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Please join us on the Second Wednesday of the month, September - May. All garden friends are welcome to join us for meetings from wherever you live!

Nov. 8, Wednesday, 9:30 a.m - 12:00 p.m.
Coffee and Refreshments 9:30-10:00
Meeting 10:00-11:00
Speaker 11:00-12:00

North DeKalb Cultural Center, Room 4
5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road
(Adjacent to Dunwoody Library)

Program : Made in the Shade
Rosa Capps: Not just Hydrangeas, Hostas & Ferns - Unusual Shade Plants

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

In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. Sam Llewelyn

Now is the time to carry a notebook or clipboard into the garden - make notes about which plants should be divided, what should be moved and where, and what you need to do to certain plants next year, write it down now. If you have a digital camera, take pictures for a good journal.

Can you see the well camouflaged butterfly, enjoying the brilliant red blooms of the pineapple sage? His wings are bright yellow on top and a crinkled green underneath so predators can't see him while he is sipping.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. H. Fred Ale

The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.
980-B Briarcliff Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA

Nov. 10, 2006 DeKalb Federation Benefit
Leading Lights Luncheon & Fashion Show: Friday, November 10 – 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM – Callanwolde. Your $25 registration fee includes a catered lunch and fashion designs by Steinmart. Shopping begins at 9:30; luncheon seating at 11:30. Get a head start on your holiday shopping (Cash or checks) Reservation deadline is November 1. Forms available here.

Don't forget how easy it is to propagate chrysanthemums - just take a sturdy stem of about 4" with a couple of leaves at the top and stick it in the ground for more mums next fall.

Digging Dahlias: When the first frost blackens the foliage of dahlias (or if a hard freeze is predicted), cut off the stems about 6 inches above the tubers. Carefully dig the clumps with a spade or fork, and rinse them off. Let them dry out of direct sun and wind for a day (not too long or they'll begin to shrivel). Store the tuber clumps whole, or carefully separate the tubers from the stem, making sure to include any "eyes" (small, raised nubs near where the tubers attach to the main stem) with each tuber. These are the future sprouts. Store tubers in ventilated plastic bags filled with peat moss, vermiculite, or sawdust. Place bags in a box and keep them in a dark, 35- to 50-degree F location. Courtesy of Charlie Nardozzi, University of Vermont

Dunwoody Garden Club: The Card Party, Luncheon and Fashion Show
The date: Tuesday, February 27 (Snow date: 2/28)
The time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
The place: All Saints Catholic Church, Dunwoody
The price: $20.00

Here is a wonderful site to dream on: http://www.emptyvase.com These folks are florists to the rich-rich and the Hollywood stars, who have standing weekly orders for these floral wonders, often for every room in the house. But be braced for the prices at $300 to $1200 per arrangement!

Lana, Carleen, Margo, Cle and Bonnie at the Redbud District Meeting riverboat cruise at Stone Mountain.

In the evenings I scrape my fingernails clean,
hunt through old catalogues for new seed,
oil workboots and shears.
This garden is no metaphor --
more a task that swallows you into itself,
earth using, as always, everything it can.
Jan Hirshfield, November