(From left) District III Director, Nita Beale; Southern Zone Director, Linda Goller; President, Texas Garden Club, Inc, Carol Moore; Center Garden Club members Robbie Kerr, Linda Bordelon, Jackie Hancock, Cindy Brown, Lisa Albers, Shirley Owens, Cherry Jones, and Judy Matthews.
June 9, 2016 - Center Garden Club hosted the 59th District III southern Zone Garden Club Workshop on June 8 during National Garden Week at the Community House in Center, Texas.
Representing 19 counties in the Southern Zone, 43 East Texas Garden Club members attended the following workshops: Presidents, Linda Goller, Southern Zone Director; Treasurers, Jackie Hancock, District III Treasurer; Awards, Linda Jean Brown, Awards Chairman; Youth, Shirley Haley, Polk Co. Garden Club; Publicity, Linda Bordelon, Center Garden Club; Programs, Judith Bussey, Newton Garden Club; Open Forums conducted by State Texas Garden Clubs President Carol Moore and Linda Goller, Southern Zone Director. Shirley Owens of Center Garden Club presented the afternoon program "House Plants:Nature's Air Filters."
Various plants and hanging baskets which were donated by Center Garden Club members were used as door prizes. The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce provided a booklet on "Historical Markers & Sites of Shelby County." County Agent Jheri-Lynn McSwain provided favors of flower seed packages, "Bloom Where You Are Planted" Note Pads by Center Garden Club, and pens for the workshop were donated by State Farm (Sandy Wheeler), Farmers State Bank, Shelby Savings Bank, Texas State Bank, and Agrilife Extension.
Submitted by Linda Bordelon, Center GC Publicity Chairman
