Join us in the lovely “Lillie” Garden at the Veranda Historic Inn, Senoia. Enjoy ‘An April Affair” with lively conversation, a savory lunch and champagne cocktails. Our feature speaker for the event is Ashley Frasca from 95.5 WSB Radio Green & Growing, Saturday morning garden show who will share amusing stories and gardening insights.

Your Host: The Garden Club of Senoia

All ticket sale donations will go directly to our civic projects that contribute to the beautification of Senoia. Our volunteered time goes directly to the yearly plantings and maintenance of:

City Hall planters, Hanging Baskets on Main, Camellia Garden, Gardener’s Alley, Ann’s Alley, and our newest project the Historic “Lillie” Garden at the Veranda Inn.

The contributions from our Garden Club members along with the generous donations from the community have made a difference between a good city and a great city, one garden at a time.

To Purchase your Tickets go to: THE FIELD SHOP

A delicious luncheon while you stroll among displays of Hospitality ideas. Learn table setting do’s and don’ts, fancy napkin folding techniques and ideas that will inspire your next home gathering.

Hospitality chairwoman Lisa and her creative team will be our Hostesses.

Lecture, Presentation, Q&A presented by a panel of three expert gardening members. They will introduce us to ideas on design, gardening basics and how to get started along the garden path of successful gardening.

Hospitality lunch by our five star hostess Lisa and her talented committee.

The First Social of the Year & Meeting will be an afternoon of camaraderie and conversations about plans for the new year. We will enjoy a variety of teas and waltz through dainty luncheon fare.

Hospitality at it’s finest by Lisa and her talented committee.

Deck City Hall with boughs and folly…. for the Holiday Season!

It’s time to decorate City Hall for the Main Street Holiday shopping season. All active members are welcome to this holiday social while we get into the Christmas spirit, Come one Come all!

Breakfast in the lobby: Hot cocoa, fresh whipped cream, breakfast cakes & Good Cheer!

Lori Parten, Floral Designer

We welcome Lori, owner of Seasons in Bloom, to introduce the Art of Wreath Making.

The techniques learned at this hands-on workshop can be applied to all wreath-making, for any season. She will introduce us to handling fresh grape vines, various stems, pods, feathers, and dried florals to make your first professional looking wreath.

Be prepared for the holiday season!

Gary Gruby, Photographer: Gary Gruby Studio

A Gallery of Work displayed at the Stone Lodge. He will share with us how he captures the beauty of nature working within this artistic medium and how Flora & Fauna intrigues through the eye of the lens.

Original photographs available for purchase and signed upon request. Don’t Miss Out!

Our favorite Garden Club luncheon of the year!

It is time to celebrate a wonderful Spring Season and our last oorah together prior to the summer break. The work is done, a gathering of good friends, good food, and good fun at Curious Kitchen & Bar, makes it a perfect day!

Annual Fundraising Event!

Field Trip into Atlanta’s Garden History!

A Self-guided Tour of Swan House and the formal gardens.

This historically significant house and formal gardens were designed, by Phillip Trammel Shultze in 1928, for Edward & Emily Inman. On the National Register of Historic Places it is a rare document of luxurious living, personal taste, interior decoration, and an outstanding example of the best twentieth-century landscape design.

Then join us, if you are interested, for lunch in the original Coach House for the Estate. The Swan Coach House Restaurant: this building survives with modern alterations as a restaurant, art gallery, and gift shop.

Sign up in the Field shop for your prepaid Tour ticket.

***Lunch: pay individually at the luncheon.

Cindy Dale, American Rose Society and Master Rosarian.

Enter the world of roses, learn the different varieties, how they grow, where they will grow well, their unique scents, and how to incorporate them into your garden successfully!

Join us, It can be achieved!

She will educate us on how to establish a beautiful rose bed, or incorporate roses into your perennial bed in Georgia. She has years of experience with her Rose Garden in Peachtree City, which is clearly a wonder. She has invited us to see her garden one day, and will arrange a visit when in full bloom. We will see the beauty, and how the romantic scent of roses, can bring a new dimension to gardening.

***Go To the Field Shop to sign up.

This History and Preservation lecture will inform us about how our public parks began, and our cemeteries can be a garden of parklike design. Let us join our Author: Erica Danylchak on this interesting ride through the history of the Rural Cemetery Movement, which will help us see and should someday be, applied to our City of Senoia cemetery.

Books will be available at the lecture or Pre-Order in the Field Shop: $25 purchase signed by the author.

Erica Danylchak: holds a degree in history from Boston University and heritage preservation from Georgia State University. She has worked in archival science at the Cherokee Garden Library and Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center and in preservation as executive director of the Buckhead Heritage Society.

Cookbook Recipe Tasting Brunch, Social & General Meeting

At this Meeting we will celebrate the success of our wonderful Cookbook and Cookbook Committee members.

Prior to the brunch date we will ask for members to sign up to prepare and bring a “small bite, breakfast cake, or dessert” from our Cookbook for all of us to taste and enjoy.

Champagne Punch, a delicious cookbook submittal by Julie Schafer, will be our celebratory punch of the day!

Sign up if attending or to attend, make/bake a recipe for the event. Go To Field Shop tab!

Free Event to Active Members only.

Season In Bloom

Lori Parten: Floral Designer & Owner

This is our Second Floral Design Workshop which will strengthen your skills by adding the hand-tied technique to your floral designs, or if a beginner, it will be a great introduction to creating beautiful floral arrangements.

Make your next dinner party or family gathering look professional and elegant!

We are fortunate that Lori has agreed to meet with us for a wonderful relaxed evening workshop to show us the Art of Hand-Tied Arranging. She explains, “ this is a key necessary skill that, once perfected, will allow you to do all other Floral Arrangements.” Her approach, beautiful eye for color and design ability will be a priceless tool for us all.

Supplies provided: If you have your own floral snips from the last floral design workshop session, please bring them with you.

BYO adult beverages otherwise light refreshments for all.

A private docent tour of the Estate House and beautiful formal greenhouse & gardens, with a delicious gourmet boxed lunch, soft drinks, and mimosa’s for a midday soiree. We will be dining right in the garden for our private day on the estate, just like Mrs. Callaway and her friends would have enjoyed so many years ago. Plenty of fun but also a very informative tour which gives us insight to preservation of historic gardens. This house is in “Seeking Eden”, we will see first hand how important it is and what it entails to preserve garden history.

Our First Christmas Holiday for The Garden Club of Senoia members is here, and it’s a great time to reflect on all of our achievements, and wonderful new friends we have made! Fa la la la la, la la la la

A beautiful and informative Book that will educate you on the many Historic Estates and Gardens in Georgia. A must have for your Gardening Library and travel plans.

David Brown: Floral Designer of the Hills & Dales Estate

David Brown uses his wealth of experience and knowledge as the Greenhouse Manager and Floral Designer at Hills & Dales Estate, La Grange, GA. David has a BS in Horticulture and Agricultural Education and also owned and operated a Floral Shop for many years.

Learn from the Best & Entertain like a Pro

French Market Flowers:Meet the Designers & Learn about Floral design with all your Garden Club members, new and old, as we get better acquainted!

Part One : Floral Arranging demonstration by the very talented French Market Flowers and learn how to arrange flowers from the professionals.

Your Next Party depends on it!

A guided tour of this 1920’s restored Historic Garden. Dunaway Gardens was a theatrical training ground for directors, producers and performers of the Arts during the golden years of the 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s.