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Lafayette Garden Club
Lafayette, Louisiana
Serving the Community since 1930

Congratulations! Lafayette Receives State Garden Federation Cleaner City Award

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June 5, 2013

Dee Stanley, Chief Administrative Officer for Lafayette Consolidated Government accepts for

Lafayette the Louisiana Garden Federation Award for 1st Place in the state Cleaner City

Contest. Jan Dennen, Cleaner City Chair for Lafayette Garden Club and Mary Jacobs,

President, Louisiana Garden Federation look on.

EVENTS

Flower Show

LSHR

Water Forum

Info on Storm Water

Click for a Rain Barrel

Organic Recipe Solutions

CIVIC PROJECTS

Aquatic Ecosystem - Bayou Vermilion Preservation Association

Bird Report (by month)

Cleaner City

Civic Pride

Garden of Month

Garden Therapy

Habitat for Humanity

Building Greener

Cities

Native Plants
 

EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

Daisy Scout

Native Plant Badge

Festival des Fleurs

The Vermilion

RECOGNITION

National Awards

State Awards

Flower Show Awards


USEFUL LINKS

Garden Club Meeting - March 13, 2013

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Pictured is C. A. “Buck” Vandersteen,

Executive Director of the Louisiana

Forests Association and professional

Forester and Tree Farmer, with Lafayette

Garden Club’s Cecile Revels, presenting

him with a gift in appreciation of his

presentation, at the Club’s March 2013

meeting. The program was on the Role

Forests Play in our Environment. This talk
 
was in line with National Garden Clubs’

mission to provide education, resources and national networking

opportunities for its members to promote the love of gardening, floral

design, and civic and environmental responsibility.

Click here for 2013 Flower Show Schedule

Garden Club Meeting - February 13, 2013

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Glenda Balliviero, Lafayette Garden Club

member and winner of the "Silver Trowel

Award" for Horticulture will review how to 

present Horticulture Entries in a Standard

Flower Show. Grooming of entries and

filling out of entry cards will be covered.

2013 Arbor Day Celebration

Click here for more on Arbor Day
Christmas Tea

Dr. Charles Allen speaks on Native Plants

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Dr. Allen gave members

a copy of his "Suggested

Native Plants for Louisiana".

Also  he is beginning a

Native Plant Seed

Exchange. 

Click here for publications.


E. A. McIlhenny's Jungle Island topic for October meeting

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Dr. Shane Bernard speaks to Lafayette Garden Club
Dr. Shane K. Bernard, an English

and History major from the

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
 
and with a doctorate degree  in

History from Texas A&M University,

spoke to the Lafayette Garden

Club's October meeting on the

History of E. A. McIlhenny's Jungle

Island, Avery Island, Louisiana. .  
 
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Pictures from the September Meeting

September Meeting - Bromeliads by Margo Racca

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Margo was president of LGCF in 2003-

2005.She is an International Bromeliad

Judge, Master Flower Show Judge, Master

Landscape Consultant, Master Gardening

Consultant and an Environmental

Consultant. She is a member of our club as

well as Iowa Garden Club.

Lafayette named Cleanest City

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(The Daily Advertiser) by Kris

Wartelle - Lafayette was named the

cleanest city for 2012 today (June

14, 2012) by the Louisiana Garden

Club Federation (LGCF).LGCF

Chairman Jean Gilstrap said the

purpose of the contest is “to clean and beautify the cities

in Louisiana by raising awareness of our litter problem and rid

our cities of litter.” In all, ten cities were recognized throughout

the state- one from each category according to size and

population.  Lafayette Public Works Director Tom Carroll

accepted the award on behalf of Lafayette and Mayor President

Joey Durel who was out of town. Carroll said the honor was a

team effort and thanked members of his department as well as

the public and local businesses.“It’s really the people of

Lafayette who take pride in what we’ve got,” said Carroll. “A

lot of it hinges on businesses and private citizens and our guys

who put a lot of effort into it.”

Gilstrap said the cities are judged according to how litter free

certain areas are within the city limits. She says judges will look

at public buildings, parks and recreation areas, approaches to

the city, business establishments and residential neighborhoods

among other things.

“It’s about litter,” said Gilstrap. “We don’t want to see any of it.

That’s a big no no. When tourists and businesses come to a

town they want to see that the town has pride. They want to be

in a place that takes pride in itself.”Gilstrap says she and the

other club members plan to visit all ten winners around the

state today and tomorrow. The following is a list of all 2012

Louisiana Cleanest City winners.Collinston, Marion, Sterlington,

Jean Lafitte, Farmerville, Scott, Abbeville, Hammond, Lake

Charles, and Lafayette.



April 11th Meeting

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Bera Smith and Richard Goulas at

April Field Trip to Thistlewood Gardens.
        MONTHLY MEETING

        Second Wed. at 9:00 a.m.

        Ira Nelson Horticulture Center

        University of Louisiana at Lafayette
       MEMBER OF:

National Garden Clubs, Inc.

Deep South Region 

Louisiana Garden Club  
   Federation, Inc.

Louisiana District III



The objectives of Lafayette Garden Club shall be

to advance gardening: to further the purpose of and

to encourage civic and roadside beautification

in cooperation with our state and national organizations.



2011-2013 CLUB OFFICERS

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Margaret Hargroder, JoAnn Pugh, Joy Hargrave, Dee Nolan, Jan Wyatt, Cecille Revels, Roxanna Champagne
Elected Officers:

Roxanna Champagne - President

Cecile Revels - 1st Vice President  

Jan Wyatt - 2nd Vice President 

Diana Nolan - Recording Secretary

Joy Hargrave - Corresponding Secretary 

JoAnn Pugh - Treasurer

Margaret Hargroder - Ex-Officio
Appointed Officers:

Aline Arceneaux -  Parliamentarian

 Charlotte Castille  - Historian 

Executive Board:

Kathy Van Ness

Claire Moody 

Babette Werner