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Gardening -- Georgia -- Societies, etc.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Clay Hills Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS652
Scope and Content

This collection contains minutes, scrapbooks, and yearbooks that document the civic and social activities of the club. A twenty-five year anniversary book highlights the club achievements including numerous awards from Southeastern flower shows and civic work with local area hospitals.

Dates: 1941-1974, undated

Clifton Road Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS651
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials that document the civic and social activities of the Clifton Road Garden Club. Scrapbooks comprise the majority of the collection and detail the club's monthly meetings, beautification projects, and flower show awards earned by members of the club. Garden publications offer more insight into the club's interests including victory gardens, conservation, and flower arranging.

Dates: 1938-1949, undated

Colonial Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS722
Scope and Content

This collection contains clippings, correspondence, flower show programs, and meeting minutes that document the civic and social activities of the club. Also part of the collection are scrapbooks that detail club activities, projects, and special interests such as the Swan House, conservation, and flower arrangement.

Dates: 1941-1986, undated

Cottage Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1044
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials that document the history of the club, including meeting minutes and reports, flower show programs and awards, yearbooks, clippings, and correspondence. Scrapbooks also detail the social and civic activities of the club.

Dates: 1954-2014

Darlington Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1052
Scope and Content

This collection contains minutes and a history of the club. Minutes include membership and financial information, as well as correspondence. Also part of the collection is a rezoning petition that the club developed to protect a neighborhood residential property for sale in 1961.

Dates: 1947-1971

Deep Dene Garden Club scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1189
Scope and Content

This collection contains one bound scrapbook created by the Deep Dene Garden Club that details the civic and social activities of the club. Material includes poems, yearbooks, correspondence, clippings, drawings, and photographs that illustrate the club's garden interests and projects. The scrapbook clippings focus on flower arrangment and home decor.

Dates: 1940-1990; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1949

Dogwood District records of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1058
Scope and Content

This collection contains awards, publications, flower show brochures, and histories that document the social and civic history of the club. Also included in the collection are director's reports that offer annual reports, financial records, meeting minutes, and newsletters. One scrapbook provides details on The Garden Club of Georgia conventions and activities of member garden clubs.

Dates: 1948-2011, undated

Evelin Huffman Webb papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1070
Scope and Content

This collection contains flower show school coursework, scoresheets, and flower show programs that provide a history of Webb's flower arranging interests and judging pursuits. Also part of the collection are scoresheets for symposiums that Webb attended in other states. Of special interest is a seed catalog from H. G. Hastings Company.

Dates: 1935-1999, undated

Expressway Beautification Association records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS654
Scope and Content

This collection contains reports, correspondence, and clippings that document the activities of the association. Included in the collection is a landscape planting report by the Federal Bureau of Public Roads that details the planting goals of the project. These materials illustrate the coordinated effort between the association, local landscape architects, and state and federal highway departments.

Dates: 1949-1956, undated

Flower Arrangers Club of Georgia photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS260
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs that document the club's flower arranging activities and its members. A large amount of material pertains to charter member Marie Fort's career as a flower arranger, flower show judge, and author. Additional images include arrangements and table setting decorations entered in flower shows at the Atlanta Garden Center at Rich's and other venues. Also a part of the collection are images of flower arrangements made by members such as Lucy Evans and Polly...
Dates: approximately 1940-1972, undated

Flower Arrangers Club of Georgia records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1114
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials that document the civic and social activities of the club. Included are clippings, minutes, yearbooks, and flower show programs. Also a part of the collection are four scrapbooks that detail the programs and projects of the club. Of special interest are items from Marie J. Fort, well known flower arranger, flower show judge, lecturer, and author.

Dates: 1943-1997, undated

Founders Memorial Garden Project Collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS981
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection documents the founding of the Ladies’ Garden Club of Athens and its early history through published materials, transcriptions of newspaper articles, and a manuscript detailing facts about the club. The bulk of the material, however, documents the development of the Founders Memorial Garden at the University of Georgia between 1936 and 1946. The collection primarily contains published articles and correspondence regarding financial contributions to the endeavor and development...
Dates: 1931-1976

Georgia Botanical Society records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS979
Scope and Content This collection contains clippings, correspondence, surveys, research, and minutes that provide details on the civic activities of the society. A large amount of material consists of biological surveys of Georgia flora as well as botanical papers and research on native, rare, and endangered plant species in Georgia. In addition, meeting and field trip summaries offer insight into the society's interests and conservation projects. The writings of several members are included such as Marie...
Dates: 1893-2007, undated

Georgia Horticultural Society records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1092
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, minutes, membership rosters, and treasurer's reports that provide a history of the social and civic activities of the society. Also included are newsletters and meeting programs, which offer details on topics of interest and field trips. Of special interest are documents that show the society's involvement with the State Botanical Garden in Athens, Georgia.

Dates: 1964-1994, undated

Georgia Perennial Plant Association records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1200
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, brochures, meeting announcements, membership applications, and speaker rosters that document the activities of the association. Also a part of the collection are materials that provide details about annual symposiums, annual plant sales, and garden tours. Of special interest is an informational brochure for an educational flower show display, "Enduring Perennials," an Atlanta garden during World War II, created for the 2004 Southeastern Flower...
Dates: 1986-2007, undated

Georgia Perennial Plant Association visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS394
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, ink drawings, and a poster that provides details of the activities and events held by the association. Included in the collection are images of identified members and speakers as well as ink drawings that were used as illustrations for the association's directory. Of special interest is an informational perennial poster published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Dates: 2002-2006, undated

Green Thumb Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS665
Scope and Content

This collection includes material that documents the civic and social activities of the club. Minutes, clippings, and yearbooks provide details on the club's meetings, flower shows, and civic work. Several scrapbooks are dedicated to individual civic projects including the Tullie Smith House field crops garden and the grounds of the Fairhaven School. Garden plans for the school drawn by landscape architect Eugene Martini are also part of the collection.

Dates: 1953-1987, undated

Indian Creek Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS668
Scope and Content This collection contains yearbooks, histories, flower show programs, and project reports that document the activities of the club. Scrapbooks provide details of meetings, social events, and numerous civic projects of the club. Of special interest is the club's history of the section of Lenox Road that was known as Indian Creek Acres by the resident members. Also of note is a report for a civic project to save the landmark Buckhead tree on which the original buck's head was hung, and gave...
Dates: 1939-1984

Ivy Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS670
Scope and Content

This collection includes scrapbooks that illustrate the history and, social and civic activities of the club. Community projects, flower shows, and club meetings are detailed in the scrapbooks. Several scrapbooks highlight the club's support of the Wren's Nest and the gardens at Tullie Smith Farm at the Atlanta History Center.

Dates: 1948-2019

Ladybugs Garden Club scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1207
Scope and Contents

This collection contains scrapbooks that provide details of civic and social activities of the Ladybugs Garden Club. The scrapbooks include photographs, yearbooks, correspondence, and program materials that highlight the club's interests. Flower show programs and awards are also a part of the collection. Of special note are items that offer insight into the club's civic work creating and maintaining gardens and greenspaces for numerous organizations.

Dates: 1991-2008