November 2, 2016

The Garden Club of the Sandhills held their November meeting at the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens on November 2nd. After the meeting members visited the Hoad Children’s Garden. Money for the children’s cabin construction was donated by the club.

The meeting’s guest speaker was Landscape Architect Katherine Gill, Member Lydia Gill’s daughter. Katherine was recognized by Indy Week with its Food Triangles Award. She gave a presentation about “The Hub Farm” project she is spearheading.

Wednesday, October 26

Members and friends of the Garden Club of the Sandhills met at the Thistle Dhu Putting Course for an afternoon of “frightful” fun!

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October 12, 2016 was a landmark day for the Garden Club of the Sandhills. The day began at the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities.  Hartley Fitts, our very own member and accomplished interior and landscape planner and home decorator, led a band of amazingly ladies in creating fantastic tablescapes for our enjoyment and the enjoyment of the Sandhills community.

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Everyone headed home after, marveling at the fantastic floral arrangements and tablescapes we had the pleasure of viewing.  Our thoughts then turned to the pleasures and treats that were to lay in store for the evening to come…

We gathered back at Weymouth Center to share champagne bubbles and smiles with each other and out guests, before heading over to Southern Prime for a delicious dinner.

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To quote Elizabeth ‘Blitz’ Yountz, 1966

“Everyone here likes for visitors to come here and admire us – so we’d like to help keep the Sandhills beautiful not only by keeping it clean and encouraging it’s natural beauty, but by planting more gardens.  Our garden club is new but has an intense interest and energy in its members, who wants to do these things for the Sandhills.”

We may no longer be a new garden club but these words still ring true – here’s to our next 50 years!