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Cumming Garden Club Affiliations
Garden Club of Georgia 94th Convention
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.
"Gardening in Macon" April 12-13, 2022
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.
Laurel District 64th Annual Meeting - October 2022
At the Hilton Garden Inn, Cartersville
Cumming Garden Club was represented by (L-R) Diane Morgan, Charlotte Dewberry, Linda Hardie, Jill Denlea and Judy Ree.
"Autumn" Fund Raiser Basket
Baskets donated by individual garden clubs encompassed the meeting theme of "The Birds and the Bees and the Flowers and the Trees".
October 18 saw 100+ in attendance
Jill Denlea and Linda Hardie
with Barbara Bourque, The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.'s immediate past President.
Theme Baskets were admired
GCG president Peggy Tucker (left) joined CGC members to check out one of the two baskets, “Spring gardening”, donated for the fund raiser.
Awards Ceremony
Awards Ceremony
Jill Denlea (center) accepted the “Standard of Excellence" certificate CGC garnered for last year. Ten clubs in Laurel District achieved this status.
Laurel 63rd Annual District Meeting - 2021
Theme: "Fall Fun Over the River and Through the Hills"
Past GCG President Barbara Bourque and CGC's Linda Hardie (middle) join Elijay Club members at Coosa Country Club, Rome, GA.
CGC Garners Many Awards
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),
A Fundraising Raffle Was Held
A Fundraising Raffle Was Held
Cumming Garden Club donated two Baskets
for the Raffle (see below).
Things for the Garden
Things for the Garden
A Fundraising Raffle Was Held
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.
Things to Celebrate
Things for the Garden
Things to Celebrate
Baskets were designed with lovely bows by:
Cindy Bean, Jill Denlea, Barbara Henry, Shirley Puch, Judy Ree, Vicky Rice and Margie Smith.
UGA Green Landscape Program
Green Landscapes Stewards Program and Certification
The Georgia Green Landscape Stewards certification program provides educational resources that teach Georgians about protecting natural resources, increasing plant and animal biodiversity, conserving soil and water, providing wildlife and pollinator habitat, and improving public and environmental health. After learning about sustainable land management practices, participants can measure their own activities with the program metric scorecard and earn certification status for their landscape. There are 3 steps involved:
* Review the Education Components
* Fill out Metric Scorecard
* Send your Scorecard to Camden County Extension
Seventy points are needed to get certified and the certification is free (signs are $15).