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Circle of Roses




Chairman:
​Kathryn Bedenbaugh

[email protected]
​985-507-3066

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CIRCLE OF ROSES REQUIREMENTS

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Bera Smith ~ July 14, 1923 - July 14, 2014
PURPOSE: To HONOR garden club members in their senior years who have diligently given of their time and talent to garden club work through many years. These members may or may not have been officers, but they have gone above and beyond the duties of a club member. 
A nomination should be sent to the Circle of Roses Chairman and must include:
  1. Being an active, dues-paying member of a federated garden club.
  2. Having been active in the local club for at least 15 years.
  3. Being seventy-plus years of age.
  4. A brief history of the member’s “garden club life”. Community involvement, work experience, and other items of interest may be stated.
  5. “Then” and “now” photos; one when the member joined the Garden Club and one that is recent.
  6. A nomination form which is on the website www.lgcfinc.org/circle-of-roses.

Bera Smith's History of the Circle of Roses

Use this NOMINATION  FORM to Submit a Circle of Roses Recipient.


​Recipients 1996-2015

​Recipients January 2016 - March 2023

Recipients March 2023 - January 2025
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Honorees <<>> July 2023 -Present
​See Newsletter for Individual Achievements


Recipients April 2023 - Present

January 2025 LGCF NEWSLETTER
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Roxy Blanton
Azalea Garden Club - District III

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Linda Downer- Terrebonne Garden- Club District III 
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Fannie Easterly - West Baton Rouge Garden And Civic Club - District VI 

October 2024 LGCF NEWSLETTER
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Karen Tregre Cordell
West Baton Rouge Garden and Civic Club - District VI
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Janis Poche
Gonzales Garden Club
District VI
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Maude Gregoire Abadie Rizzuto
Belle Oaks Garden Club
District VI
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Elaine Hicks
Alexandria Garden Club
District VIII
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Diane Lawton
Alexandria Garden Club
District VIII
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Katherine (Sue) G. Lee
Alexandria Garden Club
District VIII

JULY 2024 LGCF NEWSLETTER
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Margaret Bailey
Gardenettes Garden Club
District VI
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Betty David Bulliard
St. Martinville Garden Club
District III
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Marjorie Melancon
St. Martinville Garden Club
District III
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Mary Lynne Bonin
St. Martinville Garden Club
District III

APRIL 2024 LGCF NEWSLETTER
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Metha Smith Arnold West Baton Rouge Garden Club District VI 

JANUARY 2024  LGCF NEWSLETTER
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Ann Kos Edwards
Lake Terrace Garden Club
District II 
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Sharon Rojas
Metairie Ridge Garden Club
District II
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Sherry Darcey
Azalea Garden Club
District III
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Margaret Melancon
Azalea Garden Club
District III
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Janet Myers
Terrebonne Garden Club
District III
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Jeanie Richard
Lafayette Garden Club
District III
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Therese Oubre
Terrebonne Garden Club
District III
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Mary Jane Peters-Albert
Terrebonne Garden Club
District III
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Betty Blanchard
Plaquemine Garden Club
District VI
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Jeannine Dunn
Plaquemine Garden Club
District VI
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Julie Hebert
Plaquemine Garden Club
District VI 
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Linda Finley
Lake Charles Garden Club
District VII
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Pauline Darbonne Humphries Leompte Garden Club
District VIII
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Sara Elizabeth McKenzie Marshall Lecompte Garden Club
District VIII
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Diane Bordelon
Moreauville Garden Club
District VIII
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Elizabeth “Liz” Cherry Coco Moreauville Garden Club
District VIII
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Carla Gauthier
Moreauville Garden Club
District VIII

OCTOBER 2023 NEWSLETTER
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Kathy Bruce
Gardenettes
District VI
JULY 2023 NEWSLETTER
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Ruth Stanley - West Baton Rouge Garden and Civic Club
District VI

APRIL 2023 LGCF NEWSLETTER
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Ann Thompson
Vidalia Garden Club
District V 
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Vickie Dupuy
Marksville Garden Club
District VIII
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Marina Gagic
Marksville Garden Club
District VIII

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Kathy Bedenbaugh
River Ridge Garden Club
District II
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Bunny Jean Fortenberry Barlow Vidalia Garden Club
District V
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Mary Knapp
Vidalia Garden Club
District V
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  • Home
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  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Deep South Convention
    • LGCF Convention
    • NGC Convention
    • Summer Board
    • Fall District Meetings
    • Winter Council
  • Newsletter
  • Education
    • Scholarships
    • Environmental School
    • Flower Show School
    • Gardening School
    • Landscape Design School
    • Symposiums
  • Districts & Clubs
    • District I
    • District II
    • District III
    • District IV
    • District V
    • District VI
    • District VII
    • District VIII
  • Live OAK Society
    • LOS_Photos
  • Projects A - L
    • Arbor Day
    • Beauty of Life Garden
    • Blue Star, Gold Star Marker
    • Circle of Roses
    • Cleanest City Contest
    • Litter
  • Projects M - W
    • Memorials- Book of Remembrance
    • Native Plants
    • PLANT AMERICA
    • Tours
    • Ways & Means
  • CONTACT LGCF
  • Members Only
  • DISTRICT DEEDS & DOINGS Calendar
    • DISTRICT I
    • DISTRICT II >
      • DISTRICT II Acres of Green Garden Club
      • DISTRICT II - Colonial Garden Club
      • District II Lakeview Botany Guild
      • DISTRICT II - Metairie Ridge Garden Club
      • DISTRICT II - River Ridge Garden Club
      • DISTRICT II - Shady Oaks Garden Club
    • DISTRICT III >
      • DISTRICT III - Azalea Garden Club
      • DISTRICT III - Lafayette Garden Club
      • DISTRICT III - Terrebonne Garden Club
    • DISTRICT IV
    • DISTRICT V
    • DISTRICT VI >
      • DISTRICT VI - Baton Rouge Garden Club
      • District VI - Belle Oaks Garden Club
      • DISTRICT VI - Covington Garden Club
      • DISTRICT VI - Gardenettes
      • District VI - Gonzales Garden Club
      • District VI - Mt. Hermon Garden Club
      • DISTRICT VI - Plaquemine Garden Club
      • DISTRICT VI - West Baton Rouge Garden
    • DISTRICT VII >
      • DISTRICT VII - Bulb & Blossom Garden Club
      • DISTRICT VII - Diggers & Weeders
      • District VII - Jennings Garden Club
      • District VII - Lake Charles Garden Club
      • DISTRICT VII - Oakdale Garden Club
      • DISTRICT VII - Rayne Garden Club
      • District VII - Washington Garden Club
    • DISTRICT VIII >
      • District VIII Lecompte Garden Club
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