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Dear Members and Garden Friends
For garden fun and garden know-how, wherever you live, please join us in our activities in the
upcoming year.
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Coffee, 9:30; Meeting, 10:00:
Program 11:00
“Butterfly Ballet” PowerPoint Presentation
by Z Ganaway, Award winning butterfly expert
The Williams Room ( at the Dunwoody Library)
5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road
The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night,
Ya-honk! he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation: The pert may suppose it meaningless, but I listen closer, I find its purpose and place up there toward the November sky.
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1855, I Celebrate Myself
The last seed
falls from the sunflower--
empty pond.
The long awaited
rattle of rain on rooftops--
Thanksgiving Day.
Michael P. Garofalo, Cuttings
IN THE GARDEN
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.
FOR THE KIDS
"Just for Kids" - Stepping Stones
Date & Time: 11/22 11:30 AM
Event Cost: $10.00
Phone: 404-869-7447
Let their creativity shine! We'll explore color, shape, and texture, and your child will have their very own piece of art to add to your (or Grandmaís!) garden! $10,incl. supplies.
Hastings is located at 3920 Peachtree Rd., In Brookhaven Location: Hastings Horticulture Education Center
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DeKalb Federation of Garden Clubs
www.dekalbfederation.com
November 13, Thursday, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Program: DeKalb Federation Fund Raiser-Callanwolde "Leading Lights Fashion Show Luncheon”
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tony Avent Lecture presented by SHS
Date & Time: 11/13 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Event Cost: $15.00 SHS Member $20 Non-members
Phone: 404-351-1074 Tony Avent is a garden provocateur, international explorer, hosta hybridizer and owner of Plant Delights Nursery. Garden and Gun Magazine refers to him as the "Indiana Jones of Horticulture."
Lecture Topic: "I Like it, I Love it, I want some more of it...perennials in your garden"
Location: Atlanta History Center - McElreath Hall 130 West Paces Ferry Road Atlanta, GA 30305
Cool Tools & Funky Fertilizers - Fall Garden Stuff
Date & Time: 11/18 07:00 PM
Event Cost: $7 per person - please register
Phone: 404-298-4080 please Speaker: Walter Reeves, writer, speaker and media personality shares his wit and wisdom on this seasonal topic - how to get ready for winter
Location: 4380 Memorial Drive, Decatur, GA 30032 - DeKalb Extension
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