Memphis Garden Club

Memphis Garde Club - founded 1921 - Member Garden Club of America

News

Ginger Austin wins prestigious

Garden Club of America

Zone IX Award

ALICE KAIN STOUT

Zone IX Mentoring Award

is presented to

Virginia Cobb Austin

Memphis Garden Club

“For love and knowledge of GCA endeavors,

longstanding enthusiasm for horticulture, civic

improvement, and Memphis Botanic Garden, and

creative leadership and mentoring throughout Zone IX.”

The seventeenth of April, 2008

The Garden Club of America

CONGRATULATIONS GINGER!!!

Memphis Garden Club

announces 2008-2011 Officers

Mary Wood

President

Buff Adams

Vice President

Carolyn Rogers

Recording Secretary

Anne Curtis

Corresponding Secretary

Veazey Krausnick

Treasurer

Joy Doggett

Honorary Board Chairman

CONGRATULATIONS!

GREAT NEWS FOR RECYCLING!

Memphis and Shelby County Household

Hazardous Waste

Collection is now possible.

Location: 6305 Haley

The site is open on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM.

Directions: Just off of Farm Road at the new Humane Society Building just north of Walnut Grove in the Penal Farm complex.

You can take things like batteries and paint cans and other household Chemicals. There is a limit: 100 pounds of waste; 15 cans of paint.

Keeping hazardous items out of landfills will protect our water and the Environment!!

Dedication of Riverwoods

On September 29, 2006, Memphis Garden Club members, along with local and state dignataries attended the Vine Cutting Ceremony to officially open Riverwoods. On September 30, a public opening was also held with special tours and activites for families.

MGC Member, Jeanne Arthur and Commissioner Jim Fyke from the Tennessee Departmenet of Environment and Conservation displaying special t-shirt printed with Riverwoods logo

Riverwoods Kiosk located at the trail head.

FEATURED EVENT:

The Memphis Flower Show was held on

April 26-27 at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens.

Garden Club of America Awards

The Fenwick Medal

Ingrid Kelly

Garden Club of Houston

The Margaret Clover Symonds Medal

Judy Bradley, Sylvia Summers

Trustees Garden Club

The Carol Coffey Swift Medal of Excellence

Ruthie Bowlin, Mary Robinson

Memphis Garden Club

The Certificate of Excellence in Conservation

Memphis Garden Club/Riverwoods

The Certificate of Excellence in Photography

Phyllis Reynolds

The Portland Garden Club

Ann Lyon Crammond Award - Division VI Education

Junior Garden Club of Memphis

Louise Agee Wrinkle Horticulture Propagation Award

Sally Brown

Memphis Garden Club

Best in Show:

Horticulture

Sally Brown

Memphis Garden Club

Flower Arranging

Kim Roberts, Ruthie Bowlin, Jean Coors

Memphis Garden Club

Photography

Whitney Smith

Alamo Heights Terrell Hills

Botanical Jewelry/ Embellishment

Emilie Lapham

Wissahickou Garden Club

Judges’ Commendations:

Division III Photography - MGC

Memphis Garden Club for Collections

in Horticulture

Memphis Garden Club for Natural Containers

Botanical Jewelry and Embellishment-Participants

Botanical Jewelry and Embellishments

Memphis Garden Club

Challenge Class Section IV

Proper Nomenclature in Flower

Arranging and Jewelry

M3D Schedule

Clerks

M3D Hospitality

Memphis Garden Club Awards

Canada Trophy

Peggy Peters

Memphis Garden Club

Director’s Award

Mary Jo Strawbridge

The Garden Workers

Flower Arrangement:

Best Use of Color

Mary Lynn Majors, Garden Club of Allegheny County and

Martha McClellan, Knoxville Garden Club

Best Conformance to Class

Judy Bradley and Sylvia Summers

Trustees Garden Club

Best Arrangement Interpreting the Title of the Show

Marianna Brewster, Garden Club of Houston

and Carole Bailey, River Oaks Garden Club

Most Unusual Plant Material

Ingrid Kelly

Garden Club of Houston

Best Arrangement in Tables

Kim Roberts, Jean Coors, Ruthie Bowlin

Memphis Garden Club

Horticulture

Best Collection - Sally Brown, Memphis Garden Club

Best Cut Specimen - Pam Blanton, Garden Club of Lookout Mountain

Best Plant Grown for Flowers - Bonny Martin, Memphis Garden Club

Best Plant Grown for Foliage - Sally Brown, Memphis Garden Club

Horticulture Winners - Zone IX Flower Show

Houston, Texas - April 17-18, 2008

Sally Brown won a First Place, and the Catherine Beattie Medal for her fern, Hephrolepis etaha, ‘Suzie Wong.’

Jenny Neblett and Julie Smith won a Second Place representing Memphis Garden Club by creating a Bayou Habitat.

Buff Adams, Cary Brown and Mary Wood won First Place ribbons.

Cary Brown, Leslie McKee, Kathy Shannon and Julie Smith also received awards.