Azalea Trumpet Spring Summer 2018

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1 Azalea Trumpet Spring Summer 2018 Molly Kimler, District Director Molly s Message Has it already been a year since I was installed as the Azalea District Director? It has been a busy, exciting year. I ve kept my calendar full, visiting clubs garden parties and installing officers for garden clubs across the Azalea District. I have truly enjoyed visiting so many clubs across the Azalea District and meeting so many new members in the Azalea District. This director has been kept busy traveling all over Georgia. I traveled to the Web Gin Event Center, near Moultrie for the Camellia District Fund Raiser; to the Rosalynn Carter Butterfly 2018 Spring Symposium: Think Native and Plant Sale in Plains; to the Historic Landscape Preservation Fundraiser at Pebble Hill Plantation in Thomasville; and to the Tree Planting at Oconee Hill Cemetery, where they replaced twelve trees damaged during last fall s hurricanes. I look forward to visiting many more in the second year of my term. The Azalea District Board Meeting in Watkinsville was delightful. Someone said that it was like a family reunion, a description that makes me very proud when I think of our gatherings as opportunities for us to make new friends and rekindle old friendships. I am looking forward to the opportunity to reunite at the upcoming Board meeting to be held August 21 st in Milledgeville, Georgia. The GCG Garden Birthday Party was wonderful! Thank you so all the Azalea District clubs that had a hand in making this party a success. A very special thank you goes out to Betty Davis, and Marilyn McDonnell, Co-Chairman. They worked tirelessly for a year planning this party. I want to say congratulations to all the winners, as well as to everyone who applied for awards (a complete list of award winners can be found on page 26 and 27. The Azalea District Board elected this year that our $1,000 scholarship be named in honor of Sylvia Gibson. Sylvia was the Azalea District Director and the GCG President Sylvia is still working in support of many of GCG projects, and we are so happy to recognize her commitment to Garden Club with the naming of the Sylvia Gibson Scholarship. The Azalea District Board funded two additional named scholarships with money raised during the Azalea District Raffle. The first of these is the Dollie Harper Scholarship. Dollie served as Azalea District Director and GCG President Dollie has a real heart for garden club work, and she was quite humbled by this honor. The other Named Scholarship will be named in the Fall. The GCG Raffle tickets sold 3,046, of which Azalea District sold 457. Julie Barker chaired this raffle and did a remarkable job contacting clubs and managing ticket distribution and collection. Janell Grice was one of the lucky winners and took home the $ prize, and Azalea District received $ for selling over 350 tickets. Thank you, Julie, for chairing this event! We also had another raffle drawing at the GCG

2 Just last weekend, the Azalea District and Redbud District Members worked together, helping with the Georgia Wild Family Weekend at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Mansfield. We sponsored a booth at which we instructed youth on making newspaper seed starters, and we also used the recruitment opportunity to talk to adults about What s This Thing Called Garden Club? In keeping with the theme that I have adopted for my term as District Director-- Celebrating our Heritage While continuing the Legacy --clubs have planted native trees and plants in honor of our 90 th anniversary. Don t forget National Garden Week is June 3-9 th, a perfect time to go plant native. I hope to see many of you at our 90 th anniversary celebration on June 9 th at the GCG Headquarters in Athens and again on August 21 st in Milledgeville at the Azalea District Board Meeting. Have a great summer! What a wonderful day at the Keeping Georgia Wild Family Festival at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center on May 19, The Azalea and Redbud Districts worked together to make this a great public relations event for the Garden Club of Georgia. Garden Club members from the Gray and Monticello Garden Clubs worked the event. Gateways Garden of Social Circle donated supplies to make newspaper seed starters, that many children made and took home. Names were taken to link with garden clubs all over Georgia. 2

3 Scholarships Update February 2018 The GCG Scholarship Committee met February 13 th in Perry to review many applications from students throughout Georgia. Eight students also applied for NGC and two for Deep South Garden Clubs scholarships. The committee is pleased to announce that $75, was awarded among 31 students. Our graduate and undergraduate students are representing Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, the University of Georgia, Athens and the University of West Georgia, Carrollton. We received applications from two high school seniors this year who plan to enter one of our designated fields of study. We are encouraged by their commitment. Your support of scholarships has made this possible! The committee and our deserving students are very grateful. Working and contributing together we are fulfilling an integral part of our mission in Education. All contributions really do add up! Our Dollars Educate Scholars program has been successful in contributing over $ to this year s scholarship awards. Assistant Treasurer Rosemary Maulden is still crediting your continuing contributions received towards January s giving period. A full report will be compiled for our General Business Meeting at the 90 th Annual GCG Convention in Macon, hosted by Azalea District. Make plans to attend and hear how your district helped with scholarship donations. Perhaps you will see your own District Director crowned with the coveted Dollars Educate Scholars Crown for highest amount of these district donations! Again, we sincerely thank you for your support. Your commitment to scholarships is so very appreciated by these students. Susan Turner, Scholarships Chairman The Editor apologizes for the omission of the following article from the Winter Spring 2018 Trumpet 3

4 Warrenton Garden Club s Festival of Trees On December 14-16, 2017, the Warrenton Garden Club held its annual Festival of Trees in conjunction with the Lighting of Warrenton sponsored by Hometown Warrenton. Fifteen trees entered by community groups and individuals and six table decorations done by club members made up the entries judged. Azalea District Director, Molly Kimler, was one of three judges for the competition. Each tree had a title and judges used the following points to judge each entry: originality, design, color combination and relationship to the title. Cash prizes were given to the following: First Place - Pam and Lauren Langford - A Winter s Day ; Second Place Anderson Market The Song Has Ended, But the Melody Goes On in memory of Roddy Bankston; and Third Place Warren County EMTs All American Heroes. Members of the community voted for their favorite tree. The People s Choice Award went to Thomas Wilkerson, a former Youth Garden Club member, for The Living Tree made up entirely of living plants on a tree made from a tree trunk with inserted branches. The table decorations done by club members could be for two or four place settings. Winter Greetings by Becky Tucker won First Place with a tie for Second Place between Holly and Ribbons by Beth Bean and The Nativity by Jane Edmunds. Beth Hinman won Third Place for In the Pines. The Festival of Trees is an ongoing project for the club. Toby Peebles, Vice-President of the Warrenton Garden Club, oversaw the Festival of Trees and did an exemplary job! First Place Second Place Third Place People s Choice Award 4

5 First Place Second Place - Tie Second Place - Tie Third Place Beth Hinman, Charolette White, Azalea District Director, Molly Kimler, Martha Stone, Kathee West, Jane Edmunds and Becky Tucker 5

6 The Augusta Council of Garden Clubs was busy April 18 21, They hosted a Standard Flower Show and held a Tri-Refresher that included the Sacred Heart Garden Festival and a special dinner presentation by Tonja Bonitatibus, Savanna River Keeper. There were many beautiful horticulture entries Beth Wiseman won best design and Karen Oliver won best educational exhibit. The exhibits also included one about recycling that featured the youth sculpture award winners from Jessye Norman School of the Arts. 6

7 Azalea District Calendar District Board Meeting (3 rd. Tuesday Feb and Aug) August 21, 2018 Milledgeville Council October 24, 2018 Azalea District Meeting Hartwell February 19, 2019 Social Circle Gateways GC Molly & Carolyn GCG 90 th Birthday Celebration Saturday June 9, :30 3:30 p.m. Athens National Garden Week June 3 9, 2018 Wild and Wonderful Experience Camp July 8 10, 2018 Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center Mansfield 7

8 Scenes from the Garden Club of Georgia s State Convention April 11 12, 2018 Brentwood School, in Sandersville, GA, had two Azalea District winners in the Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl Poster Contest. The entrants from Brentwood School are proudly sponsored by The Town & Country Garden Club, Sandersville. The Winners are pictured with their Art Instructor, Christy Wallace 8 8

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10 Scenes from the Garden Club of Georgia s State Convention April 11 12,

11 Rose and Dahlia Garden Club Garden Club members are life-long learners, seeking the latest information about horticulture and wildlife. At the root of the Rose and Dahlia Garden Club's success is the vitality of the membership and the leadership of past and present officers. A mutual love for nature, and specifically gardening, leads to treasured friendships. Members of the Rose and Dahlia Garden Club gathered March 21, 2018, at the Athens Country Club to celebrate their 80th anniversary. Organized in 1938, the Club is the second oldest garden club in Athens. Present for the celebration were, first row far left, Sally Stanfield Allen, president of Town and Country Garden Club and Garden Club Council of Athens, and Molly Kilmer, Azalea District director. Current officers include, first row third from left: Diane Moore, treasurer; Ina Hopkins, president; Louise Brockinton, recording secretary; Janet Patterson, parliamentarian; and Connie McMillan, corresponding secretary. Organized in 1938 by twelve men and women, the first year was devoted to the cultivation of dahlias and roses. The Club donated flowers to Founders Memorial Garden on the UGA campus in The Garden soon boasted beautiful blooms of Columbine, Fox Glove, Hyacinth, Phlox, Sweet William, and Narcissus. World War II forced members to concentrate on growing Victory Gardens to help with food rationing, rolling bandages for wounded soldiers, and donating funds to the Red Cross. As the 1950s approached, the Club started focusing on flower arranging, preserving flowers, and controlling garden pests. The 1970s brought an increased awareness for conservation, ecology, and water pollution. This led to programs on planting trees, the culture of blueberries and wild flowers, and hummingbirds in the 1980s. By the 1990s monthly programs featured speakers on birds, orchids, perennials, and water gardens. Program speakers in the 21st century have enlightened members about the need to use native plants in landscaping to protect pollinators of our ecosystem. Rose and Dahlia Garden Club members happily began meeting at the YMCA in Members maintained a fresh floral arrangement in the YMCA's entry hall and landscaped the yard and YMCA camp in the 1950s to show their appreciation. The 1990s found members landscaping the front entrance of the YWCO. These projects were followed by planting a butterfly garden at Timothy Road Elementary School (1997), building and planting raised vegetable beds at Hope Haven (2013), landscaping the Loran Smith Healing Garden at Athens Regional Medical Center (2014), maintaining seasonal pots of flowers at St. Mary's Hospital Veterans Memorial Garden (ongoing), and most recently landscaping a duplex as part of Athens Habitat for Humanity Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative on Magnolia Terrace ( ). Garden clubs in Athens are fortunate to have the State Botanical Garden located in the same county as our members. In May, Rose and Dahlia Garden Club members unboxed and conditioned the multitude of flowers used in arrangements for the Gardens of the World Ball, an annual fundraiser for the State Botanical Garden that this year will celebrate the Garden's 50th anniversary. Athens is also home to the Garden Club of Georgia. The GCG headquarters was first located in 1956 on the UGA campus at Founders Memorial Garden. Rose and Dahlia Garden Club led fundraisers to purchase crystal chandeliers and an empire mirror for the house. These items were moved to the new headquarters on the grounds of the State Botanical Garden in Members of Rose and Dahlia Garden Club served as docents for many years. The Club donates annually towards the upkeep and maintenance of the building. Over the years, the Club has participated in various Garden Club of Georgia programs. The Club participated in the "Pathways of Gold" wildflower program with the Georgia Department of Transportation to beautify Athens' medians for the 1996 Olympics. This past year (2017), eight members' gardens were certified as "Backyard Wildlife Habitats" by the Department of Natural Resources. Rose and Dahlia Garden Club and seven other clubs belonging to the Garden Club Council of Athens donated funds to purchase trees for the historic Oconee Hills Cemetery, replacing those lost during Hurricane Irma. 11

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13 Georgia Garden Week in Augusta: Augusta Council of Garden Club members were busy April putting on a flower show and tri-refresher and helping at the Sacred Heart Garden Festival in Augusta. We got to hear informative speakers, see beautiful displays and flowers, go in the butterfly house, shop for plants and tour 5 gardens. 13

14 Pine Tree Garden Club is very active in Georgia Garden and National Garden Week. They placed first in Georgia for both awards in Some of their activities for Georgia Garden Week were cleaning, weeding and planting of flower beds at the Hart County Courthouse and Hart County Library in front of the Children s library window. It was so cold on the work day for the courthouse that they dressed like it was winter. Pictured are: Adelaide Rowland, Sherry Westbury, Janet Massey and Linda Harris. For the Library, members weeded the raised planter and the flower bed at the front of the building and planted a new flower bed just outside the Children s area. The Club will be taking care of the neglected Bird feeder, which should give the children a fun way to watch the birds. Pictured with the raised planter: Cherylene Schock, Kathie Ivester and Sandra Brown Each year Pine Tree Garden Club plans a display to get visitors to the library interested in Garden Club work. The display s rotate every two months with another garden club in Hartwell. January s display was on birds. Can you recognize the birds? was the question of the display. 14

15 Image of a grown Sandersville Maple On February 27, 2018, Azalea District Chairman, Molly Kimler came to visit Town & Country Garden Club in Sandersville, GA, to help our club celebrate Things a tree dedication ceremony to honor our immediate Past President, Linda Query, who passed away last year; to witness our zeal for participating in her initiative Plant Native (since we planted a Sandersville Maple) and to help us celebrate the 90 th Birthday of the Garden Club of Georgia. Director Molly was given lunch, a tour of Sandersville and a visit to our Blue Star Memorial Marker, of which we are extremely proud. Our thanks to Director Molly for sharing the day with us. I d like to thank all the ladies, who attended the State Convention and were ready to shop the array of vendors who had gathered to help make spare time a good experience. The vendors came from all over the state to show their wonderful things for sale. For the most part, they all had a good day selling their items, and some nearly sold out. They were very happy and were asking to be invited back next year. One of their comments was that all our ladies were so nice and very willing to look and visit. My appreciation goes out to all of you for making it worth their time to come and show their things at this convention. Thank you to everyone for buying the hot new Azalea District Rolling carts. We did a brisk business both days with this new item. I ve received rave reviews on the functionality of these handy carts everyone who bought one loves it! 15

16 More Scenes from the Garden Club of Georgia s State Convention April 11 12,

17 Pine Tree Garden Club takes part in the Stockings, Fig Leaf and Easter Eggs as part of their Community Service. Bobbie Gaines, Committee Chairman, picked Hartwell Rehab Center this year for the Eggs. A member s Aunt had just entered the center for rehab and the club was thrilled to make her part of the service. Bobbie Gaines presents Rehab Center s Assistant a basket of eggs with money enclosed, as Janet Massey, Linda Harris and Sherry Westbury look on. Another wonderful year for Pine Tree Garden Club in Hartwell. They brought home five 1 st place, two 2 nd place and one 3 rd place Awards. Their youth Poetry entries placed 1 st and 3 rd in the state. Member Peggy Tucker was very proud of her two granddaughters, Caroline and Olivia Tucker. Olivia placed 1 st in DSR with her poem Let it Grow. The Club encourages the youth of today to be our Garden Club members of tomorrow. 17 Pictured: Linda Harris, Peggy Tucker, Janet Massey, Sandra Brown and Linda Marsh 16

18 Pictured L R: Mary King, Speaker; Sylvia Moore, Milledgeville Garden Club President; Sharon Williams, MGC Parliamentarian; Molly Kimler, Azalea District Director and Jane Hersey, Garden Club of Georgia President. Milledgeville Garden Clubs Council, Azalea District, celebrates another successful year with a delicious luncheon and a wonderful program by Kay King of Juliette, GA. Kay is a National Flower Show Judge, Floral Designer and former owner of Rosewood Designs in Juliette, GA. Her program was about arrangements for special occasions, giving tips on elements, principles of design and what Judges look for at flower shows. This annual fund-raising gathering was held at Milledgeville First United Methodist Church. The large crowd enjoyed every moment with many taking home plants, gardening baskets and flowers as door prizes. It was a blessed day! PINE NEEDLE GARDEN CLUB OF LINCOLNTON MEMBERS ENJOY "PEGGY'S PLANTING PARTY! PICTURED: Norma McKinney, Donna Anderson, Ruth Tonsing, Hazel Poole, Peggy Glover, Debbie Dent. Not Pictured: Diane Reese, Becky Reese, Brenda Holder. The Rain Did Not Deter the Pine Needle Garden Club Members for "Peggy's Planting Party"! Peggy Glover and Ruth Tonsing had a full meal for us of pizza, salad and ice cream cake! Peggy's son, Phillip, volunteered to bring the plants from the greenhouse to our Plant Swap and Sale on Saturday! So, we enjoyed Peggy and Ruth's Hospitality! 18 Pictured: Norma McKinney and Debbie Dent with The Award Certificates for First Place in Both Garden Clubs of Georgia and Deep South Garden Clubs for their Recycling Pull-Tabs. The last ten years our Pine Needle Garden Club of Lincolnton has averaged over 60 Pounds of Pull-Tabs per year collected and donated to The Ronald McDonald House Charity to give housing for the families of sick children in hospitals in Our August, Georgia Area! We will find out during the national conventions the first full week in June if we have won or placed at The National Garden Club! Wish Us Luck! 17

19 Recycling Ideas Ginny Allen, member of Cherokee Rose Garden Club in Augusta, did an educational display about ways to recycle. She included waterproof mats for the homeless made from strips of plastic bags, fire starters made at Easer Seals from toilet paper rolls, old candles and shredded paper, pull tabs collected for Ronald McDonald House programs, and youth sculptures made from wood scraps by six students who attend Jessye Norman School of the Arts. Four of the sculptures won GCG awards and three of those received Deep South Awards. There are many ways to reuse items and support our community programs. The Azalea Garden Club The Azalea Garden Club was the recipient of the award for Best Yearbook for 2018 given by the Augusta Council of Garden Clubs, Inc. The cover included a print of an original painting by our member, Joan Vanover. The yearbook committee members were Nancy Parks and Beverly Dorn. In addition, one of our projects was to donate scarves for the Navajo Indian Reservation children. Shown in the picture with some of the scarves are Joan Vanover, Mary Ann Pelosi, Charles Duchscher, Christine Newby and Sara Brodie. 19

20 Spade & Trowel Garden Club of Augusta was well represented at the GCG Mini-Convention in Macon April Five members attended the Garden Club of Georgia s 90 th birthday party which was full of fun and surprises! Kudos go to Azalea District co-chairs Marilyn McDonnell and Betty Davis for organizing the convention which included two wonderful events: The Awards Banquet and Life Time Membership Luncheon among many other activities. Spade & Trowel Garden Club of Augusta was pleased to be awarded First Place in many categories for Medium-sized clubs: Yearbook, Scrapbook, and Holiday Decoration. In addition, the club s newsletter The Scoop earned a Second-Place Publication Award. Two members won in the adult poetry categories. Member Linda Hoogland won First Place for her poem In My Mother s Garden and Jackie Henry won Third Place for her child-to-child poem. (L-R) Fran Weber, Teresa Gadziemski - S & T VP, Nancy Hargroves - NGC President, Elaine Clark Smith and Lottie Gilchrist. Missing from the photo was Beth Wiseman who was in flower room working on thirty centerpieces for the evening banquet. ************* Youth awards were announced at the Lifetime Membership Luncheon. Spade & Trowel sponsored two schools in the poetry and the poster contests. Two kindergarten children at Stevens Creek Elementary School in Evans won First (Navaeh Carroll) and Second Place (John Todd) in their poems based on the theme Let It Grow. Nevaeh Carroll s poem also won First Place in the Deep South Region. River Ridge Elementary School in Evans also had a winner in the Woodsy Owl Poster contest. Will Brown placed third in the state for First Graders. Lottie Gilchrist and Fran Weber presented the children who won GCG State poetry and poster contest awards on April 16th and 17th at their perspective schools. Jenny Frey, S & T President also in attendance, brought seed packets to the classrooms for the children. The theme for the poetry contest was Let It Grow and the students were so excited that they said they wanted to start their own gardens. Spade & Trowel Garden Club of Augusta is very proud of these awards and the members who worked hard to earn them. 20 Image 1: (L-R) Jenny Frey, President of Spade & Trowel GC, Fran Weber, Club Award Presenter, Nevaeh Carroll with her grandmother, Kgn. Teacher Mrs. Harmon Image 2: Jenny Frey, Fran Weber, John Todd, Kgn. Teacher Mrs. Cermenaro, Mr. and Mrs. Todd

21 Spade & Trowel Augusta was busy during Garden Week in GA. During Garden Week in Georgia, you could see Spade & Trowel Garden Club [Augusta] volunteers all over the city. The two biggest events were the NGC Standard Flower Show-Recollections of Augusta sponsored by the Augusta Council of Garden Clubs; and the Annual Sacred Heart Garden Festival. NGC Flower Show: Six Spade and Trowel members (Jenny Frey, Nancy Lindroth, Anne Proctor, Fran Weber, and Melissa Wolf) participated in the Horticulture Show and won at least 19 ribbons. (8 Blue, 5 2 nd Place, 1 3 rd Place and 4 Honorable Mentions; and an Award of Merit for a beautiful Clematis Henryi in the Vines Section). Having not entered design competition previously, two members won ribbons in a Petite Category featuring one plant. Beth Wiseman won an Award of Design and Designers Choice Award for her Floor Design. Nancy Lindroth won a blue ribbon for her Education Exhibit on the Bonnie McClain Perennial Garden, an Augusta Council of Garden Clubs [ACGC] ongoing project. S & T members (Nancy Lindroth and Lottie Gilchrist) helped with the publicity, horticulture classification, judging, set up and take down. Fran Weber chaired the hospitality committee for the Judges who were treated to beverages and homemade goodies provided by Lois Kendall, Gail Hooper, and Julie Michalczyk. For those who participated it was filled with laughter, high winds, spilled water bottles, education, surprises, and great gardening fellowship. We will encourage even more of our members to participate in the next event. Finally, we would like to thank ACGC show chairs Sue Edenfield and Karen Oliver for a creative and beautiful show and for providing us with an opportunity to participate. Other Spade & Trowel Community Service Activities during Garden Week in GA included planting our Pots at the Alzheimer s Association; plantings in five raised beds at the Jessye Norman School of the Arts; and a beautiful Orchid Plant was presented to Camellia Walk, a local assisted Living Facility. We were very busy. 21 Fran Weber & Jenny Frey JNSA Raised Bed Gerrie Sobel (left) & Jan Park Executive Direct of Camellia Walk

22 March is a busy time in Augusta, GA. Not only does Spade and Trowel Augusta participate in the Augusta Council of Garden Clubs Annual Meeting but there are preparations for Masters visitors arriving in early April. Spring this year was unusually cold, windy, wet and gray. Not to be outdone, we braved the elements to spruce up the Perennial Garden at the Boyhood Home of Woodrow Wilson and the Bonnie McClain Perennial Garden on Augusta s Riverwalk. The weather was not for the faint of heart. Help me! I am lost. I was left behind at the State Convention in Macon. I m so upset, I have amnesia and don t know who I belong to. If you know me, please contact: Betty Davis (706) To arrange to get me home! 22

23 Burkeland Garden Club Burkeland Garden Club planted in downtown planters. Also, for Earth Day Burkeland Garden Club followed note of another club who had invited the bag monster. It even made our local paper. We discussed the environmental impact of using plastic bags. 23

24 Senator Johnny and Carol Grant welcomes more than 60 members and guests of the Milledgeville Garden Club, Azalea District, into their lovely 1890s antebellum home and gardens. It was a gorgeous evening and a delicious dinner among good friends. Pictured are the Grants, far right; with MCG President Sylvia Moore and Hostesses Joanne Battle, Kathy Chandler, Cindy Ivey and Doriann McEver The Gray Garden Club held their annual Awards Luncheon, May 1, Ellen and Bob Morgan hosted the event at their beautiful Pond Pavilion. Awards were given for Best Flower Specimens in 2017, (won by Mary Jane Linsey, Mary Musselman and Betty Hotchkiss) Perfect Attendance (won by Mary Musselman and Sara Tidwell) and many other deserved and fun awards were given 24 After the Awards Program, great food and fellowship abounded!

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26 Award 7 Litter control 1 st Pine Needle GC, Lincolnton Award 8 Bird (Small Club) 3 rd Pine Needle GC, Hartwell Award 8 Bird (Med Club) 2 nd Spade & Trowel GC, Thomaston Award 13 Historic Preservation 2 nd Union Point GC Award 15 Environmental Education 2 nd Watkinsville GC Award 15 Environmental Education 1 st GCG Wild & Wonderful Experience Camp Award 16 Butterfly Conservation (small club) 2 nd Pine Tree GC, Hartwell c J4 Horticulture Program 1 st Watkinsville GC. Watkinsville J5 Conservation (Large Club) 1 st Watkinsville GC, Watkinsville 57 JR/INT Activities (Med Club) 3 rd Gray GC Gray 57 JR/INT Activities (Large Club) 1 st Watkinsville GC, Watkinsville Smokey Bear Posters 1 st Grade 1 st place Addison Town & Country GC, Milledgeville 2 nd Grade 3 rd place Randson Pine Needle GC, Lincolnton 5 th Grade 3 rd place Yu Watkinsville GC, Watkinsville Woodsy Owl Posters 1 st Grade 3 rd place Will Spade & Trowel GC, Augusta 3 rd Grade 1 st place Drew Watkinsville GA, Watkinsville 4 th Grade 2 nd place Althea - Watkinsville GA, Watkinsville 5 th Grade 1 st place Maddy - Watkinsville GA, Watkinsville Youth Poetry Kindergarten 1 st place Neveah - Spade & Trowel GC, Augusta 2 nd place John - Spade & Trowel GC, Augusta 4 th Grade 3 rd place Caroline Pine Tree GC, Hartwell 5 th Grade 1 st place Olivia - Pine Tree GC, Hartwell 6 th Garde 1 st place Cody Pine Needle GC, Lincolnton Deep South Winners Kindergarten 1st place Neveah - Spade & Trowel GC, Augusta 5th Grade 1st place Olivia - Pine Tree GC, Hartwell Youth Sculpture 6 th Grade 3 rd place Will Cherokee Rose GC, Augusta 7 th Grade 1 st place Lukas - Cherokee Rose GC, Augusta 8 th Grade 3 rd place Shaelyn - Cherokee Rose GC, Augusta 26 25