracting non-game animals to private and public lands by creating nesting islands in brush, rock piles and tree cavities

Making a rain barrel
http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/conservation/rainbarrel/

Drought resistant plants
http://georgiafaces.caes.uga.edu/getstory.cfm?storyid=1165

UPCOMING EVENTS

Garden Club of Georgia
April 14th, 2008 - April 17th, 2008; State Convention
Marriott Savannah Riverfront; Savannah, GA

Hastings April 6
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Event Name: Xeriscaping 101
Event Description: Learn how to have the colorful garden you want with planning and plant selection, even with all water restrictions. Location: Hastings Horticuture Education Center; All attendees receive a 10% discount coupon!

Fernbank Science Center Please join the Botanical Science Department of Fernbank Science Center for the annual Spring Plant Sale to be held on April 19th. We have an extensive list of native trees, shrubs, and perennials that will perform well in the Metro Atlanta area. Horticulturist and Botanist will be on hand to answer any questions that you might have about plants. Please visit the Fernbank website for a tentative list of plant
material that will be for sale. If you have any questions please feel free to contact David Collins at 770-826-1228. Location: Fernbank Science Center
http://fsc.fernbank.edu/plantsale.htm

God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars. Martin Luther

DeKalb Federation of Garden Clubs
www.dekalbfederation.com
April 23, Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00
Plant-Bake-White Elephant Sale Fund Raiser
and General Meeting. Southeast Flower Show Legacy
Garden presents Program/Power Point
"Experience the Healing of a Garden"

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.
Oscar Wilde

Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.
Alice M. Swaim

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:

5 Carol G.
8 Pat G.
13 Ferdy B.
14 Maggie W.
19 Cle J.
23 Rosanne L.

For some more really excellent gardening tips, please check out "Gail the Gardener" column on the Redbud website. Go to www.RedbudDistrict.com and click on Education, then Gail the Gardener. Also Renee Hopf has a very nice Birds and Bees page. Lots of good info on this site.