September 2022

Acres of Green Garden Club held its September meeting at Don's Seafood Restaurant in Metairie. Seated from left, are Millie Quick, Eleanore Hebert, Coleen Landry, Phyllis Stacy, Mary Crumb and Betty Spurlock.  The Club maintains three Bird Sanctuaries, Lafreniere Park, Bissonet Plaza Subdivision and Linear Park in Jefferson Parish along Lake Pontchartrain.  September Garden of the Month winner is Phyllis Stacy.

May 2022

Acres of Green Garden Club held its awards luncheon at Ormond Manor in Destrehan.  The Garden of the Year Award was presented to Coleen Landry by Betty Spurlock, Garden of the Month chairman.  Sharlene Olejnik won a mention for the Most Improved Garden. Attending were Kay Demange Allen, Yvette Gagnet, Betty Spurlock, President Coleen Landry, Mary Crumb, Eleanore Hebert and Mary Beth Bornholdt.

Betty Spurlock, Above

March 2022

Art in Bloom - New Orleans Museum of Art
March 2022

Coleen Perilloux Landry's interpretation won - A blue ribbon.  A green rosette of the "Genevieve Munson Trimble Award for Best Use of Color" and the "Museum Director's Award". Congratulations for a job well done!

January 2022

Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs Coleen Landry of Acres of  Green Garden club presenting  Eagles, Egrets and Limpkins January 22, 2022

December 2021

Acres of Green Garden Club of Metairie, in its 65th year, held its Christmas luncheon at Chateau Country Club where members exchanged gifts and poems with each other.  For its 47th year, members brought gifts for the women and children of the Metro Centers for Community Advocacy, a "Shelter from the Storm".  The gifts will be opened at the Center on Christmas Eve.  The prize for the Most Beautifully Wrapped Package was won by Pam Buchler.
Displaying some of the gifts are, seated from left, Yvette Gagnet, Kay Allen, Millie Quick and President Coleen Landry.  Standing are Pam Buchler, Mary Crumb, Eleanore Hebert, Madeline Polizzi, Betty Spurlock, Liz Bertucci and Phyllis Stacy.

May 12, 2021

Front row Madeline Polizzi, Yvette Gagnet, Phyllis Stacy . Back row, Millie Quick, Eleanore Hebert, Kay Allen,   Pam Gemar and Pam Buchler

Acres of Green held its Awards luncheon at historic Ormond Plantation in Destrehan.   Mary Crumb was awarded Garden of the Year and Phyllis Stacy runner-up.   Coleen Landry was mentioned for her blue ribbon and Best of Show at Art in Bloom at New Orleans Museum of Art.  Recycling projects, civic beautification projects and community service projects were given accolades. The highest award given to a club member, "The Marie Bradburn Award" was presented to Mary Ellen Miller.​

Lunch in the dining room of Ormond  Manor where John James Audubon  dined for more than a year in the  1800's

President Coleen Perilloux Landry, Secretary Stephanie Olejanik, Corresponding Secretary Liz Bertucci, Garden of the Month Chairman Betty Spurlock

May 5-9, 2021

Coleen Perilloux Landry won a blue ribbon and "Best of Show" rosette for her arrangement in Art in Bloom 2021 at the New Orleans Museum of Art.  Her painting was "The Blue Kimono".

Coleen Perilloux Landry, president; Liz Bertucci, communications chairman; Eleanore Hebert, scheduling chairman and Betty Spurlock, garden of the month chairman.