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RHODES HALL GARDEN
CLUB |
Join
the Rhodes Hall Garden Club!
Help restore the
landscape of this 100-year-old landmark, one of only
five remaining on Atlanta's Peachtree Street from the
early 1900s.
Rhodes Hall in 1904
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Local
media spotlight Rhodes Hall Garden Club
Read the July 11, 2005 article in The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the Rhodes
Hall Garden Club's efforts to restore the historic
urban landscape surrounding the 1904 castle. The
garden club was also highlighted in the July 2005
issues of Atlanta Intown and Atlanta
Buckhead.
About
the Garden Club
The Rhodes Hall Garden Club was founded to provide
leadership toward developing and maintaining garden
areas on the historic grounds. The program is
under the direction of Friends
of Rhodes Hall, a group dedicated to bringing
cultural events to the "castle on Peachtree.” The
Rhodes Hall Garden Club encourages members to be
hands-on in the restoration of this rare historic
landscape at the Atlanta Landmark.
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Atlanta Mayor
Shirley Franklin breaks ground on the "Mayor's
Tree" crepe myrtle.
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The
Garden Club, including founding members Sherwood
Forest Garden Club and Ansley Park Garden Club, helps
tend a variety of period gardens as well as offers financial support.
On May 21,
2005, Atlanta Mayor
Shirley Franklin and Atlanta City Councilwoman Anne
Fauver helped celebrate the official inauguration of
the Rhodes Hall Garden Club. Mayor Franklin planted
the first new tree on the property, a crepe myrtle now
known as “The Mayor’s Tree.” Landscape architect
Dale Jaeger presented the garden restoration plans,
modeled after Mrs. Rhodes's original 1904 landscaping
plan.
Membership
The Rhodes Hall Garden Club is open to anyone with an
interest in gardening, and there are no dues. The Club meets four times a
year for workshops, book signings, decoration of
Rhodes Hall and more. A quarterly Garden Club
e-newsletter will begin circulation in June 2005.
Join
the Rhodes Hall Garden Club!
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Projects
Rhodes Hall Garden Club's first project is to
raise funds to purchase all the plants needed
for the restoration. From
Spring 2005-Spring 2006, nearly 250 plants are
available for "adoption." Donors will
be listed as founding members of the Rhodes Hall
Garden Club and Landscape Restoration in a
grounds brochure. The plan
includes favorite plants of the Rhodes family
ranging from roses to palm trees, as well as
plants popular at the turn-of-the-century.
Help contribute
to the garden by adopting a plant. |
Sherwood
Forest Garden Club President
Laurie Schwarz initiates the
first meeting
of the Rhodes Hall Garden Club with Mayor
Franklin and Greg Paxton, CEO and president
of The Georgia Trust. |
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| On May
21, 2005,
Rhodes Hall Garden Club welcomed Atlanta Mayor Shirley
Franklin to celebrate the official inauguration of the
Garden Club. Mayor Franklin planted the first new tree
on the property, a crape myrtle now known as “The
Mayor’s Tree.” Guests enjoyed an early afternoon
tea while listening to the Atlanta Symphony Youth
Orchestra. Also attending were Atlanta City Councilwoman Anne Fauver,
Greg Paxton, president and CEO of the Georgia Trust,
and Dale Jaeger, the landscape architect who created
the plans for the garden restoration. |
(From
left:) Dale
Jaeger, Greg Paxton, Anne Fauver, Mayor
Franklin, Garden Club Chair Carol Chancey-Daigle
and Jan Faulk-Rogers. |
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Join the Rhodes Hall Garden Club!
For
more information about the Rhodes Hall Garden Club,
call 404-885-7800.
Please visit The Georgia Trust's Calendar
for more scheduled events!
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The
Georgia Trust • 1516 Peachtree Street, NW • Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone 404-881-9980 • Fax 404-875-2205 • info@georgiatrust.org
©2003 The Georgia Trust. All rights reserved.
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