Save the Date: October 10^th Day Meeting at the Cottage

10:00 am social; 10:30 - 12:00 Speaker and meeting

“Farm in the Corners,” Local produce with a Mission presented by Joe Turner, Peachtree Farm.https://www.peachtreefarm.org/   Please RSVP to Debbie Boyd by Monday, Oct 9^th. (Debbie.boyd@comcast.net).)

Garden Therapy

Please bring to the meeting:

• plastic grocery bags for the Neighborhood Cooperative Ministry. They always need bags for packaging food for the clients.
• can pull tabs for Ronald McDonald House.
• glass jars to be used as flower vases for Meals on Wheels clients.

NEW DATE & TIME Tuesday October 10th 12-2 pm- Meals on Wheels Flower Arranging

We will make the flower arrangements after our meeting. All are welcome to help. If you can stay to help, please bring snips and a smile!

Norcross Discovery Garden Park Presents Seed Swap Saturday, October 14^th 9am at Discovery Garden Park

Celebrate the beginning of the Fall growing season. Come share, swap and ask a master gardener.

Gather & meet neighbors, share gardening tips & tricks, seedling raffle, and learn.

BRING SEEDS TO PARTICIPATE IN SWAP, HARVESTED OR COMMERCIAL.

Dress for the outdoors.

Dogwood District 65^th Annual Meeting-Wednesday October 25, Dunwoody Country Club

All members are welcome to attend the meeting.  The cost is $43 for registration and luncheon. Please let Kathy Sumner know if you wish to attend so we can arrange carpools. (678.357.8684)

Registration deadline is October 11^th. See attached registration form. Contact Trudy Rudert if you have any registration questions.  Trudy is the registrar for this meeting. (404.713.6934)

Registration and Hospitality 9:30A; Business Meeting 10A

Honored Guest: Lisa Hall, President, The Garden Club of Georgia

Featured Speaker: Laura Iarocci, award winning floral designer and author.  Owner of Faith Flowers.

Dunwoody Country Club is located at 1600 Dunwoody Club Drive, Atlanta GA 30350

Cottage Garden Care

We encourage members to stop by anytime it’s convenient for weeding in our garden. Bring a friend or family member with you to pick up debris and pull a few weeds!  If you have any questions, please text Pam Cammarata (770-314-9541).

Thanks to all who participated in the Garden Workday last week.  Twelve members weeded, pruned, dug up oak seedlings and dead-headed during the garden workday.  We filled eleven yard waste bags!

National Garden Club Virtual Presentation- Environmental School Course 1

October 30 and 31

A word of encouragement from the NGC President, Brenda Moore “I encourage members to GO for it, whether it is deciding to attend NGC schools, deciding to serve in their club, on their state or the NGC board of directors, or making changes to long held traditions to make all garden clubs more appealing to all individuals.” Barbara is also asking members to consider attending the virtual Environmental School Course 1.  See attached for more information.

Garden Gateways Fall 2023 Edition

The new Garden Gateways format should have arrived in your mailbox. The Garden Club of Georgia’s mission Beautification, Conservation, Education can be seen throughout the publication.  It’s a new size and format and full of interesting articles, upcoming events, and news from clubs across the state. It is also available in digital format.  To find the digital version, please visit https://gardenclubofgeorgia.org/.  There is also a bonus special: Garden Gateways Fall ONLINE EXTRAS with more GCG news and activities.  Garden Gateways is included in our annual membership. Our membership to the Norcross Garden Club also includes membership to the Garden Club of Georgia and The National Garden Clubs.  Take advantage of the wealth of information and educational resources and opportunities that are highlighted in each Garden Gateways publication and available through the Garden Club of Georgia and the National Garden Clubs.

Plant America-Feed America is the National Garden Club’s theme for the next two years.  Last week’s TWIG included information about the program and also the form for recording food donations if you can participate. Plant America Feed America

Linda Doiron, member of our club and Gardening Newsletter Editor for the Garden Club of Georgia wrote “A Gardener’s Open Hands” highlighting the opportunities we have as gardeners to participate in the ongoing fight against hunger in our communities.  Please read Linda’s thoughtful article on page 4 of Garden Gateways.

Barbara Bourque, GCG Legislative Chair, published an extensive article for protecting the future of the Okefenokee Swamp and its importance to Georgia residents. This article is a concise overview and summary of the issues at hand.  In last week’s TWIG we reported about the importance of contacting Georgia legislators to express support of Georgia House Bill 71. You can contact your State Representative using this link: https://georgia.gov/contact-state-legislators. Read Barbara’s article on page 3 of Gateways for more information. The Georgia Water Coalition is hosting a meeting and workshop on Nov 8-9 near the OKE Swamp.  Save the date and look for more details to follow.

Landscape Design Newsletter Editor, Suzanne Finger explores how functionality is an important first step in landscape design.  Suzanne’s first installment of a four-part series of Landscape Design 101 can be found at https://gardenclubofgeorgia.org/membership-publications/.

“Environmentally Yours-Citizen Scientist” by Lorene Faulkenberry can be found on page 8 of Gateways.  Learn about The Great Backyard Bird Count and the Great Southeastern Pollinator Census. Citizen Scientists are the eyes and ears that provide firsthand observations to these studies.  For an interesting and informative read see page 8.

Norcross Garden Club is mentioned in Linda’s article on page 4 and in Dogwood District Digs on page 15.  Next Editorial deadline for articles for the Winter issue is just around the corner—October 15^th…Please consider preparing an article—contact Kathy Sumner to help with an article and for more information. (678.357.8684)

Upcoming Events

Duluth Fall Festival, September 30^th and October 1^st. https://duluthfallfestival.org/events/festival-concert/

Norcross Art Splash- October 7^th and 8^th Event will be setup downtown.  Several streets will be closed.

https://www.splashfestivals.com/events-festivals/norcross-art-splash/visitor-information/

LAST Jazz in the Alley for the 2023 season-Saturday September 30^th in Betty Mauldin Park-7:30-9:30p

Bring your chairs and coolers.  Support the local restaurants, too!