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.

Spring is God's way of saying,
"One more time!"
Robert Orben

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IN THE GARDEN

Humming Birds are the jewels of the garden. The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only hummingbird known to nest in Georgia. It can be sighted from early March until the end of October. The Ruby Throat commonly migrates 2,000 miles or more from its breeding grounds in North America to its winter home in Mexico and Central America. 
 
The Ruby Throat weighs only 2-3 grams and is only 3-5 inches in length.Hummingbirds can hover, fly forward, fly backward and even upside down.
 
The best way to attract hummingbirds to your yard is through a combination of plantings and sugar-water feeders.  Some plants are honeysuckle, jewelweed, trumpet creeper,  salvia,  turk’s cap,  four o’clock, flowering tobacco, geranium, lantana,  petunia, coral honeysuckle and impatiens. When preparing sugar-water, boil the solution for 3 to 4 minutes to help retard the growth of bacteria and mold, and to insure that the sugar is thoroughly dissolved. During hot weather, change the feeding solution at least every 3 to 4 days. Use 1 part sugar to 4 parts water.  Store in refrigerator. Never use honey!

A delicate fabric of bird song floats in the air,
The smell of wet wild earth is everywhere.
Oh I must pass nothing by without loving it much,
The raindrop try with my lips, the grass with my touch;
For how can I be sure I shall see again
The world on the first of May
Shining after the rain?
Sara Teasdale, May Day

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UPCOMING EVENTS

National Garden Club - May 24-29,  Sunday-Thursday
National Convention, Memphis, Tenn.

Art in Your Garden featuring Walter Reeves: May 1, 2008, 5:30-7 p.m. Garden Room Heritage Green; 6075 Sandy Springs Circle

Native Plant Sale.
Location: Decatur Campus Georgia Perimeter College Native Plant Garden 05/03 - 10:00 AM to 02:00 PM
Phone: 678-891-2668

The Sandy Springs Society Presents The Seventh Annual
Sandy Springs Garden Tour
Saturday, May 3, 2008 - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, May 4, 2008 - 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.

Georgia Hosta Society Hosta Show & Plant Sale
05/17 All Day Event
404-636-0977 The 19th Annual Hosta Show and Plant Sale
"RainDance" featuring special award for 2008 Hosta of the Year - Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'. See hundreds of hostas in an American Hosta Society Accredited Show. Plant Sale - 9 am to 4 pm features hosta, companion plants, rain barrels and other garden-related merchandise. Container and Trough Planting Demonstrations by Toni Wright at 11:00 am and 1:30 pm. Show open to public 10 am to 4 pm. All Events Rain or Shine! Wesley Center, corner 4th & Church Streets, Tucker, GA.

DeKalb Federation of Garden Clubs
www.dekalbfederation.com
May 22,  Thursday,  10:00 a.m. - Noon
Program:  “Walk with Daisy Through the Show”
Demonstration by Federation Designers

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The May-pole is up,
Now give me the cup;
I'll drink to the garlands around it;
But first unto those
Whose hands did compose
The glory of flowers that crown'd it.
Robert Herrick, The Maypole, 1660

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:

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