Projects

The Lullwater Garden Club has supported the greening of our community since 1928. Below is the list of our community involvement for 2009 – 2010.

National Garden Club Projects

• Participate in National Garden Week. – In coordination with the Conservation Garden Committee we will be planning a community event for this week in the Conservation Garden. (Continuing)
• Support “Golden – Days” We are planting the north entrance of the Lullwater Conservation Garden. We have ordered Golden Harvest Daffodils to be among the plants that we install. (New)
• Support – The 2010 National Garden Club Convention in Atlanta. We are working with State representatives and the Audubon Society to create a “Birding Tour” for attendees through Fernbank Forest and the Lullwater Conservation Garden. (New)
• Support – High School Essay Contest. We have sent out information packets to all high schools in DeKalb County, GA. Inviting them to participate in the 2010 High School Essay Contest. (New)
• Support – Youth Poetry Contests – We have contacted 3 local elementary school English Departments and provided them with the guidelines for their classes to participate in the 2010 Youth Essay Contest. (New)
• Support – Smokey Bear Woodsy Owl Poster Contest – We have contacted several elementary schools in our area and provided the art teachers with the guidelines for their classes to participate in the 2010 Poster contest. (New)
• Provide board member – Ruth Sullivan

Deep South Regional

• POW! Protecting Our World Living Green – Living Clean. We will continue our efforts in the Conservation Garden. We have dedicated spaces for the planting of native species, and our club partnered with the Georgia Native Plant Society for local plant rescues. Plants are harvested from development areas and new homes are found for the plants in the Conservation Garden. We have re-certified the Garden with the National Audubon Society. And, we are working with local youth to sponsor individual projects for tree measurement, erosion control and litter pick up. (New DSR Project) (Continuing for us)

Garden Club of Georgia Projects

• Support Scholarship effort with annual donation. (Continuing)
• Garden Therapy
  • Continue annual Christmas Sock Craft Project with additional donation. Chair Jane Carney. (Continuing) – November 5, 2009
  • Support “Pull a Tab for McDonald’s” – monthly collection at each month’s meeting – coordinator – Sally Clarke (Continuing)
  • Support “Fig Leaf Project” – monthly collection at each month’s meeting – coordinator – Kim Storbeck (Continuing)
• Support Community Wildlife Project – October meeting – handed out individual backyard certification forms and asked new members to complete. (Continuing)
• Encourage attendance at GCG sponsored schools and refreshers. (Continuing)
• Support DOT Wildflower Project with annual donation and encouraged purchase of Auto Tags. (Continuing)
• Support State Botanical Garden with membership. (Continuing)
• Support lobbying efforts of GCG at State Capitol to enhance the environment. (continuing)
• Lorraine Loftis serves as Environmental Consultants President and Garden Week Chairman
• Provide other members to serve on the board—Jean Givens, Joy Stuart and Ruth Sullivan

Redbud District Projects

• Yellow Daisy Flower Show – Lullwater Garden Club Member Lorraine Loftis was the 2009 Chairman. Several of our members entered horticulture, and several served as clerks and hostesses. VP Lorraine Loftis (Continuing)
• Several of our Members will attend the 2009 Annual Meeting – Lorraine Loftis, Renie Faulkenberry, Kim Storbeck, Nancy Chambers
• Renie Faulkenberry serves as the Environmental Chair, sending out the monthly annual Environment Report. In addition, she is the Recording Secretary.
• Lorraine Loftis serves as the Gardening Study Courses Chairman
• Kim Storbeck serves as Chairman of the Youth Essay Contest
• Support efforts to aid mental health facilities and shelters – Kim Storbeck (Continuing)

DeKalb Federation of Garden Club Projects

• Provide food for meeting and participate in mini flower show-Lorraine Loftis. (Continuing)
• Support clothing drive for women’s shelter and Georgia Region Hospital. (Continuing)
• Support annual fund raiser—Leading Lights Luncheon and Think Pink Bingo Gala (Continuing)
• Provide staff for DeKalb Federation office—Lorraine Loftis.
• Provide members to serve on the board—Renie Faulkenberry and Lorraine Loftis.

Other Projects

In addition to supporting the National, Regional, State, District, and DeKalb Federation projects the Lullwater Garden Club will undertake the following extra local projects.

A. Maintain Lullwater Conservation Garden. Keep this open to the public.

The projects for 2009 – 2010:

1. 5 Community Work Days in 2009
2. Modification to the Fern Garden
3. Removal of invasive plants in the next section of the Garden
4. Planting the North entrance
5. Installing Golden Harvest Daffodils
6. Plant rescue with the Georgia Native Plant Society on October 11 and 2 others before year end.
7. These projects require the efforts of the entire club to raise the necessary funds and to supervise and coordinate the many aspects of the projects. (Continuing)

B. Civic Involvement

1. Maintain representation at Druid Hills Civic Association meetings. (Continuing)
2. Peavine Watershed Alliance(Becky Bracewell), and Olmsted Parks Association (Jane Kelly) (Continuing)
3. Participate in annual Tour of Homes fundraising project – annual April Plant Sale. (Continuing)
4. Support DeKalb recycling program. (Continuing)
5. Maintain membership in Atlanta Botanical Garden. (Continuing)

C. Community Garden Work Days
The Lullwater Garden Club continues a program introduced in 2007. We invite the local community to “Community Garden Work Days” in the Lullwater Conservation Garden. They were scheduled for September through December of 2009. Each time a work day is held we do the following: a) send out a workday flyer reminder to approximately 400 individuals in the community, b) place a reminder notice in the local newspaper, and c) put up signs in the neighborhood inviting everyone to come and participate.

Each time we have several efforts being worked on in the Garden simultaneously – depending upon attendance. They include but are not limited to: 1) the removal of invasive non-native plants – in keeping with the Georgia Native Plant Society guidelines, 2) removal of trash and litter, 3) the clearing of the creek in the Garden to maintain the watershed and minimalize the erosion effects 4) chipping up all of the native materials we remove and recycling them by using the material to form walkways in the Garden. (Continuing)

D. Grant Application
We have formalized our grant application program.  We applied for approximately 3 grants in an effort to receive funding to assist us with efforts regarding the conservation of native resources and to plant natives. (Continuing)

1. Community on My Mind Program – Lullwater Garden Club received a $200 matching grant in order to make repairs to the wooden bridge in the garden that had been vandalized and to supplement the native plants surrounding the bridge,
2. Druid Hills Civic Association – Lullwater Garden Club received a $500 grant from the Druid Hills Civic Association for maintenance costs for the walking paths and for native plantings through the Conservation Garden, and
3. The Principal Financial Group “Let’s Go Native” Program – We received $350 to restore an area of the garden with bamboo overgrowth in order to eradicate this invasive, non-native plant and reestablish woodland perennials native to the Georgia Piedmont region.