CHRISTMAS IS ARRIVING IN THE HILLS

The Gulf Hills Garden Club is kicking off the Season with the Annual Tree Lighting in the Memorial Garden, Shore Drive, on Dec. 5, 5:00 pm.  This year there will be a photo opportunity for children with handmade and painted penguins from the North Pole, delicious Holiday Treats, caroling and beverages.  A special Thank you to Pat for all her design capabilities, wood working skills, unique painting talents and the love of glitter!
  
Molly will cast her spell to create a magical evening for all of us.   Jeanette has been gathering the decorations for the trees and turning the garden into a vision of sugar plums.  Thank you ladies and all of Santa' Garden Helpers who have worked so hard in preparing this gala event.

Also, you won’t want to miss the arrival of YOU KNOW WHO…..  plus other “knock your socks off” garden decorations that will amaze!!!

You are encouraged to bring a folding chair and plan to enjoy the evening with neighbors, old and new friends.

The Gulf Hills Garden Club and the Pine and Ridge Triangle Garden.

A big, huge, Gulf Hills Garden Club thank you to club member Danny Guice!   He was able to transform a small overgrown weed haven, into a very neat,  “xeriscape” (drought tolerant) garden.  Danny did a lot of planning and research to determine which low water, low, maintenance plants to use.  He also managed to save some of the plantings he found on site and reincorporate them as legacy plants, linking the old plantings to the new.  Thank you for a job well done!

 If you are in Gulf Hills and have a moment, go by the Pine road and Ridge road Triangle and take a look at this recently renewed garden.  A showcase of low maintenance gardening.

Gulf Hills Garden Club "Presents the Marjorie Albrycht Yard of the Month" for November 2015

The Gulf Hills Garden Club selected the Doyle Home, 6505 Shore Drive, in Gulf Hills, to receive the November, Marjorie Albrycht Yard of the Month Award.  

Below is a picture of our recipient, Randy Doyle.  

 Congratulations Randy!

If you get a chance, go by and take a look at his beautiful roses and sasanquas (dwarf camellias). 

They are especially pretty this year.  

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.