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Crabapple
Garden Club was organized in 1952
and celebrated
its 50th anniversary in 2002 by planting 13 crabapple trees, one for
each
founding member, at Candler Park, which is part of
Gainesville's City Parks. Today,
we have one sustaining charter
member, Dixie Ramsey.
Members are very competitive in local flower shows and it
is
not unusual to win the major sweepstakes. The club lists many
judges, landscape
design consultants, environmental consultants
and master gardeners on its roster.
The club is active in the Gainesville Federated
Garden Club
Council, Laurel District Board, and State Board. At the present
time we
have members filling the following positions:
Ruthellen Anderson - State and District
Arboreta,
Botanical and Memorial Gardens Chairman.
Kathy Haynes - Awards Chairman for
Laurel
District.
Pam Kuchler - District Calendar
Marketing
Chairman.
Caroline Silcox - Treasurer of
GCG, District Schools and
Credentials Chairman.
Caroline Silcox has a design in 2007 Pathways and
won the
District Award for Laurel.
Flower show judges in the club are active in Creative,
Designer, and
Imaginative Study Clubs and North Georgia Flower
Show Judges.
In 2000 Crabapple designed and planted a garden for the
Gainesville Civic Center. We continue to maintain this garden on a
monthly basis.
In 2004 Crabapple started a Junior Club, The Crabapple
Seedlings, in a local elementary school. The members are instilling
their love
of gardening to the first graders in Mrs. Wilkins' class. | 
