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Wednesday, May 9th

Coffee & Social Time 9:30 am, Meeting, 10:00 a.m., Program, 11:00 a.m.

Wildflowers of the Southeast
Speaker: Margaret Ann Shulma

"The word May is a perfumed word. It is an illuminated initial. It means youth, love, song, and all that is beautiful in life. (from Journal entry for 1 May 1861)"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet

UPCOMING EVENTS

Environmental Studies School, Course IV
May 15-16, Tuesday-Wednesday
State HQ in Athens. Registration Deadline: May 8 $60, includes lunch, payable to Azalea District. LtcjByrd@aol.com

Dunwoody Nature Center Dream Garden Tour
May 18-20, Friday-Sunday
www.dunwoodynature.org

The National Garden Club Convention May 24-27, 2007
Boston, MA
Boston and Beyond
Location: Marriott/Copley, Boston
Click here for more information Looks like a wonderful convention!

Plant Sale
May 26, Saturday, 10.00am-2:00pm Plant Sale
Perennials, Shrubs, Ferns, Ga. Perimeter College Dunwoody Campus, 2101 Womack Road

For a good laugh: Read a conversation between God And St. Francis called God and Lawns

Today Page is under renovation

May 24, Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs
At Callanwolde on Biarcliff - Meeting 10:00 a.m.; Program, 11:00 a.m.
General Meeting & Presidents Luncheon

While all flowers and all trees do close
To weave the gardens of repose
Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less,
Withdraws in to its happiness,
Annihilating all that's made
To a green thought in a green shade.
From The Garden: Andrew Marvell, English poet

IN THE GARDEN

Wildflowers For The Southeast:
Indian Pink, Spigelia marilandica, deep red petals with yellow eye on 12-20” stems; partial to almost full shade.
Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum, Blue to lavender flowers on 24” stems; sun/pt shade.
Downy phlox, Phlox pilosa, lavender to rose flowers on 8-30” stems; tolerates full sun to shade.
Wild indigo, Baptisia tinctoria, yellow flowers on 12-24” stems; full sun/part shade.
Drought tolerant when established.
Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa, Red- orange to orange-yellow flowers on 12-36” stems; favors full sun and well drained soil. Drought tolerant when established.

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

Carol, Korrie, Maria, Rosanne, Bonnie and Stephanie from SeaAgri worked at our shade garden project at the Donaldson-Chesnut House . They trimmed the hydrangeas back to new growth, weeded, removed some mondo and grouped like plants together.

Lana, Margo and Carleen attended the State Convention in Macon last week. Our club won the following State awards:

1st place “Web Site”;
1st place “Newsletter”;
3d place “Seed Packet”;
Honorable Mention “Yearbook”;
State Certificates for “Roadside Beautification
Wildflower Project” and “Garden Therapy”.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: Beth E., May 29

"All through the long winter I dream of my garden. On the first warm day of spring I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar."
Helen Hayes