Month: September 2013

Everybody’s friend, Jan

Member since 2001. West End Place Garden Therapy Chair-@ 8 years Jan found out about Carroll Garden Club through friends at the Methodist Church, including Lura and Carolyn Scott and tried to join even earlier. By the time I came…

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Pay It Forward

Suggested by one member and  enthusiastically greeted by others, the concept is to help each other with our garden chores or landscape design issues. Or maybe we want to build a bird sanctuary or butterfly garden.  We all have a…

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New Presidents’ Meeting 2013

New President’s Meeting- Jotted  Notes Jackie Handley-Federated Garden Clubs of  America 23 Clubs, 823 members since January The newest club is Longfellow. Kathie Smith is the state horticultural chair. Has hort ideas for the year. Look on the state website.…

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Resources for planning

I intend to collect ideas for committees, workshops and projects to put under “Resources” in the Members Only Menu.  (Others can add to this by adding new posts to the Resources category.)  Also note a menu called Resource Documents which…

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Humor: The caricatures of Sue McCartney Snape

I discovered Sue McCartney Snape while toodling about online looking for artwork.  Her pictures are hilarious. “Sue Macartney-Snape is the award winning artist and illustrator of the ‘Social Stereotypes’ column in the Saturday Telegraph. This summer, she depicts the eccentric…

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