Garden Club of Georgia 94th Convention

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Linda received 'Plant America' grant from GCG 3rd Vice President, Bess Hartley. Cumming Garden Club was one of only 13 in Georgia to win this award, which is focused on restoration of the memorial garden at Poole’s Mill Park.

Terra Manton and Linda Hardie represented Cumming Garden Club, posing here with Garden Club of Georgia president Peggy Tucker (middle).

Linda Hardie, CGC treasurer, was presented the first-place award certificate for Cumming Garden Club website. Presenting the award is Peggy Tucker, GCG president, along with Mary Warshauer, National Garden Club president.

Mary was the keynote speaker at the convention.

 Cumming Garden Club was represented by (L-R) Diane Morgan, Charlotte Dewberry, Linda Hardie, Jill Denlea and Judy Ree.

Baskets donated by individual garden clubs encompassed the meeting theme of "The Birds and the Bees and the Flowers and the Trees". 

 Jill Denlea and Linda Hardie

with Barbara Bourque, The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.'s immediate past President.  

 GCG president Peggy Tucker (left) joined CGC members to check out one of the two baskets, “Spring gardening”, donated for the fund raiser. 

 Jill Denlea (center) accepted the “Standard of Excellence" certificate CGC garnered for last year. Ten clubs in Laurel District achieved this status. 

Past GCG President Barbara Bourque and CGC's Linda Hardie (middle) join Elijay Club members at Coosa Country Club, Rome, GA.

Cumming Garden Club's Linda Hardie

(second from right) accepts awards for:

2020 Standard of Excellence

National Garden Club first place - Website, Garden Club of Georgia first place - Website,

GCG first place - Civic Improvement

(Labyrinth garden at Northside Hospital),

Cumming Garden Club donated two Baskets

for the Raffle (see below).

 Items for baskets came from:

Carol Baumrucker, Cindy Bean, Jill Denlea, Barbara Henry, Dorothy Moore, Diane Morgan, Shirley Puch, Judy Ree, Vicky Rice, Marion Renz, Margie Smith, and Linda Hardie.

Baskets were designed with lovely bows by:

 Cindy Bean, Jill Denlea, Barbara Henry, Shirley Puch, Judy Ree, Vicky Rice and Margie Smith.