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Roswell: Ours to Beautify & Conserve
Roswell Garden Club
2020 THE GARDEN CLUB OF GEORGIA TROPHY WINNER
Years as a Federated Garden Club
New Members Wanted
Highlights
Roswell Garden Club
Roswell Garden Club is an award-winning organization that continues to seek ways to beautify the community, conserve its natural splendor, and inspire and educate our fellow Roswellians.
Founded and federated in 1951, the club withstands the test of time. We are proud to be part of The Garden Club of Georgia, with 12,000 members statewide, and National Garden Clubs, an organization that boasts 5,000 member clubs.
Club members pursue individual interests and also work to meet annual local, state, and national club goals that involve beautifying community properties, installing & maintaining memorial markers, holiday decorating, garden therapy, youth programs, scholarships, education, floral design, and more.
The world is changing rapidly, but the need to connect and “give back” is still paramount to personal happiness and satisfaction. Our club welcomes guests. You do not need to live in Roswell to join us. We are open to all ages and skill levels. Join us, and you will make a positive impact on your life and your community.
Meetings and Speakers Per Year
COMMUNITY Sites with Gardens
Ongoing Civic & Community Projects
Club Projects & BLOG
Roswell Garden Club activities support the mission of The Garden Club of Georgia and the National Garden Clubs – to provide education, resources, and national networking opportunities for its members to promote the love of gardening, floral design, and civic and environmental responsibility.
Our projects are based on our mission statement and on projects and programs of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. and National Garden Clubs. The projects focus on beautifying Roswell, promoting the love of gardening, and educating our members and the community.Â
Our 2022-2023 focus projects reflect our ever-evolving community. We’ve developed adaptive programs and activities with the Roswell ARC and the Roswell Recreation & Parks department that align with Garden Club of Georgia’s Garden Therapy programs. Many of these activities use our themed raised-bed gardens. The beds are outdoors, so they are ideal for social-distanced horticulture talks which can be filmed and added to our educational blog. We decorate Roswell’s Adult Recreation Center (ARC) for the holidays and we decorate tables for several community holiday luncheons. We formed a new partnership with the Roswell Historical Society and are active in the upkeep of the Old Roswell Cemetery, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. This focus project is aligned with the Garden Club of Georgia’s historic preservation program.
Our on-line educational resources, which provide interaction with people of all ages from various locations around the country, include an education page on our site. The page is filled with links to resources from National Garden Clubs, The Garden Club of Georgia, and other affiliated organizations. The education page also has a search bar for our blog and a comprehensive list of great non-fiction and fiction.
Our educational & inspirational blog is rapidly evolving and growing. The blog, which is searchable, has a variety of educational posts ranging from horticulture to the environment and floral design to do-it-yourself projects. During Garden Week in Georgia, a project of The Garden Club of Georgia, and National Garden Week, a project of National Garden Clubs and The Garden Club of Georgia, we post relevant new blog entries at 10 pm each weekday. The posts are designed to intrigue, give some easy ways to get into gardening, and inspire.
While visiting our blog, be sure and check out the entries from three years of local high school students’ environmental blog posts. In addition to being in our blog, these posts are highlighted on their own page High-School Environmental Blog Posts.
On May 30, 2022, Memorial Day, we dedicated our newly installed Blue Star and Gold Star Memorial Markers during the Roswell Remembers ceremony. The Blue Star and Gold Star Memorials are a National Garden Clubs program and a Garden Club of Georgia program.
From floral design to farmers market tables; decorating at the ARC to youth-centered activities at the Adaptive Programs Expo; gardening at civic locations to field trips to experience the beauty of nature, RGC is on the go making a difference in the community.
RGC’s collaborative relationship with the Roswell community is strong.
Our members enjoy making Roswell a beautiful place and are proud of our civic projects. We strive to live our motto—Roswell, ours to beautify and conserve.
Gardening Alert: Don’t Prune Freeze Damage Yet, by RGC Blogger Suzy Crowe
If you’re like me, this winter’s extra-cold temperatures have taken a toll on many of your plants. I’m itching to cut off the freeze damage, but that is not what experts recommend.
In a recent article in the Gwinnett Daily Post, Tim Daly, UGA Extension Ag & Natural Resources Agent, gives several great tips for assessing and dealing with freeze damage. These tips assume your plants are cold hardy and appropriate for zone 7B.
- Bronze colorization doesn’t mean a plant or a branch is dead…it’s the plant’s reaction to a big chill
- Scratch the bark with your fingernail. If the stem tissue is green or white, the wood is still alive…look for new growth in the spring 🙂
- If the stem tissue is brown or brittle, …
Our Affiliations
Most of our projects & activities are sponsored by the Dogwood District and The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc., whose goals are beautification, conservation, and education; the Deep South Garden Clubs, Inc., whose “member states share a love for gardening, for conserving and protecting our natural resources, as well as wildlife and habitats, for beautifying our communities and for sharing what we learn with others”; and National Garden Clubs, Inc., whose goal is to “connect us with people, plants, and programs that provide inspiration and valuable resources”.
To find out more about our affiliations and projects at the district, state, regional, and national levels, click on the logos below or see our projects.
2021-2023 Roswell Garden Club Officers
- President, Lisa Ethridge
- First Vice-President, Carolyn Herndon
- Second Vice-President, Debbie Van
- Parliamentarian, Stephanie Ludtke
- Secretary, Dawn McGee
- Corresponding Secretary, Nancy Moses
- Treasurer, Linda Becker
- Auditor, Debbie Johnson
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We meet…
- 4th Tuesday of @ month, September – May… check our Events Page for date or location changes
- 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Roswell Area Park Community Activity Building |Â 10495 Woodstock Road | Roswell
- Guests are welcome
- You don’t have to be a citizen of Roswell to visit or join
- Contact Us or click here to read the Roswell Garden Club Brochure for more information
- If you don’t live near us, you can use the National Garden Clubs site to find a garden club near you… scroll down to the bottom of their home page
If you can’t join us, become a subscribing member and support The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.’s initiatives
- To become a subscribing member (SM) of The Garden Club of Georgia, click here
- A SM is committed to the purposes and objectives of The Garden Club of Georgia, and desires association without becoming a member of a local member garden club
- A SM can participate in all programs and events available to the general membership, receive Garden Gateways, and other membership mailings but isn’t eligible to vote
One more way to show support – every little bit counts
- RGC is a 501(c)(3) organization
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Roswell Garden Club
Roswell, GA
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"Gardening is not our
whole life; but it makes our
lives whole."