Hydrangea macrophylla 'Beaute Vendomoise'
AMERICAN HYDRANGEA SOCIETY ANNUAL GARDEN TOUR
Saturday, June 14, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Rain or Shine!
Click here to view photos of some of our gardens!
Tickets/memberships can be purchased at:
Arthur A "Buck" Jones and Associates, Inc.
Grayson, GA: 770-963-8227
Woodstock, GA: 770-345-5506
Ashe-Simpson Garden Center
4961 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
Atlanta, GA 30341
770-458-3224
Boxwoods Gardens & Gifts, Inc.
100 East Andrews Drive, NW
Atlanta, GA 30305-1315
404-233-3400
Habersam Gardens
2067 Manchester Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
404-873-2484
Wilkerson Mill Gardens
9595 Wilkerson Mill Road
Palmetto, GA 30268
770-463-2400
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Garden open from 10:00 a.m. - Noon and 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Gardener & Host Ozzie Johnson
4363 Bishop Lake Road
Marietta, GA 30062
Plant explorer and collector Ozzie Johnson has created a working botanical garden for his research and enjoyment. A co-owner ItSaul Plants, Ozzie is always testing, growing, and learning about many plants from around the world to see how they grow in Georgia gardens. The master suite of the house looks out onto the private enclosed Japanese-style garden, while the central axis of the English mixed border ties the different areas of the whole garden into a balanced and pleasant botanic universe. The 50-plus different name cultivars of hydrangea are placed all over the 2.5-acre woodland setting and complement the garden as a whole.
Directions
Take the Riverside Exit from I-285. Go north (outside the perimeter) until you come to Johnson Ferry Road. Turn left and cross the river, continuing on Johnson Ferry Road about five miles. Go past Roswell Road and turn right on Bishop Lake Road. There are churches on both sides of the intersection. Ozzie’s house is 7/10 of a mile on the left. Please park along the street and be careful getting our of your car!
Sponsored by the American Hydrangea Society
P. O. Box 986
Grayson, GA 30017
www.AmericanHydrangeSociety.org
Admission: $75.00 per person. Tickets may be purchased the day of the tour, at the entrance to the garden. Please call 678-990-4595 with any questions.
AMERICAN HYDRANGEA SOCIETY OCTOBER MEETING
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
7:00 - Social Time
7:30 - Meeting Begins
ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN, DAY HALL
1345 PIEDMONT AVENUE, NE
ATLANTA, GA 30309
SPEAKER: New Zealand Plantsman and Author Glyn Church.
MEMBERSHIP IS RENEWABLE EVERY JANUARY- Come a few minutes early to the meeting to renew or start a new membership.
A Brief Visit from Mary T
I come by my
love of
gardening
honestly. The
gardening gene
found me by
first passing
through my
grandmother
and then my
mother.So, my gardening memories in general and my hydrangea memories in particular are all associated with beloved family members.
As I write this, my grandmother, Mary T as we affectionately called her, would have been 95 today. I feel blessed that I had the opportunity to be with her until she passed away last year just before her 94th birthday.
I have many fond childhood memories of walking around my grandmother’s garden with her, looking at all the new blooms on the flowers. My grandmother had vegetable gardens each year. However, it was the flowers that I enjoyed most. My grandmother passed along her passion for gardening to my mother and me. My mother’s garden has many flowers from my grandmother’s garden and holds many fond memories of her.
My fondest hydrangea memory is the day I gave my grandmother a bouquet of lace cap hydrangeas that I had grown from cuttings taken from her garden a few years before.
Years later when Paul and I moved from Druid Hills to Grayson, I had to leave behind a good bit of our garden. However, I very carefully dug up and transplanted the first lace cap hydrangea that I received from my grandmother. It seems to be enjoying its new home in our Grayson garden.
We miss Mary T dearly. However, I still treasure the memories of our years together. Each year when the hydrangeas bloom, I get to enjoy their vibrant beauty. But it’s an extra treat for me. It feels like a brief visit from Mary T just to make sure I’m okay.
Genia Ryan, AHS President
Please e-mail your hydrangea memory (250 words or less) to:
Paul Ryan,newsletter editor, at paul@georgiaalfa.org.
Please indicate "Hydrangea Memory" in the subject line.
Or mail it to:
Newsletter Editor
American Hydrangea Society
P.O. Box 986
Grayson, GA 30017
WHO STARTED THE AMERICAN HYDRANGEA SOCIETY?
The American Hydrangea Society was founded by Penny McHenry in 1994 in Atlanta, GA. Her story of how she started this society is a simple one:
Photo by William Berry/Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"In 1975, I was given a gift of a blue hydrangea. It was love at first sight. As I explored the genus, my passion grew. A few years later, I learned I was not alone; many gardeners share my addiction. By 1994, I was convinced that the world's perfect shrub deserved a plant society to celebrate and explore its versatility."
Penny McHenry
Founder of the American Hydrangea Society
1925-2006
An invitation to join us.
For answers to frequently asked questions about hydrangeas,
please visit AHS member Judith King's excellent website --
All About Hydrangeas.
Post Office Box 986
Grayson, GA 30017
www.americanhydrangeasociety.org