The 2018 holiday gathering held at Kudzu Art Gallery is another example of the generosity of our members. Once again the club asked for donations to pass along to the Norcross Co-op Ministry. This year many members dropped off slippers, mittens, socks, and scarves. The group enjoyed some light jazzy music once we were seated for our meal. The food…
The National Garden Clubs, Inc. Flower Show Committee Invites you to participate in an International Photography Competition Featuring the Natural Environment of the Americas Entries accepted January 1 – April 1, 2019 Class 1. Plant America – An image featuring native plants Class 2. Scenic America – An image of a landscape and/or seascape Class 3. Small World – A…
Hello All, Here’s a great article that may interest anyone needing to store/winterize their potted perennials over winter.
An Environmental Education Experience for Young Children The Sunday after Halloween is reportedly the only time that fairy portals are visible to the human eye, (or so we are told.) Thus, on the glorious afternoon of November 4th, members of the Norcross Garden Club (NGC) offered fairy lovers of all ages a rare opportunity to engage with the wee folk…
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…
Pinnacle Park is the newest green space in Norcross. The city is transforming this previously vacant corporate site into a new city park, but the little creek that runs behind the new park needed some TLC, too. So on a chilly and drizzly October morning, members of the Norcross Garden Club joined other conservation-minded volunteers to clean debris from the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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