Memphis Garden Club

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

New Officers Announced at January Meeting

The 2010 - 2012 Executive Committee was announced at the January meeting

(Left to Right)

Mary Wood - Nominations/By-laws

Cary Brown - President

Julia Hussey - Treasurer

Edie Marshall - Recording Secretary
Gaye Henderson - Corresponding Secretary
Carolyn Rogers - Vice President

CONGRATULATIONS!

The following list of native trees can be found in Riverwoods and will do well in your garden:

Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
PawPaw (Asimina triloba)

Swamp holly (Ilex decidus)
American holly (Ilex opaca)
Devil's walking stick (Aralia spinosa)
American hornbeam or ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana)
American hazlenut (Corylus americana)
Hop-hombeam (Ostrya virginiana)
Common elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
Red buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Redbud (cercis canadensis)

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!!

FEATURED EVENT:

The Memphis Flower Show

Anything But Clear

Studio Glass Movement 1979 - 2009

SPECIAL AWARDS FOR THE

MEMPHIS FLOWER SHOW

Flower Arrangement:

Garden Club of America Awards:

Fenwick Medal: Audrey Curl, Alamo Heights-Terrell Hills Garden Club

Margaret Clover Symonds Medal: Melinda Earle-Garden Club of Michigan

Carol Coffee Swift Medal of Excellence:

Chris McClure, Lisa Snowden, Gina White-The Little Garden Club of Memphis

Best in Show:

Chris McClure, Lisa Snowden, Gina White-The Little Garden Club of Memphis

Judges Commendations:

Class V. Challenge Class

Memphis Garden Club Awards:

Best Use of Color:

Kim Roberts, Ainslie Todd, Marilyn Wiener-Memphis Garden Club

Dixon Curator’s Award: Bonny Martin-Memphis Garden Club

Horticulture:

Garden Club of America Awards:

Certificate of Excellence in Horticulture: Suzanne Mallory-Memphis Garden Club

Elizabeth Platt Corning Medal: Sally Brown-Memphis Garden Club

Louise Agee Wrinkle Horticulture Propagation Award:

Sally Brown-Memphis Garden Club

Best in Show: Sally Brown-Memphis Garden Club

Judges Commendations:

Class 114. Collections-Container Grown. Memphis Garden Club
Class 93. Succulents. Memphis Garden Club
Class 10. Tulips (cut). Memphis Garden Club
Class 28. Miniature or Dwarf Variegated Hosta Leaf. Memphis Garden Club
Class 54. Other White Azaleas. Memphis Garden Club
Class 76. Conifers. Memphis Garden Club
Section X. Terrariums. Memphis Garden Club
Class 106. Potted Tulip Challenge Class. Memphis Garden Club

Class 61. Native Azalea. Kathy Adams. The Little Garden Club
Class 114. Orchid Collection. Bonny Martin. Memphis Garden Club
Class 102. Pitcher Plant. Ginger Sayle. Memphis Garden Club

Memphis Garden Club Awards:

Canada Trophy: Margaret Atkinson-Memphis Garden Club

Best Cut Specimen: Julia Hussey-Memphis Garden Club

Best Plant Grown for Flowers in Section III and Section V:

Bonny Martin-Memphis Garden Club

Best Plant Grown for Foliage in Section III and Section V:

Sally Brown-Memphis Garden Club

Photography:

Garden Club of America Awards:

Certificate of Excellence in Photography:

Whitney Smith-Alamo Heights-Terrell Hills Garden Club

Novice Award: Juliet Romano-Seattle Garden Club

Best in Show: Susan Klein-Akron Garden Club

Judges Commendations:

Class IV. Malleability

Conservation:

Garden Club of America Awards:

Certificate of Excellence in Conservation: Memphis Garden Club

Ann Lyon Crammond Award: Memphis Garden Club

Education:

Garden Club of America Awards:

Judges Commendations:

The Birds and the Bees: Pollinators in the Garden

CONGRATULATIONS!