October Meeting Minutes

  1. DATE: October 28, 2025 

  3. WELCOME AND CALL TO ORDER
    • Louise Moore- 10:45 call to order.
  1. READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
    • Approval of minutes was passed
  1. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND MEMBER UPDATES
    • Acknowledgement of passing of members family members. Nell Mitchells Mother in law and Nell and Taylors father passed-  will announce when obituary is out.
  1. OFFICER REPORTS
    • President: Louise Moore-Welcome and call to order

    • Vice President report: Alden Potts–Will be assigning hostesses for next years meetings soon. Cathedral by Design will be raising money for the Global Village project.  We will be helping with flower arrangements.

    • 2nd VP Speech School: Jessica Brown No update

    • 3rd VP quarry garden: Shannon Hill No update

    • Treasurer: Margaret Warren
      • $14,937
      • $7,880- savings
      • 7,598- party
      • $30, 415- operating
  1. COMMITTEE REPORTS
    • Membership & Dues: Brittany Hill Request check or venmo or can pay thru the website. Venmo is $103 due to fee.  40% have paid-  dues due  Decemeber 1st to avoid late fee.

    • New Member Liason: no update

    • Correspondence & Website:
      • Guerry Redmond will update pictures and send to Jennifer to post to website this weekend.

    • State Garden Club Liaison: update given by Louise Moore–Every 6 years there is a state of Georgia Dogwood district meeting.  We provided two arrangements and a gift basket.  Both were sold as a fund raiser for Georgia State Garden Club.

    • Flower show update: Amanda Tucker-– New member arrangement as well as an arrangement open to all members.  Sign up going around.  New member theme is “60’s”. Encouraging members to check out the flower show- it’s a beautiful and impressive event. Flower show is at the Botanical Gardens in February. They will have a horticulture entry for anyone to submit.  Amanda will send more details.

    • Parliamentarian: Sarah McElroy No updates

    • Historian:–no update
  1. NEW BUSINESS
    • Mary Mac Southerland has placed order for Amaryllis bulbs- plan is to distribute them at the November meeting to those who ordered.  There will be a pick up location for those who cannot attend the meeting.

    • Discussion of a holiday get together in December for just members- looking for a home to host it.
    • May 12th Mahjong event at the Swan House  in lieu of the May meeting.  Will be in the morning with coffee.

    • Gardening tips offered from multiple members
  1. ADJOURNMENT 11:20 
  1. PROGRAM- speaker Sarah Carter of the Atlanta History Center brings us up to date on the state of the gardens

Harrison Jones

Caroline Allen’s brother, Harrison Jones passed earlier this month. Cookie Jones, his wife, was also a long time member of Mimosa. We are thinking of all of them.  

Please keep the Jones family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. You can link to his obituary here.

Sincerely,
Louise Moore.