THE COASTAL DISTRICT
OF
THE GARDEN CLUB
OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
2013-2015 HANDBOOK
Member of
The National Garden Clubs, Inc.
The South Atlantic Region
The Garden Club of South Carolina, Inc.
Diana Haimerl, Director
Linda Siceloff, Co-Director
"Preserve, Protect, Educate"
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Table of Contents
Calendar of Events 3-5
Coastal District Awards 6-8
2013-2015 Themes District, GCSC, SAR, and NGC 9
Your Federated Garden Club10
Proposed District Meetings11
District Chairmen12-13
District Club Presidents14-15
Former District Directors16
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District Director:
Diana Haimerl
2638 Highway 917 East
Dillon, SC 29536
843-464-9846
District Co-Director/Award Chairman:
Linda Siceloff
P.O. Box 154
Little River, SC 29566
843-249-4321
THE GARDEN CLUB OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
Calendar of Events
2013 - 2015
2013
October 3 - 4Nationally Accredited Judges Club of SC Symposium 2013, Greenville (Embassy Suites)
October 15Deadline for Winter Issue of SC Gardener
November 1 Finance Committee
November 12-13Landscape Design School, Charleston, Test- November 14
November 15 High School Essay Contest Entries to Maida Dantzler, GCSC HS Essay Chair
December 1 ALL Youth Poetry and Sculpture Awards to District Youth Chairmen
December 6 Arbor Day, South Carolina
December Tree Lighting and Carols Ceremony, Columbia
December 15 All District Youth Award Winners to Linda Siceloff, GCSC Youth Awards Chair,
December 15 Awards Applications to Donna Donnelly, GCSC Awards Chair,
December 15 Flower Show Achievement Entries and Small Standard Flower Show Entries to Marsha Alexander, GCSC Flower Show Awards Chair
December 15Club or Council Annual 501(c)(3) Group Exemption Filing or Application Deadline to Maureen Minner GCSC Compliance C hair
2014
January 7Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Poster Entries to District Youth Chairmen
January 15Deadline for Spring Issue of SC Gardener
January 20 Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Poster Entries to GCSC Youth Chairman, Linda Siceloff
January 23 GCSC Board Meeting, Columbia
March 4 West Piedmont, Anderson
March 5 East Sandhills, Hartsville & Pageland
March 6 East Piedmont, Lancaster
March 6Judges Club, Columbia
March 11Coastal, Myrtle Beach GC, Myrtle Beach
March 12 West Sandhills, Columbia GC, Columbia.
March 18 East Low Country, Manning
March 19West Low Country, Beaufort
March 23 -24SAR Convention, Roanoke,VA
March 29Youth Symposium, Saluda Shoals Environmental Park
April 15Deadline for Summer Issue of SC Gardener
April 23 GCSC Board Meeting, Columbia
April 24 GCSC State Meeting, Columbia
April 30 – May 3NGC Convention, Norman, Oklahoma
May 8 Judges Club, Columbia
June 1 - 7National Garden Week
June 14“The Fair” , Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia
July 15Deadline for Fall Issue of SC Gardener
September 1 Club/Council Yearbooks due to District Directors & GCSC President
September 4 GCSC Board Meeting, Columbia
September 24 - 28NGC Fall Board Meeting, Des Moines, Iowa
October 2 Judges Club, Columbia
October 15Deadline for Winter Issue of SC Gardener
November 1 Finance Committee
November 15 High School Essay Contest Entries to Maida Dantzler, GCSC HS Essay Chair
December 1 ALL Youth Poetry and Sculpture Awards to District Youth Chairmen
December 5 Arbor Day, South Carolina
December Tree Lighting and Carols Ceremony, Columbia
December 15 All District Youth Award Winners Linda Siceloff, GCSC Youth Awards Chair,
December 15 Awards Applications to Donna Donnelly, GCSC Awards Chair
December 15 Flower Show Achievement Entries and Small Standard Flower Show Entries to Marsha Alexander, GCSC Flower Show Awards Chair
December 15 Club or Council Annual 501(c)(3) Group Exemption Filing or Application Deadline to, Maureen Minner, GCSC Compliance Chair
2015
January 7Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Poster Entries to District Youth Chairmen
January 15Deadline for Spring Issue of SC Gardener
January 20Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Poster Entries to GCSC Youth Chairman, Linda Siceloff
January 22GCSC Board Meeting, Columbia
March 3West Piedmont, Abbeville
March 4 East Piedmont, Rock Hill
March 5 East Sandhills, Darlington& Bennettsville
March 5 Judges Club, Columbia
March 10Coastal, Driftwood GC, North Myrtle Beach
March 11 East Low Country, Flowertown GC, Summerville
March 17 West Low Country,
March 18 West Sandhills, Columbia
March 22-24 SAR Convention, HHI, SC
April 15Deadline for Summer Issue of SC Gardener
April 23GCSC Board Meeting, VP Reception, Charleston
April 24 - 25GCSC 2015 Convention, Charleston
May 7-8 Nationally Accredited Judges Club of SC Symposium 2015
Garden Council of Greater Columbia Building, Columbia
June 7 - 13National Garden Week
July 15Deadline for Fall Issue of SC Gardener
September 1Yearbooks to District Directors and GCSC Preaident
October 15Deadline for Winter Issue of SC Gardener
COASTAL DISTRICT AWARDS
District Awards #53, 54, 55 and 56 will be awarded according to the guidelines stated in the current GCSC Handbook. First Place winners in these categories will be forwarded to the State Awards Chairman.
#53 - CLUB YEARBOOK AWARD
DUE: September 1st. Send copy to District Director and GCSC President. First, Second, Third and Honorable Mention awards may be given in each membership class (Clubs under 20; 20-29; 30-44; 45-69; 70-99; 100-299; and over 300 members)
#54 - COUNCIL YEARBOOK AWARD
DUE: September 1st. Send copy to District Director and GCSC President. Certificate awarded to the Council with the most informative yearbook; judged in membership categories the same as Yearbook Awards.
#55 - CLUB REPORTS
DUE: February 1st. Send copy to District Director and GCSC President; judged in membership categories the same as Yearbook Awards.
#56 - COUNCIL REPORTS
DUE: February 1st. Send copy to District Director and GCSC President; judged in membership categories the same as Yearbook Awards
. 2013-2015
Coastal District Awards
A separate “ Award Application” must be prepared for each award and submitted to the Coastal District Co-Director by the said deadline. A submission must not exceed three pages (One sided only), making a total of three single sided pages. These may be emailed to the District Co-chairman at anytime prior to or by February 1. ( Also, please make a copy of your emailed pages) If a hard copy is the only option you have …Folder color is optional. Three (3) single sided Pages with attached pictures securely fastened in clear sheet covers.
Each Award application should include:
1. Name of award and award number (Ex: Container Gardening Award, #1).
2. Name of garden club, club president, and person submitting book.
3. A summary of your project, including the reason why your club considered this a worthwhile project.
4. One or more photos may be included, preferably a ‘before’ & ‘after’ if appropriate. Photos should be labled
5. An indication of the costs involved and the source of funding (lengthy budget not necessary).
6. The number of club members who worked on the project and whether any community participation was involved.
Deadline:February 1, 2014/2015
Submit to: Linda Siceloff
PO Box 154
Little River, SC 29566
843-249-4321
Coastal District Awards
1.Althea Heniford Memorial Attendance Award:To a club having the greatest percentage of members attending the Spring District Meeting, excluding the host club/clubs. Numbers will be taken from the Presidents Reports by the Awards Chairman. (Sponsored by Loris Garden Club)
2.Civic Beautification Award:To the individual club or council for meritorious accomplishments in Civic Beautification.Award Applicationrequired.(Sponsored by Nancy Corrigall)
3.Belva Finklea Memorial Bird Award:To a club or individual doing the most work with birds.Award Application required.(Sponsored by Belva Greene)
4.Horticulture Award:To be given to a single club member or club with the year's best horticulture report.Award Application required.(Sponsored by Rosemary Purcell)
5.Cuba N. Rutledge Memorial Rose Award:To a club for the best use of rose plants in a creative and meaningful project.Award Application required.(Sponsored by Camellia Garden Club, Conway )
6.Thelma B. Suggs Memorial Educational Program Award:To the club sending in the most informative and educational program.Award Applicationrequired.(Sponsored by Loris Garden Club)
7.Flower Show Award: To the club having the best flower show.Award Applicationrequired ( Sponsored by Linda Siceloff)
8.Gladys W. Taylor Memorial Conservation Award:To a club member, club, or group of clubs for the most outstanding effort in any phase of conservation.Award Application required.(Sponsored by Diana Haimerl)
9.Roadside Development Award:To a club or council with the best roadside development project during the current year.Award Applicationrequired.(Sponsored by Yaupon Garden Club)
10. Emily Stephens Environment and Litter Award:To a club member, club, or group of clubs for outstanding effort in environmental improvement.Award Application required.(Sponsored by Emily Stephens)
11.State and National Objectives Award:To the club doing the most to promote current State and National Objectives.Award Application required.(Available to be Sponsored )
12.Garden Therapy Award:To a club member or single club submitting a Book of Evidence with the most comprehensive work in Garden Therapy.(Sponsored by Georgetown Garden Club)
13.Gardener of the Year Award:Plaque to an individual club member who has done the most work to promote State and National Objectives.Award Applicationrequired.(Sponsored by Margaret Graham)
14.Cora Hunter Memorial Floral Designs Award: To be presented to the outstanding club that places emphasis on member involvement in creative floral designs.Award Application required. (Sponsored by Elizabeth Wallace)
15.Youth Award:To a club member, club or group of clubs for outstanding work and accomplishments with youth.Award Applicationrequired.(Sponsored by Tish Galbraith)
16.Container Garden Award:To a club member or club having the best Container GardenAward Application required.(Sponsored by Dorothy Richardson)
17.Joann Johnson National Garden Week Award:To the club with the most comprehensive efforts in the promotion and celebration of National Garden WeekAward Application. required.(Sponsored by Joann Johnson)
18. Arbor Day Award:To the club or council with the most creative Arbor Day program designed to educate the community and make a lasting impactAward Application required.(Sponsored by Barbara Peterson)
19. HTHP Award: To the club or council with the most outstanding project promoting the President's HTHP project. Award Applicationrequired(Sponsored by Nancy Corrigall)
Scale of Points for Judging Awards
Conformance to Requirements Listed for Award40 pts (4 pts each)
1. Name of Club
2. Club President
3. Person submitting “book”
4. Summary of project
5. Why project was worthwhile
6. Cost and source of funds
7. Indication of approximate number of members who worked on project
8. Statement about community participation, if applicable
9. One or more photos included-before and after if appropriate
Photos should be labled.
10. Number of pages – 3- one side only
Scope of Project60 pts (15 pts each)
1. Appropriate for award sought
2. Appeared worthwhile for community
3. Had member & community participation
4. Brief summary describing project clearly for readers to understand project and what the club was trying to accomplish
2013-2015 Themes: Coastal District, GCSC, SAR, and NGC
NGC President
Linda Nelson
543 Lakefair Place N.
Keizer, OR 97303-3590
503-393-4439; 503-580-1068 {c}
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“Make A World of Difference – Choices Matter”
SAR Director
Martha Morgan
1909 Harvey Ave.
Bowling Green, KY 42104
270-781-5695
“A World of Opportunity-Be Involved”
GCSC President
Judith J. Dill
1822 Brevard Place
Camden, SC 29020
803-425-5049 [h]; 803-669-0614 [c]
“Inherit the Past: Create the Future!”
Coastal District Director
Diana Haimerl
2638 Hwy. 917 East,
Dillon, SC 29536
843-464-9846
. "Preserve, Protect, Educate"
YOUR FEDERATED GARDEN CLUB IS A MEMBER
OF NATIONAL GARDEN CLUBS, INC.
National Garden Clubs, Inc. (NGC, Inc.) is a not-for-profit educational organization with its headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It is composed of 50 State Garden Clubs and the National Capital Area, 6,218 member garden clubs and 198,595 members. In addition, NGC, Inc. proudly recognizes 447 International Affiliates from Canada to Mexico and South America, from Bermuda to South Africa, Australia and Japan, as well as 149 National Affiliates within the United States.
The purposes of NGC, Inc. are:
To co-ordinate the interests and activities of the State Garden Clubs with similar organizations in the United States and abroad
To aid in the protection and conservation of natural resources, to promote civic beautification and encourage the improvement of roadsides and parks
To encourage the establishment and maintenance of botanical gardens, arboreta and horticultural centers for the advancement of science, enjoyment and education of the public
To advance the study of gardening, landscape design, environmental issues, floral design and horticulture and assist deserving students through college scholarships in these fields of endeavor
To co-operate with other organizations furthering the interests of horticulture, conservation, environmental protection and civic beautification.
The first garden club in America was founded in January 1891 by The Ladies Garden Club of Athens (Georgia). On May 1, 1929 thirteen federated states became charter members at an organizational meeting in Washington, D.C. In 1935 the National Garden Clubs, Inc. obtained space for a Headquarters at Rockefeller Center, New York City. Following fund raising from 1953-1957, a permanent Headquarters building was dedicated May 10, 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION
All federated garden clubs in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia are members of the South Atlantic Region (or SAR), one of the eight such regions in the National Garden Clubs, Inc. The South Atlantic Region meets once each year at a convention hosted by each state on a rotational basis.
DISTRICT
The Coastal District is one of seven geographic districts within the Garden Club of South Carolina, Inc. It was formed in 1953 when the state was changed from regions to seven districts. This is YOUR District and is your main line of communication with each other and with the officers and chairmen of GCSC, Inc. Currently there are 4 councils and 24 federated clubs in the Coastal District. There is one District Meeting in March each year. This meeting is hosted by a club, group of clubs or council on a rotational basis.
Proposed Coastal District Meetings
2015North Myrtle Beach – Driftwood GC
2016Dillon Council of GC
2017Georgetown – Georgetown GC
2018North Myrtle Beach – Yaupon GC & Sea Oats GC
2019Conway Council of GC
2020Kingstree – Green Thumb GC and Garden Makers GC
2021Loris GC
2022Mullins – both clubs
2023Latta -Dogwood and Magnolia
2024South Strand GC
2025Marion Council of GC
COASTAL DISTRICT CHAIRMEN
“PRESERVE, PROTECT, EDUCATE”
District Co-Director/Award Chairman:
Linda Siceloff
P.O. Box 154
Little River, SC 29566
843-249-4321
District Yearbook Editor:
Margaret Graham
1303 Golfview Drive
North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582
843-280-9718 (h) 843-222-2548 (c)
Arbor Day Chairman:
Anne Hughes
P.O. Box 539
North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597
843-446-4411
Floral Design Chairman:
Coastal Creators/Emily Floyd Stephens
P.O. Box 194
North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597
843-249-2639
Horticulture 101 Chairman:
Carl Claytor
P.O. Box 667
Loris, SC 29569
843-756-2492
National Garden Week Chairman:
Teresa Scholz
209 S. Main Street
Marion, SC 29571
908-278-3180 (c)
Youth Chairman:
Tish Galbraith
964 Bear Lake Road
Longs, SC 29568
843-399-9786
Blue Star Markers Chairman:
Fay M. Sloan
P.O. Box 1400
Dillon, SC 29536
843-774-9564
“Historic Trees, Historic Places” GCSC Chairman:
Jane Riddle Pearman
18 Dune Ridge Lane
Isle of Palms, SC 29451
843-886-4827
Nancy Corrigall
199 Heron Cove
Georgetown, SC 29440
Phone: 843-545-9098
Email:
Janice Cutts,
1231 Dunn Shortcut Rd
Conway, SC 29527
843-397-8081
Club and Council Presidents
Azalea GC -Marion(096C) Ellen Davis
843-423-5858edd5858@gmail,com
Azalea GC – Conway(359C) Christy Lineback
Camellia GC (278)Caroline Ewing
843-756-6088came1234@yahoo,com
Coastal Creators (510C)Joanne Johnson
Daphne GC (497C)Glenda Burch
Dogwood GC (244C)Frances Godwin
Driftwood GC (004C)Marcia McCallum
Garden Makers GC ( 427C)Rickie Frierson
Georgetown GC(379C)Brenda Stroup
Green Thumb GCKingstree(210C)May Spearman
Green ThumbGC-Mullins(310C)Betty Hopkins
Hemingway- Johnsonville GC(554C)Julie Baxley
Iris GC (041C)Shirley Rizzolino
843-488-3372
Ivy GC (342C)Carolyn Floyd
Loris GC (026C)Dorothy Richardson
Magnolia GC (129C)Casey Pitts
Myrtle Beach GC (240C)Allyson Hirsh
Sea Oats GC (578C)Anne Drake
South Strand GC (506C)Louisa Wood
843-685-1843 .
The Dillon GC (097C)Susan Newton
The Glove and Trowel (452C)Fay Sloan
Tussie Mussie GC (439C)Joy Richardson
Yaupon GC (309C)Phillis Newman
Yellow Jessamine GC (015C)Cathy McDaniel
Conway GC Council (C23C)Janice Cutts
843-397-8081
Marion GC Council (C09C)Elizabeth Wallace
Former District Directors
1950-1954-Mrs J.T. Rutledge- Conway
1954-1956-Mrs W.H. Hughes
Mrs J.C. Henegan-Dillon
1956-1959-Mrs C.C. Blake-Georgetown
1959-1961- Mrs Harry Anderson-Hemingway
1961-1963-Belva Finklea-Latta
1963-1965-Evelyn Moses-Myrtle Beach
1965-1967-Billie Jackson- NMB
1967-1969-Joyce Mixon-Georgetown
1969-1971- Fannie Goldstein- Kingstree
1971-1973-Jo Wilson-Hemingway
1973-1975-Jean Curry-Georgetown
1975-1977-JoAnne Johnson- NMB
1977-1979-Thelma Suggs-Loris
1979-1981-Gladys Taylor-Mullins
1981-1983-Emily Stephens-NMB
1983-1985-Jessie Dale McCollough-Lake City
1985-1987-Merideth Smith-NMB
1987-1989-Gertrude Chandler- Georgetown
1989-1991-Brenda McCullough-Lake City
1991-1993-Julia McLaurin-Dillon
1993-1995- Jo Watson - Conway
1995-1997-Judy Hester-NMB
1997-1999-Rosemary Purcell- Surfside Beach
1999-2001-Betty Boulineau-NMB
2001-2003-Susan Darden-Murrells Inlet
2003-2005- Dorothy Richardson-Loris
2005-2007-Nancy Corrigall-Georgetown
2007-2009-Kalli Norton-Dillon
2009-2011-Barbara Peterson-Myrtle Beach
2011-2013- Margaret C. Graham-NMB
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