Highlights of the GCNC District 9 Meeting in Mebane

The Mebane Council of Garden Clubs hosted a rollicking 1930's-themed "In My Grandma's Garden"
for the GCNC District 9 Annual Meeting.

 

The District 9 of The Garden Club of North Carolina, Inc. met Oct. 18 for its annual meeting, "In My Grandmother's Garden" hosted by the Mebane Council of Garden Clubs. (District 9 includes all state-federated garden clubs in Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Warren, and Vance counties.)

 

The Mebane Council put on a rollicking 1930-40's Grandma's Garden-themed meeting complete with granny aprons, antique gardening tools, autumn harvest decorations and a welcome from the Council President Linda Nunemaker's 1930s Willys-Overland Whippet parked outside the Mebane Arts Council Center. The silent auction also featured original paintings by artist and Gay Blades Garden Club member Carolyn Bell.

 

Among several District announcements at the meeting were the 2017 District 9 Yearbook Award Winners:

• Chapel Hill Garden Club – Elma K. Porter Bowden Yearbook Award #195
• Hillsborough Garden Club -- Ethel Daughtridge Yearbook Award #196 
• Roxboro Garden Study Club -- Catherine Williams Yearbook Award #197
• Woodland Garden Club -- Rusty Van Pelt Yearbook Award #198 
• Friendly Garden Club -- Beverly Shearon Yearbook Award #201