Saving Potted Perennials over Winter
Hello All, Here’s a great article that may interest anyone needing to store/winterize their potted perennials over winter.
The Enchanted Forest
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…
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…
Norcross Garden Club Supports “Rivers Alive!” Conservation Program
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…
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…
Annandale Villagers visit Norcross ~ Gardening and care for the soul for all
With volunteers at the ready and the Discovery Garden Park bursting with veggies to pick, the Annandale Villagers, adults with developmental disabilities, came for a visit. It’s always therapeutic for them as well as the many volunteers that show up to assist. This is the third year and everyone had a fabulous time. The group participated with all kinds of…
Summerour 6th grader wins poetry contest – Let it Grow
‘Let it Grow’ was the theme of the 2017-2018 Garden Club of Georgia youth poetry contest. Norcross’ Summerour MS 6th grader, Eyael Mekonnen won second place. Eyael was presented with a $15 prize along with a fabulous certificate. Way to Grow, or is it Go, Eyael! Keep up the great creative writing.
