ABOUT US
Welcome to Smoke Rise Garden Club, a member of the National Garden Club, Inc., organized in 1968.
The purpose of this Club shall be to stimulate the interest of amateur gardeners in the study of flowers, landscape gardening, the environment and conservation and the beautification of our neighborhood.
Our club meets the first Monday of each month (October through May) at 7:00 p.m.
(September’s meeting is the second Monday.)
Our club flower is the Chrysanthemum
Our club colors are:
Green and Gold
Our club was organized in 1968 by:
Wilma Coney
Ann Dean
Helen Heinze
Jean Lutz
Helen Owenby
Sara Anne Pepper
Millie Ratliffe
Monti Reed
Billie Jo Rountree
Jane Williamson
CIVICS
Encouraging civic pride and contributing to the overall improvement of our neighborhood through landscape design, floral design, the preservation of green spaces and care for our community members.
Entrances
Four entrances into the Smoke Rise community, off Hugh Howell Road, benefit from the attentions of the Smoke Rise Garden Club. Each year the intersections of Hugh Howell Road with Deer Ridge Drive, Stoneleigh Drive, Greencastle Way and Glacier Road are given attentive service. The Club plants seasonal flowers, weeds, fertilizes, mulches and mows. New plantings are made each fall and spring. Club members continue to maintain and enhance these areas.
Central State Hospital
Each year the Club decorates stockings for the patients of the Central State Hospital. The club also sends clothing items.
Christmas Decorations
The Smoke Rise Garden Club makes live garlands and wreaths to decorate the entrances to the Smoke Rise community.
Conservatory at Callanwolde
Members of the Smoke Rise Garden Club donate their time in manning the office.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
The Smoke Rise Garden Club wraps and donates Christmas gifts to the Children’s Egleston Hospital each year.
Habitat for Humanity
Each year the Smoke Rise Garden Club landscapes homes provided by Habitat for Humanity. Club members donate both time and materials for these projects.
Meals for Members
Providing meals for homebound, incapacitated and bereaved members of our club is a welcome project. The committee chairman contacts club members and coordinates the delivery of an evening meal to the family in need of this service.
Plant Exchange
A friendly exchange of plant materials helps Club members, friends and the community beautify their homes inexpensively.
Recycling
To conserve national resources and to raise funds for other Club projects, Smoke Rise Garden Club members participate in the recycling of paper, aluminum cans, glass and plastic.
Sunshine
Our Sunshine Chairman sends cards or flowers to ill or bereaved members.
State Convention
The Smoke Rise Garden Club sends both the outgoing and incoming presidents to the State Convention. All members are encouraged to attend the meetings and events at the convention.
Valentines for the Veterans Hospital
The Club sends Valentines to the patients of the Veterans Hospital to cheer them on Valentine’s Day.
Blue Star Memorial
The Smoke Rise Garden Club joined with two other local garden clubs to purchase and install a Blue Star Memorial, which was installed and maintained on the grounds of Smoke Rise Elementary School.
LIBRARY
These resources aim to inspire and educate members on enhancing both private and community gardens.
An Introduction to Landscape Architecture—Michael Laurie
Basic Gardening Illustrated—Sunset Books
Bonsai—Sunset Books
Encyclopedia of Gardening (Volume 1)—Marshall Cavendish
Encyclopedia of Judging and Exhibiting—Esther V. Hamel
Evergreens—James U. Crockett
Flower Arranging by Tat—Tat Shinno
Foliage Plants for Modern Living—Merchants Publishing Co.
Folklore of Southern Wildflowers—Laura C. Martin
Garden Design—Sylvia Crowe
Garden Ideas and Projects—Richard D. Whittemore
Handbook for Flower Shows—National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc.
Ideas for Landscaping—Sunset Books
Indoor Gardening Fun—F. Milton Carleton
Introducing our Eastern Birds—M.F. Vessel and H.H. Wong
Junior Flower Arranging—Catherine N. Cutler
Let’s Teach Flora—Van Anderson Blanchard
Native Flora of the Golden Isles—B. Steward and G. Fending
Park’s Success with Herbs—G. B. Foster and R. F. Louden
Pocket Encyclopedia of Roses—H. Edland
Principles of Flower Arranging—Summary of Club workshops, bound
Raise Vegetables without a Garden—George and Kathy Abraham
Rock Gardens—Sunset Books
Sixty-year History (1928 – 1988)—The Garden Club of Georgia
Workbook of Containers, Stands and Mechanics—Rae L. Goldson
Plants for Atlanta—Ava Aronovitz
