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Roswell: Ours to Beautify & Conserve
Roswell Garden Club
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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 maintaining and preserving historical properties, 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
Historic Sites with Gardens
Ongoing Civic & Community Projects
Club Projects & BLOG
Roswell Garden Club activities support the mission of 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.
RGC projects focus on beautifying Roswell, conserving landscaping at many of Roswell’s historic sites, promoting the love of gardening, and educating our members and the community.
Our 2020-2021 focus projects continually evolve due to COVID-19. We’ve been able to fit in a select few in-person activities, we’ve amped-up our online educational resources, and we’ve created new opportunities for club and community learning.
In November, we planted themed raised-bed gardens for public mini-lessons at Roswell’s Adult Recreation Center. The beds are outdoors, so they are ideal for social-distanced horticulture talks which can be filmed and added to our educational blog. We also decorated Smith with beautiful floral mannequins for the holidays.
We amped-up our on-line educational resources by adding an education page to 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 and National Garden Week, we post relevant new blog entries at 10 pm each day. The posts are designed to intrigue, give you some easy ways to get into gardening, and inspire.
While visiting our blog, be sure and check out the top three entries from the 2020 High-School Environmental Blog Competition. You can find last year’s entries on our blog page along with all of our other entries.
In May 2022 we plan to dedicate our newly installed Blue Star and Gold Star Memorial Markers. The Blue Star and Gold Star Memorials are a National Garden Clubs project.
From floral design to azalea giveaways; decorating City Hall to youth-centered activities such as Fall Farm Days; 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 Recreation & Parks department, Roswell Adult Recreation Center, and Roswell’s historic homes—Archibald Smith, Barrington Hall, and Mimosa Hall—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.
National Garden Week: A Glimpse at Plants & Trees Special to RGC Members
Many of us have plants and trees that are special to us. As part of National Garden Week, several RGC members shared pictures and thoughts about some of the items special to them. This blog post’s feature image is of a plant special to Linda B–Linda shares that, after more than 30 years and two moves, I still have the old fashioned bleeding heart plant that started out in my mother’s garden in Pennsylvania. That’s pretty special.
Linda Lee – 20 years ago Ron and I walked out of an old K-Mart and saw a rose bush with no flowers or leaves for 75 cents. Ron said it needs a home. Whatever color it turns out to be he said we will call it The Princess Rose after me. It bloomed a month later on Mother’s Day a year after my mother died. Today it still blooms with the most delicious fragrance.
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.
2019-2021 Roswell Garden Club Officers
- President, Lisa Ethridge
- First Vice-President, JoAnn Jones
- Second Vice-President, Mary Ann Cabot
- Secretary, Carolyn Herndon
- Corresponding Secretary, Nancy Moses
- Treasurer, Linda Becker
- Auditor, Debbie Vann
- Dogwood District Director, Debbie Vann
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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 | 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 is always looking for new members to learn with us, garden with us, arrange flowers with us, contribute to the community with us, and socialize with us. If you are interested in visiting us or joining us, let us know. You do not have to be a Roswell citizen to join Roswell Garden Club.
Conserve & Beautify
Roswell Garden Club
Roswell, GA
Open to the Public
Roswell Garden Club
“Gardening is not our
whole life; but it makes our
lives whole.”
Images on this site were taken by RGC members unless otherwise noted