Year End Celebration 36 members and 1 guest attended our year end celebration and installation of officers. It was a lovely evening of friendship and fellowship. Congratulations to the new officers and thank you for stepping up to lead Norcross Garden Club for the next two years. A sincere Thank You to the officers and board members who have led…
February Meeting Tuesday, February 14th at the Cottage 10:00am-Social, 10:30am-12:00pm -Speaker & Meeting Member and Master Gardener, Laurie Wakefield’s presentation “Grow Vegetables from Seed”, is a sure winner for us! Gathering fresh veggies from our own gardens would be a treat!! Please RSVP by Friday, February 10 to Debbie Boyd (Debbie.boyd@comcast.net). Election of Officers for 2023-2025 Club members will vote…
National award The “Norcross Earth Team” youth activities have won two National awards through the National Garden Clubs, Inc. in 2020! We have been awarded two $100 checks for our first-place winnings. Congratulations to the team and it’s leaders; Tixie Fowler, Leanne Penman and Trudy Rupert. Friday- Sunday, May 21 – 23 Estate sale at a home of an avid…
It’s an understatement to think that a garden club can be number one in the whole state of Georgia without the help of the tribe, community, partners, members, leaders, and the list goes on. Take a peek at the 2019 year in review document that was submitted to the Georgia Garden Club and for which helped us win so many…
You Have to Like the Caterpillars to Love the Birds. – Barbara Dorfman September 9, 2019 What a kickoff to the new garden club season! Over 40 members new and old in attendance. Barbara Dorfman of the Georgia Native Plant Society gave a great presentation on, “Why Native Plants”. Barbara is a landscape consultant who encouraged us as well as…
Residents of Norcross usually do not even think twice about how Norcross came to be the fabulous and historic town that is. Markers, plaques, and monument signs are within easy reach and sight for anyone interested. There’s even an historic homes walking tour with map available at the Welcome Center. Norcross resident Gene Ramsey uses his time to track, interview,…
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 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…
Take a moment to think about the plants you tend to in your home or outside in the garden. You see a yellowed leaf, what do you do? You see the plant needs water, what do you do? You have developed a fertilizing regimen for your outside plants…why? Why do you care about plants? Maybe it’s because the plant was…
We are proud members of the National Garden Club, Dogwood District of the Garden Club of Ga. & Deep South organizations.
