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Dear Members and Garden Friends
For garden fun and garden know-how, wherever you live, enjoy the holidays and please join us in our activities in the
upcoming year.
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Coffee, 9:30; Meeting, 10:00: Program 11:00
Program: “Blue Birds” By Mary Jane Shearer, of the North American Bluebird Society
Of winter's lifeless world each tree
Now seems a perfect part;
Yet each one holds summer's secret
Deep down within its heart.
Charles G. Stater
IN THE GARDEN
Here’s a birdhouse tip from Walter Reeves:
Keep wasps from building their nests in your birdhouses by painting petroleum jelly on the inside roof of the birdhouse. Also, once all the baby birds fledge, sprinkle the birdhouse with sulphur to eliminate parasites that could infect the next brood. Sulphur can be found at any home or hardware store.
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.
UPCOMING EVENTS
February 26, Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
CARD PARTY, LUNCHEON AND FASHION SHOW
Kingswood United Methodist Church
Tilly Mill and North Peachtree Road
Theme: “What’s In The Bag?”
Jan. 15-16, Tuesday-Wednesday
Environmental Studies School
Course 1, in the Callanwolde Atrium.
For information on the environmental studies program and the upcoming meeting, contact Suzanne Wheeler.
Jan. 30 - Feb. 3, Wednesday -Sunday
SOUTHEASTERN FLOWER SHOW
www.flowershow.org - Tickets: Click here
Someone painted pictures on my
Windowpane last night --
Willow trees with trailing boughs
And flowers, frosty white,
And lovely crystal butterflies;
But when the morning sun
Touched them with its golden beams,
They vanished one by one.
Helen Bayley Davis, Jack Frost
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DeKalb Federation of Garden Clubs
www.dekalbfederation.com
January 24, Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - Noon
Program: “Taste the Botany of Chocolate - From Bean to Bar” Power Point presentation/tasting by Louise Estabrook, Landscape Designer
The sun came out, And the snowman cried.
His tears ran down on every side.
His tears ran down, Till the spot was cleared.
He cried so hard, That he disappeared.
Margaret Hillert, January Thaw
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Friday, January 4, is our workday at the Atrium:
Meet at Margo’s at 9:30 a.m. to shop for pansies and plant them at the Atrium. At that time, we will also need to cut down all the scraggly-looking canna lillies and possibly do some minor clean up.
Remember, the January meeting is important.
We will elect new officers for the coming fiscal year, and we will finalize plans for the card party.
Congratulations to Margo. The Atlanta Audubon Society has checked out her yard and has designated it a “Wildlife Sanctuary”. A sign is posted there.
The holiday luncheon was enjoyed by all and the food was delicious. Thanks Maria, for opening your house to all our members. Thanks also to those who brought clothing and toiletries for the women in a shelter home.
Our workday at the Donaldson-Chesnut garden is January 24, Thursday, at 10:00 a.m.
Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours." Robert Byrne
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