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Suwanee Towne Florist – Holiday Centerpiece Design

The Norcross Garden Club November meeting was presented by Daniel Tindol owner of Suwanee Towne Florist. During the program we learned some unexpected ways to make holiday floral centerpieces such as using a loaf pan as an arrangement base. Daniel quip that, “if it can hold water, it can hold a flower arrangement!” I couldn’t agree more with those sentiments. Daniel was so…

Calling all school aged kids for numerous contests

There’s something satisfying about allowing a child to explore new adventures. The Norcross Garden Club is proud to help promote new adventures and continuing its support of contest put forth through our state and national garden club organizations. Click on any of our four possible adventures a child in your life may be interested in exploring: Students 9th to 12th…

The Art and History of Tussie Mussies by Shante Hassel

On Sept 26, 2018, the Norcross Garden Club had the pleasure of attending the Indian Creek Garden Club meeting to enjoy  a program with their very own Geri Laufer author of Tussie-Mussies: The Victorian Art of Expressing Yourself in the Language of Flowers. The term tussie-mussie (also tussy-mussy) comes from the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), when the small bouquets became…

Fulton Federation Field Trip 9/10/18 – Amanda Dew Manning

by Shante Hassel Four members of the NGC carpooled together to Cantebury Court a lovely retirement home with a beautiful garden that is a Certified Wildlife Sanctuary. There were over 15 people in attendance for the 4x/year Fulton Federation meeting representing garden clubs from across Metro-Atlanta. The wonderful reception was sponsored by the Atlanta Begonia Society and even included a…

Atlanta Botanical Gardens Field Trip with Docent Cyndy Franklin

by Shante Hassel The Norcross Garden Club attended the ABG on September 15, 2018 for a docent tour of the spectacular story-book themed exhibition, Imaginary Worlds: Once Upon a Time. The exhibition was created by International Mosaiculture of Montreal. Mosaicultureis the horticultural art of creating giant topiary-like sculptures using thousands of annual bedding plants to carpet steel armature forms. Mosaïcultures…