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For garden fun and garden know-how, wherever you live, please join in our activities.

Plant Exchanges - Garden Programs
Garden Tours - Garden Friends
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday of the months of September,
through May.

Wednesday, Oct. 10

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

Program: “Pruning Techniques, Including Japanese Maple Trees” with Rick Smith, The Pruning Guru

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

Beauty is one of the rare things that
do not lead to doubt of God. Jean Anouilh

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 12, Friday
Redbud Annual District Meeting
Jackson United Methodist Church,
407 E. Third Street, Jackson, Georgia.
Program: “Seasonal Designs” with Harvey Smith.

Mail check, payable to “Redbud District”, to Rigby Duncan, 2800 Hunting Hill Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-1504. $25 by Oct 6; $35 after Oct. 6.

Hotel Reservations at Best Western Plantation Inn, 770-504-8811.

October 13, Saturday
Shop For a Cause
The DeKalb Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. is selling tickets for $5.00 each and keeps all the money. The purchaser takes the ticket to any Macy’s store on October 13 and receives the following: $10.00 off a single purchase of $20.00 and an extra 20% off most regular, sale and clearance items and a chance to win a $500.00 gift card.

The federation will sell tickets at Macy’s North DeKalb store on Saturday, October 6 and Saturday, October 13.

COMING SOON, November 8, Thursday, Leading Lights Luncheon, at Callanwolde, Atlanta. This Fashion Show and Luncheon is a fund raiser for the DeKalb Federation of Garden Clubs.

Autumn has come, but never fear,
Wait but a little while yet,
Spring will be here, the skies will clear,
And fields stand deep in violets.

The heavenly blue of fresh new days
Oh, friend, you must employ them
Before they pass away. Be brave!
Enjoy them; oh, enjoy them!
- Theodor Storm, A Song in October

DeKalb Federation of Garden Clubs
   Sept 27, Thursday, 10:00 a.m.-Noon
   At Callanwolde on Briarcliff
          www.dekalbfederation.com
October 25, Thursday, 10:00 a.m.-Noon
Program: “Learn Everything About Trees -
Planting to Pruning”
by Jim Foote, Certified Arborist

Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. Carol Bishop Hipps

IN THE GARDEN
Ornamental grasses such as fox-tail barley (Hordeum jubatum), blue oat grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens), or tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa) display fountains of foliage perfect for borders and barriers, and are less aggressive than self-sowing miscanthus.

Cool October - Time to plant and transplant trees, shrubs, perennials, spring-flowering bulbs.And a great time to join in garden club activities.

MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Congratulations to Margo. On behalf of our club, she won several awards for horticulture entries at the Yellow Daisy Festival: Four first place awards, plus 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mention awards.

Our workday at Donaldson-Chesnut Gardens is Wednesday, Oct 17, 10 a.m. to noon. Please come and help.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
Shirley D Oct 2
Irene W. Oct 4
Sterling H. Oct 4
Bonnie B Oct 9
Ramona A. Oct 19
Mary Ann L. Oct 27