The October Meeting of the Gulf Hills Garden Club and a Special Birthday!

The October Gulf Hills Garden Club meeting at the home of club member, Beth M.  She and her hosts provided a delicious brunch buffet with Mimosas.  A heartfelt thank you to her and her hosts Mollie, Jeanette and Danny.  And thank you Mary Ann for a very meaningful devotion.

The home was beautifully decorated with fresh flowers on each of the many tables.  Danny furnished a dozen multi-hued gourmet eggs from his chickens as a door prize.

We had four guests:  Former members, Carol G. and Marge D., so very nice to see these ladies again; and Martha C. and Pat DeHaan. 

The program for the meeting was a presentation of the goals from the Garden Clubs of Mississippi and the National Garden Club organization.   

Pleasures and Challenges from our Garden this month was a discussion of “What does a garden mean to you?”  Members paired to reflect and share gardening experiences.  Michael brought a leaf from a plant he could not identify and none of us could either

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The members of the Gulf Hills Garden Club surprised our president with a Birthday Cake.  

Next meeting is November 19.

Southern Bouquet 2016 Deep South Region Convention March 6 - 8, 2016

The Gulf Hills Garden Club would like to bring to your attention the,

 Southern Bouquet
2016 Deep South Region Convention
March 6 - 8, 2016
Horseshoe Hotel and Resort
1021 Casino Center Drive
Robinsonville, Mississippi

Hosted by
The Garden Clubs of Mississippi, Inc.

Sunday, March 6th - 6:30 PM - Opening Dinner

Monday, March 7th - Deep South Region Council meeting and Deep South Region Business meeting, Lunch, Workshops, Vendors.
Reception honoring NGC President, Sandy Robinson and
                                                 Awards Banquet

Tuesday, March 8th - Deep South Region Business meeting, Lunch,
Workshops, Vendors and final event -
Design Banquet featuring Tracy Proctor

Deadline for registration and hotel room reservation - February 5, 2016
 

Convention Registration Form will be on the website in the near future (www.dsregion.org)

30th Annual Southern Gardening Symposium January 29-31, 2016

The Gulf Hills Garden Club received an email letting us know that the 30th Annual Southern Gardening Symposium for 2016, will be located at Callaway Gardens, Georgia.

Dear Garden Club Member,

We are delighted to announce the excellent line-up of speakers for the 30th Annual Southern Gardening Symposium on January 29 – 31, 2016 at Callaway Gardens, Georgia.  This year we have an amazing program, jam packed with great speakers, interesting topics and a MarketPlace for plants, books and garden art.

 

There is a registration discount for registering by October 31^st.

 

For more information about the symposium, or to register, use the following link to our website  http://www.callawaygardens.com/SGS

 

If you have any questions or concerns about the workshops or Symposium, please feel free to contact us by email at education@callawaygardens.com 

 

Thank you.

 

Sincerely,

Patricia

Patricia L. Collins

Director of Gardens

Callaway Gardens

Spanish Trail District Meeting was Held at the White House Hotel, Biloxi

The Spanish Trail District of the Garden Clubs of Mississippi, Inc, held a meeting at the White House Hotel in Biloxi , on September. 30, 2015.  Our guest speaker was the director of the Pascagoula River Audubon Center, Mark La Salle.  Gulf Hills had five club members attending.

 Our own Sue Manley received state recognition as Gardener of the Year.  Sue loves gardening and serves as chairman of the Gulf Hills Memorial Garden committee.  Congrats, Sue.

 Above image shows the Gulf Hills president with Garden Clubs of Mississippi President, Debby Cooper, accepting the award for Sue.  Sue had just stepped out of the meeting.

Pictured above are several of the many beautiful Fall themed center pieces that Gulf Hills Garden Club members Beth Margherio and Julia Hartridge created for our table decorations.

Here we have Margaret Noblitt, dressed in her seasonal finery, inviting everyone to the State Convention here on the Gulf Coast, April 11-13, 2016.  The Ocean Springs Garden Club will be the host club this year.

If you would like to see more images from this meeting, please visit the Snap Fish photo album of 

Charla Jordan,

GCM Publicity Chairman/Photographer

   

To view the album please click on the Snap Fish photo album link above and then look to the right of the page, where the  yellow "create an account" button is located and click below it where it says "view this album as a guest".  It will take you directly to the album of 129 photos that Charla Jordan took of the meeting.

The Gulf Hills Garden Club's September Meeting

Our September club meeting was held at the MS Coastal Plain Land Trust facility in Ocean Springs, Known as Twelve Oaks. In the photo below we have seated, our hostess Julia Hartridge with guest artist Spencer Kellum, Artist in residence at Twelve Oaks, left, and MS Coastal Plain Land Trust Fund Development Officer Becky Ginn, on the right. A wonderful luncheon was provided by Lola Fleur (Visit on FaceBook), of Ocean Springs with wine pairing by our hostess' husband, Andrew Hartridge . We all had a  delightful day,  in a most beautiful and artistic setting. We would really like to thank our host member and her special guest for such a memorable meeting!
Please take note that our next scheduled meeting will be October 15.

 

Grenada Garden Club "Paints it Pink" for Breast Cancer Awareness

Promote a Passion for Pink
Plant Pink Flowers Everywhere!

 

Make a Statement with Pink Flowers for Breast Cancer Awareness

Our Friends at the Grenada Garden Club in Grenada, Ms., sent us a few images of their club's "Plant It Pink" Breast Cancer Awareness project, or should we say, in there case "Paint it Pink"!
They painted pumpkins pink to use as a display on the Grenada downtown square with pink mums.  A large cancer logo pink ribbon and sign have been placed at the intersection of Hwy 8-51 in Grenada.

The "Plant It Pink" Breast Cancer Awareness project is a project that is being endorsed by the National Garden Clubs. For more information on this project please visit the National Garden Clubs website.

 

Volunteers are shown installing the logo, as directed by Plant It Pink Chairman, Bobbye Dykes. 

Grenada Garden Club member Melanie Gousset is shown painting pumpkins to use in decorating the downtown Grenada Square for Breast Cancer Awareness.