JANUARY 2015

BLOOMIN’ NEWS

Garden Club of Lexington

Letter from Kim

Happy New Year to M’Ladies!

The new season of Downton Abbey has begun and for those of your
who follow this series, the timing could not be better. Our garden is
at rest for the winter and we can stay toasty and warm inside
soaking in this PBS show, reading our favorite book or watching our
UK Wildcats dominate the basketball world.

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a speaker from Wild Birds Unlimited. So, please brave the cold and ‘“ LEE}
come to our general meeting next week (details below). We will " “
have no Bloomin News or General Meeting in February. We will see

you on March 19th at our Annual Meeting.

Our meeting this month is January 15th and we are honored to have

 

Last but not least, we will kick off this year by officially announcing our inner club
Photography Show schedule! The schedule will go out in an email to all
members, but take a moment to review the available photography classes.
Please consider participating in our show in January 2016! I would like to
sincerely thank Amy Kessinger and Kathy Courtney for organizing this inaugural
event for our club. We hope to have as many members as possible participate
with their favorite seasonal photograph taken with either a digital camera or
iPhone.

GCA Quick Fact:

Q: The GCA will award over $300,000 to 86 scholars and award recipients in
2014-2015. What was the first scholarship funded by the GCA and in what year?
A: Fellowship in Landscape Architecture at the American Academy in Rome, 1928.

NEXT GENERAL MEETING
Thursday January 15th (next Thursday) 10:30
at home of Melanie Dowell
Speaker from Wild Birds Unlimited
RSVP (ASAP) - 266—4205 - mmdowell@aol.com
hostesses *Melanie Dowell. Luanne Milward

ANNUAL MEETING
Thursday March 19th - 10:30 - lHCC